God's Acre Cemetery, Vermilion County, Indiana

From Vermilion County Info.

In yesterday's posts, I mentioned several War of 1812 veterans being buried in Vermilion County in a cemeterey referred to as God's Acre. That was an interesting name so I had to do some further research on it.

God's Acre Cemetery is also known as Butler Cemetery ot Butler Burying Ground and is located in Caitlin Township, southwest of Caitlin.

It is one of the oldest cemeteries in the county with first burials either in 1822 or 1831. The last one was 1896. There are 108 known burials and 40 of them are for children under the age of ten.

Seven are Civil War veterans and three from the War of 1812.

 It is not open to the public and permission must be obtained.

God's Acre.  Good Name for a Cemetery.  -- Brock-Perry