After the Civil War was completed, the settlement of new land continued
in Union County until 1920 when the last tract of land belonging to the
government was bought by Mr. Daisy.
Rich Precinct added John Davie, 26.46
acres; John J. Demming, 26.46 acres; Jacob Bradshaw, 26.46 acres; Wm. J. Stout,
71 acres; Lorenzo D. Stout, 60.72 acres; Henry C. Stout, 20.72 acres; George W.
Owen, 20,72 acres; R. E. Henderson, 40 acres; William J. Shepard, 40 acres;
William Terry, 200 acres; Pleasant Henley, 40 acres; Fannie Saddler, 40 acres;
James N. Sanders, 129.36 acres; Jefferson Rendleman, 47 acres; Wm. V. Sanders,
47.06 acres; Jasper W. Damron, 40 acres; Marcus L. Fly, 40 acres; James E.
Hiller, 40 acres; Jasper N. Damron, 120 acres; James Watson, 27.92 acres; John
D. Watson, 27.92 acres; John W. Killer, 129.68 acres; John D. Watson, 27.92
acres; Lewis P. Holland, 30 acres; William Rhodes, 71.29 acres; Wm. H. Dodge,
40.40 acres; Daniel Matlock, 40.40 acres; Orvil W. Bargs, 40.40 acres; Lucy L.
Fuller, 40 acres; David Bargs, 40 acres; John Watson, 49 acres; Solomon Sitter,
80 acres; Robert Elmore, 40 acres; Frank M. Agnew, 80 acres; Jessie Watson, 40
acres; Enoch Hack, 40 acres; Irvin C. Batson, 40 acres; Franklin Roach, 40
acres; Henry Culp, 40 acres; Abel Baker. 40 acres: Daniel S. Davie, 40 acre?;
P.obert S. Hopkins, 40 acres: T. J. McBride, 80 acres; Jessie G. Lindsay, 40
acres: Jacob G. Hunsaker, 40 acres; William Hudson, 120 acres; Jasper W. Damron,
40 acres; Pleasant Henley, 80 acres; David Fries. 40 acres; Elisha and Zach
Hughes, 40 acres; Charles P. Coleman, 40 acres; William W. Inscore, 80 acres;
Benjamin F. Green, 80 acres; John L. Coleman, 40 acres; Richard Gist, 40 acres;
John Carter, 40 acres; John Gist, 40 acres; Marion C. Coleman, 80 acres; Absolom
W T . Coleman, 40 acres; Lawrence D. Coleman, 40 acres; George Johnson, 40
acres; Elizabeth Smith, 40.40 acres Susan Vancil, 41.20 acres; William Sladden,
42.21 acres; Lavina W. Henderson, 80 acres; James O. Hale, 40 acres; Christ
Landis, 40 acres; John Randall, 120 acres; John Freeze, 40 acres; Wm. A. Harris,
40 acres; E. D. Turner, 40 acres; Pleasant P. Peeler, 80 acres; William
Rendleman, 174.39 acres; Joshua Thompson, 31.36 acres; Mary Robinson, 40 acres;
Charles D. Bush, 40 acres; Daniel Sifford, 40 acres; Richard W. Lisk, 40 acres;
David Gow, 240 acres; Henry E. Clarke, 40 acres; William H. Kerr, 40 acres;
Peter A. Stout, 40 acres and Larkin F. Brooks, 40 acres.
Additional lands
entered in Lick Creek Precinct were: Gail Henson, 40 acres; Marion C. Coleman,
40 acres; Joseph Lingle, 40 acres; William Hudson, 40 acres; John S. Jones, 120
acres; George H. Jones, 40 acres; Elizabeth Trees, 40 acres; William A. Johnson,
40 acres; Matthew Brooks, 40 acres; Lewis Jones, 40 acres; Marshall Jones, 40
acres; Pleasant Henley, 40 acres; L. D. Coleman, 40 acres; Edwin Wiggs, 40
acres; Wm. T. Hood, 40 acres; James H. Kirby, 40 acres; Andrew J. Gourley, 40
acres; Hiram N. Hood, 80 acres; Thomas A. Hogg, 40 acres; George T. McGinnis, 40
acres; Thomas Gourley, 40 acres; William Roberts, 77.38 acres; John H. Bosweli,
77.91 acres; James H. Gallegly, 38.69 acres; Andrew L. Grugett, 39.23 acres; Wm.
