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I found this article from the book:
"The Heritage Collection, from Unigraphic History and Biography, History of Effingham Co., IL 1910"
John Barton is listed ast one of the settlers of Effingham Co. IL before or on the year 1843
Let me first type out this paragraph, you'll see why I'm sharing it:
"Drewry Andrews who became a member of the settlement about the year 1838 or 39 was formerly from Tennessee, a tanner and a shoemaker. The first pair of shoes the writer of this paper remembers wearing were made by Mr Andrews out of leather tanned by him. He died December 5, 1845. His daughter Mary married John Barton, Susan married John Minton, Lizzie married Dick Jones, Sophia married John Catlin, all early settlers in that settlement. Mr Andrews also had a son Thomas A."
"John Barton came to the settlement about 1840, coming to Illnois from Tennessee. He was a Baptist and began to preach here in 1841 continuing that calling till his death, February 25, 1865. When he first began to preach he had but little education and it was with difficulty that he could read the hymns and his texts, but later on, by dilligent effort, he improved his education and became fairly well informed. He was a man of sterling qualities and greatly devoted to his church and to his duties as a minister of the gospel."
I hope this helps someone out there!
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