History of Stark County Illinois TOC

CONTENTS.

	Page			Page
Title	i		CHAPTER III.
Preface	iii		Exploration and Occupation:
Table of Contents	v		American Settlement at Peoria	65
Map of Stark County	xv		Travels in the Neighborhood	65
INTRODUCTION.			Isaac B. Essex's First School	65
PART I.			Settlement in Stark County	66
Discovery and Discoverers			Pioneers of 1830-35	66
Aboriginal Inhabitants	17-18		Original Assessment, Dis. No. 1	67
Wars of the United States	19		Original Assessment, Dis. No. 2	67
Regiments in the Revolution	19		Original Assessment, Dis. No. 3	68
War of 1812	19		Original Assessment, Dis. No. 4	68
Mexican War	19-20		Military Tract	69
War of the Rebellion	20		CHAPTER IV.
Chronology of the United States	20		Marriage Record 1831-1866:
PART II.			Introduction	70
Derivation of Name -- Illinois	32		Record 1831-1839	71
Illinois Confederacy	32		Description of a Wedding	72
Chronology, 1655-1750	32-33		First License and Certificate	72
Chronology, 1765-1814	34		Beginning of Marriage Record of Stark	72
Chronology, 1816-1832	35		Justices and Ministers	71-105
Chronology, 1833-1871	36-37		CHAPTER V.
Chronology Conclusion	37		Pioneer Associations and Reminiscences:
Pere Marquette's Map of the Mississippi			Causes of Association	105
Documents of Stark County			Mutual Protection Society - Officers and Members	106
CHAPTER I.			Beginnings of Old Settlers' Society	107
Topography and Natural History:
Physical Characteristics	43		Organization of the Society	107
Rivers and Streams	44		First Annual Meeting	108
Origin of Cooper's Defeat	603		Second Annual Meeting	108
Economic Geology	45		Death Record from Old Settlers	108
Coal Measures	46		Third Annual Meeting	109
Archaeology	48		Death Record from Old Settlers	109
Storm, Flood and Drought	50		Meeting of 1882	110
CHAPTER II.			Death Record of Members	110
Indians of Illinois:			Reminiscences	111
Origin of American Indian	52		Meeting of 1883	111
Indians of Illinois	53		Record of Deaths	112
French Forts	54		Seventh Meeting	115
Pottawatomies and Ottawas	56		Death Roll of Old Settlers	116
Starved Rock	57		Settlement of David Fast	117
Destruction of the Illinois	57		Eighth Meeting	117
White Settlements	59		Names of Old Residents Present	117
Treaties	59		Pioneer Necrology for 1884-5	118
Black Hawk Troubles	63		Meeting of August, 1886	119
			Record of Deaths	120
			Underground Railroads	122
			Receipt for Horse-stealing	124
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