H. Corbitt, 39.24 acres; Francis F. Keller, 39.24 acres; Isaac W. Davis, 40
acres; Austin A. O'Neill, 120 acres; Powell Toler, 40 acres; Hezekiah O'Neal, 40
acres; James Corbitt, 40 acres; James A. Brown, 41.72 acres; Solomon H. Sitter,
41.73 acres; John S. Grugett, 83.56 acres; F. E. Scarsdale, 120 acres; Thomas J.
Jolly, 40 acres; Henry Plater, 40 acres; Lexander W. Nimmo, 40 acres; W. J.
Rudick, 40 acres; Eva McLane, 40 acres; William C. Brasel, 40 acres; Winstead
Davie, 120 acres; Harrison Elkins, 40 acres; Sylvester Hileman, 40 acres; David
W. McGinnis, 40 acres; John H. Bosweli, 280 acres; James F. Dick, 80 acres and
James Miller, 40 acres.
Saratoga Precinct added William B. Todd, 40
acres; John Hunter, 40 acres; R. M. Dawson, 40 acres; James D. Brooks, 87.49
acres; Susan Mannenger, 43.74 acres; Marion J. Sitter, 44.96 acres; John
Highland, 44.96 acres; Franklin W. Carothers, 40 acres; Jessie R. Brown, 80
acres; Henry C. George, 240 acres; James B. Hall, 40 acres; Esan Griffith, 40
acres; Wm. N. Corlis, 40 acres; Elizabeth M. Todd, 40 acres; John W. Williams,
40 acres; James B. Wall, 40 acres; Ben Vancil, 40 acres; Peter Williams, 40
acres; John N. Penninger, 160 acres; Williams Murphy, 200 acres and Lafayette
Murphy, 40 acres; George Clutts, 40 acres; Peter Norrix, 80 acres; Frederick
Baker, 40 acres; D. M. Sisk, 40 acres; William J. Harkley, 40 acres; William J.
Stout, 40 acres; John Randall, 40 acres; Joseph Lingle, 40 acres; Elijah
Beckwith and John C. Fuller, 40 acres; Florence K. Baker, 40 acres; Andrew
Duckshied, 40 acres; John Stephens, 40 acres; J. W. Hambleton, 40 acres; Rhoda
A. Reward, 40 acres; J. B. Coulter, 40 acres; Garrett H. Baker and Wm. Chase,
45.54 acres; Henry Ede, 45.54 acres; Garrett H. Baker, 45.54 acres; I. N.
Phillips, 45.85 acres; Eliza B. Finley, 45.85 acres; Lewis N. Ashley, Ben L.
Wiley and David L. Phillips, 40 acres; Matthias Clemens, 40 acres; Christian
Nordling, 40 acres; Joseph Metz, 40 acres; Alexander, Johnston, 40 acres; John
M. Rich, 40 acres; Samuel C. Walker, 40 acres; Thomas H. Bean, 40 acres; Wm. J.
Jones, 40 acres; Susannah Barringer, 40 acres; Daisy and Gertrude Buck, 40
acres; Joseph Bigler, 35.84 acres; Adam Buck, 35.84 acres; Charles Howenstein,
35.83 acres; Ephriam M. Powell, 40 acres; George W. Williams, 40 acres; Joseph
Williams, 40 acres and Richard H. Davis, 40 acres.
Stokes Precinct was
increased by John Emerson, 40 acres; Iva Green, 40 acres; Henry M. Halterman, 40
acres; John Earnhadrt, 40 acres; Henry G. W. S. Cline, 40 acres; J. F.
Halterman, 40 acres; James P. Wiggs, 40 acres; Richard T. Wiggs, 40 acres; M'les
M. Arnhart, 40 acres; William D. Toler, 80 acres; John B. Stokes, 40 acres;
George A. Stout, 40 acres; Samuel O. Stout, 40 acres; Samuel O. Slocet, 120
acres; William Homes, 40 acres; Henry Mangold, 40 acres; John C. Mackey, 40
acres; George Penmnger, 336 11 acres; Charles Sommers, 40 acres; David Davis,
165.37 acres; John W. Speck, 80 acres; Edmond H. Hileman, 40 acres; James C.
Lingle, 40 acres; William T. Boswell, 40 acres; Polly Ann Conder 40 acres;
William Stodder, 40 acres; Henry Mangold, 49 acres- James W. Woodward, 80 acres;
John Ballard, 40 acres; Jonathan Boswell, 89.79 acres; James Mclntire, 80 acres;
Wilhelm Kazemann, 80 acres; Elizabeth Newton, 80 acres; James T. Mackey, 40
acres; Elizabeth Newton, 40 acres; Francis M. Henard, 40 acres; D. M. Jones, 40
acres; James W. Clifford, 93.34 acres; James T. Hughes, SO acres; John G.
