Tippecanoe County Indiana Cemeteries

Tippecanoe County Indiana Cemeteries TIPPECANOE COUNTY INDIANA CEMETERIES

Greetings researchers, I've listed 139 cemeteries below on my list, displayed in a township order. Burial lists for most cemeteries are being entered on Findagrave and they are linked below by the current name of each cemetery.

Our County was established in 1826, but we know it was inhabited much earlier. The earliest graves that are marked in our County are in 1811 at the Tippecanoe Battlefield in Battleground, but most tombstone found after that are dated 1820's or 1830's, probably when more stone carvers moved in the area.  On my journey around this County, I've taken overall photograph of each cemetery and they are linked below for you to view. We also know, several cemeteries have been completely destroyed.

So many burial records have been thrown away in Tippecanoe County, please share what you know. It will help others in their search for family history and help preserve Tippecanoe County history.  If by chance should you have any old burial readings, maps or records that can help share the history of an old cemetery, I want to hear from you. I will be happy to come and digitize the records. Do you have an old church history that was connected to a old cemeteries? If a ledger exist it could help complete a cemeteries history.

L. A. Clugh

Tippecanoe County Cemetery Restoration page

Tippecanoe County Indiana Cemeteries is on Facebook.

Special thanks to David R. Cheesman who help me start on Findagrave. Many of our listings in the southern part of the county have obituaries posted to them thanks to Thelma Brooks-Morgan, she added over 10,ooo burials. Thanks to Amy H. for adding entries for several cemeteries with records and photographs, Kay Harris and to Quentin for adding Old Cairo back on. Plus other members of the TIPCOA / Tippecanoe Co. Area Genealogy Society who continue to help. And to all of you who helped by adding photographs.  Together we make it better for everyone. As of October 2016, 139 cemeteries are up online now, all that's left is tweaking & looking for anyone we may have missed.  Many people are buried in unmarked graves. Today, Death Records online now exist on Ancestry and FamilySearch, so volunteers are continuing to add new entries. TIPCOA volunteers are finishing the pauper burials from our County records. (see the 4 County Farms or Poor Farms cemeteries) More will come soon on our project called Finding the Forgotten

         A link to the Area Plan Commission book is now available. It is in Adobe Reader format and you must have
        this on your computer to use this file. This book has a page with directions for each cemetery known in this county.
        Tippecanoe County Cemetery Book  (pdf)

Tippecanoe County Cemetery Map in the same format.
A link for an older map showing the 13 township

FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP
DAVIS-HIGMAN	sec. 9	est.1820	Located on North 9th Street Rd. Past old Duncan plant. Iron fence.
FATHER HAMILTON	sec 21	single grave	Burial Tomb in St. Mary's Church basement. Est. 1875
GREENBUSH & Lafayette City Graveyard Civil War Monument See the Section Map Greenbush Veteran list, Its still growing	sec 21	est.1843	1408 N. 12th Lafayette, IN. AKA: Lafayette Burial Grounds 1 (182?) & 2. Tombstones and graves were moved to Greenbush sometime in 1863-64. Lafayette City Graveyard began in 1843 in the lower 4 sections.
ISLEY	sec 13	est.1820	Located off Eisenhower Road past subdivision.
LAFAYETTE 1ST BURIAL GROUND. 1st Cemetery & Pauper Burials	sec 21	1825	1st know cemetery was on North and 9th St. Moved to the lower sections of the Lafayette City Cemetery sometime in the 1860s. Article 1.
POOR FARM # 2. (burial's list being worked on)	sec 21	1850's	Destroyed Located in Linnwood in the 1850's. At the end of Burroughs Street Article 1 1865 Article 2 1908
REST HAVEN	sec 22	est. 1931	1200 Sagamore Pkwy N., Lafayette IN, South of Greenbush St.
SPRING VALE map	sec	est. 1868	2580 State Rd 25 N. Lafayette IN, North of 52 on N. side. Website
ST. BONIFACE	sec	est. 1897	2581 State Rd 25 N., Lafayette IN, North of 52 on S. side. Article on beginning
ST. JOSEPH	sec 16	est. 1847	Located on Greenbush St. between 16th & 17th St. in Lafayette.
ST. MARY'S Monument for St Joseph Orphan Asylum for Boys	sec 31	est. 1840	2122 Old Romney Rd., North of Elston Rd.
JEWISH CEMETERIES -3 Also called Ahavis Achim from 1849-1919. And Sons of Abraham, 3 on same site. Online map.	sec 32	est. 1840	On Montifore Street, South of Owen St. in Lafayette.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP
PIN HOOK (interment.net)	sec 6	est. 1828	CR 800 S & 700 W, back in private woods. Partial destroyed.
SHELBY FARM	sec 3	est. 1843	CR 400 W, on private property. Very nice. All photos online.
SUGAR GROVE a.k.a. Shawnee Mound Veterans Also see the Genweb partial list of abt. 180 burials w/ photos	sec 32	est. 1832	Located down a long drive and up on a hill off CR 1325 S.
WHEELER'S GROVE a.k.a. Black, Odell or Shawnee Mound. also see the Genweb page This is only a partial list of burials w /photos	sec 27	est. 1828	Located on St. Rd. 25 S. just South of CR 1250 S.
LAURAMIE TOWNSHIP
CHILD BURIAL	sec 3	est. ?	.S. Hwy. 52 south of CR 800 S. * no tombstones*
CLARK'S HILL a.k.a. Clark	sec 23	est. ?	Located on CR-975 E., South of Hwy 28
CONCORD	sec 11	est. 1842	South of Concord on CR-300 E.
CONROE CHURCH a.k.a.Pop's Center	sec 2	est. ?	Destroyed. Only hints of this one. Need more information.
COSBY & the Genweb page	sec 23	est. 1835	Located on CR 1200 S. between 300 E. and 400 E.
FAIRVIEW a.k.a. Stockwell	sec 5	est. 1830	In the town of Stockwell next to railroad and 700 E. Old stones were moved from the Original Cole Cemetery up town in section 9.
GAPEN-BARCUS a.k.a. Barkhurst or Skinner	sec 7	est. 1837	South off CR 900 S. and west of 575 E. back in the farm field. Overgrown. on private property. Partial destroyed
HORNEY a.k.a. Beeville	sec 32	est. 1839	South of CR-1300 S. between 600 E. and 700 E. Up a long dirt lane.
JOHNSON & Genweb page	sec 4	est. 1830	Located on CR-800 S. East of Stockwell Road.
MONROE	sec 10	est. 1847	At Monroe on CR 900 S. and U.S. 52
KNIGHT same site as Summers	sec	single	Knight family stone was moved to the present location.
OLD UNION a.k.a. Union; Old Campbellite Cemetery.	sec 35	est. 1838	Off 1000 E. just north of the South County Line Road.
ROUTH - PIONEER Restored. also see Tippecanoe Inpcrp page	sec 27	est. 1829	Restoration 2002 CR 1300 S. on private property
SKINNER NEW LISTING 2008	sec 1	est. 188?	Only one grave. Child of John & Nancy Skinner. No name or dates on the stone.
