Directions: Follow Rte. 97 North through Petersburg to the Lincoln
Trail Road, which is the third road past R&H Home Supply outside of Petersburg.
Turn right (east) on the Lincoln Trail Road and go about a half a
mile to a grassy lane between two fields. Follow the grassy lane back
to the cemetery - about a quarter of a mile. The cemetery has a flag
pole and is fenced and maintained very well. This cemetery has the marker showing
the original burial place for Ann Rutledge. Her remains were later removed to Oakland
Cemetery which is just outside of Petersburg. All of the stones in the cemetery appear
to be very old.
This list has been compiled from inscriptions made by Eileen Gochanour in 1970; inscriptions made
by William C. Grosboll in 1963; by George E. Rutledge in 1971 and furnished by James Toal. In addition,
information was taken from the Concord Cemetery Plat Book (in possession of Eileen Gochanour) and from
several other miscellaneous sources. The cemetery is being photographed and re-read by
Jeanie Lowe and Betty Albert in April and May 2002.
Note regarding Ann Rutledge: unknown newspaper
Ann Rutledge, sweetheart of Abraham Lincoln, died Aug. 25, 1835, and was buried in the Goodpasture grave yard (sometimes called Old Concord cemetery), shown above, near Petersburg. Her brother, David, and other relatives were buried beside her. Here she lay until 1890 when an undertaker, ambitious to sell lots in his new cemetary, disinterred the dust that remained of her, and moved it to Oakland cemetery, near Petersburg. Later a granite stone was erected over this second grave, and now people make pilgrimages there, to what purports to be her grave. Abraham Lincoln often visited the original grave.
Name | Born | Died | Age | Additional Inscription/Info. |
ADCOCK, Mary J. | 14 Jan 1856 | 2y28d | Dau of J.E. & E. Adcock | |
ALTIG, Francis B. | 1 Jan 1847 | 11 d | Son of J. & S.W. Altig | |
ALTIG, Infant | 21 Dec 1846 | Son of J. & S.W. Altig | ||
ALTIG, Mary A. | 25 Apr 1863 | 22y | Wife of Wm. F. Altig | |
ALTIG, Sarah W. | 16 May 1824 | 14 Dec 1852 | 28y | |
ARMSTRONG, Bowling G. | 24 Feb 1848 | 13y7m5d | Son of R.. & A. Armstrong | |
ARMSTRONG, John "Jack" | 1803 | 1857 | Son of Robert & Nancy (Green) Armstrong | |
ARMSTRONG, Lydia Conner | 4 Jan 1849 | 16y11m26d | Dau of Aily Armstrong | |
ARMSTRONG, Robert | 28 May 1760 | 9 Sept 1834 | Revolutionary War Veteran | |
ATCHISON, Trinvilla | 25 Mar1845 | 15y4m13d | Dau of J.F. & M. Atchison | |
BERGEN, Sarah E. | 25 Mar 1857 | 8y8m14d | Dau of G.S. & E. A. Bergen | |
BERRY, Ann | 13 Mar 1834 | First Wife of Samuel Berry | ||
BERRY, Catherine I. | 14 Oct 1859 | 12 Sept 1860 | 1y | Dau of ?.B. & Harriet Berry |
BERRY, Charity C. | 24 Sept 1830 | 3y10m29d | ||
BERRY, David A. | 15 Oct 1857 | 11y7m21d | Son of J. & J.O. Berry | |
BERRY, Isabald | 18 Mar 1846 | Second Wife of Samuel Berry | ||
