The burial grounds have been the final resting place for many historic figures since the Churchyard cemetery opened in 1697 . A non-denominational cemetery, it is listed in the United States National Register Of Historic Places and is the only remaining active cemetery in Manhattan. There are two bronze plaques marking the spot where some of the fiercest fighting of the Revolutionary War occurred during the Battle Of Washington Heights .
- John Alsop (1724-1794), delegate to the Continental Congress
- John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) businessman, founder of the Astor Family of New York
- William Bradford (1660-1752), colonial printer
- Richard Churcher (1676-1681), whose grave is marked by the oldest carved Gravestone in New York City
- Robert Fulton (1765-1815), inventor
- Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), United States Congressman, statesman
- Horatio Gates (1727-1806), Revolutionary War general
- Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, founder of The Bank of New York
- Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757-1854), wife of Alexander Hamilton
- John Sloss Hobart (1738-1805), United States Senator
- James Lawrence (1781-1813), naval hero
- Francis Lewis (1713-1802), signer of the Declaration of Independence
- Walter Livingston (1740-1797), delegate to the Continental Congress
- Luther Martin (1744-1826), delegate to the Continental Congress
- John Jordan Morgan (1770-1849), United States Congressman
- Thomas Jefferson Oakley (1783-1857), United States Congressman
- John Morrin Scott (1730-1784), delegate to the Continental Congress
- George Templeton Strong (1820-1875), diarist, abolitionist, lawyer
- Silas Talbot (1750-1813), naval commodore, second captain of the USS ''Constitution''
- John Watts (1749-1836), United States Congressman
- Franklin Wharton (1767-1818), Marine Corps commandant
- Hugh Williamson (1735-1802), signer of the United States Constitution
- John Peter Zenger (1697-1746), newspaper publisher whose libel trial helped establish the right to a free press
- General William Alexander (1726-1783), General at the Battle Of Long Island
- Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor (1830-1908), socialite
- John Jacob Astor III (1822-1890), philanthropist
- John Jacob Astor IV (1864-1912), businessman killed in the sinking of the ''Titanic''
- John Jacob Astor VI (1912-1992)
- Madeleine Force Astor (1893-1940), socialite, ''Titanic'' survivor
- John James Audubon (1785-1851) artist
- John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877), United States Congressman
- William Astor Chanler (1867-1934), United States Congressman
- William Augustus Darling (1817-1895), United States Congressman
- Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens (1845-1912), lecturer on the life of his father, Charles Dickens
- John Adams Dix , (1798-1879) soldier, United States Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York, statesman
- Edward Haight (1817-1885), United States Congressman
- Eliza Jumel (1775-1865), a prostitute who later became the wealthiest woman in America and wife of Aaron Burr
- Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), pastor to whom authorship of '' A Visit From St. Nicholas '' has traditionally been attributed
- Samuel Seabury (1873-1958), New York City Judge
- Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Mayor of New York City
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