Sangamon

In June, the state's attorney in Sangamon County, Illinois, said he would not charge Burris with perjury in connection with his testimony on

House ethics panel investigating Jackson, 2 other lawmakers 2009

In June, the state attorney in Sangamon County ruled that it would not charge Burris with perjury in connection with his testimony for the alleged “pay for play” scheme with Blagojevich to fill the Senate seat.

Embattled senator will not run in 2010 2009

The letter, supposedly from Lincoln to his boss, the surveyor John Calhoun, asked a question about the "North East quarter of Section 40," in Sangamon County — except that according to the federal government's system of surveying land, in place since 1785, townships were always "laid out in tracts six miles by six," for a maximum of thirty-six sections.

An Atlantic Scandal 2006

The Donners were among the first settlers of Sangamon County, Ill. They were North Carolinians, immigrants to Kentucky in 1818, subsequently to the State of Indiana, and from thence to what was known as the Sangamon

History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra

They built the flat-boat at a saw mill near a place called Sangamon town, "Abe" serving as cook of the camp while the boat was being built.

Heroes Every Child Should Know Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880

I can see from where I write the identical place where he cut the timbers for his flatboat, which he built at a little village called Sangamon

The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him 1878

The Sangamon is a beautiful river, tributary to the Illinois, bordered with rich prairies.

Poems William Cullen Bryant 1836

There was growth in most of the five counties surrounding Chicago and some downstate counties, including Sangamon, home of Springfield, the state capital, and Champaign, where the University of Illinois' main campus is located.

Population loss in Chicago slows Illinois' growth 2011

But in June, the state's attorney in Sangamon County, Illinois, said he would not charge Burris.

Senate Ethics Committee admonishes Burris 2009

Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office in January, gave incomplete but truthful answers to questions about his conversations with Blagojevich's representatives, said John Schmidt, the state's attorney in Sangamon County.

Burris will not face perjury charges for Blagojevich testimony 2009