Thank you for that information. I wonder who would have a list of who are buried in all those graveyards. I am searching for a Betsy Dickerson's burial place. She died between 1850 and 1856. I noticed the surnames you are researching. In my Mahlon Dickerson's journal, he mentions plastering at Robert Rowe's house in Oct of 1853. Mahlon Dickerson handle a lot of mortgages so on Sept of 1870 he mentions " Harvey got $5.00 on my act. of C. M. Munson. Bal. amt. $353.40". Mahlon also mentions working at Hosford's house in Nov. of 1863 and at John Hosford's house in April of 1870. Mahlon wrote that he plastered at D. Hall and James Hall's houses in 1863 and 1870. Once again, thank you for that info. Alyson Crippen agc@sofnet.com -----Original Message----- From: SDunavan@aol.com <SDunavan@aol.com> To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 12:15 PM Subject: [ILLASALL-L] Freedom cemeteries & surnames >Freedom doesn't show up on most maps because its the name of a township, not a >town. From a booklet compiled from Evelyn Goetsch in 1976 >("1776-Freedom-1976: A History of Freedom Township, Located in the Northern >Part of LaSalle County, Illinois, p. 62), it seems there are five cemeteries >there. Two are associated with "ghost towns", villages that aren't there >today. > >Munson cemetery, associated with the failed town of Munsonville, has a few >burials from the Munson, Newell, Miller, and Kindle families. > >Gouldtown (also known as Courtwright) cemetery, located in sec. 21, associated >with the long-gone Gouldtown, has burials from Fort, Whitcomb, Morrel, >Gaylord, Autin, Hotchkiss, Baldwin, Huss and Wither families. > >The three remaining, larger cemeteries are: > >Harding cemetery -- in the se corner of town. Has a few mass burials from >cholera epidemic in 1849 in addition to regular, marked burials. Knute Mosey >& family & Stephen Sampson & son Squire Knute Mosey were mentioned as cholera >victims buried here. > >Prairie Center cemetery -- s. of Rte. 52 on the e. end of Prairie Center. >First burial was in 1853 so yours is not likely to be here. > >Freedom Lutheran cemetery -- s.e. corner of sec. 28, n. of Rte. 52. I would >guess mostly Lutherans buried here? > >Also, there is a mass grave for the victims of the Indian Creek massacre >(1832) in Shabbona Park (Davis, Pettigrew, Hall, etc.) > >I'd love to hear from anyone else researching these surnames from Freedom Twp: >Hall, Munson, Hosford, or Rowe. > >Sandy Dunavan >