AUTHORITIES CONSULTED


  • Alvord, Clarence W., The Illinois Country, 1672-1818. Springfield, 1920.
  • Asbury, Henry Illinois Form-Book; or Advice Concerning the Duties of Justices of the Peace and Constables. St. Louis, 1850, and revised edition, 1856.
  • Basler, Roy P. (editor), The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. Rutgers, 1953.
  • Birkbeck, Morris, Notes on a Journey in America from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois. London, 1818.
  • Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England. New York, 1858.
  • Boggess, Arthur C., The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830. Chicago, 1908.
  • Buck, Solon J., Illinois In 1818. Springfield, 1917.
  • Buley, R. Carlyle, The Old Northwest Pioneer Period, 1815-1840. Bloomington, 1950.
  • Brush, Daniel H., Growing Up With Southern Illinois, 1820-1861. Chicago, 1944.
  • Cartwright, Peter (Strickland, W.P., editor), Autobiography. Cincinnati, 1856.
  • Edwards, Ninian W., History of Illinois From 1778 to 1833; And Life And Times Of Edwards. Springfield, 1870.
  • Faragher, John M., Sugar Creek. New Haven, 1986.
  • Ferderal Land Survey Records, Illinois State Archives.
  • Fischer, David Hackett, Albion's Seed. New York, 1989.
  • Flower, George, History Of The English Settlement In Edwards County. Chicago, 1909.
  • Golden, Al and Anne, compilers, excerpted materials and current essays on the History Moultrie County. Sullivan, 1990-1991.
  • Hardingham, Martin, The Fabric Catalog. New York, 1978.
  • Howard, Robert P., Illinois, A History Of The Prairie State. Grand Rapids, 1972.
  • Jordan, Philip D., The National Road. Indianapolis, 1948.
  • krenkel, John H., Illinois Internal Improvements, 1818-1848. Cedar Rapids, 1958.
  • Larkin,Jack, The Reshaping Of Everyday Life, 1790-1840. New York, 1988.
  • Martin, I.J., Notes On The History of Moultrie County And Sullivan, Illinois. Sullivan, 1990.
  • Martin, R. Eden (editor), Fragments Of Martin Family History. Chicago, 1990.
  • Miller, Donald L., City of the Century, The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America. New York, 1996.
  • Montgomery, Florence M., Textiles In America: 1650-1870. New York, 1984.
  • Oliver, William, Eight Months In Illinois. Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1843.
  • Pease, Theodore C., The County Archives Of The State Of Illinois, Collections of the State Historical Society, Vol. XII. Springfield, 1915.
  • Pease, Theodore C., The Frontier State, 1818-1848. Chicago, 1922.
  • Peck, J.M., A Gazetteer Of Illinois. Philadelphia, 1837.
  • Pollock, Frederick, and Maitland, Frederic W., The History of English Law. Cambridge, 1895.
  • Pooley, William V., Settlement Of Illinois, 1830 to 1850. Madison, 1908.
  • Quaife, Milo M. (editor), Pictures Of Illinois One Hundred Years Ago. Chicago, 1918.
  • Quaife, Milo M., Chicago And The Old Northwest, 1873-1835. Chicago, 1913.
  • Riley, Glenda, The Female Frontier. Lawrence, 1988.
  • Smith, John W., History of Macon County, Illinois, From Its Organization To 1876. Springfield, 1876.
  • Sparks, Edwin E. (editor), The English Settlement In The Illinois. Cedar Rapids, 1907.
  • Strader, Helen W. and Benbow, Ruth W., Our Wandering Whitleys. 1974.
  • Waggoner, John G. and Boling, Clem M., The Waggoner Family. Sullivan, 1922.
  • Woods, John, Two Years' Residence On The English Prairie Of Illinois. Chicago, 1968.
  • ______, Combined History Of Shelby And Moultrie Counties, Illinois. Philadelphia, 1881.
  • ______, Daily Journal-Gazette, Centennial Edition. Mattoon, Illinois, September 1, 1955.
  • ______, Moultrie County News, Centennial Edition. Sullivan, Illinois, July 5, 1973.
  • ______, Moultrie County Heritage, various issues, published by The Moultrie County and Genealogical Society. Sullivan, Illinois.
  • ______, Portrait And Biographical Record Of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois. Chicago, 1891.

| Acknowledgements | Preface | Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three |
| Docket Book | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven |
| Authorities Consulted | Endnotes | Index |

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