Glad that might be it. I went back and checked, the old faded handwriting could be
Billings Farm Cemetery on the grounds of what was the old homestead, and it is very
near Mt. Olivet (within a few blocks southeast). Ahhhh the joys of the hunt! Have a
good week. Rita
joan benner wrote:
Thank you Rita, you are amazing! The death certificate was for a
Billings;
not too far off from Bilding's, hmmmm...
Joan
At 02:22 PM 4/29/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Joan,
>I would think there are more than one Olivet Cemeteries because it is a common
>church name, but on a hunch I checked into one and it would seem to be yours.
>
>Mount Olivet Cemetery in De Pere, Brown County just south of the city of Green
>Bay proper, on Erie Street. It is located in the southwest corner of Section
>31, town of De Pere. It appears, from the map, to be in the southwest
>corner of
>that sections. That pretty much fits your SW SW 31. The exact plot must be
>".15.6" if section 31; T(township) 23 N(north) - R(range) 20 E(east).
>There are
>many old cemeteries in that very historic small area of the county, going back
>to the 1700's. Allouez, which is the historic French/Metis Catholic burial
>grounds and reburial ground for the original Catholic cemetery of the late
>1700's and early 1800's; St. Norbert Abbey Cemetery, which for the Catholic
>Order; Greenwood Cemetery - very large public city cemetery; and Bildings
>Farm
>Cemetery - small, private. Hope this helps you. Rita - Oconto County
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/
>
>joan benner wrote:
>
> > I found reference to a cemetery in an old Adams County death record that is
> > not listed in "Cemetery Locations in Wisconsin" (Herrick &
Uncapher,
> > Origins, Janesville, 1999). It gave a cemetery name and legal land
> > description on the death certificate:
> >
> > Olivet Burial Ground, located SW SW 31.15.6
> >
> > The Adams County Register of Deeds, who is also the Wisconsin State Old
> > Cemetery Society contact for Adams Co., says this is not in Adams County.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me where this is located?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Joan
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