Macon, William H.

Born: 1788-XX-XX Virginia

Flourished: 1847-1850 McLean County, Illinois

Macon was a resident of McLean County, Illinois as early as 1835, when he began purchasing tracts of land. By 1836, he had purchased approximately 400 acres of land in McLean, and neighboring DeWitt County, Illinois. In 1850, Macon was a farmer living near Bloomington, Illinois. He owned $700 worth of real estate.

Petition of J. E. Parke and Others to Augustus C. French; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, McLean County, 69:54, 236:21; DeWitt County, 236:130, 140, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), McLean County, IL, 280; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Bloomington, McLean County, IL, 30.