Roland Bauer wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------7F336D1AA08C384C5F2C5013 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Thought this would be of interest to those who missed it in the > newspaper. > > Roland Bauer, on the beautiful bluffs in Collinsville > > --------------7F336D1AA08C384C5F2C5013 > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: StLouis-MO-L-request@rootsweb.com > Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) > by postal.accessus.net (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA08910 > for <rrbauer@accessus.net>; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 17:00:24 -0500 (CDT) > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA19754; > Sun, 8 Aug 1999 14:58:15 -0700 (PDT) > Resent-Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 14:58:15 -0700 (PDT) > Message-ID: <37ADFD09.42B4@primary.net> > Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 16:56:25 -0500 > From: marty walsh <mpwengr@primary.net> > Organization: n/a > X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01KIT (Win95; U) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Old-To: StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Lost Madison County,IL 19th Century Cemetery found > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Resent-Message-ID: <4_M4uC.A.a0E.21fr3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> > To: StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/5290 > X-Loop: StLouis-MO-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: StLouis-MO-L-request@rootsweb.com > > On Thursday evening 8/5/99 one cocal TV staytion broke a fearure report > that a long lost forgotten Madison County IL cemetery record plat has > veen found and showed a county official unrolling the parchment for > thecamera- > Madison County is one of several Illinois Counties directly east of St > Louis City. The next day the Stb Louis Post-Despatch on Page D-1, 8/6/99 > carried an article that related how they found the plat when cleaning > out an old Mdison County IL County Clerk's vault.It appears to cover 2 > acres of a 10 acre county owned parcel near IL Route 159 and > Edwardsville's Main Street. They even have grave locations and some > names-others were believed to be paupers-in the late 1800's this was the > site of the county's "Poor farm"- The residents planted/plowed/harvested > crops and raised animals and lived in county units on the much l;asrger > tract back then-when they died they were buried in this corner if the > tract- The county engineer on camera said they will soon survey to > determine the corners of the cemetery and will stake out where the plat > shows burials-if there remain any monuments they will be reset and the > property will be cut and maintained in a respectable manor-they do > intend to ultimately compile a list of burials there which they estimate > at 200 roughly-Illinois State Comptroller Daniel Hynes who apparently > has a passion for the state preserving old abandoned/once lost > cemeteries around the state will be asked by the County to render > assistance in their work-the county intends to fence the boundaries once > located with a dignified suitable fence- > Marty > > --------------7F336D1AA08C384C5F2C5013-- > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Yvonne James-Henderson, > list administrator with questions concerning this list! > mailto:hen1@idt.net There is a book put out by the madison County Historical society called "Madison County Poor Farm Death Records indexes including burials in Potter's Field. It was compiled by Josephine Motz and can be purchased from the Historical society for $7.50 not including postage. The records are from 1880 to 1950, and has a wealth of information. It lists the birthplace, where the resident live at the time of admission to the fasility, the age at the time of death, and death date. In latter years, from 1910 to 1950 it lists the birth date also.