BERRY, Isabelle | Dec 1860 | 11m | Dau of John W. & H. Berry | |
BERRY, James | 26 Sept 1855 | 49y11m25d | Son of Samuel Berry | |
BERRY, James B. | 27 Sept 1846 | 13y6m9d | Son of J. & J. Berry | |
BERRY Jane Officer | 24 Aug 1866 | 57y9m | Wife of James Berry, sister to Ann Rutledge | |
BERRY, Margaret J. | 31 Jan 1839 | 7m23d | Dau of J. & J. Berry | |
BERRY, Nancy S. | 3 Aug 1855 | 11y6m24d | Dau of J. & J.O. Berry | |
BERRY, Samuel | 10 Feb 1855 | 74y | ||
BERRY, William T. | 5 Jul 1837 | 2m15d | Son of J. & J. Berry | |
BRAHM, Jane | 27 Feb 1861 | 61y1d | Wife of P. Brahm | |
BRAHM, Peter | 1 May 1854 | 65y6m26d | ||
BRAHM, Thomas J. | 10 Jan 1847 | 21y2m14d | Son of P. & J. Brahm | |
CALDWELL, Alexander | 28 Jan 1863 | 79y8m11d | ||
CALDWELL, Frank | ||||
CALDWELL, Hiram | ||||
CALDWELL, Hiram, Mrs. | ||||
CALDWELL, John A. | 16 Sep 1863 | 11m7d | Son of D.M. & E.A. Caldwell | |
CALDWELL, Judith | 15 Jun 1852 | 62y | Wife of A. Caldwell | |
CAPLINGER, Nancy J. | 20 Apr 1863 | 30y9m15d | Wife of I. Caplinger | |
CHASE, Rev. B. | 11 Jan 1852 | 68y7m11d | ||
CLARK, Sarah J. | 27 July 1858 | 10y or 1y | Dauof D. & M.A. Clark | |
CLARY, Andrew J. | 15 Oct 1852 | 1y2m | Son of W.C. & E. Clary | |
CLARY, Benjamin Z. | 20 Oct 1858 | 1y4m20d | Son of W.F. & N.S. Clary | |
CLARY, Caroline C. | 16 Jan 1835 | 3 Aug 1860 | 25y | Wife of Abram L. Clary |
CLARY, Daughter | 26 Aug 1854 | Dau of J.H. & S.A. Clary | ||
CLARY, Deborah A. | 29 June 1916 | |||
CLARY, E.C. | 8 Oct 1854 | 6m18d | Dau of H. & M.L. Clary | |
CLARY, Elizabeth | 10 May 1859 | 18 y1m2d | Dau of J.A. & R. Clary | |
CLARY, Emmarine | 16 Nov 1861 | 11m28d | Dau of J.A. & R. Clary | |
CLARY, Henry | 29 Aug 1847 | 10y10m20d | Son of J. & R. Clary | |
CLARY, Henry B. | 23 Oct 1853 | 20y11m14 | Son of J.A. & R. Clary | |
CLARY, Holte | 1835 | 1860 | 25y | Son J.A. & R. Clary |
CLARY, James H. | 19 May 1862 | 7y2m5d | Son W.F. and N.S. Clary | |
CLARY, John | 5 Mar 1860 | 67y | ||
CLARY, John | 13 July 1859 | 22d | Son of R. & M.J. Clary | |
CLARY, John C. | 13 Aug 1859 | 7m20d | Son of A.L. & C.C. Clary | |
CLARY, John L. | 17 Sept 1856 | 1y8m7d | Son of W. C. & E. Clary | |
CLARY, John | 20 Aug 1892 | 1y | ||
CLARY, John W. | 4 Aug 1847 | 2y4m7d | Son of J. A. & R. Clary | |
CLARY, Julia E. | 11 Jan 1857 | 2m | Dau of A.L. & C.C. Clary | |
CLARY, Mary | 19 Aug 1847 | 3m13d | Dau of J.A. & R. Clary | |
CLARY, Mary M. | 22 Aug 1856 | 1m19d | Dau of J. H. & S.A. Clary | |
CLARY, Reney | 15 Oct 1841 | 21y11m27d | Wife of R. Clary | |
CLARY, Rhoda | 15 July 1794 | 9 May 1840 | 46y | Wife of John Clary |
CLARY, Robert F. M. | 8 Jan 1859 | 1y | Son of J.H. & S.A. Clary | |
CLARY, Sarah E. | 14 Apr 1861 | 27 y 25d | Wife of Royal Clary | |
CLARY, Thomas H. | 15 June 1852 | 1y2m6d | Son of R & M. Clary | |
CLARY, William H. | 12 Aug 1863 | 1y1m1d | Son of W. & N.S. Clary | |
