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 35

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


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Welch, George Wallis, John Werley, Joseph Werley, John M. Wilson, J. Rodgers William, Elisha Westbrook, B. Baker Whaley, Henry Wardman, Zopher Williams, John D. Whiteside, Otho Wilson, William Wilson, David Whiteside, Jesse Weswell, Hiram Whiteside. John Woodrome, John Whiteside, J. P. Waddle, Moses Williams, William Walker, David Yates, Joseph I. Young


We introduce next a list of


EARLY MARRIAGES.


The oldest certificate of marriage is dated September 23, 1816. The happy couple, to wit: William Calhoon and Nancy Quigley, had obtained their proper license from the elerk of Monroe county, Illinois, on the 20th of August pre- ceding, and were joined in the holy bands of wedlock, according to the rules of the Baptist Church, by James Garretson. This was the only marriage in the county in 1816. The next wedding took place almost a year later, August 14, 1817, when Abraham Amos, M. P. (missionary preacher), sulemuized the rites of matrimony between William F. Roberts and Elizabeth Forquer ; and also Thomas Porter and Nina Wheeler. The marriage ceremony between John Warnock and Miss Jane McClure was performed by Salmon Giddings, an ordained clergy- man. William Gritlen and Polly Hendricks were lawfully married by Abram Amos, M. P., Sept. 4, 1817. Alexander Jameson, a justice of the peace, performed the marriage ceremony for Ira Scovel and Polly Chrisley on the 21st of December, 1817. John Henson and Sarah Davis were joined in the holy state of matrimony by J. Miltou Moore, justiee of the peace, on the 30th of October, 1817; and Squire Alexander Jameson did a similar act of kindness to Joseph Andrew and Katharine Wiley Oct. 28, 1817 ; also for John McDavid and Betsey Fisher on the 15th of Sept'r 1817 ; and, two days later, for Reuben Bradley and Nancy Stephens.


Jesse W. Cooper, justice of the p aee, on the 6th of Au- gust, 1817, was addressed by William Alexander, C. C. C. M. C., as follows : Whereas there is a marriage shortly to be solemnized between Elisha Fowler, of the county of Monroe and territory of Illinois, and Mary Quigley, of the same county and territory ; and the said Elisha Fowler having legally proven the requisitions required of him according to law, this is therefore to license and permit you to join to- gether in the holy state of matrimony said parties, agreeable to the rites and ceremonies of your church ; and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand at my office at Harrisonville, Monroe county, this 6th day of August, 1817, and of the Independence the forty-second. The Squire tied the knot on Sunday, August 10, 1817, ac- cording to law, as he says.


A proclamation and warrant similarly composed and worded, with the addition of the solemn assertion that the lady had consented and entered into security as the law directs, authorized the marriage of Daniel Vaughn and Rody Huit ; and Squire Cooper comically reports that the "above named " were lawfully married according to law.


The year 1817 was prolific in its crop of marriages, there


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having been eleven recorded in the county. The records of 1818 contain the following :


Ellis Chalfin and Rebecca Hull, Jan. 9, by Alexander Jameson, J. P. William Riggs and Sarah Brownfield, April 7, by Thomas Brownfield, J. P. Thomas Vanmater and Delilah Cain, Feb. 15, by Abraham Amos, M. P. William Rodgers and Sarah Probins, Ang. 18. by J. W. Cooper, J. P. Joseph Hogan and Elizabeth Laycount, Aug. 7, by Jesse W. Cooper, J. P. Thomas Johnston and Rache Cain, Nov. 29, by James Garretson, M. G.


The year 1818 did not as well as 1817.


1819.


Dennia Dace and Massey Robins, Jan. 2, by James Garretson, M. G. Jess Boggs and Polly Wilson, Jan. 21, by Jesse W. Cooper, J. P. William Brown and Betsey Ramey, Jan. 23, by John Scott, J. P.


William Anderson and Sally Valentine, alins Sally Miller, January 23, by John Scott, J. P.


Burdett Green and Rebecca Parker, Jan. 31, by James Garretson, M. G. Samuel Lock and Charity Stephens, April 21, by John Scott, J. P. Moses Divers and Phoebe Joues, July 15, by Henry C. Mizner. Moses Lock and Sally Stirrel, June 12, by Henry C. Mizner, J. P. James McDaniel and Elizabeth Modglin, Ang 5th, by J. Milton Moore, J. P. Jesse Miller and Elizabeth Modglin, Ang. 29, by J. Milton Moore, J. P. Elijah Axley and Elizabeth Everman, Ang. 26, by Th. Brownfield, J. P. William D. Brightman and Sophia Devoe, Aug. 26, by T. M. Hamilton, J. P. John B. Wiser and Catharine Fry, late wife of Joseph Fry, legally divorced by an order of the Circuit Court of Monroe county, obtained license to get married ; but the certificate of marriage is not ou file nor recorded. Nimrod Triplet and Franky Hutson, Nov. 18, by John Divers, J. P. Reuben Gon and Sarah Elliot, Dec. 26, by Henry C. Mizner, J. P.


