ALLEN, James K. and Mrs. M. – Came from another location in 1844 to Woodford County and settled on 60 acres in the SE corner of Section 10, Kansas Twp.

ALLEN, William C. – Patented the S 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 10, Kansas Twp. September 8, 1836.

AMRINE, Dexter and Ruby Ann – Came to Illinois from Virginia in 1837 and settled later just north of the old Walnut School in Section 26, Palestine Twp. He purchased the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4, Section 29 in El Paso Twp. on August 8, 1855. A Mackinaw River Ford was sometimes called the "Amrine Ford."

ANDERSON, E. W. – Came from Indiana to Illinois in 1850, and settled on the N 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Section 8 in Kansas Twp.

ANTHONY, Dr. William C. – Practiced medicine in Bowling Green in 1837. He moved away in 1841.

ARMSTRONG, Alex – Came into Greene Twp. from Kentucky, possibly with John Armstrong in 1834. He patented the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4, Section 22, Greene Twp. on November 16, 1849, and three other parcels in Section 27 in 1852 and 1853.

ARMSTRONG, Garrett and Malinda – Garrett probably came with his father, John H. Armstrong, from Mercer County, Kentucky in 1834 into Greene Twp. where he patented the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 30 on February 23, 1846. He was born July 12, 1817 and died June 16, 1884 and is buried in the old Gabetown Cemetery.

ARMSTRONG, James – Patented the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 27 in Greene Twp. on August 23, 1852.

ARMSTRONG, John H. and Elizabeth M. Garrett – Lived in Greene Twp. in the fall of 1834, coming from Mercer County, Kentucky, where he was born September 25, 1788. He died January 1, 1857 and is buried in the old Gabetown Cemetery. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. He patented the W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 in Section 34, Greene Twp. on September 1, 1838.

ARMSTRONG, Stephen – Purchased the S 1/2 of the E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 in Section 27, Greene Twp. July 24, 1854. He was the son of John H. Armstrong.

ARMSTRONG, William – The first school teacher in Greene Twp. in 1840, where a log school had been erected on Section 28, near Gabetown. The first school in that area, with the Willow Tree school the second, erected in 1840. He may have been unrelated to the other Greene Twp. Armstrongs.

ARNOLD, George M. and Sarah – They patented the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 32, Greene Twp. on January 3, 1839, and buried a daughter Eliza E. who died June 15, 1851, in Gabetown Cemetery.

ARNOLD, Isaac M. and Sarah V. – Lived in the Gabetown area of Greene Twp. in 1858, they buried a son Elmer, aged 1 year, who died September 29 , 1858 at Gabetown. Mrs. Levi Smith was a daughter. Sarah V. Arnold was an artist, and painted the Andrew Carnegie portrait which hangs in the El Paso Public Library.

ARNOLD, James – Patented the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 Section 28 of Greene Twp. on September 1, 1838.

ARNOLD, John and Eliza P. – John was born January 8, 1806 and died April 10, 1874. They came into Greene Twp. in 1839. They patented the SE 1/4 of Section 28, Greene Twp., September 1, 1838. John and Eliza buried a child, which died January 8, 1846, in the Gabetown Cemetery. They later patented the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 Section 27 on June 24, 1850 and obtained a patent to the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 27 on June 10, 1851.

ARNOLD, Samuel and Rebecca – Lived near Bowling Green in 1836, but were living in Greene Twp. in 1850 where he was acting as School Treasurer. Samuel was on the first Bowling Green election Board, assigned from County Organization meeting, 1841, and on first petit jury panel at Versailles, 1841. He patented four Greene Twp. pieces of land in June of 1841 – all were in Section 32.

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