It is the start to a new morning, the start to a new day. For someone not well versed in the art of genealogy, I believe I am progressing into the realm of 'gatherer-of-family-history'. I discovered information on land owned by three people with the surname, 'Sexton', one being a verifiable ancestor; I confirmed what I earlier speculated, that people moved into this area to escape the Civil War.
Actually, I merely speculated this being the reason for my ancestors in moving this direction. It was confirmed to me the area was graced by an influx of souls due to the war, as well as the opportunity for land.
As far as the war goes, I was told only one battle actually took place in this area; and it involved a Confederate soldier being shot off his horse by a fourteen-year-old girl - not exactly a war wound to boast about around the family hearth reliving old war stories.
One interesting matter I was told was this area, because there was such an influx of Southerns, and since it is buttressed by two Southern states (Tennessee and Kentucky), the former Southerns now in Southern Illinois would be used to infiltrate the Confederate lines as spies because of their still retained Southern accents.
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| Not 'Civil War', but rather Revolutionary War |
On a non-Civil War front, I found a historical marker that documents a campsite for a Revolutionary War colonel, George Rogers Clark, who fought in Illinois against the Indians. Apparently, if I recall the story on the marker over my shoulder, well... actually I don't recall the story. I thought I would take a picture and then reread the story from the picture. BUT the words failed to produce. I want to say he fought a battle with the Indians who were stirred up by the British. Not sure if that's accurate. I do recall it said he was responsible for insuring this territory would remain in the America's control.
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