I am Linda Rosenthal, DAR and vice chair of the Illinois War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission. You may be aware that the US Daughters of 1812 published a book of soldiers who died and are buried in Illinois. I was working on several southern counties and found it woefully under researched. For a year now I have been working on the state and in Sangamon county, which was listed with 68 soldiers I have found 325 and still counting. I found your website searching for Searle cemetery. Dawn Cobb director of Illinois Preservation of Cemeteries gave me info on Edward Maxwell Wilson and a contact of Lary Lovette. I researched Wilson and found he served as a Pvt 5Regt (Sterett's) MD Mil. I have a large list of names to be vetted that are not listed on the USD1812 list. I also have Edgar, Ford, and Iroquois, which you noted that you have in progress. My question to you is would you consider working with me in noting the soldiers in the cemeteries by taking a current photo and a gps of the grave. As you see a stone can be gone in a short period of time and if they are not noted by gps all is lost. I will do the research and bio on the men if you would be the boots on the ground for photo and gps. Each county will have their own book in detail on the men buried there. The state book will list the men, birth-death, service, spouse, cemetery found, and note details are at the county level. This will allow historical societies to sell the books and help them make money for their society. It is a large effort for there were close to 20,000 land grants given for service. Not all came out, many sold the grant and remained in the east and some died before they could take possession so their heirs did get the land. I will be at the 200th anniversary of Tippecanoe in West Lafayette, IN this weekend and will drive back through Vermilion on Sunday. Would like to stop and meet you and discuss workable solution if you are not interested would you know of someone who may be.
Thank you. Linda cell:618-924-5727