Here is some great information on Joseph Borough....an early Macoupin County settler and a signer of the first Illinois State Constitution. This information is from James Edstrom....who has help me take my search to another level with this information. Joseph Borough is my 4great-grandfather. Perchance is anyone else related to this line?? Joseph Borough-Outline of biographic information Born between 1780 and 1790 (location unknown). Deduced from age (40-50) in census of 1830. Was a Private in the Mounted Riflemen, Aug. 22-Nov. 13, 1812. (Stevens, Frank E. "Illinois in the War of 1812-1814." Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society. 9 (1904):182.) Became a 1st Lieutenant in a company of Rangers, May 4, 1813. (Ibid., 189). Married Sally Shepherd in Madison County, Illinois on September 11, 1816. (Shelley, Jane, and Wasser, Elsie M. Madison County Illinois Marriage Records Index: 1813-1850, Volume One. Edwardsville, Ill.: Jane Shelley and Elsie M. Wasser, 1984.) In 1818, Joseph Borough is listed as a free white male over 21 in a household with 5 other white inhabitants. (Norton, Margaret Cross, ed. Illinois Census Returns: 1810, 1818. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, vol. 24. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Library, c1935):136) On January 13, 1818, Borough was appointed a commissioner to take the census in Madison County, Illinois. ("Executive Register for the Illinois Territory Commencing the 25th Day of April, 1809." The Territorial Records of Illinois. Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library, no. 3. (Springfield, Ill.: Phillips Bros., 1901): 54). Borough was elected Representative for Madison County to the 2nd State Legislature, 1818-1820. Carpenter, Richard V. "Introduction." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 6, no. 3 (October 1913):331). In 1819, Borough became a stockholder in the Bank of Edwardsville in Edwardsville, Illinois. ("Name index to early Illinois records." Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois.) In the census of 1820, Joseph Borough is listed as a free white male 21 or older with 3 other white inhabitants. (Norton, Margaret Cross, ed. Illinois Census Returns 1820. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, vol. 26. (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Library, c1934):150. On July 18, 1820, Joseph Borough announced his candidacy for the General Assembly from Madison County. ("To the People of Illinois" Edwardsville Spectator, 1 March 1823, 1:1-4.) He was elected on August 7, 1820. (Pease, Theodore Calvin, ed. Illinois Election Returns. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, vol. 18. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923. On February 18, 1821, Borough married Peggy Shephard in Madison County, Illinois. (Shelley, Jane, and Wasser, Elsie M. Madison County Illinois Marriage Records Index: 1813-1850, Volume One. Edwardsville, Ill.: Jane Shelley and Elsie M. Wasser, 1984.) On 5 Aug 1822, Borough ran for election to the State Senate from Madison County, unsuccessfully, losing to Theophilus W. Smith. (Pease, ed., 198). In 1823, Borough was a Commissioner to lay out a road from Vandalia to Illinois Town. ("Name index to early Illinois records." Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois.) During 1828-1829, Borough was elected a probate judge and nominated for county surveyor in Macoupin County, Illinois. ("Name index to early Illinois records." Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois.) In 1829, Borough was paid $17.50 for surveying Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois. (Inventory of the County Archives of Illinois. No. 56. Macoupin County (Carlinville). (Chicago: The Historical Records Survey, 1939), 8.) In March 1829, Borough was appointed a commissioner to decide the Macoupin County seat. Ibid., p. 6. Borough was Senator representing Macoupin County during the 10th and 11th General Assemblies in the 1830s. (Carpenter, Richard V. "Introduction." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 6, no. 3 (October 1913):331. In 1830, Borough was listed in the federal census as living in Macoupin County, Illinois. His age was listed as 40-50. ("Name index to early Illinois records." Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois.) On 2 Aug 1830, Joseph Borough ran for Representative to the legislature from Greene, Calhoun, and Macoupin Counties, Illinois. He came in last in a field of seven. (Pease, ed., 250). In 1831, Borough was a commissioner to relocate part of the Vandalia-Carrollton Road. ("Name index to early Illinois records." Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois.) On March 9, 1831, Borough purchased 80 acres located at Sec. 29, Twp. 10N, R6W, in Macoupin County, Illinois. He listed his residence as Macoupin County. (Macoupin County, Illinois, Original Purchasers of Land. (St. Louis, Mo.: Littleton P. Bradley, 1985), 16. On August 6, 1832, Joseph Borough won election as Representative to the 8th Illinois General Assembly for Macoupin County. (Pease, ed., 258). On March 9, 1833, Borough purchased 80 acres of land located at Sec. 10, Twp. 10N, R6W, Macoupin County, Illinois. His residence was listed as Macoupin County. Two days later he purchased an additional 40 acres of land located in Sec. 29, Twp. 10N, R6W, Macoupin County, Illinois. (Macoupin County, Illinois, Original Purchasers of Land. (St. Louis, Mo.: Littleton P. Bradley, 1985), 16. On August 4, 1834, Joseph Borough ran for the State Senate from Bond, Macoupin, and Montgomery Counties, Illinois. He came in third in a field of five. (Pease, ed., 266). On November 3, 1834, Borough purchased an additional 40 acres of land located at Sec. 36, Twp. 10, R7W, Macoupin County, Illinois. His residence was again listed at Macoupin County. (Macoupin County, Illinois, Original Purchasers of Land. (St. Louis, Mo.: Littleton P. Bradley, 1985), 16). On August 1, 1836, Joseph Borough was elected to the State Senate (10th General Assembly) from Madison County on the Democratic ticket. (Pease, ed., 285). In 1838, Borough was re-elected to the State Senate (11th General Assembly) from Macoupin County. (Illinois. General Assembly. Senate. Journal. 11th General Assembly, 1st sess., 1838), 3. In 1840, Joseph Borough was listed as head of a household of eleven people in Macoupin County, Illinois. (Sherman, Sharron K. 1840 United States Census of Macoupin County, Illinois (Taylorville, Ill.: Sharron K. Sherman, 1984), 22. On August 3rd, 1840, Borough lost his bid for re-election to the State Senate representing Macoupin County, Illinois. He was defeated by a Democratic candidate. (Pease, ed., 333). On October 16, 1847, Borough purchased 80 acres of land located at Sec. 5, Twp. 10N, R7W, Macoupin County, Illinois. His residence was listed as Macoupin County. (Macoupin County, Illinois, Original Purchasers of Land (St. Louis, Mo.: Littleton P. Bradley, 1985), 16). Joseph Borough's name does not appear in the 1850 census for Macoupin County; therefore, it seems likely that he passed away sometime between 1847 and 1850. >>> <ILMACOUP-D-request@rootsweb.com> 12/28/99 05:21PM >>>