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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Source:
HISTORY
of
GALLATIN, SALINE, HAMILTON, FRANKLIN & WILLIAMSON
COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Sundry and
Interesting Biographical Sketches, Notes, Reminiscences, Etc., Etc.
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX >
GALLATIN COUNTY
| GALLATIN
COUNTY |
13 |
| -
Agricultural Association, The |
51 |
| -
Ancient Salt Works |
17 |
| -
Banks, Early and Other |
98 |
| -
Bench and Bar |
52 |
| -
Boundary Lines |
42 |
| -
Bowlesville |
124 |
| -
Business Men, The Present |
110 |
| -
Circuit Court, The |
67 |
| -
Church History |
126 |
| -
Congressional Districts |
44 |
| -
Constitutional Convention, Members |
46 |
| -
County Seat, Location of |
63 |
| -
County Officers, List of |
43 |
| -
Court, County Commissioners' |
61 |
| -
"Egypt," Gen. Grant's Horse |
91 |
| -
Eighteenth Regiment, The |
82 |
| -
Election Returns |
48 |
| -
Equality |
122 |
| -
Geology |
14 |
| -
Incorporation of Shawneetown |
106 |
| -
Indian Mounds |
19 |
| -
Indian Troubles |
23 |
| -
Jail, Building of the |
55 |
| -
Land Office, The |
111 |
| -
Land Entries |
25 |
| -
Leases of the Salt Works |
20 |
| -
Levees, Construction of the |
103 |
| -
Madison, Gallatin and Johnson |
40 |
| -
Mayor and Other Officers |
109 |
| -
Military History |
78 |
| -
Michael Jones' Ride |
47 |
| -
Murder Cases |
36 |
| -
Murder Trials, The First |
69 |
| -
Newspapers |
113 |
| -
Omaha |
119 |
| -
Railroad History |
50 |
| -
Regulators and Vigilants |
33 |
| -
Ridgway |
117 |
| -
Roads and Ferries |
57 |
| -
Salt Lands |
21 |
| -
Saline Coal and Manufacturing Co. |
125 |
| -
School History |
139 |
| -
Secret Societies |
112 |
| -
Settlement, Early |
22 |
| -
Shawneetown |
92 |
| -
Shawneetown Schools |
146 |
| -
Sixth Cavalry Regiment, The |
87 |
| -
Slaves and Indentured Servants |
31 |
| -
Soil and Natural Productions |
16 |
| -
St. Clair and Randolph Counties |
39 |
| -
Tavern Rates |
55 |
| -
Topography |
13 |
| -
Towns and Villages |
114 |
| -
Twenty-Ninth Infantry, The |
84 |
| -
Wild Animals and Reptiles |
38 |
SALINE COUNTY
SALINE COUNTY |
149 |
| -
Agricultural Board |
202 |
| -
Bolton |
218 |
| -
Church History |
224 |
| -
Circuit Court |
188 |
| -
Contraband Negroes |
170 |
| -
County Court, The |
183 |
| -
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, The |
230 |
| -
Davis, Cressa K. |
199 |
| -
Eldorado |
___ |
| -
Election Returns |
184 |
| -
Farming, Primitive Methods of |
157 |
| -
Galatia |
216 |
| -
Geological Features |
150 |
| -
Gregg, James M. |
199 |
| -
Hamburg |
224 |
| -
Harrisburg |
203 |
| -
Harrisburg, Incorporation of |
213 |
| -
Harrisburg, Industries of |
206 |
| -
Institute, Teachers |
238 |
| -
Knights of the Golden Circle |
173 |
| -
Land Entries |
152 |
| -
Lawyers, The Present |
