Hart Cemetery

Hart Cemetery
Scott County, Illinois


A lone grave stands in a corn field to the right of the highway as you approach Winchester, Illinois from the east. A large tree and the grave are within a fence. This grave has a stone. This grave is located in Lot No. 1, of the SW 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 29, Township 14, Range 12. containing five acres.
Name Born Died Age Additional Inscription/Information
HART, Thomas 29 Oct 1852 53y
GARRISON, Infant Son 28 Nov 1878 5d Son of Harriet Garrison (fm Death Index)


Thomas Hart died intestate and from the records in the case for distribution of the property in the county of Scott, comes the following information: Thomas Hart owned land which was located in Section 29, Township 14 North, Range 12 West. The land was surveyed for Jeremiah Hart by William H. Chapman, Deputy Surveyor on 30 Nov 1853. Thomas Hart left, at his death, the following heirs at law:
Mary Hart, his widow
Wm. Winslow Hart, Sarah Jane Hart, Ann Hart, Thomas Hart, Eliza Ellen Hart
John Off (Lavinia Off was his daughter)
Wm. Constable (Maria Constable was his daughter)
Aaron Matthews (Elizabeth Matthews was his daughter)

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