In force, Mar.[March] 2, 1839.
AN ACT to locate and establish, and alter, change, and relocate, State Roads.
1Com’rs[Commissioners] to locate road in Gallatin co.
Place of meeting.
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That James Robertson of Gallatin county, Randolph Casey of Franklin county, Timothy Anderson of Union county, and William McMahan of Johnson county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, mark, and locate,
a State road from said James Robertson’s, in Gallatin county, to Sarahsville, in Franklin county, via the house of said Casey; thence to Jonesborough, in Union county. Said commissioners to meet at the house of John T. Davis.
Road from Fairfield a State road.
Sec. 2. The road from Fairfield, in Wayne county, to Maysville, in Clay county, via Treat’s mill, on Elm river, is hereby declared a State road.
Com’rs to lo- road from Ohio river by Vienna.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 3. That James Terald and George Evans of Union county, and Irwin Morris and Nathaniel Thacker of Johnson county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a
State road from Parkin’s ferry on
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the Ohio river, to the nearest and best way by Vienna and Elvira, to intersect the State road leading from Jonesborough to Brownsville, at or near James Herald’s. Commissioners to meet at said Herald’s.
Ferries in Johnson co. established.
Proviso.
Sec. 4. That the ferries heretofore established by the county commissioners’ court of Johnson county, on the Ohio river, at James H. G. Wilcox’s and William Parker’s, where the State (road) from Frankfort to Paducah crosses said Ohio river, are hereby established and confirmed: Provided, That in no case the road hereby required to be located should not be located on the
old road heretofore established between Elvira and James Herrill’s. The said old road is hereby vacated.2
Com’rs to relocate State road from Golconda to Pinckneyville.
Sec. 5. That George W. Walters, John Whitesides, and George Abbotts, of Pope county, and William Sampson and Hiram Job of Johnson county be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and relocate,
the State road leading from Golconda, in Pope county, to Pinckneyville, in Perry county, commencing at Golconda; thence, on the nearest and most eligible ground for a permanent road, to where said
Waters now resides.
Sec. 6. It is hereby made the duty of the county commissioners’ court of Clinton county, to appoint a supervisor or supervisors, as the case may be, who shall cause to be
opened, within the next six months from the passage of this act, so much of the road
located under the act of March first, 1833, entitled “An act to lay out a certain
State road,” as lies in the county of Clinton; said road to be opened as originally located, and kept in repair as other State
roads.
Com’rs to relocate road from Frankfort to Wilcox’s ferry.
Place of meeting.
Road vacated.
Sec. 7. That John Boles, Roderick Reed, and Joel Norris of Franklin county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view and relocate so much of
the State road formerly established from Frankfort to Wilcox’s ferry, as lies in Franklin county, commencing at Frankfort; thence, running on the most direct and eligible route by way of Bainbridge, so as to intersect the State road as at present opened in Johnson county to the county line; commissioners to meet at Frankfort; and the act, entitled “An act to relocate part of a certain State road therein named,”
approved, February 7, 1837, is hereby repealed, and the whole road therein referred to is hereby vacated.
Com’rs to locate road from McLeansboro to Mt. Vernon.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 8. That Benjamin Hood, William Steerman, and Theophilus Cook be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State
road from McLeansborough, in Hamilton county, to Mount Vernon, in Jefferson county, to locate the same on the nearest and best route for a permanent road, and to intersect
the road leading from Equality to Mount Vernon, at such point between James Osburn’s and Barton Atchison’s as said commissioners may think most conducive to public good. Commissioners to meet at McLeansborough.
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Com’rs to relocate part of road from Palestine to Shelbyville.
Sec. 9. That Thomas Jeffers, Isaac Odell, and Alfred Balch of Coles county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and relocate a part of the State road
from Palestine to Shelbyville, (viz:) through the land owned by Mark Campbell in Coles county. Said commissioners shall review and relocate said road to the best advantage, as
well with regard to the public as said individual’s farm.
Act amended.
Sec. 10. That an act, entitled “An act to locate a State road in the county of Edgar,” approved January 19, 1837, be so amended as to extend the time for running and
locating said road until the first day of September, A.D. 1839.
Com’rs to locate above road.
Time and place of meeting.
Sec. 11. That Samuel Connolly, Brown Wilson, and Walter Newton be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate the
road named above in the tenth section of this act, and that they meet at such time and place in the county within six months from the passage of this act, and proceed as pointed out in the
act referred to.
Com’rs to relocate road in Grand View.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 12. That Thomas Smith, Joseph Brown, and John Tate, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view and relocate a State road
in the town of Grand View, in Edgar county, commencing on the west side of said town, and running with Augusta street to Front Street, and with Front street to Main street,
and with Main street to north Second street, and east with the said last mentioned
street to where the same intersect the State road. Said commissioners to meet at Grand View.
Com’rs to relocate road in Edgar co.
Sec. 13. That Emanuel Zink, William Fitzgerald, and Stanford Nay, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, and relocate a State
road in Edgar county, leading from Henry G. Smith’s farm to Grand View, to make such change as may save individual property and comport with public good.
