ROBERT A. CARROLL
Robert A. Carroll gravestone
(photo by Vernon B. Paddock)
B. 1816 in Ohio
D. July 18, 1854 in Lake County, IL
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- Wife: Ann M. Clarke born about 1821 in Ohio; married Robert A. Carroll on January 10, 1844 in Lake County
Additional Information
According to the State of Illinois “Illinois Public Domain Land Detail” Illinois State Archives:
“(Purchaser Information) Purchaser: CARROLL ROBERT; (Legal Description) Aliquot Parts or Lot: E2NE; Section Number: 32; Township: 45N; Range: 10E (Avon Twp); Meridian: 3; County of Purchase: LAKE; (Details of Sale) Acres: 80.00; Price per Acre: 1.25; Total Price: 100.00; Type of Sale: FD; Date of Purchase: 05/12/1843; Volume: 686; Page 112”
According to the State of Illinois “Illinois Public Domain Land Detail” Illinois State Archives:
“(Purchaser Information) Purchaser: CARROLL ROBERT; (Legal Description) Aliquot Parts or Lot: NWSW; Section Number; 33; Township: 45N; Range 10E (Avon Twp); Meridian: 3; County of Purchase: LAKE; (Details of Sale) Acres: 40.00; Price per Acre: 1.25; Total Price: 50.00; Type of Sale: FD; Date of Purchase: 09/19/1845; Volume: 686; Page: 112”
According to the State of Illinois “Illinois Public Domain Land Detail” Illinois State Archives:
“(Purchaser Information) Purchase: CARROLL ROBERT; (Legal Description) Aliquot Parts or Lot: E2LOT2NE; Section Number: 05; Township: 44N; Range 10E (Fremont Twp); Meridian: 3; County of Purchase: LAKE; (Details of Sale) Acres: 41.28; Price per Acre: 1.25; Total Price: 51.60; Type of Sale: FD; Date of Purchase: 09/22/1848; Volume: 686; Page: 097”
According to the State of Illinois “Illinois Public Domain Land Detail” Illinois State Archives:
“(Purchaser Information) Purchaser: CARROLL ROBERT; (Legal Description) Aliquot Parts or Lot: E2LOT1NE; Section Number: 05; Township 44N; Range 10E (Fremont Twp); Meridian: 3; County of Purchase: LAKE; (Details of Sale) Acres: 40.00; Price per Acre: 1.25; Total Price: 50.00; Type of Sale: FD; Date of Purchase: 01/10/1849; Volume: 686; Page: 097”
According to the State of Illinois “Illinois Public Domain Land Detail” Illinois State Archives:
“(Purchaser Information) Purchaser: CARROLL ROBERT; (Legal Description) Aliquot Parts or Lot: SWSW; Section Number: 33; Township 45N; Range: 10E (Avon Twp); Meridian: 3; County of Purchase: LAKE; (Details of Sale) Acres: 40.00; Price per Acre: 1.25; Total Price: 50; Type of Sale: FD; Date of Purchase: 06/06/1854; Volume: 686; Page: 112”
According to the “Historical and Statistical Sketches, of Lake County, State of Illinois”. Elijah M. Haines. Waukegan, Ill. 1852, page 75:
(NOTE: This section of the book refers to the “Town of Avon”)
“The first Town meeting in this Town was convened at the Hotel in the Village of Hainesville. Nahum White was chosen moderator, and Leonard Gage, clerk, at which the following persons were elected Town officers: John Gage, Supervisor; Orville Slusser, Town Clerk; James Kapple, Overseer of Poor; Caleb Arnold, Leonard Gage and Robert Carroll Commissioners of Highways; Levi Marble and W. B. Dodge, Justices of the Peace; John Salisbury, Collector; John Salisbury and Robert D. Gordon, Constables; Freeman Bridge, Assessor. The number of votes cast at this Town meeting was 128.”
According to the 1850 U.S. Census for the Town of Avon, Lake County, IL, the household members were:
“Robert Carrol (sic), age 33, Occupation: Farmer, born in Ohio; Ann M. Carroll, age 29, born in Ohio; Patrick Brown, age 21, Occupation: Laborer, born in Ireland”
According to the Waukegan Weekly Gazette (Waukegan IL) Saturday, December 28, 1850, page 2:
“Plank Road Meeting.
