James Davis and Joseph French settled in 1808 where Murphysboro, Jackson, IL is now. In about 1817, James and his son William and their families moved to Elk Prairie. source: p. 34 of 1878 History of Jackson County He settled just below Bald Rock and owned the first slave in Murphysboro Twp. 1818 census Jackson County Column 1=White Males 21 & up; 2=All Other Whites; 3=Free Blacks; 4=Slaves 34. FRENCH, Joseph 4-3-0-5 1820 census Ages= to age 21 and over 21; male and female 200.FRENCH, Joseph 14 31 201.FRENCH, T. 11 01 5BLKS So, it appears that the 5 slaves owned by Joseph French in 1818 were owned by T. French in 1820. Other sources appear to refer to T. French as Samuel FRENCH. Original land entries: Township 9 South, Range 2 West: Year 1814 - section 4 South 1/2 Joseph French Year 1814 - section 4 NW John Robinson Year 1814 - section 9 North 1/2 Joseph French Joseph FRENCH left Illinois some time after the 1820 census. Allegedly, he left because it had become illegal to bring new slaves into the state of Illinois. Tom Shawcross ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:46 PM Subject: [ILJACKSON] Joseph FRENCH, early 1800s, NC>KY>IL>ARK; Levi, Thomas C. P., Samuel, Belveritta > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: FRENCH, ROBINSON > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gg.2ADI/351 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for information on Joseph French, b. abt. 1769 in North Carolina. Moved to Illinois 1808, Murphysboro Jackson County, Ill to 1820s. No wife. Children Levi C. born 1794 N.C; Thomas Cotesworth Pinckney French, b. 1802 Kentucky married Nancy NLN; Belveritta, b. 1801 (Tenn. or Ga.) married John Robinson in Illinois, and possibly Samuel French. All except Belveritta moved to Sevier County Arkansas in 1820s. Joseph was 81 in 1850 census. All dead by 1870. Can you connect either side? > > > ==== ILJACKSO Mailing List ==== > If you don't know where or when, in Illinois, an event in your ancestor's life might have occurred, you might be able to find a clue in how to search for this information at the Illinois GenWeb Project's - Unknown IL Counties Web Site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >