Morse, Jabez

Jabez Morse received bounty land in Adams County, Illinois as a result of serving in the War of 1812. Morse served as a quartermaster sergeant of the Thirty-Fourth Infantry Regiment. Morse’s original patent became the subject of a lawsuit over ownership in 1858, with Abraham Lincoln representing the plaintiff.

The Quincy Herald-Whig (IL), 7 January 1940, 14:8; Powell v. Ament & Beer, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), https://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org/Details.aspx?case=137595.