ALERT!!!! 7 April 2025 DO NOT MERGE JOHN JACKSON SWISHER and JOHN SWISHER. Note: Priscilla Lutz Brian married John Swisher [no middle initial] in Augusta Co. VA in 1842. He is not the same man as John Jackson Swisher who married Melissa Pilcher in Ohio in 1841. He later moved to Clark County, MO. TWO DIFFERENT JOHN SWISHERS. John [no middle initial] who married Priscilla in Augusta county, VA went to Fulton County Illinois where they died. Many of the documents previously attached to John Jackson actually refer to John [no middle initial] Swisher and Priscilla Lutz and have been migrated to the proper couple.
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Illinois is the 21st state.
Historical Boundaries: 1829: McDonough, Illinois, United States
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
German, Swiss German, and French: from a short form or pet form of Ludwig . Compare Lutes and Lutts .
South German (Lütz): from a short form of the personal name Luizo, Liuzo, derived from an ancient Germanic name formed with liut- ‘people’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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