Sauktown Cemetery was originally in St. Joseph County and was conveyed by a deed dated 15 March 1846 from William Ingram of
St. Joseph County to the county commissioners of St. Joseph County for a sum of $16.00, four acres to be used as a Public Burial Ground,
and “for no other use whatsoever”. William Ingram, 1801-1863 is buried in the cemetery. He was known as a large landowner in the area.
According to Mr. Ingram’s wishes, the cemetery was to be free to anyone that wanted to be buried there.

In 1850 the legislature changed the boundary of the counties and placed six sections of land from
St. Joseph County to La Porte County and the cemetery was included in this transfer.

On June 5, 1970  the cemetery was deeded by La Porte County Commissioners to the Sauktown Cemetery Association.

 No arrangements were made for the upkeep of the cemetery. Many years ago Quimby Drollinger and other members of his family put several hundred dollars
into a fund and the interest was to be used for the upkeep of the cemetery. (Reminiscence by Mabel Hostetler, niece of Quimby Drollinger)

 At the corner of 200 North and 850 East was an old Indian burial ground. Gene McDonald reported that there had been an Indian battle south
of this point in about 1820. When Benjamin Bear bought this particular piece of land, the bodies of the Indians were moved to the Sauktown Cemetery.
Benjamin Bear’s son, George Bear was the party that cut the circle driveway in the cemetery not knowing that he put the driveway over five graves that did not have markers.

There are nine Civil War veterans buried in Sauktown Cemetery and one memorial stone for Civil War veteran,
Thomas Fisher, buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Veterans from World War I, World War II, Korean War,
and the Vietnam War are also buried in the cemetery.

Note: (Excerpt from La Porte Argus-Bulletin, La Porte, Indiana, Oct. 3, 1901) James Monahan, of Michigan City,
says that he knows of two other heroes of the Revolutionary War who are resting in  La Porte County. One was a man named Smith,
who was buried in the Sauktown Cemetery in March, 1835.

Compiled by Gloria D. Arndt