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Always efficiently commanded, and evincing soldierly quali- ties in its first battle, the Regiment became in the days of its veteran existence one of the best drilled in the service. It was while encamped at Black River, Miss., after the Vicksburg cam- paigns, that the regiment under the skillful management of Lieut- Colonel Pearson, attained that high degree of discipline and pro- ficiency in drill for which it became known, and toward which it had been directed under Logan and White in the earlier days of the war. The latter fell at Donelson and deserved the title "the bravest of the brave."
Col. Pearson had been in service under General Prentiss before the organization of this Regiment, and early showed an aptitude for tactics and drill which made him a favorite with the field and staff, while his soldierly qualities displayed at Henry and Donelson endeared him to the rank and file. Hence he rapidly rose from the ranks, being promoted to Commissary Sergeant March 1, 1862; to Adjutant, May 16, 1862; to Major February 4, 1863, by the unanimous vote of the officers; to Lieut. Colonel July 1, 1863, and to Colonel September 26, 1864. On the 13th of March, 1865, he was breveted Brigadier General of Volunteers, for gallantry during the war.
Many of the soldiers and officers of the Regiment deserve special mention and lasting remembrance, but the space alloted for- bids a more extended account. To some of the men were awarded medals for gallantry; among them Sergeant George C. White of Company C., who, severely wounded in the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, resolutely and persistently refused to be carried to the rear.
The fighting qualities of this Regiment were displayed in 14 battles and 25 skirmishes of various degrees of importance. It witnessed the surrender of Buckner and the garrison at Donelson, the capitulation of Pemberton and his army at Vicksburg, the humiliation of Johnson and his force at Bentonville, and their final surrender near Raleigh. And a brilliant gem in its crown of glory is the fact of its organization as a "veteran" Regiment, at a time when the Union cause stood so much in need of trained and tried soldiers to complete the overthrow of armed rebellion and to establish upon the ruins of anarchy and slavery a "government of the people, by the people and for the people."
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CHAPTER XXI LAND ENTRIES FROM 1360 TO 1920
After the Civil War was completed, the settlement of new land continued in Union County until 1920 when the last tract of land belonging to the government was bought by Mr. Daisy.
Rich Precinct added John Davie, 26.46 acres; John J. Dem- ming, 26.46 acres; Jacob Bradshaw, 26.46 acres; Wm. J. Stout, 382.71 acres; Lorenzo D. Stout, 60.72 acres; Henry C. Stout, 20.72 acres; George W. Owen, 20,72 acres; R. E. Henderson, 40 acres; William J. Shepard, 40 acres; William Terry, 200 acres; Pleasant Henley, 40 acres; Fannie Saddler, 40 acres; James N. Sanders, 129.36 acres; Jefferson Rendleman, 47 acres; Wm. V. Sanders, 47.06 acres; Jasper W. Damron, 40 acres; Marcus L. Fly, 40 acres; James E. Ililler, 