Thomas Carlin, sixth elected Governor of Illinois (1838-1842), was an early settler of Illinois and a prominent figure in organizing Greene County and establishing Carrollton as its county seat in 1821.
Born in Kentucky in 1789, Carlin came to . . . — — Map (db m142746) HM
The Illinois State Penitentiary at Alton was the first institution built with public funds in Illinois. Previously, prisoners sentenced in county courts were incarcerated in crude buildings, often constructed of logs that were inadequate for the . . . — — Map (db m211622) HM
In 1829, Illinois law established Macoupin County.
“All business of the court” took place near here, at
the home of Joseph Borough until the first log
cabin courthouse was built in 1830. Here, the
first County Sheriff, County Coroner and . . . — — Map (db m271203) HM
Lafe School Bell Lafe & Marmaduke Annex 1984 Lafe School burned 1989 Bell donated by: Sally Shepard Installed by: Mayor Ralph "Huck" Oglesby 1-15-2024 — — Map (db m297389) HM
The first white settler on Ten Mile Creek, then called Pleasant Run, in what later became Dallas County, then in Robertson County was Elder Roderick Rawlins (1776 1844) who led a party of approximately thirty persons from Greene County, Illinois, . . . — — Map (db m300512) HM
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