Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois . With illustrations descriptive of their scenery and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 28

Author: McDonough, J.L., & Co., Philadelphia
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.L. McDonough & Co
Number of Pages: 578


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* John McFerron entered the land on which Chester stands.


William Montgomery and Isbal Taylor, May 14, 1811, hy George Hacker. Francis Glass and Mary Stanley, Dec. 21, 1809, by Thomas Ferguson. John Shozer and Nancy Sutton, Jannary 5, 1811, by George Robinson. Abraham T. Cool and Catharine Willis, May 28, 1811, by George Robinson. Amos Chipps and Jude Moe, Oct. 31, -- by William Arundel.


William & Greenup and Elizabeth Mathers, Dec. 19, 1811, by Jas Finney, Judge. Philander Kuykendale and Dolly Murray, January 16, 1811, by G. Hacker, J. P. Stephen Harris and Polly Tindall, April 11, 1811, by same. William Crin and Darkus Russell, May 23, 1811, by same. John Wolt and Polly MeLanghhin, June 9, 1811, by same. Aford Taylor and Nancy Congers, June 10, 1811, by same.


Samuel Reed and Lucinda Caffrey, Dec. 28, 18H, by John Phelps, J. P.


The marriage records of the county from Is12 to October, 1818, have been destroyed by fire. The number of licenses issued in 1812 was 17; in 18 3, 16; in 1814, 11; in 115, 17; in 1816, &; in 1817, 21; and in 1818, it was 25.


RANDOLPHI COUNTY REPRESENTED IN THE TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURES .- 1795 TO 1818.


Shadrach Bond, Sr., member of the Legislature of the U S. Territory northwest of the River Ohio, 1799, and of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Indiana to the year 1806, and member of the" Couneil ' (Senate) to 1809.


Shadrach Bond, Jr., member of the House of Repre- sentatives of the territory of Indiana from 1805 (took the place of his uncle who had resigned) to 1808.


1809 To 1812. ILLINOIS TERRILORY. NO LEGISLATURE. 1812 TO 1818.


Pierre Menard, (*) member of the Legislative Council and its president from 1812 to 1818.


George Fisher, (+) member speaker of the House 1812 to 1814 and 1816 to 1818.


James Gilbreath, elected in 1814, was expelled during the first session-so stated in the Illinois Legislative Directory of 1881. This work mentions


,Jarvis Haz-Iton, as member of the ITouse from Ran- dolph County during the year 1815. Hazelton may have died or resigned before the expiration of his term, because


William L Reynolds, (+) though not mentioned in the said directory, was certainly a member of the Legislature from Randolph County at that very period.


" Pierre Menard, a Canadian, arrived in Kaskaskia about the year 1790, in company with his brothers, Hypolite and Francois. Pierre was the most prominent of the three. He engaged in merchandizing and trading with the Indians, who hell Pierre in the highest veneration, on account of his upright honesty and purity of intention. His kindness to all the needy was prover- binl. The government of the United States had its attention called to this exemplary man at an early day, and appointed him Indian Agent, which position he filled for many years. In 1795 Pierre Menard was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Randolph County, and in 1818 was elected Lientenan'-Governor of the State, and as such pre-ided over the State Senate from 1818 to 1822. After the close of this term of office he declined to accept public stations, and devoted himself to private affairs. He died in 1844, and was buried in the old grave yard of Kaskaskia.


+ George Fisher, a physician, was a Virginian, who arrived, according to E. J. Montague's Historical Sketches, at Kaskaskia, in 1798; but the records of the county have hima member of the Court of Commoo Pleas in 1795. Dr. Fisher was an influential member of the community, and a popular politician, was sheriff of Band Iph county when the Illinois Territory was organized. In 1818 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, which framed the first Constitution for the State of Illinois. Dr. Fisher, who, since 1806 had opened a farm on the Prairie du Rocher, remained there until he died-1820. The region has ever been known as Dr. Fisher's Settlement.


