P.S. I forgot to tell you about one of the most important people in P.C. Connie Gibbs, Abstractor & the next County Clerk. Another must! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Southeastern Illinois Resource Books [Pope, Massac, Johnson & Hardin] http://www.angelfire.com/il/leefoss Judy Foreman Lee *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Judy Foreman Lee wrote... >Hi Laura, > >You'll just love Pope County. Evelyn Fulkerson Hogg is the County Clerk, >one of best people I know, she's a real jewel. She can help you with just >about anything. Shaun Goins is the Circuit Clerk, he's also very helpful. >The Court House is closed from noon until 1pm. > >The library has a new addition they're very proud of, with alot of room for >genealogy. The hours are Mon. & Tues 9-5; Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 1-5; Sat. >9-12. Mildred Barger McCormick is the County Historian [as far as I'm >concerned]. You can usually reach her at home or the Not-So-New Shop and >that's the headquarters for the Historical Soc. > >You have to eat at the Dairy-Barr at least once, talk to everybody [Wanda >will help you] and ask questions; stop at the Golden Circle at least once >about 11am Mon-Fri. Our seniors are there for lunch and a little R&R, >quilting, playing pool, talking, singing, etc. Talk to Gloria Stacey, Site >Manager; Linda Killingsworth and anybody else that will talk and they all >do. It's a wonderful group. > >Go out to Dixon Springs State Park and stop across the road at the >Chocolate Factory and visit w/Linda Lewis Meherg, she also knows alot about >Pope County, so does Ralph & Mark Aly at the funeral home, one of the old >teachers, Bettye Lauderdale [don't tell her I said she was old], R.C. >Davidson, just about anyone you meet. Stop by the newspaper office and >visit with Virginia. > >I believe the Mansion is closed now, there's a small motel by the name of >Michael's in Golconda, the State Park or San Damiano Retreat Center between >Rosiclare & Golconda, 2 1/2 miles south of the Humm Wye on the beautiful >Ohio. 618.285.3507. > >Laura, I know you'll have a wonderful time, don't be shy, ask questions. > >Good luck and have fun [watch out for snakes!], Judy > > >*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ >Southeastern Illinois Resource Books [Pope, Massac, Johnson & Hardin] > http://www.angelfire.com/il/leefoss > Judy Foreman Lee >*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > > > >On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Laura1853@aol.com wrote... >>I am going to be visiting the Pope Co. area at the end of this month, for the >>first time. I would appreciate any helpful advice anyone has to give me >>regarding the area. I am going there to do genealogical research and also >>trek through some cemeteries. One thing I would like to ask is if anyone >>knows where I can locate homes that were built in that county by one of my >>ancestors. What are some good >>places to see there so I can get an idea of what was there when my ancestors >>lived there? They lived there from the early 1800's up to about 1956, or so. >>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >>Thanks, >>Laura1853@aol.com >> >> > >

Hi Laura, You'll just love Pope County. Evelyn Fulkerson Hogg is the County Clerk, one of best people I know, she's a real jewel. She can help you with just about anything. Shaun Goins is the Circuit Clerk, he's also very helpful. The Court House is closed from noon until 1pm. The library has a new addition they're very proud of, with alot of room for genealogy. The hours are Mon. & Tues 9-5; Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 1-5; Sat. 9-12. Mildred Barger McCormick is the County Historian [as far as I'm concerned]. You can usually reach her at home or the Not-So-New Shop and that's the headquarters for the Historical Soc. You have to eat at the Dairy-Barr at least once, talk to everybody [Wanda will help you] and ask questions; stop at the Golden Circle at least once about 11am Mon-Fri. Our seniors are there for lunch and a little R&R, quilting, playing pool, talking, singing, etc. Talk to Gloria Stacey, Site Manager; Linda Killingsworth and anybody else that will talk and they all do. It's a wonderful group. Go out to Dixon Springs State Park and stop across the road at the Chocolate Factory and visit w/Linda Lewis Meherg, she also knows alot about Pope County, so does Ralph & Mark Aly at the funeral home, one of the old teachers, Bettye Lauderdale [don't tell her I said she was old], R.C. Davidson, just about anyone you meet. Stop by the newspaper office and visit with Virginia. I believe the Mansion is closed now, there's a small motel by the name of Michael's in Golconda, the State Park or San Damiano Retreat Center between Rosiclare & Golconda, 2 1/2 miles south of the Humm Wye on the beautiful Ohio. 618.285.3507. Laura, I know you'll have a wonderful time, don't be shy, ask questions. Good luck and have fun [watch out for snakes!], Judy *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Southeastern Illinois Resource Books [Pope, Massac, Johnson & Hardin] http://www.angelfire.com/il/leefoss Judy Foreman Lee *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Laura1853@aol.com wrote... >I am going to be visiting the Pope Co. area at the end of this month, for the >first time. I would appreciate any helpful advice anyone has to give me >regarding the area. I am going there to do genealogical research and also >trek through some cemeteries. One thing I would like to ask is if anyone >knows where I can locate homes that were built in that county by one of my >ancestors. What are some good >places to see there so I can get an idea of what was there when my ancestors >lived there? They lived there from the early 1800's up to about 1956, or so. >Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >Thanks, >Laura1853@aol.com > >

