Here are a couple of partial references found with copies of other records from land transactions filed in court in Hamilton County, Illinois in 1855.....these names and dates maybe of use to someone............ Samuel Morris and wife, Margaret Morris...22 Oct 1855 ...involved in land transaction in Hamilton Co.,Illinois Chester Carpenter and wife, Caroline Carpenter...abt 1855...land transaction...Hamilton Co,Illinois..reference to Highland County, Ohio barb in savannah,ga