Traveling Through Macon Co., IL, And Finding History & Deeds

While camping in Cerro Gordo, Illinois,

near Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, I visited the Register of Deeds and found the following deeds, among others:






Macon County, Illinois, Deeds
185-175
29 May 1906
Agreement 15 May 1906 between J. N. Keefer, T. J. Scroggins & C. R. Scroggins*, partners in Harristown Grain Company of Harristown and Decatur, Illinois, hereinafter called vendors...
And
George Jacobson of Niantic, Illinois...purchaser
Vendors sell Lots 1-7 including building in Block 2 of Harristown, Macon Co., Illinois.....
*Probably Carter R. Scroggins

Grain is a big deal in Macon County, Illinois. The headquarters of Archer, Daniels, Midland is located there.

1880 Census IL Macon, Harristown
Thomas J. SCROGGIN Self M W 41 IL Farmer TN SC
Rebecca SCROGGIN Wife M W 41 IL TN TN
Carter R. SCROGGIN Son S W 20 IL IL IL
Russel SCROGGIN Son S W 13 IL IL IL
Charles S. SCROGGIN Son S W 11 IL IL IL
Louis STERNS Other W 32 PRUSSIA PRUSSIA PRUSSIA

1880 Census IL Macon, Niantic
George JACOBSEN Self S W28 SLESWICK Farmer SLES SLES
Augusta JACOBSEN Mother W W 66 SLES SLES SLES

A trading post was built in the area before Macon County existed.





The Potawatomi "Trail of Death" went through the Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, area in 1838 (Sept. 26th).


Macon County, Illinois, Deeds
285-176
Power of Attorney
George & Meta Dodson and Daisy & E. F. Geer of Spokane, Washington...
Appoint Robert Montgomery of Decatur.....
Abt. 29 May 1906

Macon County, Illinois, Deeds
236-337
Date?
J. Dick Hardin**, bachelor of Springfield, Sangamon, IL
Quit Claim
J. N. Kiefer and C. R. Scroggins of Macon Co., Illinois...
**Possibly John D. Hardin

I often make a note of the Scroggins/Scoggins surname hoping to connect a Scroggins to my ancestor, Ransom Scroggins Rice.