Old State Cemetery
The Illinois General Assembly authorized Governor Edward Coles in 1823 to convey to Vandalia one and one-half acres for a state burial ground. Here were buried four members of the legislature and several state officials who died while in office. The monument erected by the state is in adjoining South Hill Cemetery.
Marker is at the intersection of Edwards Street and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on Edwards Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