40 acres; Jasper N. Damron, 120 acres; James Watson, 27.92 acres; John D. Watson, 27.92 acres; John W. Hiller, 129.68 acres; John D. Watson, 27.92 acres; Lewis P. Holland, 30 acres; William Rhodes, 71.29 acres; Wm. H. Dodge, 40.40 acres; Daniel Matlock, 40.40 acres; Orvil W. Bargs, 40.40 acres; Lucy L. Fuller, 40 acres; David Bargs, 40 acres; John Watson, 40 acres; Solomon Sitter, 80 acres; Robert Elmore, 40 acres; Frank M. Agnew, 80 ceres; Jessie Watson, 40 acres; Enoch Hack, 40 acres; Irvin C. Batson. 40 acres; Franklin Roach, 40 acres; Henry Culp, 40 acres; Abel Baker, 40 acres: Daniel S. Davie, 40 acres; Robert S. Hopkins, 40 acres; T. J. McBride, 80 acres; Jessie G. Lindsay, 40 acres: Jacob G. Hunsaker, 40 acres; William Hudson, 120 acres; Jasper W. Damron, 40 acres; Pleasant Henley, 80 acres; David Fries, 40 acres; Elisha and Zach Hughes, 40 acres; Charles P. Coleman, 40 acres; William W. Inscore, 80 acres; Benjamin F. Green, 80 acres; John L. Coleman, 40 acres; Richard Gist, 40 acres; John Carter, 40 acres; John Gist, 40 acres; Marion C. Coleman, 80 acres; Ab- solom W. Coleman, 40 acres; Lawrence D. Coleman, 40 acres; George Johnson, 40 acres; Elizabeth Smith, 40.40 acres Susan Vancil, 41.20 acres; William Sladden, 42.21 acres; Lavina W. Hen- derson, 80 acres; James O. Hale, 40 acres; Christ Landis, 40 acres; John Randall, 120 acres; John Freeze, 40 acres; Wm. A. Harris, 40 acres; E. D. Turner, 40 acres; Pleasant P. Peeler, 80 acres; William Rendleman, 174.39 acres; Joshua Thompson, 31.36 acres; Mary Robinson, 40 acres; Charles D. Bush, 40 acres; Daniel Sifford, 40 acres; Richard W. Lisk, 40 acres; David Gow, 240 acres; Henry E. Clarke, 40 acres; Wlliam H. Kerr, 40 acres; Peter A. Stout, 40 acres and Larkin F. Brooks, 40 acres.
Additional lands entered in Lick Creek Precinct were: Gail Henson, 40 acres; Marion C. Coleman, 40 acres; Joseph Lingle, 40 acres; William Hudson, 40 acres; John S. Jones, 120 acres; George H. Jones, 40 acres; Elizabeth Trees, 40 acres; William A. Johnson, 40 acres; Matthew Brooks, 40 acres; Lewis Jones, 40 acres; Marshall Jones, 40 acres; Pleasant Henley, 40 acres; L. D. Coleman, 40 acres; Edwin Wiggs, 40 acres; Wm. T. Hood, 40 acres; James H. Kirby, 40 acres; Andrew J. Gourley, 40 acres; Hiram N. Hood, 80 acres;
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Thomas A. Hogy, 40 acres; George T. McGinnis, 40 acres; Thomas Gourley, 40 acres; William Roberts, 77.38 acres; John H. Boswell, 77.91 acres; James H. Gallegly, 38.69 acres; Andrew L. Grugett, 39.23 acres; Wm. H. Corbitt, 39.24 acres; Francis F. Keller, 39.24 acres; Isaac W. Davis, 40 acres; Austin A. O'Neill, 120 acres; Powell Toler, 40 acres; Hezekialı O'Neal, 40 acres; James Corbitt, 40 acres; James A. Brown, 41.72 acres; Soloenon H. Sitter, 41.73 acres; John S. Grugett, 83.56 acres; F. E. Scarsdale, 120 acres; Thomas J. Jolly, 40 acres; Henry Plater, 40 acres; Lexander W. Nimmo, 40 acres; W. J. Rudick, 40 acres; Eva McLane, 40 acres; William C. Brasel, 40 acres; Winstead Davie, 120 acres; Harrison Elkins, 40 acres; Sylvester Hileman, 40 acres; David W. McGinnis, 40 acres; John H. Boswell, 280 acres; James F. Dick, 80 acres and James Miller, 40 acres.
