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DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
In the constitutional convention held at Kaskaskia in 1818, Seth Gard and Levi Compton represented the people of Edwards county. Alvin R. Kenner repre- sented the counties of Edwards and Wayne in the con- stitutional convention of 1847. At the convention of 1862 R. P. Hanna represented Edwards and Wayne. The constitution framed by this convention was rejected by the people. Iu the framing of the present constitu- tion in 1870, Edwards and White counties constituted the fourteenth district, and was represented by Charles E. McDowell, of White county.
THE COUNTY IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
On the organizing of the county in 1814, the act pro- vided for a special election to be held at the seat of justice in March, 1815, for the purpose of electing a rep- resentative for the county to the territorial legislature, whereupon Seth Gard was duly elected, which position he held until the admission of the state into the Union in 1818. Guy W. Smith was the state senator in the first General Assembly, and Henry Utter was the first representative in the lower house. The second General Assembly, 1820-22. Robert Frazier was in the senate, and Alexander Campbell representative. Third Gen- eral Assembly, 1822-24, Robert Frazier in the senate, and Gilbert F. Pell representative. Fourth General Assembly, 1824-26, Stephen Bliss, senator, Henry Utter, representative ; Fifth General Assembly, 1826-28, Ed- wards aud Wabash counties formed one senatorial dis- trict which was represented by Stephen Bliss, Henry I. Mills, representative ; at the Sixth General Assembly, 1828-30, Edwards, Wabach and Wayne counties consti- tuted one senatorial district and was represented by Enoch Beach of Wayne county, Gilbert T. Pell, repre- sentative ; Seventh General Assembly, 1830-32, Enoch
Beach was re-elected, James Jordan representative ; Eighth General Assembly, 1832-34, Henry I. Mills, senator, Thomas Hunt, representative. Both of the above were re-elected to the Ninth and Tenth General Assemblies, 1834-35, 36-38; Eleventh General As- sembly, 1838-50, Henry I. Mills, senator, Alan Emmer- son, representative ; Twelfth General Assembly, 1840- 42, Kigdon B. Slocum, senator, Alan Emmerson, repre- sentative; Thirteenth General Assembly, 1842-44, Rigdon B. Slocum re-elected senator, William Picker- ing, representative ; Fourteenth General Assembly, 1844-46, Charles H. Constable, senator, William Pick- ering, re-elected ; Fifteenth General Assembly, 1846-48, Charles H. Constable, senator, William Pickering, rep- resentative. Prior to the convening of the Sixteenth General Assembly, 1848-50, the constitution of 1848 had been adopted which provided that the state be divided into twenty five senatorial districts and fifty-four representative districts, the counties of Edwards, Effing- ham, Jasper, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, and Wabash forming the eighth senatorial district. Alfred H. Grass of Lawrence county was elected state senator to repre- sent this district; Edwards and Wabash counties formed the eighth Representative district, William Pickering of Edwards county, representative; Seventeenth General Assembly, 1850-52, Alfred H. Grass, senator, William Pickering, representative; Eighteenth General Assembly, 1852-54, Mortimer O Kean of Jasper elected senator, Vic- tor H. Bell of Wabash, representative; Nineteenth Gen- eral Assembly, 1854-56, Mortimer O'Kean, senator, C. C. Hopkins of Edwards, representative, changed to the tenth district; Twentieth General Assembly, 1856-58. Mortimer O'Kean, re-elected, Charles P. Burns of Ed- wards, representative ; Twenty-first General Assembly, 1858-60, Mortimer O'Kean, senator, R. T. Forth of Wayne county, representative. (Wayne county had been placed with the tenth representative district ) Twenty-second General Assembly, 1860-62, Presley Frunkhouser of Effingham, senator, Nathan Crews of Wayne. representative.
