This small cemetery was located northwest of Waverly, Morgan County, Illinois. It was
situated just north of the Little York Methodist Church. Some stones were standing in the
1950s, but cattle and people have destroyed it. Many early Morgan County pioneers are
buried here. On April 13, 1975, Mr. & Mrs. Guy W. Martin and Reuben Bates Jr. visited
the cemetery and uncovered some of the stones. Those and some other known burials are
included in the following list.
On October 29, 2005, Earl Deatherage and I visited this small
point of land between 2 creeks to see if we could find any of the stones or remnants of stones. Two
hours of walking and probing unearthed those stones whose photographs are included below. If a name
appears in red, click on the name to bring up a photograph of that
individual's cemetery marker.
NAME | BORN | DIED | AGE | Additional Inscription/Info. |
BEASLEY, G. H. | 6 Jun 1858 | 24y11m18d | ||
BEASLEY, Harriet E. | 26 Aug 1854 | 1y2m15d | Dau of J.H. & M.A. Beasley | |
BEASLEY, Henry | Son of W. & M. Beasley | |||
BEASLEY, J. Clark | 1 Sep 1854 | 1y6m13d | Son of W. & M. Beasley | |
BEASLEY, James | 15 Aug 1854 | 61y9m27d | ||
BEASLEY, Matilda A. | 7 Aug 1854 | 23y8m19d | Wife of J.H. Beasley | |
BEASLEY, Unknown | 9 Sep 1854 | 34y2m2d | Wife of W. Beasley | |
HAM, Amos | ||||
HAM, Lucy M. | 23 Jan 1868 | 28y | Wife of A. D. Ham | |
HUNTLEY, Charles F. | 24 Dec 1843 | 2y | ||
HUNTLEY, Roxena C. | 3 Oct 1850 | 1y11m | "Lovely in Life Ye are embraced in Death" | |
HUNTLEY, Sarah E. | 13 Sep 1838 | 13m | ||
KENNEDY, Joel T. | 29 Feb 1844 | 11 Mar 1844 | Son of S. & A. Kennedy | |
LANKTON, Unknown | ||||
MCCULLOUGH, Nancy | 4 May 1868 | 58y | Wife of B. E. McCullough | |
MINER, Alfred S. | 19 May 1829 | ca 1850 | Son of Franklin Miner | |
MINER, Amos | (10 Nov 1776) | 2 Jun 1842 | (His stone is now in Waverly East Cem.) | |
MINER, Amos Jr. | 1817 | 1839 | ||
MINER, Emma Ann | 18 Aug 1855 | 2y3d | Dau of A.S. & M.J. Miner | |
MINER, Franklin | 7 Jun 1801 | 10 Nov 1843 | (Married Thankful Greaves, she d. 1 Mar 1876) | |
MINER, Josephine | 26 Sep 1857 | 5y5m22d | Dau of B.G. & E. Miner | |
MINER, Loren | 4 Sep 1832 | 23 Mar 1839 | Son of F. & T. Miner | |
MINER, Mathew | 23 Apr 1825 | 30 Sep 1842 | 17y5m16d | Son of F. & T. Miner |
MINER, Phebe (Hamlin) | 20 Sep 1838 | 59y | Wife of Amos Miner (We found her footstone) | |
MINER, Samuel F. | 18 Aug 1852 | 15m13d | Son of A.S. & M.J. Miner | |
MINER, Sarah A. | 30 Aug 1843 | 11m19d | Dau of E. & R. Miner | |
MINER, Unknown | 22 Mar 1853 | 2m21d | Son of E. & R. Miner | |
MINER, Unknown | 9m19d | |||
MORTON, Mildred Crawley | 12 Mar 1858 | 64y4m15d | Wife of Wm. Morton | |
NICHOLS, Unknown | (Descendant said some were buried at Little York) | |||
RYNDERS, Sarah (Miner) | 25/7 Aug 1805 | (Married to Andrew Rynders in 1822 - he mar. 5 times) | ||
SMITH, Fanny M. | Child of Orrin & P. Smith | |||
SMITH, John | Child of Orrin & P. Smith | |||
SMITH, Phebe | Child of Orrin & P. Smith | |||
UNKNOWN | 21 Sep 1852 | |||
UNKNOWN, Child | 3y6m | |||
UNKNOWN, Child | 23 Aug 1845 | 9m19d | ||
WALKER, John E. | 27 Oct 1853 | 19y11m14d | Son of G. & M. Walker | |
FOOTSTONES: | A.M., J.C.B., C.H.B., H.E.B., H.E.B., P.M., P.S., J.E.W., M.S. |