Laura >From what I remember the Clerk is very helpful. it has been a few years since I was there. The clerk let me go through the records myself, but they made the copies of documents themselves (when they could) and requested that I put the records back after they were finished. The Library all though small does have some good genealogical items. And don't forget to go the Historical Society. I did not find much there myself (but then again I did not ask). But they still had copies of the latest History books for sale. If you get the chance you might want search some of the other county court houses in surrounding counties, since people moved from place to place. I made the mistake of not finding out what the hours of the courthouse were before we got there. Well it was Sunday when we arrived, I thought for sure someone at the police station could tell me the hours. Imagine my surprise to find out that it was also closed, locked up tight. There is a small hotel in town, I have not stayed there so I know nothing about the place. But if they have the same southern hospitality as most places down there you should not have a problem. Cindy Laura1853@aol.com wrote: > I am going to be visiting the Pope Co. area at the end of this month, for the > first time. I would appreciate any helpful advice anyone has to give me > regarding the area. I am going there to do genealogical research and also > trek through some cemeteries. One thing I would like to ask is if anyone > knows where I can locate homes that were built in that county by one of my > ancestors. What are some good > places to see there so I can get an idea of what was there when my ancestors > lived there? They lived there from the early 1800's up to about 1956, or so. > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, > Laura1853@aol.com

I am going to be visiting the Pope Co. area at the end of this month, for the first time. I would appreciate any helpful advice anyone has to give me regarding the area. I am going there to do genealogical research and also trek through some cemeteries. One thing I would like to ask is if anyone knows where I can locate homes that were built in that county by one of my ancestors. What are some good places to see there so I can get an idea of what was there when my ancestors lived there? They lived there from the early 1800's up to about 1956, or so. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Laura1853@aol.com

Would anyone have information the SLAGAL who married Emma Rossiger? Emma was born c 1863 and by 1900 had children: Arthur, Phillip, May, Earl, Elsie, Minnie and Ollie. In a 1900 court record the Slagal family is listed as living in Pellonia IL. Where was Pellonia?? Thanks, Opal

Good Morning everyone, For those of you that link to Hardin County or have it bookmarked, Hardin County ILGenWeb is now located at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhardi2 Please change your bookmarks. As of the end of last week I'm the new coordinator for Hardin Co, ILGenWeb. Due to the fact that I have been busy and have serious illness in the family, so far there is only a bare bones site up. I will get more online as quickly as possible, and ask for your patience in the meantime. If you had a query up in Hardin County please resubmit it at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhardi2/query01.htm If you have non-copyrighted information available for Hardin County I'd be very grateful if you would submit it to the county site. For information submitted for use on the county site, all rights remain with the submitter and permission to use material on the county site is only for the FREE sharing of information with the genealogical community and cannot be used for profit. Copyright remains with the submitter. Thank you very much and I look forward to hearing from all of you! Ginger gingerh@intrnet.net

