Chief Big Thunder's grave
Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois, USA – *No GPS coordinates
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Add PhotosChief Big Thunder's grave was a large mound in what later became the Courthouse Square, in Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois.
Although there is a monument to mark his general burial place, it is only a cenotaph monument. First, Big Thunder's head was taken. Then the rest of his bones, one after another, were taken by visitors to the site over time and nearly none were left after a point.
Mentioned on page 257 in "Proceedings of the thirty-fourth Continental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution", published in 1925.
Also mentioned on page 233 of the book titled, "The Past and Present of Boone County, Illinois: Containing a History of the County--Its Cities, Towns, &c., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent men, General and Local Statistics, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Constitution of the United States, Map of Boone County, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc.," published in 1877.
Chief Big Thunder's grave was a large mound in what later became the Courthouse Square, in Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois.
Although there is a monument to mark his general burial place, it is only a cenotaph monument. First, Big Thunder's head was taken. Then the rest of his bones, one after another, were taken by visitors to the site over time and nearly none were left after a point.
Mentioned on page 257 in "Proceedings of the thirty-fourth Continental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution", published in 1925.
Also mentioned on page 233 of the book titled, "The Past and Present of Boone County, Illinois: Containing a History of the County--Its Cities, Towns, &c., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent men, General and Local Statistics, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Constitution of the United States, Map of Boone County, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc.," published in 1877.
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- Added: 9 Feb 2024
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2796055
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