350 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



The present beautiful church was dedicated Sept, 26, 1869. 



In the cemetery of the Presbyterian church, rest the remains of Isaac 

 Van Wart, one of the three captors of Major John Andre, who for many 

 years was an efficient church officer and acted as chorister up to the time 

 of his death. 

 ' A marble monument consisting of a base and pyramid is inscribed on 

 its four sides, with the following epitaph : — 



(North Side.) 



Here reposes 

 the mortal remains 



of 



Isaac Van "Wart, 



an elder in the Greenburgh Church 



who died 



on the 23d of May, 1828, 



in the 



69th year of his age. 



Having lived the life, he died the death, of a 



Christian. 



(South Side.) 



The Citizens 



of the 



County of Westchester, 



erected this tomb 



in testimony of the high sense 



they entertained for the 



virtuous and patriotic conduct 



of their fellow citizen 



as a memorial sacred to 



public gratitude. 



(Upon the East Side.) 



Vincit Amor Patriae. 



Nearly half a century 



before this monument was built, 



the conscript fathers of America 



had in the Senate Chamber, voted that 



Isaac Van Waet, 



was a faithful patriot, one in whom 



the love of country was invincible, 



and this tomb bears testimony 



that the record is true. 



