Thursday, May 17, 2012

Montgomery County Illinois History

Normal 0 Montgomery County – Its Early Officers and Citizens By A. H. H. Rountree, in the Hillsboro Democrat, June 18, 1873 Of the shoemakers, our earliest memory is of Jake Wilson, a brother of Joshua Wilson, and w...

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Normal 0 Montgomery County – Its Early Officers and Citizens By Henry Pyatt, in the Hillsboro Democrat, June 11, 1873 Newton Coffey was born in North Carolina, probably in Wilks County about the year 1776; he emmigr...

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Normal 0 Montgomery County – Its Early Officers and Citizens By A. H. H. Rountree, in the Hillsboro Democrat, June 4, 1873 When we first knew C. B. Blockberger he was a traveling tinner, driving a ?in wagon.  H...

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Normal 0 Montgomery County – Its Early Officers and Citizens By A. H. H. Rountree, in the Hillsboro Democrat, May 21, 1873 Obadiah Ware and his brother Ben, settled what is now known as Ware’s Grove, in 1824, both h...

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Normal 0 The Black Hawk War By A. H. H. Rountree, in the Hillsboro Democrat, April 23, 1873 Tells history of war, lists men of county participating – same as found in 1917 county history.  Issue of April 30, 18...

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