Sherwood, 80 acres; James F. Hood, 40 acres; John H. Pool, 40 acres; James A.
Penrod, 40 acres; James Ballard, 48.79 acres; Nathan Karraker, 88.79 acres;
Adaline Penrod, 4s'.79 acres; Joseph Conder, 49.74 acres; William and Een A.
Conder, 49.74 acres; William Hinkle, 49.74 acres; William George Davis, 49.74
acres; John Smoot, 40 acres; Thomas Smith, 40 acre?; Adam F. Hoffner, 80 acres;
John Ballard, 40 acres; and George W. Sheffer, 40 acres.
Dongola added
Peter Verble, 56.82 acres; Henry W. Otrich, G6.S6 acres! William T. Smoot, 40
acres; James H. Kelley, 40 acres; James A. Penrod, 40 acres; Lucinda Keller, 80
acres; Michael D. Clifford, 40 acres; Daniel Keller, 40 acres; Riley Daywalt, 40
acres; Meredith Keller, 40 acres; Joseph M. Clifford, 80 acres; John P. Daywalt,
40 acres; Robertson C. Corzine, 40 acres; James T. Hughes, 40 acres; John
Clifford, 40 acres; J. K. Adams, 40 acres; Sylvester Adams, 160 acres; Levi
Penrod, 200 acres; Josiah E. Brown, 40 acres; Daniel C. Boggs, 40 acres; James
A. Penrod, 80 acres; Barbara Penrod, 280 acres; David Penrod, 80 acres; G. D.
Corzine, 40 acres; Mary Ann Lence, 49.16 acres; Peter Lence, 49.16 acres; Monroe
Dillow, 89.50 acres; Jacob C. Dillow, 49.50 acres; Frederick Schluter, 129.50
acres; Simeon D. Corzine, 45.50 acres; Samuel B. Poor, 120 acres; S. A. D.
Rogers, 40 acres; John C. Keller, 40 acres; Jacob Douglas, 40 acres; Henry
Meisenheimer, 80 acres; Stephen T. Baston, 160 acres; Thomas E. Carlock, 40
acres; James A. Karraker, 40 acres; Jacob Beggs, 120 acres; John F. Beggs, 40
acres; Jacob Peeler, 40 acres; James W. Hogan, 80 acres; Moses O. Felker, 40
acres; Henry Hess, 40 acres; John R. Casper, 40 acres; Daniel F. Beggs, 80
acres; Thomas Misenheimer, 40 acres; Sarah C. Wilhelm, 40 acres; Robert Harris,
80 acres; Thomas Smoot, 40 acres; Jacob Graham, 40 acres; William Gifford, and
Benjamin Ladd, 131.03 acres; Joseph Minnie, 50.62 acres; Lewis Misenheimer,
50.51 acres; Adde Aden, 130.51 acres; R. H. Kinkead, 50.62 acres; Henry C.
George, 50.62 acres; Edward Cohl, 80 acres; Andrew T. Mulcahy, 40 acres; Rebecca
A. Patrick, 40 acres; William W. Sheffer, 40 acres; Rufus M. Lingle, 40 acres;
W. E. Simpson, 40 acres; John H. Taylor, 40 acres; William Hinkle, 40 acres;
Miles E. Kestler, 40 acres; Caroline Aden, 40 acres; Rufus Monroe. 40 acres;
Elizabeth Sherfley, 40 acres; Levi Mcintosh, 80 acres; George Eller, 40 acres;
Giles C. Casper, 40 acres; Jacob D. Benton, 40 acres; Peter Lence, 40 acres;
Robert Dickson, Jr., 40 acres; Joseph Schlegel, 40 acres; Anthony Peeler, 40
acres; Maurice B. Lawrence, 40 acres; Samuel Lence, 40 acres; William S.
Hammers, 40 acres; Julia A. Littel, 40 acres; Jessie Peeler, 40 acres; Susan
Davalt, 40 acres; N. G. Miller, 40 acres and John Peeler, 40 acres.
Anna
precinct added Robert Chatham, 40 acres; James M. Williams, 40 acres; Wm. W.
