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The following is a list of people who settled in Logan County before 1840 according to the 1878 History of Logan County, IL. It was transcribed by Marge Farmer and sorted alphabetically to make it easier to find ancestors. Before 1839 the area was Sangamon County. Thus we believe [but have no way to verify] a designation of "Sangamon County" means the compiler did not know exactly where the person settled. [See the history page for settlement patterns. Most -- but not all -- of the early settlement was in the south end of the county.] All abbreviations are from the History. We are aware this list is not complete or totally accurate -- it only reflects the information in the 1878 History. It was a club of sorts [records of the meetings exist] and if you didn't join or have relatives to put your name forward you weren't listed.
| NAME | SETTLED | DATE | STATUS 1878 |
| Allen, Wm. M. | Salt Creek | 1839 | Living |
| Allen, E. R. | Salt Creek | 1839 | Living |
| Baldwin, Harper | Lake Fork | 1828 | Deceased, 1873 |
| Bell, Mrs. Benjamin | Lake Fork | 1829 | Living |
| Bell, Benjamin | Lake Fork | 1834 | Living |
| Birks, Isaiah | Born in Co. | 1839 | Living |
| Birks, Isom | Lake Fork | - | Living |
| Brown, Robert | Salt Creek | 1819 | Dead |
| Buchanan, George | Salt Creek | - | Living |
| Buckles, Jerry | Lake Fork | 1820 | Living |
| Buckles, John | Lake Fork | 1822 | -- |
| Buckles, James | Lake Fork | 1817 | Living |
| Buckles, Mrs. Mary | Lake Fork | 1815 | - |
| Buckles, Andrew | Lake Fork | 1827 | Living |
| Buckles, Andrew | Lake Fork | 1827 | Born in the County, living |
| Buckles, Wm. R. | Lake Fork | 1819 | - |
| Burlen, Adam | Mt. pulaski | 1838 | Living |
| Cantral, C.S. | Sangamon Co. | 1826 | Deceased |
| Cantral, Joshua | Kickapoo | 1828 | Living in DeWitt Co. |
| Cantral, Z.P. | Kickapoo | - | Dead |
| Capps, O.T. | Mt. Pulaski | 1836 | Living |
| Capps, Charles Sr. | Sangamon Co. | 1830 | Living |
| Capps, Jabez | Sangamon Co. | 1820 | Living |
| Capps, E. S. | Mt. Pulaski | 1834 | Living |
| Capps, S. C. | Mt. Pulaski | 1838 | Living |
| Carlile, Mrs. Marg't. D. | Lake Fork | 1836 | Living |
| Cass, G. W. | Lake Fork | 1830 | Living |
| Cass, Mrs. Elizabeth | Salt Creek | 1824 | Living |
| Cassm /f, /d, | Lake Fork | 1832 | Living |
| Clark, C. W. | Salt Creek | 1829 | Dead, 1876 |
| Clark, D. W. | Sangamon Co. | 1880 | Living |
| Clark, Mrs. Hannah | Sangamon Co. | 1829 | Living |
| Clark, John, M.D. | Mt. Pulaski | 1829 | Dead |
| Clark, Ezra | Salt Creek | 1838 | Living |
| Clarno, Stephen E | Linn Grove | - | Living in Farmer City |
| Copeland, S. M. | Probably born in Co. | - | Living |
| Copeland, Miller | Lake Fork | 1829 | Living |
| Copeland, Mrs. Miller | Lake Fork | 1823 | - |
| Corwin, Abrose | Lake Fork | 1833 | Dead |
| Crain, William | Salt Creek | 1832 | Living |
| Crane, William T. | Lake Fork | 1832 | Living |
| Day, Joshua | Lake Fork | 1836 | Living |
| Dement, Mrs. C. | Mt. Pulaski | 1835 | Living |
| Dement, Mrs. Margaret | Salt Creek | 1822 | Dead |
| Dement, John | Salt Creek | 1840 | -- |
| Donan, William | Salt Creek | 1834 | Living |
| Donnan, Benj. | Salt Creek | 1838 | Living |
| Downing, Robert | Salt Creek | 1821 | Living |
| Downing, James | Salt Creek | 1821 | Living |
| Downing, John E. | Born in County | 1826 | Living |
| Downing, James | Salt Creek | 1824 | Living |
| Dunmore, Peter | Lake Fork | 1839 | Living |
| England, John Rev. | Lake Fork | 1819 | Living |
| Enos, Horace | Mt. Pulaski | 1838 | Living |
| Evans, J. P. | Salt Creek | 1829 | Living |
| Fisher, Alexander | Sangamon Co. | 1840 | Living |
| Fletcher, Mrs. Thomas | Salt Creek | 1828 | Living |
| Fletcher, Thomas | Salt Creek | 1834 | Living |
| Forbes, Jesse | Salt Creek | 1833 | Living |
| Foster, Squire | Lake Fork | 1830 | Living |
| Gillett, Mrs. Jemina | Bald Knob | 1837 | Living |
| Gillett, J. Davis | Bald Knob | 1838 | Living |
| Hackney, Mrs. Mary | Salt Creek | 1838 | Living |
| Hackney, Jacob | Lake Fork | 1834 | Living |
| Hoblit, John | Kickapoo | 1829 | Dead |
