Bayou Cemetery (also known as Reynolds Cemetery) is located southwest of

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at the southeast intersection of the Bayou and the Vermilion River in section 22 of

Amity Township, Livingston County, Illinois Amity Township is located in Livingston County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 866 and it contained 376 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.64%) is lan ...

, United States. The Bayou is the name given to the sometimes dry stream that flows between the Vermilion River and Rooks Creek when both are flooded.

History

Bayou Cemetery is the final resting place of several area pioneer families. Burials date back to Margaret Winters Reynolds, the first European buried in what later became Amity Township, in 1838. through the early 20th century. The cemetery appears nameless as "Cem." on the 1911 map of Amity Township and looks to be on property owned by either Jas. Corrigan or J. L. Gourley (the property line is hand drawn and not clear). The 1930 to 1952 maps of Amity Township all list it as "Cem." and show it as being on the property of K. Gourley. The 1972 township directory does not show the cemetery or property borders."Amity T29M-R4E." Livingston County 1972, Directory Service Company, Historic Map Works, http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/517714/Amity+T29N+R4E/Livingston+County+1972/Illinois/, retrieved 04 October 2019.

References

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