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Cox, Charles, born Ky., 1821 ; settled Morgan co. November, 1829. Craig, Margretta A., born Ill., 1829; settled Morgan co. January, 1829. Cloud, Newton, born N. C., 1805 ; settled Morgan co. October, 1827. Chamberlain, A. T. Mrs., born N. J., 1819 ; settled Morgan co. April, 1820 ; daughter of James Buckley ; died March 1877.
Couchman, B. F., born Ky., 1822; settled Morgan co. November, 1827. Carson, William, born Va., 1804 ; settled Morgan co. 1824; father kept the first hotel in Jacksonville ; died 1876.
Cox, Corriden, born Va., 1811 ; settled Morgan co. October, 1829. Chappel, Eliza A. Mrs., born Ky., 1813; settled Morgan co. Sept., 1827. Caldwell, Robt. L., born Ky., 1828; settled Morgan co. November, 1830. Couchman, E. R., born Ky., 1819 ; settled Morgan co. October, 1827.
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Clegg, Elizabeth Mrs., born Eng., 1804; settled Morgan co. 1838. Conlee, Isaac, born Tenn., 1795 ; settled Morgan co. 1826 ; Baptist min- ister, came to Illinois 1815.
Chamberlain, Timothy, born Mass., 1812; settled Morgan co. May 14, 1832.
Carson, Thomas M., born Va., 1808 ; settled Morgan co. 1825 ; in Illinois, 1824 ; died Feb. 24, 1875.
Carson, John A. J., born Va., 1816 ; settled Morgan co. 1824.
Chamberlain, Timothy S., born Mass., 1786 ; settled Morgan co. Decem- ber, 1832 ; died July 26, 1873.
Cook, Mary, born Tenn., 1804 ; settled Morgan co. 1828. Catlin, Joel, born Conn., 1796 ; settled Morgan co. 1832.
Crum, A. A., born Ind., 1823 ; settled Morgan co. 1831.
Crum, John W., born Ind., 1823 ; settled Morgan co. 1831; brothers, Craig, J. Perry, born Ky., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. 1834; died, 1877. Carter, George, born Conn., 1809 ; settled Morgan co. 1835.
Cooper, Armstrong, born Tenn., 1812 ; settled Morgan co. 1835. Chandler, Charles, born Conn., 1806 ; settled Morgan co. 1832 ; physician. Cosner, T. J., born N. C., 1815 ; settled Morgan co. 1832.
Carruthers, Allen, born Ark., 1821 ; settled Morgan co. 1825.
Cox. J. M., born Ill., 1825 ; settled Morgan co. 1825 ; born in Morgan. Craig, Edward, born Ky., 1807 ; settled Morgan co. 1830.
Craig, Mary Ann Mrs., born Ky., 1811; settled Morgan co. 1832. Craig, James, born Ky., 1807 ; settled Morgan co. 1830.
Craig, Maria S. Mrs., born Ky., 1815; settled Morgan co, 1827.
Chambers, J. R., born Ill., 1830 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Conlee, Allen, born Ill., 1825 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Carts, George, born Ky., 1803; settled Morgan co. 1822.
Cole, David, born N. J., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. May, 1839. Cole, Sarah S. Mrs., born Ky .; settled Morgan co. Fall, 1828.
Conover, Vis. V., born Ill., 1826 ; settled Morgan co. 1826.
Davenport, Bazzill, born Ill., 1832 ; settled Morgan co. 1832.
Davenport, David, born Ill., 1830 ; settled Morgan co. 1830; died 1877. Daniels, Buker, born Ill., 1828 ; settled Morgan co. July, 1828.
Daniels, Verian, born Mass., 1799 ; settled Morgan co. November, 1827; died 1876.
Daniels, Nancy W. Mrs., born Mass., 1805 ; settled Morgan co. Novem- ber, 1827; husband and wife; died 1872:
Deaton, Joseph P., born Va., 1805 ; settled Morgan co. April, 1821.
Davenport, Milton C., born Ky., 1822 ; settled Morgan co. October, 1825. Duncan, S. S., born Ky., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. March, 1822.
Deaton, Levi, born Va., 1803; settled Morgan co. 1820.
Dean, Levi, born Vt., 1811; settled Morgan co. 1838. Deaton, Sarah, born Tenn., 1808 ; settled Morgan co. 1828.
