McCord Cemetery
Irving, Illinois
1874 Plat Map of the Neighborhood Surrounding McCord Cemetery
An existing plat map dated 1874 of Montgomery County landowners for the area surrounding McCord Cemetery is an excellent source for identifying neighbors of this neighborhood burial ground. Many of the family names had not changed from the purchasers of the early land patents. Family names on the map that are also found on the grave markers include: Haygood, Hogsett, Hughes, Kerr, McCord, Paden, Rutledge, Short, and Williams. On the plat map, the burial ground is identified by the cross symbol on Elijah Paden's tract although he had conveyed this small area of 1.125 acres within his larger tract to the county government 11 years earlier. A red-colored square surrounding the burial ground is a recent addition to the map to identify the cemetery's location for the website visitor.