I really don't understand the unsigned message sent. Although my immediate Reed family was in Johnson Co. they did spread out into neighboring counties and I am trying to find the rest of them. Terry Ceballos _______________________________________________________________________________ Did this get into MO by Mistake. Sure want Ginger in Pope County to know her work is geting seen. -----Original Message----- From: tceballos <tceballos@eli.uta.edu> To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com <ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 06, 1998 10:25 PM Subject: [ILPOPE-L] Reeds of Johnson Co. IL >Thanks to Judy Lee, I am now able to take my Reed side back two generations. >Do any of the following names show up in any of your genealogies? I am always >looking for more info. (Sarah was a Jourdan before she married.) > >In the 1860 Johnson Co. Census 192 ~ 1538/1418 ~ > Berton REED 36/M/Farmer/TN > Sarah REED 29/F/H.K./GA > Mary E. REED 12/F/-/KY > Martha REED 08/F/-/KY > Joseph H. REED 06/M/-/KY > Berton M. REED 04/M/-/IL > John A. REED 01/M/-/IL > Jesse REED 72/M/Farmer/VA > >Terry Ceballos >tceballos@uta.edu > > ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by eli.uta.edu with ADMIN;7 Aug 1998 09:05:36 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA22014; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 07:04:29 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 07:04:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "mahud" <mahud@rollanet.org> Old-To: "IL Pope Co-L" <ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Fw: [ILPOPE-L] Reeds of Johnson Co. IL Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 06:21:13 -0400 Message-ID: <01bdc1ed$1c4473e0$LocalHost@MaryHudson.rollanet.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Resent-Message-ID: <"VcA0XD.A.qXF.slwy1"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/362 X-Loop: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: ILPOPE-L-request@rootsweb.comTo get random signatures put text files into a folder called "Random Signatures" into your Preferences folder.

Did this get into MO by Mistake. Sure want Ginger in Pope County to know her work is geting seen. -----Original Message----- From: tceballos <tceballos@eli.uta.edu> To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com <ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 06, 1998 10:25 PM Subject: [ILPOPE-L] Reeds of Johnson Co. IL >Thanks to Judy Lee, I am now able to take my Reed side back two generations. >Do any of the following names show up in any of your genealogies? I am always >looking for more info. (Sarah was a Jourdan before she married.) > >In the 1860 Johnson Co. Census 192 ~ 1538/1418 ~ > Berton REED 36/M/Farmer/TN > Sarah REED 29/F/H.K./GA > Mary E. REED 12/F/-/KY > Martha REED 08/F/-/KY > Joseph H. REED 06/M/-/KY > Berton M. REED 04/M/-/IL > John A. REED 01/M/-/IL > Jesse REED 72/M/Farmer/VA > >Terry Ceballos >tceballos@uta.edu > >

Thanks to Judy Lee, I am now able to take my Reed side back two generations. Do any of the following names show up in any of your genealogies? I am always looking for more info. (Sarah was a Jourdan before she married.) In the 1860 Johnson Co. Census 192 ~ 1538/1418 ~ Berton REED 36/M/Farmer/TN Sarah REED 29/F/H.K./GA Mary E. REED 12/F/-/KY Martha REED 08/F/-/KY Joseph H. REED 06/M/-/KY Berton M. REED 04/M/-/IL John A. REED 01/M/-/IL Jesse REED 72/M/Farmer/VA Terry Ceballos tceballos@uta.edu

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL TOLER FAMILY REUNION--Sunday, September 13 at the original TOLER homestead, now known as Jerry and Ann Toler's Locust Grove Farm, located on Highway 146, one and one-half miles east of Interstate 57, Exit 30, Union County, Illinois. All Toler descendants of Stephen Toler are invited to attend. Registration begins at 11:00 with a Pot Luck dinner at 12:30. For more information, contact Toler Family Association members at kenl@sheltonbbs.com or timc@Mychoice.com , or Larry Toler, PO Box 318, Goreville, Illinois, 618-995-1157.

