Little Flock Cemetery is situated entirely within Hamilton Township, but it serves as the main cemetery for the town of Shelburn, Indiana which is in Curry Township. The cemetery actually consists of several burial grounds that were originally administered under different "authorities".
The southwestern "old section" was known as the "Hamilton Township cemetery". This section dates from before 1850, and there are many old and unmarked graves.
The northwestern section is the former location of the Little Flock Baptist Church, including its burying ground. The northern-most portion of that site is where the church once stood, and which has since been fully divided into burial plots after the church was torn down. Burials in the southern-most part of this section date from well before 1850.
The eastern sections of the cemetery, adjacent to Highway 41, date from after 1908. This was originally part of the farm property of Edmund W Thompson, who began selling lots on it after the original western sections of the cemetery were full.
The cemetery is now administered through the trustees of the Little Flock Cemetery Board.
Location: Latitude 39.1703189, Longitude -87.4086306
I did not realize that the church was at that location or that Edmund owned the property on the east side. Wow, this is fun stuff! Keep the stories coming! It's interesting how the cemetery is so tied in with the family heritage.
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