This old burial ground is located in Section #10 in Stony Creek Township on the Wilbur Wright Road about two miles north of Mooreland, Henry County, IN. It has not been used for burials in many years.
This burial ground was started by John Hodgson who first purchased this land on 8 Sep 1823 after coming here from North Carolina. The spelling of the name Hodson is used both ways here, but they are all related. This cemetery was used as a neighborhood burial ground during the early 1800s up until the Mooreland cemetery opened in the 1890s. In 1898 a rumor was started that when Moses Hodson died his wealth was buried with him. This caused the cemetery to be nearly destroyed by treasure hunters digging for the treasure, which was never located. Is it still there?
There are quite a few unmarked burials, and others marked only by fieldstones in this cemetery. It receives very little care, other than being mowed several times a year.
Many stones are down and need to be reset. We have been in several times to cut and trim the weeds. Blue River Middle School history students adopted this cemetery as a project in 2003 for clean-up and had it looking good for awhile, but it is getting back to the overgrown state that it used to be in.
Name | Death | Birth | Other
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Canaday, Sarah Jane | 1 Apr 1876 | 27y, 5m, 11d | 1st W of Jesse
| Cory, Forbes | 25 Jan 1861 | 5y, 8m | S of Abraham & Mary
| Cory, Mary Rice | 15 Apr 1863 | 34y, 5m, 5d | 2nd W of Abraham
| Dean, Amelia J | 8 Nov 1886 | 30y, 3m, 28d | W of Thomas
| Dean, Laura | 9 Jul 1881 | 11m, 29d | D of T & AJ
| Devore, Lucy Jane | 11 Sep 1861 | 22y, 3m, 1d | D of William & Mary
| Devore, Margaret Orilla | 12 Sep 1851 | 3y, 5m, 26d | D of W & M
| Devore, William | 5 Jul 1887 | 87y, 9m, 5d |
| Duke, Emily Littleton | 26 Sep 1912 | 79y | W of Robert
| Duke, Maggie | 17 Nov 1875 | 13y, 5m, 26d | D of R & E
| Duke, Ollie | 14 Mar 1891 | 22y, 11m, 29d | D of Robert & Emily
| Duke, Robert | 5 Dec 1898 | 1828 |
| Ely, Mary | 24 Mar 1878 | 70y, 3m, 24d | W of William
| Ely, William | 21 Dec 1863 | 56y, 9d |
| Good, L. | No date | No date | On slate (Jacob Good)
| Gwin.Alvin D. | 19 Oct 1886 | 2m, 9d | S of William & Lorella
| Gwin, Charley I. | 24 Nov 1879 | 1y, 5m, 21d | S of William & Lorella
| Gwin, Infant | 19 Apr 1877 | | S of William & Lorella
| Hiatt, Abigail | 26 Nov 1832 | 3d | D of John & Charity
| Hiatt, Charlotte Adams | 30 Oct 1885 | 73y, 20d | W of William
| Hiatt, Josiah D. | 25 May 1834 | 3m, 13d | S of John & Charity
| Hiatt, Uriah | 5 Feb 1828 | 1d | S of John & Charity
| Hiatt, William J. | 3 May 1886 | 72y, 5m, 17d |
| Hiatt, ?? | 9 Apr 1841 | 9d | ? of John & Charity
| Hodgson, Earthemia | 11 May 1879 | 55y, 6m, 5d | W of Lewis
| Hodgson, Earl | 20 Feb 1889 | 11m, 16d | S of James & Viretta
| Hodgson, Ellis C. | 30 Apr 1872 | 42y, 4m, 18d | H of Matilda
| Hodgson, Infant | 21 Jun 1859 | | Child of EC & MJ
| Hodgson, Infant | 10 Jul 1846 | | S of L & B
| Hodgson, Jane Beals | 2 Apr 1882 | 86y, 11m, 20d |
| Hodgson, John | 1 Apr 1871 | 77y, 10m, 2d |
| Hodgson, Leora Isabell | 7 Aug 1887 | 17y, 22d | D of Ellis & Matilda
| Hodgson, Lewis | 27 Apr 1886 | 64y, 11m, 21d |
| Hodgson, Malvina | 10 Sep 1859 | 4y, 3m, 13d | D of E & MJ
| Hodgson, Nathan E. | 16 Sep 1859 | 5y, 4m, 7d | S of L & B
| Hodgson, Rebecca P. | 21 Mar 1871 | 21y, 1m, 11d | 1st W of William
| Hodson, Frances | 20 Mar 1869 | 59y, 10m, 11d | 2nd W of Moses
| Hodson, Lydia J. | 2 Dec 1870 | 22y, 10m, 20d | D of M & F
| Hodson, Moses | 13 Feb 1886 | 81y, 5m, 8d |
| Hodson, Sarah | 21 Aug 1866 | 23y, 6m, 21d | D of M & F
| Hodson, Sarah | Ca.1826 | 20y | 1st W of Moses
| Jeffrey, Amanda E. | No date | | D of Russell & Mary
| Jeffrey, Daniel C. W. | No date | 1874 | S of Russell & Mary
| Jeffrey, Elmira | 16 Sep 1859 | 3y, 8m, 14d | D of R & J
| Jeffrey, Lewis W. | 11 Nov 1855 | 1y, 3m, 23d | S of R & J
| Jeffrey, Infant | 22 Jan 1870 | | S of Russell & Jane
| Jeffrey, Jane Hodson | 22 Jan 1870 | 35y, 4m, 22d | 1st W of Russell
| Jeffrey, John Hodson | 15 Sep 1880 | 22y, 1m, 29d | S of Russell & Jane
| Jeffrey, Mary Ann | 18 Dec 1891 | 1 Jan 1840 | 2nd W of Russell
| Jeffrey, Russell | 18 Aug 1893 | 27 Nov 1824 |
| Johnson, A. | 25 Jul 1843 | No date | Scratched on slate
| Johnson, Annie | 26 Aug 1888 | 3y, 3m, 6d | D of JW & CF
| Johnson, Celia Fallen | 9 Jun 1885 | 32y, 9m, 17d | W of John
| Johnson, Daniel | 21 Dec 1851 | 3m, 7d | S of JM & F
| Johnson, Eunice | 16 May 1863 | 37y, 8m, 11d | 1st W of Lewis
| Johnson, Infant | 18 Aug 1863 | 13d | S of LW & E
| Littleton, Infant | 16 Jan 1848 | | Child of Levi & Catharine
| Littleton, Margaret | 11 Oct 1850 | 6y, 2m | D of Levi & Catharine
| McMullen, Elizabeth | 26 Nov 1854 | 19y, 2m, 17d | D of Daniel & Rachael
| Main, Ira | 22 Nov 1859 | 53y |
| Main, Malinda | 2 Apr 1897 | 85y | Wife of Ira
| Marshall, Margaret | 16 Apr 1865 | 50y, 2m, 28d | 1st W of William
| Marshall, Russell V. | 24 Jul 1884 | 15y, 8m, 3d | S of Lewis & M
| Marshall, William | 28 Mar 1872 | 63y, 2m, 7d |
| Metsker, Matilda E. | 7 Dec 1879 | 21y, 7d | W of Isaac
| Moore, Alice | 1880 | 1862 | D of John & Elizabeth
| Moore, Elizabeth | 1904 | 1836 | W of John
| Moore, Ella Leoti | 21 Sep 1874 | 3y, 9m, 7d | D of John & Elizabeth
| Moore, John S. | 1880 | 1833 |
| Moore, Martha J. | 1880 | 1866 | D of John & Elizabeth
| Payne, Jemima | 21 Dec 1859 | 9m, 3d | D of Elias & Ann
| Peirce, Amanda | 2 Jun 1886 | | D of Isaac & Nancy
| Peirce, Lawrance | 23 Sep 1859 | 2y, 8m, 8d | S of IW & NA
| Peirce, Nancy A. | 25 Jan 1873 | 36y, 5m, 26d | W of Isaac
| Ralston, Lydia | 15 Jan 1855 | 12y, 1m, 15d |
| Rees, Infant | 1 Jun 1871 | | D of GW & M
| Rees, Mary Palsley | 20 Jun 1871 | 43y, 4m, 11d | W of George
| Rees, George W. | ?? | ?? |
| Rinard, Catharine | 14 Nov 1863 | 67y, 11m, 11d | W of George
| Rinard, Rev. George | 7 Jul 1870 | 76y, 1m, 22d |
| Rinard, Infant | 1849 | | S of Adam & Rachel
| Rinard, Peter A. | 31 Mar 1889 | 26y | S of John & Martha
| Rinard, Rachel | 1 Nov 1838 | 16y | D of G & C
| Shaffer, Infant | 21 May 1883 | 1d | S of JN & LN
| Shaffer, Isabel | 11 Jul 1880 | 2m, 25d | D of JN & LN
| Shaffer, Lydia N. | 22 May 1883 | 20y, 8m, 10d | W of John
| Shepherd, Rachael | 26 Mar 1888 | 61y, 1m, 24d | 1st W of William
| Shepherd, William | 27 Oct 1893 | 1821 |
| Thompson, Eli R. | 7 Sep 1884 | 20 Jan 1857 | S of Joseph & Fidelia
| Thompson, W. H. | 22 Jul 1885 | 5 Sep 1862 | S of Joseph & Fidelia
| Ward, Catharine | 1 Nov 1868 | 64y, 1m, 11d | W of GR
| Wright, Martha E. | 4 Feb 1866 | 14y, 7m, 20d | D of T & R
| Wright, Oliver | 22 Mar 1864 | 5d | S of T & R
| Wright, Rebecca J. | 19 Aug 1889 | 65y, 1m, 15d | W of Thomas
| Wright, Thomas G. | 8 Oct 1875 | 53y, 8m, 16d |
| Wrightsman, Florence | 9 Sep 1863 | 9m, 9d | D of RB & MJ
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