Headnote
MORAGN COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Illinois, with Illinois river on the west. Area, 510 square miles. Seat of justice, Jacksonville. Pop. in 1830, 12,714; in 1840, 19,547; in 1850, 16,064. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Illinois

Morgan County, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MORAGN COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Illinois, with Illinois river on the west.  Area, 510 square miles.  Seat of justice, Jacksonville.  Pop. in 1830, 12,714; in 1840, 19,547; in 1850, 16,064.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 235.
Date Type
Tornadoes strike Morgan County, Illinois, destroying farmhouses and killing at least eight Crime/Disasters
Burial Place of
Name Type
Jacksonville, IL City or Town
Waverly, IL City or Town
Date Title
Louisville (KY) Journal, "Negro Stealing," December 14, 1847
Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates, October 30, 1854
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