Coming this Fall 2004
Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw
The Real Story of the Old Slave House and America's Last Station on the Reverse Underground R.R.

Now Available
Gallatin County, Illinois, Slave & Emancipation Records, 1839-1849 - Buy it now! Gallatin County, Illinois, Slave & Emancipation Records, 1839-1849
John W. Allen's 1950 transcription of the now-missing second slave registry.

Handbook of Old Gallatin County and Southeastern Illinois - Buy it now! Handbook of Old Gallatin County & Southeastern Illinois
The must-have book for any southeastern Illinois genealogist or researcher.


STORM DAMAGE — Trudy Neill took this picture of storm damage in the Hickory Hill cemetery following strong winds during a late May storm.

Fanny Hall tombstone

RELATIVE WORK — One of John Crenshaw’s fourth great-grandnephews John David Neill pours water on the tombstone of Fanny Hall in Hickory Hill Cemetery in order to make the letters stand out better for a photograph. Fanny is believed to be the mother of Crenshaw’s son-in-law John E. Hall. Neill and his parents visited the cemetery in June. Trudy Neill photo
 

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