Looking for missing pieces (**SEE NOTES) in this family line. Thanks in advance for any assistance! Descendants of William Anderson Roelofson 1 William Anderson Roelofson b: March 22, 1822 in White Co., Illinois d: 1917 in Tazewell Co., Illinois .. +Eliza Ann McCurdy b: April 06, 1819 in Franklin Co., Pennsylvania m: June 30, 1842 in Tazewell Co., Illinois (**NOTE: who were her parents?) .2 Anna Mary Roelofson b: October 19, 1843 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., Illinois ... +Mathias T. Wood b: January 16, 1842 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., Illinois m: January 03, 1863 in Tazewell Co., Illinois (**NOTE: who were his parents? Names of Children??) 2 John L. Roelofson b: January 17, 1845 in McLean Co., Illinois d: Bef. 1879 2 Augustus Neil Roelofson b: Abt. 1846 ... +Sarah E. Myers b: 1857 in Illinois m: May 19, 1875 in Tazewell Co., Illinois (**NOTE: who were her parents? Names of Children??) 2 Rosa R. Roelofson b: May 08, 1847 in McLean Co., Illinois ... +Robert P. Tate (**NOTE: who were his parents? Names of children??) 2 Henrietta S. Roelofson b: November 04, 1849 in Tazewell Co., Illinois ... +Elias A. Wood (**NOTE: who were his parents? Names of children??) 2 William Jesse Roelofson b: April 03, 1850 in Bloomington, McLean Co., Illinois d: July 26, 1921 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas ... +Rosa Belle Walters b: December 31, 1859 in Bloomington, McLean Co., Illinois d: December 12, 1944 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California m: January 01, 1879 in Bloomington, McLean Co., Illinois (**NOTE: who were her parents? Names of children??) 2 Ewing Patten Roelofson b: April 04, 1852 ... +Eliza Capp (**NOTE: who were her parents? Names of children??) 2 Cordelia Roelofson b: April 1854 d: August 1854 2 Fedilia Roelofson b: April 1854 d: August 1854 2 Lawrence Eugene Roelofson b: July 21, 1860 in Illinois ... +Elda Nine m: 1884 (**NOTE: who were her parents? Names of children??) 2 Robert D. Roelofson b: in Illinois (**Spouse?? Children??) Thanks in advance for any information! Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota kbcook@cfaith.com or k.b.cook@worldnet.att.net

http://www.kshs.org/library/illinois.htm This is a listing of microfilm on Illinois available through interlibrary loan from the Kansas State Historical Library. This might be a good resource for out of state researchers. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

The North had a much larger pool of men to draw from. There was really no need for 15, 16, 17 year olds to serve. Some may have lied about their age and enlisted of course. In Illinois [and, as it was required by the War Department, I assume all other northern states] they took a military census in 1862 to determine who was available to serve. Those records still exist and may be used for genealogy research. They are on microfilm at the state archives. I don't know how they took it because the resulting report lists the men in alphabetical order by community [often communities that no longer exist]. It lists name, age, nativity, occupation, remarks. Dorothy Falk told me about this valuable resource last winter. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

I found this on another list. Check your ancestors and see if you think it is true. In checking my ancestors it is not true. Is it is true or not true for your ancestors? From: http://www.genealogybulletin.com/archives/HTML/etc70.html According to a tidbit from genealogical society bulletins, 78 percent of the Union Army in the Civil War was comprised of lads 15 to 18 years old. Data gleaned from government records reveals figures that may surprise you. Here are the statistics from the total enlistment of Northern soldiers during the Civil War: Age Number of Personnel 10 ............ 25 11 ............ 34 12 ............225 13 ............380 14 ...........1602 15 ........104,987 (3.5%) 16 ........231,051 (8.0%) 17 ........884,981 (28.0%) 18 ......1,158,434 (38.5%) 19-22 .....617,511 (20.5%) 22-44 ......52,696 45+ .....Not given Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb

This is from History of Logan Co. (in my own words) William Scully, an Irish landlord of London England, came to the US to invest in land. He was a smart guy who road his horse over the states from Philadelphia + looking for just the right "soil." Here in Central Illinois he felt he'd found what he was looking for, some of the most beautiful dirt to be had in the world.( I agree ) Scully purchased land on a straight line between the cities of St. Louis and Chicago,,, since he knew there'd be a railroad going through and the land would be even more valuable. He bought the land for $ 1.25 an acre. In 1853 Scully built a home in Logan Co. bringing several Irish families to help him work the land. THe Irish didn't stay long and his wife sickened and died. He sold some of his land, but the Civil War began and land sales ceased.With the return of Civil War soldiers, Scully had his renters. In 1870 he began work on a drainage system that worked quite well. Some criticized Scully for his introduction of the Irish tenantry system and many felt that a person who had not taken American citizenship shouldn't own so much American soil. My Great Uncle worked Scully land and in a few years was able to save enough to buy his own farm, many others did too. Scully leased the land, not the improvements on the land. If the renters left, Scully would not reimburse them for their fences, houses, barns ect. the new tenants would.( in most cases.) Taxes were also paid by the renter.

