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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Source:
History of Macon Co., Illinois
from its organization to
1876
By
John W. Smith, Esq.
of the Macon County Bar.
Springfield: Rokker's Printing House.
1876
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Portrait of Joseph Stephens |
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| PREFACE |
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| MEMORIAL LINES |
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CHAPTER I. - Illinois
-The Indians;
- Discovery of Illinois; Its Settlements;
- Its Government under the French, English, Canadians, Virginians, United
States Government, Northwestern Territory,
Indiana Territory, Illinois Territory, and State
Organization. |
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CHAPTER II.
- Macon County
- Its Organization; Original and present
boundaries; -
Partially finished - 9/24/2015
- Location of County Seat; Comparative advantages of County in location,
public sentiment, intelligence, business, etc.;
- Its settlement: where made, drawbacks, fencing, Speculators, markets,
ague, etc., etc. |
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III. - County Officers -
Partially finished - 9/24/2015
- County Commissioners' Court; County Court; Board of
Supervisors;
- Judges of Circuit Court; Judges of County Court; State's Attorneys;
- Masters in Chancery; Circuit Clerks;
- County Clerks;
- County Treasurers; Sheriffs;
- Circuit Courts;
- Charter of first cases; Early Juries;
- Attorneys;
Biographical sketches of all county
officers from organization of the county, etc. |
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CHAPTER IV
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Partially finished - 3/15/2024
- Record of the County in the Black Hawk war, Mexican war,
and Late war;
- Principal engagements each Company and Regiment participated in;
- Names of all who enlisted from Macon County, dates of enlistment,
discharge, and if killed or wounded, when and
where, etc. |
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CHAPTER V -
- Incidents connected
with the Early History of the County; Deep Snow;
Sudden Change; Hard trials and tribulations of
pioneer life; Games; Amusements; Bee Hunting,
Deer Hunting, etc., etc. |
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CHAPTER VI. - Churches of the County
- Methodist, Presbyterian, etc.;
- When Organized;
- Respective Pastors;
- Present condition, statistics, etc.;
- Sunday Schools;
- when organized, statistics, etc. |
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| CHAPTER VII. - Our Manufactures,
Improvements, Railroads, Agriculture, and
Present Status of Each. |
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CHAPTER VIII. - Our Cities, Towns
and Villages;
- Decatur, Maroa, Macon, etc.;
- Officers of Each. |
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CHAPTER IX. - - Our
Educational Interests;
- Early Schools;
- Ye Olde Schoolmaster;
- Early Methods of Teaching;
- School-houses and furniture;
- Comparison of Past and Present Educational Facilities;
- School Statistics, etc. |
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| CHAPTER X. -
Biographical Sketches
of Early Settlers who came here prior to 1836,
and their families, up to the Present time;
Births, Marriages, Deaths, etc. -
REWORKED
AND FINISHED 3/14/2024 |
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