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Cemetery Name: Old Danville Cemetery

Also Known As: Old Graveyard, Amos William's Graveyard

Location:  Danville Township, North-East corner of Madison & Washington in Danville (Beeler Terrance location now)

Approximate GPS Location:  40.1293, -87.6256 (link to Google Map)

Description: This cemetery has been moved. The village of Danville was laid out in 1827. Soon after, Amos Williams gave some of his land for a cemetery, and originally called Amos William's Graveyard. (Later known as Danville Cemetery - and now as Old Danville Cemetery). It was located on the east side of Washington Ave. (Originally called Depot Street), and north of Madison Street - extending up to Seminary Street. Possible up to 2,500 burials here at one time. As Danvile grew, it grew around the cemetery and soon the need of more burial space was needed - so in 1864, Springhill Cemetery was started. From that point - and through the end of the 1800's, the Old Danville Cemetery was vacated and many burials were moved to the new Springhill Cemetery (some to Old Atherton). Officials asked people to move the decesed to other cemeteries - and some where moved, sometimes families did not have the money to do so - and just the headstones where moved - even heard story of some that were dug up and reburied at Old Danville Cemetery because the families did not want to move their loved ones. By the early 1900's, the land was sold & developed...... and through the next 100 years, there are stories of found bones & headstones when work has been done on the property.

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