Located in North Otter Township, Section 20, this graveyard has only two burials: Charles Edward Stewart 1759-1833 and his wife, Charity (Crump) Stewart 1763-1838.
The History of Virden, written by HENRIETTA VIRDEN, tells of an ALEXANDER HORD
who built the first home here which he and his family occupied. MR. HORD was a
clerk of the First Baptist Church here.
After many inquiries concerning
the tombstones and their location, LYNN BERRY, local funeral director, came upon
the information that many years ago a Baptist Church stood near the spot where
the stones were unearthed."
Why the stones have remained hidden this many
years remains a mystery.
A few years ago a call to LYNN BERRY led him and
me to a field southwest of here where still another burial plot had been found.
A flat stone revealed the names of CHARITY and CHARLES STEWART,
Revolutionary War soldier and his wife. CHARLES STEWART was born in 1738 and
died at the age of 73 years in 1833. (?1760?-mak)
Perhaps more of the
past history of Virden and its early settlers remains but a few feet
underground. We can only remember that many covered wagons passed this way in
the quest of a homesite.
Hardships were plenty, and many burials must
have taken along the roadsides, in church cemeteries, and those that may have
been near a school house where public meetings were held in lieu of a church
building.
(Submitted by Mary Ann Stewart Kaylor:
I searched Virden, Girard & misc. cemetery readings and could only find
ALEXANDER HORD and CHARLES & CHARITY STEWART as listed in any of the
books. ALEXANDER HORD is listed as buried in Virden Cemetery.
CHARLES & CHARITY STEWART are listed in N. Otter Twp. cemetery readings
as buried in STEWART/CRUMP CEMETERY, Sec. 20. Perhaps this will help
someone find their long lost family!)
More information is available in Tombstone Revelations North Otter & South Otter Townships in Macoupin County, Illinois.
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