This building, one of the first brick buildings in Sangamon County, was built in the spring of 1834 by John Broadwell. His father, Moses Broadwell, a native of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, came to Illinois in 1820. He and his son John built a brick . . . — — Map (db m129230) HM
One-Fourth mile west of this site
Moses Broadwell
A revolutionary soldier, 3rd N.J. Regt., built the first brick house in Sangamon County, 1820-1827.
This Clayville Tavern was built about 1834 by a son, John Broadwell, a soldier of . . . — — Map (db m241937) HM
Near Pleasant Plains the famous Methodist circuit rider, Peter Cartwright, made his home from 1824 until his death in 1872. His powerful preaching led many thousands into the church, and made him a dominant figure in the religious life of Illinois . . . — — Map (db m42066) HM