Turkey Hill Cemetery
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
GPS 38-27-08=N and 89-55-23= W
Turkey Hill Cemetery, Smithton Twp., St. Clair County, Illinois
(Turkey Hill Cemetery is on Old Freeburg Road in Smithton Twp.)
Turkey Hill Cemetery lies within a 41+ acre field
I did find one record of someone being first buried here and later moved to a different cemetery.
July 21, 2010
I just learned that this cemetery has been destroyed, and all the tombstones dumped in a ravine near where it was, and the area is now a corn field.
I don't know when the destruction of the cemetery occurred, but such destruction is not legal unless specific legal steps are taken to condem the cemetery, etc. Law enforcement officers and local cemetery preservation people may be able to assist you in gaining access to the area.
Note: Tom Schwarztrauber, RPh, O'Fallon Historical Society Vice President at the grave of his 5-Great-GrandFather, American Patriot, Corporal Joseph CARR - 10th Virginia, Culpepper Minutemen at the TURKEY HILL Cemetery, St. Clair County, Illinois that Tom Grave Dowsed and Found it Spring of 2015 (Turkey Hill Cemetery had been destroyed -tombstones removed and was a corn field for years and still is agricultural field plot)
GPS 38-27-08=N and 89-55-23= W
Turkey Hill Cemetery, Smithton Twp., St. Clair County, Illinois
(Turkey Hill Cemetery is on Old Freeburg Road in Smithton Twp.)
Turkey Hill Cemetery lies within a 41+ acre field
I did find one record of someone being first buried here and later moved to a different cemetery.
July 21, 2010
I just learned that this cemetery has been destroyed, and all the tombstones dumped in a ravine near where it was, and the area is now a corn field.
I don't know when the destruction of the cemetery occurred, but such destruction is not legal unless specific legal steps are taken to condem the cemetery, etc. Law enforcement officers and local cemetery preservation people may be able to assist you in gaining access to the area.
Note: Tom Schwarztrauber, RPh, O'Fallon Historical Society Vice President at the grave of his 5-Great-GrandFather, American Patriot, Corporal Joseph CARR - 10th Virginia, Culpepper Minutemen at the TURKEY HILL Cemetery, St. Clair County, Illinois that Tom Grave Dowsed and Found it Spring of 2015 (Turkey Hill Cemetery had been destroyed -tombstones removed and was a corn field for years and still is agricultural field plot)
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- Added: 30 May 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2356055
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