INDEX


actions on account, 39
Adams, Gambrel, 66
Allenville, 27
alum,61
Apple, Henry S., 27, 45
Apple, Philip, 42
arbitration, 35, 42
Armantrout, Philip, 42
Assumpsit, 39, 76
Attachments, 41
Baker, C., 30
Baker, David, 28
Baker, Eum, 28
Baker, Jesse, 28
Baker, Joseph, 28
Baker, William, 28
Baldwin, John, 26
bees, 63
beeswax, 63
bits, 36, 60
blacksmith shop, 12, 20
Bolin family, 10
Bone family, 10
books, 63
bounties, 23, 29, 67
brands, 50
Breen, Thomas, 30
Bristow, Charles H., 15, 20
Bristow, Samuel P., 15
Brown, Daniel, 59, 60
Brown, John, 43
Brush, Daniel, 59, 60
Burr map, 13
Butter, 63
Calico, 59
Candy, 64
castor oil, 61
Cate, James, 40
cattle, 50, 52
Chapman map, 14
Charleston, 14
Chicago, 4
Christmas Day, 40
Circuit Court, 34, 36
Cochran's Grove, 14, 57
coffee, 61
coinage, 36, 60
Coles County, 11
Collins, William, 66
Combs, 61
constable, 35, 36, 40, 43
Cook, Elizabeth , 46
Cook, Patrick, 46
Cook's Mill, 9
Copperas, 60
cotton, 59, 60
County Commissioners
Court, 33, 34, 40
County Court, 34, 36
criminal jurisdiction,
Cromwell, Charles, 66
Currey, Thomas, 42
Danville, 12,
Darby map, 13
Davidson, John, 10
Davis, Daniel, 28
Davis, William W., 22,

23, 32, 65, 66 Dazey, Jonathan, 26
Debrewler, Anthony W. ,
45, 46
Decatur , 10, 13
Distilleries, 62
Dobbins, Thomas, 66
Dodson, Pleasant, 44
Domestic, 59
double jeopardy , 36
dram shop, 62
drill, 59
Duncan, Joseph , 26, 41
dyes, 60
East Nelson, 25, 27, 44
Easton, James, 45
Easton, William, 45
Eden, John R., xi, xii
Edmonds, George F.
(Fred), 12, 17
Edmonds, J.M., 17
Edwards, Gideon, 27, 53
Edwards, John, 28, 53
Egbert, Samuel, 26
Elder & Co., 39
Elder & Dasey, 39
Elder, Hugh M., 26
Elder, James, 26
Ellington, Daniel, 12, 13,
27, 30, 74
Ellis, Israel, 24, 42, 74
Essex, 16, 25, 26, 27
Essex House, 26
Estray Law, 49, 51, 53
Estray List, 23, 28, 49, 52
Ewing and Prentice, 26
Farlow, 27
Fayette County, 8, 33
feathers , 63
fees, 36
fences, 49
finders, 51, 52
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Fischer, David H., 21, 40
flannel, 59
flax, 59, 64
Fleming, Rhewann, 47
Flower, George, 11
Fourkner, Henry, 66
Freeman, Benjamin, 47, 78
Gaines, Alfred, 45
Gammill, Andrew A., 66
Garnishment, 41
Garrett, J.R., 22
Gays, xiv, 27
Ginger, 61
ginseng , 63
Goldsby, John, 44
Green, James G., 42, 43
Green, Thomas P., 42
Green, William, 42
Grocery, 55, 56, 62
Hamilton, Parmel, 44
Hanks, John, 11
Hanson, George, 17, 74
Harmon, Peter, 43, 44
Haydon, Ann Maria, 25
Haydon, Ben, 30
Haydon, Harriet, 13, 30
Haydon, John J., 30,
31, 45
Haydon, Mary E., 15
Haydon, W.L., 31
Haydon, William G., 11,
15, 17, 22, 23, 29, 37,
43, 55, 68, 74
Haydon, William, Jr., 30, 31
