Miller Cemetery

SW ¼ Section 2
Township 14 S Range 2 E
Lower Cache Township
Johnson County, IL

Miller Cemetery is located in a grove of trees atop a hill situated on the south side of the West Eden Road, approximately one mile west of Belknap in Lower Cache Township,
Johnson County, IL. The cemetery is unfenced and is in extremely poor condition with broken and scattered tombstones due to tree growth and grazing cattle.

Miller Cemetery was first recorded by Zelda Mathis, Vivian Hester and Truseal H. Kean in 1977. From their data, it appears that the Miller Cemetery was first used as early as 1852, and
was last used in 1944. The 1977 recording included tombstones for 46 burials. A June 1999 visit to the Miller Cemetery by Rebel L. Kreklow and Carolyn J. (Huckelberry) Jones uncovered three previously unrecorded tombstones, and it is believed that additional unrecorded tombstones may be waiting to be recovered. Based on the 1977 survey, the three new tombstones, and
a review of the Johnson County Death Records covering the period 1878 to the early 1900s, it appears that there are at least 106 persons (including at least 5 Civil War soldiers) buried in
Miller Cemetery. Since burials did not begin in Belknap Fraternal Cemetery until circa 1906, Miller Cemetery probably served as the principal cemetery for citizens in and around the Belknap area prior to the opening of the Belknap Fraternal Cemetery. As such, there may be more burials in Miller Cemetery than have been accounted for to date.

A one acre plot of land for the Miller Cemetery was deeded to Johnson County by Fountain Miller on 13 August 1853, as follows:

This indenture made and entered into this 13^th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three by and between Fountain Miller of the County of Johnson and
State of Illinois of the first part and the County Court of the County of Johnson and their successors in office party of the second part. Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledge have this day given, granted, bargained, and sold and by these presents do give, grant, bargain,
sell, and convey and transfer unto the County Court aforesaid and their successors forever for the use of a burying ground all the following described piece of parcel land lying and being situate
in the County of Johnson State of Illinois and described as follows to wit, commencing at a stone on the South boundary line of the North East fourth of the South West quarter of Section Number Two in Township Number Fourteen South of Range Number Two East running then North 13 Rods then West Thirteen Rods then South Thirteen Rods to the South boundary line of said survey thence East to the place of beginning so as to include the burying ground now located on said entry containing one acre more or less. To have and to hold the said tract of land together with appurtenances there unto belonging unto the part of the second part and to their successors in office for the use of a public burying ground as aforesaid forever. In testimony whereof I the said party of the first part have here unto set my hand and seal the day and above written.

I certify that this day personally appear before the within named Fountain Miller to me well known to be the identical person named in and who executed the within conveyance and who before me acknowledged that he signed, sealed and delivered the same freely and voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.

Clarifying or supplemental information is provided in parenthesis ( ).

Known burials as of February 7, 2003 are:

FEMALE (Stillborn)
17 September 1902
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

INFANT (Male)
22 March 1903
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

INFANT (Female)
22 April 1903
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

INFANT (Sex Unknown)
03 July 1909
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

ADKINS, A. O.
Dates are illegible

ALLEN, Arthur D.
04-23-1904
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

ALLEN, Cynthia
02-25-1908
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

ALLEN, Ed
06-17-1906
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

ARMSTRONG, Wade
20 March 1906
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

BEAVER, Torrence M.
30 April 1903
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

BEGGS (Male)
03 February 1902
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

BEGGS, Owen
23 June 1932
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

BENARD, ----------
Infant daughter of John Logan & Mary Etta (Huckleberry) Benard
Born and died December 17, 1892

BINIARD, Adia
Daughter of Frank & Francis Ann (Still) Biniard
30 January 1881
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

BINIARD, Idia
Daughter of Frank & Francis Ann (Still) Biniard
24 January 1881
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

BENARD, Ollie
Daughter of John Logan and Mary Etta (Huckleberry) Benard
Died July 5, 1888
Age 2 Years 11 Days

BENSON, Lizzie V.
18 January 1888
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

