history of newlin cemetery crawford county illinois
Andrew Newlin was a descendant of one of the early pioneer families of Crawford County. His grandparents, John Newlin the third and Sarah Holliday Newlin, came from North Carolina to Crawford County, Illinois in 1812 or 1819 and settled near the present Newlin cemetery. Their seventh child was William Newlin, who was born March 4, 1799, and who married Rachel Hill.