Hi Don, Please reread my reply to Connie, below, for the source. The book was reprinted by the Macoupin Co. Historical Society, and combined as one book. I bought a copy of the book my first visit to Macoupin Co. >From the 1875 Atlas W. D. Reader, Western Mound, Sec. 24, 230 acres. Adjoining this land, to the North, is: G. W. Reader, Western Mound, Sec. 13, 80 acres. The house appears to be on the half-section line, toward the East. Interestingly, adjoining W. D. Reader land directly to the West is a small piece shown as owned by J. H., 40 acres. There is no church shown anyplace close. Only Church is in Sec. 32, about six miles away. The 1893 - 4 Plat shows: John Hagaman, Western Mound, Sec. 24, 267 acres. This plat includes the 40 acres owned by J. H. in the 1875 book, as well as the Reader land. G. W. Reader has the same piece of land, Sec. 13, but it is now 75 acres. There is now a small village on the S.E. corner of Georges land, named READER (probably accounts for the 5 acres, Grin.). The other half of the village is on the S. W. corner of S. N. Browns land which is just East of Georges (also 75 acres). Just to the West of Georges land is another 109 acres owned by John Hagaman. BTW, there is a house of each of Johns lands. There is now a Church in Sec. 3, but no cemetery shown. What was a Church is now shown as a cemetery in Sec. 33, right on the TWP line. Very close is a school. There are a couple of cemetery's in Bird TWP that are probably closer. Land records I suggested are are records at the Court House recorders office. This info pretty much gives you a legal description of the property, making searching quite easy. There are no Readers listed in the Historical Directory (they probably had to pay to be in that). But there are these two: Hagaman, John, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Western Mound Twp., Sec 13, Post Office, Hagaman, Nativity KY, Came to County 1856. Hagaman, J. J., Farmer and Stock Raiser, West. Mound Twp., Sec. 13, Postoffice Reader, Nativity IL, Came to County 1869. Sharon Buethner Who wishes she lived closer than 1100 miles (each way). > > Sharon wrote: > > > > Hi Connie, > > > > This may be of some help. > > > > PLAT BOOK of Macoupin Co. Illinois, 1893-4 > > > > Historical Directory > > Lists: > > > SNIP > > However, the 1875 Atlas shows the first one as owned by T. L. > SNIP > > The 1875 Atlas also shows the Church/Cem in Sec. 20 as Meth. > > Ch./Cem. > > > > Maybe the land records would give more information. > Hi Sharon, > Could you please do a similar look-up for any READER entries in Western Mound > township? I know that my g-grandfather George W. READER (1847-1930) owned land > there, but I am not sure how much and which sections. His father Paschal L. > READER (1812-1876) had entered land from the government in the 1830's and may > have bought more privately and I want to compare that to what might have been > the extent of family holdings in the post Civil War era. Also, John HAGAMAN was > G.W.'s brother-in-law and he bought some of the READER land from the family > after Paschal's death. My grandfather, Ernest READER, was born in 1890 so I am > especially interested in the location of his father's house. > > What land records are you referring to? The only thing that I could find on-line > just shows the original federal land sales, and not later private transfers. > > Don Reader > St. Louis, MO > > e-mail: readerd@storz.com