BROCK, America E. (Huckleberry)
1867-19—

BROCK, Arthur
Son of Silas C. and America E. (Huckleberry) Brock
September 21, 1890 – December 29, 1893

BROCK, Reheba
Daughter of Silas C. and America E. (Huckleberry) Brock
June 30, 1897 – August 10, 1899

BROCK, Roy Edward
Son of Silas C. and America E. (Huckleberry) Brock
January 1, 1902 – January 28, 1902

BROCK, Sarah A.
Daughter of Issac Newton and Sarah J. (Thompson) Brock
Died August 20, 1884
Age 10 Years 9 Months 18 Days

BROCK, Sarah J. (Thompson)
Wife of Issac Newton Brock
Died April 12, 1881
Age 35 Years 8 Months 21 Days

BROCK, Silas C.
1864 – 1937

BROCK, Vernice E.
Daughter of Silas C. and America E. (Huckleberry) Brock
July 20, 1901 – August 14, 1905

BROCK, Virgil Paul
Son of Silas C. and M. E. (Huckleberry) Brock
October 8, 1908 – July 9, 1909

BROCK, Vivian Paul
09 July 1909
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

BROCK, William M.
January 29, 1892 – November 6, 1892

BRUCE, William McKinley
Son of J. F. & C. I. Bruce
November 23, 1898 – July 27, 1902

BURNETT, Hannah
14 September 1878
(Information Taken From Johnson county Death Records)

CARTER (Female)
12 November 1909
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

CHAPMAN, Rebecca
29 April 1905
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

COLE, Mary A
16 September 1878
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

CORNELISON, Mary J.
Wife of William A. Cornelison
Died March --, 1878
Age 30 Years 11 Months 5 Days

CURRY, Sidney Bell
20 August 1910
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

EVANS, Mary
21 November 1894
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

GEORGE, Rubie Agnes
05 September 1903
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

GODDARD, Casper
11 November 1898
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

GURLEY (Female)
05 April 1883
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

HALL/HULL (?), G. W. A. G.
14 November 1879
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

HARRIS, Andrew J.
Died July 3, 1884
Age 47 Years 2 Months 20 Days

HODGE, Oscar
03 April 1879
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

HOUSE, Jesse G.
Son of T. S. and O. T. House
Died June 10, 1877
Age 1 Year 9 Months 27 Days

HOUSE, John Edward
Son of T. S. and O. T. House
Died January 19, 1878
Age 18 Years 4 Months 16 Days

HUCKELBEY (HUCKLEBERRY), Lucinda A. (Burns)
Wife of Henry Huckelbey
Died August 27, 1884
Age 27 Years 3 Months 9 Days

HUCKELBERRY (HUCKLEBERRY), Laura Jane (Richards)
Wife of James U. Huckelberry
June 8, 1858/59 – March 20, 1902
Age 48 Years 2 Months 19 Days

HUCKELBERRY, Lucy Ann (Miller)
Wife of William H. Huckelberry
March 8, 1839 – January 13, 1900

HUCKELBERRY, Martha E.
Daughter of William and Lucy (Miller) Huckelberry
Died May 21, 1886
Age 1 Month 14 Days

HUCKELBERRY (HUCKLEBERRY), Myrtia
Daughter of James Ulysses & Laura J. Huckelberry
Died October 27, 1880
Age 1 Month 14 Days

HUCKELBERRY (HUCKLEBERRY), Ruthie Flitha
Daughter of James Ulysses & Laura Jane (Richards) Huckleberry
April 21, 1893 – April 23, 1904
Age 11 Years 3 Days

HUCKLEBERRY, Seeley R.
Daughter of W. H. and Lucy Ann (Miller) Huckleberry
Died January 26, 1895
Age 12 Years 5 Months 13 Days

HUCKLEBERRY, William H.
July 23, 1841 – December 14, 1904

HUFF, Elijah Jr.
24 February 1902
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

HUGHES (?), Civil (?) E.
14 April 1880
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

HULL (?), G. W. A. G.
14 November 1879
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

JOHNSON (Infant)
30 July 1878
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

JOHNSON, Laura L.
Daughter of Jefferson Cornelius and Ida E. (Huckleberry) Johnson
February 26, 1894 – August 22, 18956