200 |
| -
Location and Boundary |
149 |
| -
Logan, John A. |
167 |
| -
Methodist Churches, The |
228 |
| -
Military History |
181 |
| -
Morrillsville |
223 |
| -
Necessities, Present |
240 |
| -
Newspapers |
208 |
| -
Officers, etc., List of |
160 |
| -
Organization of the County |
158 |
| -
Presbyterian Church, The Hamburg |
229 |
| -
Railroad History |
200 |
| -
Raum, Green C. |
198 |
| -
Regiment, The Thirty-first |
175 |
| -
Regiment, The Fifty-sixth |
178 |
| -
Rileyville |
223 |
| -
School History |
233 |
| -
School Reports |
235 |
| -
Secret Societies |
208 |
| -
Social Brethren, The |
231 |
| -
Soil and Natural Productions |
151 |
| -
Stone Fort |
217 |
| -
Texas Station |
222 |
| -
Trials, Important |
196 |
| -
West End |
224 |
HAMILTON COUNTY
|
HAMILTON COUNTY |
241 |
| -
Agricultural Board |
311 |
| -
Banks |
298 |
| -
Bar, The Present |
288 |
| -
Belle City |
311 |
| -
Black Hawk War |
263 |
| -
Broughton |
310 |
| -
Business, The Present |
294 |
| -
Church History |
322 |
| -
Circuit Court |
283 |
| -
Company A, Fourteenth Regiment |
268 |
| -
Company C, Fifty-sixth Regiment |
269 |
| -
Company G, Fifty-sixth Regiment |
269 |
| -
Company A, Eight-seventh Regiment |
270 |
| -
Company E, Eighty-seventh Regiment |
271 |
| -
Company K, One Hundred and Tenth Regiment |
272 |
| -
Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment |
272 |
| -
Company D, Sixth Cavalry |
272 |
| -
Company H, Sixth Cavalry |
273 |
| -
Company K, Sixth Cavalry |
274 |
| -
Constitutional Convention |
260 |
| -
Crimes, Some Remarkable |
289 |
| -
County Buildings, The First |
277 |
| -
County Commissioner's Court |
275 |
| -
County Buildings, The First |
277 |
| -
County Commissioners' Court |
275 |
| -
County Officers |
259 |
| -
Crops and Conditions, Early |
256 |
| -
Crouch Township |
249 |
| -
Dahlgren |
307 |
| -
Deeds, The First |
255 |
| -
Early Settlers |
244 |
| -
Election Returns |
262 |
| -
Farmer's Mutual |
312 |
| -
Geology |
242 |
| -
Hamilton College |
319 |
| -
Hotel Rates |
278 |
| -
Hoodville |
311 |
| -
Incorporation of McLeansboro |
301 |
| -
Indian and Other Stories |
250 |
| -
Institute Fund |
321 |
| -
Land Entries, The First |
252 |
| -
Legislature, Members of the |
261 |
| -
Local Names |
243 |
| -
Logansport |
309 |
| -
Macedonia |
310 |
| -
McLeansboro |
292 |
| -
McElvain, John |
287 |
| -
Mexican War |
263 |
| -
Military History |
262 |
| -
Mills |
295 |
| -
Organization of the County |
285 |
| -
Pioneer Times |
251 |
| -
Piopolis |
310 |
| -
Press, The |
299 |
| -
Quota, War |
264 |
| -
Raines, Henson G. |
274 |
| -
Regiment, Fortieth |
264 |
| -
Schools |
313 |
| -
Secret Societies |
296 |
| -
Settlement |
243 |
| -
Soil |
242 |
| -
Teacher's Institute |
320 |
| -
Thackeray |
309 |
| -
Topography |
241 |
| -
Townshend, James H. |
288 |
| -
Township Organization |
282 |
|
FRANKLIN COUNTY
|
