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| NAME | ALIAS | OL | C | R | V | ST | SEC | TOWNSHIP | LOCATION | QTRQTR | QTRSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | Y | Benton | |||||||||
| Afro-American | Six Mile | In Zeigler: West of Church St., North of Walnut St., South of Orchard St. This cemetery includes graves of black miners killed in 1908 mine explosion | |||||||||
| Akin | Y | Eastern | |||||||||
| Baxter | Y | 14 | Benton | SE | |||||||
| Bear Point | Y | Y | 15 | Goode | SE | SE | |||||
| Beaty Family (2 graves) | Y | Ewing | On farm about mile S. of Whittington bet RR & Rt37 | ||||||||
| Benton | Old City | Y | Y | Benton | 300 block, S. 1st St, Benton, IL Memorial Park | ||||||
| Bethel | Y | Y | 01 | Denning | NW | ||||||
| Bettie | Y | IN | 29 | Ewing | E. of Lake Benton on the William R. Smith farm | ||||||
| Bettis | Williams | 29 | Benton | NE | NW | ||||||
| Bindy | Y | 23 | Eastern | NE | SE | ||||||
| Bonner | Same as Boner? | Y | Y | AC | 31 | Frankfort | NW | NW | |||
| Brady | Y | Ewing | |||||||||
| Brady | Eastern | ||||||||||
| Britton | Phillips Family | Y | 25 | Ewing | About center lower 1/4 Sec. 25 | ||||||
| Brown | Y | 21 | Barren | W.bank of Rend Lake, E of Hazel Dell Church,Sesser | NE | ||||||
| Browning | Y | 21 | Six Mile | Between Mulkeytown and Royalton | |||||||
| Browning Hill | Y | Y | 09 | Browning | NE | ||||||
| Brush Prairie | Y | Y | 29 | Eastern | NW | SE | |||||
| Buckner | Y | Tyrone | Buckner | ||||||||
| Bush | Frankort | ||||||||||
| Butler (1860) | Y | Y | 18 | Browning | 1 and 1/2 mile north of Buckner Illinois | ||||||
| Carr | DE | 23 | Frankfort | Rt. 149 East of West Frankfort, between Logan Rd. and Cedar Hill Rd. behind location of old Saw Mill. | NE | NW | |||||
| Carters Temple | Y | Y | 32 | Eastern | SE | SW | |||||
| Catholic | Y | Tyrone | |||||||||
| Clayton | Fairview | Y | 30 | Frankfort | SW | SW | |||||
| Clem | DE | 17 | Cave | Reinterred Williams Prairie Cem, Williamson County | SW | ||||||
| Clement | Y | Eastern | |||||||||
| Cleveland (1 grave) | Y | Y | Eastern | Due west of Jackson Grove cemetery | |||||||
| Connor | Y | 16 | Browning | SW | |||||||
| Connor | Y | 21 | Browning | NW | |||||||
| Cook | Y | Y | 12 | Eastern | SW | SE | |||||
| Cook | 18 | Tyrone | |||||||||
| County Line | Zions Grove? | Y | Y | DE | 32 | Cave | Near County Line Baptist Church | ||||
| Crawford | Y | 12 | Frankfort | NW | NW | ||||||
| Cypher | Y | 17 | Ewing | South of Whittington | NW | ||||||
| Dawson | Y | 11 | Six Mile | 1/4 mile south of ZRHS | |||||||
| Denning | Y | 22 | Denning | NE | |||||||
| Dial | Y | 28 | Six Mile | Rt. 149 east of Royalton | NE | NW | |||||
| Dillon | Jones | Y | Y | 31 | Eastern | NW | SW | ||||
| Downs | DE | 18 | Cave | NW | |||||||
| Drummond | Y | Y | 05 | Benton | West of Lake Moses | ||||||
| Dunbar | Ewing | Relocated due to Rend Lake to Kirk Cem, Jefferson Co. | |||||||||
| East Fork | Pleasant Grove | Y | Y | 24 | Frankfort | ||||||
| East Fork | Y | Frankfort | |||||||||
| Ebenezer | Y | Cave | |||||||||
| Ed Webb Farm (1 grave) | Y | Northern | On road to Frisco | ||||||||
| Etna | Summers #1 | Y | Y | 29 | Eastern | ||||||
| Eubanks farm | Cave | ||||||||||
| Ewing | King | Y | Y | 15 | Ewing | SW of Ewing | SW | ||||
| Ewing | Y | IN | 23 | Frankfort | NW | ||||||
| Fairview | Clayton | Y | Y | 30 | Frankfort | SW | SW | ||||
