This was sent to me by a fellow Genealogist. I am still trying to figure out who was what and when.
http://files.usgwarchives.org/il/bond/history/hist129-172.txt
History of Bond and Montgomery Counties Illinois 1882 - Part I,
pages 129-172, Chapters XIII - XXI, Bond County, IL.
[Page 162] Chapter XIX – Zion Precinct At one time this precinct was known as “Dry Fork” Precinct, but it 1857 or 1858 the voting place was changed from Sutton HASTING’s, w(h)ere elections had previously been held, to what is now Newport, and at the same time the name of the precinct was changed to “Zion,” in honor of the old Zion Church and camp-ground. The early settlement of Zion Precinct is very interesting, it being one of the first-settled precincts in Bond County. Sutton HASTINGS came in from North Carolina early in the year 1818, the same year that Illinois was admitted into the Union as a State. Two years later (in 1820), Daniel MOORE and family, also from North Carolina, came and settled in Section 19. His father, Philip MOORE came at the same time. He raised a large family of boys, all of whom are either dead or have left the precinct. …. Daniel MOORE came from North Carolina in 1825, and settled in Section 31. His widow, Jennie MOORE, who is now more than eighty years of age, at present resides with her daughter, Mrs. Henry HILL, about four miles west of the town of Greenville. It was at her residence and at the residence of Sutton HASTINGS that the first Methodist preaching in Zion Precinct was held. …. The first church built in this precinct was the "Old Zion Church", reference to which is made elsewhere. It was built on Section 19, about the year 1828; ... In 1833, the camp ground was cleared off, and regular camp meetings were held there until late years. About 1840, the old log building was torn down and a neat frame church, ... In 1861, the society, which was of the Methodist denomination, removed to Newport, the Zion Church was torn down, and a new edifice erected in that village, which they now occupy. Among the original members of this church were Robert STEWART and wife,Philip MOORE and wife, Rev. William HUNTER and wife, Arthur SHERRAD, Asa OLIVER, Jane McCRACKEN, Eli McCRACKEN, Ephraim McCRACKEN, and Daniel and Jane MOORE.
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