Lincoln, Judge David Davis, State's Attorney David B. Campbell, and attorneys Samuel W. Moulton and Anthony Thornton leave Shelbyville in the morning for Sullivan, Illinois, the next stop on the circuit court itinerary. Along the route, they stop four miles north of Shelbyville at the home of John Ward, where they have dinner before departing at three o'clock. The men arrive in Sullivan at around 6 o'clock in the evening. David Davis to Sarah Davis, 3 June 1852, folder B-9, Davis Family Papers, IHi, Springfield, IL.

[Judge David Davis opens the Moultrie County Circuit Court for a three-day session. There are fifty-one cases on the docket. Orders and Decrees, 31 May-June 2, 1852, Circuit Court Record O, 133-59, Moultrie County Circuit Court, Moultrie County Courthouse, Sullivan, IL. ]