Com’rs to locate road from Danville to State line.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 14. That John Wood, Obediah Lenere, and Hudson Martin be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a
State road from Danville, in Vermilion county, to the point on the State line where the road from Lafayatte, Indiana, in the direction to Danville, intersects the eastern line of Illinois, avoiding as much as possible all injury to private property. Said commissioners to meet at Danville.
Road from Shelbyville to Danville declared a State road.
Sec. 15. That all that part of the State road leading from Shelbyville, in Shelby county, to Danville in Vermilion county, that lies between the east end of George Barnett’s lane, and the town of Chilicothe, in said county of Vermilion, shall run with and upon the county road now located between said points; which
said part of said county road is hereby declared to be a part of said State road;
and that part of said State road lying as aforesaid, as located at present, to be
vacated.
Com’rs to locate road from Newton Louisville, to Vandalia and Maysville r’d.[road]
Sec. 16. John Deremiah of Marion county, Jarrett Irwin of Clay county, and Lewis Jordan of Jasper county, be, and
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they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road
from Newton, in said county of Jasper; thence, to Louisville, in Clay county; thence, to intersect the Vandalia and Maysville road at Deremiah’s, in Marion county, to be located on the nearest and best ground for a permanent road, and which, when
located, shall be considered, as far as located, the State road from Palestine to Vandalia, any law or location to the contrary notwithstanding.
Com’rs to locate road from Four Mile prairie to Louisville.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 17. That James Hankins of Fayette county, and William Aldridge and John Craig of Clay county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a
State road from a suitable point on the road to Maysville on the Four-mile prairie; thence to the south line of section eleven, township four,
range three east; thence the nearest and best way to Louisville, in Clay county. Commissioners to meet at Vandalia.
Com’rs to locate road from Slocumb’s mill to Maysville.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 18. That Richard Lessians of Wayne county, James L Wickersham, and Benjamin W. Mosely of Clay county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a
State road from Samuel Slocumb’s mill, on the Skillet Fork, in Marion county; and thence to Maysville, in Clay county. Commissioners to meet at Slocumb’s mill.
Com’rs to change part of road.
Sec. 19. That James Linnett, Jesse Cooper, and Joseph Maxwell, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and change a
part of the State road from John Orander’s, to Nelson’s, between James Levett’s and Joseph Maxwell’s on said road in Clay county.
Com’rs to locate road from Louisville to Mt. Carmel road.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 20. That John Matthews, James McKinney, and Jesse Williams of Clay county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a
State road from Louisville to the bridge on Little Muddy; thence to intersect the road to Mount Carmel at John Matthews’. Commissioners to meet at Louisville.
Com’rs to locate from above point via Louisville to Charleston.
Sec. 21. The present county road from Salem, in Marion county, to Samuel Hensley’s; thence to Crutchfield; thence to the line of Clay county, in a direction to Louisville, is hereby declared a State road; and that John Sutton and William Lewis of Clay county, and John Whetstone of Coles county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to locate a State road from the point above stated, in continuation
to Louisville; thence to Charleston, in Coles county. Commissioners to meet at Louisville.
Sec. 22. That Henry Leadbetter, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and relocate that part of the State road
from Vandalia to Carlyle, which lies between Henry Leadbetter’s and George Moore’s, so that the same may run by Charles A. Moore’s mill; thence, in a southwestwardly direction, to the line between the said Charles A. Moore’s and George Moore’s; thence, west along said line, to intersect the present road at George A. Moore’s.
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Road from Carlinville to Greenville revived.
Com’rs to locate road.
Sec. 23. That “An act to locate a State road from Carlinville, in Macoupin county, to Greenville, in Bond county,” approved March 1, 1837, is hereby revived and continued in force; and that Levi Gimblin of Macoupin county, Elijah Lindley of Montgomery county, and James S. McCord of Bond county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to locate a State road, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Committee (commissioners) to meet at Carlinville.
Com’rs to locate road from Upper Alton to Greenville.
Sec. 24. That Ephraim Harnsbarger and John Eastbrook of Marion county, and Joseph Barker of Bond county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a
State road from Manning street, in Upper Alton, and running westwardly with the road laid out by the county commissioners of Madison county, to the north line of section sixteen, township five north, range six west, of the
third meridian; thence to the northwest corner of section fifteen; thence the nearest
and best way to Greenville.
Com’rs to locate r’d from Waynesville to Bloomington.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 25. That Purnell Passwater, Thomas Karr, and John B. Jones, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and relocate so much of the State road
now leading from Waynesville to Bloomington as lies between Waynesville and Draper’s ford on Kickapoo creek.3 Said commissioners shall meet at Waynesville and proceed to locate said road, passing through the timber land on the nearest and
best route, and through the prairie, as near as may be on the surveyed or division
lines, so as to intersect township twenty-two, in range two, at the centre of the south line of section number thirty-three, in said township; thence, northwestwardly,
to the most suitable point to build a bridge across said Kickapoo creek.
Com’rs to relocate road from Carlinville to Meacham’s ferry.
Sec. 26. That Robert Gordon, John Taylor, and Thomas M. Kilpatrick, are hereby appointed commissioners to view and relocate that part of the State road
leading from Carlinville to Meacham’s ferry, which lies between the creek at William C. Frazier’s and the Greene county line, and upon the nearest and best route, varying so as not to injure private property.