Dear Friends: My husband and I do workshops in writing family history, autobiography and memoir. My husband, Charley Kempthorne, has written a widely accepted book on writing family history and together we have for seven years published a magazine on the subject. We travel the country and have done dozens of workshops in twenty or more of the States. Often we do the workshops at history museums, libraries, seniors centers, and schools. We are going to be in Illinois the week of November 15 to 21 doing workshops at Rockford and several other Illinois cities. Would your organization have a facility where we might do such a workshop? We would need a room (no special facilities necessary, just a quiet and well-lighted room with tables and/or chair with desk arms so that the participants can write easily) for twenty or more people for up to a full day, though sometimes we do half-day workshops. We are a non-profit organization, The LifeStory Institute, Inc., but we do charge for the workshop and we would expect to pay rent for the room. Would you have a place and an interest in such a workshop? Contract us at our e-mail or if you perfer phone us toll free at 800-685-7330 for more detail. Even if the timing is wrong for you in November, please contact us and we could possibly arrange another time. Thanks! June Kempthorne www.kansas.net/~lifestor/

My grandfather was James Jacobs [1875-1938]. He married Sarah Della Yates on July 9, 1893. At some point in time he left her and their children. We do know he remarried in 1926 to a Frances Galligher in Union County, KY. He divorced her in Oct, 1927. They he may or may not have married Cora Leveritt Jacobs. My problem is: we cannot find a divorce record for Sarah Della and James. Sarah and James lived in the Eddyville/New Liberty area. Cora and James lived in Carrier Mills area. Can anyone help?

Faye, No I have not seen this book, I have a couple Johnson County books but not this one. Thanks so much for your response, I will order it today. Most of my Johnson County searching has been on my descendants of Henry Hart & Nancy Rainey and their daughter Nancy Hart Gossage and some of their descendants who were in Johnson County from Pope Co. at one time or another. Now I am working on the Willis & Isaac McDonald Robertson line that has several marriages into Reynolds families. Thanks again, Judie ILPOPE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: Re: [ILPOPE-L] Ivy Reynolds Family of Johnson or Pope County, IL > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 17:39:31 -0500 > From: "Faye Bowman" <abowman@accessus.net> > To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear Judie, > Do you have the Johnson County History of Families, printed in 1990? > It has almost three full pages with pictures of the Reynolds family in > there. > The Johnson County Historical and Genealogical Society have them in stock. > They are on the web. > > Faye

Dear Judie, Do you have the Johnson County History of Families, printed in 1990? It has almost three full pages with pictures of the Reynolds family in there. The Johnson County Historical and Genealogical Society have them in stock. They are on the web. Faye

Florence Robertson Reynolds wife of Ivy Reynolds and daughter of Isaac McDonald Robertson b: Jan 17, 1841 d: May 05, 1928 age at d: 87 . +Frances M (Fanna) Gossage b: Dec 14, 1846 d: Nov 27, 1887 age at d: 40 Florence Robertson b: Dec 18, 1870 married Ivy "Cap"Reynolds The Isaac McDonald Robertson was in these area following the Civil War Caldwell Co., KY until 1867 Jefferson Co., IL until 1878 Pope County., IL until 1881 Anna, Union Co., IL until 1887 Reeves, Williamson Co., IL until May 1912 Florence Robertson Reynolds was probably born in Jefferson Co, IL, but the family was back in Pope County, Il by 1881. At one time they lived around Grantsburg, IL and Simpson, IL, Reevesville. She and Ivy Reynolds had the following children: Descendants of Ivy "Cap" Reynolds 1 Ivy "Cap" Reynolds . +Florence Robertson b: Dec 18, 1870 ..... 2 Nellie Reynolds ......... +Frank Russell ..... 2 Floyd Reynolds ......... +Corda Murphy ..... 2 Lloyd Reynolds ..... 2 Aaron Reynolds ..... 2 Ivy Reynolds ..... 2 Virgie Reynolds b: 1905 ..... 2 Inez Reynolds ..... 2 Pearl Reynolds ..... 2 Corda Reynolds Would like to hear from anyone with these names in there lines. Paternal Lines: Black, Burkhart, Mifflin, Oglesby, Owen, Seidel, Swann, Wright and Zimmermann Maternal Lines: Ferguson, Gossage, Hardwick, Hart, Hudson, Jernigan, Rainey, Reynolds, Robertson, Southard. Thanks Judie

