Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... Georgetown, a post town and village, containing about twenty families and three stores, situated on the north side of the Little Vermilion, in eighteen north, eleven west, in Vermilion county, ten miles souih of Danville. A fine country, and flourishing settlements around it. Georgetown, a town site in Sangamon county, twenty miles northeast from Springfield, betweeu Lake fork and Salt creek, in section nineteen, eighteen north, two west. Georgetown, in the eastern part of Randolph county, contains one store, two groceries, a mill, and seven or eight families. The post office is called "Steele's Mill." Gilead, the former seat of justice of Calhoun county, is situated at the foot of the bluffs, three-fourths of a mile from the mouth of Salt Prairie slough, on section eight, eleven south, two west. It has two stores, and a dozen families. GilkanCs Settlement is in Bond county, nine miles east of north from Greenville. The land is of inferior quality, consisting of both timber and prairie. Gilmore's Settlement is on Crooked creek, in Clinton county, on the road to Shawneetown, twelve miles southeast of Carlyle. Girard, a town site in the northeast part of Macoupin county, on the road from Alton to Springfield. Golconda is situated on the south side of Lusk's creek and north bank of the Ohio. It is the county seat of Pope, and has three stores, one grocery, two taverns, and about twenty dwelling houses, chiefly framed and brick. The court house is of brick, thirty-six feet square, two stories, with a neat cupola. It is situated on the fractional township thirteen south, in range seven east of the third principal meridian. Goose Creek enters the North fork of Sangamon, in Macon county, twenty-five miles northeast from Decatur. Goshen is the...