ST. JOE a.k.a. Ashby Cemetery or Conroe Church . Genweb page.	sec 3	est. 18??	Restored 2001, 2 stones, in woods off CR 800 S. mostly destroyed. Around 33 people were buried here. List is lost.
STINGLEY	sec 18	est. 1843	South side of 1000 S. just East of CR 500 E.
SUMMERS Family see the Genweb page	sec	est. 1834	Located on a farm at road 950 S. on farm land a little west of road 275 E. No longer used; fenced behind the barns.
YORKTOWN	sec 17	est. 1848	Located on 700 E. just south of Stockwell. Founded by Daniel and Rebecca Corkins in 1848.
PERRY TOWNSHIP
BOGANS Genweb a.k.a. McClintock	sec 22	est. 1832	Completely destroyed. some stone fragments left, east of Hunters Ridge Est. Fragments of stone left.
BETHEL CHURCH a.k.a. PETTIT	sec 24	est. ?	Completely destroyed. Was by the old Church.
CEDAR BLUFF	sec	est. 1830	Completely destroyed. Was on CR- 675 East.
CLEAVER	sec 10	est. 1833	Inaccessible, located on private property. All photos are online.
FOSTER Wade Farm	sec 22	est. ?	CR 850 E. On bluff on private property. Destroyed. 3 stone left
UNION-HERSHEY a.k.a. Union 2nd Burials listed on Find-A-Grave	sec 9	est. 1822	Located on CR 725 E. This Church burnt. Still has the Iron fence. All photos are online.
LESLEY	sec 10	est. 1841	Inaccessible, located on private property. All photos are online.
MAHAN FAMILY Find-A-Grave a.k.a. Whistler or Welch Farm	sec 10	est. 1839	On West side of CR 900 E. South of CR 300 N. located on private property.
MIKESELL & Genweb page	sec 15	est. 1837	Off CR 900 E. located on private property. All photos are online.
OLD OXFORD	sec 36	est. 1830	Located at the old church on the Tippecanoe County Line Road East and south of CR 100 S.
SWANK aka Pettit	sec 25		On CR 1050 E. at the bend. All photos are online.
ULERY a.k.a. Old German Baptist Tippecanoe INPCRP project	sec 11	est. 1837	Located off CR250 N. located on private property. All photos are online.
ZION a.k.a. Gideon, Tucker or Monitor. Page by James Spidle. ZION Thank you James!	sec 22	est. 1826	Located on CR-850 E. This Church burnt.
RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP
150th Anniversary, Romney, Ind. History booklet published in 1982 by Howard Newton			Page 8 describes the churches and cemeteries.
DIETERLY FARM	sec 17	est. 1835	Previously owned by Charles Dieterly. Its on private property off U.S. 231 road just north of CR 1050 S. Recently destroyed.
ELMWOOD	sec 18	est. 1921	Located on SR 28 between CR 125 W. and U.S. 231.
HOUSE a.k.a. Newton Woods	sec 19	est. 1838	Located in Newton Woods Subdivision Almost destroyed, all stones are down. All photos are online.
McCAY a.k.a. Pioneer or Ivey	sec 19	est. 1847	Several graves; located near Romney cemetery off CR 1150 on private property. Destroyed, some stone fragments left.
MINTONYE. a.k.a. McCutcheon	sec 1	est. 1833	On CR 800 S. and CR 150 W.- Restored 2010
OLD ROMNEY	sec 19	est. 1830	Located in Romney on CR 1150. Methodist Cemetery.
WITGUS-SHOEMAKER	sec 17	est. 1847	Destroyed, on private property in back field. Off CR 100 E. A couple tombstone still exist. All photos are online.
SHELLY	?	?	Location is lost, in the town of Romney.
SHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP
BAKER	sec 10	est. 1838	Named for Wm. Baker, early pioneer settler. Just south of St. Rd. 38 on CR 900 E. Restored 2007. All photos are online.
BATES	sec 35	est. 1844	Destroyed, no visible remains on east side of CR 1000 E. beside or behind Newcomer church.
BOGGS	sec 27	est. 1837	Was a Campbellite Church cemetery. Destroyed.
BOOHER & on Interment.net	sec 22	est. 1829	Alexander Booher family cemetery. Located just north of CR 600 S. between CR 1000 E. and 1075 E. Not found today??
BRADLEY	????	est. 1830	On bluff SE of site of Boggs Cemetery, Never found.
BUSH also Find-A-Grave	sec 9	est. 1848	Inside the Dayton corporate limits. All photos are online.
