Legal Documents: Abstracts of Title, Deeds, and Other Materials Relating to Green-Wood's Properties, 1776-1953 | The Green-Wood Cemetery

By Meredith Giordan and Stella Sigal, Pratt School of Information Students

Collection Overview

Title: Legal Documents: Abstracts of Title, Deeds, and Other Materials Relating to Green-Wood's Properties, 1776-1953

Predominant Dates:1820-1934

Extent: 4.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in six series based on content with each series arranged either chronologically or in the original order.

Subjects: Abstracts of Title, Austin, Thomas, Bennet Family, Bergen, Catharine Jane, Bergen, Cornelius, Bergen, John, Bergen Family, Berinstein, Benjamin, Blake, Anson, Blifs, John, Borst, John B., Brooklyn--New York, N.Y., Brunt, James R., C.E. Tayntor & Co., Clarkson. David F., Daly family, Day, Edward P., Deeds, Degranio, James A., Degrauw, James A., Delafield family, Delaflaine, John F., Doherty, John, Duer, William A., Dunigan, William, Dunne family, English, William H., Farris, Anna M., Flynn, Margaret, Goodwin, Frank, Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y., Hadden, Alexander, Harding, Simon J., Hasbrouck, Louis B., Hayes, George B., Henderson, James W., Henderson Family, Henry Evelyn Pierrepont, Hildreth, Levi C., Hines, Dauphine S., Ivor B. Clark, Inc., Joyce, Samuel J., Keogh, Thomas, Lefferts, John, Legal Documents, Lewis, Edwin, Lewis, William J., Lowrey, Charles, Lucas, Charles, Mahoney, John, Martense, Jacob V. B., Martense Family, McCabe, John A., McClellan, Christopher R., McCormack, Michael, McGuire, Patrick, McLansland, Felix, McLaughlin, Elizabeth, Miller, Henry F., Murdock, Uriel A., Murdock family, Murphy, James M., Murphy, Thomas J., Murphy Family, Nelson, William N., O'Shea, Mary, Penfield, Josiah, Perry, Charles M., Perry, Joseph A., Pitbladdo, William, Real estate transactions--New York(State)--Brooklyn--History, Seward, J. Wesley, Silliman, Benjamin D., Soher, Joseph, Story, Maria, Van Brunt, John A., Van der Bilt, John, Warburton, Samuel, Wheeler, Andrew S., White, Alexander, White, Joseph J., White, William A., Wilbur, Lionel A., Wills, Wright, Elizur

Forms of Material: Brooklyn (New York, NY)-- Maps

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains legal documents pertaining to the land and property of Green-Wood Cemetery. It includes abstracts of title, deeds (indenture, quitclaim, foreclosure, etc.), correspondence, wills, legal opinion and response documents, maps, tax records, and other miscellaneous documents. Three of the series pertain to land owned by specific people or families: Henry E. Pierrepont, the Murphy family, and the Bergen family. The documents are primarily dated between 1820 and 1934.

Subject/Index Terms

Abstracts of Title
Austin, Thomas
Bennet Family
Bergen, Catharine Jane
Bergen, Cornelius
Bergen, John
Bergen Family
Berinstein, Benjamin
Blake, Anson
Blifs, John
Borst, John B.
Brooklyn--New York, N.Y.
Brunt, James R.
C.E. Tayntor & Co.
Clarkson. David F.
Daly family
Day, Edward P.
Deeds
Degranio, James A.
Degrauw, James A.
Delafield family
Delaflaine, John F.
Doherty, John
Duer, William A.
Dunigan, William
Dunne family
English, William H.
Farris, Anna M.
Flynn, Margaret
Goodwin, Frank
Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y.
Hadden, Alexander
Harding, Simon J.
Hasbrouck, Louis B.
Hayes, George B.
Henderson, James W.
Henderson Family
Henry Evelyn Pierrepont
Hildreth, Levi C.
Hines, Dauphine S.
Ivor B. Clark, Inc.
Joyce, Samuel J.
Keogh, Thomas
Lefferts, John
Legal Documents
Lewis, Edwin
Lewis, William J.
Lowrey, Charles
Lucas, Charles
Mahoney, John
Martense, Jacob V. B.
Martense Family
McCabe, John A.
McClellan, Christopher R.
McCormack, Michael
McGuire, Patrick
McLansland, Felix
McLaughlin, Elizabeth
Miller, Henry F.
Murdock, Uriel A.
Murdock family
Murphy, James M.
Murphy, Thomas J.
Murphy Family
Nelson, William N.
O'Shea, Mary
Penfield, Josiah
Perry, Charles M.
Perry, Joseph A.
Pitbladdo, William
Real estate transactions--New York(State)--Brooklyn--History
Seward, J. Wesley
Silliman, Benjamin D.
Soher, Joseph
Story, Maria
Van Brunt, John A.
Van der Bilt, John
Warburton, Samuel
Wheeler, Andrew S.
White, Alexander
White, Joseph J.
White, William A.
Wilbur, Lionel A.
Wills
Wright, Elizur

Administrative Information

Repository: The Green-Wood Cemetery

Processing Information: Accession #: 001-2016

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Abstracts of Title, 1876-1898],
[Series 2: Deeds, 1835-1928],
[Series 3: Legal Documents Pertaining to the Validity of the Sale of Land to Green-Wood Cemetery by the Heirs of Thomas J. Murphy, 1871-1872 and 1888],
[Series 4: Legal Documents Pertaining to the Property Acquired by Henry E. Pierrepont, 1866-1874 and 1906-1907],
[Series 5: Bergen Title Legal Documents, 1776 and 1820-1878],
[Series 6: Miscellaneous, 1866-1953],
[All]

Series 1: Abstracts of Title, 1876-1898

This series contains abstracts of title that delineate the history of the ownership via wills and deeds of specific plots of land in the Eighth Ward in the City of Brooklyn that Green-wood Cemetery purchased or was given in the nineteenth century. Each details the names of all previous land owners and includes a diagram or map of the lots in question. All of them involve Alexander M. White and his wife, Elizabeth T. White, in some way. This series is arranged chronologically.

Box 1

Folder 1: Property: Twentieth Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenue (lots 974–980), 1876
Folder 2: Property: Tenth Avenue between Twentieth and Twenty-first Street (lots 1 and 24, block B), 1876
Folder 3: Property: Twentieth Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenue (lots 17 and 18, lot B), 1876
Folder 4: Property: Tenth Avenue between Twentieth and Twenty-first Street (lots 4, 5, 6, 19, 20, & 21), 1876
Folder 5: Property: Twentieth Street (lots 22 and 23) and Twenty-first Street (lots 2 and 3) between 9th and 10th Avenue (block B), 1876
Folder 6: Property: Tenth Avenue between Twentieth and Twenty-first Street (lot 7), 1876
Folder 7: Property: Twenty-first Street and Tenth Avenue (1D), 1876
Folder 8: Property: Eighth Avenue between Twentieth and Twenty-first Street (lots 821–827), 1877
Folder 9: Property: Twenty-first Street and Tenth Avenue (lots 8–12) (draft?), c. 1883
Folder 10: Property: Fifth Avenue between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Street (lots 294–297), 1898