Saratoga Precinct added William B. Todd, 40 acres; John Hunter, 40 acres; R. M. Dawson, 40 acres; James D. Brooks, 87.49 acres; Susan Mannenger, 43.74 acres; Marion J. Sitter, 44.96 acres; John Highland, 44.96 acres; Franklin W. Carothers, 40 acres; Jessie R. Brown, 80 acres; Henry C. George, 240 acres; James B. Hall, 40 acres; Esan Griffith, 40 acres; Wm. N. Corlis, 40 acres; Elizabeth M. Todd, 40 acres; John W. Williams, 40 acres; James B. Wall, 40 acres; Ben Vancil, 40 acres; Peter Williams, 40 acres; John N. Penninger, 160 acres; Williams Murphy, 200 acres and Lafayette Murphy, 40 acres; George Clutts, 40 acres; Peter Norrix, 80 acres; Frederick Baker, 40 acres; D. M. Sisk, 40 acres; William J. Harkley, 40 acres; William J. Stout, 40 acres; John Randall, 40 acres; Joseph Lingle, 40 acres; Elijah Beckwith and John C. Fuller, 40 acres; Florence K. Baker, 40 acres; Andrew Duckshied, 40 acres; John Stephens, 40 acres; J. W. Hambleton, 40 acres; Rhoda A. Reward, 40 acres; J. B. Coulter, 40 acres; Garrett H. Baker and Wm. Chase, 45.54 acres; Henry Ede, 45.54 acres; Garrett H. Baker, 45.54 acres; I. N. Phillips, 45.85 acres; Eliza B. Finley, 45.85 acres; Lewis N. Ashley, Ben L. Wiley and David L. Phillips, 40 acres; Matthias Clemens, 40 acres; Christian Nordling, 40 acres; Joseph Metz, 40 acres; Alexander. Johnston, 40 acres; John M. Rich, 40 acres; Samuel C. Walker, 40 acres; Thomas H. Bean, 40 acres; Wm. J. Jones, 40 acres; Susannah Barringer, 40 acres; Daisy and Gertrude Buck, 40 acres; Joseph Bigler, 35.84 acres; Adam Buck, 35.84 acres; Charles Howenstein, 35.83 acres; Ephriam M. Powell, 40 acres; George W. Williams, 40 acres; Joseph Williams, 40 acres and Richard H. Davis, 40 acres.
Stokes Precinct was increased by John Emerson, 40 acres; Iva Green, 40 acres; Henry M. Halterman, 40 acres; John Earn- hadrt, 40 acres; Henry G. W. S. Cline, 40 acres; J. F. Halterman, 40 acres; James P. Wiggs, 40 acres; Richard T. Wiggs, 40 acres; Miles M. Arnhart, 40 acres; William D. Toler, 80 acres; John B. Stokes, 40 acres; George A. Stout, 40 acres; Samuel O. Stout, 40 acres; Samuel O. Slocet, 120 acres; William Homes, 40 acres; Henry
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Mangold, 40 acres; John C. Mackey, 40 acres; George Penninger, 336.11 acres; Charles Sommers, 40 acres; David Davis, 165.37 acres; John W. Speck, 80 acres; Edmond H. Hileman, 40 acres; James C. Lingle, 40 acres; William T. Boswell, 40 acres; Polly Ann Conder, 40 acres; William Stodder, 40 acres; Henry Mangold, 40 acres; James W. Woodward, 80 acres; John Ballard, 40 acres; Jonathan Boswell, 89.79 acres; James McIntire, 80 acres; Wilhelm Hazemann, 80 acres; Elizabeth Newton, 80 acres; James T. Mackey, 40 acres; Elizabeth Newton, 40 acres; Francis M. Henard, 40 acres; D. M. Jones, 40 acres; James W. Clifford, 93.34 acres; James T. Hughes, 80 acres; John G. Sherwood, 80 acres; James F. Hood, 40 acres; John H. Pool, 40 acres; James A. Penrod, 40 acres; Jamies Ballard, 48.79 acres; Nathan Karraker, 88.79 acres; Adaline Pen- rod, 48.79 acres; Joseph Conder, 49.74 acres; William and Ben A. Conder, 49.74 acres; William Hinkle, 49.74 acres; William George Davis, 49.74 acres; John Smoot, 40 acres; Thomas Smith, 40 acres; Adam F. Hoffner, 80 acres; Jolin Ballard, 40 acres; and George W. Sheffer, 40 acres.
