I little time off for my research. This is a sideline but still related and I would like more information on this family if you have any to share: William Randolph b. 1793 From the 1882 history: "Another prominent old settler was William RANDOLPH, who was a native of NC (census says VA). He moved with his father to VA when he was a mere lad, where he remained until he grew to manhood. In the fall of 1830 he moved with his family to this township (Tunbridge). His family consisted of his wife (Matilda) and eight children, Levi, Love, Polly, Willoughby, Sarah, William, Josiah, and J.H. (John H.). His mode of transit was the Southern style four-horse crooked bed wagon, which was driven by one of the parties who rode the wheel horse using one line. The first house occupied was a pole cabin with a stick chimney, and the ground for a floor. The spring following he traded one of his horses and the wagon for eighty acres of land of Elisha BUTLER. This was the spring following the winter of the "deep snow". This year Mr. RANDOLPH ploughed and planted a few acres of corn, but the spring being late, and the summer cold, the early frosts cut the crop so severely that it did not mature. It was in such a sappy condition when it was gathered, and being frozen solid, it actually had to be placed before the fire and thawed before it could be fed to the stock. From the fact that there was no sound corn in central Illinois, the few people of this part of the state were obliged to go to the more southern portion to obtain seed corn the following spring, hence the name given to that part of the state, "Egypt". Five other children were born to this family after coming to this section (Selena, Matilda, Moses, Louisa, Adoniram J.), making thirteen in all. Mrs. RANDOLPH died in 1863, at the age of 63 years. Mr RANDOLPH lived to the good old age of 74, and died four years after his wife. The only direct representative of this family living in the county is J. H. RANDOLPH, one of the prominent and substantial farmers of DeWitt County. He was the youngest in the family when his father moved to the state. He is now on section 7, in the old homestead. He married Miss Margaret WALLACE, in the fall of 1853. His wife was the daughter of Colonel Andrew W. WALLACE, another old settler who located on section 6 in 1830, and who was a native of Bourbon County, KY. From this marriage there have been eight children born, Alice, Andrew W., Charles C., Laura, Grace, Moses W., Ivan Lee, and one infant son that died without a name. Mr RANDOLPH is one of the leading stock growers in the country. He has some of the finest blooded sheep in the state, and is said to be the heaviest wool grower in Tunbridge." I WOULD LOVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ABOVE FAMILY. Earliene [email protected] / [email protected]