**************************************************************************** File contributed to the Fulton County ILGenWeb Project Copyright 2008, all rights reserved. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format without the written consent of the author at http://fulton.ilgenweb.net. **************************************************************************** Source: Atlas Map of Fulton County, Illinois, Andreas, Lyter, and Co., Davenport, Iowa. 1871 (page 36) Transcribed by: Cheryl **************************************************************************** MAP OF UNION TOWNSHIP Township 8 N. RANGE 1 West. Section 1 R. Smith, J. B. S., J. Harvey, J. W. Haver, Jno. Morris, W. Bond, D. Reese, Leonard Cutler (Stone Quarries, Orchards) Section 2 William Ogden (Orchards), Leonard Cutler (Stone Quarry, Orchards), Silas Babbitt (Orchards), Elias Williams Est. (Orchards), Isaac Callison (Orchards) Section 3 Isaac Callison (Orchards), S. Cooper (Orchards), C. Coomes, Phillip Darr, I. F. Babbitt (Orchards), Stephen Babbitt Est. (Orchards), J. I. Babbitt (Orchards), E. Section 4 James Cox, Jonathan Babbitt (Cemetery, Orchards), John Niland (Orchards), P. Conwell (Orchards), Job. Babbitt Est., William Hagan (Orchards), Jas. Babbitt Section 5 J. McBroom (School House), M. Clarey (Orchards), Jos. McKiernan, Catharine Crowe, McCarty, D. Porter, T. H. Fowler (Orchards), T. Moone, S. M., A. H. Harrod (Orchards), Wm. Irwin, Patrick O'Pray, (Town of) St. Augustine (Cemetery) Section 6 Patrick O'Pray, Wm. Irwin, R. Supples, J. E. Haunts, Jonas Simmons, E. W. Woods, J. F. Mings, J. Rupert, J. Stocton (Orchards), L. Clarey Section 7 J. Stocton, N. Davis (Cemetery, Orchards), L. Clarey, M. O'Donnell (Orchards), M. Dougherty (Orchards), J. Woods, S. T., R. W. Townsend, D. R. McClahan, O.H.W., W. Section 8 Thos. Dougherty (Orchards), P. O'Donnell (Orchards), Jas. Cox, H. Mattingley, H. Hagan, R. Meegan, T. Bailey, W. Kernot, J. Martin Section 9 James Cox, Jas. Babbitt, G. S., J. Niland, C., S., Job. Babbitt Est., L. A. McKurnan, J. J. L., T. & C. Cunningham, J. Roy, A. Fitzsimmons, J. Fitzsimmons (Orchards), M. Borlin (Orchards), F. Poisett (Orchards) Section 10 Jas. Roy, W. Hagan, J. Probscoe, S. Babbitt, Henry Smith (Orchards), I. F. Babbitt (School House), W. O. (Orchards), Isaac Callison, I. Callison (Coal), C., J. C., W. C. B., J. Mulhatton, W. Babbitt, J. Fitzsimmons, W. W., R. R., L. F. R., M. Ryan Section 11 Isaac Callison, Wm. Jennings, L. Cutler, Henry Young (Orchards), J. H. Terry (Orchards), Wm. Ogden, M. Ryan, A. S. Richardson (Orchards), W. Brown, W. J. Cuttler (Orchards) Section 12 Henry Young, S. Rose, James Peling, L. Cutler, H. Hagen, H. M. Babbitt, T. B. McFadden (Grist Mill), D. VanWinkle, (Town of) Troy Section 13 P. Rice, T. Hovill, W. Flake, Geo. Childs (Orchards), N. B. Childs, A. Umsted, F. C., R. F., John Pipit, Geo. VanWinkle, A. P. Potter, M. Hartley (Orchards), Cedar Creek Section 14: Robert Mitchell, Wm. Brown, T. Hovell, S. Thurman (Orchards), J. B. Atchinson, Jos. Ficket (Orchards), G. W. Atchinson, Orchards, T. Hovell & I. Yeomans, J. Babbitt, Cedar Creek Section 15 S. A. Hendricks, W. T. Fennessy, Wm. Brown (Orchards), A. M., Robert Mitchell (Grist Mill, Orchards), R. Belding (Orchards), E. Mailliard, S. Cooper, F. Poisett, A. B. R., C. C., J. D., J. Bingham, Section 16 S. A. Hendricks, E. D. Mailliard (Orchards), F. Poisett (Orchards), P. Rice, W. T. Fennessy (Orchards) Section 17 E. D. Mailliard, N. H., L. F. R., J. T. W., J. Roy, J. Martin, W. H. H. B., J. L. Gallit, R. Meegan (Orchards), A. R., J. T. Winsett, C. Hollister, J. Jones, F. Poisett (Orchards) Section 18 J. F. Mings, Nigger Creek, R. W. Townsend, D. R. McClahan, P. & C. Stevens, D. C. W., H. Woods, O. S. Woods, E. E. & W. T. Austin (Grist Mill, Orchards), C. B. & Q. Railroad, A. Stevens, W. H. Rose Section 19 S. Griffith (Orchards), P. Rose (Orchards), C. B. & Q. Railroad, W. H. Rose (Orchards), E. D. Mailliard, D. C. Woods (Orchards), P. & C. Stevens (Orchards), M. Nance, S. Tompson (Orchards), Avon (Town of) Section 20 E. D. Mailliard, A. A. Mailliard (Orchards), W. H. H. Butler (Orchards), N. H. D., N. H. Drake, P. G. S., J. T. Winsett, T. Crabbe, J. Roy, L. F. Ross (School House, Orchards), N. Hectorne Section 21 L. F. Ross (Orchards), H. R. Rose, J. T. Winsett (Orchards), Charles W. Sebree Section 22 H. R. Rose (Orchards), Charles W. Sebree (Orchards), W. T. F., P. R., C. Sebree (Orchards), F. Sayre, T. Hovell (Orchards), M. E. S., J. Mullhatten, Wm. Wildbore (Orchards), S. Yeomans Section 23: T. Hovell (Saw Mill), R. B., T. Pool, T. J. Wilson, Isaac Yeomans, Cedar Creek, Wm. Moore Est., Wm. Sheuff, P. Fitzpatrick, J. G. Walker, Geo. Freeborn, John Flake (Orchards), I Yeomans Section 24 C. D. S., L. M. G., J. B., Wm. Moore Est., J. Tallant, A. P. Potter, M. Arendole (Orchards), James Adkinson (Orchards), J. F. Myer (Orchards), John Flake (Orchards), C. D. Sheets, Cemetery Section 25 William Flake Est. (School House, Orchards), C. D. Sheets (Orchards), W. T. Vandevere (Orchards), John Fields, James Flake Section 26 J. G. Walker, Geo. Freeborn (Orchards), P. Fitzpatrick (Orchards), William Flake Est., Wm. Moore Est., Orchards, John Pippit (Orchards), M. Moore Est., C. D. Sheets (Orchards) Section 27 T. J. Wilson (Orchards), T. Hovell (Orchards), P. Zehring (Orchards), S. Yeomans (School House, Orchards), L. M. Garraugh (Orchards), F. Carley (Orchards) Section 28 L. F. Ross (Orchards), James Staggs (Orchards), T. Pool (Orchards), Jno. Pool, A. Maholland, Orchards, Creek Section 29 S. Tompson, N. Hectorne (Orchards), T. & S. S. Andrews (Orchards), J. B. Hatch (Orchards), C. Ackerman (Orchards), Wm. McBride Section 30 O. J. Woods (Orchards), M. E. W., S. Tompson, E. G. Roe (Orchards), H. V. D. Vorhees (Cemetery, Orchards), W. S. Woods Est., J. J. VanWinkle (Orchards), M. Dyer (Orchards), J. B. Hatch (Orchards), Gallett Creek Section 31 J. J. Brooks (Orchards), John Woods, S. Andrews (Orchards), C. Hollister (Orchards), Gallett Creek, (Proposed Railroad:) P. & M. R.R. Survey Section 32 James Carr (School House, Orchards), Wm. McBride (Orchards), Geo. Woods (Orchards), J. J. Brooks, Jas. Kutchler (Orchards), Z. A. Foster, H. Myers, (Proposed Railroad:) P. & M. R.R. Survey Section 33 R. Johnson (Orchards), R. S. Gorham (Orchards), John Kutchler (Orchards), James Kutchler (Orchards), T. Pool (Orchards), J. Pool (Orchards), S. G., C. O. Nickerson (Cemetery), D., N., A. Mills Section 34 R. S. Gorham, D. H. Gorham (Orchards), L. M. Garraugh, F. Carley, A. Mills, C. O. Nickerson, A. H. Miller, Wm. Brown, (Proposed Railroad:) P. & M. R.R. Survey Section 35 Jos. Morse (Orchards), J. W. Simonton (Orchards), A. Sheckler (Orchards), A. H. Miller (Orchards), A. Tainter, P. S. Hannah, L. S. Botkin (Spring, Orchards), D. M. Kline (Spring, Orchards), (Proposed Railroad:) P. & M. R.R. Survey Section 36 Robert McCracken (Orchards), D. M. Kline (Spring, Orchards), A. Struble (Orchards), Wm. Teach (Spring, Orchards), J. F. Myers (Spring, Orchards), (Proposed Railroad:) P. & M. R.R. Survey Transcription of the Union Township history at the bottom of Page 36: Union Township was first settled by Robert Grant, Isaac Hulick and a Mr. Betson, who located on Section 12, near the town of Troy, in the spring of 1829. Job Babbit settled on the same section in 1831. The first justice was James Ogden. Rev. Mr. Betson preached the first sermon. Malinda Babbitt was baptized at Troy in 1832, which was the first baptism in the township. The first church was built at Avon. The first marriage was John Rogers to Miss Taylor. Mary Ogden was the first child born in the township. The first death was a son of Mr. Taylor, in Troy, who was buried in a coffin made of split boards, as there was no sawed lumber to be had. This is a fine township of land, is well watered and has an abundance of timber and coal.