Road from F. Husband’s to Douglass declared a State road.
Duty of co. com’rs.
Sec. 27. That the road leading from Flour Husband’s, in Sangamo county to Douglass, in Macoupin county, as now located and travelled, be used, the same is hereby declared to be a State road; and it is hereby made the duty of the county commissioners’ court to cause the said road to be kept in good repair as other State and county roads.
Sec. 28. That E. A. Whipple, Palmer Holmes, and Samuel Mayberry, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from Tremont to Washington, in Tazewell county, to survey and locate said road one hundred feet wide, starting from the north end
of James street, and pursuing as near a straight line as practicable to the town of
Washington.
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Roads vacated.
Sec. 29. That James Brawhill, John O’Brien, and Nathan Dillon, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State
road from the south end of Broadway, in the town of Tremont, to the town of Dillon, in Tazewell county. Said commissioners to meet at Tremont. All other State roads heretofore laid out between the above mentioned towns are hereby
vacated.
Road from Whitehall via Simmon’s ford, Greenfield, &c.[et cetera] to Jacksonville a State road.
Sec. 30. That the road laid out and established by the county commissioners’ court of Macoupin county, leaving the road from Carlinville to Carrollton, near to the former place, and running from thence to the county line between Greene county and Macoupin county, is hereby declared to be a State road; and the third section of an act, entitled
“An act laying out certain State roads,” approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred
and thirty-seven, shall be so construed as to require the road leading from Whitehall, Manly’s mills, Greenfield, and Fayette, as to intersect the road just above mentioned at the point of its termination; also the road leading from Alton by way of Ezra Gilman’s, of Madison county, to the head of Piasa, at Simmon’s ford on said creek, Delaware, Greenfield, Athensville, and Williamsburgh, to Jacksonville, is hereby declared to be a State road.
Sec. 31. That Isaac Plaster and Reddick Horn of Cass county, and Alexander Beard of Morgan county, be, and they are hereby, appointed conmissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from Lexington, in Morgan county; thence to Virginia; thence to Matanzas, on the Illinois river. Commissioners to meet at Virginia.
Comr’rs[Commissioners] to locate road from Pope’s creek via Edwards river in Mercer co. to Stephenson.
Place of meeting.
Post at each mile marked.
Sec. 32. That Pedro Eppison of Knox county, James Manning of Mercer county, and Jonathan Buffum of Rock Island county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from the termination
of the State road at the bridge across Pope’s creek, in Knox county, to the bridge across Edwards river in Mercer county, and thence to Stephenson in Rock Island county. Said commissioners to meet at the house of James Manning in Mercer county; and at the termination of each mile, on the right of the road, they shall plant a post of durable timber, with the miles marked thereon progressively.
Com’rs to relocate road from Galena to Prophet’s town.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 33. That John C. Pratt, John W. Stakes, and Lyman J. Reynolds, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to review, and survey, and relocate so much of the State
road leading from Galena to Prophet’s town, commencing at the mile board, two miles north of Prophet’s town, on Rock river, marked sixty miles from Galena; thence south to intersect the State road again south of Prophet’s town. Said commissioners to meet at Prophet’s town.
Com’rs to locate road from New Albany to Genesee in Henry county.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 34. That Neeley Withrow and Rufus Hubbard of Henry county, and A. Slocumb of Whiteside county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road commencing at New Albany; thence to Penny’s ferry on Rock river, near the west side of range three,
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east of the fourth principal meridian; thence taking the county road to a bridge on
Green river; and from thence to intersect the State road leading from Galena to Beardstown, at Genesee, in Henry county. Said commissioners to meet at Gennesee.
Com’rs to locate road from New Boston via Millersburgh to Richmond in Henry co.
Mile post.
Sec. 35. That Mark Willits, William Hull, and Hopkins Boone, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from New Boston, in Mercer county, via Millersburgh to Richmond, in Henry county. Said commissioners, in the location of said roads, shall have special regard to
the public convenience, the localities of the ground, and advantages of crossing water
courses; to plant firmly in the ground at the end of each mile, a neat post of durable timber
with the miles progressively marked thereon.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 36. That Reason Zerley of Will county, Benjamin Butterfield of Cook county, and Abraham Holderman of La Salle county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from Juliet, in Will county, to Joseph Norman’s mill on Hickory creek; thence, eastwardly, to the north side of Skunk grove; thence, the nearest and best route eastwardly, to the Indiana State line. Said commissioners to meet at Juliet.
Com’rs to locate road from Farmington via Rochester, &c. to Richmond, in Henry co.
Sec. 37. That Silas Richards of Knox county, Jacob Mason of Fulton county, and Norman Butler of Henry county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from Farmington; thence, to Rochester, Lafayette, and Weathersfield, to Richmond, in Henry county; thence to intersect the road from Knoxville to Galena. Commissioners to meet at Farmington.
Road from Big creek via Brown’s mill to Redmond’s, State road.
