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

Title: Property Records of Green-Wood Cemetery, 1835-1908

Extent: 2.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged into ten series, based on material type.

Subjects: Cemetery Development, Deeds, contracts for, Land contracts, Legal Documents

Abstract

This collection contains records, correspondence, and ephemera relating to the ownership of property within the Green-Wood Cemetery. Records include legal contracts, financial documents, personal correspondence, maps, and notes.

Subject/Index Terms

Cemetery Development
Deeds, contracts for
Land contracts
Legal Documents

Administrative Information

Repository: The Green-Wood Cemetery

Processing Information: Accession #: 008-2015

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Indentures],
[Series 2: Abstracts],
[Series 3: Search for Taxes and Assessment],
[Series 4: Accounting Documents],
[Series 5: Assignments],
[Series 6: Policy Title Insurance],
[Series 7: The Lydia Joyce Papers],
[Series 8: The Martense Family Papers],
[Series 9: Notes and Correspondence],
[All]

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