Steve, Actually..... their son William Baker (1836-1847) was the first "visible" burial:-).... According to the cemetery book by the SCGS, this cemetery was enumerated in 1974 & 1976. At this time there were many graves with no markers.... could be that there were some early Rice's buried there, hence the name. Also at that time frame, there was a farm at that location, and it says was owned by John Ed ALVEY.... Best Regards, Trev ----- Original Message ----- From: <SSpunk@aol.com> To: <ILSALINE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, 05 September, 2000 8:21 PM Subject: [ILSALINE-L] Re: Rice Cemetery WOULD some KIND soul be able to do an ownership check on the following section/area of land that is now the "RICE CEMETERY" ? NE1/4 NW1/4 Section 7 T7S R7E This land was originally EDMUND BAKER land and I would love to see HOW it ended up being called the "RICE" Cemetery. Edmund was the 1st buried there in 1852 followed by his wife Elizabeth Rice Baker in 1855. I think it should be called The Saline County "BAKER / RICE CEMETERY" ??? snicker best steve