WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS CEMETERIES
A special thank you to Charla Murphy, President of the Williamson County Historical Society, and Helen Lind, editor of the WCHS quarterly publication Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois and member of the WCHS Board of Directors, for their assistance in providing this list. They have done extensive research in the cemeteries of this county.
(Continued) *"Notebook" is a collection of cemetery inventories which have not yet been or are in the process of being published. The notebooks and other books listed are available at the WCHS Museum Library , 105 South Van Buren Street, Marion, IL 62959.
This may not be a complete listing of the cemeteries of Williamson County. Cemetery rolls for the
CEMETERY NAME TOWNSHIP SECTION INVENTORIED in: NOTES Abney ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Saline County Aikman West Marion 9-2 24 Wmson County Cem. Notebook*; Saga, win. '98 ~~~ Aikman (Old Marion) West Marion 9-2 13 Lind vol. 4; Wmson County Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Allen Crab Orchard 9-2 27 Cem...Wmson Co., vol. 2 ~~~ Allen, Willis East Marion 9-3 19 ~~~ Moved to Rosehill Cemetery Allen Worley (Coleman Farm) East Marion 9-3 24 Saga, sum. '79 No stones, moved to Worley Almans Grassy 10-1 30 Those Left Behind 2 graves Angel Crab Orchard 9-4 8 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Arnold Stonefort 10-4 8 Lind, vol. 5 On Sarahville Road Askew-White Creal Springs 10-3 ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Atwood Creal Springs 10-3 15 Lind, vol. 2 off Rt. 166 to Creal Springs Baiar Lake Creek 8-3 17 Lind, vol. 1 at Johnston City Bainbridge (on farm) West Marion 9-2 21 ~~~ East of Marion Bainbridge (Block House) aka Dunaway Bainbridge West Marion 9-2 16 Saga, spr. '75; Wmson Co., Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Baker Southern 10-2 6 ~~~ ~~~ Baker Grassy 10-1 33 Those Left Behind ~~~ Baker Carterville 9-1 ~~~ ~~~ Moved to Carterville Community Cemetery Baker-Hunter (L. Phelps) Creal Springs 10-3 21 Wmson County Cem. Notebook* one stone Bandy Herrin 8-2 28 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Barham West Marion 9-2 13 see Rosehill Cemetery SE section of Rosehill Cemetery called the Barham Connection Barter Crab Orchard 9-4 12 ~~~ ~~~ Barwick Crab Orchard 9-4 33 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Bearden Corinth 8-4 26 ~~~ Brushy Creek Rd. 1.1 mi N. of Bethel Rd., Log home of J. L. Sprague next to it Beasley, Hez Crab Orchard 9-4 36 Lind, vol. 4; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Beasley Carterville 9-1 ~~~ ~~~ Moved to Carterville Community Cemetery Becker Lake Creek 8-3 16 Lind, vol. 1 East of Johnston City Bell, John-Davis, Geo. East Marion 9-3 26 ~~~ ~~~ Bethany Memorial (East Lawn) Herrin 8-2 ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Bethel Corinth 8-4 36 Cem... Wmson Co., vol. 2, Lind ~~~ **Bethlehem East Marion 9-3 15 Wmson Co., Cem. Notebook*; Lind, vol. 4 East of Marion off Rt. 13 Blairsville Blairsville 8-1 20 ~~~ ~~~ Bolton Stonefort 10-4 36 Lind, vol. 5; Wmson Co. Cemetery Notebook* ~~~ Boyd Herrin 8-2 25 Lind, vol. 1 ~~~ Brack West Marion 9-2 23 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Bradley-McCoy Grassy 10-1 13 ~~~ ~~~ Brandcliff Creal Springs 10-3 17 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Brannon Grassy 10-1 13 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Brooks ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Saline County Bulliner Carterville 9-1 ~~~ ~~~ Moved to Carterville Community Cemetery Burrough Southern 10-2 17 Lind, vol. 4; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Bush Blairsville 8-1 8 ~~~ ~~~ Cagle West Marion 9-2 19 ~~~ ~~~ Calvert-Simmons (Old Seayburg) Creal Springs 10-3 35 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Calvert-Wallace Farm East Marion 9-3 17 Lind, vol. 3; Off the Beaten Path Stones are no longer there Cambria (same as Rodd) Blairsville 8-1 32 Lind, Unpublished ~~~ Campbell Crab Orchard 9-4 18 Cem...Wmson Co., vol. 2; Off the Beaten Path East of Marion Campbell (Frank) Farm East Marion 9-3 31 ~~~ ~~~ Campground (aka Perry) West Marion 9-2 11 Off the Beaten Path; Lind, vol 2 Behind Methodist Church on Rt. 37 between Marion and Johnston City Cana Grassy 10-1 14 ~~~ ~~~ Cana Creal Springs 10-3 15 Gone To Be an Angel ~~~ Cannon Grassy 10-1 16 Those Left Behind ~~~ Caplinger East Marion 9-3 28 Lind, vol. 3 ~~~ Carterville Community Carterville 9-1 15 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Casey Lake Creek 8-3 30 Lind, vol. 2 ~~~ Cash Creal Springs 10-3 18 Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois, spr. '98 ~~~ Chamness West Marion 9-2 29 Those Left Behind ~~~ Chamness West Marion 9-2 31 Those