DAYTON	sec 4	est. 1840	Just east of Dayton city limits on St RD 38 Restored 2009-10. All photos are online.
HOLLIDAY Find-A-Grave	sec 36	est. 1820	Restored 2004, & mostly destroyed. CR 1000 E & New Castle Rd. All photos are online. Over an acre gone.
LEAMING FARM	sec 36	est. 1844	Located on East County Line Road and New castle Road. Restored 2005. All photos are online.
McDOLE a.k.a. Lauramie Missionary Baptist	sec 36	est. 1847	On New Castle Road, past CR 1000 E. Restored 2008. All photos are online.
NEW CASTLE	sec 34	est. 1847	Partially destroyed, On private property on bluff. All photos are online.
NEWCOMER a.k.a. Funk Cemetery	sec 26	est. 1849	Located south of CR 600 S. on CR 1000 E. Restored 2008 & 09. All photos are online.
SALEM	sec 33	est. 1845	Began as Salem Methodist Chapel in 1840. Located on CR-775 E. and Stockwell Road.
WYANDOTTE Historic Marker	sec 16	est. 1830	Located on the site of Wyandotte Village - east side of Dayton Road and north of Wyandotte Rd.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP
ADE	sec 27	est. -?	At the sight of St. Paul's church CR 75 S. & CR 875 W., no visible remains, Destroyed. Some stones moved to Asbury.
ASBURY a.k.a. Downs Over 100 tombstone photos have been added also on the Genweb	sec 23	est. 1843	On Kerber Road between CR-125 N. and Division Road.
DAWES			Jackson Hwy and CR 600 W. No visible remains.
DAWSON a.k.a. Bryan Farm	sec 15	est. 1828	Very bad shape partially destroyed.
MONTMORENCI church	sec 6	est. 1840	Located in the town of Montmorenci on CR 650 W. and CR 350 N. Behind the old Church.
O'LEARY a.k.a. Cook Family			Some visible remains. CR 675W. Lost. I didnt find it.
SHAMBAUGH a.k.a. Charles Parker	sec 1	est. 1832	Located at CR 300 N. and CR 750 W. Not in great shape.
SPENCER-BEST a.k.a. Best Cemetery.	sec 7	est. 1833	Destroyed, Overgrown, all stones are down, but they are there.
TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP
ASH GROVE a.k.a. OLD HARVEY on the Genweb	sec. 3	est. 1835	CR 900 N. East of 43. Restored 2002-2003 by family. All photos are online.
BATTLE FIELD MEMORIAL & see the Genweb	sec 23	est. 1811	Memorial to the Battle of Tippecanoe. All photos are online.
BATTLE GROUND Complete transcription online at the Genweb site. Thank You Mary Wilson	sec 13	est. 1829	North of the town of Battle Ground on Pretty Prairie Road.
BURNETT'S CREEK a.k.a. Bryant	sec 28	est. 1834	Partially destroyed. Located on 600 N. between 75 E. and St. Rd. 43. All photos are online. Partial destroyed
CAIRO a.k.a Old Radical Cemetery.	sec. 3	est. 1830s	Completely destroyed. Burial list added. Some stones moved to Liberty Chapel.
COUNTY FARM # 3 a.k.a. Potter's Field. Recently renamed Stevens-Barnhardt & Genweb page	sec 30	est. 1847	Destroyed , 2 Stone visible left. East side of CR- 50. Stone are in a corner of a field. Some obits are linked. All tombstone photos are online. Over 200 are buried here. Article 1-1880
DEARDURFF 2 stone photographed	sec	est. 1835	Destroyed, Stones moved to Hurst Cemetery.
HARRISONVILLE a.k.a. Methodist Campground Project 2000	sec 23	est. 1816	Located within Battle Ground town limits, next to the chapel on the grounds of the Tippecanoe Battlefield Park.
HOG POINT a.k.a. Corwin Cemetery	sec 8 & 17	est. 1835	Located on private property off the end of Goldsberry road. All stones are down.
HURST map on Find-A-Grave a.k.a. Swisher or Sand Ridge	reserve	est. 1830	No longer used. In wooded area, east of Swisher Road. On private property, way back in the fields.
JUSTICE	sec. 5		DAR had readings of this cemetery. It was located in the wooded are known as Schearer Wood’s Destroyed. No visible remains.
COUNTY FARM #4 LAUREL HILL Another County Farm Cemetery often called Potters field or County Poor Farm #4.	sec 30	est. 1930s	Located on the west side of CR 50 W. just south of William Henry Harrison High School. These burials did not have tombstones. I'm working on a buril list from death certs..