Dongola added Peter Verbie, 56.82 acres; Henry W. Otrich, 96.86 acres; William T. Smoot, 40 acres; James H. Kelley, 40 acres; James A. Penrod, 40 acres; Lucinda Keller, 80 acres; Michael D. Clifford, 40 acres; Daniel Keller, 40 acres; Riley Daywalt, 40 acres; Meredith Keller 40 acres; Joseph M. Clifford, 80 acres; John P. Daywalt, 40 acres; Robertson C. Corzine, 40 acres; James T. Hughes, 40 acres; John Clifford, 40 acres; J. K. Adams, 40 acres; Sylvester A lams, 160 acres; Levi Penrod, 200 acres; Josiah E. Brown, 40 acres; Daniel C. Boggs, 40 acres; James A. Penrod, 80 acres; Barbara Penrod, 280 acres; David Penrod, 80 acres; G. D. Corzine, 40 acres; Mary Ann Lence, 49.16 acres; Peter Lence, 49.16 acres; Monroe Dillow, 89.50 acres; Jacob C. Dillow, 49.50 acres; Frederick Schluter, 129.50 acres; Simeon D. Corzine, 49.50 acres; Samuel B. Poor, 120 acres; S. A. D. Rogers, 40 acres; John C. Keller, 40 acres; Jacob Douglas, 40 acres; Henry Meisenheimer, 80 acres; Stephen T. Baston, 160 acres; Thomas E. Carlock, 40 acres; James A. Karraker, 40 acres; Jacob Beggs, 120 acres; John F. Beggs, 40 acres; Jacob Peeler, 40 acres; James W. Hogan, 80 acres; Moses O. Felker, 40 acres; Henry Hess, 40 acres; John R. Casper, 40 acres; Daniel F. Beggs, 80 acres; Thomas Misenheimer, 40 acres; Sarah C. Wilhelm, 40 acres; Robert Harris, 80 acres; Thomas Smoot, 40 acres; Jacob Graham, 40 acres; William Gifford, and Benjamin Ladd, 181.03 acres; Joseph Minnie, 50.62 acres; Lewis Misenheimer 50.51 acres; Adde Aden, 130.51 acres; R. H. Kinkead, 50.62 acres; Henry C. George, 50.62 acres; Edward Cohl, 80 acres; Andrew T. Mulcahy, 40 acres; Rebecca A. Patrick, 40 acres; William W. Sheffer, 40 acres; Rufus M. Lingle, 40 acres; W. E. Simpson, 40 acres; John H. Taylor, 40 acres; William Hinkle, 40 acres; Miles E. Kestler, 40 acres; Caroline Aden, 40 acres; Rufus Monroe, 40 acres; Elizabeth Sherfley, 40 acres; Levi McIntosh, 80 acres; George Eller, 40 acres; Giles C. Casper, 40 acres; Jacob D. Benton,
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40 acres; Peter Lence, 40 acres; Robert Dickson, Jr., 40 acres; Joseph Schlegel, 40 acres; Anthony Peeler, 40 acres; Maurice B. Lawrence, 40 acres; Samuel Lence, 40 acres; William S. Hammers, 40 acres; Julia A. Littel, 40 acres; Jessie Peeler, 40 acres; Susan Davalt, 40 acres; N. G. Miller, 40 acres and John Peeler, 40 acres. Anna precinct added Robert Chatham, 40 acres; James M. Williams, 40 acres; Wm. W. Kirkpatrick, 40 acres; Jacob Hileman, 80 acres; Edward Ryan, 40 acres; Andrew Eaves, 80 acres; Joshua Thompson, 40 acres; Edward Robinson, 40 acres; Tilman Manus, 40 acres; Peter F. Williams, 80 acres; J. H. Goddard, 40 acres; Lucinda M. Finley, 40 acres; Sarah A. Underwood, 40 acres; Joseph Wood, 40 acres; David A. Parker, 80 acres; John L. Freeze, 40 acres; John Corzine, 41.75 acres; William F. Otrich, 41.75 acres; Benjamin J. Keith, 83.25 acres; Martin V. Brown, 40 acres; Thomas Dale, 40 acres; Adam Verble, 40 acres, and James Whalen, 80 acres.
