What Luttrell's are you looking for? I will see if I have anyinformation on them Sandy

Thanks anyway I was just grasping a straws. Your dong a great job Sandy

Does anyone have a copy of Sentinel dated Oct 11 1896 or maybe day so so before or after? If so, would like to know if there's any mention of death of Caroline Hoag, who died on Oct 11 1896. Would appreciate it. Thanks. [email protected]

Hi Carolyn, The Thomas C. WILLIAMS that married Mary Lourene LANDRUM was not the son of Jonathan! That's a different line.He was the son of Thomas WILLIAMS born 1790 in N.C, mother was Elizabeth (Betsy) CLIFTON, born 1780 N.C. This information from Revolutionary War Pension records. The father of Thomas was Thomas C. WILLIAMS born 1754 in Warren Co. N. C. wife was Nancy. I have more information on siblings, if you are interested. I am the great granddaughter of Thomas C. and Mary LANDRUM and am searching for the parents of Mary Lourene LANDRUM, any help will be deeply appreciated!!!!!!!! Cathy Whitney [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 4/23/01 2:41:14 PM, [email protected] writes: > > << Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:07:58 EDT > From: [email protected] > Re: [ILMARION] WILLIAMS/HANNA for "Martha" > > Thank you, Carolyn - I will look into that>> > > << 1. THOMAS C2 WILLIAMS (THOMAS C1) was born August 17, 1820 in Wilson > County , Tennessee, and died December 20, 1872 in Kinmundy, Illinois. He > married MARY LOURENE LANDRUM December 23, 1850 in Fayette Co, Illinois. She > was born April 21, 1832 in Wilson County , Tennessee, and died November 26, > 1922 in Kinmundy, Illinois. > >> > > Does the following info match what you have on Thomas C1 WILLIAMS? I do not > have any info on his children, but do have info on his parents and siblings. > > Thomas C. WILLIAMS. Born ca 1804 prob. Tenn, son of Jonnathan Williams who > died in Raccoon Twp, Marion Co Ill. > > Thomas C. Williams signed as witness ot marriage of his brother John W > Williams and Mary Doss in 1827. > > On 30 Sep 1824 when Thomas C. was 20, he married Willa M. LOVELL, in Sumner > Co, Tennessee. > > Carolyn > Remember you have a friend in Oklahoma! > BRANCH > ENG>1638 MA>1685 New London Co CT>1790 VT>1800-1855 Meigs County > Ohio >1852-1890 Wayne & Marion Co Illinois > Oklahoma >1890 Neb/Ks >1893 OK; > > Other BRANCH related lines: THORN, HOYT, WALLACE, SHIELDS, BECKLEY, NORRIS, > ELLIOTT, HALSEY, PAGE, COOPER, JONES, OLIVER (all Meigs Co OH 1800-1850, > Wayne & Marion Co Ill 1850-1900) > > STRIBLING: 1835-1850 Marion Co Illinois > > SMITH > 1700s Sussex Co, NJ/Duchess NY >1800 Fayette Co, PA>1800-1860 Meigs > Co Ohio >1853 Wayne Co ILL; related lines: HYSELL, TUBBS, ROCHELLE, CURTIS, > HALSEY, HINCKLEY, FOSTER, KNIGHT(all Meigs Co 1800-1850 Wayne Co Illinois > 1852-1870) > > STEDMAN > By 1657 in Hartford, CT>moved 1790 to VT>moved by 1802 to > Meigs/Athens Co Ohio (1800-1860)>>ILL; Related lines: CUSHMAN, ROCKWELL, > TAYLOR, > > TUBBS: 1800-1900 Meigs Co Ohio, Wayne Co Illinois > WILLIAMS: 1830-1850 Marion Co Ill>1800-1830 Sumner Co TN > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected]

If anyone has any copies of FOOTPRINTS OF MARION COUNTY, they list the information from the Sentinel in chronological order. So if someone could please look and see if they have the 1896 index of the Sentinel, I'm sure that Mary would appreciate it. Thanks everyone! "MARY SORENSEN" <[email protected] To: [email protected] t.att.net> cc: Subject: [ILMARION] Centralia Sentinel 04/24/01 12:23 PM Please respond to ILMARION-L Does anyone have a copy of Sentinel dated Oct 11 1896 or maybe day so so before or after? If so, would like to know if there's any mention of death of Caroline Hoag, who died on Oct 11 1896. Would appreciate it. Thanks. [email protected] ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected]

