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Sherburne West Hill Cemetery resides in Sherburne, Chenango County, New York. Also known as Lines Hill Cemetery, was established in 1796. The cemetery is active.
"West Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Sherburne in Chenango County, New York. The cemetery contains approximately 4,683 burials, two thirds of which predate 1950. The earliest burial dates to 1803. The cemetery includes a small, one story brick chapel built in 1905. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13" https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/66283/sherburne-west-hill-cemetery
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Hill_Cemetery,_New_York
"In 1936, the New York State Education Department placed a marker at the west entrance to this cemetery reading as follows:
WEST HILL - 1802, "Colonel W. S. Smith, Aide to Washington, owned 150,000 acres hereabout in 1791; married Abigail Adams. Buried at rear, due north."
This cemetery was started in connection with the church used by the Second Congregational Society of Sherburne which flourished until about 1820 when the church disbanded and its members transferred to the Congregational Churches in Smyrna and Sherburne. This location, on fairly high ground, furnishes a wide view of the surrounding countryside. In 1897 the Cemetery Association purchased over three acres of additional land adjoining on the east , and later added a plot on the west. It is the most widely used Protestant cemetery in Sherburne and is kept in excellant condition." https://chenango.nygenweb.net/cemetery/westhill.htm