First County Seat of Edwards County, IL
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YoSam.
N 38° 28.146 W 087° 45.639
16S E 433644 N 4258138
County seat from 1814 thru 1821.
Waymark Code: WMK3ZD
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2014
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County of first: Edwards County (Now located in Wabash County)
Location of plaque: IL-1 & CR-1690N Blvd., turnout 3½ N. Mt. Carmel
Marker provided by: Mount Carmel Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Marker Text: This tablet marks the site of Palmyra, the first county seat of Edwards County, settled April 22, 1815. Edwards County at that time embraced one third of the State of Illinois and a part of Michigan and Wisconsin, extending to upper Canada. Twenty Indian mounds were also located on this site.
"Edwards County was formed in 1814, named after the first governor of the territory of Illinois, Ninian Edwards. The original boundaries of the county ran from where the Bompas enters the Wabash (near Grayville), west to the third meridian (near Mt. Vernon), and north to Canada, including portions of Wisconsin and Michigan. The country seat was Palmyra, near what is now Mt. Carmel and Patton in Wabash County, Illinois. " ~ Edwards County IL Gen Web
"The 1883 History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois, does have some info on "Old Palmyra." It says it is extinct, in 1883. It was the first county seat of Edwards County, when Edwards County consisted of about a third of the present state of IL and much of MI and WI, extending north to Upper Canada. Seth Gard and Co laid it out in 1815. Evidently the marshiness at that part of the Wabash River gave it a reputation as one of the most sickly localities in the West. There may be more entries in this book, but it has no index." ~ ancestry.com
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