Thanks to an Eagle Scout community service project of Kent Cavallini of Lexington, this somewhat forgotten rural cemetery was restored in 1990. Spearheaded by Cavallini, encouraged by Verda Gerwick of the Lexington Genealogical and Historical Society, and assisted by mentors and friends; thirteen gravestones were unearthed and erected. A fence was built to enclose and protect this family burial ground of long ago.
Jane Black Adams died on 4 September 1839 and she was buried on a little hill within a timber on Adams land. This is the earliest documented burial in what would become known as Adams Cemetery. Her husband, Matthew Adams, had purchased this land on 1 November 1830. From this time on, this area was set aside for family burials. Many acres of land were owned by the Adams family as was evidenced by the local names: Adams Cemetery, Adams School, Adams Creek, and Adams Creek Farm. Jane and Matthew Adams met and married in Boone County Kentucky. They migrated to McLean County with their large family and settled on land from a government land grant following Matthew’s service during the War of 1812.
In 1854 a cholera epidemic took the lives of many in the Lexington-Pleasant Hill area, including the Adams family and their neighbors. Perhaps it was at this time friends and neighbors were now welcomed to be buried in this family burying ground.
The last burial noted in Adams Cemetery was John Sampson Lupton in 1865, a seven-year-old son of Thomas and Agnes Lupton. The Lupton family had arrived in this area about 1856, farmed for a few years, and then moved on to Missouri in 1869.
Today seventeen burials are documented to be buried in Adams Cemetery, which can be found on Section 28 of Lexington Township. It is located just a little north of East 2100 North Road and just east of North 2650 East Road. It is sad to note that today this small family cemetery has once again become overgrown and the grave markers are falling or have fallen one more time.
Jane Black Adams died on 4 September 1839 and she was buried on a little hill within a timber on Adams land. This is the earliest documented burial in what would become known as Adams Cemetery. Her husband, Matthew Adams, had purchased this land on 1 November 1830. From this time on, this area was set aside for family burials. Many acres of land were owned by the Adams family as was evidenced by the local names: Adams Cemetery, Adams School, Adams Creek, and Adams Creek Farm. Jane and Matthew Adams met and married in Boone County Kentucky. They migrated to McLean County with their large family and settled on land from a government land grant following Matthew’s service during the War of 1812.
In 1854 a cholera epidemic took the lives of many in the Lexington-Pleasant Hill area, including the Adams family and their neighbors. Perhaps it was at this time friends and neighbors were now welcomed to be buried in this family burying ground.
The last burial noted in Adams Cemetery was John Sampson Lupton in 1865, a seven-year-old son of Thomas and Agnes Lupton. The Lupton family had arrived in this area about 1856, farmed for a few years, and then moved on to Missouri in 1869.
Today seventeen burials are documented to be buried in Adams Cemetery, which can be found on Section 28 of Lexington Township. It is located just a little north of East 2100 North Road and just east of North 2650 East Road. It is sad to note that today this small family cemetery has once again become overgrown and the grave markers are falling or have fallen one more time.
Use link to visit this Cemetery on Find A Grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2186531/adams-cemetery
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