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Old Kelly Cemetery

Also known as Kelly Cemetery Old

Hutton Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA

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Get directions Cardinal Lane
Hutton Township, Illinois 61920 United States

Coordinates: 39.45727, -88.13902
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Section 30, T12N, R10E
South of Charleston on IL Rte 130 past the entrance to Lake Charleston to the first road on the left (Cardinal Lane). Drive two-tenths of a mile just past the top of the first rise in the road. Park near the orange colored "Buried Pipe Line" sign and a utility pole. Walk SSE up a gentle incline directly to cemetery (less than 200 feet).

Believed to be the oldest burial location in Coles County, dating back to 1825 (which was actually 5 years before Coles Co was formed). Kelly Cem is the first known burial ground of people of European descent in what is now known as Coles Co., but at that time still included parts of Douglas and Clark Counties.

Only 11 or 12 persons are believed to be buried there.

The property was donated by James Kelly.

A portion of James Kelly's marker was THE ONLY ONE observed with any inscription out of the nine stones/markers that were located during two searches on July 20 and 30, 2011.

Several blank or illegible tablets or piles of flat stones were located, and the only other tablet (Cemetery) that was located is pictured. It was down and covered by soil, and only discovered by probing.

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