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Cemetery Listings
Early Land Entries
Abstracted from Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, General Land Office, U. S. Dept. of Interior. We are indebted to Harry Nelms, for this huge project, who unselfishly downloaded these records from the GLO site and contributed his expertise for this display. Thanks also to Gloria Frazier.
Section 16 School Land Entries
UNKNOWN CEMETERY, NW1/4 Sec. 4; Abandoned; 6 known burials 1845-1849. 1973 survey.
WHARTON CEMETERY, SW1/4 Sec. 4, Abandoned; 10 known burials 1857-1940. 1973 survey.
VAN PELT CEMETERY, SE1/4 Sec. 12; Abandoned; 3 known burials 1841-1865. 1973 survey.
ST. FRANCIS CEMETERY, NE1/4 Sec. 16; Currently used; 2015 burials by 1987; incomplete survey 1988.
OAK GROVE CEMETERY, NE1/4 Sec. 21; Currently used; Earliest burial 1856; incomplete survey 1988.
JERSEYVILLE~HICKORY GROVE~SAUER CEMETERY, Sec. 21; Destroyed; No record. This listing is persons believed to be interred in the Old City Cemetery, Jerseyville, now referred to as Hickory Grove Cemetery. Note: These are “believed” to be buried there, there are no stones remaining.
- ANDERSON, Mrs. Rev. 1844
BIGGS, Laura A. (?), 1862
BROWN, Jane, 1836
CARKUFF, Lena,1852
CHRISTOPHER, E.,1846
COLBURN, Charlotte,1847
COLEAN, Cora,1855
COLEAN, Francis,1846
COLEAN, Mary,1855
COLEAN, May,1849
COLLINS, Susan,1837
COPE, John,1852
COPE, Margaret Bostian
CORY, Hannah,1849
CORY, Harriet,1849
CORY, Jane,1839
CORY, Parkis,1839
CORY, Serdenia,1839
DOWNEY, Mary Griswold,1854
DOWNEY, Uriah,1841
ELY, Amy,1846
EVERTS, Luther,1848
GAYLORD, Walter,1837
GURNSEY, Clarisa,1847
HAMILTON, William,1844
HARRIOTT, D. I.,1849
HARTWICK, John,1854
HUTCHINSON, J. G.,1846
JARBOE, Catherine,1850
KIMBALL, J.,1848
JEROME, Mrs. Rev.,1847
KIRBY, Mary,1852
JEROME, Mrs. Rev.,1847
LANDON, D.,1846
LANDON, Nancy,1847
PITTMAN, Mary,1848
PITTMAN, Samuel,1854
POTTS, Charles,1835
POTTS, Franklin,1835
POTTS, W. C.,1830
RIDGEWAY, Caleb,1849
SHANK, John,1850
SILLOWAY, Margaret,1848
VAN LIEW, John,1839
UNKNOWN (GOODMAN-SCHROEDER) CEMETERY, Sec. 30; Abandoned; 3 known burials 1876-1878.
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