Kirkpatrick, 40 acres; Jacob Hileman, 80 acres; Edward Ryan, 40 acres; Andrew
Eaves, 80 acres; Joshua Thompson, 40 acres; Edward Robinson, 40 acres; Tilman
Manus, 40 acres; Peter F. Williams, 80 acres; J. H. Goddard, 40 acres; Lucinda
M. Finley, 40 acres; Sarah A. Underwood, 40 acres; Joseph Wood, 40 acres; David
A. Parker, 80 acres; John L. Freeze, 40 acres; John Corzine, 41.75 acres;
William F. Otrich, 41.75 acres; Benjamin J. Keith, 83.25 acres; Martin V. Brown,
40 acres; Thomas Dale, 40 acres; Adam Verble, 40 acres, and James Whalen, 80
acres.
Cobden was increased by Joshua Thompson, 28.27 acres; Augusti
Bailston. 28.77 acres; Thomas L. Bailey, 57.40 acres; George C. Hanford, 28.70
acres; Young J. Vancil, 28.70 acres; William Harper and Ulrich Esyinger, 40
acres; William Trickier, 40 acres; Frederick Schelker, 40 acres; Rebecca
O'Donnel, 40 acres; Daniel Sullivan, 40 acres; Francis M. Smith, 25.37 acres; V.
M. Foley, 145.01 acres; Sylvanuss J. Morris, 47.82 acres; James T. Wallace,
28.90 acres; J. P. Hodges, 44.23 acres; Joel Nance, 44.23 acres; John Parmley,
40 acres; John Lamkins, 40 acres; Claude Perrie, Jean Boyce, Charles Banerd and
Andrew Thomas, 120 acres; Albert J. Hanford and Joseph Carpenter, 40 acres; John
P. Reese, 40 acres; Charles W. Pelton, 40 acres; John Lockard, 40 acres; Alonzo
DuBois, 40 acres; Matthew Stokes, 40 acres; Sanford and Mary Topping, 40 acres;
Napoleon B. Walker, 40 acres; William C. Rich, 40 acres; H. W. McKile and James
W. Sweitzer, 40 acres; Lewis P. Holland, 40 acres; Lazarus B. Andrey, 40 acres;
R. B. Thompson, 80 acres; John T. Calvert, 40 acres; Samuel Kasht, 40 acres;
Alfred H. Brooks, 40 acres; John Davie, 40 acres; Thomas L. Bailey, 40 acres;
Ephriam Kimmel, 40 acres; Peter Clutts, 40 acres; John Ferrill, 40 acres; John
Clutts, 40 acres; Marian Murphy, 40 acres; Edward C. Lawrence, 40 acres; Judy
Hopkins, 40 acres; David L. Davie, 40 acres; Philander Bird, 40 acres; Persis
Holcomb, 40 acres; William L. Wilkinson, 40 acres; George Snyder, 40 acres;
Spencer Sammons 40 acres; Silas Sifford, 40 acres; John Buck, 40 acres; Daniel
Sifford, 40 acres; Richard W. Lisk, 40 acres; David Gore, 240 acres; Henry E.
Clark, 40 acres; William H. Kerr, 40 acres; Peter Clutts, 40 acres; Cynthia A.
Stout, 40 acres; Larkin F. Brooks, 40 acres; William L. Lence, 40 acres; Josiah
J. Morefield, 40 acres; John H. Barringer, 40 acres, John Buck, 120 acres; Anton
Blessing, 30.90 acres; Anton Smukowski, 30.89 acres; Nathaniel Green, 118.69
acres; Sherod Wiggs and John C. Hill, 40 acres; James C. Hill, 40 acres; Peter
Bechta, 40 acres; John Kerr, 40 acres; Samuel M. Brown, 46.50 acres; Franz
Petsch, 204.93 acres; Cornelius Anderson, 40 acres; Susan S. Launer, 80 acres;
Elias Dilday, 40 acres; John S. and Susan S. Launer, 40 acres; John and Adam
Buck, 40 acres; George Walker, 100 acres; Edwin N. Blanchard, 20 acres; Benjamin
F. Ross, 40 acres; Elize A. Brown, 40 acres; William A. Kirby, 40 acres; Edward
Daniel, 80 acres and John Limbert, 40 acres.