| Family plot | Y | Tyrone | |||||||||
| Ferguson Family plot | Y | Benton | |||||||||
| Follis | Y | Denning | Near Franklin-Williamson Co.line near Freeman Spur | ||||||||
| Fort Jordan | Y | Cave | SE corner of township, abandoned | ||||||||
| Frankfort Heights | Y | Frankfort | No stones remain. In Frankfort Heights area, Marion Rd. | ||||||||
| Franklin | Y | 19 | Ewing | Near Rend Lake Conservancy District | |||||||
| Franklin | Y | 13 | Benton | NW | SW | ||||||
| Franklin County Poor Farm | 29 | Benton | Only a sign marking location, no stones | ||||||||
| Franklin Union | Y | Ewing | Ewing | ||||||||
| Garrigus | Frankfort | ||||||||||
| Gilgal | Y | Y | IN | 23 | Northern | NE | NW | ||||
| Grammer | Y | Y | 05 | Browning | Near Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, & abandoned | ||||||
| Greek Orthodox | Y | Six Mile | |||||||||
| Greenwood | Y | Y | 05 | Tyrone | SE | SE | |||||
| Grey | Y | IN | 12 | Browning | |||||||
| Grey | Y | IN | 12 | Browning | |||||||
| Hammond | Y | Y | Barren | On Sandusky Creek, W side Rend Lake near RL Park | |||||||
| Hammond | Goode | ||||||||||
| Hanes | Denning | Between R.R. track & road at W edge of W Frankfort | |||||||||
| Harmony | Y | Frankfort | |||||||||
| Harrison | Y | 30 | Browning | E. of Miner's Hospital, Christopher, IL | |||||||
| Hickory Corner | Hickory Hill or Oak Hill | Y | 17 | Browning | Across from Connor Cem on Sec. lines 17 & 20. | ||||||
| Hickory Hill | Oak Hill or Hickory Corner | Y | Y | 17 | Browning | Across from Connor Cem on Sec. lines 17 & 20. | |||||
| Hicks | Sweet | Cave | |||||||||
| Horse Prairie | Y | 06 | Barren | Near Horse Prairie Baptist Church NE of Sesser | SW | SE | |||||
| Horse Prairie | Goode | ||||||||||
| Humphrey | Y | Y | 11 | Six Mile | West of Royalton off Rt 149 take Elkville Rd. | ||||||
| I.O.O.F. | Y | 20 | Frankfort | Odd Fellows Cemetery Rt 1 Benton, IL phone 618-435-2256 |
NW | ||||||
| Isaacs | Y | Y | 22 | Cave | SW | NW | |||||
| Jackson Grove | Y | Y | 19 | Eastern | NE | NW | |||||
| Jacksonville | Y | Y | IN | 11 | Northern | NW | NW | ||||
| Jones | Dillon | Y | Y | 31 | Eastern | 3 mi. SW of Sesser, IL | NW | SW | |||
| Jones | Goode | 3 mi. SW of Sesser, IL | |||||||||
| Jones farm (1 stone) | Six Mile | Jones farm east of Zeigler | |||||||||
| Joplin | Y | D? | 08 | Frankfort | In field, could not find | NW | |||||
| Kerley | Y | Y | 01 | Frankfort | SW | SW | |||||
| King | Ewing | Y | Y | 15 | Ewing | SW of Ewing | SW | ||||
| Kirkpatrick | Reid-Kirkpatrick | Y | AC | 18 | Tyrone | NE | SE | ||||
| Knight | Y | 17 | Browning | ||||||||
| Knob Prairie | Y | Y | 16 | Eastern | SW | ||||||
| Launius | Y | 31 | Eastern | E | NW | ||||||
| Liberty | Ridlen | 21 | Northern | Near Liberty Baptist Church | SW | SE | |||||
| Liberty | Y | 26 | Cave | Near Liberty Methodist Church | NW | NW | |||||
| Limestone | Frankfort | ||||||||||
| Lithuanian | Y | 31 | Frankfort | NW | NW | ||||||
| Logan | Y | Y | 35 | Benton | City of Logan | SW | NE | ||||
| Macedonia | Y | 36 | Northern | In Macedonia by Methodist Church | NE | NE | |||||
| Maddox | Y | Frankfort | |||||||||
| Maddox | Rotramel | Y | Y | DE | 09 | Frankfort | Presume this is the right location, no sign of cem | SW | |||
| Manion | Y | Y | 18 | Eastern | NW | NE | |||||
| Manis | Ewing | ||||||||||
| Maple Hill | Y | Y | AC | 12 | Goode | SE | SW | ||||
| Martin | Y | Y | 19 | Six Mile | |||||||