Among the marriages solemnized in Monroe county at an early day, that of Shadrach Bond should here be mentioned. The license was issued on the 16th of June, 1823, and worded as follows :


State of Illinois, Monroe county, 88


The people of the State of Illinois, to all to whom these presents shall come greeting : Know ye that a license is hereby granted to any licensed minister of the Gospel, any justice of the peace, county commissioner, or any other per- son legally authorized, to join together in the holy state of matrimony Shadrach Bond and Ann Todd, both of the county aforesaid, and for so doing this shall be a sufficient warrant.


In witness whereof, I, Daniel Converse, deputy clerk for Samuel McRoberts, clerk of the county commissioners' court for Monroe county, have hereunto set my hand and seal (there being no public seal provided), this 16th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.


DANIEL CONVERSE, Dep'y Clerk.


The marriage was solemnized about ten days later, as will appear from the following certificate:


State of Illinois, Monroe county, 88


This may certify that on the twenty-sixth day of June, 1823, by virtue of a license from the clerk of the county commissioners' court of Monroe county, I joined together in the holy bonds of matrimony Shadrach Bond* and Ann Todd. Witness my hand and seal, June 27, 1823.


HENRY C. MIZNER, J. P.


TOWNS AND VILLAGES PRIOR TO 1820.


The ancient village of St. Philip has been mentioned in the preceding sketch of the Renault Graut. Harrisonville, or Carthage, is frequently mentioned in the oldest American records of Kaskaskia, where it is sometimes called the Ameri- can " block house" or " fort." A plat of the town of " Car- thage " was filed for record on the 20th of July, 1816, signed James B. Edwards, deputy recorder of Monroe county. The town was located on the Mis-issippi river, in section 18, town 3-11 It contained 56 blocks of 4 lots each. The streets, 14 in number, crossed each other at right angles. Water, Second, Third, Walnut, Sycamore, Broad and Mulberry streets ran parallel with the river. The cross streets, commencing in the south, were named Main, Market, Moore, Lemen, Alexander, McRoberts and McClure streets. The public square was located in the southeastern part of the town, between Broad and Mul- berry and Main and Market streets. A donation to the county was made by the firm of Mcknight & Brady, of St. Louis, on the 19th of July, 1816 This donation com- prised block 47 of the town of Carthage and four outlots, adjoining the town in the east, containing about 20 acres in the aggregate. The name of "Harrisonville " is easily accounted for, as the town was laid out during the adminis- tration of the first territorial governor of the Indiana terri- tory, of which, until 1809, Illinois formed a part. But why was the town named Carthage? Probably in honor of Mrs. Dido, wife of William Atchison, who was in possession of a tract of land containing 400 acres, known as Claim 1407, Survey 561, located in the immediate vicinity of the town, at the time of the organization of the county. William and Dido sold this tract to William Morrison, November 4, 1818, for $3000-the highest price paid for lands in those days. It is to be hoped that our Dido led a more fortunate life than her namesake, the queen of ancient Carthage. At any rate we found no account of a faithless and heartless Æneas, who, after playing shepherd with her in the adja- cent caves, could have caused her to ascend a funeral pile, and to pierce her loving heart with an old cavalry sabre.


Waterloo was named and laid out by George Forquer* and Daniel P. Cook on section 25, town 2, south 10 in the be- ginning of 1818. A survey of the site was made by Enoch Moore, December 18, 1818.


Town lots had been sold by Forquer and Cook as early as April, 1818. Among the purchasers of these lots we found the names of James Smith, James Rankin, William How- ard, Dennis Dace, Michael Dace, John Garretson, Joseph Beaird, William Beaird, John Reynolds, Enoch Moore, Peter Prim, Guy Morrison, John Ryan, J. H. Lambert, Jesse W. Cooper and James Moore.


