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Moses Viney Burial Site at Vale Cemetery

Schenectady, New YorkVale Cemetery1 min readFile amended Directions

A historic site in Schenectady, New York, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Moses Viney Burial Site at Vale Cemetery is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Archive note: 4 conflicting records
Status
Operating
Designation
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
Coordinates
42.803, -73.927 · Approximate (city centroid)

NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Is Moses Viney Burial Site at Vale Cemetery haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

The record — long form

Viney is the overheard — the 'about to be sold' that's the decided '40, the 'twenty-one children' that's the eldest of. The 'Nott' is the president — the 'Union College' that's the coachman served, the 'Chester Arthur' that's the student knew him. The '$1,900 to $120' is the negotiated — the 'Canada' that's the sent while haggled, the '55' that's the freedom bought.

The 'FREE' is the wreath — the 'headstone' that's the one word, the '92 years' that's the died '09. The 'unmarked' is the found — the '2009' that's the tombstone raised, the 'Juneteenth' that's the unveiling day. Viney is the constant — the 'seventy years' that's the Union lore, the 'massages' that's the soothed Nott's strokes.

The file keeps Viney: the overheard sale, the Nott friendship, the negotiated $120, and the FREE wreath.

Moses Viney's grave is the archive's New York file — the coachman's companion.

Why this file matters

Moses Viney's grave is the archive's New York file — the man bought for $120.

A grave keeps its wreath — the file's suggestion being that Viney's hold is the negotiated: the '$1,900 asked' that's the '$120 paid', the 'president's companion' that's the power's servant, and the 'FREE' that's the finally marked.

Two accounts on file

Place Type
On file

HISTORIC_SITE

Also reported

CEMETERY

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Short Description
On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The Schenectady grave—where the escaped coachman rests.

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Historic Designation
On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

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Research Notes
On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 24NY01, source row 445. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 2; VERIFY task auto-queued.

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Documented history

  • NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Moses Viney Burial Site at Vale Cemetery is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Moses Viney Burial Site at Vale Cemetery's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Viney’s story is documented. Moses Viney Burial Site at Vale Cemetery's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.

    Verified historyNational Park Service

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 24NY01, source row 445. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

"Moses Viney Burial Site at Vale Cemetery." HauntHunt dossier 0919, https://haunthunt.com/place/moses-viney-burial-site-at-vale-cemetery-new-york/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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