FIRST GRAND JURY-1820

MARSHALL WEEKLY MESSENGER

4-FEB-1869

 

 

The first grand jury in Clark County, IL, was selected September 18, 1820, at first County seat in town of Aurora on the Wabash River.   They were:   Samuel Prevo, Newell Leonard, Cornelius Lamb, George W. Catron, William Lockard, John Stafford, John Handy, Joseph Shaw, Zacheus Hassel, Jacob Long, Richard Armstrong, Louis Morris, John Stratton, William V. Levay, William Murphy, Enoch Davis, Abraham Snyder and Hugh Miller.

The witnesses claiming presence at this first term of court were:  William Whitley, William Murphy, John Stratton, David Boland, Lewis Murphy, Nineveh Shaw, Alden Winchester, Charles Patrick, Joseph Owens, William P. Bennett and Johnathan Mays.