The physician lists were taken from the Illinois State Board of Health Annual Reports and Official Registers, located in the University of Illinois Library. If anyone on this list lives in that area, perhaps they can make a copy for you. Anyone?? Jody Hello Fellow-Listers, If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could anyone living near the University check on John Wesley Blackburn, and send a copy to me? His date of registeration was Nov. 25, 1882 after 17 years of practice, and he is included on the MARION COUNTY PHYSICIANS AND MIDWIVES 1886 report. Contact me personally if you wish. Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, June --- June Woods --- [email protected] --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.

I, too, am interested in a copy of the article. Steve Bartow, FL --- [email protected] wrote: > May I also have a copy of this article. > > Thank you in advance > Avie > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in > mail mode, send to > [email protected] If you are > receiving messages in the digest mode, send to > [email protected] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Hi All, Are there any descendants of Joseph HENSLEY among those on this list? I think the one listed below, is the grandfather of my mother's grandmother (Amelia HENSLEY b. 1 Aug 1857 Marion Co., IL. The medical problems of Amelia and her descendants is especially interesting to me. I believe that Amelia's father was William W. HENSLEY. Kay Chestnut Hood River, Oregon > >SOURCE: FOOTPRINTS OF MARION COUNTY - FALL 1987 OUT OF PRINT EDITION; VOL. >12, NO. 2 >PAGE 65: (PREVIOUSLY POSTED TO GROUP) >THE COUNTY'S FIRST CENSUS >Following is one of George ROSS' newspaper columns. > > It was on January 24, 1823, that Gov. Edward COLES signed the >legislation creating Marion County. Brink-McDonough's history states, "The >fortunate discovery of the first county census, taken by R.C. CHANCE in the >autumn of 1825 and filed with the clerk of the county on the 26th of >November of the said year, renders it possible to give our readers a >complete list of the early residents of the county. We here introduce the >names of the heads of families and call the attention of the reader to >other interesting incidents. > > "Samuel HUFF; Isaac McCLELLAND - a member of the county board (1836-38 >and 1842-48) and associate county judge 1857-61, died March 18, 1881, aged >81; Eli McKINNEY; James MARTIN; Samuel MARTIN - owner of a horse mill; >James YOUNG, son of Samuel, the first settler; Matthew YOUNG, brother of >James; Aaron HICKS - member of the first county board, contacted for and >built the first courthouse; Ebenezer DAGGETT; Henry LEE; Dorcas TULLY; >Christiana TULLY; Malachi WARE; Michael RADCLIFFE; William CARRIGAN; D.R. >CHANCE, of the first justices-of-the-peace and the census commissioner in >1825; Henry WALKER; William TAYLOR; Simon ALBERT; Richard PILES; William >ALBERT; Hardy FOSTER - a native of Georgia, township and village named for >him, county commissioner and member of the legislature, died in 1864; >Thomas NEAL - removed to Effingham County, lost his life by accident, being >crushed to death by a wagon in 1854; John S. DAVIS; Thomas FULTON; William >KING; Darrington BALDRIDGE (Footprints Editor's Note: His correct given >name was Dornton.); William PURSLEY; John DAVIDSON; Samuel DAVIDSON; Green >DEPRIEST; John WARREN; Robert NICHOLS; James PILES; Henry McDONALD; Jesse >GRIFFIN; William GUNNERSON; John W. NICHOLS; William MARSHALL - first >justice-of-the-peace, county surveyor and member of