The Gilliland Cemetery receives its name from the fact it is situated on a portion of the John W. Gilliland Donation Land Claim. The first recorded burial in this tract is that of a child, William F Gilliland (1852-1854), presumably a son of the original claim holder. The cemetery is located at 301 50th Ave, Sweet Home, OR 97386. To reach the cemetery, travel east out of Sweet Home on US Highway 20. Turn right on 49th avenue. At the stop sign, turn left on Airport Road, which becomes 50th avenue. The cemetery entrance is on the left.
The Lewis Cemetery is situated on a portion of the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road Land Grant in Section 23, Township 13 South of Range 1 East in Linn County. The cemetery consists of a tract of undulating hillside land of approximately one and one-half acre in extent. The main occupied part has been cleared of trees and brush but the remaining portions are grown up to large young fir trees, salal brush, huckleberry bushes and mingled wild mountain undergrowth. The cemetery is fenced but otherwise little cared for. The history of the cemetery seems to be considerably mingled with the history of the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountains. To reach the cemetery, travel east from Sweet Home on US Highway 20. Turn left on Foster Dam Road. Continue across the dam and turn right at the stop sign onto River Road. The cemetery will be approx. 2 miles ahead on the right.
The Ames Cemetery, located south of Sweet Home on HWY 228, going south towards Holley. It was established in 1863, and is in Township 13S Range 1W, Section 36. This is a very small cemetery, located in a grove of oak trees, very well tended. SSA means same stone as previous. Surveyed 10 October, 1999, by Jan Phillips. Tombstones found on the DAR survey indicated by *. Like many other families who traveled west in the early 1850s, the Ames family left Missouri in the pursuit of religious freedom. They ended their journey in September of 1852 near a creek now called Ames Creek, in what is now called Sweet Home. The 1860 Linn County census, Lebanon post office, shows the Ames family in house 585:
Lowell Ames, 61 , farmer, b NY
Anne, 61,b PA
Lowell, 34, farm laborer, b OH
John, 31, Farm laborer, b OH
Polly, 29,b. OH
Joseph, 26,b. IL
The Liberty Cemetery (originally named NYE Cemetery) is situated in the North East one-fourth of Section 26, Township 13 South of range 1 West in Linn County, ORE., and on a portion of the original A.P. (Adam) NYE Donation land claim. The cemetery property is located on Liberty Road, approximately 1/2 mile south of the intersection with US Highway 20.
