Property Records of Green-Wood Cemetery, 1835-1908 | The Green-Wood Cemetery

By Leigh Hurwitz and Laura Marte, Pratt School of Information Students; Emily Chapin, Pratt School of Information Intern

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Collection Overview

Abstract

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Indentures

This series includes indentures granting or selling land to Green-Wood Cemetery

Box 1

Folder 1: Cornelius W. Bennett to Green-Wood Cemetery, August 15, 1842

Folder 2: Garret Bergen to the Green-Wood Cemetery, August 11, 1842

Folder 3: Abby W. Bliss to John Bliss and Samuel Bliss, June 13, 1871

Folder 4: The Brooklyn City Rail Road Company to the Green-Wood Cemetery, December 22, 1862

Folder 5: Henry W. Cooper to the Green-Wood Cemetery, December 19, 1865

Folder 6: George Ingram and Harriet Ingram to the Green-Wood Cemetery, December 1, 1862

Folder 7: Robert Martin and Matilda Martin to the Green-Wood Cemetery, April 7, 1862

Folder 8: John McNamee, Sheriff of the County of Kings, to Henry W. Cooper, December 15, 1865

Folder 9: Henry J. Cullen, Jr. and others to Joseph A. Perry, December 4, 1871

Henry J. Cullen, Jr., William E. Referr, Mary A. Murphy, Thomas J. Murphy, James A. Pierce, Eliza Murphy to Joseph A. Perry

Folder 10: Joseph Alfred Perry and Emily Perry to the Green-Wood Cemetery, December 30, 1838

Folder 11: William H. Bergen, Thomas H. McGrath and Elizabeth Bergen to Henry E. Pierrepont, January 9, 1868

Folder 12: William Pitbladdo to the Green-Wood Cemetery, December 1, 1862

Folder 13: Thomas M. Riley, Sheriff of the County of Kings, and the Green-Wood Cemetery, March 22, 1881

Folder 14: Anthony F. Campbell, Sheriff of the County of Kings, to William Augustus White, April 6, 1863

Folder 15: Elias Wasson to Alexander M. White, January 18, 1872

Folder 16: Thomas Pitbladdo to Green-Wood Cemetery, 1908

Series 2: Abstracts

This series contains abstracts for titles to property in the Green-Wood Cemetery

Box 1 (cont.)

Folder 17: Two Lots on Tenth Avenue, Between 20th and 21st Streets, in the City of Brooklyn, July 20, 1897

Folder 18: William Augustus White to certain lots of land in the 8th Ward of Brooklyn between 21st Street and 22nd Street, May 1836

Folder 19: Green-Wood Cemetery to Eight lots of land on the Southwesterly side of 24th Street and Sixth Avenue, June 1835

Series 3: Search for Taxes and Assessment

Box 1 (cont.)

Folder 20: Property of P. Bennett Pope

Folder 21: Property of Cornelius Bennet, May 1, 1819

Folder 22: Property of Daniel L. Jones and Eliza Lane Jones

Folder 23: Property on Fifth Avenue between 26th Street and 27th Street

Folder 24: Property of Wynant Bennet, Cornelius Bennet, and Winant Bennet, January 21, 1835

Folder 25: Property on Fourth Avenue between 34th Street and 35th Street, January 11, 1868

Folder 26: Property of Joseph A. Perry, 1859

Folder 27: Property of H.A. Carter, 1837

Folder 28: Property of John G. Bergen and others, 1868

Folder 29: Envelope for all documents in Series 3

Folder 30: Record searches and correspondence related to property of Gaudelet, 1860-1866

Folder 31: Block 281, 20th to 21st Streets between 9th and 10th Avenues, 1863-1869

Folder 32: Property of John L. Bergen, 1867

Folder 33: Property of Jacob V.B. Martense and Robert Turner

Folder 34: Property of the heirs of George Martense

Folder 35: Property of John W. Burke and/or Michael McMahon

Folder 36: Property of Alfred M. Wood, 1868

Folder 37: Search for instruments affecting title to Block 8, 21st Street and 10th Avenue

Folder 38: Lots on 35th Street and 4th Avenue

Series 4: Accounting Documents

This series contains financial documents related to the purchase of plots of land by the Green-Wood Cemetery, as well as tax documents.