the legislature from >1830 to 1834; Joseph HENSLEY - justice-of-the-peace for many years and >owner of a horse mill; Isam WATSON; Robett (this is the spelling in >Footprints) SNODGRASS; John WILSON - was called 'St. John'; John PHELPS; >John EDDINGTON; Montgomery INGRAM; Nathan HUFF - removed to Texas in 1859; >Jesse NICHOLS; Zadoc PHELPS; Henry C. NICHOLS; Rubus RICKER - county clerk, >circuit clerk, probate judge, postmaster and innkeeper; Leonard P. PILES; >Mark TULLY - owner of a horse mill, first coroner, collector adn sheriff, >county commissioner, and contractor for the building of the second >court-house; John TULLEY; William NICHOLS - owner of a horse mill and a >slave holder; Thoams ASH - revolutionary soldier, North Carolina >continentals, pensioned 1833; Robert NICHOLS; George KELL; William GASTON; >Henry RODES; Jacob FULFER; Mary GALETON; William INGRAM; Cowles DUNHAM; >Isaac FULFER; William BALDWIN; Patrick COWEN; David FULTON; Abraham ROMINE >- county commissioner, Romine Township named after him; James GOUDY; Rosana >FULTON; John BOUCHER; Cartsworth P. BLACK; Samuel EBLEN - revolutionary >soldier, private Virginia continentals, pensioned April 12, 1834; John >EBLEN: Israel JENNINGS - a slave holder and member of the legislature; >Caswell WANTERES; Robert BANDY; Dorcas BANDY; J.P. GAINES; Jacob ALBERT; >Samuel SHOOK; Lete DUNKIN (Letitia DUNCAN probably); Nathaniel LITTERAL >(LUTTRELL, a revolutionary soldier); Alfred RAY; Henry WARE; William >TULLEY; Pegg BROCK; Thomas HOW - hunter and a fiddler; Solomon ALLEN; >Benjamin VERMILLION; Frederick PHELPS; John LITTLE; Thomas PARTENSON; >Daniel PHELPS; Wily BURTON; G. BURTON - a blacksmith; Lodrick PHELPS; John >COLES; Robert MAN; Polly McKINNEY; Charles RADCLIFF; Josiah FYKE and Mr. >ROGERS." > > There were one hundred and four heads of families, including five >widows, with a total population of five hundred and fifty-seven, of which >two hundred and seventy-three were white males, two hundred and eighty-two >white women, one black man and one white woman - both slaves. Brinkerhoff >wrote, "At this time there were but one hundred and seventeen voters in teh >county. Money was scarce and stock low in price, a good cow not being >worth more than from six to ten dollars, and horses from twenty to forty >dollars; hogs at two cents per pound were considered well sold., and grain >in proportion. Of the entire population, only one was a blacksmith - G. >BURTON, who was a blacksmith - all the rest were farmers and more or less >hunters, both as pasttime and as a means of adding to the family larder." >These people had principally come from the southern states - Tennessee, >Kentucky, the Carolinas, and Virginia; a few from Ohio and Pennsylvania. >Even though they came from teh south and with the system of slavery still >tolerated in this state, there was scarcely any slavery in the county at >the time of the census from whcih Brink-McDonough infers that the >population was drawn from the poorer class of the states mentioned. >Ninety-five of the one hundred families recorded remained squatters of the >land for many years. Scarcely any land entries were made between 1823 and >1836. "How these people whose worldly possessions did not average $27 per >head, came to burden themselves with the expense of a county >administration, is a question to which we could not find an answer, nor >even an explanation," summarized Brink-McDonough. > >Sources: (1) Brink-McDonough "Combined History of Marion and Clinton >Counties," 1881; (2) Brinkerhoff "History of Marion County," 1909" >