Listers, I'm looking for anyone who has a Norman in Tazewell County in the mid-late 1800's. This family would have had 10 or more children, and may have located near the Allentown or Tremont area. Thanks, Pj

Scully Estates used to have an office in downtown Lincoln, Illinois. They were on the second floor of a bank. My cousin's father-in-law used to manage the office back in the 1980's. I ran a search on Yahoo a few minutes ago and found Scully Estates, 303 S. Kickapoo, Lincoln, IL. Phone (217) 735-1541. That Kickapoo address is also the location of Union Planters Bank. Karas Hall Cheryl Rothwell wrote: > German laborers who built the system of drainage tiles and sloughs on the > more than 30,000 acres in Logan County were given leases on the land. Scully > wasn't poor -- lots of people think he was since he came from Ireland in > 1850. He bought a lot of the land from the Government Land Office. I would > guess a search of BLM or the state's land purchase database would turn up a > good portion of the Scully purchases. > > The Scullys were educated in agriculture. In 1926 they embraced the Illinois > System of Permanent Soil Fertility, ie, crop rotation. They promoted soil > conservation, soil testing, grassed waterways, etc. In Logan County they > also gave some land to the county for parks and trails. > > If anyone has seen the book Tom listed I'd be interested in hearing about > it. > > Cheryl Rothwell > LoganCty@mindspring.com > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm > Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01 > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Tazewell County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.usgennet.org/~iltazewe/index.html

German laborers who built the system of drainage tiles and sloughs on the more than 30,000 acres in Logan County were given leases on the land. Scully wasn't poor -- lots of people think he was since he came from Ireland in 1850. He bought a lot of the land from the Government Land Office. I would guess a search of BLM or the state's land purchase database would turn up a good portion of the Scully purchases. The Scullys were educated in agriculture. In 1926 they embraced the Illinois System of Permanent Soil Fertility, ie, crop rotation. They promoted soil conservation, soil testing, grassed waterways, etc. In Logan County they also gave some land to the county for parks and trails. If anyone has seen the book Tom listed I'd be interested in hearing about it. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

Hazel, From a memo dated 15 Feb 2000 in my files I have reference to a book: "Landlord William Scully" by Homer E. Socolofsky, Lawrence, KS, The Regents Press of Kansas, 1979 I have not read the book but have been interested in the Scully estates as some of my somewhat distant kinfolk have farmed said land for generations. I seem to recall from years ago my Dad relating that the land was purchased by the Scully Estate for a pound or so of tobacco per acre and then leased out (maybe for 100 years)? with the buildings belonging to the farmers, the land remaining in the estate. Rules were made as to crops rotated and the like. Lands in the estates were in Logan County, IL, Nuckolls County, NB, Marions County, KA, Gage County, NB. Hope this helps, Tom Dirksen

VAST amounts of land. I believe there is a book on the Scully land. I can't find a reference to it at the moment of course. The family still owns it -- 4 and 5 generations after. I believe the land is entailed. I don't know a great deal about the family. William's eldest son was Thomas who married Violet Mary ?. They had Michael John and Peter D. I believe William had other children. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

I belong to the Ostfriesen Mailing list and we have had numerous discussions on the Scully leases since that is how many of our ancestors came to America. You can go directly to some of the Scully archives by going to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/isearch2 . Just look at the message bodies. The home page of this group is at http://www.summitsoftware.com/Ostfriesen and on it you will learn a great deal about Ostfriesen history as well as directions for joining this friendly group. If you have questions please just ask and I'll do my best to answer you although I'm not the ultimate authority on the subject. I can remember seeing Scully farms when I was a child with all the buildings painted a sort of mustard yellow. Dottie

I would be very interested in any information on this family. I have other roots from Tazewell from the opposite side of my family research. Robert Barnard married Rachel Chaffer and they lived in Tazewell. Rachel's father was Abraham Chaffer who owned a lot of farming land in the Deer Creek area. I was very surprised to learn of the Scully's also being in Tazewell when I started researching that branch of the family. Small world! Hazel On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 22:00:09 EDT Teedirk@aol.com writes: > Hazel, From a memo dated 15 Feb 2000 in my files I have reference to > a book: > > "Landlord William Scully" by Homer E. Socolofsky, Lawrence, KS, The > Regents > Press of Kansas, 1979 > > I have not read the book but have been interested in the Scully > estates as > some of my somewhat distant kinfolk have farmed said land for > generations. I > seem to recall from years ago my Dad relating that the land was > purchased by > the Scully Estate for a pound or so of tobacco per acre and then > leased out > (maybe for 100 years)? with the buildings belonging to the farmers, > the land > remaining in the estate. Rules were made as to crops rotated and > the like. > Lands in the estates were in Logan County, IL, Nuckolls County, NB, > Marions > County, KA, Gage County, NB. Hope this helps, Tom Dirksen > > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ________________________________________________________________ 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.

If you come across more on this family please let me know. Hazel On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 21:02:26 -0400 "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> writes: > VAST amounts of land. I believe there is a book on the Scully land. I > can't > find a reference to it at the moment of course. The family still > owns it -- > 4 and 5 generations after. I believe the land is entailed. I don't > know a > great deal about the family. William's eldest son was Thomas who > married > Violet Mary ?. They had Michael John and Peter D. I believe William > had > other children. > > Cheryl Rothwell > LoganCty@mindspring.com > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm > Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01 > > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the TAZEWELL List if you are in mail mode, send > to > ILTAZEWE-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in > the digest mode, send to ILTAZEWE-D-request@Rootsweb.com > ________________________________________________________________ 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.

Does anyone have information on the William Scully family? William owned vast amounts of land in both Tazewell and Logan counties that was used for farming. Thank you. Hazel ________________________________________________________________ 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.

Steve Holland sent me the following message: These are pictures that I cannot identify from the estate of Hazel Holland who was born in 1895 in Sheridan Township on a Scully farm - she taught school in Logan County from about 1912 to 1971 and died in 1979. http://community.webshots.com/album/18786990PgxDEPqSVl This is up in the northwest quadrant of Logan County so they might include folks from Mason and Tazewell Counties. Have a look -- you may find an ancestor. If you can identify anyone let us know. Penny Duncan also has a web page with unidentified pictures from this same general area -- you can see them at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adoptaphoto/ Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

A two Saturday seminar on internet genealogy will be held September 8 & 22 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm in Pekin, IL. It is sponsored by the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society. For more details see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iltcghs/workshop.htm Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01

Thanks Mike for that info. My major problem is that I live in western Canada and I just don't have access to the majority of sources. My Sarah J. Hancock, was born in Piatt Co., married there, and lived there with her husband Albert N. Collins for almost a year, until after my grandmother was born. They then moved back to his home in Pekin, IL. She had a son Robert, that my grandmother called Bert, and from other sources, I have been told there was a 3rd child that did not survive. This child had to have been born abt 1881-1886 when Sarah died - I suspect in child birth. She was buried with her family in the Harshbarger Cemetery in Piatt Co. The page from that Cemetery book, gives her date of death but NOT where she died. Anyone with other suggestions please, reply. All of your information is very appreciated. Ardath in Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Dickson" <mdickson@dpc.net> To: <ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [ILTAZEWE] Death Index > Tazewell County started registering deaths in 1878 but it was not mandatory > until 1916. Estimate is only about 10% of deaths were registered before > 1916. > > Here's some details on our website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iltcghs/deathrecs.htm > > I'd recommend requesting the record from IRAD - they don't charge anything > but copy fees. > > Hope this helps, > Mike Dickson > Webmaster > Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ardath Buckaway" <bqueen@compusmart.ab.ca> > To: <ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:53 PM > Subject: Re: [ILTAZEWE] Death Index > > > > Cheryl or anyone with the answers: > > > > Can anyone tell me where there is a death index for Tazewell Co. for 1886, > > especially for the City of Pekin? If so, who can access it, is it on line, > > or do I have to pay someone to check out a name. Don't want to send money > > to some dept. only to find they don't have that name. > > > > Thanks for any explanations. > > Ardath > > > > > > > > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Tazewell County ILGenWeb Home Page! > > http://www.usgennet.org/~iltazewe/index.html > > > > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Tazewell County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.usgennet.org/~iltazewe/index.html >

Tazewell County started registering deaths in 1878 but it was not mandatory until 1916. Estimate is only about 10% of deaths were registered before 1916. Here's some details on our website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iltcghs/deathrecs.htm I'd recommend requesting the record from IRAD - they don't charge anything but copy fees. Hope this helps, Mike Dickson Webmaster Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ardath Buckaway" <bqueen@compusmart.ab.ca> To: <ILTAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [ILTAZEWE] Death Index > Cheryl or anyone with the answers: > > Can anyone tell me where there is a death index for Tazewell Co. for 1886, > especially for the City of Pekin? If so, who can access it, is it on line, > or do I have to pay someone to check out a name. Don't want to send money > to some dept. only to find they don't have that name. > > Thanks for any explanations. > Ardath > > > > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Tazewell County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.usgennet.org/~iltazewe/index.html >

Cheryl or anyone with the answers: Can anyone tell me where there is a death index for Tazewell Co. for 1886, especially for the City of Pekin? If so, who can access it, is it on line, or do I have to pay someone to check out a name. Don't want to send money to some dept. only to find they don't have that name. Thanks for any explanations. Ardath >

The Decatur Genealogical Society has cemetery listings for many counties: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ildecgs/ They have other publications as well. Cheryl Rothwell LoganCty@mindspring.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01