Cobden was increased by Joshua Thompson, 28.27 acres; Augusti Bailston. 28.77 acres; Thomas L. Bailey, 57.40 acres; George C. Hanford, 28.70 acres; Young J. Vancil, 28.70 acres; William Har- per and Ulrich Esyinger, 40 acres; William Trickler, 40 acres; Frederick Schelker, 40 acres; Rebecca O'Donnel, 40 acres; Daniel Sullivan, 40 acres; Francis M. Smith, 25.37 acres; V. M. Foley, 145.01 acres; Sylvanuss J. Morris, 47.82 acres; James T. Wallace, 28.90 acres; J. P. Hodges, 44.23 acres; Joel Nance, 44.23 acres; John Parmley, 40 acres; John Lamkins, 40 acres; Claude Perrie, Jean Boyce, Charles Banerd and Andrew Thomas, 120 acres; Albert J. Hanford and Joseph Carpenter, 40 acres; John P. Reese, 40 acres; Charles W. Pelton, 40 acres; John Lockard, 40 acres; Alonzo DuBois, 40 acres; Matthew Stokes, 40 acres; Sanford and Mary Topping, 40 acres; Napoleon B. Walker, 40 acres; William C. Rich, 40 acres; H. W. McKile and James W. Sweitzer, 40 acres; Lewis P. Holland, 40 acres; Lazarus B. Andrey, 40 acres; R. B. Thompson, 80 acres; John T. Calvert, 40 acres; Samuel Kasht, 40 acres; Alfred H. Brooks, 40 acres; John Davie, 40 acres; Thomas L. Bailey, 40 acres; Ephriam Kimmel, 40 acres; Peter Clutts, 40 acres; John Ferrill, 40 acres; John Clutts, 40 acres; Marian Murphy, 40 acres; Edward C. Lawrence, 40 acres; Judy Hopkins, 40 acres; David L. Davie, 40 acres; Philander Bird, 40 acres; Persis Holcomb, 40 acres; William L. Wilkinson, 40 acres; George Snyder, 40 acres; Spencer Sammons 40 acres; Silas Sifford, 40 acres; John Buck, 40 acres; Daniel Sifford, 40 acres; Richard W. Lisk, 40 acres; David Gore, 240 acres; Henry E. Clark, 40 acres; William H. Kerr, 40 acres; Peter Clutts, 40 acres; Cynthia A. Stout, 40 acres; Larkin F. Brooks, 40 acres; William L. Lence, 40 acres; Josiah J. Morefield, 40 acres; John H. Barringer, 40 acres, John Buck, 120 acres; Anton Blessing, 30.90 acres; Anton Smukowski, 30.89 acres; Nathaniel Green, 118.69 acres; Sherod Wiggs and John C. Hill, 40 acres; James C. Hill, 40 acres; Peter Bechta, 40 acres; John Kerr, 40 acres; Samuel M. Brown, 46.50 acres; Franz Petsch, 204.93 acres; Cornelius Anderson,
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40 acres; Susan S. Launer, 80 acres; Elias Dilday, 40 acres; John S. and Susan S. Launer, 40 acres; John and Adam Buck, 40 acres; ucorge Walker, 100 acres; Edwin N. Blanchard, 20 acres; Benjamin F. Ross, 40 acres; Elize A. Brown, 40 acres; William A. Kirby, 40 acres; Edward Daniel, 80 acres and John Limbert, 40 acres.
Additions to Alto Precinct were Jacob F. Blessing, 42.93 acres; Willis Lamer, 47.24 acres; Alexander Smith, 42.93 acres; William R. Martin, 44.31 acres; Anna Corgell, 40 acres; David Smith, 40 acres; Philip Zimmerman, 40 acres; Charles M. Corgell, 40 acres; Benjamin F. Holmes, 40 acres; Elias Dilday, 40 acres; Simon P. Casey, 40 acres; James C., Mary W., and Nettie H. Hawk- ins, 40 acres; Cyrus Herald, 135.44 acres; Alfred Klutts, 49.19 acres; Thomas M. Sturgian, 45.06 acres; William Martin, 45.06 acres; Moses Emery, 40 acres; Robert M. Jennings, 176.48 acres; Daniel Bellow, 41.50 acres; James A. Batson, 41.49 acres; John Buck, 41.49 acres; James M. Gulley, 34.09 acres; Zachariah Lyerle,. 