Dave, I got to deleting messages and deleted the one you sent me on Heads if not too much trouble could you send again. Pat ---------- > From: David Schichner <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ILGALLAT] Boundary Line Dispute > Date: Thursday, December 09, 1999 6:44 PM > > Howdy, > Thank you Jon and Trev for your input on the Mantua question. I can't find > where I saw it, I thought it was the 1818 census when Illinois became a > state. I do remember it had to do with Reuben Walden. > It seems there were 2 shifts north and south, one in 1818, the other after > 1854. The one in 1818 moved the line to the north (??) maybe 3 1/2 miles. > Maybe all of Omaha township was in White Co. in 1817. Then the later one > like Jon said about 1/2 mile to the south with a jog around the town of New > Haven. The link below is to a Library of Congress Map of Illinois dated > 1861, but is called 1854 Railroad and county map. It's nice. It shows the > surveyor's township system (grid) and if you look. It shows 2 1/2 sections > (north and south) in White, and 3 1/2 sections in Gallatin. > > You can zoom in and out on line, but the map is also downloadable. However > it is 28 meg. > > http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?gmd:5:./temp/~ammem_5NZX::@@@mdb=aep,h > h,gmd,gmd,gmd,gmd,pan,gmd > > > Dave > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jon Musgrave <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 12:42 PM > Subject: [ILGALLAT] Boundary Line Dispute > > > > 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. > > > > As to Mantua Township in White County, I've seen it on some very early > maps (or someplace). Check out Peck's Gazetteer of Illinois, or one of the > other early travel gazetteers. I believe Mantua is listed. That's all I > know. It doesn't show up in the book Illinois Place Names, but it did exist > as a settlement around the time Illinois became a state or in the 1820s. > > > > Jon Musgrave > > www.IllinoisHistory.com > > > > > > >