DeHart Cemetery
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DeHart Cemetery

Buckhorn, Brown County, Illinois, USA

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    Coordinates: 39.88812, -90.87489
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Located in the woods on private property. The GPS coordinates were taken by a researcher who visited the cemetery in August 2012.

The DeHart Cemetery is located on a wooded mound near the southeast corner of a farmer's field. The oldtimers in the area believe the ground was originally an Indian burial mound. There are many cedar trees in the vicinity of the headstones. Someone had moved the stones from their original locations and placed them against the trees. All of the legible stones were photographed.

The Cemeteries of Brown County, Illinois 1825-1972, p16:

"The road that passed his house and the cemetery has been abandoned so search for the burial ground required a long walk to the top of a pleasant knoll where a few stones were found among the cedar trees.

"This tract of land on which the Cemetery is located was taken from the government by John Sevier in 1842. He later sold it to William L. DeHart and on his death his heirs sold it to George Myers, July 18, 1853 for $250 (45 acres). In 1903, the tract belonged to Marshall Waters."







Located in the woods on private property. The GPS coordinates were taken by a researcher who visited the cemetery in August 2012.

The DeHart Cemetery is located on a wooded mound near the southeast corner of a farmer's field. The oldtimers in the area believe the ground was originally an Indian burial mound. There are many cedar trees in the vicinity of the headstones. Someone had moved the stones from their original locations and placed them against the trees. All of the legible stones were photographed.

The Cemeteries of Brown County, Illinois 1825-1972, p16:

"The road that passed his house and the cemetery has been abandoned so search for the burial ground required a long walk to the top of a pleasant knoll where a few stones were found among the cedar trees.

"This tract of land on which the Cemetery is located was taken from the government by John Sevier in 1842. He later sold it to William L. DeHart and on his death his heirs sold it to George Myers, July 18, 1853 for $250 (45 acres). In 1903, the tract belonged to Marshall Waters."







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  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2169699