Deaton, Matilda, born Tenn., 1818 ; settled Morgan co. 1829.
Duncan, Elizabeth C. Mrs., born N. Y., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1827; widow of Gov. Joseph Duncan; died 1876.
Deaton, Thos. jr., born Ill., 1833 ; settled Morgan co. 1833. Deaton, Mary A., born Ky., 1826; settled Morgan co. 1831. Dietrech, Jacob H., born Pa., 1815 ; settled Morgan co. 1835.
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Devore, Uriah J., born Ky., 1805 ; settled Morgan co. 1831.
Daugherty, James M., born Ky., 1799 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Daugherty, Sarah Mrs., born Va., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. 1836. Davis, J. A., born Ill., 1824 ; settled Morgan co. 1824. Dick, Levi, born Ky., 1815 ; settled Morgan co. 1831.
Dodsworth, Stephen, born Eng., 1816 ; settled Morgan co. 1834. Deaton, William, born Va., 1819; settled Morgan co. 1820. Deatherage, Achilles, born N. C., 1799; settled Morgan co. 1825. Devore, A. B., born Ky., 1819 ; settled Morgan co. 1831. Dennis, Reuben, born N. C., 1800 ; settled Morgan co. 1833. Douglas, A., born Conn., 1791 ; settled Morgan co. 1856 ; Ill. in 1817. Deaton, James, born Ill., 1836 ; settled Morgan co. 1836.
Deaton, Martha A., born Ill., 1832; settled Morgan co. 1832 ; daughter of D. Ingals.
Davenport, Brax, born Ohio, 1827; settled Morgan co. 1829.
Edmonson, M. C., born Mo., 1823 ; settled Morgan co. 1828.
Evans, Arden, born Tenn., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Ennis, Henry M., born Ky., 1824; settled Morgan co. 1834. Eads, Chamock, born Ky., 1815 ; settled Morgan co. 1835.
Epler, Jacob, born Ind., 1803 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Epler, David, born Ind., 1804; settled Morgan co. 1831; died 1877. Epler, Cyrus.
English, Doc. Nathaniel, born Va., 1806 ; settled Morgan co. 1836.
Foreman, Anderson, born N. C., 1809; settled Morgan co. November, 1828.
Foreman, Elizabeth W., born Ill., 1823; settled Morgan co. 1828. French, Samuel, born N. H., 1813; settled Morgan co. 1837.
Goodpasterre, J. J., born Tenn., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. 1826. Greaton, David, born Ohio, 1810; settled Morgan co. February, 1825. Goodpasterre, William, born Tenn., 1810; settled Morgan co. 1826.
Gains, B. F., born Va., 1806; settled Morgan co. December, 1830; il the State in 1825.
Goltra, M. C., born N. J., 1809 ; settled Morgan co. 1836. Gatton, Zachariah W., born Ky., 1812 ; settled Morgan co. 1824. Goodrick, Joel, born Va., 1816 ; settled Morgan co. 1835. Gallaher, Wm. G., born Tenn., 1801 ; settled Morgan co. 1835. Graves, George W., born Ill., 1833 ; settled Morgan co. 1833. Gorham, John, born N. Y., 1812 ; settled Morgan co. 1823. Graham, J. W., born Ill., 1833 ; settled Morgan co. 1833. Gunn, Jesse C., born Tenn., 1825 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Gunn, Hannah T. Mrs., born Ky., 1824 ; settled Morgan co. 1831. Graff, George, born Ky., 1816 ; settled Morgan co. 1834. Gunn, A. S., born Tenn., 1810; settled Morgan co. 1830. Gaines, R. G., born Va., 1801 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Goodrick, R. A. Mrs., born Ky .; settled Morgan co. 1835.
Henderson, Stephen Capt., born Va., 1793 ; settled Morgan co. Sept. 1825. Hudson, Isaac, born Ky., 1813 ; settled Morgan co. March, 1827. Henderson, Susan Mrs., born Va., 1801 ; settled Morgan co. Sept. 1825 ; wife of Capt. Stephen H., married in Ohio, 1819 ; died, 1863.
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Henderson, David G., born Va., 1796; settled Morgan co. April, 1826. Henderson, Mary, born Va., 1796; settled Morgan co. 1826 ; wife of D. G: H .; died September 15, 1872.
