appropriated as follows, viz. 121 ..25. .2.75 .5.661 N. B.-In copying the foregoing I have endeavored to follow the original spelling as nearly as possible. The abbreviation C. P. is for Circuit Preacher, P. E. Presiding Elder; L. E. Local Elder; L. P. Local Preacher; M. H. Meeting House; C. L. Class Leader; Br. Brother; Ext. Exhorter, etc., etc. I do not know the meaning of the abbreviation A. S. It seems that either Cartwright or his Recording Steward was sometimes disposed to be facetious, as appears from the signatures "Simon Peter" P. E., etc. MILO CUSTER. Bloomington, Ill., Mar. 24, 1911. LIFE AND SERVICES OF GENERAL THOMAS J. HENDERSON. By J. W. Templeton. No more fitting place for a biographical sketch of General Thomas J. Henderson could be found than in the pages of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. For more than sixty years he had been in some capacity connected with the making of the history of the State and of the nation, and in every capacity in which he had been called to the service of the State or nation, his labors were characterized by efficiency, faithfulness and unswerving integrity. General Henderson was a native of Tennessee. He was born November 29, 1824, and was a son of Colonel William H. Henderson and Sarah M. Henderson. William H Henderson, his father, was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, November 16, 1793, and there spent his boyhood and youth. At the age of nineteen years he enlisted in Col. Richard M. Johnson's regiment of mounted riflemen, and served during the war of 1812. Having studied surveying, for some years he followed that profession in his native state, and in 1823 removed to Tennessee, locating in Stewart county. There he also engaged in surveying, and also filled a number of offices of honor and trust. He served as sheriff of his county, and later, when he removed to Haywood county, was elected to the state senate, which position he resigned in 1836, to remove to Illinois. He was the first register of deeds of Haywood county, in which Brownsville is lo cated, and there recorded the first deed the same year in which Thomas J. Henderson, his son, was born. On coming to Illinois, William H. Henderson located in Putnam county, now Stark county, on a farm, but his business tact and abilities were soon recognized by the people, and two years after his arrival he was elected a member of the Legislature, in 1838, and in the winter of 1838-39 met with that body in its last session at Vandalia, and where he was associated with Lincoln, Edwards and other notable men. He also served in the first session of the Legislature meeting at Springfield, in the winter of 1840-41. While a member of that body he was instrumental in the creation and organization of Stark county. In 1842 he was a candidate on the Whig ticket for Lieutenant Governor, but was defeated. In 1845 he moved to Johnson county, Iowa, where he purchased and operated a large farm. His death occurred January 27, 1864, at the age of seventy-one years. The boyhood of General Henderson was spent in his native state, and until eleven years of age he attended the common schools and the male academy at Brownsville, Tenn., and during the last year commenced the study of law. With his father's family he went to Stark county, where he attended the pioneer schools of that locality. Nine years later he again went with the family to Johnson county, Iowa, where he entered the State University at Iowa City and spent one term. Prior to this, however, he had taught country schools more than a year. On leaving the university he returned to Stark county, and taught the first term of school in a building just erected for that purpose at Toulon. He then clerked in a store for nearly a year, and in the fall of 1847 was elected clerk of the county commissioner's court of Stark county, and served as such until the office was changed to that of clerk of the county court, to which office he was elected and served until 1853. While discharging the duties of these offices, which were not very arduous at |