Thank you(!) to Cindy & Debbi for the feedback & their insight on possible burial places, and for letting me know that a burial on their own farm land was a possibility. I went back to review the Probate records for John Tatch, and found the following 4 mentions of the burial... 1. "Litchfield Feb. 14, 1861 Received of Wm. Whitehouse the sum of nineteen dollars in full for bore [bier?] & Coffin for John N. Tatch. [signed] Tilmun Shore*" *(Tilmun Shore was a hardware merchant in Litchfield per 1870 census.) 2. "Litchfield, June 18, 1861 Received of Wm. Whitehouse, Adm. of the estate of John N Tatch, Six dollars in full for lumber to fence the grave of Said Tatch. [signed] Perley & Co. By AAP* *(Andrew A Perley was a Lumber Dealer in Litchfield, per census.) 3. "Sept 16, 1861 Amt paid of Grave Stones $28.35" (It says "stones" so I wonder if he needed more than one...? This sounds like a lot of money in 1860, don't you think? At least I know it wasn't marked with a wood marker.) 4. October 17, 1861 Received of William H Whitehouse Administrator of the Estate of John N. Tatch deceased, $4.30 for making a grave fence. [signed] Henry Davis Now I'm wondering...does this sound like he could be buried in Litchfield, Montgomery County instead of Macoupin County? All the supplies seem to have been bought in Litchfield, but then maybe that was the largest supplier in the area for cemetery items & lumber supplies. Was Litchfield a major supplier for the area back in 1860? Thanks for any thoughts on this one. Marianne in CA