To Bill McC: Bond County was the recipient of land formerly in Madison County in 1843. The portion involved is south of the Montgomery County bootheel. Bond had had a perpendicular western boundary since its creation and authorization in 1816 and 1817. The 1843 change created the "bumpout" in Bond's western boundary. Montgomery has had its bootheel since its original creation in 1821. Frank Sellers

Thanks Frank, Guess that I had misunderstood what I had seen on another site that shows all the Illinois counties and how they originated. I had been looking for Adams and Adden information. Seems that the Adams who might have lived in the Staunton and Bunker Hill (which I thought might have been "more like" between Mt Olive and Walshville but was evidently wrong) area moved to Montgomery County. Oeye Adams was naturalized in 1860 in Madison County with his brother Heye Adams as a sponsor. Both changed their names to Adden sometime after 1870 when they were in Montgomery County. Nobody knows why. If anyone has any Adams/Adden info, I would be appreciative. Thanks again, Bill McCallum ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [ILMADISO-L] In 1860 - NE Madison County > To Bill McC: > Bond County was the recipient of land formerly in Madison County in 1843. > The portion involved is south of the Montgomery County bootheel. Bond had > had a perpendicular western boundary since its creation and authorization in > 1816 and 1817. The 1843 change created the "bumpout" in Bond's western > boundary. Montgomery has had its bootheel since its original creation in > 1821. > Frank Sellers > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Links-Lots of helpful links for your research. > http://www.cyndislist.com/ > >