CEMETERIES

of

Gallatin County, Illinois

&

A History of the County

 

Volume 2

 

INTENDED FOR PERSONAL GENEALOGY AID

NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE

Thanks to the Miner family for making them available on line.

by

Glen Miner

 

First Printed 1979

Second Printing with

some corrections

 and additions 1984

 

Click on the link for the part you want or All of Book 2.

Read Glen Miner’s comments below (page 0)

 

There are many SURNAMES in parts 2 and 3 but there is no index.

Use your browser search feature to search for your names.

 

UNOFFICIAL CONTENTS

(Not in printed book)

    

Part 1

Introduction and Explanation               page   0 below

Cemetery Inscriptions                      pages  1 – 36

Markers found since publication of

 Vol. 2 in 1979, not in index              page   36B

SURNAME Index of pages 1 – 36 of this book pages 110 - 113

 

Part 2

Gallatin Co. Court Proceedings, Shawneetown

 Illinois Territory General Order Book

 1813 – 1818                               pages 37 – 39

A little history from Glen                 pages 40 – 46

Actions taken by Governing body of Gallatin

 from 1813 – 1820                          pages 47 – 61

 

Part 3

Records from Gallatin Co. Commissioners

 Record Book of 1850’s                     pages 62 – 70

Village of Equality Minute Book 1831–1853  pages 71 – 76

Towns, Postoffices and other places with

 names in Gallatin Co.                     pages 77 – 78

Businesses, Ads, and Newspapers of

 early Gallatin Co.                        pages 79 – 109

 

All of Book 2

 

 

 

page 0

 

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONTENTS OF VOL. ONE & TWO, GALLATIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS

CEMETERIES, BY GLEN MINER.

 

Volume 1, published in 1973 contains a short history of the county as well as inscriptions from its some 90 cemeteries, surviving in the 1950s, along with their approximate locations. The abandoned ones were complete. The more than 6,000 inscriptions are indexed by surname. It also contains the indexed names of the county's that landowners who bought U.S. Govt. land from the U.S. land office located in Shawneetown after 1814, Township of entree also shown.

 

Volume 2 of Gallatin County, Ill, Cemeteries and a History of the County also by Glen Miner of Ridgway Ill. Contains a map of Gallatin County and some of the adjoining counties, made by Professor Campbell about 1869.

 

Pages 1 to 36 contain inscriptions from cemeteries not completed in vol. 1. Those supplements are, Palestine #1 & 2 in or near Omaha, New Zion. Hazel Ridge, Adkin or Bethlehem, Barnett or Kedron, Hogan, Oak Grove at Cottonwood, Reid Hill, Callicott or Harrelson, Kanady, McGehee, Jackson near Ridgway, St. Joseph, Old Cottonwood, Perkins, Zion or Brick Church Cemetery, Elmwood and Poplar. The following are in adjoining counties but near the Gallatin County Line. Dutton, Mathews, McPherson (also sometimes called Black or Love) and Russell Cemeteries in Hardin County. Jones and Colbert are in S.E. part of Saline County and Keasler or Newman and Davis or Wolfe are in S.E. corner or Hamilton County. All surnames are also indexed for these cemeteries.

 

Pages 37‑38 & 39 contain names of jurors, plaintiffs and defendants etc mentioned in county court proceedings 1813 to 1816 when Gallatin contained all or part of 8 neighboring counties of today. The rest of the 108 pages are given to a general history of the county, its towns, crossroad communities and trade centers. These include how and where many of the first roads were laid out, many items from territorial and county records including administration of estates from 1813 to 1820, abbreviated items from the minute book of Village of Equality from 1831 to 1853, county records of the 1850s, many old news paper items and advertisers, New Market and other country store licensees and also several pages of early area pictures. Completed Dec. 18‑1978 and preparing manuscripts for reprint on 3‑21‑1984.

 

I wish to thank those who have preserved and contributed material and information, which I have used in this book. A few of these are the record keepers in our county courthouse, Jack Blackard of Omaha, George McLain of Equality, our county newspapers of the past and present, those who wrote stories for the Shawneetown and also the recent Equality sesquicentennial, Mrs. Mattie Sanks and her son David, the Fillingim Family, Horace G. Brown former county school superintendent, the descendants of the Smith Family of New Market, descendants of the Crawford Family and Elbert E. Lamb for his 80 page story on this area also my grandparents and many others long deceased have left stories.

 

Often a parent or a grandparent of long ago who started to school here or began their romance there, added their bit to local history. Mrs. Sanks, now dec'd as is Mr. Blackard and McLain, attended school in old Equality Ct. house.

 

I realize I am much better at the collection of history than the writing of it but I also realize that a collection is of no value unless passed on to those who might enjoy it. I have made an effort to eliminate errors but I am sure there are some, which can't be blamed on the dim and yellowed records or the weathered cemetery markers.

 

Soon after publication of Vol. 1, of Gallatin County, Ill., Cemeteries in 1973 I was told, I had missed one. It was said to be in government forestland about 3 mi. S.W. of Old Shawneetown and within sight of the Ohio. Thanks to Mr. Sidney, Pindell for the copy of inscriptions, which he brought me after accidentally finding this cem. A large marble mkr for Josiah Lambert b 5‑5‑1812 d 12‑12‑1855. A few ft. away Sarah d 4‑12‑1851 at 16, w/o D. Franklin, an M.L. on footstone.

 

He was unable to read 3 others. In 1850 Rivers Lambert entered 240 acres in Sections 14 & 23 and died in 1852 and Josiah was administrator of estate. There has recently been charges made of illegal digs in adjoining Indian cem.

Addendum or Supplement to cemeteries of Gallatin County Ill. Vol.2