#William L. Reynolds was probably the most diligent representative of his time. He published in the " Illinois Herald, " Ka-kaskia, February 1, 1816, a list of the laws passed at the late session of the Legisla ure, 40 in numher, introducing his list by a lengthy address to the citizens of Randolph county, to wit :


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TERRITORIAL OFFICES.


Nathaniel Pope, Secretary of the Territory from 1809 to 1816.


Robert Morrison, Adjutant General, July 18, 1809, to May 28, 1810.


Elias Rector, his snecessor, held the office until October, 25, 1813.


Shadrach Bond, Delegate to Congress, 1812 to 1814.


Nathaniel Pope, Delegate to Congress, from 1817 to 1818.


Daniel P. Cook, Auditor of Accounts, January 13, 1816, to April, 1817, and Judge of the Western Circuit in 1818.


RANDOLPHI COUNTY-1818 TO 1883.


The State Convention which framed the first Constitution of the State of Illinois, assembled at Kaskaskia in July, 1818, and completed its work on the 28th of August of that year. It was composed of thirty three members, one of whom, a member from Washington county, whose name is unknown, died during the term. These members repre- sented the then fifteen counties of the territory, three of which, to wit., St. Clair, Madison and Gallatin, had three representatives each, while the remaining connties were represented by two members each.


The session of the Legislature of which your confidence made me a constituent part has come to a close, And rendering up to you the important trust confided to my care, I feel it my duty to inform you what laws have been passed ; you will be better alde to judge for yourselves whether your public servants have exercised that delegated power with a view to the political interest of our common country or not.


Having been elected after nearly half the session had elapsed, a number of laws were passed before I took my seat, and at this time I am unable to judge of their political expedieney.


The power of legislation in this territory under the ordinance And the several acts of Congress is so confined and clogged, that it is almost put out of the power of the representatives of the people to pass those laws, rules and regulations that the political situ itions and necessity of the country require.


The memorial forwarded to Congress, praying an alteration in the ordinance, if granted to the extent of our prayer, will remedy A host of evil- under which the territory now labors, and hereafter your public servants will b , more able to legislate for the real interest of the country.


I amn apprised that some may think the making of four new counties is not justified by the present populatio 1. To that opinion permit ma to remark that experience and former examples have uniformly proven that in new countries where counties have been left too long at large, much public expense for public buildings has been incurred, and on subsequent divisiony wholly lost, therefore, the sooner the country is laid out into counties of proper shape and size the better for the public interest.


On the eve of the session the President's Proclamation arrived, ordering all persons off the public lands, which produced the deepest emotions in the hres-ts of all It seemed to come like a noxious planet, portending misery and calamity. And what could have dictated so evil a measure I am unable to livine. A great portion of the citizens of this territory are on L'ongress Lands, and to drive them off would in fact almost ruin the present prosperous condition of our country.


What answer may we not give the General Government-can we not say we have left the "States" because we were unable to purchase land, and unwilling to be tenants of the great land holders at whose nod we must bow in the sacrifice of every noble principle of independence. We fought for a century where we could enjoy existence uncontrolled by overbearing land holders, where nature affords abundant food for man, and where we could cultivate the soil of our beloved country without fee or reward, that soil we have enhanced in value- that soil we have defended against the arms of a savage enemy, the allies of England, alone we stood, almost nnaided by the general government, without that compensation that the whole is bound to give the few for defending them. When that pay comes many of us will be able to purchase the lands on which we live from the government. No doubt sonie sordid miscreant has given the delusive information upon which the proclaination is bottomed, and that, too, to bring into his pocket a little gain, at the great injury of his fellow man, eic, etc.


Hon. Reynolds exhibits a little demagoguery in his eoncluding remarks.


(The " Herald" of February 1, 1816, for want of paper of a proper size, Was published for the time being on half sheets of super royal, and the editor had gone to Kentucky to obtain a supply.) 15


The members from Randolph county were Elias Kent Kane and Dr. George Fisher, whose names have been re- peatedly mentioned iu preceding pages. A glance at the names of the other members shows that many of the former citizens of Randolph were now representing other counties, as, for instance, Jesse B. Thomas, the first territorial judge, represented St. Clair ; Benjamin Stephenson, formerly sheriff of Randolph, represented Madison ; Michael Jones, implicated in the murder of Rice JJones (1808), represented Gallatin ; Caldwell Cairns, Monroe county ; Samuel Omel- veny, the old squire of Rocking Cave township, represented Pope ; Isham Harrison and Thomas Roberts represented Franklin county ; Jesse B. Thomas was president, and Wm. C. Greenup, the old court clerk of Randolph, secretary to the convention.


