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Who Was I? Where I am?
They came from Italy and Cornwall, from Dalmatia and Ireland, from New Hampshire and Virginia. Some were miners searching for gold. Some were lumberjacks, shop keepers, schoolteachers or ranchers. Some brought families, some came alone. They worked and lived and loved in Amador County. And now they rest in our historic cemeteries.
Some have elaborated towering tombstones, some simple marble stones.
Some have no markers at all--that we want to change..
There are unmarked graves, outlined in stone or bricks or crumbling cement--but no names. There are mortuary markers showing where someone is buried--but the temporary markers have long since become illegible. Early records for the cemeteries are rare. Some were never made, some were destroyed by fire or flood, and some lost when a clerk took them home and forgot about them.
The mortuaries in the county have information on which cemetery a person was buried in--but not where in that cemetery.
The Amador County Historic Cemeteries Board is embarking on a Who Was I? campaign to identify all the unmarked graves in the county’s historic cemeteries. Once the identification has been made, we will install simple headstone as time and money permits. That will allow us to forever remember who is buried there.
As another facet to that identification, we know people are buried in certain cemeteries but not were. Again, once identification is made, a headstone will be placed.
If you know of anyone buried in the historic cemeteries who does not have a headstone, please contact: achcb1854@gmail.com
The Board members working on this project will accompany you to identify the final resting place.
If you or an organization in which you belong wish to contribute to the Amador Cemetery Trust Fund to help pay for the cost of headstone, donations are gladly welcomed. You may send donations to Amador County Cemetery Trust, c/o Amador County Historic Cemeteries Board, 810 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642.
The Amador County Historic Cemeteries Board is appointed by the county’s Board of Supervisors. Members are citizens concerned about the historic cemeteries which have no perpetual care program and rely on the cemetery board and volunteers to keep them up.
Tombstone Transcriptions
There are 28 historic cemeteries in Amador County. Many of these cemeteries have had tombstones transcribed. We have compiled a list of those already finished.
Once you know what cemetery the person is buried in, you can then click on that cemetery as listed on the California Tombstone Transcription Project site to get more information on the individual.
This index contains transcriptions from the following Cemeteries: Aqueduct, Drytown City, Immaculate Conception Churchyard, Jackson City, Oak Knoll, Pine Grove, Plymouth, St. Stephens, Sutter Creek City, Sutter Creek Catholic, Sutter Creek IOOF. As the other cemeteries are transcribed that data will be loaded.
Drytown Tombstones
Drytown Cemetery is landlocked by a private ranch. Permission to pass is available, subject to weather and ranch operations. List of those who rest there can be found here.