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1818 Illinois County Formation Map


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1818--FRANKLIN, UNION, WAHINGTON

As counties of the Illinois Territory


1818 Illinois county formation map


FRANKLIN. Jan. 2--Beginning at the corner of township ten and eleven on the line between ranges four and five [east]; thence north with said line thirty-six miles; thence west twenty-four miles to the third principal meridian thence south with the same to the line dividing townships ten and eleven; thence east to the beginning, shall constitute a separate county to be called FRANKLIN.

[Territorial Laws, 1817-18, p. 11.]

UNION. Jan. 2--Beginning on the range linee between ranges one and two east, at corner of townships ten and eleven south; thence south along the said range line eighteen miles to the corner of townships thirteen and fourteen south; thence west along the township line between townships thirteen and fourteen south to the Mississippi River; thence up the Mississippi River to the mouth of the Big Muddy River; thence up the Big Muddy River to where the township line between townships ten and eleven south crosses the same; thence east along the said township line to the beginning shall constitute a separate county to be called UNION COUNTY: Provided, however, that all that tract of country lying south of township thirteen south, to the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and west of the range line between ranges one and two east shall, until the same be formed into a separate county, be attached to and be a part of Union County.

[Territorial Laws, 1817-18, p. 15.]

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2--Commencing at the northwest corner of township number two north, range number five west; thence east to the northeast [corner] of township number two north on the third principal meridian line; thence south with the said meridian line to the southeast corner of township number three south; thence west to the southwest corner of township three south, of range five west; thence north between ranges five and six west, to the beginning, shall constitute a separate and distinct county to be called WASHINGTON.

[Territorial Laws, 1817-18, p. 39.]

JOHNSON. Jan. 2--Boundaries re-defined. Beginning on the range line between ranges four and five east of the third principal meridian at the corner between townships ten and eleven south of the base line; thence south along the said range line to the Ohio River; thence down along the Ohio River to where the range line between ranges one and two east intersects said river; thence north along the said range line to the corner of townships ten and eleven south to the beginning. And all that part of Pope County which is included within the boundary shall hereafter be attached to and from a part of JOHNSON COUNTY.

[Territorial Laws, 1817-18, p. 15.]


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