In 1861, the General Assembly made a general re- vision of the senatorial and representative districts, Edwards, Hamilton, Wabash, Wayne, Clay, Richland, White and Lawrence counties- constituted the second senatorial district, and Edwards and White the four- teenth representative district. Hugh Gregg represented the former district in the Twenty-third General Assembly and Chauncy L. Congor of White county was in the lower house; Twenty-fourth General Assembly, 1864- 66, John W. Wescott, senator, Jonathan Shelby, repre- sentative; Twenty-fifth General Assembly, 1866-68, John W. Wescott, senator, Patrick Dolan, representa- tive; Twenty-sixth General Assembly, 1868-70, J. J. R. Turney, senator, John Landrigan, representative.
After the adoption of the new constitution another change was made in the districts. Twenty-seventh Gen- eral Assembly, 1870-72, John Landrigan of Albion, was in the senate, and Walter L. Mayo in the lower
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house; Twenty-eighth General Assembly, 1872-74, George W. Henry, senator, Isaac N. Jacquess, Robert T. Forth, and David W. Barkley. The senatorial dis- trict was numbered forty-fourth, the representative district being the same number. Twenty-ninth General Assembly, 1874-76, Goerge W. Henry, senator, Samuel R. Hall, Byron J. Rotan and John Landrigan, repre- sentatives; Thirtieth General Assembly, 1876-78, Robert P. Hanna, senator, Hiram H. Chessley, Wm. R. Wilkinson and George D. Ramsey, representative.
Thirty-first General Assembly, 1878-80, Robert P. Lanna, senator; Jacob Zimmerman, William Bower, and Charles Churchill representatives ; Thirty-second General Assembly, 1880-1882, John R. Tanner senator, Nathan Crews, James Keen, E. B. Kean, representa- tives. Present General Assembly, John R. Tanner, senator, E. Rowland, John S. Simonds, and Henry Studer, representatives.
COUNTY CLERKS.
Nathaniel Claypoole, 1815. (Died shortly after appointment.) G. W. Smith, 1815-18 ; Jessie B. Brow- ne, 1818-21: Gervase Hazleton, 1821-23; Jesse B. Browne, 1823-31 ; Walter L. Mayo, 1831-70; William B. Tribe, 1870-77 ; Charles Emmerson, 1877-83, present incumbent.
CLERKS OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.
N. Claypoole was appointed first circuit clerk in 1815. (Died in 1815.) G. W. Smith, 1815-18; Jesse B. Browne, 1818-31 ; Walter L. Mayo, 1831-68; William B. Tribe since 1868.
SHERIFFS.
Abner Armstrong, 1815-20 ; Henry I .· Mills, 1820- 26; James Jordan, 1826-30; Thomas Hunt, 1830-32; Henry Bowman, 1832-38; James Carter, 1838-42; A. R. Kenner, 1842-48 ; Jesse Emmerson, 1848-50 ; James Kenner, 1850-52; William Woods, 1852-58; William A. Montgomery. 1858-60; George Michels, 1860-62; Jesse Emmerson, 1862-64; William W. Brown, 1861- 66; Saywell Perkins, 1866-68; Lee Woods, 1868-70; Maxwell W. Morgan, 1870-73 ; (Died in office.) George Michels was appointed to fill vacancy to 1874, when he was elected for two successive terms. Charles Hall, 1878-80; Joseph Green, 1880-82 ; Frank Dalby, 1882, and is present incumbent.
COUNTY TREASURERS.
Levi Campton, 1815-19; Scoby Stewart, 1819-21 ; Hiram Bell, 1821-24; Robert Frazier, 1824-30; . John Woods, 1830-32; Daniel Stennett, 1832-35 ; Charles P. Burns, 1835-37; Alan Emmerson, 1837; (Resigned.) John Woods, 1837-71; George Michels, 1871-73 ; John Woods, 1873-75 ; George Bower, 1875 to present time 1883.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.
Henry Bowman, 1838; (Died soon after appoint- meut.) Henry I. Mills, 1838-42; James Heau, 1842- 13
51; Cyrus Rice, 1851-61; Edgar W. Brandon, 1861- 65; (Subsequent to this date the name of the office is changed to county superintendent of schools.) Lothrop T. Rude, 1865-69; Levinus Harris, 1869 to present time.
SURVEYORS.
