Payton
Cemetery
This
cemetery was known as the Blue Ridge Cemetery for many years. It
is in the west half of the southeast quarter of Section 5 of
Jefferson Township. It was a public cemetery, first used in 1860,
and contains 56 marked graves. Members of the following early
settler families buried here include: Bunch, Fisher, Golden,
Hester, Hughes, Jennings, Lee, Leonard, McKean, Mitchell, Rose,
and Violet. The deed was filed at the Recorder's Office by Jacob
Payton November 1st, 1879, to the trustees. In the early days
there was a schoolhouse on the grounds which was also used as a
church by the Methodists of the community. The cemetery is no
longer in use.
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