Bridgewater, laid out by George Forquer, Daniel P. Cook and John James, was located south of Eagle creek, at its confluence with the Mississippi. It contained 19 blocks of from 6 to 12 lots each. The public square was composed


* This Shadrach Bond cannot have been the "Governor," who was married Nov. 27, 1810, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Miss Achsah Bond (an own cousin), who survived the Governor and died in Kaskaskia, Feb. 29, 1844, as stated to the writer by Dr. B. N. Boud, of Stanberry, Mo., only surviving son of the Gov- ernor. The doctor also informs ns that Daniel D. Smith and Miss Todd were married at the Governor's house, which fact was ascertained from a memoran- dum in the family Bible, now in his possession.


*George Forqner was a man of great influence. Ile occupied various respon- sible posi ions in the county. In later years he removed to Sangamon county, which he represented in the State Senate in 1834 and 1835. He gave the im- petus to the great internal improvement and railroad fever, which plunged the State into a debt of ahont fourteen millions of dollars.


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of 8 lots, two each of blocks 2, 3, 8 and 9, being of oblong form, 260 by 344 feet. and containing an area of 89,440 square feet. Samuel Mooney. John Ford, Freeman Kelly, Hamilton Smith, David Levisse, James R. Sheppard and Henry C. Mizner were the first purchasers of lots.


We return now to the government of the county. The second county board, 1817 to 1818, consisted of Caldwell Cairns. James Lemen and James McRoberts. The labors of this board were confined to opening a few roads, granting of licenses and permitting Ichabod Valentine to erect mill- dams on Eagle creek. The court had a settlement with John Moore, assessor and treasurer, and also with James K. Moore, sheriff. It does not appear what the revenue had amounted to, but there were small balances, to wit : 833.02} and §20.85 against the officers. The cost of the assessment was stated to have been $12.00 exactly.


The act of the legislature, January 12, 1818, established the so-called justices' courts, which were intrusted with the county government. This system continued in force until June 7, 1819.


The first court of this kind was held on the 20th April, 1818, Justices Jesse W. Cooper, Prince Bryant, J. Milton Moore, Alexander Jameson, John Scott, James Whaley and William Chalfin attending. The court was held in the house of Thomas James. A number of Nimrods appeared to claim the lawful rewards for killing wolves, to wit, $2.00 for each scalp. These Nimrods were Ellis Chalfin, Warner Dace, John Clover, Joseph Harniss, William Quigley, Thomas Nelson and James McDonald. James Henderson, Adam Smith and Daniel C. Link were licensed to keep taverns, and John M. Wilson to run a ferry from his " house " across the Mississippi, for which he had to pay $3 00.


Thomas O'Conner contracted for making the county assessment, for and in consideration of which he was to be paid 821.00.


The necessity of building a jail had now become apparent, and a contract was entered into with Samuel J. Kinkead on the 18th of April, 1818.


In order to give the present generation an idea of what a dungeon of those days consisted, we introduce below the contract at length.


John James was appointed to superintend the building of the jail, which scems to have been completed June 9, 1819.


CONTRACT FOR FIRST PUBLIC BUILDING IN MONROE COUNTY.


A contract is hereby made with Samuel J. Kinkead to build a jail on the public square in the town of Harrisonville, donated to the county for the purpose of having public buildings thereon erected by the present proprietors of said town, the jail is to be of the following descriptions, viz. :


To be sixteen feet square in the clear, the foundation to be of stone laid in lime mortar, three feet thick and two feet high, the jail to be built of " hughen " timber one foot square and two tier, each to be dovetailed so as to lock at each corner ; timber of the same kind and size to be set in per- pendicularly between the in- and outer tier, so as to touch ; to be one story high and eight feet in the clear, all of the


timber to be oak, except the two inside tiers, the upper tier of the lower floor and the lower tier of the upper one may be of cotton wood, which is used in building the said jail, the corners of said jail are to be boxed with good oak plank, the lower floor to be " hughen" timber, one foot square jointed and to be double, the upper tier of timber to " lay " across the under. The floor overbead to be of light materials and made in like manner with the lower one. A double door to be made of two inck oak plank, two feet nine inches wide to be riveted ; and the door is to be hung hy. hooks firmly put into the logs, and it is to be secured by a good substantial lock ; there are to be two windows, two feet by eight inches, with six iron bars, one inch square across each window, to be fastened into the logs 8 inches deep, at each end, and one perpendicular iron bar one inch square on the outside in the centre of each window, also to extend eight inches into the logs at each end, four plates to be well pinned down with two inch pins, gable ends to be made of inch oak plank, to be covered with a good and sufficient roof of rafters, being well spiked to the plates, to he well sheeted and covered with oak or walnut shingles, laid six inches to the weather, the shingles to be of { of an inch thick and well proportioned, the " hole " (nomen et omen · to be completed in a workman- like manner by the first day of December, 1818, for the con- sideration of one thousand and four dollars current money, to be paid at the county treasury, by order of the justices court and their successors in office, as follows : two hundred dollars in advance and the balance when the building afore- said shall be completed in manner aforesaid, to the satisfac- tion of this court and their successors in office. And it is further ordered that the said Samuel J Kinkead give bond and security in the sum of two thousand and eight dollars to the sitting justices of this court and their successors in office for the faithful performance of the foregoing contract.