No information on an Annabell ARNOLD, ? BUFF, or a Cleo PERRY. [email protected] btv.net To: [email protected] (Richard cc: Bollhorst) Subject: Re: [ILMARION] TATE, SIMER/SIEMER 04/23/01 08:53 PM Please respond to ILMARION-L Hi Jody In the Arnold line, do you have an Annabell Arnold who married ? Buff and they had one son? She later married my great uncle Cleo Perry. Any help appreciated. Sandy ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected]

Here's all I have on the HAY family. I also have HAYS and HAYES. Let me know if interested in those. CENTRALIA SENTINEL: May 2 1872 - Married on April 25 at home of the bride's parents by Rev. J.D. GILLHAM, Mr. Will A. NAYLOR of Peoria to Miss Jennie C. HAY of Centralia. Aug 1, 1872 - Died in Nashville, Ill. on July 29 of cholera infantum, the infant daughter of Will S. and Libbie HAY, aged 1 y, 7d. Burial in City Cemetery at Centralia. June 26 1873 - Died, Alex D. HAY, formerly of Centralia, at Nashville, Ill. on June 19. He was born in Butler Co., Ky. in 1814, and died in his 60th year. He came to White Co., Ill. in 1816, and to Washington Co. in 1838. I have no information on the BIXLER family. [email protected] m To: [email protected] cc: 04/23/01 Subject: [ILMARION] Hay Family 09:10 PM Please respond to ILMARION-L Anybody know anything on the Hay family from Centralia? Names Lena and Dan Hay. Lena married William T. Bixler from Eldorado. Thanks, Johnny Bond ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected]

