Ryerss, Joseph (Unknown – 1842)

Ryerss, Joseph (Unknown – 1842)

  • <p>Joseph Ryerss was freed in this will. Image courtesy of ancestry.com</p>
  • <p>Deed for land owned by Joseph Ryerss from 1813. Image courtesy of familysearch.org</p>
  • <p>Joseph Ryerss in the 1820 Census. Courtesy of ancestry.com</p>

Joseph Ryerss was freed by the will seen above in 1802 and went on to purchase land in Castleton, see deed above. He was the first free black man to purchase land in Castleton. That land eventually became a cemetery, see below.

  • <p>Joseph Ryerss land became the Staten Island Cemetary. Image courtesy of patsalmonhistory.com</p>