Huffman, Alexander, born Va., 1800 ; settled Morgan co. Nov. 1827.
Huffman, Mildred, born Va., 1797 ; settled Morgan co. November, 1827 ; wife of A. H.
Hurst, Wm. S., born Ky., 1800 ; settled Morgan co. May, 1829. Humphrey, Wm. D., born Ky., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. Nov. 1828.
House, Nancy, born Ill., 1824; settled Morgan co. Spring, 1825 ; born in Sangamon.
Hudson, Peter S., born Md., 1803; settled Morgan co. Fall, 1827. Henderson, Chas. born Va., 1797 ; settled Morgan co. June, 1831.
Henderson, Jackson, born Ill., 1827 ; settled Morgan co. July 24, 1827 ; still lives on the same farm where he was born.
Hale, Mrs., born Ill., 1831 ; settled Morgan co. October 29, 1831. Humphrey, B. N., born Ky., 1811 ; settled Morgan co. May 2, 1829. Hopkins, Henry, born Del., 1794 ; settled Morgan co. 1825. Hughes, John A., born Ky., 1803; settled Morgan co. 1823. Holmes, William, born N. Y., 1799 ; settled Morgan co. 1826. Huckstep, Thos. C., born Va., 1805; settled Morgan co. 1831. Holliday, Miles, born Tenn., 1819 ; settled Morgan co. 1825.
Houston, Jonas Ira, born Ill., 1828, settled Morgan co. 1828 ; born in Morgan.
Heath, N. P. Rev., born Ohio, 1818; Ill., 1819.
Harding, Peyton, born Ky., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. 1826.
Hamilton, John C. Rev., born Ky., 1797 ; settled Morgan co. 1834. Hamilton, John A., born Ohio, 1823 ; settled Morgan co. 1828. Hembrough, Richard, born Eng., 1814 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Henry, John, born Ky., 1800; settled Morgan co. 1828. Hutchinson, W. A., born Ind., 1828 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Hall, H. H., born Va., 1827 ; settled Morgan co. 1835.
Harris, W. P., born Ky., 1807 ; settled Morgan co. Spring, 1829. Hilliard, Joseph, born Va., 1821; settled Morgan co. 1823. Hart, David, born Ky., 1802 ; settled Morgan co. 1828.
Henry, Elijah, born Ky., 1821 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Holliday, Charles L., born Ky., 1820 ; settled Morgan co. 1831. Henderson, D. Pat., born Ky., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1831. Hayes, Joseph, born Ill., 1819 ; settled Morgan co. 1821. Haskell, Emma Mrs., born Ky .; settled Morgan co. 1830. Hutchinson, Wm. A., born Ind., 1828; settled Morgan co. 1830.
Ingals, A., born N. Y., 1823 ; settled Morgan co. 1824.
Jackson, Quirzah, born Ill .; married to Charles Sample, 1844. James, Robert, born Va., 1792; settled Morgan co. May, 1820 ; died, 1873.
James, Eleanor, born Va., 1815 ; settled Morgan co. 1820 ; deceased wife of R. J.
Johnson, Barbara, born Ohio, 1809; settled Morgan co. 1829.
Jones, Jane Mrs., born Md., 1798 ; settled Morgan co. 1827 ; widow of Thos. Church and John T. Jones.
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Jordon, Eliza Mrs. born Pa., 1805; settled Morgan co. 1827. Johnson, Dianah, born N. C., 1790 ; settled Morgan co. 1828. Johnson, Alex., born Ky., 1819; settled Morgan co. 1829. Jumpp, E. P., born Ky., 1822; settled Morgan co. 1833. Jordon, Wm. S., born Ill., 1803 ; settled Morgan co. 1822.
Knight, Cyrus Dr., born Me., 1806; settled Morgan co. 1837. King, Joseph W., born Conn., 1808 ; settled Morgan co. November, 1838. Keplinger, Samuel, born Tenn., 1809 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. King, Joseph O.
Lackey, Henry, born Ky., 1802 ; settled Morgan co. September, 1830. Lackey, Mary, born Ky., 1807 ; settled Morgan co. September, 1830 ; wife of H. L .; died 1869.
Loar, George, born Ky., 1800; settled Morgan co. September, 1830.
