More of a McHenry County War of 1812 Connection Than I Thought-- Part 1: Burials

From "McHenry County, Illinois, 1832-1968" edited by Lowell Albert Nye, 1968 Pages 31-40.

I live in McHenry County, but didn't think there was much of a connection with it and the war since Illinois didn't even become a state until 1819. But, land in Illinois Territory was offered to War of 1812 veterans as part of their pay and to get people to moving to the new territory. Many War of 1812 veterans did come to McHenry County and are buried here.

This information comes from a list of different war veterans buried at local county cemeteries (also given s date of death).

These are War of 1812 veterans:

HOLCOMBVILLE CEMETERY:

G.L. Beckley 10-27, 1884
George Brown
Elijah Waterman 10-21-1854

UNION CEMETERY, CRYSTAL LAKE:

William Jackman, 1871
Abner Mack 3-5-1872.

Many More to Come. --Brock-Perry