Lincoln, J. Rowan Herndon, and Peter Elmore witness deed from Ransom Lane and Nancy Lane to James Goldsby for 80 acres in Rock Creek vicinity, four miles south of New Salem, for which Goldsby pays $560. Sangamon County Deed Book F, 217, Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois Springfield.

[Peter Cartwright opens large Methodist camp meeting west of Springfield. More than 1,000 converts are made during two week meeting. Cartwright is described as "not tall, but burly, massive . . . crowning foliage of luxuriant, coal black hair, wreathed into long, but rough and curling ringlets . . . a head that looked as large as a half-bushel . . . a swarthy complexion, rich, rosy lips, always slightly parted, as if wearing a perpetual happy smile."Illinois Journal, 30 January 1850.]

Lincoln completes and signs a form certifying that during the Black Hawk War, George Warburton "served as a private in the Company of Mounted Volunteers" under Lincoln's "command." Lincoln attests that Warburton was "honorably discharged" on June 7, 1832. Certificate of Discharge for George Warburton, 11 September 1832, Private Collection.

Lincoln and William Green serve as clerks at election held at house of John McNeil [assumed name of John McNamar]. John Clary is elected constable with 41 votes, defeating four rivals, J. Rowan Herndon, William McNeely, Baxter B. Berry, and Edmund Greer. Lincoln did not vote. Bowling Green certifies that judges and clerks qualify according to law. James Rutledge, Hugh Armstrong, and James White serve as judges.Election Returns; Election Return, 20 September 1832, CW, 1:13.

Lincoln fills in printed form of honorable discharge for Lewis W. Farmer, private in Lincoln's company of Mounted Volunteers for "protection of the North Western Frontier against an Invasion of the British Band of Sac and other tribes of Indians." Farmer served 48 days, from April 21, 1832 to June 7, 1832.Facsimile in Stevens, Black Hawk War, 281.

Lincoln completes and signs a form certifying that during the Black Hawk War, David M. Pantier "served as a private in the Company of Mounted Volunteers" under Lincoln's "command." Lincoln attests that Pantier was "honorably discharged" on June 7, 1832. Certificate of Discharge for David M. Pantier, 26 September 1832, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

Lincoln fills out and signs a form certifying that Travice Elmore served as a private in Lincoln's company for 48 days during the Black Hawk War and was honorably discharged on June 7, 1832. Certificate of Discharge for Travice Elmore, 29 September 1832, RG 15, Entry 26: Records of the Bureau of Pensions and the Pension Service, Bureau of Pensions Correspondence and Pension Bounty Land Case Files Relating to Military Service Performed Between 1775 and 1861, Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, Case Files of Bounty Land Warrant Applications Based On Service Between 1812 and 1855 and Disapproved Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, 1800-1900, National Archives Building, Washington, DC