| Masonic | Odd Fellow | Y | 30 | Benton | NE | NW | |||||
| Maylor | 22 | Tyrone | |||||||||
| McCann | Union | Y | Cave | ||||||||
| McFall | Y | Y | 04 | Frankfort | SE | ||||||
| Middle Fork | Y | Y | 20 | Northern | NE | NE | |||||
| Miller | Mount Zion | Y | 35 | Ewing | 5 mi. E. of Benton, just N. of Rt. 14, Bauer farm | SW | |||||
| Miller | Y | Northern | |||||||||
| Minor | Y | 21 | Six Mile | Rt. 149 east of Royalton | SE | SW | |||||
| Mitchell | Y | Goode | |||||||||
| Mitchell | 01 | Six Mile | NW | ||||||||
| Mitchell | Y | Six Mile | North of Cleburne | ||||||||
| Monroe Webb Farm (2 graves) | 17 | Northern | |||||||||
| Moore | Y | 08 | Frankfort | On Neal Farm (fall 2000) | NE | NE | |||||
| Moore | Six Mile | north of Flower Farms bldg, on Dry Road, east of Zeigler -- grave stones where moved to Zeigler Cemetery; the graves remained at Moore | |||||||||
| Moser Family | Y | Browning | |||||||||
| Mount Etna | Y | Y | 28 | Eastern | NW | SE | |||||
| Mount Olivet | Benton | ||||||||||
| Mount Pleasant | Y | Y | Y | 05 | Browning | Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church | SE | SW | |||
| Mount Zion | Miller | Y | Y | 35 | Ewing | 5 mi. E. of Benton, just N. of Rt. 14, Bauer farm | SW | ||||
| Mount Zion | Y | Y | 27 | Cave | Near Mt. Zion Freewill Baptist Church | SW | |||||
| Moyers | 17 | Six Mile | |||||||||
| Mulkeytown | Y | Y | 28 | Tyrone | NE | ||||||
| name not known | Benton | small cemetery out at the Freeman #5 mine | |||||||||
| Neal | Y | Y | 03 | Frankfort | SW | SE | |||||
| New Harmony | Y | 03 | Cave | On Sec. 3 and Sec. 4 line | NW | ||||||
| New Minor | Six Mile | Across road from Minor Cem., Rt. 149 N from Minor | |||||||||
| New Union | Y | Y | 31 | Benton | NW | ||||||
| Oak Hill | Y | 11 | Northern | NW | |||||||
| Oak Hill | Frankfort | ||||||||||
| Oak Hill | Hickory Hill or Hickory Corner | Y | 17 | Browning | Across from Connor Cem on Sec. lines 17 & 20. | ||||||
| Odd Fellow | Masonic | Y | 30 | Benton | NW | NE | |||||
| Odum | Y | 12 | Browning | West of Old Ben No. 24 | |||||||
| Old City | Benton | Y | Y | Benton | 300 block, S. 1st St, Benton, IL Memorial Park | ||||||
| Old Frankfort | Y | Y | 20 | Frankfort | Frankfort Heights on Trinity | NW | |||||
| Old Mulkeytown | Y | Y | 33 | Tyrone | NE | ||||||
| Old Osage (no stones) | Y | Y | D? | 30 | Six Mile | Reported some twenty persons buried there | |||||
| Ordell Davis farm (2 graves) | Y | Cave | |||||||||
| Orthdox | Y | Browning | On cemetery road in West City right outside Buckner. Church is called Nativity of the Virgin Mary Chapel | ||||||||
| Osage | 10 | Six Mile | N of Old Osage Cem. | ||||||||
| Otterson | Y | Y | 07 | Eastern | NE | SW | |||||
| Overturf | Y | 35 | Ewing | 5 mi E on Rt. 14, N short distance, on left. | E | ||||||
| Overturf (2 graves) | Browning | Just west of Browning Hill | |||||||||
| Paul Byers farm (ca 15 unmarked graves) | Cave | ||||||||||
| Phillips | Y | 25 | Ewing | About center of lower 1/4 Sec. 25 | |||||||
| Phillips Family | Britton | Y | IN | Ewing | About 1/2 mi. N of Phillips & Britton Cem in field | ||||||
| Plasters Grove | Y | 03 | Cave | On Sec. 3 and Sec. 4 line | NW | ||||||
| Pleasant Grove | East Fork | Y | Y | 24 | Frankfort | ||||||
| Pleasant Hill | Y | 12 | Cave | W | |||||||
| Puckett | Cave | Parish | |||||||||
| R. D. Smith | Y | 19 | Browning | ||||||||
