-----Original Message----- From: George & Shiela Irwin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [ILLOGAN] Reece Shull - Delevan's Prairie The village of Delavan is in Delavan Township, Tazewell County, about 4 miles north and three miles east of the point where that county abuts the corner of Mason and Logan Counties. I assume that is the naming point for Delavan prairie, but am not sure how large an area would have gone by the name at that time. It could be that a large area of all three counties might have been so named. A large part of that area was purchased from the government by Irish landowner Thomas Scully for $1.25 per acre in the mid-1800s, drained with the help of immigrant labor, and tenant farmed ever since. The village of Emden in Logan County is about 5 miles south and three east of Delavan. The village of San Jose is 5 miles south and 3 miles west of Delavan, and sits astride the Logan/Mason line. Both villages are in Prairie Creek Township, the northwest corner of Logan County. It is also conceivable that much of the western half of Logan County could have been included under the name. I would suggest that you contact the County Clerk of Logan County in Lincoln and the Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society for further searching. See the website for contact information. The Lincoln Public Library has several county histories written between the 1880s and 1911 which might identify the area for the Delavan prairie. So it is possible that churches in either village could be what you are looking for. Or it could be that a rural church could have existed somewhere in the area. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.5.4 - Release Date: 12/15/2004