Concord Hill Old Cemetery Cross - Concord Hill, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 38.857 W 091° 08.580
15S E 661601 N 4279309
AKA: St. Ignatius OLD Cemetery. Just when the cross was added is not listed anywhere.
Waymark Code: WMT08W
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2016
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County of cemetery: Warren County
Location of cemetery: Mills St., S. side of rd., about ¼ mile W. of St. Ignatius Church, Concord Hill
Number of graves: 235
"Burials in the old cemetery predate the parish and date from at least 1818. Since the locations of many of the early graves are now unmarked, the old cemetery can no longer be used, leading to the opening of a new cemetery in 1946." ~ Mark Scott Abeln, Rome of the West
The "village" of Concord Hill was started, settled or created (however you want to look at it) around 1815 to 1818.
The first burials in this cemetery begin in 1818. So easy to conclude this was the village cemetery.
Therefore, the reason for my name of the site. There are no signs, nor specific naming in any text I could find
The "OLD" cemetery, about a ¼ mile west, was actually the village cemetery created about 1818, and some where along the way the church took over care and control.
Records were so poor, and so many stone missing, the church lost track of which sites were open and which were not. To prevent the "mistaken" disturbance of an existing grave site they closed the cemetery and started the new one adjacent to the school on property already owned by the church.
When viewing internment's in the old cemetery you will notice a few were buried after it was "closed". These were sites already owned by a family or individual, but no sales were recorded after 1946; although, as I said, a few funerals did occur.