Left Behind ~~~ Chamness, Jas. P. West Marion 9-2 29 Those Left Behind; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Chamness, W. R. West Marion 9-2 20 Those Left Behind ~~~ Chaney-Parks Crab Orchard 9-4 32 ~~~ On Robert McDonald farm Chenoweth West Marion 9-2 25 ~~~ Moved, according to Pearl Roberts. Members of her family were moved to Maplewood. She does not know where the others were moved Chitty Grassy 10-1 25 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Cline-Parks Crab Orchard 9-4 17 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* Moved to Coal Bank Springs Cocke Creal Springs 10-3 32 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Cole-Hess Grassy 10-1 2 Saga, win. '86; Those Left Behind ~~~ County Farm West Marion 9-2 12 ~~~ No markers, about 25 graves County Line Carbondale Twp 18 Cemeteries of Jackson County, vol. 2 ~~~ County Line (North) Corinth 8-4 5 Lind, vol. 3 ~~~ County Line (South) aka Salem Cemetery Creal Springs 10-3 33-34 Cemeteries of Tunnel Hill Twp Part of the cemetery is in Williamson County and part in Johnson County Cox West Marion 9-2 13 Off the Beaten Path; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Crab Orchard Church Southern 10-2 3 Lind, vol. 2; Wmson County Cem. Notebook*; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Craig Carterville 9-1 34 Those Left Behind ~~~ Crain-Pike-Vick (Old Golf Course) West Marion 9-2 22 Ashby; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Creal Springs Creal Springs 10-3 26 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Crenshaw West Marion 9-2 3 ~~~ ~~~ **Crossroads East Marion 9-3 9 Lind, vol. 1; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* Between Pittsburgh and Marion in the country, one of the oldest in Williamson County Culbreath East Marion 9-3 13 Off the Beaten Path; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Cundiff Blairsville 8-1 20 Lind, Unpublished Colp Road to Blairsville Cunningham, John M
Cunningham-Logan School East Marion 9-3 18 ~~~ Moved to Old Marion and to Rosehill Cemeteries Davis Prairie East Marion 9-3 23 Lind, Unpublished on the south side of Rt. 13 about 5 miles east of Marion Davis, John T. Stonefort 10-4 5 Lind, vol. 5; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Davis, Wm. Stonefort 10-4 6 Off the Beaten Path; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* One grave Dewmaine Blairville 8-1 35 ~~~ ~~~ Dillingham Corinth 8-4 16 Lind, vol. 4 ~~~ Dockins Southern 10-2 1 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Dollar Carterville 9-1 ~~~ ~~~ Moved to Carterville Community Cemetery Donelson Creal Springs 10-3 22 Lind, Unpublished ~~~ Doty Lake Creek 8-3 32 Lind, vol. 1; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Drake Stonefort 10-4 33 Saga, sum. '84; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Lind, Unpublished ~~~ Dunaway-Brainbridge West Marion 9-2 16 Lind, vol. 5; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Duncan Herrin 8-2 12 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*;Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Duncan Herrin 8-2 14 Lind, Unpublished ~~~ Duncan Carterville 9-1 36 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Duncan-Chamness Carterville 9-1 36 Those Left Behind ~~~ East Lawn Memorial West Marion 9-2 8 ~~~ ~~~ Eaton East Marion 9-3 26 Saga, sum. '79; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Off the Beaten Path Near Dahmer Farm Ebenezer ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Saline County Edwards Crab Orchard 9-4 19 Lind, vol. 5; Ashby; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Edwards Carterville 9-1 ~~~ ~~~ Moved to Carterville Community Cemetery Elders Carterville 9-1 ~~~ ~~~ Moved to Carterville Community Cemetery Ellis (New Dennison) East Marion 9-3 35 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Elms Stonefort 10-4 11 Lind, Unpublished ~~~ Emerson Herrin ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Everett Lake Creek 8-3 26 Lind, vol. 1; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Evetts Stonefort 10-4 23 Off the Beaten Path; Saga, win. '74; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Fairview Creal Springs 10-3 13 ~~~ ~~~ Farris-Corder Crab Orchard 9-4 19 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Lind, Unpublished ~~~ Ferges Herrin 8-2 23 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Lind, Unpublished ~~~ Ferrel Crab Orchard 9-4 32 Lind, vol. 4; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Ferrell (Old Gum Springs) Creal Springs 10-3 13 ~~~ ~~~ Follis Denning Twp. 35 Cemetery Inscriptions of Denning twp. In Franklin Co., IL ~~~ Freedom Southern 10-2 11 Lind, Unpublished Just off Rt. 37 about 5 miles south of Marion across side road from Freedom Freewill Baptist Church Freeman Herrin 