Sec. 38. That the present county road from the bridge over Big creek, on the Vincennes and Chicago State road, leading up said creek by John Lycan’s, Brown’s mill, Parker’s[,] Newman’s, O’Hare’s, Bunnell’s; thence, intersecting the said Vincennes and Chicago
State road at George Redmond’s, is hereby declared a State road, to be worked and kept in repair four rods wide.
And the commissioners’ courts of Edgar and Clark counties shall arrange the road districts on said line, that those living on the
creek shall not be required to work on the main State road.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 39. That Isaac Grantham, and John Hamlin of McDonough county, and Michael Crane of Warren county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from Macomb, in McDonough county, to the Mississippi river opposite the town of Burlington. Commissioners to meet at Macomb.
Com’rs to locate road from Clayton via Houston and Chili to Rushville and Warsaw road.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 40. That James Willard of Adams county, Elisha Worrell and John Slater of Hancock county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from Clayton, in Adams county, by the way of Houston, in the samecounty, and Chili, in Hancock county, to a point on section two, in township three north, in range seven
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west, of the fourth principal meridian, where the State road from Rushville to Warsaw crosses said section. Commissioners to meet at Chili, in Hancock county.
Com’rs to locate road from Quincy Philip’s ferry.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 41. That John Campbell of Pike county, and John B. Robinson and William Allen of Adams county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and relocate so much of the State road from
Quincy in Adams county to Phillips’ ferry in Pike county, as lies between Beverly, in Adams county, (and) Thomas Bates’ farm, in Pike County. Commissioners to meet at said Bates’.
Com’rs to relocate road from Knoxville to New Boston, thro’ Galesburgh.
Sec. 42. That Turner Rountree, Thomas Gilbert, and Agrippa L. Martin, of the county of Knox, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to review, survey, and relocate that part of the State road
leading from Knoxville in Knox county, to New Boston, in Mercer county, which lies in the said county of Knox, so that the said road, as relocated, may run through the town of Galesburgh, in said county of Knox, and strike the present State road at some point between Galesburgh and Alfred Brown’s.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 43. That John M. King, Q. A. Cook, and J. W. Bell, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to review, survey, and relocate, that part of the State road
leading from Rushville, in Schuyler county, to Carthage, in Hancock county, which lies between the town of Plymouth and the south line of section number thirty-one, in township four north, and range
four west, of the fourth principal meridian. Said commissioners shall meet at Plymouth.
Com’rs to relocate road from Enterprize to C. B. Harley’s.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 44. That Coonrad Leek, David Hodgson, and Charles B. Harley, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and relocate, that part of the State road
leading from Enterprize, in La Salle county, as lies between the town of Lafayette, in Knox county, and Charles B. Harley’s on said road, commencing at the south end of Hodgson street, in the town of Lafayette; thence, south, to the southeast corner of Peter Minor’s eighty acres; from thence, the nearest and best way to the bridge on Fitch’s creek;
from thence to Leek’s mills, on Walnut creek; and from thence to Charles B. Harley’s on said road. Said commissioners to meet at the town of Lafayette.
Com’rs to locate road from Mt. Sterling to Liberty.
Sec. 45. That Thomas Brackman of Brown county, and John Wiggle and Abraham H. D. Butts, are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from
Mount Sterling, in Brown county, to Liberty, in Adams county.
To locate road from Chicago via Half Day to McHenry.
Sec. 46. That Rufus Souls, Luke Hall, and Ransom Steele, of M’Henry county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from Chicago; thence to Half Day; thence, by Fort Hill, to M’Henry; thence to the State line, to meet the Territorial road leading to Madison, in Wisconsin. Commissioners to meet at Half Day.
Locate road from Crystalville to Mineral Point.
Sec. 47. That Sylvester Talcott, N. H. Foster and
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Christoper Walkeep, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from Crystalville, in M’Henry county; thence to Christopher Walkeep’s, on the road leading from Chicago to Big Foot Lake; thence to Nippersink, Cold Spring prairie; thence to Round prairie; thence, in a direction to Mineral Point, in Wisconsin, until the same intersects the State line. Commissioners to meet at Crystalville.
Locate road to Aurora, &c., to Mineral Point.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 48. That Benjamin T. Lee of Winnebago county, Ephraim Hall of De Kalb county, and Isaac Marlett of Kane county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from where a certain
road terminates at the Will county line, to Aurora, on Fox river; thence, by the county seat of De Kalb county, Rockford, in Winnebago county, Trask’s ferry, Pekatonikee; thence to the State line, in a direction towards Mineral Point. The said commissioners shall lay out a State road from the town of Winnebago, in Winnebago county, intersecting the State road in the direction to the Will county line.4 Commissioners to meet at Aurora.
To locate road from La Salle, via Troy grove to State line.
Sec. 49. That William Shed, Dauphin Brown and Lemuel W. Streator, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from La Salle, in La Salle county; thence to Troy Grove; thence to Inlet Grove; thence to Bloomingville, on Rock river; thence to Freeport; thence to Brewster’s ferry, on Pekatonikee; and thence to the State line, in a direction to Mineral Point. Commissioners to meet at La Salle.
