FIRST CEMETERY IN BATTLE CREEK Section 1, Champion and Washington Streets, Battle Creek. Moved to Oak Hill in 1844. Lists of names with burial dates before March. 25, 1844 in Oak Hill Cemetery

THE NAMES BELOW MAY HAVE BEEN BURIED IN THE FIRST CEMETERY THERE ARE NO RECORDS FOR THIS CEMETERY.

The First Burial Ground    The information below is from the History Of Oak Hill

In 1836 Sands McCamly, Jonathan Hart and members of the Merritt family surveyed, platted and drew the first map of what was to become Battle Creek. At this time a small plot of land was set apart to be used as a burial ground. This first cemetery was located near the intersection of N. Washington and W. Van Buren streets, close to the location of the Towers Addition to the Battle Creek Sanitarium (Federal Center).

Over the years the village grew to such an extent that this original cemetery was being crowded out by the development of factories, businesses and homes. In 1843 Moses Hall, Almon Whitcomb, T. W. Hall, Edward Packer and others consulted and decided to purchase ten acres of land south of the city, paying $12 an acre.

According to State records the cemetery was located in Section 1, Champion and Washington Streets, Battle Creek. Moved to Oak Hill in 1844.

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