Crab Orchard Twp

(Rock Creek, T9-4)

Towns and Places

 

Section 1

Section 4

Attila was founded by William Mitchell, who named the town for the King of the Huns. The town was also known as Poor Do. Mt Pleasant Freewill Baptist Church org in 1839 by James E Alexander. There was also a school here in 1900

Section 5

unknown church and  school 1876 map on Poor Do Road.

Section 6

Paulton was a mining town. The Church of God was here as well as an unknown cemetery.

Section 9

unknown school

Section 12

 There was once a place called Nixville in this section but it is now farmland

Section 13

Section 16

unknown school

Section 18

Pleasant Gove Methodist Church. The Burn's Settlement was 1 mile NW of Crab Orchard. It was est in 1819 by William Burns. The area was later strip mined and nothing remains.

Section 19

Crab Orchard was est about 1854 when James McFurlong and Robert P Erwin opened a mill. The mill had no door making it easy to steal from, so the town became know as Steal-Easy. For delinquent tax list in 1900 see under the township.  The Crab Orchard Academy was est by James W Turner in 1889. It opened in 1890.   The Crab Orchard Academy was burnt in 1937 and not rebuilt. 

Section 22

Coal Bank Springs Baptist Church was founded in 1823 by Lewis and Mary Corder.

Section 23

unknown school

Section 24

Cawthon was est by Vincent B Cawthon. There was a post office here. People still lived here in 1900. This location has been strip mined.

Section 26

(village of ) Hampton, I have no information on this place, except there was a Free Baptist Church here

Section 27

Section 28

Park's #64 School was est in 1862 on land donated by LC Parks. The old Delta mine was located here.

Section 30

Mt Pleasant "The Shed" Church was Org in 1839 by James E Alexander. There was a Crab Orchard Presbyterian Church in this section, it was org between 1841 & 1845 not long after changed to the Prairie Presbyterian.

Section 31

Motsinger #63 School was est on land donated by Jefferson Motsinger. 

Section 32

Ferrell Church

Section 33

Section 35

Indian Camp Church was just south of Absher, its name was changed in 1865 to Coal Banks Springs. Absher was est by William A Absher. The name was changed to Dykersburg in Sep 1898. There was an unknown school in this section

Section 36

Unknown locations

(village of) Allenby. There were a Pleasant Ridge and a Pleasant Grove Church in the twp. The was a Black school est in 1886. 

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