[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] These, uniting with a few others, were recognized as a branch of that church. Elder Ferris met with them once a month and added many members. In 178S thirty-three of their num-ber organized the Baptist Church of Yorktown, with the Rev. Reuben Garrison as pastor. On the 12th of November, 1790, the Baptist Church of Sing Sing was formally organized as an independent body. James Requa, Elijah Hunter and Richard Garrison were elected deacons. The church com-menced with thirty members. It soon received con-siderable accessions to its numbers, not a few of whom were the slaves of the members. Captain Hunter's house was located not far from where the Robinson or Jones mansion now stands, and what is now Broad Avenue was then Hunters lane, which led from his house to the Post road. Here it was that the meetings were held until the first church was built. The ground upon which a small frame building was erected is the same that the present church now stands upon, and was deeded to the so-OSSINING. 339 ciety as a free gift, in perpetuity, by Captain Hun-ter, whose name is still associated with portions of this village. It is only a few years since a small cemetery existed in State Street, being the chief por-tion of Mr. Mullholland's grounds, known as " Hun-ter's Burying-Ground," and there is a street running from Main Street to the prison now bearing the name of this liberal and distinguished citizen of that early day.