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Hamilton Cemetery |
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Hamilton Cemetery, Chapin-Bethel
Township
Morgan
County Illinois
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Hamilton Cemetery |
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Cemetery transcription by members of the Jacksonville Area
Genealogical
and Historical Society
On page 279 of "Deed Record 17" housed in the Morgan
County clerk's office is recorded the sale of 120 acres (less a
reservation
of one half of an acre burying grounds) off of the West side of the
South
West quarter of Section 5 Township 15 North of Range 12 West of the 3rd
P.M. in Morgan County, Illinois. Dated Feb. 15, 1873, the sale of the
land
was completed by George W. Clark, Commissioner, to William Hamilton.
The
land sale was necessary to settle a lawsuit between Mary H. Brockhouse
et al., complainants, and Ellen Taylor, et al., defendants. Also housed
in the same office is a book entitled "Deed Record Quit Claims 10".
Also dated Feb. 15, 1873, page 346 shows that Ellen Taylor (she
couldn't
sign her name so she made her mark) sold to William Hamilton, for $1.
150
acres off of the West Side of the South West quarter of Section 5, but
no mention is made of a cemetery. A study of the documents shows that
the
exact location of the half-acre burying ground is not mentioned. Page
115
of "Atlas Map of Morgan County, Illinois, 1872" shows a cemetery
symbol, but in fact the symbol is misplaced about one-eighth mile too
far
south. A visit to the cemetery on March 17, 1981 proved the site is
one-fourth
mile southeast of the intersection of roads 700E and 1717N. To reach
the
intersection leave Illinois Highway 104 at Bethel. Go west out of
Bethel
on a good rural road for two miles until arriving at a T intersection.
Turn left (south) and drive one-fourth mile to the first road west.
Easily
seen from the intersection of these two roads, several walnut trees and
cedar trees serve to attract attention to the unkept cemetery except
when
surrounding crops obstruct the view. There is no fence to protect the
burial
area which seems to be no more than 90 feet north to south and 60 feet
east to west. The compilers, Wayne E. Dalton and Robert W. Dalton, his
son, are indebted to Glenn L. Schone for permission to enter the
cemetery
by crossing his property.
* = No Stone
** = Soldier
Words in brackets [ ] or parenthesis ( )are not
on
stone.
| Name | Birth | Death | Other or Notes | Veteran? | Donated By | Obit? |
| **Fulks, Lysander | Co. I 129th Ill. Inf. (His tombstone stands near the south end of the cemetery.) |
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| Hamilton, David P. | 5 Yr 8 Mo 13 Da | 10 Apr 1861 | Son of W. & S.A. Hamilton | |||
| Hamilton, Emma L. | 10 Mo 20 Da | 15 Apr 1861 | Dau of W. & S.A. Hamilton | |||
| Hamilton, Martha J. | __ Yr 3 Mo 3 Da | 3 May 1861 | ||||
| Hamilton, William | 17 Jan 1817 | 28 Dec 1896 | (His death notice appeared as follows in the Jacksonville Daily Journal of Thursday, Dec. 31, 1896: CHAPIN. William Hamilton died at his home north of Neelyville Dec. 28. He had reached the advanced age of 81 years. He leaves a wife and nine children. The funeral was held at the house Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad hour of affliction. |
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| Hamilton, Sarah Ann (Shelton) | 17 Oct 1821 | (There is no death date engraved on her tombstone which she shares with her husband. Her marriage license in the Morgan County Court House shows Sarah Ann Shelton and William Hamilton were married on Feb. 20, 1840 by Justice Of The Peace John Crawford. No death certificate for her is to be found there.) |
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| Potter, Martha G. | 3 June 1867 | Wife of S. Potter (Her tombstone is broken off at the word "aged" but it appears from touch and sound that the remainder is intact several inches under the surface of the ground. Martha's tombstone is the most southwesterly marker in the cemetery. Page 67 of the book "Scott County, Ill. Marriage Licenses 28 March 1839 - 30 December 1899" by Edna M. Secrest shows that on Nov. 10, 1858 Mrs. Martha G. Boswell married Solomon Potter.) |
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| Potter, J. B. E. | 3 Mo | 13 Dec 1863 | (He is buried in the first grave north of Martha G. Potter.) |
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| ** Rodgers, Zephania | Co. I 11th Mo. Inf. (His is the most southeasterly tombstone in Hamilton Cemetery. The plowing of the nearby field has nearly reached his grave. Searches for a marriage license for this man in Morgan County and Scott County have been unfruitful. This man served at least two enlistments in service during the Civil War. Page 464 of "History of Morgan County, Ill. 1878" shows that Zephaniah Rodgers enlisted as a private in the 155th (One Year) Infantry on Feb. 23, 1865 and was mustered out on Sept. 4, 1865. His tombstone shows he served in the 11th Missouri Infantry. Although the following news item doesn't relate directly to Zephania Rodgers, it surely reflects what his feelings must have been about being assigned to a Missouri regiment. From Jacksonville Daily Journal of Sunday, Apr. 8, 1906: Adventures of a Veteran. Some of the experiences of Captain John E. Wright in the Civil War. During the summer of 1861 Barbour Lewis recruited a company for the cavalry service and we were sent to Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis and as there was no Ill. regiment for us to join we were mustered in as Company G in the First Missouri Cavalry. This created the greatest dissatisfaction as we all preferred to be credited to our own state, but we had taken the oath and there was nothing left but to make the best of it and after all it turned out well enough with the exception of the fact that we were counted from Missouri and do not appear in the adjutant general's report of the troops of this state.) |
Yes | ||||
| Sorrels, Mary E. (Sullens) | 23 Yr 10 Mo 21 Da | 10 Feb 1861 | Wife of Joseph Sorrels (Page 61 of "Scott County Ill. Marriage Licenses 18 March 1839 - 30 December 1889" compiled by Edna McMahan Secrest shows that Joseph Sorrels married Mary Sullens on June 25, 1857.) |
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| Sullins, Larkin | 54 Yr 4 Mo 17 Da | 24 Feb 1860 | ||||
| Su_____, Mary L. | (The above was recorded from a scrap of broken tombstone. Page 15 of "Marriage Register 2" in the Morgan County clerk's office contains personal data for the Feb. 14, 1889 marriage of 33 year old James Wesley Sullins and his second wife, Eva Wilson. James Wesley Sullins listed his father as Larkin Sullins and his mother's maiden name as Mary Ell Richmond. There is no death certificate for Mary L. Sullins recorded in the Morgan County Court House. Larkin Sullins apparently married at least twice, because page 721 of "History of Morgan County, Ill. 1878" lists a Sarah Sullens, widow of Larkin, living at Bethel.) |
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| Taylor, Johathan | 84 Yr 6 Mo 4 Da | 3 Sept 1867 | (In "Deed Record N" in the Morgan County clerk's office, pages 373 and 374 dated May 7, 1836, show that on that date Jonathan Taylor and Elendor Taylor his wife sold land in Section 5 of Township 15 North Range 12 West of the Third Principal Meridian to Josiah H. Smart. Jonathan signed his name and Elendor "made her mark" indicating that she was probably illiterate. Her name is written on the document as both Elendor and Elender.) |
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| Turner, Mrs. Robert | 22 Feb 1925 | |||||
| _________, ________ | 79 Yr 8 Mo 27 Da | 3 Nov. 1889 | (A check of records in Morgan County and Scott County does not reveal any death certificate that could apply to this burial.) |
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