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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.
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. Future President Abraham Lincoln and future Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson I practiced law there. [citation needed]
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; Municipal Courts Building (Chicago, Illinois)
The community in which the courthouse is located is known as the county seat. The oldest current courthouse is the Putnam County Courthouse, built in 1839, while other courthouses have been built since 2010. Many courthouses were built following the destruction of previous buildings, either planned or unplanned; however, some former courthouses ...
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 ...
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 ...
Courthouse history: Honesdale's wooden courthouse nearly caught on fire when it was struck by an Independence Day rocket in 1858. Courthouse history: Honesdale's wooden courthouse nearly caught on ...
Central Illinois history with themes of people, politics, work and farming: McPike Mansion: Alton: Madison: Metro-East: Historic house: Menard County Historical Society Museum: Petersburg: Menard: Central: Local history [45] Metamora Courthouse State Historic Site: Metamora: Woodford: Western: Historic site: Restored to 1850s period, also ...