Is there an Orrell researcher on this List or do you know of an email address for one? I want to talk about the Orrell Cemetery in Clinton County. Or even a phone number for William or his laudromat (?) would be a help. Thanks. Dorothy

I'm definitely interested in the article, Sandy. We look forward to it!! "Donna Davis" <[email protected] To: [email protected] et> cc: Subject: RE: [ILMARION] willing to do look-ups 04/23/01 10:58 PM Please respond to ILMARION-L I think there are probably quite a few of us thawould be interested in the article. Thanks for offering Sandy. Donna -----Original Message----- From: Richard Bollhorst [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 6:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILMARION] willing to do look-ups I have a small report on the orphan train that went through Marion County that says that 12 children were placed in in homes in marion County. If interested will post the article Sandy ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected] ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected]

OR - I don't have any OR surnames. However, I do have ORR, OARD, AND ORD. Let me know if you are interested in any of these. TIMMONS - No information. MAROONS - No information. "*~Tammy~*" <[email protected] To: ILMARION[email protected] tz.net> cc: Subject: [ILMARION] Re: ILMARION-D Digest V01 04/23/01 #63 05:24 PM Please respond to ILMARION-L I am looking for OR. Acel Timmons or any Timmons and Maroons. Thanks, Tammy Miller ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected]

Sorry, I don't have any information on these families. Jo Hays <[email protected] To: [email protected] .com> cc: Subject: [ILMARION] MOORE-MATTELY 04/23/01 (MATTINGLEY?) Lookups, please 04:57 PM Please respond to ILMARION-L Jody - Could you please see what is listed for the family of Samuel Franklin MOORE who married Mary MATTELY (MATTINGLEY?) 1873. William D MOORE (1875) m Lillie O MONTGOMERY child Oscar 1899 Mrytle MOORE (1882) m Joseph ? John L MOORE (1883) Anna A MOORE (1885) Harriet MOORE (1887) m George Ellis LINDER Thanks for whatever you may find. Jo Hays Klueless in Kernville (California, that is.) ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected]

My husband and I processed index cards for the America Medical Association on our first mission for the LDS Church. They were for physicians starting in the 1850s to (?). They should have been filmed by now. You may want to check at your local Family History Center on the Family History Library Catalog under subject. The indexes included lots of good data for genealogy. Margo ----- Original Message ----- From: "June Woods" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 10:13 AM Subject: [ILMARION] University of Illinois Library > > The physician lists were taken from the Illinois State Board of Health > Annual Reports and Official Registers, located in the University of Illinois > Library. If anyone on this list lives in that area, perhaps they can make > a copy for you. > Anyone?? Jody > > > > Hello Fellow-Listers, > > > > If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could anyone living near the University > check on John Wesley Blackburn, and send a copy to me? His date > of registeration was Nov. 25, 1882 after 17 years of practice, and he > is included on the MARION COUNTY PHYSICIANS AND MIDWIVES 1886 report. > Contact me personally if you wish. Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > Regards, > > June > > > > > > > > --- June Woods > > --- [email protected] > > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > [email protected] If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to [email protected] > >

BALDRIDGE: All I have is a Dornton BALDRIDGE listed in the COUNTY'S FIRST CENSUS. Let me know if you want this information, it was posted previously. DAY: I have an Emma DAY who married a Jacob KNIGHT, and a Patricia DAY who married William ASBELL. No Sarah DAY in my archives. MANDRELL: No information. WILSON, Jennie: No information. [email protected] .com To: [email protected] cc: 04/23/01 Subject: Look up 05:01 PM I would be most grateful for any information on James A. Baldridge, Sarah Day, John Henry Mandrell, and Jennie Wilson. Thank you, Marilyn Hawley