| Rea | Y | 30 | Benton | SW | NW | ||||||
| Reid | Kirkpatrick | Y | Y | AC | 18 | Tyrone | NE | SE | |||
| Ridlen | Liberty | Y | 21 | Northern | Near Liberty Baptist Church | SW | SE | ||||
| Robinson | Tucker | Y | Barren | Near Sesser | |||||||
| Rotramel | Maddox | Y | Y | DE | 09 | Frankfort | Presume this is the right location, no sign of cem | SW | |||
| Royalton | Y | Royalton | |||||||||
| Russian | 17 | Browning | |||||||||
| Russian Orthodox | Saint Marys | Y | 28 | Six Mile | Rt. 149 E. of Royalton | ||||||
| S. M. Williams | Williams Chapel | Y | Y | 13 | Ewing | Near Williams Chapel Church | SW | ||||
| Saint Aloysius | Y | Y | 28 | Six Mile | Rt. 149 east of Royalton | ||||||
| Saint Andrews | Y | Y | 01 | Six Mile | South of Christopher, IL | NW | |||||
| Saint Johns Catholic | Y | Y | 31 | Frankfort | NW | ||||||
| Saint Joseph | Y | 24 | Browning | ||||||||
| Saint Marys | Russian Orthodox | Y | 28 | Six Mile | Rt. 149 E. of Royalton | ||||||
| Sanderfer | Zeigler City | Six Mile | One block north of circle in Zeigler | ||||||||
| Shiloh | Y | Y | 21 | Ewing | NW | SW | |||||
| Shockley | Wayman or Wiggs | Y | 01 | Browning | N | SW | |||||
| Silkwood | Y | 18 | Tyrone | NE | SE | ||||||
| Smith | Y | Northern | |||||||||
| Smith Family | Frankfort | ||||||||||
| Smothers | 18 | Cave | SW | ||||||||
| Smothers | Benton | ||||||||||
| Snider | Six Mile | ||||||||||
| Stotlar | Frankfort | ||||||||||
| Sullins | Y | Y | 17 | Benton | NE | ||||||
| Summers #1 | Etna | Y | Y | 29 | Eastern | ||||||
| Summers #2 | Y | Y | 29 | Eastern | SW | NE | |||||
| Sweet | Hicks | Cave | |||||||||
| Swofford | Y | Y | 25 | Benton | SE | SE | |||||
| Tanner | Eastern | ||||||||||
| Tate grave (Miller farm) | 31 | Eastern | |||||||||
| Taylor Graves | Northern | ||||||||||
| Thurmond | Tick Ridge | Y | Y | 12 | Ewing | ||||||
| Tick Ridge | Thurmond | Y | 12 | Ewing | |||||||
| Tower Heights | Y | 20 | Frankfort | adjacent to IOOF Cemetery | NW | ||||||
| Tucker | Robinson | Y | Barren | Near Sesser | |||||||
| Union | McCann | Y | Cave | ||||||||
| Vaughn | Y | 21 | Six Mile | use the same lane used to get to Browning Cemetery | |||||||
| Walnut Grove | Y | Y | 11 | Northern | SE | ||||||
| Ward | Y | Y | 04 | Tyrone | NW | ||||||
| Wayman | Shockley or Wiggs | Y | 01 | Browning | N | SW | |||||
| Wells Family | Y | 28 | Six Mile | ||||||||
| West Frankfort | Y | Frankfort | No stones. In W. Frankfort, btw Monroe St (on west), Oak St (on north), Charles St (on south) | ||||||||
| Weston (2 graves) | 17 | Eastern | SE | SE | |||||||
| White | Y | Denning | Near Freeman Spur | ||||||||
| Wiggs | Shockley or Wayman | Y | Y | 01 | Browning | N | SW | ||||
| Will | Y | Six Mile | Section 27? | ||||||||
| Williams | Bettis | Y | 29 | Benton | NE | NW | |||||
| Williams Chapel | S. M. Williams | Y | Y | Y | 13 | Ewing | Near Wiliams Chapel Church | SW | |||
| Wilson | 21 | Six Mile | |||||||||
| Wilson Rae | Y | 05 | Browning | Just N & W of Mt. Pleasant | SE | SW | |||||
| Winemiller | Y | Y | 17 | Ewing | S. of Whittington | SW | SW | ||||
| Wyatt | Ewing | graves re-interred | |||||||||
| Youngblood | Goode | ||||||||||
| Zeigler | Y | 13 | Six Mile | Rt. 148, NW of Zeigler | W | ||||||
| Zeigler City | Sanderfer | Y | Six Mile | One block north of circle in Zeigler | |||||||
| Zions Grove | County Line | Y | Y | DE | 32 | Cave | Near County Line Baptist Church |