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Jacob Williamson Gravestone
1759-6/18/1838
Stout's Grove Cem., Danvers Twp.
Photo by Schendy, Find-a-grave
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~Revolutionary War Gravesites in McLean County~
Introduction - Ebenezer Barnes - Joseph Bartholomew - Samuel Beeler - David Haggard - Frances Hodge - Moses Hougham - John Karr - William Lee - John Maxwell - Thomas McClure - William McGhee or Gee - William McCullough - John Toliday - Jacob Williamson - Gravesites Not in McLean County
Jacob Williamson was born in New Jersey in 1759. He passed on some of his Revolutionary War stories to a friend, William Hieronymus. This testimony and a registery of Illinois soldier deaths between 1774 and 1974 appear to be the only evidence of Williamson's service in the war. Thus, he is one of three American Revolution War veterans who are probably buried in McLean County (the others being William Lee and Thomas McClure).
Jacob settled in Hittle's Grove, Tazewell County around 1825. A Jacob Williamson is listed in the 1830 U.S. Census near Mackinaw in Tazewell County, but the age of this person (50-60 years old) is not consistent with the Revolutionary War veteran, who would have been 71 in 1830. A history of Tazewell County book from 1879 references Hieronymous and Williamson families living in Hittle's Grove.
Williamson's gravestone in Stout's Grove Cemetery may not mark the actual burial location of Williamson, as he was said to have been buried on the Deal farm, according to a 1976 Pantagraph article. The only Deal farm I could find in Danvers Township was referenced in the 1866 and 1879 historical atlases, 28 and 41 years after Williamson died. This farm was about a quarter mile west of the intersection of 475 E and Rte. 9 in southeast Danvers Township. It is all plowed over today. I did not find any evidence for how Williamson ended up in Danvers Township or how is gravestone ended up in Stout's Grove Cemetery.
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Jacob Williamson's signature
from Milo Custer, Soliders of the American
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References & Map
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