Section IV Chapter 12, Page 126 ORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES HALL-OVERSTREET FAMILY MEMBERS IN ILLINOIS (all in the immediate vicinity of Athens, Illinois) + Date of Entry    From Government       Name of Purchaser    No. of Acres    Year Month Day 1825 May 14 John Overstreet 80 1826 Feb 6 Abner Hall 80 1828 Jan 16 Elisha Hall 80 1831 Apr 1 Elisha Hall 80 1834 July 24 Abner Hall & J.B. Ayers 27.84 1834 Aug 6 Joseph B. Ayers 40 1835 June 23 Dabney Overstreet 40 1835 Dec 21 Abner Hall 166.6 1835 Dec 23 Joseph B. Ayers 80 1836 Jan 14 James W. Hall 40 1836 Jan 14 James W. Hall 40 1836 Feb 29 Elisha Hall 40   May 3 Peter Perkins +++ 40 1836 June 1 Abner Hall 40 1836 June 1 Abner Hall 38.8 1846 Oct 26 Wesley Hall ++++ 40 Exact legal descriptions are to be found in the Illinois State Historical Library files, Springfield. ++ This is the Rev. John Overstreet St. +++ Known to be cousin, exact place in family is unknown to writer ++++ Relationship to the original Athens pionners as given in text. author's notes: It is thought that the land entry dates follow the order of arrival of various family members. They did not enter land on immediately arriving in the area. James W. Hall was son of Abner Hall and entered land when he became 21 years of age. J.B. Ayers was a son-in-law of Abner Hall. Dabney Overstreet, Peter Perkins, and Wesley Hall arrived in the area somewhat later than the original migrants.