Connie, It's hard to tell with a common name like John Smith, but a correspondent of mine sent me this regarding Jeremiah Odle: About 1834, settled Bird, Macoupin, IL with Isaac Moore, Mace Moore & John Smith, Ref: 1879 History of Macoupin County page 136 My correspondent/source was Mike Louden - mlouden@online.dct.com Sharon Buethner wrote: > Hi Connie, > > This may be of some help. > > PLAT BOOK of Macoupin Co. Illinois, 1893-4 > > Historical Directory > Lists: > > SMITH, John D. Farmer, Barr TWP, Sec. 14, Post Office > Barr's Store, Nativity - Tenn, When came to Co. 1888. > > The map of Barr TWP show "Res of J.D. Smith" and it appears to > be on a piece of land owned by G. James (who lived in Sec. 23, > about a mile and a half, as the crow flies, from Smith Res.). > > There is a Church and a School in Sec. 12 > Barr's Store is in Sec. 9, abt 2 miles from Res. > There is a Church and Cemetery in Sec. 20 (Cemetery is on the > Section line between Sec 20 & Sec 21. Abt. 3 miles from Res.) > > There is R. L. Smith, 109 acres Sec. 6, Barr TWP > William M. Smith, 141 acres, Sec. 7, Barr TWP > However, the 1875 Atlas shows the first one as owned by T. L. > Smith (88 acres) and the second, as W. M. Smith (141 acres) so > these may be different from yours. No J. D. Smith was found in the > 1875. > The 1875 Atlas also shows the Church/Cem in Sec. 20 as Meth. > Ch./Cem. > > Maybe the land records would give more information. > > Sharon Buethner > > > I am doing this for a friend. James M. Smith was found in Barr Twp in the 1900 Macoupin county census with son Wm. O. and father John D. She has a funeral card for Mrs. Amy Smith dated 1895. Would anyone know anything about these people. Need cemetery records for the area to find when James and > John died, where they are buried and if Amy is James's wife. > > Thanks > > Connie > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > Difference between ILMACOUP-L and ILMACOUP-L: > ILMACOUP-L mailing list allows you to receive every posting made to ILMACOUP as a separate email. > ILMACOUP-D mailing list allows you to receive several postings as a single large message. -- Michael Odle perkodle@execpc.com Post-Polio Resource Group of Southeastern Wisconsin http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/4760/ pprg@geocities.com Genealogy: Looking for ODLE, CRONIGER, PARNELL, WEAVER, BATES, CONLEY, and HEFLEY in central IL, TN, KY, NC, and PA.