The constitution was not submitted to a vote of the people for their approval or rejection, nor did the people have much to do with the choice of officers generally under it, other than that of governors, the general assemblies, sheriff's, coroners and county commissioners. The elective franchise was, however, extended to all white male inhabitants above the age of twenty one, having resided in the State six months -next preceding any election. Judges, either supreme, cir- cuit or prohate, prosecuting attorneys, circuit clerks, re- corders, and even justices of the peace,-all were to be appointed. The prerogative of appointing, at first enjoyed by the governor, was soon after vested by law in the legis- lature.


The first election under the constitution, for governor, lieutenant-governor. and members of the general assembly was held on the third Thursday and the two succeeding days in September, 1818.


Shadrach Bond, jr, at that time a resident of St. Clair county, was elected governor, and Pierre Menard, of Ran- dolph, lieutenant-governor.


The first General Assembly, elected at the same time, con- sisted of fourteen senator., o'' from each county, with the exception of Johnson and Franklin counties, they forming one senatorial district. The house had twenty-nine members, to wit : four from Gallatin, three from St. Clair, White and Madison, each ; two from Elwards, Union, Pope, Randolph and Crawford, each ; and one each from Monroe, Jackson, Franklin, Bond, Washington and Johnson.


This General Assembly met in first session at Kaskaskia, on the 5th of October, I>18, but adjourned on the 13th of that month, because grave doubts had arisen as to the legality of the proceedings, inasmuch as Illinois had not then been regularly admitted as a State into the Union.


The Act of Congress passed December 3d, 1818, removed this uncertainty, and the Assembly convened in Second Ses- sion on the 4th of January, 1819. Raudolph county was represented in the senate by John McFerron, the old county commissioner ; and in the house by Edward Humphrey and Samuel Walker. Pierre Menard, of Randolph, presided in the senate as lieutenant-governor, and William C. Greenup acted as secretary. Thomas Reynolds, chosen clerk of the house, was also a Randolph county mau. The Assembly elevated other Randolphians to high positions, to wit : Elias


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Kent Kane, S. cretary of State; Daniel P. Cook, Attorney- General; and Blackwell & Berry, State printers. John Reynolds, theu of Cahokia, but formerly of Randolph, was chosen Associate Justice of the Supreme Court .*


The Assembly adjourned on the 31st of March, 1819. It was the last State legislature that ever assembled in the quaint old French village of Kaskaskia. Vandalia-nomen et omen-had been selected as the future capital of the State, after Kaskaskia was stripped of this honor.


But to return to the affairs of the county, which, in the interregnum from December, 1818, to May, 1819, had been conducted by the territorial justices mentioned above. The last session of these justices was held on the 19th day of April, 1819. There were then present : Joseph Cro.s, Miles Ilotebkiss, Raphael Widen, Alexander Barber, John W. Gillis, William H. Hays, John Steele, Sr., Gabriel Jones, John Anderson, Samuel Taylor, Samuel Crawford, Ezra Owen, William Nelson and Curtis Conn.


In pursuance of a law passed by the General Assembly at their second session, these justices proceeded to " lay off" the county in election precincts. In doing this, they retained the names and boundary lines of the several townships as established on February 27th, 1816, and confined their labor to selecting places and judges of election :


Kaskuskiu .- Court-house ; Philip Fouke, Hypolite Me- nard and Michael Smith.


Prairie du Rocher .- House of Archibald McNabb; An- drew Barbeau, William Drury and John Fisher.


Williamsburgh .- House of William II. Hays; Paul Har- ralson, Joseph Sprigg and Norton Hill.


Mary .- House of James Gaston ; Robert Tindall, James Clendenin and Archibald Steele.


