Ed and others, I don't know if Abney Cemetery is still there as there's been a lot of strip mining in this area, but it shows up on the 1981 topo maps as in Section 35, Township 8 South, Range 5 East, which is part of Brushy Township west of Harrisburg and north of Route 13 and about a mile southeast of Harco. The cemetery is in the NE SW 35-8e-5s, which was first patented by Henry Abney on Dec. 9, 1851. Abney patented four tracts to the west and northwest in neighboring sections. -- SWNW 27-8s-5e on Feb. 11, 1851 -- NWSW 34-8s-5e on Feb. 11, 1851 -- SWNW 34-8s-5e on Feb. 11, 1851 -- NWSE 27-8s-5e on Dec. 14, 1852 Here's a link to the topo map which shows the cemetery at Terraserver - http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=11&Z=16&X=892&Y=10457&W=3& qs=%7charco%7cil%7c The Abney family is mentioned in W. S. Blackman's, "The Boy of Battle Ford" which is all goes well will be reprinted later this fall. Sincerely, Jon Musgrave IllinoisHistory.com

Jon, I'm wondering if you might know where the Curran District of 1850's(Saline Co) would be located? A gal told me once where it was, but I didn't do a good job of locating it. Thanks, Kathleen Gloyne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Musgrave" <jon.musgrave@mchsi.com> To: <ilsaline@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 2:01 PM Subject: [ILSALINE] Abney Cemetery > Ed and others, > > I don't know if Abney Cemetery is still there as there's been a lot of > strip > mining in this area, but it shows up on the 1981 topo maps as in Section > 35, > Township 8 South, Range 5 East, which is part of Brushy Township west of > Harrisburg and north of Route 13 and about a mile southeast of Harco. > > The cemetery is in the NE SW 35-8e-5s, which was first patented by Henry > Abney on Dec. 9, 1851. > > Abney patented four tracts to the west and northwest in neighboring > sections. > -- SWNW 27-8s-5e on Feb. 11, 1851 > -- NWSW 34-8s-5e on Feb. 11, 1851 > -- SWNW 34-8s-5e on Feb. 11, 1851 > -- NWSE 27-8s-5e on Dec. 14, 1852 > > Here's a link to the topo map which shows the cemetery at Terraserver - > http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=11&Z=16&X=892&Y=10457&W=3& > qs=%7charco%7cil%7c > > The Abney family is mentioned in W. S. Blackman's, "The Boy of Battle > Ford" > which is all goes well will be reprinted later this fall. > > Sincerely, > > > Jon Musgrave > IllinoisHistory.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >