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Otter Creek Township
Jersey County, Illinois
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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, Sec. 1; From tax list; no information; maybe Sinclair-Hays?
HINSON-BLACK MOUND Cemetery, NW1/4 Sec. 2; Abandoned; 13 known burials; 1840-1879; 1973 survey
WHITE Cemetery, SW1/4 Sec. 3; 83 known burials; 1863 -1968
SCHAAF Cemetery, SW1/4 Sec. 6; From tax list; No information
NOBLE FAMILY Cemetery, SE1/2 Sec. 11; Abandoned; 5 known burials; 1845-1853; 1973 survey
DOUGHERTY Family Cemetery, SW corner Sec. 13; Abandoned; 30 known burials; 1833-1930; 1973 survey
FREDENBURG Cemetery, SE1/4 Sec. 14; Abandoned; 7 known burials; 1850-1908; 1973 survey
MCDOW-GOWIN-PICKETT(HAGEN?) Cemetery, SW1/4 Sec. 14; Tax list; 38 known burials; 1831-1969
HAMILTON-PARSONAGE Cemetery, Center Section 14 Otterville; Abandoned; 5 markers, many more burials; 1834-1864; 1973 survey
NOBLE-OTTERVILLE Cemetery, NW 1/4 Sec. 14; Earliest burial 1829.
DAVENPORT Cemetery, SE1/4 Sec. 16; Abandoned; 3 known burials; 1869-1874; 1973 survey
DABBS Cemetery, NW1/4 Sec. 16; Abandoned; 10 known burials; 1865-1929; 1973 survey
EDSALL Cemetery, SE1/4 Sec. 33; Abandoned; 38 known burials; 1858-1929; 1973 survey
LEWIS Cemetery
SE1/4 Sec 34; Abandoned; 12 known burials; 1867-1902. 1973; survey
UNION-SALEM Cemetery, SE1/4 Sec 36; 161 known burials; 1837 – 1946
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