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County: Logan

John Littlejohn Cemetery

Marker Number: 

2275

Location: 

Second & Caldwell Sts., Russellville

Burial place of John Littlejohn, esteemed Methodist preacher. He came to Russellville in 1822 and conducted camp meetings, services, & ministered throughout Logan Co. While he was a sheriff in Virginia, during the War of 1812, he was entrusted by Pres. James Madison to protect the National Archives.

Reverse Description:

Land given by Marmaduke Beckwith Morton VIII. Burial site of persons who died during the 1835 cholera epidemic. Many buried without any markers. Several founding fathers of Russellville buried here. Their slaves were buried on the north end of the cemetery; those graves were marked with fieldstones.

Dedicated October 4, 2008.

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