Hi: Is there anyone researching the Hobbs Family from Southern Illinois ? I'm originally from Cave-In-Rock in Hardin Co., Illinois, & I would like to hear from others who are Hobbs, & related families ! I've researched Hobbs back to my GGG Grandfather, Christopher Hobbs, born Abt. 1771-1776, & is buried in Hardin Co. where he died Aft. 1860 ! Sincerely, Freda Hobbs Tofsrud

Not that I can tell right now, but I will keep this for reference. There could be a connection that I just haven't found yet. The Reeds are really giving me fits!!! Terry _______________________________________________________________________________ Terry, here are some REEDs from the Pope/Saline area. Descendants of Alfred Reed 1 Alfred Reed b: 1808 in North Carolina d: Unknown .. +Elizabeth Schrum b: 1808 in North Carolina m: December 28, 1830 in Gallatin Co., IL d: Unknown ........ 2 Julia Ann Reed b: October 10, 1837 in Gallatin Co., IL d: June 3, 1880 in Saline Co., Independence Twp., IL ............ +James Henry Dunn b: March 9, 1836 in Jefferson Co., IL m: May 30, 1856 in Pope Co., IL d: January 29, 1874 in Johnson Co., IL ........ 2 Nancy Mahala Reed b: March 5, 1840 in Illinois d: July 24, 1930 in Saline Co., IL ............ +John Jackson Dunn b: June 27, 1840 in Illinois m: February 3, 1861 in Pope Co., IL d: August 16, 1886 in Saline Co., IL ........ 2 Alfred T. Reed b: 1842 ........ 2 Elizabeth Reed b: 1844 ........ 2 Sarah C. Reed b: 1846 in Illinois ............ +William A. Jackson b: Abt. 1846 m: January 12, 1871 in Saline Co., IL ........ 2 William Cannon Reed b: 1849 in Illinois ............ +Martha D. Grateler b: Abt. 1849 m: April 1, 1877 in Pope Co., IL ........ 2 Henry Johnson (J.H.) Reed b: January 23, 1850 in Illinois d: February 26, 1936 in Saline Co., IL ............ +Sara Jane Simmons b: April 12, 1858 in Illinois m: March 11, 1877 d: February 25, 1936 in Saline Co., IL Do you have any connection to this line? Sam in KY In a message dated 98-07-13 00:12:24 EDT, you write: << Subj: RE: [ILPOPE-L] Pope county history Date: 98-07-13 00:12:24 EDT From: tceballos@eli.uta.edu (tceballos) Reply-to: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Do any of these volumes have any references to Reeds? Terry ______________________________________________________________________ >> ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by eli.uta.edu with ADMIN;18 Jul 1998 05:27:27 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA07763; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 03:26:25 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 03:26:25 -0700 (PDT) From: SSmith0940@aol.com Message-ID: <6b76fd43.35b07826@aol.com> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 06:25:41 EDT Old-To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 38 Subject: [ILPOPE-L] REED Resent-Message-ID: <"XBnzQB.A.C5B.QhHs1"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/352 X-Loop: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: ILPOPE-L-request@rootsweb.comTo get random signatures put text files into a folder called "Random Signatures" into your Preferences folder.

Terry, here are some REEDs from the Pope/Saline area. Descendants of Alfred Reed 1 Alfred Reed b: 1808 in North Carolina d: Unknown .. +Elizabeth Schrum b: 1808 in North Carolina m: December 28, 1830 in Gallatin Co., IL d: Unknown ........ 2 Julia Ann Reed b: October 10, 1837 in Gallatin Co., IL d: June 3, 1880 in Saline Co., Independence Twp., IL ............ +James Henry Dunn b: March 9, 1836 in Jefferson Co., IL m: May 30, 1856 in Pope Co., IL d: January 29, 1874 in Johnson Co., IL ........ 2 Nancy Mahala Reed b: March 5, 1840 in Illinois d: July 24, 1930 in Saline Co., IL ............ +John Jackson Dunn b: June 27, 1840 in Illinois m: February 3, 1861 in Pope Co., IL d: August 16, 1886 in Saline Co., IL ........ 2 Alfred T. Reed b: 1842 ........ 2 Elizabeth Reed b: 1844 ........ 2 Sarah C. Reed b: 1846 in Illinois ............ +William A. Jackson b: Abt. 1846 m: January 12, 1871 in Saline Co., IL ........ 2 William Cannon Reed b: 1849 in Illinois ............ +Martha D. Grateler b: Abt. 1849 m: April 1, 1877 in Pope Co., IL ........ 2 Henry Johnson (J.H.) Reed b: January 23, 1850 in Illinois d: February 26, 1936 in Saline Co., IL ............ +Sara Jane Simmons b: April 12, 1858 in Illinois m: March 11, 1877 d: February 25, 1936 in Saline Co., IL Do you have any connection to this line? Sam in KY In a message dated 98-07-13 00:12:24 EDT, you write: << Subj: RE: [ILPOPE-L] Pope county history Date: 98-07-13 00:12:24 EDT From: tceballos@eli.uta.edu (tceballos) Reply-to: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com Do any of these volumes have any references to Reeds? Terry ______________________________________________________________________ >>

