| BLACK RIVER CEMETERY | ||||||||
| Westport, New York | ||||||||
| Black River Cemetery is located on US Route 9 north of Westport, New York, just before the | ||||||||
| Black River which divides Westport and Elizabethtown. The Cemetery sits on a small knoll of land | ||||||||
| donated by Captain John Lobdell to be used for Black River Cemetery. | ||||||||
| The oldest part of the Black River Cemetery is an "abandoned" cemetery and many of the stones | ||||||||
| are broken, fallen and very difficult to read. That part of the Cemetery is currently maintained by the | ||||||||
| Town of Westport. The rest of the Cemetery is maintained by the Westport Cemetery Association | ||||||||
| along with Westport's Hillside Cemetery. | ||||||||
| The memorial stones have been "mapped" in rows and are listed in blocks for ease of finding | ||||||||
| a certain tombstone, starting in the oldest section (Block1) and working to the newest section | ||||||||
| in a field below the knoll (Block 4). Unfortunately the page numbers can not be seen on the | ||||||||
| RootsWeb site as the numbers are in the page headers. However by looking at the Block number | ||||||||
| a researcher should be able to find a particular monument and information. | ||||||||
| It was difficult for the writer to determine the Veterans in this cemetery as not all of the Veterans | ||||||||
| had flags. There were also flags found with memorials where there is a doubt of Veteran status. | ||||||||
| So this information would need to be determined some other way. | ||||||||
| An Index is provided to assist a researcher in locating an individual memorial stone. Maiden | ||||||||
| names are also provided in the Index to again assist in finding a family name. | ||||||||
| Though I have proof-read the information herein, I apologize for any typographical errors that I | ||||||||
| might have made. For any questions, feel free to wander through this wonderful old Cemetery and | ||||||||
| locate the monument or marker that may give you the answer. | ||||||||
| Jean W. Dickerson | ||||||||
| September 2006 | ||||||||
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