To locate road from Beverly to point west of Perry.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 50. That George W. Hilyard and James Scybold of Pike county, and Samuel Cutler of Adams county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from Beverly, in Adams county, in a direction to Naples, to intersect the State road from Quincy to Naples at some point west of Perry, in Pike county. Commissioners to meet at Beverly.
Road from Rock Island to Savanna vacated.
Sec. 51. That so much of the State road leading from Rock Island to Savanna, as lies within the town of Hampton, in Rock Island county, be, and the same is hereby, vacated.
Road from Dixon’s ferry to Linder, & Union grove to Fulton City State roads
Locate road from Union grove to Dixon’s ferry.
Sec. 52. That the county road from Dixon’s ferry to the town of Linder, on Rock river, and the road from Union Grove, in Whiteside county to Fulton City, be, and the same are hereby, declared State roads; and that D. B . Young, Henry Boyer and John Baker, are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a State road from
Union Grove to the crossing of Elkhorn Creek, on the road to Dixon’s ferry.
Road from Carmi to Graysville a State road.
Sec. 53. That the county road now established, opened and travelled, from Carmi, in White county, by the way of the Pole bridge and Caleb Clifford’s; thence to Graysville, on the Wabash river, is hereby declared a State road, to be worked and kept in repair four rods wide.
Road from Carlinville to Jacksonville changed to run from Newburg to Geo. Sharp’s.
Sec. 54. That a part of the State road from Carlinville
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to Jacksonville shall be changed and vacated, viz: To commence at William Adams’, in Macoupin county; thence, on a direct line, to the northeast corner of John Burleson’s farm; thence, due north, one-quarter of a mile; thence, westwardly, one-quarter
of a mile; thence, due north, to the southeast corner of the public square in the
town of Newburg; thence, northwestwardly with the county road, to the township line; thence, with
said line, to intersect the old road at George Sharp’s.
Road continued to Staunton and Alton road.
Sec. 55. That that part of the State road leading from Hillsboro’ to Alton, viz: from the point where the same forks, on the road from Hillsboro’ to Edwardsville, to the point where it connects with the old road leading from the Hillsboro’ and Edwardsville road to Staunton, is hereby vacated; and from the point first above named, the road shall be continued on the Hillsboro’ and Edwardsville road, to a point about one mile from Kirkland’s Grove; thence on the old road leading
to Staunton until it connects with the aforesaid Alton road.
Com’rs to locate road from Ford’s ferry to Jacksonville.
Sec. 56. That Samuel Blackwell, Joseph M’Lean, and Samuel Porter, are hereby appointed commissioners to review and relocate a part of the road from
Ford’s ferry to Jacksonville, viz: that the same may run on the half mile line of section eleven, then about half
way through section two, on the same line, in township seven north, range four west,
until the same intersects the old road again.
Road from Beardstown to Mt. Sterling vacated.
Sec. 57. That the State road leading from Beardstown to Mount Sterling, in Brown county, heretofore established, be, and the same is hereby, vacated and made void.
Com’rs to relocate road from Meredosia to Mount Sterling.
Part of road changed.
Sec. 58. That Henry Pervinger, John Sides, and Henry Casteene, of Brown county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and relocate, a part of the State road leading
from Meredosia to Mount Sterling, viz: to change the same in section twenty, township two south, range two west, and in
that vicinity, in the neighborhood of B. F. Hills, in Brown county.
Sec. 59. That Abraham Smith of Brown county, O. M. Hagland and Allen Persinger of Schuyler county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to change, alter and relocate, the State
road leading from Rushville to Quincy, so much thereof as lies between Henley’s mill, on Crooked creek, and Rushville.
Time & place of meeting.
Sec. 60. That James Head and Nathan Ward, of M’Donough county, and William Smith of Hancock county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from
Appanoose to Lahart, in Hancock county; thence to intersect a State road to be located from Macomb, in M’Donough county, to the Mississippi river opposite Burlington, at the most suitable and convenient point in a direc- to Macomb. Commissioners to meet at Appanoose within one month after the location of the above recited road.
Com’rs to locate road from Columbus to Chambersburgh.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 61. That Willard Graves of Columbus, in Adams
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county, Jonathan Dearborn of Brown county, and Joseph S. King of Pike county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road, commencing at Columbus aforesaid; thence, eastwardly through Walker’s neck, to M’Kee’s creek, between sections twenty and twenty-one, township two south, range three west; thence
to Chambersburgh, in Pike county. Commissioners to meet at Columbus.
To locate road from Quincy to Mt. Sterling.
Sec. 62. That John H. Holton, William Oglesby, and Charles K. M’Coy, are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from Quincy, in Adams county, via the upper bridge on North Mill creek to Columbus; thence, through Clayton, in Adams county, to Mount Sterling, in Brown county.5 Commissioners to meet at Quincy.
To relocate road from Kishwaukee to Freeport.
Sec. 63. That Warner Earll, Willard Clark, and David A. Holt, of Winnebago county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from Kishwaukee, in Winnebago county; thence to intersect the State road from Bloomington to Freeport, in Stephenson county.
