Jack and others, In 1863, the State of Indiana passed an act of the General Assembly (see Gavin and Hand's Statutes, Vol. 1, page 584, provisions 19 and 21) Acts of The General Assembly. An act to enable Trustees to receive land and donations and to convey the same for the uses of Schools, Churches, Religious Societies, Masonic and Odd Fellow Lodges, Sons and Daughters of Temperance and for the construction of Cemeteries, Houses of Worship or other buildings therein. So, I have found, starting about 1860, if you look in the Deed Index books for "Grantee" under the letter "T". you will start finding where the land owner deeded his family cemetery, defunct church cemeteries and such to either the township trustees or the board of Commissioners of said county. Also, in later years of the nineteenth century, a cemetery on any property was considered a hindrance to its sale, if the property had good water, fertile ground and maple trees it sold fairly quick, if there was a cemetery on the property, the stones confidently disappeared form the land and/or deed. I have personally found this to be true in a lot of land transactions. UEB Henry County, IN www.hcgs.net