Early segregation in Rhinebeck is reflected on Oak Street, a one thousand foot side street near the village center where small lots were initially sold (1830s to 1850) to Blacks. Similarly, in death, Section E of the Rhinebeck cemetery was created in 1853 for “persons of color.”
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Copied by Arthur C.M. Kelly from the cemetery stones c 1991 with a note that 35 inscriptions were to be found in this section. Some stones were not included in Poucher’s listing Old Gravestones of Dutchess County
________, Jack, a native of Africa, d at an advanced age, “most faithful & industrious man” 10.17.1826
BUTLER, Sarah, w of James d 5.16.1858 @76y
CLOW, Judith, w of Richard (possibly nee COLEMAN) d. 5.7.1895 @92y
CLOW, Richard d 7.12.1851 @51y
CLOW, William H. d 9.5.1896 @71y
GRIFFIN, Robert (no dates)
GRIFFIN, Sena, w of Robert (no dates)
GROSS, Anna, dau of Abraham & Margaret d 5.20.1864 16y 10m
HASBROUCK, DeWitt C., 11th US C.T. prob husband of Amelia F.
HICKSON, Drusilla, b 3.1.1858, d 9.6.1890 “our mother”
JOHNSON, Harry W., sn of William & Jane d
JOHNSON, Harry, d 3.30.1833 @ 35y 3 m
JOHNSON, Hellen, w of William d 4.26.185(0) @ (3)5 y 10 m
MANSFIELD, Margaret, d 9.22.1858
PIERCE, Jenny, d10.18.1870 94y
POST, Jane w of William, d 3.27.1865 ! 57-3-20 in Kingston “our mother”
SAVOY, Dennis, jr., ch of Dennis & Harriet M. d. 9.5.1852 @20-8-12
SAVOY, Hanna, w of Samuel d 7.16.1864 @31-4-16 (on Jane POST stone)
SAVOY, John W., ch of Dennis & Harriet m. d 9.5.1852 @14-3-30
SAVOY, Lewis, ch of Dennis & Harriet M., d 6.11.1843 @13-1-6
SAVOY, Solomon, ch of Dennis & Harriet M., d 9.4.1852 @18-8-18
SCHERMERHORN, Anna d 6.20.1865 @59y
SCOTT, Margaret T., 5.26.1899 29y 6 m
SCOTT, Sarah K, mother d 7.11.1899 57y
SHARP, Mary F. d. 3.9.1865 @29y
SLEIGHT, Diane d 4.27.1850 @61 y
ST JOHN, Emily, dau of Robert & Julia d(6)._.1864 8y
ST JOHN, Julia, w of Robert d 7.14.1860 32y 3m
ST JOHN, William, s of Robert & Julia (no dates) @2y
THOMAS, George W., sn of Theodore & Margaret d 6.16.1864 18-11-16
THOMAS, Jane, w of (John) d (2.4). 1871
THOMAS, Margaret, w of Theodore d 9.21.1865 42y 9m
THOMAS, Theodore d 4.20.1860 46y
WILLIAMS, Gertrude d 11.10.1856 62y
WILLIAMS, Hannah, w of Henry d 3.6.1853 62y
Reformed Church, Rhinebeck, deaths recorded in the church book
Phoebe, slave of Jacob Broadhead, d at New York 1.19.1825
Simon, colored d 9.19.1823
Phillis, colored, w of Simon d 6.–.1825
Boyd, Richard colored, d 2._.1823
Dinah, colored d. 2.5.1826
Butler, Sally Lewis, colored, w of James d. 5.16.1858
Schermerhorn, Ann colored, d 4._186( )
Sharp, Mary colored d. 2._.1865
More information in Death Records of the 18th and 19th Centuries, Rhinebeck, New York, by Arthur C.M. Kelly.