MONROE COUNTY

     ZEBEDIAH BARKER was born in Methuen, Essex county, Massachusetts.  He served as a "Minute Man" and also from June, 1776, for over two years; during this time he was an orderly sergeant under Capt. Maloon, Capt. David Whittier and Col. Thomas Poor.  He was in the battle of Stillwater.  He came to Illionis in 1818, settling in New Design, Monroe county, where he died Oct. 10, 1819, and was buried on his farm, which is located one and one-half miles from Burkville.  He was pensioned.

     SHADRACH BOND, SR., was born near Baltimore, Maryland.  He came west with George Rogers Clark, being sergeant of his company.  In 1781 he returned to Illinois.  Before leaving Virginia, in conversation with Hosea Briggs, he remarked that they might represent the Illinois country in the Legislature.  Shadrach Bond was a member of the first General Assembly of the territory which convened west of the Ohio river after the Revolutionary War, and served four times; was also elected justice of St. Clair county.  He is buried in the old graveyard on the bluff above his residence.  He was the uncle of the Shadrach Bond, who was the first governor of the state of Illinois.  "County History"

     EBENEZER BOURN was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, in 1753.  He was on an exploring and hunting expedition on the Ohio river when he enlisted under Col. George Rogers Clark in 1778 for fourteen days, Capt. William Harrod  Col. George Rogers Clark.  He again enlisted for fourteen months with Capt. John Williams, Col.

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Montgomery, and Col. William Lynn.  He died Aug. 29, 1839, in Harrisonville, Monroe county.  He was pensioned.

     JAMES GARRETSON was one of Clark's soldiers.  Returning to Virginia, he came back to Illinois in 1781, settling near Waterloo, and later in Moredock, where he died.

     PIERE GIRADOT was one who greatly aided the American cause.  He was made commandant of St. Phillippe and served as justice.  He died before 1783 as his widow is given as the head of the family in 1783.  "County History."

     ANDREW HILTON was a native of Maryland, born in Charles county in 1757.  He served three months with Capt. Charles Mills and Col Hawkins; again enlisting for six months under Capt. Henry Bowman, Col. Hawkins.  He came to Illinois, settling in Monroe county, where he drew a pension.  He died in Monroe county.

     WILLIAM HOWARD served in the war from Virginia.  He also continued in the service of his country after the close of the war.  He came to Monroe county, Illinois, and probably died there.  "Virginia Records" and "Pension Report."

     ROBERT KIDD took part in the capture of Fort Gage under Clark.  He settled in Monroe county in 1781 in Renault township, and died there in 1849.

     JAMES LEMAN was born in Berkeley county, Virginia, in 1760.  He enlisted in 1777, was in the battle of White Plains, serving two yearws.  He came to Illinois, settling in New Design, Monroe county, where place he founded.  He house, built of brick, is still standing and near the home is the old cemetery where he is buried.  He died Jan. 9, 1823.  "Virginia Records."

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     LIEUT. HENRY LEVENS, SR.

     THOMAS LOGUE

     GEORGE LUNSFORD

     JAMES McROBERTS

     MICHAEL MILLER

     CAPT. JAMES MOORE

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     PETER ROGERS

     JOHN WHITESIDE

     JOSEPH WRIGHT

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

     EZRA BOSTWICK

     HENRY BRIANCE

     THOMAS BRECKMAN

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     JOHN CANNADY

     JOHN CRABTREE

     THOMAS CRAIG

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     BENJAMIN GORDON

     WOOTEN HARRIS

     JOHN LIGET

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     MASON OWENS

     HARRIS REVIS

     JAMES RICHARDSON

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MOULTRIE COUNTY

     JAMES PATTERSON

MORGAN COUNTY

     The Rev. James Caldwell Chapter, D. A. R., of Jacksonville observed a red-letter day in their history when on March 10, 1914, a bronze tablet was unveiled in memory of the soldiers of the American Revolution who lie buried in Morgan county.
     The exercises were held in the Circuit Court room and were alike impressive and patriotic.  The tablet was formally presented by Miss Effie Epler, chairman of the Tablet Committee, and was accepted by the Regent of the Chapter, Mrs. O. F. Buffe, who in turn presented the same to Morgan county.
     In behalf of Morgan county, Judge E. P. Brockhouse accepted the tablet.  The Hon. Hor-

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ace Bancroft, a member of the S. A. R., in an address paid an eloquent tribute to the soldiers of '76.
     Hon. Richard Yates followed with a stirring address, highly commencing the work of Washington, and in an especial manner giving deserved tribute to the women of that period in our history.
     Appropriate music was rendered by a concert band and a chorus from the high school.  The invocaiton was given by the Rev. R. O. Post.
     The tablet, which was placed on the south wall of the court house, was unveiled by lineal descendants of some of the soldiers commemorated, Miss Anna Clayton and Miss Janette Powell.

     ISHMAIL BOBBITT was a native of North Carolina.  He was in service under Capt. Farley, and was at the siege of Yorktown.  after the war was ended, he removed to Illinois, settling in Morgan county, where he died, and is buried on the paschal farm near Markham.  He was pensioned.

