These are two of the worse cemeteries I found so I would like to be contacted by any ancestors of these people on the list: Barnett Cemetery which is located in section 34 road #400E on property owned by Richard Burns (according to the Plat Book). A very nice lady tried to help me find this one and took me through a corn field to the site which we then discovered was so high with weeds we could not get through enough to even see a stone. I have pictures of the weeds. She has promised to take pictures for me once the crop is down and she can find the cemetery. Buried there is: John Barnett b. abt. 1780 in Va. d. 1854 Cyrus, Edward and Victor Barnett sons of James Barnett and his wife Elizabeth. Two infant daughters of Addison and Sarah Eads(Sarah Barnett m/ Addison Eads 1847) John D. Kirby b. 1841 OH d. 1870 Wife of John Sarah E. Barnett b. 1845 KY d. 1887 (daughter of James and Elizabeth Barnett) James E. Kirby son of John and Sarah d. 1870 Elizabeth Lanham nee Barnett wife of Curtis Lanham b. 1817 d. 1862 Mary Lanham adopted daughter of Curtis and Elizabeth Foot stones marked E.L., M. L. E., L. E. >From the History of Barnett Township: Franklin Barnett, from whom. The township received its name, came from Bourbon county, Kentucky, in the spring of 1831, and settled in the same section as Mr. Paine. He was then a single man, but afterwards married and reared a family. In 1856 he migrated to Kansas, where he died only a few years ago. Robert Barnett, a brother of the former, came the year afterward-1832. He then had a wife and one child. He located in the same section as his brother. He died in 1864. His wife, Margaret, is yet living on the pioneer homestead. John Barnett, the father of the above, came here and entered land as early as 1831, for the use of his children, and afterward returned to his home in Kentucky. Here his wife died, and in 1845 he moved to the township to be with his children. He died in 1854. James Barnett, another son, moved to the township the same year as his father. He had a family of a wife and one daughter, Sarah. He is yet residing at the old home-stead in section thirty-four, a substantial farmer and a respected citizen. The history also states that Mason Paine was the first to be buried in this cemetery but I have no other record of that. Hall Cemetery is really a site. I drove past it three times before recognizing it as a cemetery. It is located on the "Kenny Blacktop" a road that leads from Kenney to Hallsville in section 33 about i/4 mile out of Hallsville towards Kenny. It is a small cemetery located about 100 yards off the road in the middle of a field that was planted in soybeans. There is no access at all to this unless you do as I did walk through the soybeans and when you get close enough to see the Gate you realize that you could not get the gate open as the weeds have grown to and above it. They are so thick that again you can only see the tops of the stones. Buried there: Mahlon Hall b. 1777 d. ?? Hannah Hall b. 1785 d. 1856 daughter of Jonathan and Susannah Read Edwin R. Hall d. 1862 son of Aquilla and Elizabeth Hall d. 1862 Jonathan R. Hall b. 1828 d. 1875( It is said that Eliza's name is on the back of Jonathan's stone. Mahlon Hall son of J. R. and Eliza (nee Thornley) Hall d. 1853 Caleb Hall b. 1803 d, 1839 son of Mahlon and Hannah There are two headstones with just the letters: PAP C.H. >From the History on Hall: he first to take steps toward settling the township was Elisha Butler in the fall of 1829. He moved from Salt creek timber in Tunbridge township, and settled in section. thirty-three. October 17th of the same year he entered the E. 1/2 of the S. E. 1/4 of the above section. For a record of his early history, etc., see the township history of Tunbridge. He at once erected on his premisess pole cabin 14x16 feet, and moved into it. The following spring he proceeded to break a small patch of ground and. planted it with corn. This was the first crop and the first farming done in Barnett. The same year he sold out his possessions to Mahlon Hall. The latter was a native of Virginia, but moved with his father's family to Bath County, Kentucky when a mere boy. Here he married twice and lived until he was past the meridian of life. In the spring of 1830, he came to Illinois and entered the W. 1/2 of the S. E. 1/4 of section thirty-three, now Barnett township, At the same time, he bought out the property of Mr. Butler. He then returned to his family in Kentucky, and in the fall came to his new-found home bringing his family with him. The family consisted: of his wife, Hannah, and six children, Henry, Polly Ann, James, Mahlon R, Jonathan R., and Susannah. They moved into the pole cabin constructed by Mr. Butler. The next fall Mr. Hall built a comfortable log house, and was thus well fixed for pioneer life. Several of the older children were left in Kentucky. Darius and Ambrose came to the state prior to their father, but settled in another county. They subsequently moved to this county. None of the family are now residing in the area. So you see the first two cemeteries that I located in deplorable condition contain the remains of pioneers who were very important to the settling of DeWitt County and were it not for them the farmers who have neglected their burial place would not have farms to plant. Please care enough to help remedy this situation. Earliene