Rock District Cemetery - Schoharie Co., NY


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Rock District Cemetery
Town of Carlisle, Schoharie County, NY

Originally copied by Mrs. Mary Stronigan Clay, Lawyersville, NY for the Capt. Christian Brown Chapter, DAR, Cobleskill, NY

Listings on this page are not necessarily complete and may not represent all of the stones in this cemetery. Please send additional submissions and corrections to Doug Boyer

Mrs Clay's original location description said "Directly back of 'The Rock District School House' on the road from Lawyersville to Little York."

Andrew Fichter
d. 24 Feb., 1821 (aged 27 y 4 m 7 d)

Margaret Fichter (wife of Andrew)
d. 24 Jan., 1821 (aged 25 y 6 m 10 d)

Elisabeth Fichter (daughter of Andrew and Margaret)
d. 21 Apr., 1819 (aged 10 m)

Henry Fichter
d. 2 Dec., 1811 (aged 47 y 11 m 9 d)

Elisabeth Fichter (wife of Henry)
d. 6 May, 1847 (aged 84 y 4 m 8 d)

Stephen Fichter
d. 3 Oct., 1858 (aged 57 y 7 d)

Esther Fichter
b. 6 May, 1820 d. 1 Nov., 1894

Christiney Kniskern (wife of Mathias)
d. 2 July, 1844 (aged 46 y 6 m 15 d)

John H Patrie
d. 12 Jan., 1846 (aged 29 y)

Mrs Clay included a note in her work that said "A man known as 'Old Monck' is buried in this cemetery; but it is impossible to find the grave. He was a Tory and very friendly with the Indians, perpetrating many atrocities during the Revolutionary War.'


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