LIBERTY CHAPEL & LIBERTY CHAPEL on the Genweb.	sec. 4	est. 1832	E. U. B. Cemetery located on the north side of CR 900 N.
PIERCE a.k.a. Price	sec 30	est. 1830s	Located behind William Henry Harrison High School on CR50 W. Next to tennis courts behind the school.
PRETTY PRAIRIE	sec 8	est. 1838	Located on Tyler Road, north of Battle Ground.
UNION TOWNSHIP
BAER or FRAZER a.k.a Lilly	sec 35	est. 1829	West of the Eli Lilly (now Evonic) Plant on ridge over Wea Creek. On Lilly property permission is needed to access..
CANAL a.k.a. Sears, Comet Fry, Irish or Stuart Farm.	sec 33	est. 1840s	Located off CR 500 W and 75 S. Mass burial for Irish workers of Wabash & Erie Canal period who died from Malaria. Very bad shape. Now a cow pasture. Much destroyed and unknown.
DURKEE a.k.a. Dimmitt	sec 15	est. 1846	No longer used; CR 450 S. and 375 W. back in a field. Very bad shape. Restored
FARMER'S INSTITUTE a.k.a. Quaker Church	sec 27	est. 1831	Just east of Farmer's Institute Church on CR 660 S.
FIRST MINTONYE a.k.a. Barnett	sec 2	est. 1846	On CR 250 W. just south of Eli Lilly Road. On private property. Not accessible.
HICKORY GROVE a.k.a. Taylor, Taylor's Station or Benett Farm	sec 13 & 24	est. 1839	On the corner of 500 S. and 150 W. Restored 2006. All photos are online.
WABASH TOWNSHIP
POOR FARM # 1 ( burial's list being worked on)		est. 1830s	Destroyed. The first Poor Farm was located in this township. Sold by the County. Long gone and developed now.
BURTON a.k.a Old Bilderback or Klondike Cemetery. A few tombstone pictures have been added	sec 2	est. 1831	In good condition; located on the corner of U.S. 52 and 300 W. across from Klondike Middle School.
DRISCOLL	sec		Destroyed. No visible remains.
GRAND VIEW map online	sec 18	19	1510 N. Salisbury West Lafayette, IN
HEBRON a.k.a. Grand Prairie Baptist, not Mt. Zion.	sec 35	est. 1824	Located on 500 N. just east of Morehouse Road.
McCORMICK	sec	est. 1838	McCormick Road & Stadium Ave. Up the hill to the west. Gated.
JOHN PURDUE MEMORIAL	sec	single grave	Gravesite of John Purdue on the Purdue University Campus in Memorial Mall.
DAVID E. ROSS Webpage on David E. Ross	sec	single grave	Gravesite of David E. Ross on the Purdue University Campus in West Lafayette.
SANDRIDGE	sec 27	est. 1830	Located on South River Road across from Fort Ouiatenon.
SOLDIERS HOME map Also see the Genweb site & State Archives	sec 5		Behind the Indiana Veteran's Home on Soldier's Home Road. Or off 3851 N. River Road. W. Lafayette. 765-463-1502. Dates are being added and corrected.
TIPPECANOE MEMORY GARDENS Burials Submitted by Researchers 90%	sec 1		1718 W. County Rd 350 N.; founded in 1954. Office (765) 463-2383
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
AMERICUS	sec 16	est. 1839	Located south of Americus on 775 E. and 700 N. Not in great shape.
COLBURN LUTHERAN a.k.a. Colburn	sec 24	est. 1812	On west side of 1000 E. Needs more photographs
COLBURN E.U.B [United Brethren] a.k.a. Colburn	sec 23	est. 1842	On east side of 1000 E. Needs more photographs
CUNNINGHAM FAMILY	sec 10	est. 1833	On private property east of Americus
ECKART a.k.a. Hartman Farm	sec 23	est. 1845	East of 900 E. between 600 N. and 700 N. Private property. Very bad shape pretty much destroyed. All photos are online.
HOLLYWOOD a.k.a. Little Hollywood or Buck Creek Cemetery	sec 28	est. 1848	Located on the corner of 500 N. and 750 E. in Buck Creek Not in great shape. Restored 2013-14
NORTH UNION	sec 30	est. 1828	Located on 500 E. just off St. Rd. 25 N.
TEA a.k.a. Kite Runkle or Dryer This is a list of burials submitted to	sec.11	est. 1811	Located three miles east of Americus on private property. Most stone are down. Cleaned 2004. All photos are up.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP
GAY FARM	sec 2	single grave	Single burial; 850 W. on private land. 1823
GRANVILLE Marker	sec 30	est. 1838	Located on 75 S. east of 700W. Bad shape partially destroyed. All photos are online.
HELMS a.k.a. Morgan and Wagon Train Cemetery	sec 22	est. 1839	On the corner of 510 S. and 900 W. Very bad shape mostly destroyed. All photos are online.
MARKS *restoration began 2023	sec 34	est. 1831	Started by the Marks family. Located on 750 S. just off St. Rd. 25. Good shape.
MOYER & the Genweb page	sec 31	est. 1838	Two gravesites visible in this field, 700 S to 625 W. Go west.
SHERRY a.k.a. Peter Weaver Cemetery	sec 11	est. 1832	Located on Burton Road and 300 S. Good shape.
WEST POINT 2 listings on Findagrave. & OLD KISER SECTION	sec 19	est. 1830	Located on the east edge of West Point Andrews and Main St. The old Keiser section has many stones down.
WEA TOWNSHIP
COCHRAN (recent burials found)		est. 1849	4/10 mile west of U.S. 231around 800 S. Destroyed.
CONARROE	sec 35	est. 1840	No longer used. Located on C.R. 800 S. between 250 E. and 300 E. on private property in back of a field.
FEERER-BLACK Restored a.k.a: Rural, Black or Pioneer	sec 15	est. 1833	Located on C.R. 430 S. west of 250 E. on private property. Neighbors restored this one. All photos are online.
FINK Eagle project 2002 a.k.a.Fink Meadows Cemetery or Thorp	sec 9	est. 1840	Located on the corner of CR 300 S. and 150 E. or S. 18th street and Ortman Lane. All photos are online.
KENNY on Interment.net	sec 15	est. 1847	Founded by Samuel Black, pioneer settler 1832. Located on 450 S. just east of 250 E. Restored 2003 All photos are online.
KYLE FAMILY	sec 30	est. 1840	Deep in the woods on private property. No stones visible, just a rock lined around the burials.
LONG	sec 21	est. 1850	Destroyed, no visible remains, On CR 510 S. Only 2 known burials.
McCABE a.k.a. Darnell Farm Cemetery		est. 1850	Destroyed, located on CR 700 S. just off 200 E.
MEADOW VIEW NEW 2002	sec 8	est 2002	CR 50 E. South off Brady lane.
O'NEALL	sec 21	est. 1838	No longer used. on private property off CR 510 S.
PROVAULT a.k.a. FRYBACK restored 2007	sec 19 & 24	est. 1828	No longer used. Located on 100 W. and 500 S on private property. All photos are online.
SICKLER	sec 6		Located off Old 231 S and CR 300 S.
SPRING GROVE restored 2001	sec 27		Founded as a Presbyterian cemetery. 600 S. & 300 E.
WILDCAT	sec 23	est. 1836	Located on north side of 600 S.
SHUMAKER restored 2010	sec 36	est. 1829	Located on the east side of 450 E. North of 800 S. behinds the barns. Finished restoration 2009.

A helpful tool. Tombstone birth date calculator

BOOKS AND PUBLISHED MATERIALS for TC.

Mr. David Cheesman, spent years reading, verifying and photographing tombstones for his wonderful cemetery books, they mainly cover
the southern part of the county. The books for our County are found in the Tippecanoe County Public Library. Also found at the
State Library and Fort Wayne Library. They are also available through microfilmed at the Family History Center.

A few Township Cemetery Books from the DAR chapter are found in State Library and are microfilmed at the Family History Center.
2 Books were published by Mary Wilson and are available at the Tippecanoe County Public Library.
West Point Cemetery Book is located at the Tippecanoe County Public Library.
Battle Ground Cemetery Book is located at the Tippecanoe County Public Library.

Tippecanoe County Cemetery Restoration & The Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project [INPCRP] page.

Check this link to the Tippecanoe County Genweb Cemetery list.

The Indiana Cemetery Database SHAARD from the DHPA

State Library's database Cemetery Locator Database (slow to load)

150th Anniversary, Romney, Ind. History booklet published in 1982 by Howard Newton