February 24, 2008 Historic Moment

Did you know.... The following Revolutionary War veterans are interred in our cemetery: Private John Churchwell, 2nd Regiment; Captain Henry Dodge Esq., 4th Regiment, the line; Colonel Zephania Platt, Military Associate Exempt; Private Thaddeus Raymond, 7th Regiment; Major Peter VanBunschoten, 1st Regiment, the Line; and Captain Matthew VanBunschoten, 2nd Regiment. Colonel Zephaniah Platt served in the NYS Senate and was a member of the NYS Convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States and was the presiding Justice of the Dutchess County Court from 1781 -1795.