Interim Content
Marquette County, Illinois
Summary
To counter 1839–1840 political movement to relocate Adams Co. seat from Quincy to Columbus, community leaders in Quincy used influence with Illinois legislature to form new Marquette Co., consisting of ten eastern townships from Adams Co., 1843. Citizens of Marquette Co. refused to organize county government until legal appeals were exhausted. Representatives from county elected to Illinois legislature, 1846. Name changed to Highland Co. and borders enlarged, 1847. Dissolved back into Adams Co. with acceptance of state constitution, 1848.
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- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Treason
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Letter from Abraham Jonas, 21 March 1843
- Letter to Abraham Jonas, 25 March 1843
- County
- Marquette County (now in Adams County)
- State/Province
- Illinois
- Country:
- United States of America