Books

Beers, F.W. & Co. History of Allegany County , NY , (1879).

Berne Historical Society. Our Heritage, (1977).

Christman, Henry. Tin Horns and Calico, (1945, reprinted 1975).

Donhardt, Gary L. Indian Ladder – A History of Life in the Helderbergs, (2001).

Ellis, David M; Frost, James A; Syrett, Harold C; and Carman, Harry J. A History of New York State, (1967).

Gregg, Arthur B. Old Hellebergh, (1936, reprinted 1975).

Howell and Tenney. History of Albany County, (1886).

Minard, John S. Allegany County And It’s People – A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, New York, Part I, (1896).

Phelan, Helene. The Man Who Owned The Pistols, (1981).

Newspaper

The Altamont Enterprise, December 13, 1890, Obituary of Col. Walter S. Church.

The Altamont Enterprise, September 30, 1898, Letter from Thomas Emmett Willard titled “Memories of Berne”.

Manuscripts

Biles, Shelia. Letter on Walter Church’s Experience at West Point, (2004).

Church, Philip. Letter of Application to West Point for Walter Church, (1828).

Church, Walter S. Letter Copy Book, (1835 – 1838), [at New York State Archives].

Walter Church’s Allegany County Land Ledger, (1835) [at New York State Archives].

Walter Church’s Town of Berne Land Ledger for Years 1854, 55, and 56, (1856).

Miscellaneous Source

Albany City Directories of 1854, 1857, 1860, and 1868.