Haydon's tavern, 11, 12,
17, 29, 55
Hefton, Samuel, 27
Hendricks, Joseph, 27
Hendricks, William , 44
Henricks, Wm. B., 44
Henson & Linn, 26, 27
Herndon, William H., 49
hogs, 50, 52
Holeyfield, Emsey, 8
Horses, 50, 52
Hortenstine, E.D., 17
Hostetler, James, 27,
Huget, Cornelius, 66
Huggins, P.C., 27
Hugh, Samuel, 42, 43
Hunt, Jesse, 15, 17
Illinois Act Concerning
Attachments, 41
Illinois Central, 26
Illinois Estray Act, 51
Illinois Illegitimate
Children Act, 47
Illinois Supreme Court, 33
indians, 4, 5 indigo, 60
interest rates, 40
jackonet, 60
janes, 59, 63
Jay, Narcissa, 30
Jeans, 59, 63
Johnson, John, 66
Juliann, 16, 26
Jury, 35, 36
Justice of the Peace , 34, 46
Justice of the
Peace Act, 42
justice of the peace
docket book, 30, 33,
34, 38, 39
Kaskaskia, 4, 5, 56
Kennedy family, 10
Kennedy, John, 27, 41
Kickapoo Indians, 4
Kickapoo Point, 25
Killian, Albert, 26
Kirk, John, 27 Kirk, Peter, 27
Lace, 59
Land Ordinance
of 1785, 6
Landers, Felix, 26
Langford, Catharine, 66
Lemmons, Edward, 66
Lewis, Abram, 27 Lincoln, Abraham, 10
Linder, Elisha, 42
Lindley, Samuel, 9
Linen, 59
linsey-woolsey, 59
Little, Wright, 10, 27, 63
local option law, 62
Long, Elizabeth, 29
Lynn Creek church, xiv, 21
Lynn Creek church
Cemetery, 21
Lyon Skin, 60
Madder, 60
Maine law, 62
Marckel, Ephraigm, 39
Marks, 50
Marrowbone Creek , 10
Martin, Charles N., 53
Martin, I.J., xiv, 13,
14, 16, 67
Martin, James C., 53, 66
Martin, James L., 66
Martin, James Scott, xiv
Martin, Jane, 53
Martin, John, xiv, 28,
53, 61, 64
Martin, John Neely , xiv
Martin, Lewis, 46
Martin, Marry M., 46
Martin, Robert W., xiv
Martin, Samuel, 26, 44
Martin, Thomas M. , 53
Martin, William, 46
Martin, William Harvey,
Xiv, 21, 53
Mattoon, 14, 26
McClain, Moses, 66
McCunes , 10
Mexican stripe, 59
Miller, William, 41
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molasses, 61
Monson, Joel, 66
Montague, Dr., 26
Montague, S.N., 45
Montgomery, Robert,
65, 67
mortgage, 28, 65, 66
Moultrie County, 10, 25
Munson, George, 27, 41
Munson, Joel H., 41,
53, 66
Munson, Joseph, 27
Munson, Samuel, 53
Muslin, 59
Nabb, Charles W., 39
National road, 57
Nelson, 10, 16, 25,
26, 45, 46
Nelson, East, 25, 27, 44
North, John, 46
Notes, actions on, 40
Noyes, Ebenezer, 25, 27,
30, 46
Okaw, 5 Old Hunt Farm, 15
Oliver, William, 50, 55, 62
Owens, James, 45
ox teams, 56
Paints, Arthur, 60 palmleaf hats, 60
Panic of 1837, 25, 56
Paper, 63
Paradise, 14, 57
pasture land, 49
peace warrant, 44
Peck & Messinger, 13, 14
Peck's Gazetteer
of Illinois,
13, 56
plows, 8
Poor, James, 41
Poos, J., 45
post office, 13
Poewll, Nelson, 27 prairie, 6, 8, 11, 49
prince, 57
property tax assessment, 52