     MARTIN BURRIS

     CONSTANTINE CLARKSON

     JOHN DAWSON

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     JOSEPH JACKSON

     SAMUEL JACKSON

     JOB JENKINS

     BOLING JOLLEY

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     JAMES JORDAN

     SAMUEL JONES

     LAWRENCE KILLEBRUE

     DAVID McPETERS

     EDMUND MOODY

     PATRICK O'FLYING

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     THOMAS ROBERTS

     JOHN ROBERTSON

     GEORGE SAUNDERS

     WILLIAM SCOTT

     JARRETT SEYMOUR

     AUGUSTUS SIMS was born in Virginia May 27, 1763.  He enlisted in Henry county in 1781

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for three months under Capt. George Hartson and Cols. Abraham Penn and St. George Tucker.  Crite and Col. Richardson, from July, 1781.  He came to Morgan county, Illinois, where he died, and is buried in the Rogers cemetery, south of Waverly.  He was pensioned.

     ELISHA SMITH

     EDMOND STOKES

     ANDREW TURNER

     JOHN WOOD

     CAPT. JAMES WRIGHT

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OGLE COUNTY

     DANIEL DAY

     RUFUS PERKINS

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     RUFUS PHELPS

PEORIA COUNTY.

     PHINEAS BRONSON

     WILLIAM CROW

     JOHN DUSENBERRY

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1833, aged 81 years.  "New York n the Revolution."

     JAMES HARKNESS was a "Minute Man," marching on the first alarm from Pelham, Massachusetts, in Capt. Candless' company, Col. Benjamin Woodbridge's regiment, serving eleven days; he re-enlisted for eight months, and again in June, 1778, serving as corporal and sergeant in Capt. Joseph Perkins' company, col. Nathaniel Wade's regiment.  He was born June 21, 1756, and died at Harkness Grove Aug. 18, 1836, and is buried in the Harkness cemetery, near Trivoli, Peoria county.  "Massachusetts Soldiers in the Revolution."

     PAULETTE MAILLET was born in 1753 at Mackinac, Michigan.  He was an Indian trader and was the founder of Peoria in 1778.  Hearing of the defeat of Thomas Brady at St. Joseph, Michigan, in 1777, he decided to revenge the killing of men by the British and Indians.  With an armed force they marched to St. Joseph, where they fought like tigers and captured the fort.  He returned to Peoria, but lost his life in a quarrel with a Frenchman in 1805.  The place of his burial is not known.  "County History."

     JOHN MONTGOMERY was in the Virginia line of troops.  He was born in Virginia in 1764 and died in Peoria county, Illinois, Jan. 26, 1845, and is buried in the Princeville cemetery.  "A Soldier in the Revolution' is inscribed on his tombstone.  He was pensioned.

     ZEALY MOSS was a wagonmaster and assistant quartermaster in the Virginia troops.  He enlisted in Loudoun county in the spring of 1777 and served two years.  He re-enlisted in 170 and served to the close of the war.  He was born in

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Loudoun county, Virginia, Mar. 5, 1755, and died in Peoria county, Illinois, Oct. 30, 1835, and is buried in Springdale cemetery, Peoria.  He was pensioned.

PERRY COUNTY

     JOHN BANES was born in Virginia.  He enlisted at Mecklenburg in 1779, serving five times for three months each and the sixth time for six months, with Capt. Peter Bennett, and George Ferringot, and Cols. William Moore, Ambrose Ramsey, Joseph Taylor, and Major Joel Lewis.  He was in the battle of Camden.  He removed to Sumner county, Tennessee, and then to Perry county, Illinois, where he died Sept. 2, 1840.  He served in the North Carolina troops.  He was pensioned.

     LEONARD LIPE was from South Carolina, where he was born about 1755.  He served in the troops from that state.  After the war he came to Perry county, and settled in Tamaroa township, where he died.  He was pensioned.

     JOHN MURPHY was born in the North of Ireland.  Coming to America, he entered the war and was in the battle of King's Mountain, probably with North Carolina troops.  He came to Perry county, Illinois, in 1818, settling near Lost Prairie, where he died, Murphysboro, Jackson county, was named in his honor.  "County History."

PIKE COUNTY

     DAVID CALLIS served in the war from Virginia.  He again served in the U. S. troops after the close of the War of the Revolution.  He came to Pike county, Illinois, to reside, and probably died there. "Virginia Records."

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     DAVID KEHR was born July 27, 1763, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He enlisted in Northumberland county in April, 1780, serving till Aug. 14, 1780, under Capt. Thomas Gaskin and Col. James Hunter.  He was an Indian spy, was taken prisoner and carried to Niagara and kept until July, 1783, when he was set at liberty.  Re removed to Ohio, and from there to Pike county, Illinois, where he died after 1839.  He is buried near Griggsville.  He was pensioned.

     JAMES McWITHEY was from New York, where he served in the Charlotte county Militia, in the Seventeenth Regiment, New York troops.  He removed to Pike county, Illinois, where he probably died.  He was pensioned.

     HUGH McNARY was from North Carolina, where he served in the war.  He came to Morgan county, Illinois, and there applied for a pension.  He died in Pike county, Illinois.  He was pensioned.

     JOSEPH OLMSTED was from Connecticut, where he served in the Fifth Regiment, commanded by Col. Philip Bradley.  He enlisted in Ridgefield.  He removed to Pike county Illinois, and in1832 applied for a pension, but died before it was granted.  "Connecticut in the Revolution."

