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       Greene County, Illinois

 

 

1820 Federal Census of Madison County Small Area now known as Greene County

 

 

The following was “gleaned” from the Madison County Locations for 1820 Madison County Census by Phyllis J. Bauer.

With her permission!

 

Apple Creek

                The area along Apple Creek and south of Macoupin Creek, in what now is known as Greene County.

 

Greenfield

                Originally Big Prairie, it became known as Greenfield in 1818. It began Cahokia Creek at the mouth of Long Lake,

thence up said creek to the bluffs, thence up the bluffs, so as to include all living under the bluff as high as to where Wood River

cuts through the bluffs, from there to Smeltzer’s ferry on the Mississippi, thence south to Dejailia’s ferry, thence down the Six Mile

Township line to the mouth of Long Lake.

 

 The following names are "Heads of Household" in no particular order:

Apple Creek       Whitacre, Robert

Apple Creek       Carlen, Thomas

Greenfield          Steen, James

Greenfield          Denton, Jonathan

Greenfield          Knuckles, James

Greenfield          Parkinson, Wm.

Greenfield          Hicks, Job

Greenfield          Anderson, Robert G.

Apple Creek       Stubbins, Christopher B.

Apple Creek       Bell, Francis

Apple Creek       Green, William

Apple Creek       Allen, Daniel (my 5th Great Grandfather)

 

 These are only a few of the names from Phyllis’ Census Book. There are approximately well over 400 heads of family from

Apple Creek and Greenfield.

 

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