8-2 2 Lind, vol. 4 At Freeman Spur Frick-Wilson West Marion 9-2 18 ~~~ ~~~ Funk (Henderson Farm) West Marion 9-2 4 ~~~ ~~~ Furlong Crab Orchard 9-4 20 Cem. Saline & Wmson, vol. 1; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Furlong Crab Orchard 9-4 20 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Furlong East Marion 9-3 36 Off the Beaten Path, Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Gentry Grassy 10-1 20 Saga, spr. '79 ~~~ Glendale Blairsville 8-1 ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Goddard-Casey Creal Springs 10-3 35 Cemeteries of Burnside Twp., Johnson Co.; Lind, vol. 2 Cemetery is called Salem in the Burnside book and is in Williamson County Goodall, Joab East Marion 9-3 28 Lind, vol. 2 ~~~ Goodall, Wm. East Marion 9-3 16 Alexander Lane ~~~ Grange Hall Southen 10-2 16 ~~~ ~~~ Grant Lake Creek 8-3 11 ~~~ Destroyed Grant Lake Creek 8-3 33 ~~~ ~~~ Grassy Creek Grassy 10-1 2 Those Left Behind; Saga, win. '86 ~~~ Green-Roberts (Williford) Southern 10-2 11 ~~~ ~~~ Grissom, Wm. Creek East Marion 9-3 ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Hall Stonefort 10-4 14 Lind, vol. 2; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Halstead Carterville 9-1 ~~~ ~~~ Moved to Carterville Community Cemetery Hampton GCarterville 9-1 26 Those Left Behind; Lind, vol. 3; Saga, win. "86; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Hanks East Marion 9-3 ~~~ Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Lind, Unpublished ~~~ Harmony Lake Creek Bapt. Lake Creek 8-3 4 Lind, vol. 4 ~~~ Harris Lake Creek 8-3 15 Lind, vol. 1; Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Harris Farm (McGowan) Creal Springs 10-3 22 ~~~ ~~~ Hart Herrin 8-2 11 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Hartwell Lake Creek 8-3 28 Lind, vol. 1 ~~~ Hendrickson Lake Creek 8-3 25 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Lind, Unpublished ~~~ Hendrickson, Henry East Marion 9-3 13 Off the Beaten Path ~~~ Henry Crab Orchard 9-4 1 Lind, vol. 1; Cem. Saline and Williamson Counties; Cos, vol. 1; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook ~~~ Henshaw Stonefort 10-4 23 Lind, vol. 1; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Wmson Co. Cemetery Inscriptions, vol. 1, (Lind) p 45. Linda Holmes White located Henshaw: "The Henshaw Cemt. is really located 2 miles north of Stonefort. My G-G-Grandfather started the Henshaw Cemetery." Herrin (City) Herrin 8-2 29 ~~~ ~~~ Hess (aka Cole-Hess) Grassy 10-1 2 Those Left Behind ~~~ Hill Creal Springs 10-3 6 Off the Beaten Path; Lind, vol. 2 ~~~ Hillcrest Carterville 9-1 10 ~~~ Turn north off Rt. 13 onto Division and go to Tippy Road, left onto Tippy to Willow Street, turn right. Cemetery is on left side of this street. Hinchcliff Carterville 9-1 4 Lind, vol. 1; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Lind, Unpublished Between Rt. 13 and Cambria Hinchcliff Carterville 9-1 ~~~ ~~~ Moved to Carterville Community Cemetery Holeman (Moore Park) West Marion 9-2 15 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* may be the same as Unknown 4 Destroyed, house on site Holland Farm (Corder) West Marion 9-2 22 ~~~ ~~~ Holland, Joe D. (6) East Marion 9-3 12 ~~~ Moved to Rose Hill Holmes Cemetery Stonefort 10-4 28 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Howell Grassy 10-1 12 Those Left Behind; Saga, win. '86; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Huck Lake Creek 8-3 17 Lind, vol. 1; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Huffman Southern 10-2 12 Saga, sum. '81; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* Destroyed Huffstuter Southern 10-2 12 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Hunter (Allen) Herrin 9-2 34 Lind, vol. 2; Saga, fall '75; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook ~~~ Hunter (Jacob) Lake Creek 8-3 30 Lind, vol. 1; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* Six graves Hurricane Carterville 9-1 1 Saga, win. '84 & spr. '85; Wmson Co. Cem., Hurricane Cemetery Wmson Co. ~~~ IOOF West Marion 9-2 12 ~~~ ~~~ Indian Camp Crab Orchard 9-4 35 Cem... Wmson Co., vol. 2; Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook* ~~~ Ivy Stonefort 10-4 15 ~~~ One grave Jenkins East Marion 9-3 28-29 Lind, vol. 4 ~~~ Johnson Corinth 8-4 23 Wmson Co. Cem. Notebook*; Off the Beaten Path One grave Joyner Stonefort 10-5 31 Saline County Cemeteries, vol. 1; Saline County ~~~ 
** cemeteries can be found in the ILGenWeb Project Archives. ILWebGen is a separate project from the AHGP. A link to the ILWebGen Project for Williamson County is on the "Links" page of this website. If you know of a Williamson County Cemetery that is not listed, please email me with the complete cemetery name and location. Thank you!
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