CLARY William W. | 2 Sept 1847 | 1y9m2d | Son of R & M.J. Clary | |
COLSON, Isaac | 31 Mar 1854 | 51y11m7d | ||
COLSON, Jane | 22 Aug 1849 | 53y3m12d | Wife of Isaac Colson | |
COLSON, Robert | 25 Nov 1857 | 33y8m1d | ||
COLSON, Robert | 1849 | 16y11m26d | ||
CONNER, Lydia | 1849 | 16y11m | (No stone found) | |
COX, Child | 26 Aug 1912 | Child of J.M. Cox with mother | ||
COX, Mrs. J.M. | 26 Aug 1912 | with Child | ||
COX, Nancy | 7 Oct 1841 | 20y11m | Wife of W.P. Cox | |
DAWSON, John | 1 May 1919 | |||
DAWSON, John H. | 29 Apr 1912 | 61y | ||
DECKMAN, Child | ||||
DECKMAN, John | ||||
EAGER, Catherine J. | 1857 | 16y | Dau of D.N. & C. Eager | |
ELMORE, Henry J. | 20 May 1860 | 3y3d | Son of S. & D.C. Elmore | |
ELMORE, Huldah | 8m1d | Dau of S. & D.C. Elmore | ||
ELMORE, Jane | 11 Nov 1845 | 9m2d | Dau of S. & D. C. Elmore | |
ELMORE, John J. Hardin | 18 July 1863 | 12y | Son of S. & D. Elmore | |
ELMORE, Mary | 10 Apr 1893 | 75y | ||
GOODEN, John | 15 Jan 1852 | 42y3m19d | ||
GOODEN, Nancy | 6 Sept 1847 | 2m4d | Dau of J. & M. Gooden | |
GOODEN, Susannah | 17 Jan 1846 | 1y2m3d | Dau of J. & M. Gooden | |
GOODPASTURE, Martha | 1 Apr 1855 | 41y11m28d | Wife of W. B. Goodpasture | |
GOODPASTURE, McGrady | 30 July 1851 | 10m10d | Son of W.B. & M. Goodpasture | |
GOODPASTURE, Orlenah J. | 10 Nov 1850 | 1y8m15d | Dau of R.M. & D. Goodpasture | |
GOODPASTURE, Robert M. | 4 Apr 1852 | 8m22d | Son of J. & L. M. Goodpasture | |
GURNSEY, Geny, Mrs. | 9 July 1899 | |||
HAYNES, Joseph | 30 Sept 1856 | 48y3m4d | ||
HENRY, Everet Sewell | 12 July 1910 | 1y | Infant Child of Ollie and Henry | |
HICKEY, Rebecca | 1831 | 1855 | 24y | Wife of Joseph Hickey |
HICKS, Child | Child of Mrs. Wes Hicks | |||
HICKS, Deborah | 10 July 1897 | |||
HICKS, Wes, Mrs. | ||||
HUDSPETH, Margaret | 1 May 1863 | 49y13m | Wife of James Hudspeth | |
HUDSPETH, Mary E. | 23 Sept 1862 | 1y11y23d | Dau of G.& P. Hudspeth | |
HUDSPETH, William | 16 Jan 1853 | 17d | Son of G. & P. Hudspeth | |
JACKSON, Elizabeth C. | 1850 | 10m | ||
JACKSON, James | 10 Mar 1845 | 3y6m24d | brother to Susan Jackson | |
JACKSON, Susan S. | 14 Mar 1845 | 8y23d | sister to James Jackson | |
JETER, Sarah | 10 Oct 1835 | Dau of W.G. & E. Jeter | ||
JONES, Child | ||||
JONES, Child | ||||
JONES, Diana | 29 Dec 18?5 | ?5y8m | Dau of J.T. & D. Jones | |
JONES, Dudley | 15 Nov 1831 | |||
JONES, Elijah G. | 2 Apr 1852 | 49y10m | ||
JONES, Elizabeth | 16 Aug 1844 | 20y5m11d | ||
JONES, Elizabeth J. | 11 Aug 1844 | 12y1m7d | Dau of John Jones Jr. | |
JONES, Isaac A. | 15 Sept 1844 | 2m17d | Son of J.T. & D. Jones | |
JONES, Jesse D. | 29 Oct 1855 | 9m21d | Son of J.T. & D. Jones | |
JONES, John Sr. | 15 Apr 1845 | 68y9m26d | ||
JONES, Lydia | 20 June 1858 | 80y8m23d | Wife of John Jones Sr. | |
JONES, Maria M. | 25 Sept 1874 | 17y4m1d | Dau of W. & ?. Jones | |
