Download or read book Macon County Heritage written by Macon County Historical Society (Franklin, North Carolina) and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Heritage of Macon County North Carolina 1987 written by Jessie Sutton and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the fall of 1997, the members of the Macon County Historical Society and the Genealogical Society decided there was sufficient material to publish another volume of The Heritage of Macon County. Much has happened in the eleven years since the first volume, and many family histories were not yet printed and available to the general public.... All articles were edited in an effort to correct any grammatical and spelling errors. No historical dates or names were changed.".
Download or read book The Heritage of Macon County NC written by Genealogy Publishing Service and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Heritage of Macon County Alabama written by and published by Heritage Publishing Consultants. This book was released on 2003 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lincolns the Hanks and Macon County written by Billie Jo Monger and published by . This book was released on 1973* with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lincoln and Macon County Illinois 1830 1831 written by Edwin D. Davis and published by . This book was released on 1965* with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Hanks migrated to Macon County, Illinois, from Spencer County, Illinois, in 1828, and built a cabin in what is now Hickory Point Township. He liked the area and wrote back to relatives in Indiana to come to Illinois. Dennis Hanks and Thomas Lincoln decided to move and migrated to Illinois in 1830 with their families, including Abraham Lincoln, and settled on the Sangamon River. Work chiefly gives a history of the area.
Download or read book The History of Macon County Illinois from Its Organization to 1876 written by John Smith and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1876, this work presents the reader with a comprehensive history of Macon County, located in the central part of Illinois. Smith begins with a discussion about the "Indians" who occupied the territory prior to pioneer exploration and development. He discusses the initial discovery and settlement of Illinois by the colonists, and the admittance of Illinois into the Union as a state on Dec. 3, 1818. Subsequent discussions include the history of the County, its establishment, organization, and settlement; lists of County Officers including some biographies of Judges, Circuit Clerks, State's Attorneys, Sheriffs, and County Treasurers; the county's involvement in the Black Hawk War, Mexican War and Late War, including a list of soldiers from Macon County who fought in the wars: their dates of enlistment, discharge, and if killed or wounded, where and when; the early days of Macon County: deep snow, games, amusements, bee hunting and deer hunting; the ecclesiastical history of the county, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc. and respective Pastors; manufacturers, improvements, agriculture and the railroads; various cities including Decatur, the county seat; education, learning facilities, early methods and school statistics; and Chapter 10 concludes the history with biographical sketches of the earliest settlers who came to Macon County prior to 1836, their families, births, deaths and marriages. An index to full names, places and subjects adds to the value of this work.
Download or read book The Hanks Family in Macon County Illinois 1828 1929 written by Edwin D. Davis and published by . This book was released on 1965* with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Hanks, Sr. was born in Virginia, the son of Joseph and Ann Lee Hanks. His father, Joseph Hanks, mortgaged his farm in Hampshire County, and migrated to Kentucky in 1797 with his family. William Hanks married Elizabeth Hall in 1793 and settled in Grayson County, Kentucky. They had thirteen children, 1794-1815. They migrated to Macon County, Illinois, in 1828. William and Elizabeth Hall migrated to Iowa, ca. 1844, where she died in Des Moine County, Iowa. William was back in Illinois by 1848 and died at Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1852. Descendants and relatives listed lived in Illinois and elsewhere. William Hanks, Sr., was a brother of Lucy Hanks, Abraham Lincoln's grandmother. Record brings out the relationship to Abraham Lincoln and their dealings with him.
Download or read book History of Macon County 1976 written by O. T. Banton and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Macon County written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Macon County Illinois from Its Organization to 1876 written by John W. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Macon County written by Crawford Poindexter and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Centennial History of Decatur and Macon County written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Macon County written by John W. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Civil War Macon written by Richard William Iobst and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, Macon was a business community dedicated to supplying the needs of its citizens, of the cotton planters who grew the short-staple upland cotton, the principal foundation of wealth for the antebellum South. This book offers an encyclopedic history of Macon, Georgia, during the Civil War.
Download or read book History of Macon County from Its Organization to 1876 with Biographical Sketches written by John W. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Index of Names to History of Macon County written by Brink, McDonough & Co and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
