Springhill Cemetery - Vermilion County Illinois
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Cemetery Name: Springhill Cemetery Also Known As : Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Location: Both Danville & Newell Townships, within Danville GPS Location: 40.14507 -87.62554 (link to Google Map) Description: Springhill Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Vermilion County, and still active. In 1864 a new cemetery was needed in Danville, and Springhill cemetery was incorporated. Up until this time, the Old Williams Burying Ground (Old Danville Cemetery) was the main cemetery used. Mr. J.C. Short, Mr. English, mr. leSeure, Dr. Woodbury, and Mr. A.S. Williams formed an association and bought 50 acres of land for $2,000. Later as the Old Williams Burying Ground was being closed, many graves were moved to Springhill Cemetery. I spent many weeks here taking pictures of every stone in the cemetery, and also have remade the plot maps for the cemetery. (The cemetery themselves were working with copies of copies of copies... which of course were not always very clear.) Below I have a copy of the original (which sometime include additional information like plot size which I did not include on my maps), and the maps that I made for the cemetery. Pictures: I took pictures of EVERY stone in this cemetery starting in 2006 I think... and through some of 2007 as I visited on weekends to do a block or part of a block. The pictures are orginized within blocks - BUT NOT PLOT NUMBERS. (I just started on one side and worked my way to the other side) So Block 1, plot 1 might be the first picture - or the middle or last picture in the Block 1 set of pictures. Link to Pictures: 25,173 pictures (39 folders - up to 50 pics on a page) Original (old) Plot Maps: Original Scanned Plot Maps (.pdf format) New Plot Maps: New Plot Maps (.pdf format)
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looking for my great great great grandmal Adline Jetter Female died 13 September 1925 in Danville Illinois Cerf#2920395 she is at Springhill Cemetery her maiden name Featherson and fergerson
Looks like you have done agreat job.
Can you please tell me where the Old Danville Cemetery or Williams Burial ground was located. I am a former Danville resident and grew up near Springhill, but never heard of or knew about the Old Danville Cemetery. Thank you.
Jack A. Sprouls
Old Danville Cemetery has it's own page here on my site:
Have a description & map of where it was. Some of the older panoramic maps of Danville show this cemetery - I hope when I update my site, I will include these also.
Occasionally when they do utility work in that area, they come across a headstone that was once there - I believe the Danville Museum has at least 1 of these found headstones.
I am looking for my great-great grandparents Charles 1827-1892 and Elizabeth? 1826-1879 Butler. Information from Roots Web says they are in Springhill Cemetery. I have found the graves of my grandparents. These photos have helped me with my genealogy. Thank you so much.