SOURCE: FOOTPRINTS OF MARION COUNTY - FALL 1987 OUT OF PRINT EDITION; VOL. 12, NO. 2 Luttrell - pg. 18, 47, 65 PAGE 18: THE LINE OF JOHN GRAY (If this is your connection, I can provide you with the full report, but this is the only LUTTRELL information included). Robert John FULTON, born 7 Oct 1912, died 1966; married 20 June 1943 Irene LUTTRELL, born 20 Sept. 1917. Issue, 1 son. PAGE 47: THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES & RACHEL BLACK (If this is your connection, I can provide you with the full report, but this is the only LUTTRELL information included). Juanita E. BLACK (7 Aug 1915- ) married /1 Lawrence LUTTRELL. Issue, 1 daughter. Marriage 2: William HENSON; no further information. PAGE 65: (PREVIOUSLY POSTED TO GROUP) THE COUNTY'S FIRST CENSUS Following is one of George ROSS' newspaper columns. It was on January 24, 1823, that Gov. Edward COLES signed the legislation creating Marion County. Brink-McDonough's history states, "The fortunate discovery of the first county census, taken by R.C. CHANCE in the autumn of 1825 and filed with the clerk of the county on the 26th of November of the said year, renders it possible to give our readers a complete list of the early residents of the county. We here introduce the names of the heads of families and call the attention of the reader to other interesting incidents. "Samuel HUFF; Isaac McCLELLAND - a member of the county board (1836-38 and 1842-48) and associate county judge 1857-61, died March 18, 1881, aged 81; Eli McKINNEY; James MARTIN; Samuel MARTIN - owner of a horse mill; James YOUNG, son of Samuel, the first settler; Matthew YOUNG, brother of James; Aaron HICKS - member of the first county board, contacted for and built the first courthouse; Ebenezer DAGGETT; Henry LEE; Dorcas TULLY; Christiana TULLY; Malachi WARE; Michael RADCLIFFE; William CARRIGAN; D.R. CHANCE, of the first justices-of-the-peace and the census commissioner in 1825; Henry WALKER; William TAYLOR; Simon ALBERT; Richard PILES; William ALBERT; Hardy FOSTER - a native of Georgia, township and village named for him, county commissioner and member of the legislature, died in 1864; Thomas NEAL - removed to Effingham County, lost his life by accident, being crushed to death by a wagon in 1854; John S. DAVIS; Thomas FULTON; William KING; Darrington BALDRIDGE (Footprints Editor's Note: His correct given name was Dornton.); William PURSLEY; John DAVIDSON; Samuel DAVIDSON; Green DEPRIEST; John WARREN; Robert NICHOLS; James PILES; Henry McDONALD; Jesse GRIFFIN; William GUNNERSON; John W. NICHOLS; William MARSHALL - first justice-of-the-peace, county surveyor and member of the legislature from 1830 to 1834; Joseph HENSLEY - justice-of-the-peace for many years and owner of a horse mill; Isam WATSON; Robett (this is the spelling in Footprints) SNODGRASS; John WILSON - was called 'St. John'; John PHELPS; John EDDINGTON; Montgomery INGRAM; Nathan HUFF - removed to Texas in 1859; Jesse NICHOLS; Zadoc PHELPS; Henry C. NICHOLS; Rubus RICKER - county clerk, circuit clerk, probate judge, postmaster and innkeeper; Leonard P. PILES; Mark TULLY - owner of a horse mill, first coroner, collector adn sheriff, county commissioner, and contractor for the building of the second court-house; John TULLEY; William NICHOLS - owner of a horse mill and a slave holder; Thoams ASH - revolutionary soldier, North Carolina continentals, pensioned 1833; Robert NICHOLS; George KELL; William GASTON; Henry RODES; Jacob FULFER; Mary GALETON; William INGRAM; Cowles DUNHAM; Isaac FULFER; William BALDWIN; Patrick COWEN; David FULTON; Abraham ROMINE - county commissioner, Romine Township named after him; James GOUDY; Rosana FULTON; John BOUCHER; Cartsworth P. BLACK; Samuel EBLEN - revolutionary soldier, private Virginia continentals, pensioned April 12, 1834; John EBLEN: Israel JENNINGS - a slave holder and member of the legislature; Caswell WANTERES; Robert BANDY; Dorcas BANDY; J.P. GAINES; Jacob ALBERT; Samuel SHOOK; Lete DUNKIN (Letitia DUNCAN probably); Nathaniel LITTERAL (LUTTRELL, a revolutionary soldier); Alfred RAY; Henry WARE; William TULLEY; Pegg BROCK; Thomas HOW - hunter and a fiddler; Solomon ALLEN; Benjamin VERMILLION; Frederick PHELPS; John LITTLE; Thomas PARTENSON; Daniel PHELPS; Wily BURTON; G. BURTON - a blacksmith; Lodrick PHELPS; John COLES; Robert MAN; Polly McKINNEY; Charles RADCLIFF; Josiah FYKE and Mr. ROGERS." There were one hundred and four heads of families, including five widows, with a total population of five hundred and fifty-seven, of which two hundred and seventy-three were white males, two hundred and eighty-two white women, one black man and one white woman - both slaves. Brinkerhoff wrote, "At this time there were but one hundred and seventeen voters in teh county. Money was scarce and stock low in price, a good cow not being worth more than from six to ten dollars, and horses from twenty to forty dollars; hogs at two cents per pound were considered well sold., and grain in proportion. Of the entire population, only one was a blacksmith - G. BURTON, who was a blacksmith - all the rest were farmers and more or less hunters, both as pasttime and as a means of adding to the family larder." These people had principally come from the southern states - Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas, and Virginia; a few from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Even though they came from teh south and with the system of slavery still tolerated in this state, there was scarcely any slavery in the county at the time of the census from whcih Brink-McDonough infers that the population was drawn from the poorer class of the states mentioned. Ninety-five of the one hundred families recorded remained squatters of the land for many years. Scarcely any land entries were made between 1823 and 1836. "How these people whose worldly possessions did not average $27 per head, came to burden themselves with the expense of a county administration, is a question to which we could not find an answer, nor even an explanation," summarized Brink-McDonough. Sources: (1) Brink-McDonough "Combined History of Marion and Clinton Counties," 1881; (2) Brinkerhoff "History of Marion County," 1909"

