It was the 1876 Atlas that I was looking at, I transposed the numbers. Rockwood is in Randolph County. Follow the directions -------------- Original message -------------- From: Family History <rockwood_4@juno.com> > Randy & Mary, > > In the Illinois Atlas for 1876 in T11S, R4W there is a Union Point P.O. > on the western edge of Preston right along the Mississippi River. I don't > find anything referring to Old Liberty on this map, different map makers > and 9 years I suppose there were changes and/or omissions. > > I find it interesting that there is no mention of a P.O. at > Liberty/Rockwood in this Atlas, however there is a Shiloh Hill P.O. in > Mill Creek located just north of Liberty/Rockwood. > > Debbie > > > On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:51:36 +0000 crainrs@comcast.net writes: > > Looking at the 1867 Atlas of Jackson County. If you go SW from Sand > > Ridge along the Grand Tower RR line you come to the Fountain Bluff > > Station. Just to the SW of that there is a place that looks to me as > > named Old Liberty. The map is not that clear, I think that is what > > it says. It would be a better location but can't be sure that is > > what it says > > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > > > >> > From: "Mary Riseling" > > > >> > To: > > > >> > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:07 PM > > > >> > Subject: [ILJACKSO] Liberty Post Office > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> >> Where was the Liberty Post Office that is listed on the 1860 > > > > > >> census. I'm > > > >> >> assuming it was somewhere around Grand Tower as the census > > > >> information > > > >> >> indicates the family is living in Township 10 Range 3 West > > would > > > >> have > > > >> >> been > > > >> >> around the Grand Tower and Pomona Townships. > > > >> >> > > > >> >> Mary Riseling > > > >> >> Springfield, IL > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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
Because everyone has been to nice with their stories of Liberty vs. Rockwood vs. Jones Creek, I decided to try the Jackson County Historical Society to see what they would say. Below is the message that I got from Ken Cochran there. It answers my question and might help you all as well. "Liberty is an early name for Rockwood, in Randolph County. There was also a Liberty Island with the Main channel of the Mississippi River runing between it and the town. When the river changed (I don't know the year) and moved a mile or so west, it left the town high and dry. The town was also called Jones Creek ( P.O. established 6/11/1836). As it is so close to Jackson County, many of our residents used it as an address. P.O. changed to Rockwood 4/7/1865. I don't find any reference in our book on place names, etc. to a "Liberty" P.O. ???? However some people may have used it as an "Mail Drop"......" Thank you Ken and everyone that responded. Mary Riseling Springfield, IL ----- Original Message ----- From: <crainrs@comcast.net> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Liberty Post Office > > It was the 1876 Atlas that I was looking at, I transposed the numbers. > Rockwood is in Randolph County. Follow the directions > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Family History <rockwood_4@juno.com> > >> Randy & Mary, >> >> In the Illinois Atlas for 1876 in T11S, R4W there is a Union Point P.O. >> on the western edge of Preston right along the Mississippi River. I don't >> find anything referring to Old Liberty on this map, different map makers >> and 9 years I suppose there were changes and/or omissions. >> >> I find it interesting that there is no mention of a P.O. at >> Liberty/Rockwood in this Atlas, however there is a Shiloh Hill P.O. in >> Mill Creek located just north of Liberty/Rockwood. >> >> Debbie >> >> >> On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:51:36 +0000 crainrs@comcast.net writes: >> > Looking at the 1867 Atlas of Jackson County. If you go SW from Sand >> > Ridge along the Grand Tower RR line you come to the Fountain Bluff >> > Station. Just to the SW of that there is a place that looks to me as >> > named Old Liberty. The map is not that clear, I think that is what >> > it says. It would be a better location but can't be sure that is >> > what it says >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > >> > From: "Mary Riseling" >> > > >> > To: >> > > >> > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:07 PM >> > > >> > Subject: [ILJACKSO] Liberty Post Office >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> >> Where was the Liberty Post Office that is listed on the 1860 >> > >> > > >> census. I'm >> > > >> >> assuming it was somewhere around Grand Tower as the census >> > > >> information >> > > >> >> indicates the family is living in Township 10 Range 3 West >> > would >> > > >> have >> > > >> >> been >> > > >> >> around the Grand Tower and Pomona Townships. >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> Mary Riseling >> > > >> >> Springfield, IL >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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: 268.18.14/727 - Release Date: 3/19/2007 > 11:49 AM > >