Locate road from Farmington to Monmouth.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 64. That Carter T. Davidson of Warren county, Alexander Latimer of Knox county, and Jacob Mason of Fulton county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from Farmington, in Fulton county, via Hull’s crossing on Spoon river; thence to Abingdon, in Knox county, entering said town at the east end of Jackson street, running with said street to Main street; thence
to the north end of said Main street; thence to Jonathan Latimer’s; and from thence to Monmouth, in Warren county. Commissioners to meet at Farmington.
To locate road from Peoria to Burlington.
Course of road.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 65. That Benjamin Tompkins, Kernier Brent, and Matthew J. Cox, of Warren county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and relocate, a part of the State road from Peoria to Burlington, beginning at the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section seventeen,
township nine north, range three west; thence to the northeast corner of said section;
thence, on or near the north line of said quarter, to the centre of section eighteen, same township and range; thence, to continue on a direct line
as the ground will permit, until it intersects the old road first above named. Commissioners to meet at New Lancaster.
To locate road from Decatur to Bloomington.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 66. That Hiram Chapin, Andrew Wallace, and Thomas Fruit, of the county of Macon, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, mark, and relocate, so much of the State road running from Decatur to Bloomington as lies between the north line of township eighteen, and the town of Clinton, in Macon county. Commissioners to meet at Clinton.
Majority of com’rs in this law may act, take oath, &c
Time of location.
Width of roads.
How marked.
Sec. 67. The commissioners named in this act to locate and relocate the several roads,
and parts of roads, a majority of whom, in any one case, may act and discharge the duties
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required; and previous to acting shall severally take an oath before some justice
of the peace of the State, faithfully and impartially, to the best of their judgment, discharge the duties
required; and shall proceed, at any time after the passage of this act, between this
and the first of August next, and they shall meet by that day; and shall with great care cause the routes to be
viewed, surveyed and located, with a view to permanent roads, four rods wide in all cases where the width is not otherwise herein directed; and
through prairie lands cause the same, where they judge it necessary, to be staked, and blazed through timbered land.
To be surveyed.
Reports and plats.
Sec. 68. They shall cause the same to be surveyed in all cases, and may employ a surveyor
and the hands necessary; and they shall make out reports and plats, and return the same to each and every
county commissioners’ court through which the roads may pass, of the part lying in each county respectively,
which shall be recorded and preserved.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 69. That William Tate and John C. Bane of Fulton county, and Isaac Lane of Schuyler county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from Springfield, in Sangamon county, to Miller’s ferry or Blue Springs, on the Sangamon river, crossing the Illinois river at Spark’s landing, in Schuyler county, via Astoria post office and Vermot, in Fulton county, to Macomb, in M’Donough county. Commissioners to meet at Springfield.
Sec. 70. That William Freborn, Seth Helton, and Joel Beadles, of Fulton county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and relocate, that part of the State road from Warsaw to Canton situate between Marietta and Centreville, in Fulton county, that the same may be located so as to cross Spoon river at the town of Bristol, on section twenty-four, in township six north, range one east.
To locate road from Vandalia to Springfield.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 71. That William Russell of Fayette county, William Thomas of Dane county, and John L. Dryer of Sangamon county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road leading from Vandalia, leaving the present Springfield road at the farm of Col. Berry; thence, to William Russell and John Denton’s, along up the prairie between Hurricane and Ramsey’s creek timber, on the nearest
and best route to Springfield. Commissioners to meet at Vandalia.
Locate road from Andover via Clearland to Mississippi river.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 72. That Marcus B. Osborn and George Tyler, of Henry county, and Miles Conway of Rock Island county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from Andover, in Henry county, via Clearland6, to the Mississippi river, opposite Fort Byron, in Rock Island county, on the nearest and best ground from point to point. Commissioners to meet at Rock Island.
To relocate road from Maysville to Shelbyville.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 73. That Basil Davis of Clay county, and William Gordon and William Stephens of Effingham county, be, and
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they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and relocated a part of
the State road leading from Maysville, via Ewington, to Shelbyville, viz: that part of said road from Heflin’s, in Clay county, to Brocket’s mills, in Effingham county. Com.missioners to meet at said Heflin’s.7Locate road from Salem to Charleston.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 74. Mark Tully of Marion county, Thomas J. Gillenwater of Effingham county, and Silas Hart of Coles county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from Salem, in Marion county, via Ewington, in Effingham county, to Charleston, in Coles county. Commissioners to meet at Salem.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 75. That James Smith, John Johnston and Levi Thompson, of Iroquois county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey and locate a State road from a suitable
and eligible point on the State line between Illinois and Indiana, in a direction from Lafayette to Ottawa, from said point of beginning to the town of Middleport, in Iroquois county; thence, down the Iroquois river, to the town of Plato, in said county; thence, in the best direction, to the town of Ottawa, in La Salle county. Commissioners to meet at Middleport.
To locate road from Shelbyville to Chicago.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 76. That George Parks of Shelby county, William Jeremiah of Champaign, and Jonathan Wright of Iroquois county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from Shelbyville, in Shelby county, to Urbana, in Champaign county; thence to the middle fork of Vermilion river; thence to the head branch of Spring creek, and down Spring creek to the town of
Nightsville; thence to Plato, in Iroquois county; thence, down the Iroquois river, to the Kankakee, and from thence to fall into the State road leading from Danville to Chicago, in the nearest and best way to Chicago. Commissioners to meet at Shelbyville.
