Taylor Cemetery--or Jackson Taylor Graveyard--was founded in 1893 in rural Fayette County, Illinois. While considered rural Vandalia, the cemetery is officially located in Section 32 of Seminary Township.

According to ancestors, this was once a thriving village known as LaToga. Sites around the current cemetery included a General Store owned and operated by the Cooks, the Tompkins' Saw Mill, Corinth Church, a graveyard, and the homes of early settlers. On April 28th, 1893, the people of the area and had a meeting at which they decided to buy the ground where the graveyard was. This purchase took place on May 4th, 1893, when 1.25 acres were purchased from William Jackson "Jack" and Mary L. Cook for the sum of $15.00. The graveyard was then named the Jackson Taylor Graveyard.

Over the years the area has changed and all evidence of the village is gone. The angle of the road in front of the cemetery changed the placement of the graves. One might notice the stones in the older center section are angled differently, which was parallel to the road in the early days of the cemetery.

Fundraising picnics were held from 1921-1971 to raise funds to maintain the property. These picnics took place in the wooded areas west of the Pittsburg Store, across from the Maple Grove School--owned first by Sherman Crowl and then Horace "Jigs" Tompkins. The picnics then moved to another area east of the school, on the same sided of the road, owned by Eldon "Jake" Carter. They served as a social function for the area, with a fried chicken meal including home-grown tomatoes, green beans, corn, and homemade pies serving as the main attraction. A bingo stand, cake walk, pony rides, games, and country music provided entertainment.

Over the years the cemetery has been maintained and watched by the Heather and Thacker families who have lived just across the road.