This land is in Montgomery County , Walshville township, in the second section north of the Madison County line, and in the third section east of the Macoupin County line. ( A section is 640 Acres, which is 1 mile square) Sorento is roughly 5 or 6 miles southeast of the farm, in Bond County Bob McCollum At 02:10 PM 10/19/2000 -0700, you wrote: >HERMAN BISSELL, b. 29 Jan 1815(Bible entry) Windsor, Hartford,CT(IGI) or >Hartwick, NY. >d. 29 Jan 1854( Bible entry) Montgomery or Macoupin Co, ILL. >m. 7 Oct 1849, MARY ELLEN MARTIN, >Carlinville, Macoupin, ILL.(Certificate). > >Living in Census Dist. 22, Montgomery Co 1850 (US Census). > >Purchased 40 acres of public land 02/01/1851, Montgomery Co., >at NESE Sec 28,Twp 07N,Range 05W,Meridian 3. Several years ago, my >father located this property near Sorento. >Can anyone on the list verify the locale? > >Property and adjacent acreage deeded to him by his mother and uncle Gov >Wm BISSELL jointly on 15 Nov 1850 was sold by administrators of estate >on 21 Feb 1855. (Deed of Sale). >The deed of sale named his residence as Macoupin Co. at time of death. > >The IRAD System couldn't locate any will or other probate records in >Montgomery Co. nor record of death in Macoupin Co coroner's files. > >Does any one on the list have access to >newspaper archives in both counties where you could (would?) look for >Herman's obituary, then copy and send to me,please? I will pay for all >expenses, of course. I'd also like to have a copy of the obit for >Herman's wife Mary on Sept 25, 1853 or 1858. > >Thanks ever so much. > >Robert Bissell in CA. > > > > > >==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== >Search this list's archived messages! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/search >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!