PLEASANT HILL CEMETERY

PLEASANT HILL CEMETERY
Mayfield Township

Introduction

Reproduced here by permission of the Dekalb County Genealogical & Historical Society, Sep., 1999

Pleasant Hill Cemetery was located in Section 1 in the SW SW qtr. The cemetery is no longer in use and abandoned. Some of the tombstones remain, but are buried, broken and difficult to read due to damage and deterioration.

This cemetery is now on private property and permission would be needed from the owners to do any research. Please note that some of the remains are reported interred at the Kingston Cemetery

Cyrus A. Douglas and Zillah A. Douglas, his wife, of City of Sycamore, County of Dekalb and State of Illinois and Ira W. Douglas and Lottie E. Douglas, his wife, of Village of Genoa for and in consideration of one dollar in hand, convey to Maple Hill Cemetery Association of the Town of Mayfield, County of Dekalb, State of Illinois the following described real estate, to wit:

Beginning at a point on the S. West ¼ of Section 1 Township forty one North Range Four (4) East of the third Principal Meridian in the County of Dekalb and State of Illinois where the South line of Assessor’s lot No. Thirty (30) of said section intersects the center line of the Public Highway extending North and South through said quarter section and running thence Southerly along the center lines said highway 3 chains and 25 links thence Westerly 1 and ½ degrees North 1 chain and 75 links thence Northerly 3 and ½ degrees East 3 chains and 68 links to the said South line of said Assessor’s lot 30 thence Easterly along the South line of said lot 1 chain and 62 links to the place of beginning. It being the intention of the grantors to convey said premises to said Association for cemetery purposes only and on condition that the same be so used by said Association or their successors and in case said premises should cease to be so used said premises shall revert to said grantors, their heirs or assigns.

Cyrus Douglas Ira Douglas

Zilla Douglas Lottie Douglas

Dated 01 Aug. 1901

Deed Book 102 pg. 80.

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