Unitarian Minister Amory Dwight Mayo delivered the dedication address, which explained the role that cemeteries played in creating a "Christian Republic.

"[2] It encompasses 14,860 individual interments marked by imposing mausolea, elaborate monuments, family plots, decorative markers, and simple stones.

[1][3] In November 1857 the citizens of Amsterdam, New York, convened to form an Association for the purpose of procuring and holding lands to be used exclusively for a cemetery.

Days were spent surveying, digging pits to test the quality of soil, opinions were sought and weighed.

On October 31, 1865 the second parcel of land was sold to The Green Hill Cemetery Association again from Joseph Cornell.