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Surviving records from Eighth Circuit courthouses such as Metamora show that Lincoln and his colleagues practiced general, unspecialized law. They served as criminal defense counsel, handled divorce and family-law cases, oversaw the passage of estates through probate , and were available to handle a wide variety of civil suits and disputes.
Other New England settlers arrived shortly thereafter from the states of Rhode Island, Vermont and Massachusetts. [6] Metamora was the county seat of Woodford County from 1843 until 1896. The Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site, a courthouse from this period, is preserved as an Illinois state historic site.
It was only in 1894 when a final election provided a decisive majority in favor of moving the county seat to Eureka that Metamora lost its status as county seat. [26] An impressive new courthouse building was quickly constructed in Eureka, cementing that town's status as legal and governmental center of Woodford County.
This is the third installment in a three-part series on the history of Wayne County's courthouses. The red brick Federal-style courthouse in Wayne County's seat of Honesdale is a landmark opposite ...
Melvin Price Federal Building and United States Courthouse; Mercer County Courthouse (Illinois) Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site; Montgomery County Courthouse (Illinois) Monticello Courthouse Square Historic District; Morgan County Courthouse (Illinois) Moultrie County Courthouse; Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site
In 1844, after the Historic Orange County Courthouse that stands today was built, the older building was sold to the Rev. Elias Dodson and moved to the corner of North Churton and East Queen ...
A much larger, Federal-style, wooden courthouse was opened in 1817 on Bethany’s square. County officials, however, needed to better protect records, and in 1823 a brick structure was built in ...
The courthouse was the scene of considerable fighting during the Civil War and many of its colonial records were lost, including the date of construction. [11] [12] Richmond County Courthouse: Virginia: 1748: Built in 1748, this courthouse, a fine example of early classical Palladian style architecture, remains the county courthouse to this date.