34.09 acres; Frankie Dodge, 34.09 acres; Joseph E. Frost, 40 acres; James M. Partel, 40 acres; William Butcher, 40 acres; John Starnes, 40 acres; Joseph Minton, 40 acres; Benjamin F. Scott, 40 acres; Mark Aldridge, 40 acres; John M. Robinson, 40 acres; Charles F. Walker, 40 acres; Napoleon B. Collins, 40 acres; Wm. R. Purtle, 40 acres; Walter K. Underwood, 40 acres; Jessie Mayfield, 40 acres; Moses Laning, 80 acres; Wm. R. Lee, 40 acres; George H. Staton, 40 acres; Henry C. Freeman, 40 acres; Wm. R. Abernathie, 40 acres; Joshua Lewis, 40 acres; Michael McDamott, 40 acres; Joel Manning, 120 acres; Isaac S. Plott and John C. Fuller, 40 acres; Walter R. Underwood, 40 acres; Jacob R. Rhodes, 34.18 acres; Ann W. Smith, 80 acres; William Stadden, 80 acres; Harris Rendleman, 80 acres; A. J. Miller, 80 acres; Mary Underwood, 40 acres; Henry Rendleman, 40 acres; James Corbitt, 40 acres; Geo. W. James, 40 acres; G. W. James, 40 acres; Wm. Lilley, 40 acres; James Simp- son, 40 acres; Mary M. Houser, 40 acres; Jessie Glasco, 40 acres; Rebecca C. Gregory, 40 acres; George W. Abernathie, 40 acres; Emma Hillyer, 40 acres; Roland W. Purdue, 40 acres; David B. F. Myers, 40 acres; David S. Rendleman, 40 acres; William Balch Todd, 440 acres; George H. Vancil and William B. Todd, 80 acres; William F. Bittle, 40 acres; Lewis F. Bittle, 40 acres; John J. Mc- Roberts, 60 acres; George F. Myers, 40 acres; Andrew Smith, 80 acres; Herman E. Schnenyd, 80 acres; Benjamin Ogle Taylor, 2147.95 acres; Zachariah Lyerley, 120 acres; Louisa Dobschutz, 80 acres; Adam Smith, 40 acres; Henry A. Fite, 80 acres; James H. Esher, 40 acres; Wm. H. Green, 320 acres; Jackson Carter, 80 acres; Jacob Rendleman, 80 acres; Frank A. Grisert, 40 acres; Jessie G. and Isadore L. Lindsey, 43.18 acres; Thomas A. E. Holcomb, 43.18 acres; Cornelius King, 80 acres; John Cauble, 40 acres; Charles Bridgeman, 40 acres; Mortimer Hunsaker, 80 acres; Perry D. Riley, 120 acres; Janitta Green, 40 acres and William H. Finch, 40 acres.
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LAND ENTRIES FROM 1860 TO 1920
Jonesboro is increased by Henry A. Reixel, 31.73 acres; William W. Kirkpatrick, 96.37 acres; Cornwall Kirkpatrick, 32.91 acres; Eliza Dobschets, 72.91 acres; James Y. Carenip, 32.91 acres; John Cassel, 40 acres; Sylvia Austin, 40 acres; Cyrus S. Freeman, 40 acres; Adam Buck and John S. Buck, 40 acres; Edwin Saddler, 40 acres; John W. Whitans, 62.76 acres; Mary T. Kelley, 31.37 acres; James A. Vance, 40 acres; James Costigan, 299.03 acres; Jacob R. Rhodes, 75 acres; Henry Sherrill, 40 acres; John Lyerle, 200 acres; Ephriam F. McLafferty, 40 acres; Francis Klein, 40 acres; Andrew Lyerly, 80 acres; William S. Brown, 40 acres; Wil- liam Postlewait, 80 acres; James E. Brown, 40 acres; Henry Nicholas, 40 acres; Charles Daugherty, 40 acres; Harrison Saddler, 40 acres; Peter Casper, 40 acres; William Winn, 40 acres; William Stadden, 40 acres; George W. Lyerle, 33.50 acres; Lafayette Rich, 80 acres; Dennis Batson, 40 acres; James W. Batson, 40 acres; Zachariah H. Corzine, 80 acres; Ezekiel Pitts, 40 acres; Jacob Veith, 40 acres; Jessie Ware and Lafayette Rich, 40 acres; James Morgan, 80 acres; Jessie Ware, 40 acres; Samuel Dodds, 40 acres; Herman L. Frick, 40 acres; Anson B. Codding, 40 acres; John Brown, 40 acres; Jolin Winchester, 80 acres; Kate Kratzinger, 150.43 acres; Martin V. Ussery, 80 acres; John R. Cover, 120 acres; Narcissa Roberts, 80 acres; James R. Reynolds, 40 acres; F. W. Pott, 160 acvres; Sameul H. Tripp, 40 acres; Isaac L. Axley, 80 acres; Zelpla Alice Aikman, 40 acres; Isaac W. Albright, 40 acres; Mary E. Barber, 40 acres; J. B. Barber, 40 acres; Charles W. Olsen, 40 acres; Mrs. Mary A. Walter, 80 acres; Charles W. Olson, 40 acres; Moses Lingle, 40 acres; Soren C. Jenson, 40 acres; Michael Corrils and Hay Schmits, 40 acres; David and Hiram Myers, 40 acres; Joseph Duschl, 36.94 acres; Paul Frick, 80 acres and Winstead Davie, 40 acres.
