Jacksonville's first courthouse on the Square was a primitive structure built in 1826. It burned down on December 6, 1827. The second Morgan County courthouse played a significant role and was located on the southwest corner of the town square. . . . — — Map (db m287396) HM
The site of the Farmers State Bank and Trust Company Building, formerly known as the Ayers National Bank Building, has been associated with banking longer than any other site in the State of Illinois and possibly the entire Old Northwest.
By . . . — — Map (db m149896) HM
New Method Book Bindery (Bound to Stay Bound Books since 1970) was established at 220 S. Main, Jacksonville, Illinois, in January 1920 by Lawrence D. Sibert and William Suhy. The bindery quickly became one of the nation's leading library binders, . . . — — Map (db m181714) HM
On December 1, 1834 Abraham Lincoln entered the State Capitol that stood on this site. This was his first term as a state representative and the first time he held elective office. The Abraham Lincoln that began his political career on that . . . — — Map (db m42510) HM
Miss Dorothea Dix in her "memorial to the Senate and House of the Representatives of Illinois" urged their serious consideration of the afflicted condition of an increasing class of insane sufferers, whose healthful exercise of their intellectual . . . — — Map (db m149907) HM
The following three patriots are interred in Section OP. Lots 26. 106, and 214.
ELIJAH SMITH
Born on August 12, 1755, near Trenton, Hunterdon County. New Jersey. Died March 11, 1836 at age 80 in Illinois. Enlisted the first time in 1776 . . . — — Map (db m287414) HM WM
On January 1, 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson led four brigades west from Winchester, Va., to secure Romney in the fertile South Branch Valley on the North Western Turnpike. He attacked and occupied Bath on January 4 . . . — — Map (db m159462) HM
Pictured in the crowd listening to Abraham Lincoln's speech is Joseph O. King, a prominent merchant who later became mayor of Jacksonville. He helped found a political group that agitated for the exclusion of slavery from the free . . . — — Map (db m57653) HM
The 51 known and all others buried in Morgan County Illinois
George Angel • William Armstrong • Ebenezer Barr • Phillip Boulware
Benjamin Butch • Dennis Coker • Ancil Cox • Peyton Cunningham • Bernard Dawson
Col. Rising Dewey • Joseph C. . . . — — Map (db m287390) WM
In memory of the men whose stalwart patriotism
and willing sacrifice preserved the Union and
abolished slavery
This monument is erected in grateful remembrance
by the Citizens of Morgan County • Dedicated 1920
"The . . . — — Map (db m287437) WM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