     NATHANIEL PERRIN was from Massachusetts, where he served in the war, enlisting Jan. 6, 1779, serving until June 5, 1780, under Capt. Benjamin Frothingham; he again enlisted, serving from October, 1780, till January, 1781.  He removed to Tennessee, where he applied for a pension.  He died in Pike county, Illinois.  He was pensioned.

     ABRAHAM SCHOLL was born December 15, 1765, in Rowan county, North Carolina.  He

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enlisted in 1781 in Fayette county, Virginia, serving several short terms in the Virginia troops under Capts. William Hays, John Constant, Charles Hazelrigg, and John McDowell, with Cols. John Todd, Benjamin Logan, Daniel Boone, and Trotter.  He was in the skirmish at Bryant's Station.  He came to Pike county and was living at atlas, where he applied for a pension, but having served less than six months, it was denied.  "Pension Reports."

     HOWELL SELLERS was born in Charlotte county, North Carolina.  He was in the North Carolina troops, was in the battles of Stono, Brier Creek, and the siege of Savannah.  He came to Illinois, residing in Pike county, where he died.  He was pensioned.

     RICHARD TAYLOR was a native of Virginia, where he served as Ensign in the war, enlisting Aug. 4, 1779, in Frederick county.  He removed to Illinois, settling in Pike county, where he died very aged.  He was pensioned.

POPE COUNTY

     LUKE DEVOIR

     CHARLES DUNN was from Virginia, where he served under Lt. Col. John Cropper.  He enlisted Nov. 30, 1778.  He continued in the service after the close of the war and was in the U. S. troops in Pope county, Illinois.  "Virginia Records."

     BENJAMIN GLOVER

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     DANIEL HANCOCK

     DAVID McNEELY

PUTNAM COUNTY

     ARCHIBALD ALLEN

     JOHN EVANS was in the Pennsylvania line of troops.  He came to Putnam county and there applied for a pension.  "Pennsylvania Archives" and "Pension Reports."

     ANDREW MOORE

     ISAIAH STRAWN

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Germantown, he rushed into battle, seizing the musket of a fallen comrade and neighbor, who had been mortally wounded.  Soon after he was wounded in the left leg, one shot lodging in the hollow of his foot.  This he never permitted to be removed, carrying it for sixty-four years.  He came to reside in utnam county, Illinois, where hedied August 14, 1843, and is buried in the Florid cemetery, Putnam county.  "Pennsylvania arcihves" and "Family History."

RANDOLPH COUNTY

     This history of no part of Illinois exceeds in interest that of the settlement of Randolph county, and Kaskaskia was the great center of interest.  Beautiful for situation and as a commercial point, it became alike attractive and prospectively important.
     The French here held sway for many years, and were succeeded by the British.  Only a few years passed, however, before that intrepid warrior, George Rogers Clark and his band of faithful followers quietly took possession of this part of the territory and planted the Stars and Stripes, in 1778, first at old Fort Massac, then at Kaskaskia.  It was but natural that the men who came with Clark should have been charmed with the location and the outlook for future homes for themselves and their families.  They were well fitted for the hardships which a new country entailed and for dealing with hostile tribes of Indians which might harrass them.  The first considerable American immigration was in 1780 when a colony of pioneer settlers reached Kaskaskia from the Southern states, to be followed by many from the county east of the Alle-

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ghanies.  Among the number were many soldiers of the American Revolution.
     Randolph county is the burial place of many soldiers.  Doubtless many were buried where the ever-changing current of the Mississippi river has washed away the land, thus making it impossible to locate their graves.  The remains of some of these pioneer-patriots were removed to a cemetery on the hill overlooking the little railroad station called Fort Gage, where the State of Illinois has erected a monument to their memory which bears the following inscription, "Those who sleep here were first buried at Kaskaskia and afterward removed to this cemetery.  They planted free institutions in a wilderness and were the founders of a great commonwealth. In memory of their sacrifices, Illinois, grateful, erects this monument.  1892."
     In the following lists are many soldiers who came with Clark, and also those who were from the Southern and Eastern states, all of whom lie buried in Randolph county.

     JOSEPH ANDERSON was a soldier under George Rogers Clark; he settled on Nine-Mile creek about five miles from Kaskaskia, where he died.

     BENJAMIN BYRUM was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1773.  In the spring of 1781 he came to Kaskaskia.  He showed his discharge papers from the service and an oath of fidelity taken at Fort Pitt.  He did not live long after coming to Illinois.

     MELLINGTON COUCH was in the battle resulting in the surrender of Cornwallis.  It is not result in the surrender of Cornwallis.  He is buried at the Preston U. P. cemetery, six miles from

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Sparta.  He first resided in Marion county. "Family History".

     JOHN CLENDENIN was a native of Virginia and served in the troops of that state.  After the war he removed to Kentucky, settling in Green county; from there he came to Randolph county, Illinois, locating where the city of Chester now is.  He resided on a farm now known as the  Porter farm.  "Virginia Records."

     JAMES CURRY was a soldier with Clark; he settled near the othe rsoldiers with whom he came, not far from Kaskaskia.  James Curry had a thrilling experience with the Indians.  He and Levi Teel were out hunting and took possession of a cabin built by David Pagan, which was unoccupied, to remain over night.  During the night the Indians appeared, and as Teel stood by the door with one foot near the "cat hole," an Indian thrust his spear though his foot; attempting to pull it out, they pinned his hand, thus nailing him to the floor.  Curry would not listen to Teel, who advised opening the door, but went to the loft and fired, killing three; he then tumbled the whole roof, as it was not nailed on, down on the Indians, killing the chief and disabling the others which caused the remaining number to flee.  Curry helped Teel to reach Kaskaskia, where he remained until he recovered from his wounds.  James Curry was chosen by Clark to undertake any desperate or hazardous service.  He lived and died on Nine-Mile creek.  One day he, with Joseph Anderson, was out hunting.  As he never returned, it is supposed that he was killed by the Indians and his body taken away by them.  "County History."