The first surveyor was Robert Baird, appointed in 1815, and served for several years. It was not until 1839, that it became an elective office, from which time the following is a roster of the county surveyors : Sidney Spring, 1839-43; Thomas R. Birkett, 1843-59; Joseph Phillips, 1859-61 ; Thomas R. Birkett, (re-elected) 1861 -67 ; Francis W. Eberman, 1867-69 ; Thomas R. Bir- kett, 1869-79; Edward L. Chalcraft, 1879 to the present, 1883.
CORONERS.
John Tome, 1820-22. John Love, 1822-24; (Re- signed.) Moses Thompson, 1824-26; Samuel Arthur, 1826-32 ; John Skeavington, 1832-34; Henry Bowman, 1834-36; James Carter, 1836-38 ; A. R. Kenner, 1838 -40; James McDonald, 1840-46; James Kenner, 1846 -48; Andrew Huffman, 1848-56 ; John Boyd, 1856- 60; William W. Brown, 1860-62; F. B. Thompson, 1862-64; Saywell Perkins, 1864-66; H. H. Clark, 1866-68; John Brown, 1868-71; F. B. Thompson elected in 1871, to fill vacancy, served until 1872; H. H. Clark, 1872-78 ; Henry C. Reno, elected in 1878, and failed to qualify ; Alvin C. Low, 1879-80; J. C. Mcclurkin, 1880-82; Smith D. Low, 1882, and is pres- ent incumbent.
LAWRENCE COUNTY.
The territory of Lawrence formed a part of the county of Illinois until April 27th, 1790. when Arthur St. Clair divided the vast territory into various counties. The east boundary line of St. Clair county was the meridian line passing through Fort Massac on the Ohio ; thus the territory along the Wabash, was detached from the rest of Illinois and formed a component part of Knox county. The separation of the Territory north- west of the river Ohio into those of Ohio, May 7th, 1800, and Indiana July 4th, 1800, left matters in statu quo. The organization of the Territory of Illinois, February 3d, 1809, led to a new formation of counties, to wit, St. Clair and. Randolph, April 28th, 1809. The St. Clair county of 1760 was bounded on the east by the Fort Massac meridian, on the north by the Ohio, on the west by the Mississippi and on the north by the Illinois river. The county St. Clair of 1809 extended from the Wabash to the Mississippi, was bounded on the south by township lines between towns three and four south of the base line extending north to the English possessions. This territory (now comprising Lawrence) remained a part of St. Clair county until November 28th, 1814, when the county of Edwards was organized of which it formed a component part until it was organized into a separate county. The northern part of Lawrence county however
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belonged to the county of Crawford from December 31st, 1816, to January 16th, 1821.
The county of Edwards, whose center of population at the time of its organization was in the territory of (what is now Wabash and Lawrence counties) appears to have been represented in the territorial legislature of 1816- 1817 for the first and only time, when Seth Gard was a member of the house. The Illinois legislative.directory of 1881 does not mention the name of the gentlemen, who represented the county in 1817 and 1818. Willis Hargrave is mentioned as a member from White.
Seth Gard and Levi Compton were delegated to the constitutional convention of 1818. In the first and second General Assembly of Illinois, the counties were represented by Guy W. Smith and Robert Frazier in the Senate and by Henry Utter, Alexander Campbell and Moses Michaels in the House.
This county, organized under a special act of the legislature, was by the organization of Richland county, February 24th, 1841, reduced to the following boundary, to wit, on the East by the Wabash river, on the South by Wabash county, on the West by Richland county, and on the North by Crawford county. 'Its area now comprises seven full congressional townships, four frac- tional ones, along the Wabash, and four parts of town- ships on the north boundary line. The county was named after the famous James Lawrence, captain U. S. N., whose dying words : " Don't give up the ship! " are alive on the lips of every true American.