FRANKLIN COUNTY |
335 |
|
- Geological
Characteristics |
336 |
|
- Soil and Natural
Products |
336 |
|
- Indian Tribes and
Wild Animals |
337 |
|
- Early Settlers |
338 |
|
- Customs, Early |
343 |
|
- Milling, Hunting,
etc. |
344 |
|
- Slavery |
348 |
|
- McCreary, Alexander |
349 |
|
- Old Settlers'
Reunion |
349 |
|
- Land Entries |
351 |
|
- Railroads, Land to |
354 |
|
- Agriculture,
Commerce, etc. |
355 |
|
- Board of Agriculture |
356 |
|
- Productions |
357 |
|
- Organization of the
County |
358 |
|
- County, Division of
the |
359 |
|
- Court, County
Commissioner |
361 |
|
- Commissioners
Appointed |
362 |
|
- "A Particular Spot" |
363 |
|
- Sale of Town Lots |
364 |
|
- Public Buildings |
365 |
|
- Records, Destruction
of Public |
366 |
|
- Court House, The
Present |
367 |
|
- "Poor Farm," The |
367 |
|
- Circuit Court Clerks |
368 |
|
- County Court Clerks |
368 |
|
- Judges Circuit Court |
369 |
|
- Sheriffs |
369 |
|
- State Attorneys |
369 |
|
- Treasurers, List of |
369 |
|
- Coroners, List of |
370 |
|
- Representatives |
370 |
|
- Surveyors |
370 |
|
- Taxation and Finance |
370 |
|
- Assessment 1851 |
371 |
|
- Wolf Scalps - "Legal
Tender" |
371 |
|
- Assessment 1886 |
372 |
|
- Railroad Bonds |
373 |
|
- County
Commissioners' Court |
374 |
|
- Population |
374 |
|
- Members of
Commissioners' Court |
375 |
|
- County Courts
Established |
377 |
|
- County Judges, List
of |
381 |
|
- Supervisors, Board
of |
382 |
|
- Township
Organization |
382 |
|
- Circuit Court |
383 |
|
- Records of Circuit
Clerk |
384 |
|
- Important Trials |
385 |
|
- Remarkable Case |
388 |
|
- Amusing Case, An |
390 |
|
- Bench and Bar |
390 |
|
- Scates, Walter B. |
390 |
|
- Denning, William A. |
391 |
|
- Nelson, Richard |
391 |
|
- Duff, Andrew D. |
392 |
|
- Logan, John A. |
392 |
|
- Parrish, William K. |
392 |
|
- Crawford, M. C. |
393 |
|
- Black Hawk War |
394 |
|
- Mexican War |
395 |
|
- Civil War, Records
in |
396 |
|
- Bar, The Present |
397 |
|
- War Record, Summary |
404 |
|
- Benton |
405 |
|
- Cemetery, The Old |
407 |
|
- Decade of the
Sixties |
409 |
|
- Business, The
Present |
410 |
|
- Press, The |
410 |
|
- Societies, Secret |
411 |
|
- FRANKFORT |
412 |
|
- EWING |
413 |
|
- NEW
MULKEYTOWN |
413 |
|
- PARRISH,
Town of |
414 |
|
-
THOMPSONVILLE |
414 |
|
- Schools |
415 |
|
- Public School Funds |
418 |
|
- Williams, Judge |
420 |
|
- Church History |
422 |
|
- Elders, List of
Presiding |
426 |
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
|
WILLIAMSON COUNTY |
431 |
| -
Agriculture, Live Stock, etc. |
445 |
| -
Agricultural Society |
448 |
| -
Allen, W. J. |
468 |
| -
"Articles of Faith" |
516 |
| -
Assessment for 1880 |
460 |
| -
Attoreys, State |
458 |
| -
Bainbridge |
509 |
| -
Bar, Present Members of the |
470 |
| -
Bench, Bar and Noted Characters |
467 |
| -
Black Hawk War |
487 |
| -