Mill Creek added Solomon Dillow, 40 acres; Jacob Barnhart, 80 acres; Michael Heilig, 51.68 acres; Joseph Rymer, 51.68 acres; Solomon Miller, 51.27 acres; John M. Miller, 51.27 acres; Amanda Hams, 51.27 acres; Horace F. Chrisenberry, 40 acres; Robert Mays, 40 acres; Stephen Smitty, 40 acres; Richie J. Brown, 40 acres; John A. Dillow, 40 acres; Sidney Cruse, 40 acres; George H. Rimer, 40 acres; Anthony Peeler, 80 acres; Daniel K. Holshouser, 40 acres; and Alfred Cauble, 40 acres.
Misenheimer Precinct added Elijah W. Anderson, S0 acres; Martin V. Eaves, 80 acres; Adolphus A. Fulenwider, 40 acres; Izetta M. Fulenwider, 80 acres; George W. Brown, 40 acres; Fred Seegar, 320 acres; Michael Hehenberger, 40 acres; James M. Good- man, 40 acres; Jacob Webber, 40 acres; John Kamm, 40 acres; Johan Meyer, 40 acres; Wm. H. Goodman, 40 acres; Peter Weaver, 40 acres; John M. Grieb, 80 acres; John Becker, 40 acres; Alfred Misenheimer, 120 acres; The Silica Co. of Chicago, 440 acres; John Scott Hileman, 40 acres; William R. Hileman, 40 acres; John Light, 40 acres; Henry Dillow, 40 acres; John N. Misenheimer, 40 acres;
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Paul Dillow, 40 acres; Peter Dillow, 80 acres; Joseph Dillow, 40 acres; Henry Rimer, 40 acres; Charles Dillow, 40 acres; M. W. Clutts, 80 acres; Elijah Miller, 40 acres; Wiley Dillow, 80 acres; William R. Hileman, 40 acres; George Mowery, 40 acres; Elijah Mowery, 40 acres; Jeff Lingle, 40 acres; Samuel Hargrave, 40 acres; Joseph Simpson, 40 acres; Jacob H. Poole, 160 acres; Herman Schmidtke. 40 acres; Eliza Bell, 80 acres; Joshua C. Vick, 40 acres; and Rudolph Kesserman, 603 acres.
Reynolds Precinct added Henry Rymer heirs, 80 acres; Wil- liam W. Cummins, 40 acres; E. Abernathie and A. T. Sams, 200 acres; Joseph Baker, 14.13 acres; Coswell Brimm, 40 acres; Levi A. Dillard, 120 acres; William Humphrey, 40 acres; Walter Jones, 80 acres; Alfred Misenheimer, 40 acres; J. L. Misenheimer, 80 acres; Wm. R. Reynolds, 80 acres; William J. Harrison, 40 acres; John T. G. Linn, 79.70 acres; Cornelius Perry, 40 acres; Reid Green, 120 acres; John C. Kelley, 80 acres; Samuel H. Frost, 40 acres; Henry A. Fite, 40 acres; Jessie E. Lentz, 40 acres; Nath- aniel G. Miller, 40 acres; Giles M. Misenheimer, 41.20 acres; Michael Canes, 41.20 acres; Jacob T. Misenheimer, 200 acres; Joseph A. Fulenwider, 80 acres; Jacob M. Hileman, 80 acres; Jacob E. Brady, 40 acres; Henry Rendleman, 40 acres; Charles Dillow 120 acres; Winstead Davie, 40 acres; Kenneth Hargrave, 162.04 acres; Jessie Ware, 120 acres; Lydia E. Sanders, 40 acres; Jessie Lentz, 120 acres; and Alfred Lence, William H. Walker, George W. Day, Philetas E. Hileman, Tilman M. McNeeley, George J. Andrews, John D. Wilson, Charles Walker, David Kimmel and Jacob Brady, 40 acres.
