> Hello, > > The boundary change in question regarding the north boundary of Saline and Gallatin Counties actually affected very little territory. Previous to the change, the northern boundary ran as an east-west line through Boone's Mill in New Haven on the Little Wabash. This line paid no attention to the section and township lines laid by the original surveyors. Years later, when the mill had faded away until it was simply a memory, the General Assembly cleaned up the issue by moving the boundary line to the next section line to the north which also divided the Township 7 South in half. The move was less than a mile, not five miles as in the book. > Thanks for your input Jon.... and I believe your right. I just now took a glance at a Plat in 1876 for Hamilton Co.. According to this map, it would have took all of the bottom two sections, from East to West, to include Township 7 South in Saline/Gallatin Co's before the boundary move. Even if it just included the bottom Section Row of Hamilton Co., that would mean that the township of Rectorville, in the S.E. corner of Hamilton county was a part of Gallatin/Saline Co before 1855. That bottom row, just in Hamilton Co, would have included quite a bit of land. In fact, it would have been 11,520 acres of land. That's 288, 40 acre plot's of land :-)) After they reavaluated the Poll Books to see who was not a resident of Saline Co, because of the boundary change, they came up with the following..... Galatia Poll Book: Thomas KARNES - non resident John W. SLATTON - non res. Davis TATE - Hamilton John A. SPAIN - non res. Henry RUMSEY - Hamilton Howel ADAMS - not known, non res. James BOYD - Hamilton John KELM - Hamilton Issac LANE - Hamilton Thomas N. SPAIN - Franklin Ellison RAY - non res. John JOHNSON - non res. J. F. JOHNSON - non res. Raliegh Poll Book: Limuel LOFTIS - Hamilton Lorinso WEST - non res. Fletcher CARTER - non res. Henry HAIG - Hamilton Asa BASHER - Hamilton Jas ADAMS - non res. Hary D. PENNINGTON - Hamilton? Hary PATTERSON - non res. Elija DAVIS - Hamilton William G. COLE - forn? Thos. MEADERS - non res. Curren Poll Book: Jno. R. CORTNEY - non res. Simon READER - non res. -------------- All of these townships were in north Saline Co, and this vote took place in 1857. Most these voters above who were "non residents" had land that was in Saline county before the boundary change in 1855. By checking some of the names in this list against land patents, you should be able to tell how far north the line actually was. I do know that most of these had land in the first row "sections" just over the line in Hamilton (according to a 1876 plat), but I think some of them may have only had land in the 2nd Section Row.... Best Regards, Trev