Person:John McLaughlin (46)

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John McLaughlin, Crooked Attorney of Gallatin County, Ill
b.Bef 1799
 
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Name John McLaughlin, Crooked Attorney of Gallatin County, Ill
Alt Name John McGlaughlin
Gender Male
Birth? Bef 1799
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John McLaughlin was a crooked attorney in Gallatin County, Illinois that became well known for absconding with funds from the estates of others and then disappearing, including the estate of Brice Hannah, who died in 1823 in Gallatin County, Illinois.

Court Records in Gallatin County, Illinois:

Aug. 20, 1816: Ordered that road from Joseph Owens at U.S. Saline to Boon's mill be cut out 16 ft. wide, and intersect Shawanoetown to Boon's mill road. Stephen Boutwell shall be supervisor from Saline to John McLaughlin's and Joseph Clark from McLaughlin's to Brice Hannah's.
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  1.   Illinois, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890.

    Name: John Mc Laughlin
    State: IL
    County: Gallatin County
    Township: No Township Listed
    Year: 1820
    Record Type: State or Colonial Census
    Page: 051
    Database: IL 1820 State Census Index

  2.   Evans, Elwood. History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington; embracing an account of the original discoveries on the Pacific coast of North America, and a desciption of the conquest, settlement and subjugation of the...original territory of Oregon; also interesting biographies of the earliest settlers... (Portland, Oregon: North Pacific History Co., 1889).

    HON. DOLPHES BRICE HANNAH.—This gentleman is the son of Brice and Celia Tade Hannah, and was born in Gallatin county, Illinois, October 11, 1822. His father, who was a substantial business man engaged in trade and forwarding, died in the spring of 1823, leaving a wife and two children, one boy and one girl. He left considerable estate, consisting of personal property. John McLaughlin and the widow were appointed to administer the estate; and, as usual, McLaughlin did the work, pocketed the entire proceeds of the estate, and then left for parts unknown.

  3.   United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

    McGlaughlin, John
    Gallatin County, Illinois
    Free White Males, age 21 and upwards: 3
    All other White inhabitants: 2
    Free people of Color: 0
    Servants or Slaves: 0

    http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/1820-illinois-census/1820-gallatin-county-state-census.htm

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