     JOHN DODGE was a native of Connecticut, was a trader as Sandusky, Ohio, before the Revo-

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lutionary War.  He strongly favored the cause of the Colonists, and as a result was arrested by the British who carried him to Detroit and later to Quebec, when he escaped in 1779.  In that year he was recommended by Washington to Congress as a man who would be useful in the West.  He west to Virginia and was appointed Indian agent.  Coming to Kaskaskia.  "County History" and "Connecticut in the Revolution."

     JOHN DOYLE was a soldier with Clark. He settled near Kaskaskia.  He was a man of some education and taught one of he earliest schools in the county.  He was a French scolar.  "County History."

     ROBERT BRATNEY was born in Ireland.  Coming to America he settled in Tennessee where he entered the service.  In 1820 he removed to Illinois, settling near the mouth of Little Plum creek in Evansville township.  "County History" and "Tennessee Records."

     CAPT. JOHN EDGAR was born in Ireland.  He was in the British Navy.  When the Revolutionary war broke out he was a resident of Detroit.  He openly espoused the American cause and was seized by the British commander and sent a prisoner to Quebec; escaping near Montreal he found his way to the American lines.  Entering the service he was made Captain in the navy.  Coming West in 1784, he settled in Kaskaskia.  He was a man of great wealth for those times.  During the administration of Governor Arthur St. Clair he was elected to the legislature which convened at Chillicothe, Ohio.  After the war he was appointed Major General of the Illinois militia, and in 1790 was and was made a judge of 

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the "common pleas court."  He died in Kaskaskia in 1832.  He was pensioned.

     JOHN HILTEBRAND and DAVID HIX were soldiers under Clark.  Coming to Illinois in 1780, they settled on the east side of Kaskaskia river near the mouth of Nine-Mile creek, where they doubtless died.

     WILLIAM FOWLER was born in South Carolina, where he served in the war.  He came to Illinois in 1816, locating in the Harmon settlement.  In 1825 he was living in the township of Mary, where he doubtless died.  He was pensioned. "County History."

     PAUL HARROLSON was from South Carolina, where he served in the war.  He came to Illinois in 1802, settling on the west side of the Kaskaskia river near the mouth of Camp creek.  He was a man of prominence in the early days.  In 1809 he acted as Justice of the Peace and from 1803 to 1809 was commissioner and county clerk.  He was pensioned.  "County History."

     DAVID HOAR served from Massachusetts in the Revolutionary war.  He remained n the service after the close of the war.  Came to Randolph county, Illinois, where he died.  "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in Revolutionary War," also "Pension Reports."

     JOHN LAWSON served in the Virginia line of troops.  He came to Randolph county, Illinois, and there applied for a pension, which was not granted, as he had not served six months.  "Virginia Records."

     JOHN LIVELY came from South Carolina in 1805; he was in the war from that state.  He was seemingly a soldier by nature, as he also served in the war of 1812.  He settled in the town of

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Central, where he died in 1826.  "County History."

     CHARLES McNAB was born in Maryland; he enlisted Jan. 7, 177, was a sergeant in the Sixth Company, First Maryland Regiment, in Capt. Beaty's company; he enlisted again in the Seventh Company of the Third Regiment.  He came to Illinois, settling in Randolph county, where he died Nov. 1, 1780.  He was pensioned.

     HAYDON MILLS, HENRY SMITH and ELIJAH SMITH were soldiers with Clark; returning to Illinois they settled east of Kaskaskia above the mouth of Nine Mile creek.  They were doubtless buried there.

     JOHN MONTGOMERY was a private with Clark's soldiers, he returned to Illinois, locating four miles from Kaskaskia, where he built a small water mill which was used for many years.  He, with many others, was given a tract of land for service in the war.  He was a well-known citizen of the county.

     DANIEL MURRAY lived in Kaskaskia with his brother William, before the arrival of George Rogers Clark.  He gave Clark substantial aid in Kaskaskia; he died there later, being shot in a quarrel over some money affairs.  "County History."

     DAVID PAGAN was one of Clark's soldiers coming to Illinois he settled on Nine-Mile creek a few miles from Kaskaskia, where he was doubtless buried.

     JAMES and RICHARD PILLERS were from Virginia and served in the war in the Virginia line of troops.  In 1781 they were in Fort Masac, Illinois, and in 1793 they removed to Randolph

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county.  James died there in 1883 or 1834.  A granddaughter of James remembers that he died while at a celebration, or reunion, of the old soldiers.  Their record of service may  be found in Virginia in the Illinois papers. - D.  III

     RAWLEIGH RALLS was born in Virginia, and served in the Virginia troops, enlisting in the latter part of the war, when quite young.  After the war he removed to Tennessee, and in1809 came to Illinois, settling first in Monroe county, but later on the beautiful ridge afterward known as Rall's Ridge.  He only lived a few years after coming to Randolph county.  "Virginia Records."