Loar, Ann, born Ky., 1805 ; settled Morgan co. September, 1830; wife of G. L.
Lazenby, John, born Eng., 1802; settled Morgan co. July 30, 1829. Long, W. George, born N. C., 1799; settled Morgan co. Oct. 1828; died 1876.
Lee, John, born Eng., 1802; settled Morgan co. 1830.
Lazenby, Sarah, born Eng., 1804; settled Morgan co. 1829.
Leonard, E. B., born Ill., 1826 ; settled Morgan co. 1826.
Lindsey, James, born Tenn., 1806; settled Morgan co. 1823. Loughary, Arthur, born Tenn., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Langley, James, born Ky., 1786; settled Morgan co. 1829; Ill. in 1824. Lybarger, E. J. Mrs., born Ill., 1832; settled Morgan co. 1832 ; daughter of Levi Church.
Love, G. E., born Ill., 1835; settled Morgan co. 1835.
Larimore, Priscella Mrs., born Ky., 1806 ; settled Morgan co. April, 1830.
Morton, Joseph Col., born Va., 1801 ; settled Morgan co. 1820 ; settled in Madison co. in 1819.
Mattingly, S. J., born Ky., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. October, 1824.
Morton, Mary Mrs .; born Ky., 1804; settled Morgan co. 1824; wife of Jos. Morton ; died February 14, 1874.
Miller, E. T., born Ky., 1801; settled Morgan co. June, 1827 ; in Illinois, 1817.
Miller, Lucinda D. Mrs., born N. Y., 1811; settled Morgan co. 1824; in Illinois in 1819 ; wife of E. T. Miller.
Massey, Horatio H., born N. Y., 1811 ; settled Morgan co. 1826.
Massey, Stephen S., born N. Y., 1814; settled Morgan co. 1826. Marhoe, Samuel, born Pa., 1820; settled Morgan co. 1840.
Mathews, Saml. T. Col., born Ky., 1799; settled Morgan co. 1821 ; died 1875.
Mathews, Richard, born Ky., 1815; settled Morgan co. 1821. Massie, Henderson, born Va., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Montgomery, John W., born Va., 1815; settled Morgan co. 1829. Metcalf, Emanuel, born Ill., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Mereia, Jacob, born Va., 1811 ; settled Morgan co. 1836. McDonald, A. N., born Scotland, 1823 ; settled Morgan co. 1835. Moss, J. B., born Tenn., 1816 ; settled Morgan co. 1827.
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Morrison, Robert Doc., born Va., 1811 ; settled Morgan co. 1832. Morrison, A. A. Mrs., born Ill., 1821 ; settled Morgan co. 1821; wife of Dr. R. M.
McCormack, J. L., born Ill., 1828 ; settled Morgan co. 1832.
Mansfield, James, born Ky., 1819 ; settled Morgan co. 1828.
Massey, Silas, born N. H., 1787 ; settled Morgan co. 1826 ; died 1873.
Mc Alistor, Mary O. Mrs., born Tenn., 1826 ; settled Morgan co. Novem- ber, 1827 ; daughter of V. Daniels.
McPherson, Wm. S., born Va. 1814 ; settled Morgan co. 1822. McElfresh, Greenberry, born Ky., 1832; settled Morgan co. 1834.
Osborn, Harrison, born Ga., 1800 ; settled Morgan co. 1830.
Pitner, Alex., born Tenn., 1804; settled Morgan co. 1824.
Parrott, R. D., born Ky., 1822 ; settled Morgan co. November, 1835. Petefish, Jolın R., born Ohio, 1825; settled Morgan co. Fall, 1830. Patterson, A. C., born Ky., 1823 ; settled Morgan co. November, 1830. Patterson, Wm. J., born Ky., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Patterson, Franklin H., born Ky., 1816 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Post, William, born N. Y., 1802 ; settled Morgan co. 1835. Petefish, Samuel H., born Va., 1824; settled Morgan co. 1835.
Petefish, N. M. Mrs., born Ill., 1828 ; settled Morgan co. 1828; wife of S. H. P.
Peters, Aaron, born Pa., 1796 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Peters, David, born Ohio, 1821 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Peters, Sarah Miss, born Ky., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Phillips, H. C., born N. C., 1812 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Petree, Francis, born N. C., 1792 ; settled Morgan co. 1821. Park, J. A., born Ky., 1818 ; settled Morgan co. 1831.