Springfield .- House of John Tygart ; Alexander Barber, John Bilderback and Micajah House.


Plum Creek .- House of Washington Sterrett ; William McBride, Abner Cox and Samuel Crozier.


An election must have been held soon after, for under date of May 17th, 1819, the following entry was made on the county records :


Be it remembered, that in pursuance of an act of the peo- ple of the State of Illinois, represented in the General As- sembly, entitled Au act establishing the courts of county commissioners, it appearing from certificates from the judges of election of Randolph county that David Anderson, James


* Reynolds, in his famous work, "My Own Times," tells us that he had been urged on by his friends to join them in a visit to Kaskaskia during this term of the Assembly. Upon arrival, they found mach excitement at the State capi- tal, incident to the selection of officers. In a few days he was urged to give his assent to become a candidate for supreme judge. This request, he says, broke upon him like a clap of thunder. His consent was yielded ; he was elected. His experience in the law was four years' practice of " commerce in land." So far, the old governor's own words. The writer must say, however, that the governor certainly had some pretensions of being a jurisprudent, lawyer and advocate, for it was the writer's good fortune to have found the following ad- vertisement in the Illinois Herald, published at Kaskaskia, on the 5th of De- cember, 1×15:


To the Poor People of Illinois and Missouri Territories: To the above class of mankind, whose pecuniary circumstances will not admit of feeing a lawyer, I tender my professional services as a lawyer in all courts I practice in, withont fec or reward.


JOHN REYNOLDS.


This advertisement admits of the following suppositions : John Reynolds was a philanthropist and an extremely liberal lawyer, or a demagogue and ex- tremely shrewd politician.


Patterson and Curtis Conn were duly elected as such county commissioners, whereupon the said David Anderson, James Patterson and Curtis Conn took their seats ; and thereupon a court was held by the county commissioners of Randolph county, on the 17th day of May, A. D. 1819.


It is odd that the two first built court houses in this State have been converted into saloons, for the first court house at St. Clair county, at Cahokia, still standing, has for an age or longer, also been converted into a modern " Temple of Personal Liberty."


The proceedings of the county board during 1823, 1824 and 1825 contain nothing of interest. The great anti-slavery agitation of those years is not mentioned in the county pro- ceedings. A majority of the prominent meu of the county were pro-slavery men, as stated elsewhere in this chapter- A county census taken during the year 1825, when the county area had been reduced to its present limits, may find a place here, as also some extracts from the county census of 1830 and the United States census of 1840.


The other proceedings of this board are of no importance. Their successors, to wit : David Anderson, James Thompson and Miles Ifotchkiss, resolved to build a new court house, which the county stood so much in need of. Nathaniel Pope, their illustrious fellow citizen, had donated a tract of land to the county for that purpose as well as for the crection of a jail and a " stray pound." Ou the 21st of December, 1819, the board contracted with J. W. Comley and J. W. Nelson for the building of a court house, to be constructed of brick and to be two stories high, for which the county was to pay them $4750. Nathaniel Pope contributed also $300 in cash for that purpuse, and the county treasurer was instructed to solicit and receive aid from other citizens. The contribu- tions were slow in coming in, for on the 7th of June, 1820, the treasurer was instructed tu borrow money for the pur- pose of paying off the contractors, wherever he could get it at 6 per cent., and to bring suit against all persons who had failed to pay donatious formerly promised by them. A special tax of 50 cents per $100 valuation was ordered, and as the total assessed value of all the taxable property in the county was then only $1,585.02, this tax would scarcely net $700. The county jail was also in a very bad condition, for the militia had to be called out to guard the prisoners ; 80 men did service of this kind during the year, and received each $1.25 for 24 hours service.


The new court house was " received " and occupied June 7, 1821, and the contractors were paid a 10 per cent. interest bearing county order for $1,000 for balance due them March, 1822. It may be, however, that this amount was paid for repairs of the court house, for the records of September 5, 1821, state, that the court contracted with J. W. Comley to put up anew the " northwardly " end of the court house, lately blown down by a violent storm. Nothing further to chronicle, except the organization of a new election precinct, March 4, 1822, to be called Union, now Red Bud, with poll at the house of James Patterson.