Meanwhile Illinois had made preparation to be admitted as a sovereign state into the Union and a constitutional con- vention had been elected, and its members assembled at Kaskaskia in July, 1818, and having completed their labors adjourned August 26, 1818.


Monroe county was represented by Caldwell Cairns and Enoch Moore, both pioneers of the county. Cairns was a member of the county board during the first years of the county's existence, and in later years judge of probate. Moore also filled various official positions in the county, both gentlemen were exemplary officers.


The first county commissioners' court since the admission of Illinois as a State convened at Harrisonville, on the 7th of June, 1819 The court was composed of the Honorables Caldwell Cairns, Joseph A Beaird and James McRoberts, " gentlemen," as Samuel McRoberts, the clerk, stated, "elected and qualified."


The townships of territorial times were now converted into election precincts without any change in the territory.


Eagle township commenced as heretofore in the southwest, where the "tornado" had crossed the Mississippi, and its elections were to be held at the house of Joseph Hogan.


Belle Fountaine, poll at the tavern of David Ditch, in Waterloo.


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Harrison and Mitchie, poll at the court room in the house of Thomas James, at Harrisonville. Mitchie became an election precinct on the 8th of June, 1824, with poll at the house of Seth Chalfin.


The succeeding board was composed of the same persons, as Caldwell Cairns, the out-going member, was re-elected. In the third board, George Forquer and John Roach suc- ceeded Beaird and McRoberts. John Garretson was elected in 1823, in place of Forquer, and Nathan Hamilton iu 1824, in place of Roach. John D. Whiteside succeeded Caldwell Cairns in 1825. The labors of these boards were confined to routine business only, as the financial condition of the county was most deplorable; the county warrants were worth not more than thirty-five cents per dollar. The board had some difficulties with the clerk, but it is not known what had caused them. Mr. McRoberts was ousted and Squire Mizner appointed in his place. McRoberts brought suit in the circuit court against the county commissioners, who, on the 3d of June, 1822. were treated to a mandamus by his Honor, Judge Thomas Reynolds, to reinstate McRoberts. The mandamus was obeyed instanter ; whereupon McRob- erts entered upon the duties of the office to the end of his term, September, 1824. Eighteen years later McRoberts was United States Senator from Illinois.


In 1825 the county seat was permanently established at Waterloo by a board of commissioners appointed by the legislature of Illinois. The minutes of the county board contain the following entry in reference to the matter, to wit :


April Term A. D. 1825 .- April 9, 1825.


Nathaniel Hamilton, - County Commissioners.


John D. Whiteside, John Garretsou,


Report of commissioners appointed by the legislature to fix the county seat, was laid before the board by Mr. John D Whiteside, which report is as follows :


We, the commissioners under the act of the 15th of Jan- mary, 1825, to fix the permanent seat of justice for the county of Monroe, to wit, Henry Conner, Joseph Conway and Samuel C. Christy, met at the house of David Ditch, in said county, on the 1st of April, 1825, and according to law took an oath before John Milton Moore, Esquire, a justice of the peace in and for said county, to faithfully take into view the convenience of the people, the situation of the settlements with an eye to future population and the eligibility of the place, which oath in writing is herewith returned and made a part of said return. On the 7th of the same month another of the commissioners, to wit, John Reynolds, took the same oath as above taken by the other commissioners and filed as aforesaid. The other commissioner, to wit, Thomas Rey- nolds, does not attend. After mature deliberation and reflection, and taking into view the convenience of the peo- ple, the situations of the settlements with an eye to future population and the eligibility of the different sites, we, the commissioners, do designate and determine upon the public square in the town of Waterloo, as laid out in the original plat of said town, made by Enoch Moore, on the 18th De- cember, 1818, and which plat is made a part of our return


to the county commissioners of said county, to be the seat of justice for the said county of Monroe


We, the said commissioners, have taken a bond for twenty acres of land, and another bond for the sum of five hundred dollars, which two bonds are herewith filed and returned to the said county commissioners. All lands which have been given to the county in consideration of the location of the seat of justice on said public square shall be considered and taken as part of the town of Waterloo. All of which actings and proceedings we, the commissioners as afuresaid, do certify and return to the county commissioners of Mouroe county, 9th April, 1825.