Bonds,,,, railroads, etc. |
460 |
| -
Business Men, the Present |
502 |
| -
Carlenville |
507 |
| -
Christian Church, The |
521 |
| -
Church History |
515 |
| -
Circuit Court Clerks |
458 |
| -
Civil War, Number of Men in |
500 |
| -
Company K, Eighteenth Inft. Regt. |
493 |
| -
Company E, Twenty-ninth Inft. Regt. |
493 |
| -
Company C, Thirty-first Inft. Regt. |
493 |
| -
Company E, Thirty-first Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company F, Thirth-first Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company G, Thirty-first Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company H, Thirty-firrst Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company E, Fifty-sixth Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company I, Fifty-sixth Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company K, Sixtieth Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company E, Eight-first Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company G, Eighty-first Inft. Regt. |
495 |
| -
Company H, Eighty-first Inft. Regt. |
495 |
| -
County Commissioner's Court |
466 |
| -
County Seat, The |
453 |
| -
County Court |
451 |
| -
County Court Clerks |
457 |
| -
Corder, Anderson P. |
469 |
| -
Cunningham, John M. |
470 |
| -
Early Settlers |
436 |
| -
Equipping Soldiers for the South |
490 |
| -
Geoloical Formations |
432 |
| -
Guards, The Marion |
499 |
| -
Incorporation of Marion |
507 |
| -
Indebtedness of County |
464 |
| -
Indian Occupants |
434 |
| -
Ingersoll, Robt. G. |
470 |
| -
Judges, Circuit Court |
458 |
| -
Land Entries |
440 |
| -
Location, Boundary and Topography |
431 |
| -
Logan, John A. |
491 |
| -
Lots, Who Purchased |
454 |
| -
Lowden, John T. |
470 |
| -
Marion |
501 |
| -
Methodist Episcopal Church |
519 |
| -
Mexican War |
487 |
| -
Mining Operations |
449 |
| -
Noted Crimes and Criminals |
471 |
| -
Organization |
450 |
| -
Pioneer Customs |
443 |
| -
Pleading Guilty |
485 |
| -
Population by Decades |
465 |
| -
Press, The |
506 |
| -
Presbyterian Church, The |
522 |
| -
Products of the Farm |
447 |
| -
Public Buildings |
455 |
| -
Public Lands |
444 |
| -
Railroad Lands |
445 |
| -
Rebels, Two Illinois |
493 |
| -
Reward, Offered |
480 |
| -
Record, Eight-first Inft. Regt. |
495 |
| -
Record, One Hundred and Ninth Inft. Regt. |
497 |
| -
Record, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Inft. Regt. |
498 |
| -
Schools |
510 |
| -
Secession, Resolution Favoring |
489 |
| -
Sheriffs |
458 |
| -
Societies, Secret |
503 |
| -
Soil and Productions |
433 |
| -
Taxation and Finance |
459 |
| -
Vendetta, The Bloody |
478 |
| -
Vendetta, First Murder in the |
480 |
HISTORICAL INDEX.
| Franklin
County |
335 |
| Gallatin
County |
13 |
| Hamilton
County |
241 |
| Saline
County |
149 |
|
Williamson County |
431 |
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
MAPS, PORTRAITS, ETC.