| Horny, A. | Kickapoo | 1838 | Living |
| Hueston, Andrew | Lake Fork | 1818 | Living |
| Hueston, Jacob | Lake Fork | 1840 | Dead |
| Hueston, Mrs. Hannah | Lake Fork | 1827 | Dead |
| Jones, Strothers | Sangamon Co. | 1835 | Living |
| Jones, J. L. | Bond County | 1830 | Living |
| Keagle, John | Sangamon Co. | 1835 | Living |
| Kestler, John A. | Mt. Pulaski | 1818 | Living |
| Kline, Mrs. Nancy | Lake Fork | 1835 | Dead |
| Knapp, Colby | Middletown | 1836 | Living in Lincoln |
| Lake, Thomas | Sangamon Co. | 1825 | Living |
| Lanterman, A. J. | Sangamon Co. | 1819 | Living |
| Lanterman, A. J. | Sangamon Co. | 1819 | Living |
| Larrison, Thomas J. | Kickapoo | 1830 | Living |
| Laughery, Thomas | Salt Creek | 1835 | Living |
| Laughery, Mrs. David | Salt Creek | 1836 | Dead |
| Laughery, Mrs. Louisa | Salt Creek | 1838 | Living |
| Laughery, John E. | Salt Creek | 1824 | Dead |
| Laughery, David | Salt Creek | 1824 | Dead |
| Lindsay, John P. | Lake Fork | 1817 | Living |
| Lindsey, J.P. | no location given | 1819 | Living |
| Lindsey, Abraham S. | Sangamon Co. | 1819 | Living |
| Lloyd, Hiram | Elkhart | - | Living |
| Lucas, Caleb | Born in Co. | 1833 | Living |
| Lucas, Jesse | Lake Fork | 1827 | Living |
| Lushbaugh, T. P. | Sangamon Co. | 1838 | Dead |
| Mann, Jacob | Lake Fork | 1827 | Living |
| Martin, Samuel | Salt Creek | 1830 | Living |
| Martin, Mrs. Samuel | Salt Creek | 1832 | Living |
| Mason, C. C. | Salt Creek | 1839 | Living |
| Matthew, Thomas | Salt Creek | 1839 | Dead |
| Matthew, Lafayette | Kickapoo | 1830 | Living |
| Matthew, William | Salt Creek | 1838 | Living |
| Matthew, Mrs. Wm. | Salt Creek | 1830 | Living |
| McCoy, Isaiah T. | Lake Fork | 1821 | Living |
| McElhinney | Sugar Creek | 1833 | Living |
| McGraw, John J. | DeWitt Co. | - | - |
| Meyer, George | Lake Fork | 1837 | Living |
| Mills, Alexander | Sangamon Co. | - | - |
| Myres, Mrs. Rebecca | Lake Fork | 1830 | Living |
| Norton, Mrs. Sarah W. | Salt Creek | 1837 | Living |
| Patterson, Milton | Salt Creek | 1834 | Living |
| Randolph, Willoughby | Salt Creek | 1830 | Living |
| Rankin, Isaac N. | Menard Co. | 1837 | Living |
| Ridgeway, Anthony | Lake Fork | 1827 | Living |
| Robinson, C. A. | Lake Fork | 1828 | Living in Mt. Pulaski |
| Robinson, Geo. A. | Sangamon Co. | 1829 | Living |
| Robinson, J. W. | Salt Creek | 1834 | Living |
| Rowe, Horace B. | Lake Fork | 1839 | Living |
| Scroggin, L. K. | Lake Fork | 1827 | Living |
| Scroggin, Russell | Lake Fork | 1822 | Living |
| Scroggins, John | Lake Fork | 1812 | Living |
| Scroggins, Mrs. Phoebe | Lake Fork | 1826 | Dead |
| Scroggins, L. Sr. | Lake Fork | 1828 | Living |
| Shery, David | Bald Knob | 1838 | Living |
| Shields, Mrs. Ann | Mt. Pulaski | 1830 | Living |
| Sims, David | Lake Fork | 1830 | Living |
| Smith, Roland | Lake Fork | 1831 | Living |
| Stafford, O. C. | Salt Creek | 1826 | Dead |
| Talbot, R. A. | Sangamon Co. | 1826 | Living |
| Tomlinson, John M. | Salt Creek | 1838 | Living |
| Turley, G. W. | Mt. Pulaski | 1835 | Dead |
| Turley, Mrs. Anna | Lake Fork | 1835 | - |
| Turley, Mrs. Martha A. | Lake Fork | 1822 | Living, First child born in Co. |
| Turley, R. E. | Lake Fork | 1827 | Born in Co., Living |
| Turley, Wm. R. | Lake Fork | 1840 | Deceased, 1877 |
| Turley, Samuel | Lake Fork | 1834 | Living |
| Turley, David K. | Lake Fork | 1825 | Living |
| Turley, George W. | Lake Fork | 1835 | Dead |
| Turley, Samuel C. | Lake Fork | 1836 | Living |
| Turner, William | Lake Fork | 1827 | Living |
| Wade, Wm. J. | Lake Fork | 1821 | Dead |
| Wade, William | Lake Fork | 1819 | Removed to Oregon |
| Weaver, Elijah E. | Linn Grove | 1830 | Dead; 1876 |
| Whitaker, Thomas | Salt Creek | 1837 | Living |
| Whitesides, George | Sangamon Co. | 1833 | Living |
| Whittaker, W. S. | Salt Creek | 1836 | Living |
| Whittle, Mrs. Almira | Bald Knob | 1837 | Living |
| Wiley, Thomas | Lake Fork | 1835 | Living |
| Wiley, Henry | Lake Fork | 1835 | From Oregon |
| Wright, James | Mt. Pulaski | 1838 | Dead |
| Wright, Mrs. Cloe Jane | Lake Fork | 1825 | Living |
| Wright, Dorrel F. | Lake Fork | - | Living |