Additions to Alto Precinct
were Jacob F. Blessing, 42.93 acres; Willis Lamer, 47.24 acres; Alexander Smith,
42.93 acres; William R. Martin, 44.31 acres; Anna Corgell, 40 acres; David
Smith, 40 acres; Philip Zimmerman, 40 acres; Charles M. Corgell, 40 acres;
Benjamin F. Holmes, 40 acres; Elias Dilday, 40 acres; Simon P. Casey, 40 acres;
James C, Mary W., and Nettie H. Hawkins, 40 acres;* Cyrus Herald, 135.44 acres;
Alfred Klutts, 49.19 acres; Thomas M. Sturgian, 45.06 acres; William Martin,
45.06 acres; Moses Emery, 40 acres; Robert M. Jennings, 176.48 acres; Daniel
Bellow, 41.50 acres; James A. Batson, 41.49 acres; John Buck, 41.49 acres; James
M. Gulley, 34.09 acres; Zachariah Lyerle, 34.09 acres; Frankie Dodge, 34.09
acres; Joseph E. Frost, 40 acres; James M. Partel, 40 acres; William Butcher, 40
acres; John Starnes. 40 acres; Joseph Minton, 40 acres; Benjamin F. Scott, 40
acres; Mark Aldridge, 40 acres; John M. Robinson, 40 acres; Charles F. Walker,
40 acres; Napoleon B. Collins, 40 acres; Wm. R. Purtle, 40 acres; Walter K.
Underwood, 40 acres; Jessie Mayfield, 40 acres; Moses Laning, 80 acres; Wm. R.
Lee, 40 acres; George H. Staton. 40 acres; Henry C. Freeman, 40 acres; Wm. R.
Abernathie, 40 acres; Joshua Lewis, 40 acres; Michael McDamott, 40 acres; Joel
Manning. 120 acres; Isaac S. Plott and John C. Fuller, 40 acres; Walter R.
Underwood, 40 acres; Jacob R. Rhodes, 34.18 acres; Ann W. Smith, 80 acres;
William Stadden, 80 acres; Harris Rendleman, 80 acres; A. J. Miller, 80 acres;
Mary Underwood, 40 acres; Henvy Rendleman, 40 acres; James Corbitt, 40 acres;
Geo. W. James, 40 acres; G. W. James, 40 acres; Wm. Lilley, 40 acres; James
Simpson, 40 acres; Mary M. Houser, 40 acres; Jessie Glasco, 40 acres; Rebecca C.
Gregory, 40 acres; George W. Abernathie, 40 acres; Emma Hillyer, 40 acres;
Roland W. Purdue, 40 acres; David B. F. Myers, 40 acres; David S. Rendleman, 40
acres; William Balch Todd, 440 acres; George H. Vancil and William B. Todd, 80
acres; William F. Bittle, 40 acres; Lewis F. Bittle, 40 acres; John J.
McRoberts, 60 acres; George F. Myers, 40 acres; Andrew Smith, 80 acres; Herman
E. Schnenyd, 80 acres; Benjamin Ogle Taylor, 2147.95 acres; Zachariah Lyerley,
120 acres; Louisa Dobschutz, 80 acres; Adam Smith, 40 acres; Henry A. Fite, 80
acres; James H. Esher, 40 acres; Wm. H. Green, 320 acres; Jackson Carter, 80
acres: Jacob Rendleman, 80 acres; Frank A. Grisert, 40 acres; Jessie G. and
Isadore L. Lindsey, 43.18 acres; Thomas A. E. Holcomb, 43.18 acres; Cornelius
King, 80 acres; John Cauble, 40 acres; Charles Bridgeman, 40 acres; Mortimer
Hunsaker, 80 acres; Perry D. Riley, 120 acres; Janitta Green, 40 acres and
William H. Finch, 40 acres.
Jonesboro is increased by Henry A. Reixel,
31.73 acres; William W. Kirkpatrick, 96.37 acres; Cornwall Kirkpatrick, 32.91
acres; Eliza Dobschets, 72.91 acres; James Y. Carenip, 32.91 acres; John Cassel,
40 acres; Sylvia Austin, 40 acres; Cyrus S. Freeman, 40 acres; Adam Buck and
John S. Buck, 40 acres; Edwin Saddler, 40 acres; John W. Whitans, 62.76 acres;
Mary T. Kelley, 31.37 acres; James A. Vance, 40 acres; James Costigan, 299.03
acres; Jacob R. Rhodes, 75 acres; Henry Sherrill, 40 acres; John Lyerle, 200
acres; Ephriam F. McLafferty, 40 acres; Francis Klein, 40 acres; Andrew Lyerly,
80 acres; William S. Brown, 40 acres; William Postlewait, 80 acres; James E.