Pugh, Samuel, 42
puncheon , 21
Purvis family, 10, 25, 26
Purvis, James, 25, 26
Purvis, John G., 25, 26
Purvis, Thomas, 26
Radley, Hiram, 27
Railroads, 26, 27, 56
Randol, Thomas, 41
Rewards, 68
Rice, 61
Richardson, A., 26
Rodgers, Joseph, 26
Ryder, Simeon, 27
Saleratus, 61
Sand Creek, 25
Scotch-Irish, 21
Scott, Andrew, 9, 28,
53, 65, 66
Scott, Martha, 9
Scott, William, 30, 53,
61
Section 12, 5, 7, 12,
15, 17, 20
Seeley v. Peters, 49
Shanghai, 16, 25, 26, 27
Shawneetown, 4
Sheep, 51
Shelby County, 8, 24, 33
Shelbyville, 8, 13,
33, 57
Shelbyville and
Danville road, 12, 20, 57
Shirley, Isaac, 27 Siler, B.H., 53
Siler, B.W., 53
Silk, 59
Simmons, Francis H., 67
Sims, Garland, 42
Smith, Harman, 42
Smith, Theophilus W., 33
Smysor, Samuel, 27
Snyder, Henry, 46
Snyder, William, 26, 46
Snyders, 10
Solomon & Chaplain, 40
Spice, 61
Steamboat, 56
Store, 55
Stricklin, John, 44
Sugar, 61
Sullivan, xi, 14,
24, 25, 31
Sullivan Express, 31 Summit, 27, 48
summons , 35
supersedeas, 36, 43
Supreme Court
of Illinois, 33
survey, 5, 6, 7
tallow, 63
Tanner map, 13, 58
Tea, 61
temperance movement, 62
Terre Haute, 56, 57
Terre Haute, Alton and
St. Louis, 26, 27, 76
third-party debtors, 41
Thompson, Matthew, 27 ticking, 59
tobacco, 61
tow linen, 59
Townley, Harold (Ben), 17
Treaty of Edwardsville, 4
Trespass, 42
Vadakin, Philip, 26
Vandalia, 8, 33, 56, 57
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vest patron, 60
Vogel, John, 17, 20, 55
Voyles, Linda, 17, 20, 55
Voyles, Marvin, 17, 20, 55
Wabash river, 56
Wabash railroad, 27 Waggoner store, 55, 57
Waggoner, Amos, 8, 22,
23, 30, 31, 32, 39, 44,
45, 55, 57, 65, 66, 74
Waggoner, Dr. Edward E., 31
Waggoner, Elisha, 8, 74
Waggoner, Emsey, 8, 10
Waggoner, Frank M., 31
Waggoner, George, 8
Waggoner, Gilbert, 8, 9, 74
Waggoner Hotel, 31
Waggoner, Isaac, 8, 42, 74
Waggoner, Jr., Isaac, 8
Waggoner, John, 8
Waggoner, Joseph H., 31
Waggoner, Patsy, 9, 47, 78
Waggoner, Polly, 8
Waggoner, William, 42
Walker, Martin, 41
Ward, William L., 47, 78
Warrant, 35
water routes, 56
Webb, Noah, 8, 42
Webb, Richmond, 41
Welch, David, 66
Wheeler, R.B., 65, 67
Whiskey, 61, 62
Whitfield, Willis, 26
Whitley Creek, 5, 9, 12,
20, 69
Whitley Point, 3, 6, 8,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
20, 21, 24
Whitley Point Record
Book, 23, 24, 28, 32,
41, 55, 69 Whitley road, 6, 12,
20, 57
Whitley, John, 5, 9, 17,
22, 29, 74
Whitley, Jr., John, 8
Whitney and Morton, 26
Whitney, Henry C. , 30
Withington, Joseph , 27
Wolves, 67
Womack, Abner, 53
Womack, Esther, 45
Womack, Nathan, 53
Womack, Townson , 44
Wool, 59
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