The parcel is owned by farmer Ray Wilson, with whom the friends group has come to an agreement by which he will let the town take part of the cemetery.

“Everyone is waiting for the town to take it over,” Camarota said. “We want to do it, but we want to do it in partnership with the town. For nine months, we have jumped through every hoop the town has thrown at us.”

Camarota has requested a special meeting with the Town Board prior to its regular April 14 meeting to petition again for action. If the town takes ownership, a Skidmore College archaeology class will be able to study the cemetery this summer.

Town Supervisor Darlene Dumas said no special meeting has been scheduled.

There have been a variety of topics that have come up regarding the cemetery, which once held more than 100 gravestones but has been badly damaged in recent years.

The Town Board’s main concern now appears to be setting a precedent by which the town would be asked to take over other abandoned cemeteries.

“How many other private cemeteries are going to come out of the woodwork?” board member Floyd Varney wanted to know. “I am reluctant to say yes, because who knows if Uncle Joe is going to come and say he has a couple of soldiers in his yard.”