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1827 Illinois County Formation Map


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1827--SHELBY, PERRY, TAZEWELL AND JO DAVIESS

As counties of the State of Illinois


1827 Illinois county formation map


SHELBY. Jan. 23--North thirty miles from the northwest corner of section nineteen, town nine north, one east of the third principal meridian to the northwest corner of section nineteen, town fourteen north, one east; thence east thirty-six miles to the northeast corner of section twenty-four, town fourteen north, six east; thence south thirty miles to the southeast corner of section thirteen, town nine north, six east; thence west thirty-six miles to the place of beginning.

[Laws 1827, p. 115.]

PERRY. Jan. 29--West from the third principal meridian on the line between towns three and four south to line between ranges four and five west; thence south to the line between towns six and seven south; thence east to the third principal meridian; thence north to the place of beginning.

[Laws 1827, p. 110.]

Tazewell. Jan. 31--North from the northeast corner of town twenty north, [3] east of the third principal meridian to the line between towns twenty-eight and twenty-nine north; thence west to the Illinois; thence down the river to the line between towns twenty and twenty-one north; thence east to the beginning.

[Laws 1827, p. 113.]

NOTE--This act does not clearly indicate the place of beginning, but the act of Jan. 22, 1829, fixes the initial point at the northeast corner of town twenty north, three east of the third principal meridian.

JO DAVIESS. Feb. 17.--From the northwest corner of the State down the Mississippi to the northern line of the Military Tract [the line between towns fifteen and sixteen north]; thence east to the Illinois; thence north to the Wisconsin state line; thence west to the place of beginning.

[Laws 1827, p. 117.]

NOTE--By this act Putnam was divided into two distinct tracts.

MONROE. Jan. 15--Territory added. East line carried to the Kaskaskia.

[Private Laws 1827, p. 8.].


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