The society is proud to make this valuable research publication available once again, for those who missed it before, and for those who have become interested in researching their family and the history of the county, or for those just fascinated by the interesting stories to be found in this highly illustrated publication. Following here is a few excerpts of some of the stories which abound in this book
We paraphrase:
In 1818 a branch of outlaws established headquarters near Walnut Hill, terrorizing nearby settlements, counterfeiting, horse stealing, stealing anything that they could carry away. Vigilantes captured them, tied them to trees, and severely flogged them, and told them to leave. They did!
Read the legend of J. A. Slade:
At twenty six years of age he killed a man and left the state. He joined an emigrant train as train master, shot a man, escaped, and became a slayer of Indians. He became an agent for the overland stage line, killed 26 men (outlaws,) and was finally caught by vigilantes in Montana, and hanged.
Indian attack:
One family in their little hut at night when Indians began trying to break in as they stood against the door, he with his gun, and she with a butcher knife. At dawn the Indians dispersed, and husband and wife were more dead than alive from fear and fatigue!
Countless stories are interwoven into the factual material which covers so many facets of history-in-the-making chronicled here.
Total Inhabitants 1825, 557. White male, 273, White female 282, Colored male 1, colored female 1.
There are listings of county government board, lists of court actions, executions, last wills and testaments, personal property tax for 1853 and 1889 [typo on flier] names of senators, representatives, judges, state prosecuting attorneys.
Some of the newspapers:
American Eagle, Salem Weekly Advocate, Enterprise, Spectator, City Gazette, Egyptian Republic, Centralia Sentinel, Carlyle Beacon, Carlyle Truth Teller, Carrolton Gazette, MANY MORE!
Wars of 1812, Mexican, Civil… Twenty five pages of names of units and the personnel who served.
EVERY NAME INDEX INCLUDED
Looking for your Clinton or Marion County ancestors? Find them in this every name index.
Beautifully Bound
This publication is printed on acid free paper by offset lithography. Bound in Peroxylin coated library buckram, it is stamped in rich gold. The end sheets, with which the text and binding are held together, are cloth reinforced. This is a collector's volume long to be used and admired by those fortunate enough to own a copy.
