schuylernewhome

  BrowningTownship History  Browning township was sonamed in honor of O. H. Browning, of Quincy. It is situated in the southeasternpart of Schuyler county along the Illinois river, and is irregular in shape.The surface is much broken, consisting along the Illinois bottom of ruggedbluffs. It was originally timbered, and it contains but a small quantityof prairie. The streams and water-courses are still well-wooded with oak,hickory, ash, walnut, sycamore, linden, maple, etc., sufficient for buildingpurposes, fuel and fences. The soil is quite productive, and in some parts,especially in the fertile bottom, yields bountifully to the hand of labor.The township is well … Read more

  BuenaVista Township History Buena Vista Townshipis located near the geographical center of Schuyler County, and is theonly one of the thirteen townships in the county that does not, at somepoint, touch the outside boundary of the county. Like all the other townships,Buena Vista has wide spreading prairies and embraces a part of the brokentimber country which lies along the many small streams that flow southwardinto Crooked Creek. Along these streams there is found a good quality ofbuilding stone that was extensively quarried at an early day. A good veinof coal also underlies a portion of the township. Levin Green, … Read more

  CamdenTownship History Camden Township,traversed from north to south by Crooked Creek and intersected by the minorstreams of Cedar, Brushy, and Missouri, has a varied topography that includeslow alluvial bottoms, upland plains and heavily timbered sections, butwithal it is one of the most prosperous communities in the country, andits romantic history dates back to the year 1829, when the first permanentsettlement was made within its border. In the fall of that yearJohn and Robert Brown and their brother-in-law, Luke Allphin, of MorganCounty, made their first trip to Schuyler County, crossing the IllinoisRiver at Beard’s Ferry, now Beardstown, and pushing on … Read more

  PatronList of theHistoryof Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois – 1882   CamdenTownship NAME POST OFFICE RESIDENCE OCCUPATION NATIVITY YEAR CAMETO COUNTY Agans, Stephen H. Irwin Sect. 26 Farmer and Stock Raiser Schuyler Co., Ill. 1856 Louisa C. Eifert Irwin Sect. 26 Wife of Stephen H. Agans New Orleans, La. 1861 Avery, Philander Irwin Sect. 26 Farmer and Township Supervisor Franklin Co., Ohio 1836 Elizabeth Meeks Irwin Sect. 26 Wife of Philander Avery Stokes Co., N. C. 1851 Avery, James Irwin Sect. 27 Son of Philander Avery Hancock Co., Ill. 1851 Martha Dixon Irwin Sect. 27 Wife of James Avery Brown … Read more

  CamdenTownship History In the early fallof 1829, three hardy and venturesome men, crossed the Illinois river atBeard’s ferry, and with guns upon their shoulders, turned their coursewestward, following an Indian trail from Rushville, then a small village,and crossed a stream of water on a fallen log, in search of new homes towhich they could bring their wives and little ones.  At a distanceof fourteen miles west of Rushville, they found a hill in the form of aprefect dome, and from this point, they selected their future homes, stakedoff their land, retraced their footsteps to Rushville, and thence returnedto their … Read more

  FrederickTownship History Frederick is thesmallest township in Schuyler County and the most irregular in shape, twoof its triangular sides being bounded by the Illinois River and Sugar Creek,a tributary stream. North and south the township measures nine miles, whilethe greatest width is three and a half miles, and it contains but twelvefull sections, although there are fractional sections lying along the boundarystreams. The land surface is broken and a portion of the township is subjectto overflow from the Illinois River. Frederick Township was thegateway to Schuyler County in the first years of its history, and all ofthe early pioneers … Read more

  PatronList of theHistoryof Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois – 1882  FrederickTownship NAME POST OFFICE RESIDENCE OCCUPATION NATIVITY YEAR CAMETO COUNTY Bellomy, Josiah F. Fredericksville Sect. 6 Farmer and Township Assessor Gallia Co., Ohio 1834 Maggie Furbee Fredericksville Sect. 6 Wife of Josiah F. Bellomy Tyler Co., Va. 1837 Brines, Rosuell Pleasant View Sec. 31, 2 n.r. 1e Farmer and Stock Raiser Connecticut 1827 Delilah Norton Pleasant View Sec. 31, 2 n.r. 1e Wife of Rosuell Brines Ohio 1829 Darnell, Jesse Pleasant View Sect. 6 Farmer and Stock Raiser Wayne Co., Ohio 1834 Louisa Utter Died Oct. 1, ’47 – Late wife … Read more

  Fredericksville  Fredericksville was so namedafter its original proprietor, George Frederick Jonte. It was laid outin the northwest quarter of section 17, and surveyed and platted by AllenPersinger, county surveyor, May 12 and 13, 1836. George Frederick Jonte andFrederick Merchant, both Frenchmen, were early settlers at this point beforethe place was laid out. The first goods were sold in the village by SamuelP. Vail, in a log house. It contained a small stock of groceries. RanslerWells also had an early store, a mile south, on the river, at a point calledErie, which was the landing at that time. The principal … Read more

  HickoryTownship History Hickory Townshiplies in the extreme northeast part of Schuyler County, and is bounded onthe north by Fulton County and on the south by the Illinois River. It containsbut fourteen full sections, and by reason of its location along the IllinoisRiver, the land surface is about equally divided between uplands and bottomlands. The narrow strip of sloping bottom land, extending the entire lengthof the township, is wonderfully rich and productive and is valued as highlyas any land in Schuyler County. The lower bottom lands are also rich andfertile, but a crop there is uncertain on account of the … Read more

  PatronList of theHistoryof Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois – 1882   HickoryTownship NAME POST OFFICE RESIDENCE OCCUPATION NATIVITY YEAR CAMETO COUNTY Gregory, J. H. Sheldons Grove Sect. 8 Farmer and Stock Raiser Montogomery Co., Ind. 1836 Lovina Shelden Sheldons Grove Sect. 8 Wife of J. H. Gregory Schuyler Co., Ill. 1840 Kelly, James M. Sheldons Grove Sect. 17 Farmer and Stock Raiser Fulton Co., Ill. 1857 Kelly, Emily Sheldons Grove Sect. 17 Wife of James M. Kelly Fulton co., Ill. 1858 Schultz, H. C. Sheldons Grove Sect. 9 Farmer, Stock Raiser andGrocer Prussia, Ger. 1857 Anna Heidenreich Sheldons Grove Sect. … Read more