History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history of the State, and a digest of State laws . herry 1877 B. F. Kankin 1868 William Guvnion 1879 Philip Ensminger 1869 A. N. Cherry 1880 CLERKS. John S. Jenifer 1855 W. H. Shepherd 1870 G. Ensminger 1856 Eli D. Gillham 1873 Georce Carnes 1858 Washington Guymon 1873 James Harrison 1862 Jos. H. Ensminger 1875 Eli D. Gillham 1866 Richard Stringer- 1877 J. T. Hopkins 1868 D. Anderson 1879-1880 A. W. Simmons 1869 HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY. 571 ASSESSORS. Pliny Elatchett IBjS S. l)*! Pliny Ihitcbott 1858 B. F. Kiinkin 1863 El
History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history of the State, and a digest of State laws . herry 1877 B. F. Kankin 1868 William Guvnion 1879 Philip Ensminger 1869 A. N. Cherry 1880 CLERKS. John S. Jenifer 1855 W. H. Shepherd 1870 G. Ensminger 1856 Eli D. Gillham 1873 Georce Carnes 1858 Washington Guymon 1873 James Harrison 1862 Jos. H. Ensminger 1875 Eli D. Gillham 1866 Richard Stringer- 1877 J. T. Hopkins 1868 D. Anderson 1879-1880 A. W. Simmons 1869 HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY. 571 ASSESSORS. Pliny Elatchett IBjS S. l)*! Pliny Ihitcbott 1858 B. F. Kiinkin 1863 Eli I). Gillliam 18H8 L. P. liisscll 18f)0 A. 1872 L. P. Hissell 1873 Reese 1874 Jesse Berry 1877 1878 L. Weiler 1879 George W. Berry 1870 J. L. Wesler. ,1880 COLLECTORS. ,B. I)BeujR. F. Jenifer Ra,nkiu 1856 Lindsay 1863 Gillliam 1H65 F. Rankin 180G Laughlin 1808 . Barnett 1869 Ewing 1870 Rankin 1871 James T. Frazee 1872 Geo. W. Ewing 1873 J. H. Oliver 1874 Harris 1875 J. II. Oliver 1876 Cbarles Ilumke 1877 J. T. Battles 1878 J. H. Ensminger 1879-1880. ROCKY RUN TOWNSHIP. This township at the present writing (July 1, 18S0) about halfunder water, embraces No. 3 north, 9 west, and what the Missis-sippi has left of 3-10. It receives its name from a stream that runsthrough it from the prairie of Walker to^vnship. Three-fifths ofthis township is bottom land, composing the rich alluvial bot-toms bordering the river, and subject to overflow in seasons of highwater. It is intersected bv numerous bayous (called sloughs) fromWarsaw down through AVilcox and Rocky Run, and emptying intoa broad pond on the south line of the county, called Lima bottom land is generally warm, sandy and rich; and the bestand most productive corn land in the county. A portion of it wascovered with a fine growth of valuable timber, most of which hasnow been cut off by its owners, thousands of cords in old timeshaving been sold to steamboats, or s
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