Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery - Kinderhook, NY, USA
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N 42° 24.179 W 073° 42.183
18T E 606730 N 4695334
Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery is located at Albany Avenue, County Route 21, 0.6 miles north of the town center of Kinderhook, NY
Waymark Code: WM14KMM
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2021
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Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery is 1,000' wide along Albany Avenue, County Route 21. The older east side is subdivided by three pedestrian only paths to about 600' to the east. The west side is approximately the same size. The cemetery occupies relatively flat terrain.
A sign at the entrance to the Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery is inscribed:
KINDERHOOK
REFORMED CHURCH
CEMETERY
GRAVESITE OF
PRESIDENT
MARTIN VAN BUREN
MOTORIZED VEHICLES
PROHIBITED
OPEN SUNRISE
TO SUNSET
FOR INFORMATION
518-758-6401
The Kinderhook Reformed Church burial ground was originally located in the center of Kinderhook. In 1817 the citizens of Kinderhook petitioned the state to move the cemetery out of the town. Permission was granted provided all the original graver were re-interred in the new cemetery. In 1818 the first parcel of land was acquired for the new cemetery. Subsequently new additions were added in 1845 and 1858. The west side was added in 1899. The cemetery is still owned and maintained by the Kinderhook Reformed Church.
The most famous burial in the Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery is the 8th President of the United States - Martin Van Buren. A 15' high granite obelisk marks the family plot of the 8th President of the United States - Martin Van Buren and his wife Hannah. The west facing inscription is quite worn so there is a copy of the inscription at the base of the obelisk.
MARTIN VAN BURN
VIIITH PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES
BORN DEC. 5, 1782
DIED JULY 14, 1862
HANNAH VAN BUREN
HIS WIFE
BORN MARCH 8, 1783
DIED AT ALBANY, N.Y.
FEB. 5, 1819