Menard County IL Archives History .....Formation Of Menard County June 23, 1838
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Public Meeting.

Pursuant to public notice a large and respectable meeting of the citizens in 
the North West part of Sangamon County, convened at Wm. Denton's on the 9th 
day of June, 1838:  In motion Mr. Robert White was called to the chair and 
William Stotts appointed Secretary.  The object of the meeting was then 
explained by Josiah B. Smith, Esq. - when on motion Mssrs. John Wright, J. 
B. Smith, Wm. Engle, Fielden Bailard and A. A. Rankin were appointed a 
committee to report a boundary for a new county to be taken from the north 
west part of Sangamon county, after a few minutes retirement, the report the 
following bounds which were unanimously adapted, viz -

Beginning at the northeast corner of section 3 township 20 north range 4 
west of the 3d principal meridian; thence south 18 miles to the south east 
corner of section31, township 18 north range4 west of the 3d principal 
meridian, thence west with line dividing townships 17 and 18 to the south 
west corner of section 36 township 18 north, range 5 west of the 3rd 
principal meridian, thence a direct line to the northwest corner of section 
13 in township 17 North Range 6 west of the third principal meridian thence 
a direct line running west through the middle of township 17 to the line 
dividing Sangamon and Cass Counties thence North along said line to the 
Sangamon river, thence down the channel of mid river to the extreme of 
Sangamo county, thence to the Illinois river to the line dividing Sangamon 
and Tazewell counties, thence east with said line to the place of beginning.

After which the following resolution were adopted - 
1st Resolved, That J. B. Smith, William Stotts, and John Wright be appointed 
to committee to draft a petition, also an address to the citizens of 
Sangamon county, also to meet in Springfield on the 4th day of July, as 
determined to confer with other delegates from different parts of the 
county.

2nd Resolved, That is proceedings of this meeting be signed by the chairman 
and secretary and that the editors of the Sangamo Journal and Illinois 
Republican be requested to publish the same their respective papers together 
with the address.
On motion, the meeting adjourned in order.
Rob't White, Ch'rm
Wm. Stotts, Sec'ry.

Additional Comments:
This article was printed in June 23 1838 issue of the Springfield newspaper 
Sangamo Journal

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