Clark County IL Archives History..... ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarch.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarch.org/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cindy McCachern mccachern@sbcglobal.net and Ron Cornwell recornwell4@charter.net FIRST GRAND JURY-1820 MARSHALL WEEKLY MESSENGER 4-FEB-1869 The first grand jury in Clark County, IL, was selected September 18, 1820, at first County seat in town of Aurora on the Wabash River. They were: Samuel Prevo, Newell Leonard, Cornelius Lamb, George W. Catron, William Lockard, John Stafford, John Handy, Joseph Shaw, Zacheus Hassel, Jacob Long, Richard Armstrong, Louis Morris, John Stratton, William V. Levay, William Murphy, Enoch Davis, Abraham Snyder and Hugh Miller. The witnesses claiming presence at this first term of court were: William Whitley, William Murphy, John Stratton, David Boland, Lewis Murphy, Nineveh Shaw, Alden Winchester, Charles Patrick, Joseph Owens, William P. Bennett and Johnathan Mays. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/clark/history/grjury1820.txt File size: 2 Kb