     ROBERT SEYBOK was with Clark's soldiers; he came to Illinois in 1783, and with other settlers was obliged to take refuge in Kaskaskia on account of the Indians.

     WILLIAM SHARP was born in Maryland in1762.  He enlisted in the Fifth Regiment, May 29, 1778.  He was made Corporal October, 1781; was discharged May 1, 1781.  He removed to Illinois, settling in Randolph county, where he died.  He was pensioned.

     GEORGE STAMM was born in Maryland where he enlisted at Frederictown in May, 1780.  He was both private and musician with Capt. John Smith and Capt. Christopher Orendorff under Col. John Eccleston in the Sixth Maryland Regiment.  He came to Randolph county, settling in Kaskaskia, where he died.  He was pensioned.

     CAPT. JOHN STEELE was a native of Virginia and served as Captain in the Virginia troops.  After the war he removed to Tennessee and in 1789 came to Randolph county, Illi-

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nois.  He was the of Steeleville and died on the farm where he located Sept. 11, 1820.  "Virginia Records" and "County History."

     JACOB STOPPLEBEAN was born in the state of New York.  He enlisted in the albany county militia, Eighth Regiment, under Col. Robert Van Rensselaer.  He again enlisted in the Levies under Col. Marinus Willett.  The story is told of him that coming home after his first enlistment he met some of his old home friends who informed him that his wife, supposing him dead, married again and removed to parts unknown.  Stopplebean re-enlisted and served to the close of the war.  He came to Randolph county, Illinois, where he obtained some land.  He died there in 1845, and is buried in what is known as the "Hull Graveyard."  He was very eccentric, always sitting with his hat on in the house, claiming to be two years younger than General Washington. "New York in the Revolution" and "Traditional Records."

     JOHN STUFFLEBEAN served in the war from Pennsylvania.  He came to Randolph county at an early date.  He died there January 16, 1844.  He was pensioned.

     LEVI TEEL was a soldier with Gen. Clark; coming ot Illinois he settled on NIne-Mile creek.  He was severely wounded by the Indians when James Curry saved his life.  He died in Randolph county.  "County History."

     ALEXANDER WHITTAKER served in the war from Maryland.  After the war he came to Randolph county, Illinois, and there applied for a pension. "Pension Reports."

     ROBERT WHITEHEAD was a soldier with Clark.  He came to Illinois, settling near Kas-

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kaskia, dying there at an advanced age. "County History."

     HENRY CRUTCHER and JOHN ROBERTS served with Clark.  Roberts was a Lieutenant appointed Commissioner.  He with Roberts rendered service by purchasing treasury notes to aid in prosecuting the war.  Both these men lived in Randolph county long after the close of the war and are doubtless buried near Kaskaskia.  "County History."

     The records of the French who were loyal to the American cause are mostly lost.
     Col. Clark, soon after taking Kaskaskia, appointed several men as officers to recruit companies to aid in the conquest of Vincennes.  Among the number was Francis Charleville, who was appointed Captain.  He raised 50 men who enlisted for eight months from January, 1779.  of the little band of 50 men, only 28 returned to Illinois, and of this number 10 resided in Kaskasia after the war, and were listed as heads of families or members of the Militia later.  It would be manifestly unjust to make no mention of these loyal French subjects of the American cause, and we must conclude that the men whose names are here presented were buried in Randolph county, in or near Kaskaskia.

Bazelle Allere
Michael Antere
Daniel Blouin
Antoine Bienvenue, Sr.
Jerome Danis
Joseph Danis or Daney
Michael Danis
Antoine Lavigne

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Joseph Richard
Joseph Toulouse

     JOSEPH ALLERE was a soldier under Clark and lived in Kaskaskia long after the war.

     JEAN BAPTISTE BARBAU, Sr., was from New Orleans, born in 1722.  He was commandant at Prairie du Rocher, a justice and deputy county.  He died in 1810.

     JEAN BAPTISTE CHARLEVILLE and MICHAEL GODIN were officers appointed by Colonel Todd.  They lived in Kaskaskia after the close of the war and were heads of families.

     NICHOLAS JANIS was made Captain and resided in Kaskaskia after the close of the war.  It is not known where he died.

SALINE COUNTY

     REUBEN BROMLET served in the war from Virginia.  He came to what was then Gallatin county, but now is in Saline county, settled in Raleigh township, coming in 1819.  He died there and is buried in the Bromlet graveyard.  He was a very aged man.  He was pensioned.

     THOMAS HAMILTON was born in New Jersey Dec. 24, 1762.  He served in the war from North Carolina, enlisting August 1780, and served three months with Capt. Arthur Forbus under Col. John Paisley.  He again served three months under Col. William R. Davie, in Capt. James Wilson's company.  He again served from Dec. 1, 1780, for five months in Capt. David Gillaspie's company and Col. Paisley's regiment.  He once more

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served from March, 1782, for two months under Cols. Edward Gwin and William Washington, also for a few days with Lieut. George Parkes.  He came to what is now Saline county, where he died Feb. 14, 1841.  He was pensioned.

     LEWIS HOWELL served from Virginia.  He removed to Kentucky and from there came to what is now Saline county, where he probably died.  He was pensioned.

