Big Spring 1823

" The first death that occurred in the village was the little daughter of Mr. Turner Evans. She was the first person buried within the limits of the incorporation. After the internment of other bodies, another site was selected for the cemetery upon the hill near the old home of Captain A. C. Sloan, where at the time stood the Methodist Church. The burial ground was changed to its present site, because it was thought to be too near the Big Spring. This land was donated to the town by Judge Q. R. Nolan. Many of the bodies were taken up and removed to the new location, but among those who still lie buried near the old Methodist Church site are Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Bradford, Mrs. William Brown, and Mrs. Hunt."

"Mr. Tom Johnson had a son drowned in the Big Spring. This happened while he was living at the Cleveland house."

Exerpt from "History Of McDonough" By Scrip Speer. 1824-1826