Brown, 40 acres; Henry Nicholas, 40 acres; Charles Daugherty, 40 acres; Harrison
Saddler, 40 acres; Peter Casper, 40 acres; William Winn, 40 acres; William
Stadden, 40 acres; George W. Lyerle, 33.50 acres; Lafayette Rich, SO acres;
Dennis Batson, 40 acres; James W. Batson, 40 acres; Zachariah H. Corzine, 80
acres; Ezekiel Pitts, 40 acres; Jacob Veil. . 40 acres; Jessie Ware and
Lafayette Rich, 40 acres; James Morgan, SO acres; Jessie Ware, 40 acres; Samuel
Dodds, 40 acres; Herman L. Frick, 40 acres; Anson B. Codding, 40 acres; John
Brown, 40 acres; John Winchester, 80 acres; Kate Kratzinger, 150.43 acres;
Martin V. Ussery, 80 acres; John R. Cover, 120 acres; Narcissa Roberts, 80
acres; James R. Reynolds, 40 acres; F. W. Pott, 160 acvres; Samuel H. Tripp, 40
acres; Isaac L. Axley, 80 acres; Zelpha Alice Aikman, 40 acres; Isaac W.
Albright, 40 acres; Mary E. Barber, 40 acres; J. B. Barber, 40 acres; Charles W.
Olsen, 40 acres; Mrs. Mary A. Walter, 80 acres; Charles W. Olson, 40 acres;
Moses Lingle, 40 acres; Soren C. Jenson, 40 acres; Michael Corrils and Hay
Schmits, 40 acres; David and Hiram Myers, 40 acres; Joseph Duschl, 36.94 acres;
Paul Frick, 80 acres and Winstead Davie, 40 acres.
Mill Creek added
Solomon Dillow, 40 acres; Jacob Barnhart, 80 acres; Michael Heilig, 51.68 acres;
Joseph Rymer, 51.68 acres; Solomon Miller, 51.27 acres; John M. Miller, 51.27
acres; Amanda Hams, 51.27 acres; Horace F. Chrisenberry, 40 acres; Robert Mays,
40 acres; Stephen Smitty, 40 acres; Richie J. Brown, 40 acres; John A. Dillow,
40 acres; Sidney Cruse, 40 acres; George H. Rimer, 40 acres; Anthony Peeler, 80
acres; Daniel K. Holshouser, 40 acres; and Alfred Cauble, 40 acres.
Misenheimer Precinct added Elijah W. Anderson, SO acres; Martin V. Eaves, 80
acres; Adolphus A. Fulenwider, 40 acres; Izetta M. Fulenwider, 80 acres; George
W. Brown, 40 acres; Fred Seegar, 320 acres; Michael Hehenberger, 40 acres; James
M. Goodman, 40 acres; Jacob Webber. 40 acres; John Kamm, 40 acres; Johan Meyer,
40 acres; Wm. H. Goodman, 40 acres; Peter Weaver, 40 acres; John M. Grieb, 80
acres; John Becker, 40 acres; Alfred Misenheimer, 120 acres; The Silica Co. of
Chicago, 440 acres; John Scott Hileman, 40 acres; William R. Hileman, 40 acres;
John Light, 40 acres; Henry Dillow, 40 acres; John N. Misenheimer, 40 acres;
Paul Dillow, 40 acres; Peter Dillow, 80 acres; Joseph Dillow, 40 acres; Henry
Rimer, 40 acres; Charles Dillow, 40 acres; M. W. Clutts, 80 acres; Elijah
Miller, 40 acres; Wiley Dillow, 80 acres; William R. Hileman, 40 acres; George
Mowery, 40 acres; Elijah Mowery, 40 acres; Jeff Lingle, 40 acres; Samuel
Hargrave, 40 acres; Joseph Simpson, 40 acres; Jacob H. Poole, 160 acres; Herman
Schmidtke. 40 acres; Eliza Bell, 80 acres; Joshua C. Vick, 40 acres; end Rudolph
Kesserman, 603 acres.
Reynolds Precinct added Henry Rymer heirs, 80
acres; William W. Cummins, 40 acres; E. Abernathie and A. T. Sams, 200 acres;
Joseph Baker, 14.13 acres; Coswell Brimm, 40 acres; Levi A. Dillard, 120 acres;
William Humphrey, 40 acres; Walter Jones, 80 acres; Alfred Misenheimer, 40
acres; J. L. Misenheimer, 80 acres; Wm. R. Reynolds, 80 acres; William J.
Harrison, 40 acres; John T. G. Linn, 79.70 acres; Cornelius Perry, 40 acres;
Reid Green, 120 acres; John C. KelJey, 80 acres; Samuel H. Frost, 40 acres;
Henry A. Fite, 40 acres; Jessie E. Lentz, 40 acres; Nathaniel G. Miller, 40
acres; Giles M. Misenheimer, 41.20 acres; Michael Canes, 41.20 acres; Jacob T.
