These were two communities in central Lee County, Illinois, near where JS was arrested in June 1843. (Stevens, History of Lee County, Illinois, 158, 271; Chase, “Township of Amboy,” 57–58; Clayton, Journal, 21–23 June 1843.)
Stevens, Frank. History of Lee County, Illinois. 2 vols. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914.
Chase, D. G. “Township of Amboy.” In Recollections of the Pioneers of Lee County, [edited by Seraphina Gardner Smith], 9–157. Dixon, IL: Inez A. Kennedy, 1893.
Clayton, William. Journals, 1842–1845. CHL.
Reynolds, the Jackson County, Missouri, sheriff, went to Illinois to arrest JS in June 1843. (JS, Journal, 23 June 1843.)
Shepherd Patrick lost the Lee County election to O. A. Eddy. (Stevens, History of Lee County, Illinois, 71.)
Stevens, Frank. History of Lee County, Illinois. 2 vols. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914.
Walker and the Whig Party suffered a surprisingly large defeat in Lee County, Illinois, during the 1843 election. In the 1842 gubernatorial election, the Whigs and Democrats were evenly matched, with the Whigs winning the county by a single vote—238 to 237—and the anti-slavery Liberty Party receiving a mere seven votes. In contrast, during the 1843 congressional election, Walker lost the county by seventy-five votes—223 to 298—with the Liberty Party vote increasing to thirty-three. Even with seventy-two additional voters, Walker received fifteen fewer votes than the Whig candidate for governor a year earlier. (Pease, Illinois Election Returns, 1818–1848, 127, 140; Discourse, 6 Aug. 1843.)
Pease, Theodore Calvin, ed. Illinois Election Returns, 1818–1848. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923.