. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws ... r they drew lots to decide the term each shouldserve. Three pieces of paper, upon which were written one year,two years, three years, respectively, were thrown together,and each Commissioner drew one. John W. Burch drew oneyear, Alfred Grubb, two years, and John Neeley threeyears, POOR FARM. At the December term,
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws ... r they drew lots to decide the term each shouldserve. Three pieces of paper, upon which were written one year,two years, three years, respectively, were thrown together,and each Commissioner drew one. John W. Burch drew oneyear, Alfred Grubb, two years, and John Neeley threeyears, POOR FARM. At the December term, 1843, the Court provided a farm for thepoor of the county, and instead of letting out or selling thepaupers as heretofore, they were obliged to go to that farm. Thefirst pauper of whom we find mention on the records was JosephMoore. He died in June, 1830. Green Street was the next onementioned. HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY. 273 LAST MEETINGS. The Commissioners Court continued to manacle thie affairs oftlie county until 1849, when the new Constitution of the Statewent intoeftect, which abolished this time-honored Court. Beforeadjourning finally, however, it ordered a vote to be taken for oragainst township organization, and then adjourned till court incourse, but never CHAPTER ^- A large proportion of the upland of Pike county was originallyheavily timbered, but there are several small prairies in the cen-tral and northern portions. It is a well-watered county, and thevalley of the Mississippi is from 8 to 12 miles wide, most of itlying on the Illinois side. More than one-lifth of the area of thecounty lies in this valley. The general level of the uplands maybe estimated at from 200 to 300 feet above the great water courses,with no very well-defined water-shed. The soil on the timberedlands is generally a chocolate-colored clay loam, becoming lighterin color on the banks of the streams and in the vicinity of theriver bluffs. The geological structure of this c
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