Misenheimer, 200 acres; Joseph A. Fulenwider, 80 acres; Jacob M. Hileman, 80
acres; Jacob E. Brady, 40 acres; Henry Rendleman, 40 acres; Charles Dillow 120
acres; W instead Davie, 40 acres; Kenneth Hargrave, 162.04 acres; Jessie Ware,
120 acres; Lydia E. Sanders, 40 acres; Jessie Lentz, 120 acres; and Alfred
Lence, William H. Walker, George W. Day, Fhiletas E. Hileman, Tilman M.
McNeeley, George J. Andrews, John D. Wilson, Charles Walker, David Kimmel and
Jacob Brady, 40 acres.
Union Precinct was increased by A. J. Parmley, 40
acres; Andrew J. Lyerle, 40 acres; John L. Shirley, 120 acres; Charles C. Smith,
80 acres; Frank Petsch, 40 acres; Harvey A. DuBois, 80 acres; David W. Karraker,
80 acres; Daniel W. Brown, 80 acres; Andrew J. Daisy, 480 acres (in 1920); Wm.
H. Green, 80 acres; Wm. C. Rich, 80 acres; Francis Lingle, 32.50 acres; Andrew
J. Lemmons, 32.50 acres; Adam Lyerle, 32.50 acres; and Benjamin Ogle Taylor,
34.75 acres.
Preston added James McCann, 38.68 acres; George W. Smith,
43.95 acres; Charles E. Anderson, 120 acres and William Wright, 40 acres.
George W. Fithian entered 8346.97 acres in 1904 in the hill-lands of the
county.
Between the row of hills running north and south in the western
part of the county and the river was a number of small lakes and much swamp
land. In 1857 part of this land was sold for from 5c to $1.00 per acre, for
$278.00. In 1867 the remaining swampland in the county was sold for $11,770.71,
making a total of $12,048.71 for about 30,000 acres of land. Most of this land
was around Clear Creek and what was once known as the lake sections in Reynolds,
Union and Preston Precincts. About 1000 acres of swampland was located in Stokes
and Dongola Precincts. This part was purchased by H. Williams of Cairo, Morgan
Stokes, Isaac Davis and James Miles.
The rest of the land along the river
was sold to H. Williams, Cairo, Ill.; Jacob McClure, Jonesboro; Caleb Trees,
Union County; John Daugherty, Jonesboro; James Luse, St, Louis, Mo.; James
Chadwick, St. Louis, Mo.; George Kimmel, Union County; G. W. Morgan, Union
County; C. Hileman, Union County; W. C. Pender, Jonesboro; I. W. McClure,
Alexander County; John Baltzell, Union County; Sarah J. Hampton, Union County;
J. E. Null, Jonesboro; A. L. Spring and brother, Preston, Ill.; John Stearns,
Jonesboro; W. H. Norris, Union County; Robert Sublett, Union County; B. DeWitt,
Union County; T. C. James, Union County; Davie and Sublett, Union County;
William Green, Union County; Isaac Miller, Union County; P. D. Kelley, Illinois;
M. Hunsaker, Jonesboro; G. W T . Lemly, Union County; R. B. Merriman, Jonesboro;
W. C. Pender, Union County; James Evans, Union County; Sarah E. McKinney, Union
County; Jessie Ware, Union County; and Hugh Andrews, Silas Hess, Charles
Barringer, J. H. Samson, W. C. Rich, M. M. Goodman and Caleb M. Lyerly, all of
Union County.
These lakes and swamp lands were used for hunting, trapping
and fishing grounds for many years. A later chapter will show how the lakes and
swamps were drained to make the land available for agriculture.
According to the United States Census
Reports, Union County had a population of 11,145 in 1860, 16,370 in 1870, 17,830
in 1880, 21,549 in 1890, 22,610 in 1900, 21,856 in 1910, 20,249 in 1920 and
19,883 in 1930. It will be interesting to see what the results of the present
census will be since two large new industries have been established here since
1930.
These figures indicate that the population increased steadily until
1900 since which time it has gradually decreased. In the first ten years of this
century it decreased as much as it had grown the the preceding ten years.
Many factors caused this change in population. After the building of the
Illinois Central railroad the government was not the only agency promoting land
settlement because, since the railroad had been granted large tracts of land by
the government, the railroads also maintained land offices and paid
horticulturists to study the soil and help the settlers decide what crops would
be the most profitable and the most suitable for the soil. These horticulturists
were probably the forerunners of our farm bureaus of today that have developed.
