Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

lS%3EX TOWNSHIP. 499
Edward Trickle, e. hf. s. w. qr., sec. 33; Oct. 13, 1836. F. F. Brockaway, 66;
T. Darley, 23; C. Smith, 1176; D. Gingrich, 23; E. S. Garrison, 12; W. H. Tmiss,
23%.
Stephen Trickle, w. hf. s. w. qr., sec. 32; June 10, 1836.
Southword Shaw, Jr.. s. e. cjr., sec. 32; June 15, 1836. F. F. Brockamray, 115;
13. S. Scott, 45.
C'llnrles Austin, n. e. qr., sec. 33; Feb. 19, 1818. J. Graves, 75%; J. S. Gra~~es,
SO; G. Springer, 4.
Thomas Merritt, n. w. qr., sec. 33; Feb. 19, 1818. A. J. Scott, n. w. 160.
James Coleman, s. tv. qr., sec. 33, Nov. 5, 1818. B. S. Scott, s. w. 160.
Wm. 11. IIaskill, s. e qr., sec. 33; Sept. 30, 1836. G. IV. Springer, 80; J. 31.
Estep, 80.
Consider Pearnes, n. c. qr., see. 34; Feb. 9, 1818. Martila L. Riner, J. Colwell,
A. E . Gingrich, 159, n. e.
S. Hodsdon, n. w. qr., sec. 34; Feb. 9, 1818.
Ezra Hutchings, s . w . qr., sec. 34; Jan. 11, 1818. J ncob and Josepll Graves, n.
w., 160.
.John J. Dunbar, s e. qr., sec. 34; Jan. 6. 1818. J. Estep, SO; H. Springer, 80;
s. w.; A. J. Scott, 153, s. e. qr.
Francis Morrow, n. e. qr., sec. 36; Oct. 21, 1818. 0. Shebell, 80; J. F. Fox, SO.
Rcuben Rowe, n. w. qr., sec. 35; Oct. 21, 1818. A. E. and D. H. Gingrich, 5'7;
J. F. Fox, 56; ancl small lots.
John EIyatt, s. tir. clr., sec. 35; Jan. 1, 1818. Andrew J. Scott, s. w., 160.
Charles Maynard, s. e. qr., sec. 35; Jan. 1, 1818. A. J. Lair, 94%; B. H. Perkins,
6!5%.
Wm. Goodmnn, 11. c. qr., sec. 36; Oct, 6, 181'7 G. Iclepfer, n. e. 160.
Richard Ford, n. w. qr., sec. 36; Oct . 6, 1817. F. 3Iahle, n. 80, J. Fried~nan,
s. SO,
Charles Frost, s. w. clr., see. 36; Feb. 4, 1818. II. J. Adams, E. 105; J. Alyward,
55.
Andrew Gott, s. c. clr., see. 36; Feb. 4, 1818. Joseph Friedman, s. e. qr.
There are no records now existing to point out the end of a large
number named in tlle foregoing list : but to the lnajority many references
are made in the previous and succeeding chapters, as ~vell as in
this one ; for the early settlers of Essex spread out through adjoining
townships, and as a rule aicled in their aclvancement. Maclison Winn
takes us back to 1828, when Isaac B. Essex movecl with his family from
Virginia to Fort Clark, now the city of Peoria, and tarried there that
winter, teaching school, and it lays between him and Hiram Currier as
to which taught the first American school in that city. 1111829 he
c:Lrne to what is now Stark coui~ty, it being then an entire wilderness,
and built a cabin cn the south eighty of the northeast quarter of section
15. His nearest neighbor was Dalniel Prince, one and one-half
miles sontllwest of Princeville. Some time after~varcl he mas appointed
postlnaster, the office being called Essex, the neighbors carrying the
mail by turns froin IIicks', on LaSalle Prairie, in Peoria county. 1832
he was appointed special commissioner by the legislature to sell school
section of Essex township. A little farther east was Greely Smith and
his father, who came from Ohio in IS30 and settled on a farm now
ownecl by Jaines Graves, ancl east of him was J. C. Owens, who was
inaile the first Justice of the Peace in the county, being elected in
August, 1831, at the llouse of Benjamin Smith, and held the office
until 1834, when he inovecl to Canton, selling out to Moses Boarclman.
This is now the Thomas Graves estate. In August, 1834, Benjamin .
Smith mas elected Justice, and in August, 1835, Major Silliman was
elect-ecl constable to fill the place of John Dodge. Further up the river
~l~as Thomas Essex and David Cooper, who came from Virginia in