. Historical and biographical . f the First Lieuten-ants of the old organization) as Captain. In a few days afterward, thebattery joined the Army of the Cumberland, at Nashville, and after thebattle at that place was assigned to garrison duty at Fort Rosecrans, atMurfreesboro, where it remained to be mustered out. It returnedto Indianapolis, and was mustered out of service and finally dischargedAugust 1, 1865. Jasper County was represented in other organizations in the army,but concerning whom there is no reliable information. To notice the es-pecial achievements of the volunteers from this co
. Historical and biographical . f the First Lieuten-ants of the old organization) as Captain. In a few days afterward, thebattery joined the Army of the Cumberland, at Nashville, and after thebattle at that place was assigned to garrison duty at Fort Rosecrans, atMurfreesboro, where it remained to be mustered out. It returnedto Indianapolis, and was mustered out of service and finally dischargedAugust 1, 1865. Jasper County was represented in other organizations in the army,but concerning whom there is no reliable information. To notice the es-pecial achievements of the volunteers from this county would be a pleas-ant but an impossible work. Even to note the individual experiences ofcompanies formed in the county has been found impracticable. A briefsketch of the regiments of which they formed a part is all that has beenattempted, and if this shall show that Jasper County was not wanting inpatriotism and sacrificing devotion when demanded by the nations peril,the object of the foregoing pages will have been 508 HISTORY OF JASPER COUNTY. GROWTH OF VILLAGES. TOWN OF RENSSELAER. THE development of Jasper County from one to thirteen politicaldivisions has been noted in the foregoing pages, and the dates oftheir organization is a fairly correct measure of the growth of the com-munity. In 1840 (the county then embraced the present territoryof Newton, Benton and Jasper), the number of polls assessed was 188,and the amount of taxable property was placed at $20,347. This is thefinancial statement for an area of about 1,300 square miles—equal to theState of Rhode Island. In 1844, the whole amount of revenue of thecounty, Benton having in the meanwhile been struck off, was $ the State Gazetteer of 1850, is found the following: Jasper is thelargest county in the State, and contains about 975 square miles; butBeaver Lake, the Kankakee Marshes and the Grand Prairie occupy solarge a portion of it, that its settlement and improvement have hithertoproceeded slow
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