Lawrenceville, IL

LAWRENCEVILLE, p-v, capital of Lawrence co. Ill, 159 8. E. by E. Springfield, 697 W. Situated on the w. bank of Embarrass r, and contains a brick court house, 5 stores, 1 grist m, and about 70 dwellings.  (Haskell's Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the the United States...,1840)

LAWRENCEVILLE   A thriving post village, capital of Lawrence county, on the west bank of Embarrass river and on the line of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, 10 miles west from Vincennes, Indiana. Is pleasantly situated and enjoys a good amount of trade. It contains the county buildings, and others of a business character.  Edward Thorn, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)