Union Precinct was increased by A. J. Parmley, 40 acres; Andrew J. Lyerle, 40 acres; John L. Shirley, 120 acres; Charles C. Smith, 80 acres; Frank Petsch, 40 acres; Harvey A. DuBois, 80 acres; David W. Karraker, 80 acres; Daniel W. Brown, 80 acres; Andrew J. Daisy, 480 acres (in 1920); Wm. H. Green, 80 acres; Wm. C. Rich, 80 acres; Francis Lingle, 32.50 acres; Andrew J. Lemmons, 32.50 acres; Adam Lyerle, 32.50 acres; and Benjamin Ogle Taylor, 34.75 acres.
Preston added James McCann, 38.68 acres; George W. Smith, 43.95 acres; Charles E. Anderson, 120 acres and William Wright, 40 acres.
George W. Fithian entered 8346.97 acres in 1904 in the hill-lands of the county.
Between the row of hills running north and south in the western part of the county and the river was a number of small lakes and much swamp land. In 1857 part of this land was sold for from 5c to $1.00 per acre, for $278.00. In 1867 the remaining swampland in the county was sold for $11,770.71, making a total of $12,048.71 for about 30,000 acres of land. Most of this land was around Clear Creek and what was once known as the lake sections in Reynolds, Union and Preston Precincts. About 1000 acres of swampland was located in Stokes and Dongola Precincts. This part
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was purchased by H. Williams of Cairo, Morgan Stokes, Isaac Davis and James Miles.
The rest of the land along the river was sold to H. Williams, Cairo, Ill .; Jacob McClure, Jonesboro; Caleb Trees, Union County; John Daugherty, Jonesboro; James Luse, St. Louis, Mo .; James Chadwick, St. Louis, Mo .; George Kimmel, Union County; G. W. Morgan, Union County; C. Hileman, Union County; W. C. Pender, Jonesboro; I. W. McClure, Alexander County; John Baltzell, Union County; Sarah J. Hampton, Union County; J. E. Naill, Jonesboro; A. L. Spring and brother, Preston, Ill .; John Stearns, Jonesboro; W. H. Norris, Union County; Robert Sublett, Union County; B. DeWitt, Union County; T. C. James, Union County; Davie and Sublett, Union County; William Green, Union County; Isaac Miller, Union County; P. D. Kelley, Illinois; M. Hunsaker, Jonesboro; G. W. Lemly, Union County; R. B. Merriman, Jonesboro; W. C. Pen- der, Union County; James Evans, Union County; Sarah E. Mc- Kinney, Union County; Jessie Ware, Union County; and Hugh An- drews, Silas Hess, Charles Barringer, J. H. Samson, W. C. Rich, M. M. Goodman and Caleb M. Lyerly, all of Union County.
These lakes and swamp lands were used for hunting, trapping and fishing grounds for many years. A later chapter will show how the lakes and swamps were drained to make the land available for agriculture.
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CHAPTER XXII
THE GROWTH OF POPULATION AFTER 1860
According to the United States Census Reports, Union Coun- ty had a population of 11,145 in 1860, 16,370 in 1870, 17,830 in 1880, 21,549 in 1890, 22,610 in 1900, 21,856 in 1910, 20,249 in 1920 and 19,883 in 1930. It will be interesting to see what the re- sults of the present census will be since two large new industries have been established here since 1930.
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