     WILLIAM ROARK was born in New Jersey, June, 1760.  He served in the war foour different times eight months until 1782.  He was under Capt. John Fleet, Mark Thompson, John Maxfield and Michael Catt.  He served under Gen. George Rogers Clark, was taken prisoner, carried to Detroit and Canada, was paroled in 1783.  He came to Gallatin county, Illinois, but died in Saline county, Mar. 4, 1841.  He was pensioned.

SANGAMON COUNTY

   On Oct. 19, 1911, the 130th anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution of Springfield, dedicated a bronze tablet upon which were the names of the soldiers of the War for Independence who are buried in Sangamon county.  The tablet was placed upon the base of one of the stone columns at the south entrance of the court house.  The exercises were held in the circuit court house.  The exercises were held in the circuit court room which has become memorable in the history of Sangamon county.  Col. Charles F. Mills, president of the S. A. R. of Springfield, presided at the meeting and introduced the speakers.

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PROGRAM

Invocation - Rev. George C. Dunlop
Song (Quartet) - America
Introductory Remarks - Col. Charles F. Mill
President Sons of the American Revolution.
Greetings from the State of Illinois - Hon. Charles S. Deneen, Governor of Illinois.
Greetings from Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution - Mrs. George A. Lawrence, State Regent
Song - Quartet
Historical Sketch of the Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Sangamon County - Mrs. Edwin S. Walker.
Song - "Freedom's Sons," words by Mrs. George Clinton Smith.  Tune, "Illinois."
Dedicatory Address - Hon. William A. Northcott.
Poem - Mrs. George Clinton Smith.
Presentation of the Tablet to Sangamon County
 - Mrs. James H. Paddock, Regent, Springfield Chapter Daughters of American Revolution.
Unveiling of the Tablet, by Mary Lawrence Radcliff, and Harold C. George, descendants of Joey Maxcy, and Philip Crowder.
Acceptance of the Tablet on behalf of Sangamon County - B. L. Barber, Esq., Chairman of Board of Supervisors.

     ISAAC BAKER was born in Fredericktown, Maryland.  He served as a fifer during the last two years of the war.  It is not known in what regiment he served.  The Maryland records are far from complete.  He came to Illinois in 1828, settling in Rochester townships where he died in 1848, aged 96 years.  So thoroughly was he

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imbued with the spirit of patriotism, that in the Harrison campaign of 1840, at the advanced age of 88 years, yet with the ardor of a lad, he rode through the streets of Springfield in a log cabin  drawn by thirty-two yoke of oxen; the cabin was lined with deer and coon skins, while the barrel of cider with which the campaigners were regaled, spoke eloquently of the apple crop in the forties.  Isaac Baker is buried in the Rochester cemetery.  "County and Family Histories."

     MOSES BROADWELL was a native of New Jersey, born in Elizabethtown, in 1764.  He entered the army when a mere lad, serving a limited time near the close of the war in the Third New Jersey Regiment under Col. Elias Dayton, 1780.  He came to Illinois in 1820, settling near Pleasant Plains, where he died in 1827.  He is buried in Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield.  "New Jersey in the Revolution."

     GEORGE BRYAN - A native of North Carolina, born in 1758.  When quite young, he removed with his parents to Virginia and from there to Kentucky in 1781.  He rendered service in defending the Fort, which was named in his honor, against an attack by the Indians.  The bravery of one of the young maidens exxhibited during this attack of the Indians, won the heart of young Bryan, and a wedding followed in the early autumn.  In 1834. Mr. Bryan came to Sangamon county with his children and grand children, dying in 1845, and is buried in the Woodside burying ground.  He was pensioned.

     JOHN BURTON - Born in Mecklinburg county, Virginia, in 1761, enlisted from that county in 1780, for three months in Capt. Asa

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Oliver's company, Col. Charles Fleming's regiment, and again in 1781, for three months in Stephen A. Berry's company, Virginia troops.  He was at the siege of Yorktown.  A pension was granted him in 1833, then a resident of Sangamon county.  He died her ein 1839; is buried in Chatham township.  He was pensioned.

     ENOS CAMPBELL - A Scotchman, early espoused the cause of the Colonies, enlisting in New Jersey, serving six years, for which service he was pensioned.  After the war he removed to Pennsylvania and form there to Ohio, thence to Sangamon county in 1835, settling in Gardner township.  Mr. Campbell lies buried in Salisbury townships.  He was pensioned.

     CHRISTIAN CARVER - A native of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, born in 1759, entered the service of Surrey county, North Carolina, serving three months from August, 1777, in Capt. Henry Smith's company, and again for the same length of time, November, 1777, in Capt. John Crouse's company.  Mr. Carver removed to Sangamon county, where he died and is buried in Clear Lake township.  His widow, a second wife, received a pension at his death.

     BAZEL, or BARZILLA CLARK, was born in Pennsylvania in 1750; he was married in 1773 to Nancy ____ _____, who endured peculiar hardships during the war, being confined in a fort where for two weeks she subsisted, on parched corn and water.  Bazel Clark acted as private in Pennsylvania Militia, Washington county, Pennsylvania.  They came to Sangamon county in 1821, settling in Salisbury township, where he died Sept. 24, 1840.  "Pennsylvania Archives."

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     MICHAEL CLIFFORD - Born in New Jersey in 1759, enlisted in North Carolina in 1775, serving to the close of the war, was attached to Capt. John Johnson's company in Col. Francis Locke's regiment, was in the battle of Pedee river, and the expediiton against the Cherokees in Tennessee.  After his death in Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1835, his widow was allowed his pension.

