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Head Stone of Col. Vandenburgh; given by the D.A.R.
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Burial Grounds being cleaned and Maintained
 by Parents,Boy Scouts and Veterans
 

Vanderburgh burial Grounds, Beekman, NY

 

CLASSIFICATION: Family ground.
LOCATION
: On the farm of Frank Adriance, north of the Hamlet of Poughquag.
CONDITION
: Fair; surrounded by a stone wall.

INSCRIPTIONS
: 21 in number. Copied August 21, 1914, by J. W. Poucher, M. D.
REMARKS: The Vanderburgh family ground. Colonel James Vanderburgh commended a Regiment of Dutchess County militia in the War of the Revolution and Washington's Diary mentions visits to Colonel Vanderburgh at the latter's house at Poughquag.

 

Brill, Anna, wid. of Peter

d. 1835, Oct. 1, a. 98-8-5

Brill, James, s. of Peter & Anna

d. 1858, Dec. 21. A. 86 y

Brill, Peter

d. 1812, May 1, a. 70 y

(Brill? Beside the stone of James Brill is a broken stone, which was originally uniform with his, and now has only: "aged 36 years." (Probably was that of his wife.)

 

Clark, George

d. 1823, Mar. 10, a. 77-5-25

Clark, Jeremiah

d. 1814, Sep. 20, a. 62 y

Hall, Isaac

d. 1801, Sep. 24, a. 34 y. 6 m

Haxtun, Almira, w. of Benjamin

d. 1827, July 29, a. 41-7-9

Noxon, James

d. 1798, Mar. 13, a. 54-4-24

Tibbitts, Mary Eliza, dau. of Henry & Maria

d. 1839, Jan. 9, a. 7 y

Tibbitts, Henry

d. 1832, May 15, a. 52-3-29

Tibbitts, Zilpah, w. of Henry

d. 1822, Sep. 8, in 43d. y

Toffey, George

d. 1814, Sep. 9, a. 34 y

Van Derburgh, Bartholomew

d. 1796, Nov. 9, a. 39 y. 1 d

Van Derburgh, Egbert, s. of James & Helena

d. 1811, Apr. 4, a. 34 y

Van Derburgh, Gabriel Ludlow

d. 1859, Mar. 20, a. 85 y

Van Derburgh, Helena, w. of Colonel James

d. 1820, , Oct. 10, a. 71-2-20

Van Derburgh, Colonel James

d. 1794, Apr. 4, in 65th y

Van Derburgh, Margaret Akin, w. of Gabriel Ludlow

b. 1784, May 16, d. 1868, Mar. 20

Van Derburgh, William

d. 1800, Apr. 29, in 32d y

***"The faithful servant, Deyan

Feb. 10, 1857, aged 100 y