Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
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Smoot came to Sangamon County, Illinois, from Kentucky, settling in Indian Creek Precinct, where he became a successful farmer and stockraiser and served as its first justice of the peace. (Onstot; HMMC; letter from James P. Jones, March 13, 1993)