Locate road from Naples to Bloomfield.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 77. Thomas Edmunson, Robert Sands, and George Richards, of the county of Scott, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from Naples, in said county; thence to the bridge over the Mauvaise-terre; thence to Bloomfield in said county, selecting throughout the best ground for a permanent road. Commissioners to meet at Naples.
Locate road from Hennepin to Victoria.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 78. That A. Richards of Stark county, Charles S. Boyed of Bureau county, and Henry M’Clanahan of Knox county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road from the ferry landing on the west side of the Illinois river, opposite Hennepin, in Putnam county; thence to Toulon, the seat of justice of Stark county; thence to intersect a State road leading to Knoxville at or near the town of Victoria, in Knox county. Commissioners to meet at Perkin’s, in Bureau county.
To locate road from Rockford to Savannah.
Sec. 79. That Daniel Wooten of Stephenson county, John Platt of Winnebago county, and Preston of Carroll county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners
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to view, survey, and locate, a State road from Rockford, in Winnebago county; thence to Savannah on the Mississippi river.
Road from Darwin to N. Richmond vacated.
Co.[County] road declared State road.
Sec. 80. That all that part of the State road from Darwin, via Auburn, to New Richmond, in Clark county, which lies between Auburn and New Richmond, is hereby vacated and wholly annulled; and the county road now established and improved from Auburn to New Richmond, is hereby declared a State road, four poles wide.
Road from B. Seward’s State road.
Sec. 81. That the road leading from Butler Seward’s, in Montgomery county, intersecting the Jacksonville road at Baily Tailor’s, in Macoupin county, be, and the same is hereby, declared a State road.
To relocate State road from Union prairie to Bartlett’s land
To Martinsville.
To Baker’s mill, and to Charleston.
Road vacated
Sec. 82. That Henry Harrison, jr., of Clark county, and Nathaniel Parker of Coles county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and relocate,
with a view of straightening and shortening the same, the road commencing at the State
road on Union prairie, at the southwest corner of section sixteen; thence, by Handy’s,
to the point where the point now turns, at or near the corner of Bartlett’s land,
or the southwest quarter of section fourteen, township nine north, range twelve west;
thence, on a direct line from said turn to Martinsville, on the Cumberland road, if the same be practicable; if not, as near a straight line as the ground will permit
for a permanent road; from Martinsville they shall extend the line on the most eligible route, and locate the road to Baker
and Norfolk’s mill, on the Embarrass river; thence to Charleston, in Coles county. And the said Henry Harrison, jr., and Nathaniel Parker, shall alter and change, as they may deem right for the public good, the State road
from York to Martinsville, from section thirty-five, in township nine north, range twelve west, and through
the Crow prairie; and to extend the same to form a junction with the road first named
in this section, at a suitable point at or near the grove above Anglin’s; and the other part of said road from Anglin’s to Martinsville to be vacated.
Declared State road.
Sec. 83. The present county road from the Grand Turn below Marshall, via Water’s mill, to the county line of Crawford, is hereby declared a State road, four rods wide, and may be straightened at Miner’s
creek.
To relocate road from Atlas to Pleasant Vale.
Place of meeting.
Sec. 84. That Henry Furguson, James Walker, and Joseph H. Gooding, of Pike county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view and relocate the State
road from Atlas, via Rockport, to Pleasant Vale, so as to enter Main street of said Pleasant Vale, at the southeastern extremity; thence to Kinderhook, on the most direct and eligible ground to Adams county line, doing as little damage as the public good will admit. Commissioners to meet at Atlas.
Road from Douglass to Carlinville vacated.
From Caulkin’s to Coulter’s, State rd.[road]
Sec. 85. That so much of the road leading from Douglass to Carlinville, in Macoupin county, as lies between Caulkin’s branch and Archibald Coulter’s, be, and the same is hereby, vacated; and that the road from Caulkin’s branch, by John
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Brown’s, to Archibald Coulter’s, is hereby declared a State road, and the same shall be kept in repair as other
State roads.
Sec. 86. That the commissioners’ court of Peoria county be, and they are hereby, authorized to alter that part of the State road leading
from Peoria to Knoxville, that runs through township eight north, in range eight east, and also through township
nine north, range seven east.
Co. com’rs co. of Shelby to appoint com.[commissioners] to relocate road from Danville to Shelbyville.
To report.
Expenses, how paid.
Sec. 87. That an alteration and review of the State road, from Shelbyville to Danville, so much thereof as lies within said counties of Shelby and Coles; and with view that the county commissioners’ court of Shelby county, shall appoint without delay, three commissioners to view, survey, and relocate,
that part lying in said county of Shelby, to the best advantage for a permanent road; and said commissioners shall act in concert and agree with the commissioners from
Coles county, hereinafter named, where and at what point the road shall cross the line of Shelby and Coles counties. Jesse Fuller, Isaac Gruel, and William Barnett, of Coles county, are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, and relocate said road in Coles county. Said commissioners shall report to the counties respectively; and each county to pay the expenses so incurred severally.
Road from Charleston to Springfield vacated.