Patterson, Wm., born Ky., 1800 ; settled Morgan co. 1829.
Pitner, Jane W. Mrs., born Tenn., 1807 ; settled Morgan co. 1826 ; wife of Montgomery Pitner ; died 1875.
Redding, John, born Ill., 1824; settled Morgan co. 1824. Roach, Joseph, born Ill., 1828 ; settled Morgan co. 1828.
Ratikin, William, born Ky., 1816 ; settled Morgan co. December, 1829. Robertson, M. A., born Ill., 1824; settled Morgan co. 1824 ; wife of J. Robertson ; died 1867.
Robertson, Charles, born N. Y., 1800 ; settled in Morgan co. April, 1821; died 1877.
Reeve, Huram, born N. C., 1806 ; settled Morgan co. 1820; in St. Clair 1816.
Reeve, Isaac B., born N. C., 1804 ; settled Morgan co. 1820.
Reeve, John, born N. C_ 1802 ; settled Morgan co. March, 1820.
Rudisell, Harriett Mrs., born Ill., 1814 ; settled Morgan co. October 1821 ; wife of Daniel Rudisell.
Reed, Stephen H., born Ky., 1815 ; settled Morgan co. 1826.
Riggs, Milton W., born Ill., 1820; settled Morgan co. October, 1825; born in Lawrence co.
Ross, L. B., born Tenn., 1812; settled Morgan co. October, 1827. Richardson, William, born Eng., 1814; settled Morgan co. October, 1831. Rearick, Emma Mrs., born N. J., 1811 ; settled Morgan co. 1820 ; widow of Capt. G. D. R.
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Ruble, Jesse, born Tenn., 1797; settled Morgan co. 1826 ; died July, 1871.
Ruble, Richard, born Ill., 1825 ; settled Morgan co. 1825.
Reed, Maro M. L. Dr., born Conn., 1801; settled Morgan co. 1830; died 1877.
Reed, Elizabeth L. Mrs., born Conn., 1807 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Rodgers, Joseph W , born Ky. ; settled Morgan co. 1826.
Rudisell, Daniel, born Pa., 1799 ; settled Morgan co. 1830.
Rubart, Jacob, born Ill., 1831 ; settled Morgan co. 1831. Redding, J. N., born Ky., 1808 ; settled Morgan co. 1822. Reed, Abraham, born Ky., 1820 ; settled Morgan co. 1822. Rucker, C. C. Mrs., born N. J., 1792 ; settled Morgan co. 1824. Rude, Samuel W., born Ohio, 1818 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Rohrer, Albert, born Ill., 1830 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Rigg, A. P., born Ky., 1813 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Russell, Hezekiah, born N. C., 1792 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Redding, John, born Ill., 1824; settled Morgan co. 1824. Rynders, A., born N. Y., 1798 ; settled Morgan co. 1835. Roberts, James A., born Tenn., 1819 ; settled Morgan co. 1833. Roberts, Wm. H., born Tenn., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. 1833. Reynolds, Joseph, born Tenn., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1828. Rutledge, Wm. J., born Va., 1820 ; settled Morgan co. 1834. Reed, Wm. L., born Ill., 1811 ; settled Morgan co. 1822. Rorkwell, Wm., born Ill., 1827 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Richardson, B. B., born Tenn., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1821; died 1873. Riggs, Scott, born N. C., 1779 ; settled Morgan co. 1825.
Robertson, John, born Ill., 1823 ; settled Morgan co. 1823.
Stevenson, Benj. F., born Ky., 1816; settled Morgan co. May, 1829. Scott, Edward, born England, 1829; settled Morgan co. December, 1829; six months old when he arrived in America.
Stevenson, Wm., born Ky., 1814; settled Morgan co. November, 1829. Spates, Preston, born Ky., 1823 ; settled Morgan co. October, 1830. Stacy, James D., born Ill., 1828 ; settled Morgan co. June, 1828. Stacy, Martha A., born Ky., 1829; settled Morgan co. 1829. Stacy, Mathew, born Va., 1799; settled Morgan co. October, 1827. Stevenson, James, born Ky., 1813; settled Morgan co. October, 1829. Spotts, E. W., born Del., 1817; settled Morgan co. October, 1832. Sinclair, Watson, born Tenn., 1806 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Scott, Thomas, born England, 1821 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Stevenson, Elliott, born Ky., 1804 ; settled Morgan co. 1828. Smith, John, born Tenn., 1824; settled Morgan co. November 10, 1837. Stevenson, Fleming, born Ky., 1809; settled Morgan co. 1828; died December 24, 1874.
