The remains of 164 people were removed in 1875 from the Third Street Burial Ground in Troy, New York, to make way for a new City Hall and were reburied in this ground. No gravestones marked the spot, likely because they were broken during the disinterments. Originally donated to the city by Jacob Vanderheyden in 1796, the Third Street Burial Ground stood on the southeast corner of State Street, now known as Barker Park, adjacent to the First Particular Baptist Church, the church of Uncle Sam Wilson and his family. The names of those interred are preserved in Oakwood's burial records.