Hi Mary, Tom is correct. Rockwood was first known as Jones Creek about 1804, then it went by Liberty in 1832, and then Rockwood in 1855. Information taken from books compiled on Rockwood history. Rockwood - Emsley Jones made the first settlement here between 1800 - 1804, naming the town Jones Creek. It is located in the southwest corner of the county, east of Chester. Here was the first station of the underground railroad in the county, and because of this it became known as Liberty, the name was changed to Rockwood in 1865, as there was already another town by the name of Liberty. If I remember correctly this information was taken from possibly the Randolph county web-site. There is a discrepency in this information for the year of when it actually became known as Rockwood 1855 or 1865. Debbie On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:43:39 -0400 "Tom Shawcross" <shaw8080@bellsouth.net> writes: > Mary, > I think Liberty was the old name for Rockwood.
Thanks Debbie and thanks Tom. The name change must have been 1855 as it was referred to in the 1860 census. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Family History" <rockwood_4@juno.com> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Liberty Post Office > Hi Mary, > > Tom is correct. Rockwood was first known as Jones Creek about 1804, then > it went by Liberty in 1832, and then Rockwood in 1855. Information taken > from books compiled on Rockwood history. > > Rockwood - Emsley Jones made the first settlement here between 1800 - > 1804, naming the town Jones Creek. It is located in the southwest corner > of the county, east of Chester. Here was the first station of the > underground railroad in the county, and because of this it became known > as Liberty, the name was changed to Rockwood in 1865, as there was > already another town by the name of Liberty. If I remember correctly this > information was taken from possibly the Randolph county web-site. > > There is a discrepency in this information for the year of when it > actually became known as Rockwood 1855 or 1865. > > Debbie > > > > On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:43:39 -0400 "Tom Shawcross" > <shaw8080@bellsouth.net> writes: >> Mary, >> I think Liberty was the old name for Rockwood. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/725 - Release Date: 3/17/2007 > 12:33 PM > >