The old court house near the Catholic church (formerly the property of ex-sheriff Gilbreath) was let to Jesse W. Cooper on March 5, 1823, to be used as an inn, here called


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a " grocery " for the time. Cooper paid $60 per annum for the use of the house, and subsequently in 1825 bought court- house and grounds for $250, State paper. Rents were still very high in 1823


Census of the County, by Th. J. V. Owen. Commission dated November 25, 1825.


Heads of Families-Town of Kaskaskin .- Miles Hotel- kiss, W. C. Greenup, Samuel Taylor Samuel Smith, Mary Paine, Leonard Stephens, David J. Baker, Antoine Antya, Sidney Breese, William Simonton, H. H Maxwell, Elias Kent Kane, Josiah T. Bills, William Orr, Thomas Rey- nolds, Elward Roberts, Jesse Francis, Jeptha Sweet, R M. Young, M D. Smith, Simon Rodergues, John At- kins, John Elgar, William Stevens, Felix St Vrain, James L. Lamb, R. K. Fleming, Thomas Short, Robert Morrison, William Morrison, Joseph Morrison, Elward Humphreys, Daniel M. Guthrie, Patrick Kavanaugh, Nathaniel Pope, Jacob Feaman, Nathan Cloyes, James D. Osborn, John Frankford, Diego Roodergues, Samuel Lybarger, Rowina Rodergues, Elizabeth La Chapelle, Antoine Dufour, Silas Leland, Jesse W. Cooper, W. G. Hiser, Leon Pera, Joseph Page, Marie L. Chamberlaine, John W. Comly, Ferdinand Ouger, Elizabeth Barton, T. S. V. Owen, J. B. Seguin, Sr., J. B. Seguin. Jr., Celeste Barbeau, Therese Godin, Raphael Mendue, Pierre Derouse, Theres Thamour (D'Amour), Louis Masoier, Riga Derouse, Joseph Derouse, Michael B. Danie, Michael Danie, (fiddler), C. C. Conway, Louis Lemieux, An- toine Chamberlain, Placit Casson, Margaret Gaston, Pascal Lasyouri, Francois Menard, Luke Gendron, Baptiste Crota, Rosalie Creurier, Joseph Gendron, Louis Derouse, Benjamin Beatt, Ursula Lefleur, Silas Barntelle, Alex's Doza, Alexis Enos Pierre Derouse, André Charleville, Antoine Gendron, Hugh Woods, Michael Butcher, Charles Derouse, ,John Dow- ling, Philip Fouke, Ettienne Derouse, William M Alexander, Ursula Levire, Joseph Buyatt, Elizabeth Brewer, Michae Derouse, François Gornor, Hannah Cowles, Joseph Derouse, Jr., John Brady, John Grate, Lawson Lovet, Aquilla Can- trell aud N. E. Allen.


The families of these 99 " heads" were composed of 477 members, besides they owned 109 slaves and harbored 31 free persons of color. William Morrison owned 22 slaves, François Menard 21, Sidney Breese 4 and Elias Kent Kane 5.


Township of Kaskaskin .- Antoine Buatte, Joseph Tulier, Julian Jones, Pierre Colme, Louis Seguin, Espazell Seguin, Gerome Derouse, Magdalen Degazine, Jack Backus, (free negro), Phebe, a black woman, John Carpenter, Michel Pet- tier, Joseph Danie, Hipolite Menard, Joseph Chamberlain, Louis Buatte, Gabriel Jones, Spencer P'. Adkins, Michel Buatte, Henri Bienvenue, John Paterson, Shadrach Bond, David Woolsey, Jacob Woolsey, John Wegan, Elijah Lovin, Baptiste Danie, George Stratton, Alexis Beauvois, Antoine Danie, Baptiste Reaume, John Bowers, Joseph Louvalle, Thorston Thomas, C. B. Danie. Louis M. Derouse, Peter Wegan, William Langlie, Catherine Lloyd, Richard Wool- sey and Allen Richards.


