Thank you for your reply. Marge clrothwell@mindspring.com wrote: > San Jose, pronouced San Jose like it sounds rather than the Spanish way, > has been there quite awhile but most of it is not in Logan County. It > appears in the 1878 history altho it says [incorrectly] it is mostly in > Macon County. That should be Mason County. It goes on to say the portion in > Logan County was surveyed in 1858. > > The history goes on to mention Skelton, Burton View and Chesterville as > stations on the railroad. There were no towns, just grain elevators and > generally one or two houses. Heman [not sure how that is spelled] is > another as is Narita. One of those in actually in Macon County [the real > Macon County] but I can't remember which is which. > > Cheryl Rothwell > LoganCty@mindspring.com > Coordinator, Logan County, ILGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm > Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com > Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com > Harding mailing list> HARDING-L-request@rootsweb.com > Downing query board> > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing > Lucas query board> > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas > > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > The first settlers came to Logan County in 1819. At that time it was Sangamon County.