This site still under construction-MORE TO BE ADDED
What's coming?
Maps of the cemetery
List of all persons buried in the cemetery - UPDATED 25APR23-Click on Interments
Photographs of the monuments in the cemetery - Sections A & C posted Further postings will be delayed due to technical difficulties!
Historic photographs
Other information as it presents itself
Ghost Walk 2022 Photos recently added (25APR23)
Maps of the cemetery
List of all persons buried in the cemetery - UPDATED 25APR23-Click on Interments
Photographs of the monuments in the cemetery - Sections A & C posted Further postings will be delayed due to technical difficulties!
Historic photographs
Other information as it presents itself
Ghost Walk 2022 Photos recently added (25APR23)
History of hillsboro cemetery
Hillsboro Cemetery Association was organized in April of 1859 with officers Foreman Evans as President, William Meek as Clerk and Benjamin Barrere as Treasurer. The trustees were James K Marlay, James S Murphy, William Scott, Dr. Carleton C Sams, Joseph Glascock, John A Patterson, James A Trimble and William O Collins. Debate over the name of the new cemetery brought ideas such as Woodland, Greenwood, Oakland and Trimble. They chose Greenwood. however, within 15 years, it was being called Hillsboro Cemetery.
By 1883, there were about 1500 burials in the cemetery and an appeal was being made to lot holders to donate funds to help keep the grounds cleaned up and kept that way.
The first cemetery in town was the Methodist Cemetery. It was later deeded to the Board of Education (May of 1896). It was called the “Old M.E. Church Graveyard.” The first burial was Andrew Edgar, who died July of 1808 of a rattlesnake bite. The second, Pearson Starr, was in September of 1809. This cemetery was located at the corner of North East and East North Streets.
Other cemeteries in Hillsboro included the Presbyterian, which had become a disgrace and they decided to close it with relatives being given the choice to claim their loved ones and arrange to have them moved, after which they moved the unclaimed to Hillsboro Cemetery. This was in the early 1900s. Then that property was sold to JDW Spargur where a home was built.
The Woodrow Cemetery, which is thought to have been a family cemetery was the 3rd in town. It was at the NW Corner of outlot #21, found at the SE corner of N West and Collins Ave. (at that time, more than likely, this Collins Ave. was the current Catharine Street.)
The IOOF Cemetery was established in 1848 and was located on the west side of South High Street in lots #274 & 275.
There were folks who had been buried on private property. Relatives later made the decision to move bodies to Hillsboro Cemetery.
(Info from Hills of Highland by E Ayres)
By 1883, there were about 1500 burials in the cemetery and an appeal was being made to lot holders to donate funds to help keep the grounds cleaned up and kept that way.
The first cemetery in town was the Methodist Cemetery. It was later deeded to the Board of Education (May of 1896). It was called the “Old M.E. Church Graveyard.” The first burial was Andrew Edgar, who died July of 1808 of a rattlesnake bite. The second, Pearson Starr, was in September of 1809. This cemetery was located at the corner of North East and East North Streets.
Other cemeteries in Hillsboro included the Presbyterian, which had become a disgrace and they decided to close it with relatives being given the choice to claim their loved ones and arrange to have them moved, after which they moved the unclaimed to Hillsboro Cemetery. This was in the early 1900s. Then that property was sold to JDW Spargur where a home was built.
The Woodrow Cemetery, which is thought to have been a family cemetery was the 3rd in town. It was at the NW Corner of outlot #21, found at the SE corner of N West and Collins Ave. (at that time, more than likely, this Collins Ave. was the current Catharine Street.)
The IOOF Cemetery was established in 1848 and was located on the west side of South High Street in lots #274 & 275.
There were folks who had been buried on private property. Relatives later made the decision to move bodies to Hillsboro Cemetery.
(Info from Hills of Highland by E Ayres)