Buckeye Cemetery is located in Morton Township in part of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 23 and is bordered on the east by the Washington Blacktop. The cemetery is on land once owned and homesteaded by the Israel and Elizabeth Shreve Family. Early recorded Tazewell County records reveal a deed of part of the present land by Julius/Elizabeth Shreve and James/Sarah Shreve dated June 25, 1864, to the trustees of the Buckeye Methodist Episcopal Church.
This was the first Methodist Episcopal Church in Morton Township and was constructed in 1864 with dimensions 30 feet wide, 40 feet long, and at a cost of $1,700. It is apparent the cemetery was started many years earlier. The earliest known burial was Henry E. Shreve, December 12, 1815 (monument with name/dates).
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