Maltby, Jesse

Born: 1785 Massachusetts

Died: 1861-03-23 Menard County, Illinois

Flourished: Menard County, Illinois

As early as 1827, Maltby settled near Rock Creek, in a portion of Sangamon County, Illinois, that would later be subsumed into Menard County. In 1829 and 1832, Maltby purchased additional tracts of land near Rock Creek, Illinois. In 1860, Maltby was farming in Menard County, and owned over $7,000 worth of real estate.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Menard County, 68:34, 50, 122, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Fifth Census of the United States (1830), Sangamon County, IL, 179; Gravestone, Farmers Point Cemetery, Tallula, IL; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Menard County, IL, 26.