Prairie du Rocher-Villuge -Henry Connar, John M. Godean, Frank Tonga, Therese Blay, John Louvier, Pelagie


Catineau, August Derouse, Michel Duclos, Sen., Joseph Go- deau, Baptiste Oliver, Baptiste Godeau, Alexis Derouse, Jas. Leeper, Charles Blay, William Drury, Francis Champline, Marie Olliver, Joseph Vasseur, Henri Phebeau, Ellen Degag- nie, Madam Degagnie, Marianne Blay, Nicholas Durward, Joseph Blay, Baptiste, Roye, Clement Drury, Michel Duclos, Jr., Antoine Louvier, Jr , Antoine Louviere, Jr., Ichabod Sergeant, Donation Olliver (priest), August Allard, Ettienne Langloise, Francis Thebau, Henry Barbeau, Eliza Chene and Henry Kerr. There were 38 heads of families enumerated at Du Rocher. The total number of inhabitants of the village was 202, of whom 28 were slaves and 10 free persons of color.


Township of Du Rocher .- Isadore Godeau, Joseph Bonle- telle, Archibald McNabb, Andrée Roye, Harriet Godeau, John Drury, Antoine Blay, Gerard Langlois, Antoine Cato, Andre Barbeau, Antoine Barbeau, Baptiste Barbeau, Bur- rell Philips, Josia M. Horsey, Michael Smith, Francis Lang- lois, Abraham Horine, Sylvanus Ilarlow, James Taylor, Francis Brown, Reuben Sackett, Ansel Dennis.


Township of Williamsburg .- Paul Harralson, Antoine La Chapelle, William Steele, John C. Signon, James Mudd, Edward Mudd, Joseph Mudd, Francis Mudd, Norton Hull, Thomas Orr, Ezra Owen, Lewis Hull, Amos Lynn, Henry Royer, John Linsey, James S. Robinson, Thomas Lindsey, Elizabeth Lindsey, James Wheland 1st, James Wheland 2d, Henry O'llara, Hannah Kennedy, E. T. Owen, Alexander Wilson, Robert Wilson, William Nelson, John Stevenson, William McBride, Lemuel Owen, Levi Owen, Michael Dil- lon, Edmund Faherty, Levi Simmonds, jr., Joseph H. Orr, Samuel Hill, sr., Prudence Wilson, James Wilson, David Lawson, A. C. Adams, Joseph Griffin, Jolin Roles, Emanuel Evans, Ettienne Pavard, Thomas Hull, Henry Will, James Adkins, Jacob Fisher, Thomas Levens, Ignatius Sprigg, John Smith, Daniel Buel, George Glenn, William Hamil- ton, John C. Crosier, William Been, Shelton Evans, Levi Simmonds, sr , James Connar, John Foran, Adam Young- man, Ellison Talbott, Edward Ralls, John Guthrie, Wash- ington Evans, Thomas Horsell, John Brewer, Zadock Dar- row, Absalom Tailor, John Adams, Otho Levens, and Eleanor MeNabb.


There were only 5 slaves in this township.


Township Plum-Creek .- James McDonald, Robert M. Mann, John Beatty, Andrew Borders, Thomas Finley, Isabel English, William Findley, James McClurken, John Max- well, James Munford, John Thomason, William Pattison, Burdite Green, Patrick Raines, William Edgar, Adam Ed- gar, David Ferris, Jane Beatty, William M. Maun, James Pollock, Robert Pollock, William Hill, James Hathorn, David Hathorn, John Beaird, Robert Hill, William Hand- ly, Andrew McCormick, George McCormick, Alexander McKelvey, Andrew McFerron, Robert Foster, David Ander- son, John Campbell, Robert Miller, John Cochran, James Couch, John Allen, Samuel McClinton, William McClinton, John G. Nelson, John Barnet, Samuel Morris, William Allen, George Wilson, Samuel Nisbet, Archibald Thomp- son, jr., Larkin Dial, Robert G. Shannon, Samuel Y. Henry, James Gordon, Samuel Stubblefield, John Irvin, Samuel J. Thompson, James Thompson, Moses Thompson. Samuel




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