Box 1 (cont.)

Folder 39: Receipts for tax purposes for the property of Martense and heirs, 1869-1871

Folder 40: Statement submitted to standing Committee of Investigations of G. Gray's accounts, January 31, 1852

Folder 41: Accounting notes, 1854 - 1860

Folder 42: Deposit in the Receiving Tomb (blank form)

Folder 43: Tax records and bills for property of F. Gillen, 1870-1874

Series 5: Assignments

This series contains contracts outlining assignments for landholders in the Green-Wood Cemetery

Box 2

Folder 1: William Pitbladdo to Green-Wood Cemetery, June 9, 1856

Folder 2: William Pitbladdo to Green-Wood Cemetery, April 4, 1860

Folder 3: Robert Martin to the Green-Wood Cemetery, January 15, 1862

Folder 4: William Augustus White to the Green-Wood Cemetery, March 16, 1866

Folder 5: Abraham L. Cox to William A. White

Series 6: Policy Title Insurance

Policy Title Insurance from land owners who sold their land to Green-Wood Cemetery between 1906 and 1908

Box 2 (cont.)

Folder 6: Property previously owned by Winnant Bennet, May 3, 1906

Folder 7: Property previously owned by William Pitbladdo, January 9, 1908

Folder 8: Property previously owned by Henry Weber, Jr. and Johanna H.C. Weber, January 9, 1908

Series 7: The Lydia Joyce Papers

Papers related to Lydia Joyce's will

Box 2 (cont.)

Folder 9: Title from Joyce's Trustees

Includes the names and ages of Joyce's children (her heirs).

Folder 10: Will of Mrs. Joyce and Suspended Power of Alienation therein

Folder 11: Portion of Will of Lydia A. Joyce, March 6, 1874

Folder 12: Will draft 1/3, undated

Folder 13: Joyce Will Authoritive

Series 8: The Martense Family Papers

Papers related to the estates of the Martense family

Box 2 (cont.)

Folder 14: Deed- Heirs of George Martense to the Green-Wood Cemetery, May 2, 1859

Folder 15: Wrapping papers for Martense documents

Folder 16: Letter related to farmland in Flatbush, undated

Folder 17: Letter to Martense family lawyers from C.M. Perry, Green-Wood Comptroller, February 7, 1884

Folder 18: Documentation related to Parcels 1683 and 1685, circa 1866

Folder 19: Petition of Gertrude Prince  re: 37th Street

Folder 20: Martense Family Will & Deed, August 18, 1838

Folder 21: Martense Family Conveyance form, August 15, 1835

Folder 22: Abstract of the Title of the Heirs of George Martense

Folder 23: Requests for search - Martense Property

Folder 24: Sketch of Martenese Property Map

Folder 25: Request made by Martense Heirs for Judgements against Turner and others

Series 9: Notes and Correspondence

This series contains letters and notes related to the location of various plots of land, and descriptions of locations, financial transactions, drafts, and sketches.

Box 2 (cont.)

Folder 26: Report of the Standing Committee on the sale of lots, September 28, 1844

Folder 27: Correspondence regarding Green-Wood Comptroller, November 30, 1844 and May 29, 1852

Folder 28: Papers related to Martense and heirs property

Folder 29: Letter from Perry regarding Pratt and Warburton titles, August 21, 1871

Folder 30: Letter from Justin M. McCarthy, Jr. to Brooklyn Borough President, September 14, 1903

Regarding a meeting on September 24, 1903 between Flatbush and Prospect Heights District Boards

Folder 31: Letters from Perry regarding purchase of lots and payment, March 22, 1872 and June 26, 1873

Folder 32: Letters of Consent to Vacate - Warburton, 1873

Folder 33: Draft of Letter to Moritz Klein Realty Co. regarding late mortgage payment

Folder 34: Correspondence to Joseph A. Perry, July 10, 1877

Folder 35: Description of lots near Tenth Avenue and 21st Street

Folder 36: Contract for Property - Timothy Ryker to Henry E. Pierrepont, January 23, 1895

Folder 37: Power in Trust to Sell