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Schuyler County, Illinois, Round Prairie school

    RoundPrairie SchoolRemembrances   Contributed by LauraWinn [email protected] My Great-Grandfather, CharlesBolton Hedgcock, was born and raised in Schuyler County, Illinois. I thought the following might be of interest.  It is a transcriptionof a letter received from him in response to questions I had asked fora grade-school report I did in 1976. He was 89 then. It mainly describeshis schooling. 2/20/76. To Our Great Granddaughter;Laura Lee Winn.Dear Laura:     We are so glad to hear from you and flattered that you should want to knowabout our early schooling. Since your G. Grandmother can neither talk orwrite, because of a stroke, I will … Read more

Schuyler County, Illinois, Hickory Township, Bluff City

  BluffCity  Bluff City was laid outby Abraham Louderback, and surveyed and platted by Leonidas Horney, November2d, 1860. It is situated on the northwest quarter of section one. At presentthere is one store, kept by John Duncan, and a saw-mill.     Excerpted from The CombinedHistory of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, 1882Transcribed by Robin Petersenfor Schuyler County ILGenWeb. Copyright 1999-2006 Judi Gilker; all rights reserved. For personal use only. Commercialuse of the information contained in thesepages is strictly prohibitedwithout prior permission. If copied, this copyright must appear with theinformation.  Return to HickoryTownship index

Schuyler County, Illinois, Camden Township

  Camden This pleasant littlevillage is situated on the southwest quarter of section 17, and was laidout by Robert Brown and Joseph N. Ward, January 28th, 1831, and surveyedand platted by Samuel McHatton, Deputy County Surveyor. It has never hada village organization. The first building erected was the one referredto in a previous part of this article as built by Robert Brown in 1830;and the first store was established by John and Jasper N. Ward in 1838.The post-office was established in 1839, soon after the laying out of thetown, the first post-master being Alexander McHatton; R. A. Williams isthe present … Read more

Schuyler County, Illinois, Census Overview

  SchuylerCounty, IllinoisCensusOverview  1810 – Territorial Census(as Indiana Territory) – none for Schuyler County 1818 – Territorial Census(as Illinois Territory) 1820 – Federal Census (indexed)1820 – State Census 1825 – State Census – nonefor Schuyler County 1830 – Federal Census (indexed)1830 – State Census – nonefor Schuyler County 1835 – State Census – nonefor Schuyler County 1840 – Federal Census (indexed)1840 – State Census – notsure whether available for Schuyler County 1845 – State Census – nonefor Schuyler County 1850 – Federal Census (indexed)1850 – Industry and AgriculturalSchedule1850 – Mortality Schedule 1855 – State Census 1860 – Federal Census (indexed)1860 … Read more

Schuyler County, Illinois, Christian Church

    TheChristian Church    Elder James Hughes FoundedChristian Church Here In 1833Held First Meeting Of ThisFaith In Ben Chadsey’s Cabin In 1829 It was in 1829 that ElderJames Hughes, on a preaching tour thru Indiana and Illinois, passed thruthis area in a company with Henry Johnston. They stopped off in Rushvillewith Benjamin Chadsey, the son-in-law of Mr. Johnston. Here in the Chadsey log cabinhome, located two and one-half miles northeast of Rushville, in 1829, waspreached the first sermon of the Christian church denomination, by ElderHughes, whose sermons continued for one week to a much interested groupof pioneer settlers, before … Read more