Mac, I would like to know the answer to this also. I "think" Island Grove was a small settlement, probably in Island Grove township, and my notes say it was near Spring Creek. There was a Baptist church established there sometime between 1823 and 1828, called Island Grove church. My research has turned up some other early settlements which may not have ever developed into towns but rather (like Lincoln's New Salem) disappeared from the map. One was McKinney's settlement. I have NO idea where it was located. By the way, the Baptist church at Lincoln's New Salem is part of my research, as it was identified throughout its history with the Hardshell Baptists, as they are sometimes called. Not too long ago I was over there, and mentioned to one of the guides who that I was a minister of that faith. He told me to go over to the Blacksmith's home, as he kept the Hardshell preachers overnight in his home. When I went over there, several of the women dressed in clothing of that day started talking with me. One took me inside and started questioning me about our beliefs. I heard a couple others come up to the log building outside and ask, Did you know there is a Hardshell baptist preacher here? The lady I was talking to heard her, and spoke up and said, "We are in here hardshelling right now." Ha. Robert Webb On Tue, 21 Nov 2000 21:02:57 -0500 "Mac Crawford" <mscrawford@iquest.net> writes: > To those who might know, > > What was Island Grove? Where was it? Does it still exist? > > Thanks, > > Mac Crawford > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > Search the Index to the 1904 Sangamon County History at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/histdex.htm > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.