Pioneers Who Settled in Jersey County Prior to 1840

From a collection made by Judge W. Pogue, Jerseyville.

This is the key to the illustration in Standard Atlas of Jersey County, Illinois Including a Plat Book of the Villages, Cities and Townships of the County, Chicago: Geo. A. Ogle & Co, 1916, page 69. The photograph of each person listed with a number below is in this illustration. If you are interested in a photo or photos, the Jerseyville Public Library lists this book in their collection. You may be able to contact the library and ask for an enlarged photocopy of the person(s) you are interested in. A large illustration of all these photographs is probably still at the Jersey County Historical Society.

Scans from a photocopy of the settlers listed below:

Nos. 1-25 Nos. 26 - 50 Nos. 51 - 75 Nos. 76 - 100 Nos. 101 - 125 Nos. 126 - 152

1. John W. Slaten
2. George E. Warren
3. J. M. Terry
4. Murray Cheney
5. J. T. Grimes
6. Thomas Cummings
7. Horatio Belt
8. J. M. Hurd
9. D. G. Wyckoff
10. Miner Gowins
11. Thomas B. Ruyle
12. John Finle
13. George W. Burke
14. J. G. Scott
15. A. S. Wyckoff
16. Elijah Van Horne
17. William Shephard
18. Zeddock Reddish
19. Samuel Erwin
20. James Moore
21. Robert Latham
22. Joseph Carr
23. Martin L. Hill
24. William B. Nevius
25. George W. Lowder
26. P. P. Voorhees
27. William McDow
28. W. L. Ruyle
29. Bart Chappell
30. Robert L. Hill
31. James Slaten
32. Joshua Allen
33. A. L. Knapp
34. William H. Allen
35. Jacob Lurton
36. D. P. Pritchett
37. Benj. Wedding
38. George Cope
39. John L. Lofton
40. J. K. Stelle
41. Elias Palmer
42. E. A. D'Arcy
43. Matthew Stanley
44. Samuel Simmons
45. J. C. Lurton
46. O. B. Hamilton
47. Moses Cockrell
48. Brook Stafford
50. A. A. McReynolds
51. Solomon Calhoun
52. J. C. Carrico

53. Penuel Corbett
54. William Faulkner
55. Robert Whitehead
56. H. N. Cross
57. C. N. Adams
58. George H. Jackson
59. U. D. Howell
60. Benj. T. Harding
61. Josiah Cummings
62. John C. West
63. F. J. Mavis (Mains, see below)
64. C. C. Cummings
65. James Rusk
66. Abijah Davis
67. A. W. Christy
68. S. MacRaynolds
69. William D. Landon
70. Joel Corey
71. Charles Moore
72. Glover Short
73. David Dunsdon
74. James Hartwick
75. Caleb Post
76. Isaac Harbert
77. H. C. Massey
78. Charles Bowman
79. Ephraim Chappell
80. George Martin
81. J. H. Bell
82. Charles T. Catt
83. Daniel McFain
84. J. G. Dougherty
85. R. M. Knapp
86. William Hackney
87. William Kirby
88. Joseph Marshaw
89. Thomas Marshall
90. L. D. Cory
91. N. L. Adams
92. L. L. Kirby
93. Thomas Ford
94. H. W. Fisher
95. B. F. Calhoun
96. C. H. Knapp
97. Charles Miner
98. Thos. H. Chapman
99. Richard Simmons
100. J. G. Hamilton
101. Marion McDow
102. Nathan Swann
103. William Noble
104. J. N. English
105. Jonas Bradshaw
106. A. R. Knapp
107. Ervan Little
108. Thos. MacReynolds
109. Jacob Rhoades
110. Richard Chappell
111. John Ryan
112. James Simmons
113. A. K. Van Horne
114. James Ross
115. John Buckles
116. Jeremiah Bell
117. Stryker Nevius
118. Sebastian Watson
119. N. M. Lurton
120. George Hoffman
121. Samuel H. Grigg
122. Jacob Reddish
123. James H. Belt
124. Andrew Jackson
125. John Richey
126. L. S. Hansell
127. Edward Miner
128. John Reddish
129. C. B. Fisher
130. Samuel L. McGill
131. A. D. Erwin
132. Nathan Miner (in sulky)
133. S. L. Downey
134. John Purcell
135. Stephen M. Richey
136. Oscar Hill
137. Loyd Belt
138. H. O. Goodrich
139. John W. Vinson
140. Charles Voorhees
141. Isaac Snedeker
142. W. W. Dabbs
143. P. D. Cheney
144. J. M. Finch
145. J. L. Seago
146. J. E. Cooper (with buggy)
147. John Brown
148. Milo Landon
149. Charles Jackson
150. Daniel Seago
151. C. M. Hamilton
152. H. N. Belt

Researcher note, No. 63. F. J. Mavis is a misprint. His name was actually Freeman Jones Mains, and he is buried in the Jalapa Cemetery in Greene County. He was a big deal in Jersey County but his ancestry was actually from Greene County. He changed his name from MEANS to MAINS. From Marty Crull.
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