Marla, I have the book that Ginger mentions as well. It is very interesting. I think I found it in a book store in Paducah, KY. Cindy At 09:01 PM 7/16/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi again Marla, >I forgot there is some good, well-researched information >on Elias Cotton's (and a little on the Hill's) in the book: > >Early Pioneer Gravestones of Pope County, Illinois > >by Michael J. McNerney and Herb Meyer > >The address I have for them is >American Resources Group, Ltd. >127 North Washington Street >Carbondale, IL 62901 >phone # is 618-529-2741 >It is a thin book of some 42 pages but packed with >information and pictures of some of the stones. > >This is an excellent book that contains a lot of genealogy >information on several families in conjunction with their >research into the unique handmade tombstones found on >the graves of some of the family members. > >In case anyone else is interested, the families in the >book are: >Hazel; Rolston; Hays; Cotton; Hill; Ditterline; Ellis; Cannaday; >Sullenger; Watson; Scott; Beanard and (Shuffle)Barger > >Ginger >gingerh@intrnet.net > >---------- >> From: Marla Webb <dwebb@inquo.net> >> To: ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [ILPOPE-L] Shedville Cemetary >> Date: Thursday, July 16, 1998 8:03 PM >> >> Is there any way to get a cemetary list of names of people buried there? In the >small town >> I grew up in, someone basically indexed all those buried in the cemetary with a >list of >> dates and everything. Do most cemetaries have this sort of registry available? >If so I am >> interested in the Shedville Cemetary in Pope Co. Where there are Cottons and >Hills buried. >> If this is available I would appreciate very much any help on how to obtain this >> information. >> Thank you >> Marla Webb >> dwebb@ inquo.net >> >> >> > >

Thanks to Ginger and Judy for the information you sent on the Shedville Cemetary. I will check out the books etc. I am searching for information on my ancestor Caleb Cotton who was in Southern Illinois 1820- to about 1840. He was married to Nancy Meredith in North Carolina. Marriage Bond 6 Nov 1801. He died in Illinois before 1845. One family history states that he and Nancy were killed by Delaware Indians. I would like to find where they might be buried. I have found records of Caleb in Pope and Johnson Counties. Some of these records indicate that he helped in the building of roads. He had children, some born in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois. Names of children I know are sons: James, Noah Shelton (born 1811), Gabriel Lovoen (born 1822), Caleb Carrol. Daughters: Sarah, Malinda, Mahala, Elizabeth, Margaret Louisa, Josephine, Peninah S. (born 1827) Malinda may have married a George Dawson and at one time was living in Equality, Gallatin Co. Illinois. (1860) Noah Shelton married Martha Stout in Illinois & had five children. She died and he married second Lucretia Spurgeon (she may have been married previously to a Hill). Some have attributed a George Washington Cotton as being another son of Caleb & Nancy Cotton. However, I have found information that shows he appears rather to have been a son of Elias Cotton and his wife Rachel. I am interested in learning any information on any of these Cottons. I believe that it is possible that Elias Cotton and Caleb may have been of some relation. Caleb was also associated with a Morris family in Illinois, as I have found records indicating he was an executor for Levi Morris and that he, or his son, Caleb indentured an orphan William Morris in 1840. Any help or information regarding these families would be appreciated Thank you Marla