Posted on: Sangamon County, Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Sangamon/1778 Surname: LAWYER, EMERICH, SCHAFFER ------------------------- Searching for any connections on William LAWYER and Catherine EMERICH. They were my gggggrandparents. Thier son John was my ggggrandfather. They might have lived around Sangamon County. John was born in 1834. John married Eliza Jane SCHAFFER.