Settlers from many parts of the United States were attracted by the reports of
their horticulturists.
Another reason for the increase in the population
was the availability of markets by means of more rapid transportation.
Transportation facilities have been related to the growth in agriculture and
also in the more recent developments in manufacturing.
The St. Louis and
Cairo Railroad was built through the county passing through Jonesboro. When the
city of Jonesboro was asked to aid in the development, it responded by buying
bonds amounting to $100,000 but later cancelled $57,000 worth of the bonds
because the road was not completed at the agreed time. It seems that the person,
or president of the company who sold the rails to the railroad died and because
his estate was tied up by litigation, the rails were not delivered at the agreed
time.
The building of the two railroads, the Illinois Central and the St.
Louis to Cairo roads furnished not only work for the persons constructing the
roads but also subsidiary industries appeared.
At first almost all the
farmers sold most of their surplus lumber they acquired from clearing their
fields to the railroads for making ties, rails and also for stove wood because
for many years the trains were heated and driven by wood for fuel.
Several years after the first line of the Illinois Central was built through
Union County, the "Mud Line" of this company was built through the county
passing thru Wolf Lake and Ware.
Until the 1920's the railroads provided
most of the means of transportation in the county. Then as hard roads began to
be completed all over the state, truck lines developed.
Union county has
not been affected much by the introduction of air transportation.
It is
interesting to study population figures in the census showing that population
decreased in the rural areas and increased in the towns after 1900 when
population began to decline. According to the census report Alto Pass Precinct
decreased from 1522 in 1910 to 1304 in 1920 and 1298 in 1930, Alto Pass village
decreased from 551 in 1910 to 500 in 1920 and 435 in 1930. Anna Precinct
increased from 5,979 in 1910 to 5,986 in 1920 and 6,561 in 1930. The city of
Anna increased from 2,809 in 1910 to 3,019 in 1920 and 3,436 in 1930. Balcom
Precinct deceased from 523 in 1920 to 514 in 1930. Cobden Precinct decreased
from 3,200 in 1910 to 2,560 in 1920 and increased to 2,712 in 1930. The village
of Cobden had 988 population in 1910, 944 in 1920 and 1036 in 1930. Dongola
Precinct decreased from 2,545 in 1910 to 2,106 in 1920 and 1,910 in 1930. The
village of Dongola decreased from 702 in 1910 to 660 in 1920 and 635 in 1930.
Jonesboro Precinct decreased from 2,561 in 1910 to 2,278 in 1920 and increased
to 2,356 in 1930. The village of Jonesboro decreased from 1,169 in 1910 to 1,090
in 1920 and increased to 1,241 in 1920. Lick Creek Precinct decreased from 797
in 1910 to 694 in 1920 and 514 in 1930. Mill Creek Precinct decreased from 627
in 1910 to 583 in 1820 and 508 in 1930. The village of Mill Creek decreased from
221 in 1910 to 209 in 1920 and 173 in 1930. Meisenheimer decreased from 403 in
1910 to 353 in 1920 and 296 in 1930. Preston increased from 341 in 1910 to 352
in 1920 and 375 in 1930. Reynolds Precinct increased from 601 in 1910 to 678 in
1920 and decreased to 503 in 1930. Rich Precinct was decreased from 591 in 1910
to 414 in 1920 and 292 in 1930. Saratoga Precinct decreased from 902 in 1910 to
749 in 1920 and 657 in 1930. Stokes Precinct decreased from 896 in 1910 to 748
in 1920 and 512 in 1930. Union Precinct increased from 911 in 1910 to 941 in
1920 and decreased to 875 in 1930.
The city of Anna had the largest
increase in population and Rich Precinct had the largest decrease in population.
As time went on the mode of living of the people became less and less
difficult. Houses were more comfortable, furniture furnishings of the home grew
from the bare necessities to the comforts and beauty of many of our present
homes.
One thing that made life easier for the farmer was the
establishment of rural free delivery.
Mr. "Dick" Grear who is still
living was our first mail carrier. He began his work in 1900 for $365 per year.
He says that he could live comfortably on that amount of money in those days
because it cost him very little to feed his horse and maintain his carriage. At
the time he became the carrier of route on there were only 1200 rural mail
routes established in the United States. At that time he was allowed also to
deliver groceries and other packages to the farmer as well as the mail.
As time went on life became more comfortable in this county with the
introduction of modern conveniences, electricity, waterworks, paving, etc.
Contributed 11 Sep 2017 by Norma Hass, extracted from History of Union County, by Lulu Leonard, published in 1941.
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