JONES, Mariah E. | 14 Sept 1855 | 1y14d | Dau of R.N. & M.A. Jones | |
JONES, Martha | 1875 | 15y | Dau of Wm. E. Jones | |
JONES, Robert H. | 1Oct 1860 | 6m | Son of R.N. & M.A. Jones | |
JONES, Robert P. | 22 Sept 1853 | 7y3m20d | Son of J.T. & D. Jones | |
JONES, Turza E. | 27 Nov 1861 | 2y4m13d | Dau of Wm. E. & M.J. Jones | |
KINCAID, James M. | 13 May 1849 | 40y | ||
KINCAID, Luann | 14 Oct 1850 | 1y7m1d | ||
KINCAID, Luellin | 14 Oct 1851 | 4y8m18d | ||
KINCAID, Mary | 2 Oct 1846 | 62y | Wife of Thomas Kincaid | |
KINCAID, Thomas | 21 Sept 1852 | 79y10m7d | ||
KING, David N. | 24 June 1856 | 3m2d | Son of M.J. & E. King | |
KING, James A. | 10 Sept 1863 | 5y10m15d | Son of James S. & Arminda King | |
KING, Mary A. | 16 Sept 1855 | 20y6m10d | Dau of E. & E. King | |
KING, William A. | 5 Sept 1848 | 1y9m | Son of M.J. & E. King | |
KNOWLES, Abner L. | 1854 | 1y | Son of J.& K. Knowles | |
KNOWLES, Eliza M. | 28 June 1855 | 3m12d | Dau of J.& H.M. Knowles | |
KNOWLES, Emma A. | 1862 | |||
KNOWLES, Frances A. | 4 June 1859 | 3y1m18d | Dau of J. & H.M. Knowles | |
KNOWLES, Nancy L. | 8 Sept 1859 | 1y | Dau of J. & H.M. Knowles | |
LEONARD, Catherine | ? J?? 1861 | 30y5m?d | Wife of J. Leonard | |
LEONARD, William | ||||
LINGRELL, Mary S. | 28 Feb 1844 | 28y9m8d | Wife of John H. Lingrell | |
LOTSPEICH, Otho A. | 1840 | 2m | ||
LOTSPEICH, Ralph A. | 27 Aug 1836 | 1m12d | Son of E. & M. Lotspeich | |
McNAMAR, John | 23 Dec 1892 | |||
MELTIBARGER, John | 23 Jan 1854 | 39y7m | ||
MILLER, Child | ||||
MILLER, Child | Child of Elizie Miller | |||
MILLER, Mary Ann | May 1817 | 18 Jan 1844 | 26y | Consort of G.K. Miller |
NANCE, Child | Child of S.E. Nance | |||
NANCE, Child | ||||
NANCE, George | 1825 | 18m | Son of W. & H. Nance | |
NANCE, George Mc. | Mar 1852 | Mar 1858 | 6y | |
NANCE Hannah | 1852 | 25y | Mother of George Nance | |
NANCE, James P. | 8 Dec 1858 | 2y11m8d | Son of S. & A.A. Nance | |
NANCE, Redding | 7 Feb 1854 | 29y2d | ||
NANCE, S.E. | owned lot in 1893 | |||
NANCE, William | 9 Feb 1852 | 25y?m19d | ||
PALCHEN, Unknown | ||||
PANTIER, Charlie | 10 Aug 1863 | 10m2d | Son of J.T. & C.R. Pantier | |
PANTIER, Elizabeth | 1823 | 20 Mar 1848 | 25y | |
PANTIER, Eliza J. | 14 Oct 1851 | 1y6m22d | Dau of D.M. & M.Pantier | |
PANTIER, Infant | 21 May 1861 | Infant Son of D.M. & M. Pantier | ||
PANTIER, James | 7 Feb 1779 | 9 Jan 1858 | 79y11m12d | |
PANTIER, John W. | 23 June 1832 | 28y4m | ||
PANTIER, Mary E. | 30 June 1855 | 3m17d | Dau of D.M. & M.Pantier | |
PANTIER, Sarah | 23 May 1815 | 1846 | 30 y | |
PANTIER, Susannah | 22 Jan 1870 | 88y8m21d | Wife of James Pantier | |
PANTIER, William W. | 13 Sept 1859 | 17d | Son of D.M. & M. Pantier | |
ROBERTSON, Charles E. | 16 Sept 1853 | 1y | Son of G.M. & G.E. Robertson | |
ROBINSON, Infant | 1857 | 1m | ||