     PHILIP CROWDER -

     AQUILLA DAVIS

     JAMES DINGMAN

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     ROBERT FISK

     JAMES HAGGARD

     WILLIAM HAILE

     EZEKIEL HARRISON

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     THOMAS JAMES served in the war from Pennsylvania.  He came to Sangamon county, Illinois, and died in Rochester Nov. 2, 1833.  He was pensioned.  "Pennsylvania Archives."

     WILLIAM JONES

     JOHN LOCKRIDGE

     ABRAM LUCAS

     THOMAS MASSIE was born in Albermarle county, Virginia, where he entered the service.

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At the close of the war he removed to Kentucky and from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, settling in Curran township, where he died in 1835, and is buried in the Salem burying ground in Curran.  He was pensioned.

     JOEL MAXCY

     PETER MILLINGTON

     JOHN PEAKE

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     WILLIAM PENNY

     GEORGE PULLIAM

     JOHN PURVINES

     WILLIAM RALSTON

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     THOMAS ROYAL

     JOHN STRINGFIELD

     JOHN WHITE

     WILLIAM CASSIDY and JAMES WADDELL are said to have served in the war, and both are buried in Rochester.  "Traditional Records."

     There were present at the unveiling ceremony, descendants of more than half the soldiers whose names are engraved upon the tablet; aged men and women came from long distances to attend the exercises given in honor of their Revolutionary ancestors.

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SCHUYLER COUNTY

     DAVID BLAIR was said to have been a soldier from Pennsylvania but no record of service has been obtained.  He died in Schuyler county.  "County History."

     WILLIAM BLAIR was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1760.  He enlisted from Cumberland county, May, 1778, serving as a substitute for his father, Alexander, serving two months.  In May, 1779, he aain enlisted under Gen. John Sullivan, he again served seven months on the frontier until 1781.  He came to Schuyler county, Illinois, where he died.  He was pensioned.

     A. W. CAVALEY was from Virginia, where he served as agent for James Stewart's Artillery of Virginia.  He came to Schuyler county, Illinois, wher ehe died.  He was pensioned.

     BENJAMIN CARPENTER was from Virginia, where he enlisted May, 1776.  He served when Cornwallis surrendered.  He came to Schuyler county, Illinois, where he died.  He was pensioned.

     HENRY GREENE was from Maryland where he enlisted in 1779 under Col. thomas Wolford in the Second Regiment Maryland troops.  He was discharged at Annapolis.  He came to Schuyler county, Illinois, where he died May 1, 1837.  He was pensioned.

     JAMES LANMAN enlisted at Charlestown, South Carolina, July, 1776.  He was an orderly sergeant in the First Regiment of South Carolina troops.  He again enlisted in March, 1781, in North Carolina, under Col. Nathaniel Greene was in the battles of Guilford Court House, and

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Eutaw Springs, where he was wounded in the thigh.  He came to Schuyler county, Illinois, wher ehe died.  He was pensioned.`````````

     GEORGE TAYLOR

SCOTT COUNTY

     NICHOLAS CURRY

     JAMES McEVERS

     SOLOMON PATTERSON

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     JESSE STOUT

     JOSEPH SUMMERS

SHELBY CO.

     ELIJAH BIGGS

     JOHN JENKINS

     OBADIAH WADE.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY

     When Illinois was admitted to the Union in 1818, nine-tenths of the population was south of the geographical center, and the entire State north of where Shelbyville now is, was almost a wilderness, there being few settlements.

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     To Randolph and St. Clair counties belong the honor of the earliest settlements, and in these two counties are a larger number of Revolutionary soldiers buried than in any counties of the State.

     ELEAZER ALLEN was a native of Connecticut, born in 1755.  He enlisted May 1, 1775, for eight months with Capt. James Chapman; again Jan. 1, 1776, for one year under the same captain, and with Col. Samuel Parsons in what was known as "Parsons Continentals."  He was in the battles of New York, King's Bridge, and White Plains.
     He early came to Illinois, settlinlg in St. Clair county, where he applied for a pension.  He died in 1828 and is buried in Shiloh Precinct.

     NATHANIEL BELL was born Mar. 5, 1755, in Warren county, North Carolina.  He enlisted in Anson county, Apr. 1, 1776, serving fourteen months under Capt. Thomas Potts, Col. Isaac Huger, South Carolina troops; he enlisted again September, 1781, for two months with Capt. Thomas Harris, Col. William Loften, North Carolina troops.  He came to Illinois, settling in St. Clair county, where he died Jan. 17, 1835.  He was pensioned.

     THOMAS BRADY was a resident of Cahokia before the Revolution.  Learning of the struggle of the colonies, he raised a small company of men in 1777 and marched to St. Joseph, Michigan.  They captured the garrison, but returning, they were overtaken at Calumet and in a skirmish which ensued, two were killed and Brady was taken prisoner.  The following year he escaped and finally reached Cahokia.  He served under Col. Clark and was elected sheriff of St. Clair

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county.  He died in Cahokia. "State and County Histories"

     M. BOISMENUE was one of the soldiers with Thomas Brady in the expediiton against St. Joseph, Michigan.  He was wounded and remained with the Indians all winter, returning to Cahokia in the spring.  He also served with Col. Clark in the spring.  He also served with Col. Clark.  He died in Cahokia.