A meeting of the citizens of Hainesville and vicinity was held at the hotel of Potwin & Penniman, in said town, pursuant to notice of the Directors of the Waukegan and McHenry Plank Road Association, on Wednesday, the 18th inst. The meeting was organized by calling Geo. Thomson to the chair, and appointing E. M. Haines, Secretary.
The Directors of the Plank Road being present, John Gage, Esq., was called upon, and addressed the meeting, in which he explained the object of convening, giving also many interesting statements in relation to the road, from which it appears that the capital stock of the Company is $45,000, and $25,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in, with the exception of $209; the road being completed 12 1/2 miles, and the Company having on hand at their mill $5000 worth of plank, which cost them at the low rate of $7.25 per thousand feet; but in order to extend the road further the ensuing season, it appears necessary that more of the stock should be taken immediately. An in order to ensure a friendly disposition on the part of the farming community towards the enterprise, it is hoped that they will contribute freely, by at once subscribing as liberally to the stock as their circumstances will allow.
The stock of the Company, it appears, is divided into shares of $50 each. An installment of 10 per cent on each is required, after giving four weeks’ notice, and 10 per cent per month thereafter, may be assessed, if the progress of the work shall require.
On motion, E. M. Haines, Robert Carroll, and Nahum White, were appoint to solicit subscriptions, and make a report to the Directors in ten days.
Mr. Haines submitted the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted, as the sense of the meeting:
Resolved, – That the Plank Road has proved of inestimable value to the community at large, and to this section of country in particular, and that we will put forth all our efforts to aid in its completion.
On motion, meeting adjourned, sine die.
George Thomson, Chairman.
E. M. Haines, Secretary.”
According to the “Historical and Statistical Sketches, of Lake County, State of Illinois”. Elijah M. Haines. Waukegan, Ill. 1852, page 61:
(NOTE: This section of the book describes the organization and progress of the “Lake and McHenry Plank Road Association”. The following paragraph describes Mr. Carroll’s role)
“The following season, Robert Carroll was employed by the Company to extend the road 2 1/2 miles further, which was accomplished about the first of November 1851, making the whole distance of the road now completed, 15 miles at a probable cost of about $2,000 per miles.”
According to the Waukegan Weekly Gazette (Waukegan IL) Saturday, November 1, 1851, page 2:
“Lake Co. Agricultural Society.
The following persons have been appointed to circulate subscription papers in their respective towns, to get signers to the Lake County Agricultural Society. It is hoped that all who take any interest in its welfare will become Members.:
AVON – Robert Carroll, John Salisbury, James M. Dodge, S. L. Emery.”
According to the Waukegan Weekly Gazette (Waukegan IL) Saturday, September 18, 1852, page 2:
“Whig Convention Notice.
The Whigs of the County of Lake are requested to meet in their respective towns and choose delegates to attend a County Convention, to be held at the Court House, in said county, Monday the 11th day of Oct. next, for the purpose of making nominations for one Representative to the State Legislature, one Sheriff, one Circuit Clerk, and one Coroner, and to transact such other business as may properly come before said convention.
J. H. FOSTER,}
JOHN E. CLARKSON,} Co. Com.
ROBERT CARROLL,}
Sep. 13th 1852″
According to the Waukegan Weekly Gazette (Waukegan IL) Saturday, April 2, 1853, page 2:
“Lake County Agricultural Soci-
ety.
The Executive Committee with sundry members of said Society met at the Gazette’s Reading Room. (the Court House being occupied,) on Wednesday march 23, 1853, according to advertise notice…
On motion, that we now proceed to appoint the various committees for the Fair – carried – whereupon the following were appointed,viz:
… Committee on Horses – Robert Carroll, Chairman, Harly H. Hawks, and Enos D. Ferry.”
According to the Waukegan Weekly Gazette (Waukegan IL) Saturday, July 22, 1854, page 2:
“Death of Robert Carroll – This highly respected citizen of Hainesville, Lake Co., died on Thursday last, of Typhoid Fever, aged forty years. He was esteemed by all who knew him as a friend and neighbor, and it will be a long time his place in society can be filled by any one that will be able to command respect as he has in his past career.”