The act of the General Assembly of Illinois, which called the county of Lawrence into existence, is in words and figures as follows :
The bill to organize the new county, was introduced in the house of Representatives by the Hon. Moses Michaels, member from Edwards, the 26th of December, 1820, and upon motion of Hon. Wickliffe Kitchell, advanced to a second reading on the day following. On motion of Hon. Henry Eddy, of Gallatin, the bill was referred to a committee of the whole House and made the order of the day for December 30th, when it was referred to a select committee. This committee reported progress and obtained leave to " sit" again on said bill. On the 4th of January the committee reported, giving the new county the name of " Perry." Blackwell of St. Clair sought to amend the bill by substituting the word " Dubois " in lieu of Perry, which amendment was lost, Eddy tried the name of "Decatur;" it was lost ; then Blackwell suggested first "Pike " and then " Azby," all to no purpose, when Kitchell succeeded to have his amendment, to call the new county "Lawrence," adopted.
An Act for the formation of a new county out of the counties of Edwards and Crawford.
Approved January 16th, 1821.
§ 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly : That all that tract of country contained within the following boundary,
to wit: Beginning on the great Wabash river, seven miles north of the base line, thence west to Wayne county line, thence north two miles north of town four, thence east to the said Wabash river, thence with said river to the place of beginning, shall constitute a new county, to be called the county of Lawrence; and for the purpose of fixing a permanent seat of justice therein, the follow- ing persons were appointed commissioners, to wit: David Porter, Moses Thompson and William Wilson, which said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at the house of Toussaint Dubois, on the first Monday of May next, and after being duly sworn before some Justice of the Peace in this State, to faithfully take into view the convenience of the people and the situation of the settlements, with an eye to the future population and the eligibility of the place, shall proceed to determine on the place of the permanent seat of justice, and designate the same. Provided: The proprietor or proprietors of the land shall give to the county, for the purpose of erecting public buildings, a quantity of land, not less than twenty acres, to be laid off into lots and sold for that purpose. But should the proprietor or proprietors refuse or neglect to make the donation aforesaid, then and in that case it shall be the duty of said commission- ers to fix on some other place for the seat of justice as convenient as may be to the inhabitants of said county, which place, when fixed and determined upon, the said commissioners shall certify under their hands and seals, and return the same to the next commissioners' court in the said county, which court shall cause an entry thereof to be made on their books of record ; and until the pub- lic building be erected, the court shall be held at the house of Toussaint Dubois, in the said county.
§ 2. Be it' further enacted : That the commissioners shall receive a compensation of two dollars for each day's attendance that may be necessary in fixing the aforesaid seat of justice, to be paid out of the county treasury by an order from the commissioners' court.
§ 3. Be it further enacted : That the citizens of Law- rence county are hereby declared to be entitled, in all respects, to the same rights and privileges as are in gen- eral allowed other counties in the State.
§ 4. Be'it further enacted : That the county of Law- rence shall be and compose a part of the second judicial circuit, and the courts shall be holden therein at such times as shall be specified by law.
At the time of the organization of the county as such, a very large portion of the public lands had become the property of individuals, and in order to show clearly which parts of. the county were settled, and who the settlers were, we shall here introduce the names of the freeholders in each congressional township, having been residents thereof prior to 1821. Non-resident land- holders, of whom there were not many, will also be men- tioned.
Towm 3 North, Range 10 West .- Henry Cassady, Rob. ert Bunting, J. B Tougas, J. B. Chartier, Heirs of Du- mais, Thomas Jones, Paul Gamelin. Pierre Carnoyer,
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John Elliot, François Bosseron, John Askin, J. B. Bassine, Joseph Lamot, Laurent Bassine, Joseph Ham- tramnac, Hugh Hawl (Hall), François Vigo, William H. Harrison, Lawrence Slaughter, Daniel Sullivan, Pierre Bonneau, Larant Hamlan and Henry Gillham. These twenty-three individuals owned 2,960 acres of land, all French locations, varying in area from 34 to 204 acres. None of the government lands d scribed in the usual manner, by sections, etc. were entered prior to 1821.
Town 4 North, Range 10 West .- William Hogue, A. F. Snapp, William Clark, James Baird, William McIn- tosh (speculator), Toussaint Dubois, Abner Reeves and Andrew Robinson. These eight persons owned 2,196 acres, also French locations, and militia rights ; no gov- ernment lands entered prior to 1821
Town 5 North, Range 10 West .- Laurent Bazadon, Heirs of Stockwell, and Willian Hogue, owned 422 acres, all locations.
