A "49er"
Sandy Sumner An obit published in a California paper states that “in Santa Maragrita California on June 1, 1906, Sandy S Sumner, a native...
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Jan 23 min read
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Men Naming Guns
When James Vermillion died, he left an interesting Will (dated June 19, 1834) to be probated (December 24, 1834) in Lawrence County....
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Dec 17, 20241 min read
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It's Mine, Not Yours
In the early 1800s a single woman enjoyed the same rights as a man to enter contracts and manage property. However, when a woman married,...
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Dec 10, 20242 min read
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Slavery
The truth is rarely pretty or polite according to the Illinois State Archives researchers who oversaw the development of the Servitude...
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Dec 9, 20242 min read
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A Nuncupative Will
A nuncupative will or verbal will is sometimes called a death bed will. A person who is too sick to execute a written will and is not...
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Dec 6, 20241 min read
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Household Goods with Values 1836
William Lower of Lawrenceville was married to Jane Spencer , daughter of Wm Spencer. The couple were living in Lawrenceville when...
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Nov 25, 20242 min read
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Whipping Post
At the jury term of 1827 the whipping post was yet in use in Lawrence County, and James Langley and Levi Rush were each sentenced to...
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Aug 16, 20241 min read
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Elizabeth Reed
The Rural Republican occasionally published items that had occurred in the past probably to fill a blank space in the newspaper, or maybe...
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Aug 12, 20242 min read
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Vice and Immorality
Laws of Illinois passed by the Second General Assembly at their first session commenced at Vandalia, December 4, 1820. ...
Lawrence Lore
May 23, 20243 min read
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Cabins for the Poor Not Good Enough
From Lawrence County Commissioner’s Book June Term 5th day of 1843 County Commissioners Victor Buchanan and James Nabb ordered that Dr....
Lawrence Lore
May 16, 20242 min read
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