transcribed by 
Grandma 1859
submitted by
Dianna Williams
WAYNE  CO.,  IL

ROOTS  BURIED  AFAR
HICKORY  HILL  CEMETERY

HISTOY

This cemetery is the oldest recorded cemetery in the county and is located on Oma Hill.  It overlooks the State Route #1, not too far from the "Old Slave House", once owned by the Crenshawduring the early 1800's.
1)William Crenshaw was a soldier and a signer of the Declaration of Independence
2) It is written on William E Hall tombstone:
"In Memory of William E Hall born 1814, a man of ability, honor, and intgrity, and honored by the citizens of this county with their confidence for 10 years as public officer, two as sheriff and eight as clerk of the circuit court and assassinated on November 11, 1856"
 
Equality Township
On a hill overlooking  State Route #1
the the "Old Slave house"
Crenshaw John Hart 1797 1871 wife Sina Taylor
Crenshaw Sina 1799 1881 w/o John Hart
Crenshaw Alexander 1829 1834 s/o J & S Crenshaw
Crenshaw Mary M 1844 1847 d/o Wm J  & A. L  Crenshaw
Crenshaw Nancy 1824 1826 d/o J & S Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Crenshaw William 1774 1814 w/Mary 
Crenshaw Mary 1767 1824 h/Wiilliam
d/o Rev. Jahn Hart
Huston Jonathon 1801 1880
Morris John T 1826 1856 s/o John C
Morris John C 1849 1916
Hall Fannie 1787 1847 consort of  Reason Hall
Taylor       Large monument reads:
Father & Mother erected by Ed Taylor
Walters Judith 1849 1897 w/o W T
Hall John A 1847 1857 same stone as b/Michael E
sons of John E & Mary
Hall Michael E 1849 1853 same stone as b/John A
sons of John E & Mary
Hall Mary 1818 1912
Hall William E 1814 11 Nov 1856
Taylor Giles     A Revolutionary Soldier
(no marker today)