RUTLEDGE, David E. | 25 Nov 1845 | 10m2d | Son of J. M. & M. Rutledge | |
RUTLEDGE, David H. | 1842 | 26y9m | Son of James Rutledge | |
RUTLEDGE, Edward | 1863 | 1y6m | Son of J.N. & M.J. Rutledge | |
RUTLEDGE, Hardy A. | 28 Sept 1864 | 8m3d | Son of J.M. & M.C. Rutledge | |
RUTLEDGE, James | 11 May 1781 | 3 Dec 1835 | 54y | Father of Ann Rutledge |
RUTLEDGE, Mary A. | 13 Aug 1849 | 16y11m18d | Dau of Wm. & S. Rutledge | |
RUTLEDGE, Robert N. | 20 June 1851 | 2y9m24d | Son of J. M. & M. Rutledge | |
RUTLEDGE, Susannah | 8 Sept 1883 | 91y8m5d | Wife of William Rutledge | |
RUTLEDGE, Thomas E. | 9 Jan 1848 | 23y1m6d | Son of W. & S. Rutledge | |
RUTLEDGE, William | 23 Nov 1864 | 74y9m7d | ||
RUTLEDGE, William M. | 1854 | 24y9m | ||
RUTLEDGE, William R. | 1862 | 3y | Son of J.N. & M.J. Rutledge | |
SAMPSON, Francis F. | 28 Sept 1855 | 73y9d | ||
SAMPSON, Matilda | 21 Dec 1863 | 80y3m23d | Wife of Frances F. Sampson | |
SHORT, Elizabeth | 18 Feb 1863 | 59y | Wife of Obediah Short | |
SHORT, Elizabeth C. | 23 Dec 1847 | 47y | Wife of James Short | |
SHORT, Eliza J. | 19 Sept 1830 | 16y2m8d | Wife of James Short | |
SHORT, Harrison | ||||
SHORT, Jacob | 28 Mar 1825 | 50y | ||
SHORT, John C. | 25 Dec 1833 | 1 Feb 1858 | ||
SHORT, Joshua | 1752 | 1842 | 90y | Revolutionary War Veteran |
SQUIRES, Martha A. | 15 Apr 1857 | 2y4m3d | Dau of M.A. & E. Squires | |
THOMPSON, George M. | 31 Aug 1855 | 1y6m | Son of A. & S.J. Thompson | |
THOMPSON, Sarah Jane | 19 Oct 1854 | 26y | Wife of A. Thompson | |
THOMPSON, William C. | 20 Sept 1849 | 3m14d | Son of A.& S.J. Thompson | |
THOMSON, Child | Child of Robert Thomson | |||
TRAYLOR, John D. | 13 Sep 1862 | 4y | ||
TRAYLOR, Sarah C. | 2 Oct 1862 | 1y6m15d | Dau of J.H. & S. Traylor | |
TRENARY, Ann E. | 13 Sept 1862 | 1y6m24d | Dau of B.B. & L. Trenary | |
TRENARY, Benjamin | 7 Mar 1850 | 49y1m19d | ||
TRENARY, Charles | Jan 1857 | 5y | Son of B. & M. Trenary | |
TRENARY, Elizabeth | 1848 | 46y | ||
TRENARY, Jacob | 8 June 1839 | 21 Oct 1858 | 20y3m13d | Son of Benj & Elizabeth Trenary |
TRENARY, Mary | 31 Aug 1837 | 5 July 1859 | 21y10m5d | Wife of Benj.T. Trenary |
TRENARY, Mary A. | 22 Sept 1854 | 8m14d | Dau of B. & L. Trenary | |
TRENARY, William F. | 4 Sept 1855 | 10m7d | Son of B.& M. Trenary | |
UNKNOWN, Rebecca | ||||
WAGNER, John | ||||
WILCOX, Eunice | 1861 | 80y6m | ||
WILCOX, Hilard | 1859 | 7m | (No stone found) | |
WILCOX, Isaac | 11 Jan 1862 | 79y5m22d | ||
WILCOX, Maryett | 5 Aug 1863 | 46y7m25 | Wife of A. Wilcox | |
WILCOX, Minerva E. | 1853 | 8m | (No stone found) | |
WILCOX, Rilard | 30 Aug 1859 | 7m11d | Son of A. & M. Wilcox | |
WILLCOX, Albert D. | 1863 | 4y1m | Son of M. & M. Wilcox | |
WILLCOX, Charles E. | 28 Jan 1864 | 2y9m13d | ||
WILLCOX, Menerva E. | 31 May 1863 | 5y8m20d | Dau of M. & M. Willcox | |
YOUNG, Hannah | 18 Apr 1847 | 41y1m1d | ||
YOUNG, Mathews | 13 June 1849 | 47y25d |