SOURCE: FOOTPRINTS OF MARION COUNTY - FALL 1987 OUT OF PRINT EDITION; VOL. 12, NO. 2 Neel - No information Neal - pg. 65 Neil - No information PAGE 65: (PREVIOUSLY POSTED TO GROUP) THE COUNTY'S FIRST CENSUS Following is one of George ROSS' newspaper columns. It was on January 24, 1823, that Gov. Edward COLES signed the legislation creating Marion County. Brink-McDonough's history states, "The fortunate discovery of the first county census, taken by R.C. CHANCE in the autumn of 1825 and filed with the clerk of the county on the 26th of November of the said year, renders it possible to give our readers a complete list of the early residents of the county. We here introduce the names of the heads of families and call the attention of the reader to other interesting incidents. "Samuel HUFF; Isaac McCLELLAND - a member of the county board (1836-38 and 1842-48) and associate county judge 1857-61, died March 18, 1881, aged 81; Eli McKINNEY; James MARTIN; Samuel MARTIN - owner of a horse mill; James YOUNG, son of Samuel, the first settler; Matthew YOUNG, brother of James; Aaron HICKS - member of the first county board, contacted for and built the first courthouse; Ebenezer DAGGETT; Henry LEE; Dorcas TULLY; Christiana TULLY; Malachi WARE; Michael RADCLIFFE; William CARRIGAN; D.R. CHANCE, of the first justices-of-the-peace and the census commissioner in 1825; Henry WALKER; William TAYLOR; Simon ALBERT; Richard PILES; William ALBERT; Hardy FOSTER - a native of Georgia, township and village named for him, county commissioner and member of the legislature, died in 1864; Thomas NEAL - removed to Effingham County, lost his life by accident, being crushed to death by a wagon in 1854; John S. DAVIS; Thomas FULTON; William KING; Darrington BALDRIDGE (Footprints Editor's Note: His correct given name was Dornton.); William PURSLEY; John DAVIDSON; Samuel DAVIDSON; Green DEPRIEST; John WARREN; Robert NICHOLS; James PILES; Henry McDONALD; Jesse GRIFFIN; William GUNNERSON; John W. NICHOLS; William MARSHALL - first justice-of-the-peace, county surveyor and member of the legislature from 1830 to 1834; Joseph HENSLEY - justice-of-the-peace for many years and owner of a horse mill; Isam WATSON; Robett (this is the spelling in Footprints) SNODGRASS; John WILSON - was called 'St. John'; John PHELPS; John EDDINGTON; Montgomery INGRAM; Nathan HUFF - removed to Texas in 1859; Jesse NICHOLS; Zadoc PHELPS; Henry C. NICHOLS; Rubus RICKER - county clerk, circuit clerk, probate judge, postmaster and innkeeper; Leonard P. PILES; Mark TULLY - owner of a horse mill, first coroner, collector adn sheriff, county commissioner, and contractor for the building of the second court-house; John TULLEY; William NICHOLS - owner of a horse mill and a slave holder; Thoams ASH - revolutionary soldier, North Carolina continentals, pensioned 1833; Robert NICHOLS; George KELL; William GASTON; Henry RODES; Jacob FULFER; Mary GALETON; William INGRAM; Cowles DUNHAM; Isaac FULFER; William BALDWIN; Patrick COWEN; David FULTON; Abraham ROMINE - county commissioner, Romine Township named after him; James GOUDY; Rosana FULTON; John BOUCHER; Cartsworth P. BLACK; Samuel EBLEN - revolutionary soldier, private Virginia continentals, pensioned April 12, 1834; John EBLEN: Israel JENNINGS - a slave holder and member of the legislature; Caswell WANTERES; Robert BANDY; Dorcas BANDY; J.P. GAINES; Jacob ALBERT; Samuel SHOOK; Lete DUNKIN (Letitia DUNCAN probably); Nathaniel LITTERAL (LUTTRELL, a revolutionary soldier); Alfred RAY; Henry WARE; William TULLEY; Pegg BROCK; Thomas HOW - hunter and a fiddler; Solomon ALLEN; Benjamin VERMILLION; Frederick PHELPS; John LITTLE; Thomas PARTENSON; Daniel PHELPS; Wily BURTON; G. BURTON - a blacksmith; Lodrick PHELPS; John COLES; Robert MAN; Polly McKINNEY; Charles RADCLIFF; Josiah FYKE and Mr. ROGERS." There were one hundred and four heads of families, including five widows, with a total population of five hundred and fifty-seven, of which two hundred and seventy-three were white males, two hundred and eighty-two white women, one black man and one white woman - both slaves. Brinkerhoff wrote, "At this time there were but one hundred and seventeen voters in teh county. Money was scarce and stock low in price, a good cow not being worth more than from six to ten dollars, and horses from twenty to forty dollars; hogs at two cents per pound were considered well sold., and grain in proportion. Of the entire population, only one was a blacksmith - G. BURTON, who was a blacksmith - all the rest were farmers and more or less hunters, both as pasttime and as a means of adding to the family larder." These people had principally come from the southern states - Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas, and Virginia; a few from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Even though they came from teh south and with the system of slavery still tolerated in this state, there was scarcely any slavery in the county at the time of the census from whcih Brink-McDonough infers that the population was drawn from the poorer class of the states mentioned. Ninety-five of the one hundred families recorded remained squatters of the land for many years. Scarcely any land entries were made between 1823 and 1836. "How these people whose worldly possessions did not average $27 per head, came to burden themselves with the expense of a county administration, is a question to which we could not find an answer, nor even an explanation," summarized Brink-McDonough. Sources: (1) Brink-McDonough "Combined History of Marion and Clinton Counties," 1881; (2) Brinkerhoff "History of Marion County," 1909"

SOURCE: FOOTPRINTS OF MARION COUNTY - FALL 1987 OUT OF PRINT EDITION; VOL. 12, NO. 2 Shelton: No information in this issue.

SOURCE: FOOTPRINTS OF MARION COUNTY - FALL 1987 EDITION (OUT OF PRINT) - VOL. 12, NO. 2 HEMMINGHAUS: No information in this issue. HAHN: No information in this issue. WOKER: No information in this issue. [email protected] .com To: <[email protected]> cc: 04/23/01 Subject: Surnames: HEMMINGHAUS, HAHN, WOKER 12:28 PM I am interested in any information that may appear in the FOOTPRINTS OF MARION COUNTY. Thank you so very much. Gene Gant