To locate road from Charleston to Shelbyville.
Sec. 88. That so much of the State road from Charleston, in Coles county, to Springfield, via Essex, in Shelby county, as lies between Charleston and Essex, is hereby vacated and annulled; and Elisha Linder and Noyes are hereby appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate a State road, from some suitable point near Wabash Point, on the State road from Charleston to Shelbyville, to Essex, in Shelby county.
To locate road from Louisville to J. Onslott’s.
Sec. 89. That John Onslott, Jacob Calglazer and Edward Golden, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to view, survey, and locate, a
State road from Louisville, to intersect the Western mail route at some convenient point between John Davenport’s and John Onslott’s.
Time extended to finish bridge over L. Wabash.
Time extended to Toler, Williams and M’Daniel to build bridge.
Sec. 90. That John W. Sullivan and George Greene, shall have the extension of one year from the passage of this act, to finish the
bridge across the Little Wabash river, at or near Louisville, in Clay county, where the road leading from Vandalia to Lawrenceville crosses; and that the act authorizing Robert Toler, William Farmer, and Hugh M’Daniel, to build a bridge across the Little Wabash river, approved March 4th, 1837, be extended or construed so as to give them longer time
to build said bridge, to wit: one year from the passage of this act.
Pay of com’rs, surveyors and hands.
Counties to pay equally.
Sec. 91. The allowance to commissioners shall be one dollar and fifty cents per day, for each
and every day necessarily employed in the discharge of the duties required; to surveyors,
two dollars and fifty cents; and to hands, one dollar; to be paid by the several counties
interested, in proportion to the length and distance of road in the county—an equitable
and fair proportion of the whole expenses; and the same shall be paid by the counties.8
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Com’rs to open roads.
Sec. 92. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners’ courts of the several counties through which any road or improvement, authorized by this
act, shall be established, shall cause the same, without delay, to (be) opened, worked, and kept in repair, so far as the labor and means of the
counties respectively will enable, and with (the) due interest of the county admit.9
Co. com. co. to appoint com’rs to locate road.
Sec. 93. The county commissioners’ court of Jackson county are hereby authorized to appoint commissioners to locate a State road from Gill’s ferry to Shawneetown, to carry out the provisions of a bill to establish a State road between said points,
passed at the December session of 1836.
Majority of com’rs may act.
Time [eting?]. [o?]
To be sworn.
Report to be filed.
Proviso.
Sec. 94. The several commissioners appointed by this act to locate, alter, and amend,
the several roads stated, (a majority of any set of reviewers may act,) shall meet by the first Monday of August next, and being duly sworn by some justice of the peace, faithfully and impartially to
discharge the duties required of them respectively; and, being so sworn, shall proceed
to view, survey, and locate, the several roads and parts of roads, and relocate as
stated, from point to point named, on the most eligible route, making the same as
permanent as practicable for the public good; and they shall make report to the several county commissioners’ courts through which any road may pass authorized in this act, of the part lying and being
in such county; which shall be recorded, filed and preserved: Provided, It be convenient and deemed advisable, said commissioners may meet, qualify, and
locate said roads, at any time after the passage of this act.10
Compensation to Speaker pro tem. of Senate.
Sec. 95. There shall be allowed to the Speaker pro tem. of the Senate, seven dollars per day, for each day he has served in that capacity during the present
session of the General Assembly, in lieu of the allowance made him in the appropriation bill. This act to be considered
in force from and after its passage.11
Approved, March 2, 1839.
1In response to several petitions, William B. Archer introduced HB 295 to the House of Representatives on February 14, 1839. The House referred it to the Committee on the Whole on February
18. The committee recommended several amendments on February 23, to which the House
concurred. The House passed an amendment on February 26 removing the 73rd section
and passed the bill. On February 28, the Senate passed an amendment modifying the 62nd section, an another adding the 95th section, before passing the bill. The House passed the amended bill
on March 1. The Council of Revision approved the bill the next day and the act became law.
2The House of Representatives passed an amendment adding the proviso to the 4th section on February 23, 1839.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 495.
3The House of Representatives passed an amendment adding “to Bloomington as lies between Waynesville” to the 25th section on February 23, 1839.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 495.
4The House of Representatives passed an amendment adding all the language in the 48th section from “from where a certain road” on February
23, 1839.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 485.
5The Senate passed an amendment on February 28, 1839, replacing part of the 62nd section with everything in the previous
sentnece from “thence, through Clayton”.
Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 463.
7The House of Representatives passed an amendment on February 26 removing the original 73rd section, thereby moving
all the subsequent sections up one number.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 530.
8The House of Representatives passed an amendment adding the 91st section on February 23, 1839.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 495.
9The House of Representatives passed an amendment adding the 92nd section on February 23, 1839.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 495.
10The House of Representatives passed an amendment adding the 94th section on February 23, 1839.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 495.
11The House of Representatives passed an amendment on February 23 making a variety of changes to this bill. The Senate passed an amendment on February 28 adding the last section.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 495; Journal of the Senate of the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1838), 462-63.
Printed Document, 16 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Eleventh General Assembly (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1839), 56-71, GA Session: 11-1,