II. CONNER, SEAL


JOHN REYNOLDS, SEAL 1


JOSEPH CONWAY, SEAL I


SAMUEL C. CHRISTY, SEAL


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Affidavits of Commissioners.


Be it remembered, that ou the first day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty- five, at the house of David Ditch, in the county of Monroe, personally appeared before me, J. Milton Moore, a justice of the peace for the aforesaid county of Monroe, Henry Conner, Samuel C. Christy and Joseph Conway, three of the commissioners who were appointed by the act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at the last session, approved the 15th of January, 1825, to fix the permanent seat of jus- tice for the aforesaid county of Monroe, who, being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, faithfully to take into view the convenience of the people, the situation of the settlements with an eye to future population and the eligibility of the place. Given under my hand and seal this day and date above.


J. MILTON MOORE, J. P. ++++++++ + SEAL + ++++++++


A similar affidavit was made on the 7th of April, 1825, by John Reynolds, who, however, was not sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God.


The commissioners were paid the sum of $80 for their labors of locating the county seat.


The changing of the county seat from Harrisonville to Waterloo was apparently perfected without trouble or diffi- culty. The scanty archives of the county were transported on an ox-cart from town to town. Some residents of Harri- sonville, however, were very much displeased and the most valuable property of the county, to wit, the doorlock, and other irons of the public jail at Harrisonville, was taken possession of by James A. James, a valiant Harrisonvillian, who retained them for years, not surrendering uutil Septem- ber, 1835, when the county agreed to make him a deed to the jail grounds at the village. In March, 1831, the court made an order to sell the old jail. The sheriff who was to execute this order, refused to carry it out, for fear that he would be held "responsible," whereupon the court made another order, in which the county was held to indemnify the sheriff, and the purchasers were assured to get possession. However, there was no sale.


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The first term of the county commissioners at Waterloo was held in David Ditch's tavern, on the 6th of June, 1825; present-Nathaniel Hamilton, John D. White and John Garretson, commissioners ; John James, sheriff, and Daniel Converse, clerk. The tax levy of that year (1824) amounted to $735.65, and the sheriff was summoned to explain why he had not settled his accounts. John M. Wilson was licensed to run a ferry across the Mississippi river to Selma's Cliffs. He paid $12.00 per year for this privilege and was allowed to make the following charges : Foot passengers, 25 cts .; horse, 374; man and horse, 62}; cattle, 25; calf, sheep or goat, 12} cents; wagon and team, §2 00; dearborn, $1.25; cart and horse, $1 00 ; cart and oxen, $1.25; barrel of spirits or wine, 25 cents, and goods at 10 eents per 100 lbs.


David Ditch was licensed to keep taveru at Waterloo, whereupon the court adjourned for one hour, it is presumed for the purpose of holding a private conference on the ques- tion of prohibition. John Bamber became a member of the board in September, 1825, taking the place of John Garret- sou. An order was made in D. cember, 1825, that county orders issued prior to December, 1824, should be received by the tax gatherer at a discount of 663 per cent. ; those issued after December, 1824, and prior to June 1st, 1825, at 50 per cent. ; and those subsequent to latter date and prior to date of order at 25 per cent. discount. Josiah Lemen was appointed commissioner to take the census of the county.


J. Milton Moore was employed to draft a plan for a court house, December 26, 1825; finished this job on the 6th of March, 1826, and received $3.00 for his work. It had taken Mr. Moore months to draft the plan, but it took the court years to make use of them. The troubles in consequence of the change in the county seat were being felt for years, inasmuch as constant impediments were thrown into the paths of the commissioners. Board succeeded board without even being able to procure a suitable site for the public buildings. During this period of uncertainty the county commissioners had succeeded however to get the county out of financial difficulties for coun y warrants were taken at par, December, 1830. The authorities received donations of land and lots in 1830 for public buildings.


The following grounds were donated to the county, on account of locating the seat of justice at Waterloo, to wit : Five acres of land granted by Enoch Moore, beginning at the southwest corner of David Ditch's, and on the north- west corner of Gardner Stone's lots, thence north ten poles with said Ditch's lot, thence east eight poles, thence north thirty poles, thence west twenty-two poles, thence south forty poles, thence east fourteen poles to the place of begin- ning, which shall be divided by a street running north, sixty feet wide and in the same direction.




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