Yes, township 8, range 7 is Gillespie Township. A good old map is here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/images/macoupin.jpg Warner & Beers Publishers, Chicago, 1875 courtesy of donation to ILGenWeb by Alice Gless gloria At 04:13 PM 11/2/99 EST, you wrote: >Can anyone tell me if this notation on the 1860 census refers to a specific >township and range location that I can locate on a map? Thanks. >Jon > > >==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== >The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Library - holdings for Macoupin County, IL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/m_lds.htm > >