> I would guess that your ancestor was located along this second Jefferson > Street, as the Postville Courthouse monument is in the immediate area, and > was the Logan County seat prior to the actual founding of Lincoln in 1853. More accurately, Logan has had three county seats: Postville, later known as Camden, 1839-47, Mt. Pulaski, 1847-53, and Lincoln, 1853-present. A. Lincoln practiced law in the Mt. Pulaski courthouse which is still standing. It was the move from Mt. Pulaski to Lincoln [after a vote and litigation] that caused the loss of records 1839-1857 when the new Lincoln courthouse burnt. Cheryl