Smith, John, born Pa., 1790; settled Morgan co. 1824. Sample, David, born Ill., 1821; settled Morgan co. 1823. Stevenson, E. J. Mrs., born Ky., 1809; settled Morgan co. 1828. Simmons, David M., born Ky., 1826 ; settled Morgan co. 1828. Stockton, Allen, born Ky., 1810; settled Morgan co. 1830; lived and died within 100 yards where first settled; died 1871.
Spates, M. A. Mrs., born Kv., 1825; settled Morgan co. October, 1830 ; wife of Pres. Spates.
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Shaffar, Sophia Mrs., born Va., 1817; settled Morgan co. 1827. Simms, L. Black, born Ill .; 1817. Sturtevant, Julian M., born Conn., 1805; settled Morgan co. 1829. Sprague, Joshua, born N. Y., 1791 ; settled. Morgan co. 1828. Shepherd, Thornton, born N. C., 1795; settled Morgan co. 1830. Smith, Ashford, born Va., 1790; settled Morgan co. 1830. Sample, Charles, born Ill., 1818 ; settled Morgan co. 1823. Short, Samuel, born Va., 1804; settled Morgan co. 1829. . Stacy, Thomas P., born Ky., 1827; settled Morgan co. 1827. Scholey, Charles, born Tenn., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. 1832. Sheets, Isaac, born Ky., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Shelton, Martha E., born Pa., 1815 ; settled Morgan co. 1831. Simms, Wesley, born Ky., 1819 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Spiers, John, born N. C., 1798; settled Morgan co. 1830. Shepherd, Joseph J., born Ky., 1827; settled Morgan co. 1830. Sharpe, Jonathan, born Tenn., 1820 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Strawn, James G., born Ohio, 1824 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Stevenson, William, born Ky., 1813; settled Morgan co. 1829. Stribling, B. F. W., born Ky., 1819 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Sanders, L. F., born Va., 1809 ; settled Morgan co. 1835. Short, W. F., born Ohio, 1829 ; settled Morgan co. 1834. Sheffield, G. W., born Va., 1815; settled Morgan co. 1829. Storey, J. W., born Tenn., 1827; settled Morgan co. 1829. Simms, Silas, born Ky., 1814 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Smith, Samuel, born N. C., 1803 ; settled Morgan co. 1833. Samples, Andrew, born Ky., 1798; settled Morgan co. 1824. Seymore, John P., born N. C., 1828 ; settled Morgan co. 1831. Seymore, Bird, born N. C., 1808 ; settled Morgan co. 1831. Seymore, Jackson, born N. C., 1822; settled Morgan co. 1829. Steele, James, born' Pa., 1808; settled Morgan co. 1837. Saunderson, Thomas, born Tenn., 1816; settled Morgan co. 1827. Stagg, Isabella A., born Ill., 1830 ; settled Morgan co. 1830; daughter of D. Ingals.
Sibbald, Agnes W., born Scotland, 1820; settled Morgan co. 1836. Spaulding, Horace. Spaulding, Mrs.
Thompson, R. Davis, born Ky., 1811 ; settled.Morgan co. June, 1829. Trotter, W. D. R. Rev., born Ky., 1806 ; settled Morgan co. May, 1830. Thompson, J. Bradley, born Ky., 1814 ; settled Morgan co. June, 1827. Thomas, William, born Ky., 1802; settled Morgan co. Oct., 1826. Turnham, Joseph, born Ind., 1823 ; settled Morgan co. 1828. Turnham, John B., born Tenn., 1810 ; settled Morgan co. 1828. Tureman, George, born Ky., 1816 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Trotter, Joseph A., born Ind., 1830 ; settled Morgan co. 1831. Turner, W. D., born Ill., 1822; settled Morgan co. 1827, Turner, A. J., born Ill., 1814; settled Morgan co. 1828. Tunnell, Stephen, born Tenn., 1820; settled Morgan co. 1830. Thompson, N. B., born Ill., 1813 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Taylor, William, born Ky., 1814; settled Morgan co. 1821.
Van Winkle, Hiram, born Ky .; settled Morgan co. 1829.
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Vaughn, George C., born Va., 1816 ; settled Morgan co. 1830. Van Winkle, John, born Ga., 1800 ; settled Morgan co. 1827.
Whorton, John, born Ky., 1799 ; settled Morgan co. Oct. 1830. Wilson, John, born Ky., 1821 ; settled Morgan co. 1823.
Wilson, Charles R., born N. J., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. April, 1820 ; son of Aaron Wilson ; died 1873.
Wolcott, Elizur, born Conn., 1817; settled Morgan co. 1830. Westrope, John, born Ohio, 1805; settled Morgan co. 1828.
Wyatt, James L., born Ky., 1824 ; settled Morgan co. 1829. Wells, Alexander, born Pa., 1782; settled Morgan co. 1820 ; Ill., 1807. Wiswall, Samantha Mrs., born Vt., 1802; settled Morgan co. 1820 ; relict of Thomas Wiswall.
Williamson, Wm., born Ky., 1792 ; settled Morgan co. 1834. Williams, Samuel, born Ky., 1822; settled Morgan co. 1827. Wilson, John M., born Ky., 1815; settled Morgan co. 1824. Whitlock, H. G., born Ill., 1831; settled Morgan co. 1831. Walker, Alexander, born Ky., 1816 ; settled Morgan co. 1827. Wilson, C. J., born Tenn., 1817 ; settled Morgan co. 1832. Wyatt, E. M., born Ky., 1809 ; settled Morgan co. 1828. Waters, Z., born Ky., 1821; settled Morgan co. 1825. Wright, William, born Ky., 1808 ; settled Morgan co. 1829.
Wimmer, G. W., born Md., 1796; settled Morgan co. 1822; 1819, in Sangamon.
Young, Dudley, born Va., 1797 ; settled Morgan co. 1830.
THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
The first attempts at popular education in Morgan County, were made in the Winter of 1820-21. That winter a school was taught in a cabin of one of the settlers. But few scholars attended-there were few to attend-and the term lasted but a short time. The teacher received his pay in the currency of the time-coonskins and beeswax-and proba- bly, as in after years, " boarded 'round." The next year another simi- lar school was taught in the new settlements, and so continued until the settlement of the country justified the erection of a house for educational purposes. This was, like all buildings of its day, made of logs ; had no window glass, no stove, and a puncheon floor. The door was hung on a wooden hinge, a huge fire-place supplied heat, and on one side a log was left out, the interstice covered with greased paper to admit light.
The teachers of that day were generally of an itinerant class of ped- agogues, often with little learning. Among them, however, were some excellent teachers, who are yet kindly remembered by their pupils, now old men and old women.
The schools were always " pay schools," that is, each patron paid a certain amount per scholar, for the quarter. This pay almost always consisted in the common currency of pioneer times-coonskins and bees- wax. Peltry of various kinds was also used, for money was not to be had. These articles the master could use to pay his board, when he oc- cupied one place, or could exchange for other necessaries of life.
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HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY.
About 1833, Joseph Duncan, then a member of the General Assem- bly, introduced into that body a bill for the establishment and promotion of a system of common schools. The bill passed that body, and became a law. It, however, was like many other excellent measures, in advance of its time, and by the next legislature repealed. Nothing more was done until 1837, when at the session of 1836-7, Judge William Thomas, who has in various ways done so much for the State, drew up a bill, pre- sented it before the Assembly, and succeeded in having it passed. This bill was the foundation of the present common school system of Illinois. It was most admirable in its provisions for the schools, and with various amendments and alterations, is yet in force. Some time previous to its passage, the National Congress had passed an act dividing among the States a large fund, known as the Suffrage Act Fund. By its provis- ions Illinois had received as her share, over six hundred thousand dol- lars. The majority of the legislators wanted this fund to use in further- ing the great Internal Improvement System, then just culminating in the financial crash of 1837. The Judge, however, succeeded in securing half the fund for the benefit of the schools. The exact amount secured was $335,592.32. By this stroke of policy on the part of the Judge, this large sum of money was secured for the cause of education, and laid the basis of the generous support now given the schools.
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