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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «morgan county» AND «illinois»

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By William Fischer, Jr., October 22, 2025
The Second Morgan County Courthouse Marker
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1 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — The Second Morgan County Courthouse — (1830-1868) — In Memory of Former Jacksonville Mayor Ron Tendick —
On Sandy Street at South Central Park, on the left when traveling south on Sandy Street.
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

2 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company —
On West State Street just west of Sandy Street, on the right when traveling west.
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

3 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — New Method Book Bindery —
On South Main Street south of South Central Park, on the left when traveling south.
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

4 ► Illinois, Fayette County, Vandalia — First Elective Office — 1834 —
On 4th Street near Gallatin Street, on the right when traveling south.
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
5 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — First Illinois State Hospital for the Insane —
On West Michigan Avenue just east of Havendale Drive, on the right when traveling west.
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

6 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Revolutionary War Patriots —
Near Myrtle Street.
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
7 ► West Virginia, Morgan County, Berkeley Springs — Skirmish at Sir Johns Run — "We leveled our pieces and blazed away" — Jackson's Bath-Romney Campaign —
On Sir Johns Run Road (County Road 3) at Slonaker Lane (County Road 3/1), on the left when traveling north on Sir Johns Run Road.
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

8 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Lincoln and Slavery — Looking for Lincoln —
On State Street at Main Street on State Street.
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
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9 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — A Memorial to Soldiers of 1812 —
On State Street near West Street.
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
10 ► Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville — Civil War Memorial —
Near North Central Park.
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
 
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