Town 2 North, Range 11 West .- William McIntosh, Louis Ravellate, Joseph Tougas, Pierre Grimmayre, and Widow Clairmont owned 2,272 acres, French loca- tions, improvements, and militia rights.
Town 3 North, Range 11 West : Toussaint Dubois, Heirs of Dubois, William Morrison, John Small, W. M. Small, and T H. Small owned 2,430 acres, all loca- tions, improvements and militia rights.
Towns 4 & 5 North, Range 11 .- Samuel Harris Eli Harris, Israel Price, Henry Price, Andrew Pinkstaff, Michael Price, Charles Emmons, John Pinkstaff, James Bryan, Adam Lackey, jr, John Dollaham, Edward Mills, J. McCord, Robert McCord, Samuel McCord, David McCord, 'Lion Morris, Johu Morris, Joshua An- derson, Daniel Travis, Thomas Baggott, James Baggott, Eady Cole, John Dunlap, John Conner, Samu-l Allison, John McMillen, William Howard, Moses Turner, John Hart, John M. Cleave, J. M. Cawley, John Ashbrook, Henry Johnston, E. H. Allison, Samuel Leneve, John Allison, Alexander Turner, Joseph Ridgeway, David Travis, Moses Turner, Thomas Anderson, Joseph Berry, J. R. Adams, John Berry, G. W. Kinkade, William Huston, Thomas McCall, Samuel Gaston, Abraham Carns (Cairns), Francis Boggs, Scott Biggs, Ben. Matthew, Andrew McClure, David Ruby, Francis Cul- Jom, Peter Price, Edward Inlow aud Cornelius Vaun- nusdell had, during the years from 1814 to 1822, entered 11,500 acres of congress land.
Town 2 North, Range 12 West .- Victor Buchanan, Adam Corrie (an English speculator, who entered over 5,000 acres of land in this township about the year 1818), Thomas Brooks, J. B. Vale urs, J. B Chartier, William Spencer, John Davis, August Tougas, Shadrach Ru- ark, jr., John Gibson, James Johnson and William Leach entered 7,676 acres prior to 1822.
Town 3 North, Range 12 West -Toussaint Dubois possessed in this township five "locations," aggregating 764 acres, and Henry Faile, William Smith, John Ben- nefield, Peter Lewis, William Spencer, B. McCleave,
William French, Adam Claycomb, William Jones, Con- stant McMahan, Samuel Newell, Nathan Rawlings, John Richardson, Elijah Atherton, Patrick Doherty, Daniel Grove, John Richardson, Larkin Ryle, John Buchanan, Absalom Milton, Rezin Clubb, Thos. Fish, John Scott, Alley Miller, John Wilson, Rezin Ragen, John Gillespie, Samuel Parr, James Ryan, Samuel S. Childs, John Andrew, Jarvis Burroughs, Benjamin Gibbs, Wm. Kinkade, John Clark, William Dennison, John Powers, John Osburn and Joshua Butler possessed 6,472 acres of congress land prior to 1822.
Towns 4 and 5 North, Range 12 West. - Thomas Kell, A Gallaher, C. White, Robert Bennefield, Solomon Breginaw, George Westner, Joseph P. Badollet, Corne- lius Vanansdale, T. Roseman, James Stewart, John Bennefield, Thomas Tyffe, Thomas Landau, Moses Petty, Joshua Allender, Peter Shidler, William Spencer and William Douglas were in possession of 4,480 acres of land in these towns prior to 1822.
Towns 2, 3, 4 and 5 North, Range 13 West -Adam Corrie, Jacob Schrader, Shadrach Ruark, And w. Christy, Elijah Clubb, Moses Laws, Wm. Laws, John Laws, Samuel H. Clubb, Wm. Martin, Benjamin Sumner, Richard Heath, Hugh Drennon, Richard B. McCorkle, Alexander Frazier, and P. and J. Pargin owned 6,400 acres in this the most western part of the county in its present limits.
From the foregoing list it would appear that 46,828 acres, or about one-fifth the area of the county, was in possession of private individuals, a large and overwhelm- ing majority of whom were actual settlers.
