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 Centennial Boulder - Jerseyville, IL Posted by:  YoSam.
N 39° 07.147 W 090° 19.726
15S E 730935 N 4333393
Is the boulder a hundred years old, or the town, or the county?
Waymark Code: WMKZCK
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2014
Views: 2
County of celebration: Jersey County
Location of memorial: Washington St side, courthouse lawn, Jerseyville
County Seats: Jerseyville, 1839-present
Established: February 28, 1839
Name Origin: John Loft, a prominent early landowner and man of influence in the county seat of Jerseyville was a native of New Jersey and suggested Jerseyville and Jersey County takes its name from his native state.
Plaque text: CENTENNIAL BOULDER
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Jerseyville, Illinois,
The Settlement of Hickory Grove
was named Jerseyville in 1834
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Incorporated as a Village in 1837.
John W. Lott, president E. M. Daly, vlerk
TRUSTEES
Samuel L. McGill - George W. Collins - Richard Graham
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Incorporated as a City 1867.
Marcus D. Bagley, mayor George H. Jackson, clerk
James S. Daniels, marshall King & Pinero, attorneys
N. Wallace, constable
ALDERMAN
Andrew Jackson - John L. White - Geo. Egelhoff - Jas. S. Blythe
JERSEY COUNTY
Organized in 1839.
Richard Graham, clerk John N. English, sheriff
Robert L. Hill, circuit clerk George H. Jackson, recorder
John R. Black, ass'r & treas. Joseph C. Scott, probate judge
Joseph Crabbe, school comm'r Nelson R. Lurton, coroner
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Thomas Cummings - Solomon Calhoun - Amos Pruitt
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Erected in 1918 by the
JERSEY COUNTY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ASSOCIATION
Subject: County
Commemoration: Centennial
Date of Founding: Hickory Grove in 1818
Date of Commemoration: 1918
Address:
201 W. Pearl Street
courthouse lawn
Jerseyville, IL 62052
Overview Photograph:
Yes
Detail Photograph:
Yes
Web site if available: [Web Link]
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