     MRS. THOMAS BRADY was better known as Madam La Compt.  She was born of French parents in 1734, at St. Joseph, Michigan.  She removed to Cahokia, Illinois, in 1770.  She rendered distinct service to the Americans by preventing Indian outbreaks during the Revolutionary War.  After the death of Mr. Brady she took the name of her second husband, La Compt.  She died in 1843 in Cahokia, aged 109 years.  "County History."

     JOSEPH CARR

     JOHN COLLINSWORTH

     JOHN COON was a soldier with Colonel Clark.  He settled in Cahokia and died there in 1780.

     NICHOLAS HORNER was born in England.  He came to America and enlisted in the Pennsylvania line of troops, serving as a ranger on the

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frontier.  He also served in the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion from Jan. 3, 1776, to Jan. 3, 1777, with Col. Anthony Wayne.  He was lilving in Maryland in 1790, but removed to Lebanon, St. Clair county, Illinois, about 1814.  He died aged 85 years, and is buried near Lebanon.  'Pennsylvania Archives."

     JOSEPH JONES was a native of Maryland.  He enlisted May 30, 1778, for three years in Pulaski's Loyal Legion.  He served as a substitute from Ann Arundel county, Maryland.  He came to St. Clair county, Illinois, to reside and died there Aug. 26, 1826.  He was pensioned in St. Clair county in 1823.

     THOMAS KNIGHTEN was a native of South Carolina; was sergeant in the Continental troops.  He came to St. Clair county, Illinois, and died there.  He was born in 1750; was pensioned.

     JOSEPH LAMBERT was from Virginia and served from that State.  He came to St. Clair county, Illinois to reside where he died.  "History of St. Clair County" and "Virginia Records."

     RISDON MOORE

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     REV. EDWARD MITCHELL

     LIEUTENANT JAMES MITCHELL

     CAPTAIN JOSEPH OGLE

     WILLIAM P. PADFIELD was born in Maryland.  He enlisted in the Revolutionary War and served as a driver of the provision wagon.  He removed to Kentucky, and from there came in 1815 to Illinois, settling in Summerfield, where he

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died, age 75 years, and is buried three miles south of Summerfield.  "County History"

     DAVID PHILLIPS was born in Orange county, North Carolina, in 1755.  He served in North Carolina, in 1755.  He served in the North Carolina troops, but after the war removed to Kentucky, and then to St. Clair county, Illinois, settling on Richland Creek, north of Belleville.  He died in 1826 on the farm where he settled.  "County History."

     CAPTAIN JAMES PIGGOTT was born in Connecticut.  He served in the privateering business; removed to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he commanded a company, being made captain Apr. 6, 1776, serving under General St. Clair.  He was in the battles of the Brandywine, Saratoga and other skirmishes.  He followed Gen. St. Clair to the west and was placed in command of Fort Jefferson, five miles below the mouth of the Ohio River.  He came to St. Clair county and established a fort in 1783, west of Columbia, Monroe county.  In 1795 he built a ferry between East St. Louis and St. Louis.  He died in East St. Louis in 1799.  "Connecticut in the Revolution: and "County History."

     JOHN PRIME (or PRIMM) was born in Stafford county, Virginia.  He served in the Virginia troops and was pensioned for service.  He came to St. Clair county, Illinois, in 1803, settling near Belleville, where he died in 1836, aged 87 years.  He was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.  He was pensioned.

     JOHN PULLIAM, was born in Botetourt county, Virginia.  He served in the Virginia troops in the war; removed to Kentucky and from there came to New Design,  Monroe county, in 1796.  Later he lived in Fayetteville, St. Clair

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county, where he died in 1813.  "Virginia Records,"  "Family History."

     MARTIN RANDLEMAN was native of South Carolina, and served from that state in the Revolutionary War.  He came to Illinois in 1801 and a year later settled in Belleville.  He drew a pension in 1831, and died in St. Clair.

    SAMUEL REDMON served in the war form Virginia; he came from Rockingham county to St. Clair country, Illinois, where he applied for a pension, but it was not granted as he had not served six months.  "Virginia Records" and "Pension Rolls."

     HOSEA RIGGS was born in Virginia in 1760.  He served in the Pennsylvania line of troops.  He came to Illinois in 1796, settling in the American Bottom, Monroe County; later he removed to St. Clair county and lived two miles east of Belleville, where he died Oct. 29, 1841, very aged.  He was an exhorter in the Methodist church and was the first minister of that denomination in the county.  He was pensioned.

     LARKIN RUTHERFORD was one of George Roger Clark's soldiers; was at the storming of Fort Sackville in 1779.  He came to St. Clair county in 1800, settling north of Belleville, where he resided for many years, and where he died.

     COL. JOHN THOMAS, JR., was in the South Carolina troops.  He served with his father, Col. John Thomas, and when his father was taken prisoner in 1780, he succeeded him in the command of the regiment.  He is known as the "Hero of Cedar Springs."  He came to reside in St. Clair county, Illinois, and was made treas-

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urer of the Territory, and later of the State.  He died in Shiloh and is buried in the church yard.  He died in 1919.  "Carrington's Battles of the Revolutionary War."

     BENJAMIN WEST was born in Maryland in 1743.  He removed to Botetourt county, Virginia, and entered the service there.  He was on the staff of Gen. George Washington.  He came to Illinois in 1818, settling in St. Clair county, near Belleville.  He died there, a very aged man.  "Virginia Records."

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