History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 158 (part 3)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] This manor having been confiscated at the close of the Revolu-tion, the Sparta Cemetery was excepted from sale by the Commissioners of Forfeitures. On the 14th day of March, 1808, the Legislature passed an act granting "all the right, title and interest " of these grounds to the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Mount Pleasant, forever. For a more detailed history of the above, the reader is referred to the historical sketch of the Presbyterian Church of Sing Sing, by the Rev. Dr. Phraner. It was for a long time sadly neglected, ii.— 32 and became overgrown with briars and tangle-wood, but of late, through the laudable efforts of Mr. John V. Cockroft and others of the Presbyterian Church, it has been put in very good condition. These old grounds contain many interesting memo-rials of the old town folk of this neighborhood. Space will not admit of quoting from any <>f the antique