LAIRD, Elizabeth J.
04 March 1904
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

MCBRIDE, Jno (Civil War Soldier)
Died September 2, 1863
Company B 120th Illinois Infantry

MCCUMMINGS, Eda
07-08-1878
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

MILLER, ----------
Infant Daughter of W. T. & Mahala Miller
Died February 1880

MILLER, Albert
11 March 1878
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

MILLER, Albert
Son of W. T. & Mahala Miller
Died September 15, 1881
Age 1 Month

MILLER, Alexander
Died November 8, 1868
Age 17 Years 2 Months 11 Days

MILLER, Chloe Blond
Daughter of L. H. & L. U. Miller
October 21, 1904 – November 5, 1904

MILLER, Christopher C.
May 31, 1857 – December 18, 1903

MILLER, Frederick
November 25, 1781 – October 6, 1852

MILLER, Green B. (Civil War Soldier)
Died June 21, 1877
Private
Company C 120th Illinois Infantry

MILLER, Jacob Jeptha
January 12, 1852 – March 18, 1867

MILLER, James Alexander
November 30, 1843 – November 30, 1907

MILLER, James Dover
Son of J. A. & L. E. Miller
Died July 9, 1880
Age 8 Months 3 Days

MILLER, Jerimiah (?)
09 July 1880
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

MILLER, John T.
Son of A. M. and M. J. Miller
May 3, 1851 - June 5, 1855

MILLER, Lydia
Wife of James A. Miller
1849 – November 22, 1897

MILLER, M.
Dates are illegible

MILLER, Mary
Wife Of F. Miller
Died April 11, 1860

MILLER, Mary F.
April 20, 1874 – July 16, 1944

MILLER, William
02 Feb 1895
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

MILLER, Willis E.
Son of J. A. & L. E. Miller
Died May 11, 1898
Age 28 Years

MORFORD, James H.
Son of J. W. & L. J. Morford
May 28, 1889 – May 8, 1890

MORFORD, John N.
Son of Thomas J. & Alice V. Morford
Died March 27, 1900
Age 8 Years 10 Months 1 Day

OLIVER, Henry
29 November 1908
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

OLIVER, Thomas
29 November 1908
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

PENDALL, John James
09 January 1883
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

PENDER, Martha A.
31 August 1879
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

PETERSON, Amanda E.
06 April 1902
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

PETERSON, Mary J.
Daughter of S. & N. Peterson
August 13, 1885
Age 15 Years 9 Months 2 Days

PETERSON, Nancy A.
Wife of Sabe Peterson
Died June 30, 1891
Age 49 Years 3 Months 7 Days

PICKENS. Martha Rebecca
29 March 1904
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

REDEN, Ada May
29 January 1884
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

REDEN, Lillian
01 October 1881
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

RICHARDS, Homer
13 November 1904
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

RICHARDS, Ralph
03 March 1904
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

SCROGGENS, Mary E.
Wife of J. G. Scroggens
Died October 27, 1880
Age 22 Years 3 Months 19 Days

SEXTON, W. A. (Civil War Soldier)
Died March 16, 1884
Age 44 Years 9 Months 17 Days
Private
Company B 120th Illinois Infantry

SNELL, Edith
03 November 1905
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

THOMPSON, Cornelious
Died September 12, 1869
Age 56 Years 7 Months 3 Days

THOMPSON, James P. (Civil War Soldier)
April 18, 1846 – July 17, 1903
Private
Company B 120th Illinois Infantry

THOMPSON, Louis (Civil War Soldier)
Private
Company D 120th Illinois Infantry
Died September 12, 1869

THOMPSON, Malinda Jane
Wife of Jas. T. Thompson
March 14, 1888
Age 37 Years 1 Months 4 Days

THOMPSON, Willis M.
20 April 1881
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

TRIPP, Amanda E.
14 December 1879
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

WATSON, Martha E.
02 December 1882
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

WILMOTH, Leroy
03 August 1878
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

WILSHOWER, William Henry
27 March 1904
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)

WILSON, Duelie E.
05 March 1905
(Information Taken From Johnson County Death Records)