|
Campbell, J. R. - Hamilton Co. |
681-682 |
| Carter,
Laban - Williamson Co. |
865-866 |
|
Chickamauga, Battle of - Williamson Co. |
511-512 |
|
Franklin, Battle of - Williamson Co. |
461-462 |
| Fort
Donelson, Battle of - Gallatin Co. |
29-30 |
|
Murfreesboro, Battle of - Franklin Co. |
379-380 |
|
Nashville, Battle of - Saline Co. |
211-212 |
|
Ridgeway, Thos. S. - Gallatin Co. |
572-573 |
| Shiloh,
Battle of - Gallatin Co. |
79-80 |
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BIOGRAPHIES
FRANKLIN COUNTY
|
Akin,
James M. |
757 |
| Auten,
Levi Reed |
758 |
| Bain,
Daniel |
759 |
| Barr,
James S. |
760 |
| Biggs,
Columbus C. |
761 |
| Boyer,
William H. |
762 |
| Brown,
William G. |
762 |
|
Browning, Levi |
763 |
|
Browning, Daniel M. |
765 |
|
Brownlee, Addison M. |
766 |
| Burkitt,
James |
766 |
|
Cantrell, Tilmon B. |
767 |
|
Cantrell, William S. |
768 |
| Carter,
D. Lafayette |
769 |
| Casey,
Evan H. |
770 |
| Clark,
Alexander C. |
770 |
| Clinton,
F. E. |
771 |
| Cook,
Braxton |
772 |
| Crim,
William L., Elder |
773 |
| Crisp,
Andrew J. |
774 |
| Croslin,
Thomas |
775 |
| Davis,
Nehemiah |
775 |
| Dimmick,
Melvin B. |
777 |
| Dorris,
S. H. |
778 |
| Durham,
James A., Dr. |
778 |
| Durham,
Nephthali A. |
779 |
| Eskew,
William L. |
780 |
|
Flannigan, Robert H. |
781 |
| Frailey,
D. W. |
781 |
|
Hamilton, S., Dr. |
782 |
| Harris,
James T., Dr. |
785 |
|
Harrison, Francis O. |
784 |
|
|
Harrison, Theodore P. |
785 |
| Hickman,
Zachariah, M.D. |
786 |
| Hill,
John P. |
787 |
| Hill,
James B. |
787 |
| Hill,
John W. |
788 |
| Hill, W.
H. |
789 |
| Hudson,
Joseph J. |
790 |
| Hutson,
Ulysses, M.D. |
790 |
| Hutson,
Euphrates G., Dr. |
791 |
| Jones,
H. K. |
792 |
| Jones,
William R. |
793 |
| Jones,
Allen |
793 |
| Kelley,
C. O., M.D. |
794 |
| King, W.
A. |
795 |
| King,
Willis B. |
797 |
| Layman,
Thomas J. |
797 |
| Link, J.
B. |
798 |
| Link,
Robert R. |
798 |
| Link,
Thomas J. |
799 |
|
McIntyre, Angus J., Dr. |
800 |
| Maddox,
Jonathan W., Prof. |
801 |
| Mallory,
Overton R. |
802 |
| Marvel,
George R., Col. |
803 |
| Mason,
James F. |
804 |
|
Mitchell, Jesse G. |
805 |
|
Mooneyham, Thomas M., Hon. |
806 |
|
Mooneyham, Daniel |
807 |
| Moore,
John B. |
808 |
| Moore,
Carroll, Capt. |
809 |
| Moyers,
W. J. N. |
809 |
| Mulkey,
William H. |
810 |
| Neal,
Thomas |
811 |
|
| Odum,
Addison |
812 |
| Orr,
Alexander G., M.D. |
813 |
| Pearce,
William C. |
813 |
|
Phillips, Peter, Hon. |
814 |
|
Poindexter, Randall, Dr. |
815 |
| Rea, C.
D. |
816 |
|
Roberson, S. M., M.D. |
817 |
| Ross,
George C. |
819 |
| Rotramel,
Elijah M., Dr. |
820 |
| Rotramel,
Richard H., Dr. |
821 |
| Royall,
James W. |
821 |
| St.
Clair, John J. |
822 |
| Sims,
George W. |
823 |
| Spiller,
William F. |
824 |
|
Sullivan, John, Esq. |
824 |
| Summers,
Ambrose |
826 |
| Swain,
R. D., A. M., Prof. |
826 |
| Swisher,
Z. M. |
827 |
| Taylor,
Robert J., M.D. |
828 |
|
Thompson, Richard |
829 |
|
Thornton, C. M., Dr. |
830 |
|
Threlkeld, Charles D. |
831 |
|
Thurmond, William H. |
831 |
| Turner,
James B. |
832 |
| Vise,
Hosea, Rev. |
834 |
| Ward,
William R. |
835 |
|
Washburn, John, D.D. |
836 |
| Webb, L.
M. |
838 |
| Whiffen,
Alfred U. |
839 |
|
Williams, W. H., Judge |
840 |
| Willis,
John |
841 |
|
Youngblood, Francis M., Hon. |
842 |
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