19th Century

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all that district of country within the following bounds and limits to-wit : Commencing at the north west corner of township No. two, north of range No. five west ; thence east to the north east of township No. two north on the third principal meridian line ; thence south with the said meridian line to the south east corner of township No. three south ; thence west to the south west corner of township three south of range five west ; thence north between ranges five and six west to the beginning, shall constitute a separate and distinct county, to be called Washington : and the seat of justice for said county shall be the house of James Bankson, until it shall be permanently established, in the following manner, that is to say, there shall be appointed five persons, to-wit: Jacob Turman, Thomas Rattan, Leven Maddux, Reuben Middleton and James Fisher, who, or a majority of them, being duly sworn before some judge or justice of the peace of this territory, faithfully and impartially to take into view the situation of the settlement, the geography of the county, the convenience of the citizens, and the eligibility of the place, shall meet on the first Monday in March next, and proceed to examine and determine on the place for the permanent seat of justice, and designate the same

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the boundary lines of Johnson county,
shall hereafter be as follows, to-wit : Beginning on the range line, between ranges four and five, east of the third principal meridian, at the corner between townships ten and eleven, south of the base line ; thence south along the said range line to the Ohio river ; thence down along the Ohio river, to where the range line between ranges one and two east intersects the said river ; thence north along the said range line to the corner of townships ten and eleven south; thence east along the township line, between townships ten and eleven, south to the beginning. And that all that part of Pope county, which is included within the said boundary, shall hereafter be attached to and form a part of Johnson county

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatve of the Illinois Territory' and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same ; That all that part of the country within the following bounds, viz, Beginning on the Mississippi River where the base line, which is about three fourths of a mile below Judge Biggs' present residence strikes the said River, thence with the base line untill it strkes the first township line therefrom, thence S.E. to the S.E. corner of township two, south range, nine West, thence south to the south East corner of township four, south range nine West, thence south Westwardly to the Mississippi so as to include Alexander M'Nabb's farm, and thence up the Mississippi to the be- ginning, shall constitute a sepparate county to be called Monroe

Be it enacted by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Illinois Territory, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all that part of the counties of Randolph and Johnson included within the following bounds to wit : Begining at the mouth of Big Muddy river and running up the same to the township line between ten and eleven ; thence east with said line to the principal meridian line running from the mouth of the Ohio river; thence north with the meridian line thirty miles; thence west twenty four miles to the corner of range between four and five west of the principal meridian line ; thence south six miles to the township corner between six and seven ; thence to the head waters of the creek called Gagnic, and down it to the Mississippi ; thence down the Mississippi to the beginning, shall be a seperate and distinct county and called and known by the name of Jackson

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