Margaret, I would be more than happy to help you but I am not the one who has access to the census. I'm looking for help myself. My Randolph/Reed/Evitts families come from Pope Co., but I do not believe that we have any Murphys in our line. Sorry, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Oliver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [ILPOPE-L] 1870 Census > Hello Jan, I just saw your very generous to do look ups in Pope County. > Personally, I would be more than happy to pay you for your time. > I am researching the Alexander Murphy and James Murphy families who came to > the area sometime prior to the 1818 census. They came from South Carolina > originally, although I suspect they may have stopped off in another state at > least briefly. They were on the 1810 census in South Carolina. Then they > show up in Illinois in 1818. I believe Alexander may have gotten bounty > land for 1812 service. There is a warrant for that name in 1816, but the > land was in Henry County. Maybe he sold that parcel and bought something in > Pope, or maybe it isn't my Alexander Murphy. I just don't know at this > point. Anyway, I think the Alexander who shows on the 1818 census is the > patriarch. He had a son named Alexander who would have been about 13 in > 1818. James Murphy is another grown son, born in 1796. They all came to > Illinois and proceeded to produce numerous children and using the names > Alexander and James over and over in both lines. > I have looked at quite a bit of data myself, but if you would be willing to > give me ANY AND ALL REFERENCES TO THE MURPHY NAME, I would be glad to hire > you. You have several books that I have not been able to acquire yet, and > some I didn't even know existed. > I suspect that all the Murphys in Pope are related closely. So anything at > all that you can find may help me sort things out. > I believe that Alexander I was married to a Sadie or Sarah Jenkins. He > probably died before the 1830 census. > I know a little more about the more recent ones, because my grandmother was > Corda Murphy. She was born in Glendale, Pope County. Her parents were > Alexander Murphy and Georgeanne Murphy, who were 2nd cousins. He descended > from Alexander II, and she descended from James, his older brother. > Anyway, please let me know what you are willing to do. Thanks a lot. > Margaret Oliver > South Thomaston, Maine > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "o'neal" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 2:21 PM > Subject: Re: [ILPOPE-L] 1870 Census > > > > Jan, > > > > I have the 1870 Pope County Census and will be glad to do a look up for > you. > > Just in case you or anyone else need something, I have quite a few books > > for Pope County: > > > > ILLINOIS POPE COUNTY > > > > Ancestry Charts Vol I > > State Census of Pope County 1845, 1855, 1865 > > History of Pope County Vol. I-III > > Index to Pope County Histories Vol. I and II by Patsy Collins > > Cemetery Books Vol. I-IV > > Census Book 1850 > > Census Book 1860 > > Census Book 1870 > > Census Book 1880 > > Chancery Book 186001960 > > Land Owners in Pope County in the Early 1900's > > List of Landowner's 1820 > > Marriage Books Vol. I 1813-1877, Vol. II 1878-1888, Vol. III 1888-1898 > > Membership Rolls of Golconda IOOF Lodge 292 1890-1945 > > Marks and Brands 1816-1856 > > History of Golconda > > Herald Enterprise Newspaper Abstracts Vol. I Dec. 1917-Dec. 1919 > > Plat Map of Pope County > > Probate 1816-1835 > > Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties > > > > Let me know how I can help. > > > > Patricia > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jan Patton <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 2:17 PM > > Subject: [ILPOPE-L] 1870 Census > > > > > > > Would anyone who may have a copy of the Pope Co. 1870 census please do a > > look-up for me? > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > > > >