Local History

Cemetery Records

There are eight known cemeteries in Henrietta. They are:

• Brininstool
• Brown
• Bushman
• East Baptist Church
• Maplewood
• Riverview
• Tinker
• Whitaker

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History of Cemeteries in Henrietta, New York

Print Resources

The following resources are available in the local history collection:

LH r363.75 A515
Association of Municipal Historians of New York State.  New York State Cemeteries Name/Location Inventory, 1995 – 1997.  Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1999.

LH r363.75 G976
TinkerCemetery Management Records, 1833 – 1859.  Unpublished, [?].

LH r363.75 H559
“Heroes of War Revolution: Names of Three Hundred Buried in Monroe County with Graves Unmarked”.  Photocopy of newspaper article published in Rochester’s Democrat and Chronicle, October 22, 1903. 

LH r363.75 T589M
“A Historic Spot Veterans and Pioneers in Henrietta Cemetery [Tinker Cemetery]”.   A detail of soldiers of the war 1812, and other well-known citizens buried in Henrietta.  Photocopy of a Letter to the editor published in Rochester‘s Democrat and Chronicle, June 6, 1891.

LH r929.3 F644 I
Cemetery Locations and Military Records of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Nurses: U.S. Civil War Veterans from Henrietta, NY.   Unpublished, [?].

LH r929.3 K14v
Veterans Buried in Henrietta, NY: Revolutionary, Civil, War of 1812, Mohawk, Mexican, First and Second World Wars.  Typed and hand-written on index cards.  Unpublished, [?].  Compiled by Eleanor Crane Kalsbeck. 

LH r929.3 M753r
Henrietta (NY) Cemeteries Veteran Graves Registry.  Taken from records in the care of the Monroe County, NY Veteran Service Agency.  Unpublished, 1993.  Compiled by John Funt. 

LH r929.3 S656
Soldiers of the Revolution and War of 1812 Buried in Monroe County, NY.  Unpublished, 1976.