The population of the county at the time of its organ- ization consisted of the families of about 250 freeholders and of probably as large a number of "squatters," Crawford and Edwards counties, according to the census of 1820, had a population of 6,443 in that year, which increased to 11,136 during the next decade. The terri- tory of those two counties in 1820 was, in 1830, divided into four counties, to wit: Crawford, with a population 3117; Edwards, with 1649; Lawrence, with 3668; and Wabash, with 2710. Allowing that the increase in population by immigration and otherwise was uniform in those four counties, it is safe to assume that the popu- lation of Lawrence county at the time of its organization amounted to 2250 souls.
Early Deaths .- The probate records of 1821 and 1822 mention the following estates put under administration, to wit: John Richardson, whose personal property was valued at $801.70; Peter Lewis, whose personal property brought $468.86; Joshua Gifford, value $153 37}; Eli Harris, whose personal property amounted to $502 81, whose real estate was appraised at $1950; Samuel Norton, $526.50; Thomas Evans, $311.37; William Dukes, $613 85 ; Bennet Organ, $263.87 ; Ben Matthew, $227.50; and Thomas Baird, $666.75.
None of those estates would in our days be called a large one, but each was solvent, with a small surplus; the most remarkable feature of those early estates is,
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however, that they differ but slightly in amount. Prices paid in those days for the various products of the land were fair. A yoke of oxen would bring from $36 to $40, cows $9 and $10, hogs sold for $1.50, corn was worth 20c. a bushel, cotton 12}c. a pound, etc.
The first will probated in the court of Lawrence was filed for record on the 20th of August, 1821, a verbatim copy of which is here introduced :
Last Will of John Pargin .- Know all men by these presents that I, John Pargin, of Lawrence county and state of Illinois, being in my right mind and sences, and a low state of health, I make and ordain my last will and testament. In the name of God, amen : First, I will that Samuel H. Clubb and Cossier Pargin be the executors of this my last will and testament ; secondly, I will that all my just deabts be pade by my executors ; thirdly, I will and bequeath unto my son, Peter Pargin, my young sorrel mare and my rifle gun and my steel trap ; forthly, I will and bequeath one hundred dollars of my money that I now have to be lade out in land at congress price, in the county of Lawrence, in the name of Polly, John and Jacob pargin, my three youngest chil- dren as their part of my estate; sixthly, I will and be- queath sade lande as a home for my wife during her widerhood; seventh, I will and bequeath to my wife, "Cossier " pargin, all the reste of my property and money as longe as she remains a wider, to raise the chil- dren on and to go to them at her death if anything is left ; eight, I will that the taxes of sade lande be pade out of my estate until the three children comes of lawful age. Sinde and sealed in the presents of us this eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord 1821.
JOHN PARGIN.
This will was witnessed by Samuel Stoltz and Aaron Vanetta and probated on the 20th of August, 1821, be- fore H. M. Gillham, judge of prohate.
The form of this will differs from the average in the opening sentence; the "know all men" introduction causes the reader to presume that the author of said will was guided by the phraseology used in writing deeds.
Looking over the list of marriages in the Pioneer chap- ter the reader will observe that Mrs. " Cossier pargin " did not remain in the state of " widderhood " for a great length of time. The " widder Cossier " Pargin became Mrs. Casiah Barney on the 3d of July, 1822.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
We introduce here the proceedings of the first session of the county commissioners' court. The act creating the county of Lawrence did not provide for a special election of commissioners, hence it is to be inferred that those officers were appointed by Gov. Shadrach Bond.
The Proceedings :-
STATE OF ILLINOIS, April 14, 1821.
Lawrence county. S
This being the first meeting of the county commission- ers' court for the county of Lawrence, there were present
John Dunlap, James Lanterman and William Martin, who were duly sworn and qualified into office by Thomas Anderson, Esq, a justice of the peace for said county. Toussaint Dubois was then appointed clerk for the county commissioners' court of Lawrence county, who being duly sworn aud having given bond and security faithfully to discharge the duties of said office, pro- ceeded immediately to fulfill the same.
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