John Shoup settled under the shelter of the timber on the north side of Salt Creek in Logan County, IL in 1832. His house was the seat of government until the county seat was named at Postville. He served on the board of county commissioners in the 1830s, as captain of the militia, as Justice of the Peace, and as elected associate judge in the county from 1861 until he died. He was a Democrat, later Republican, and voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1864.

1830 US Census, Pickaway County, OH, Walnut Township:
John Shoup
1 male 20-29
1 female 20-29
1 female under 5.

A list of people who settled in Logan County before 1840 according to the 1878 History of Logan County, IL, transcribed by Marge Farmer. Before 1839 the area was Sangamon County.
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Downing, Robert Salt Creek 1821 Living
Downing, James Salt Creek 1821 Living
Downing, John E. Born in County 1826 Living
Downing, James Salt Creek 1824 Living
England, John Rev. Lake Fork 1819 Living
Fletcher, Mrs. Thomas Salt Creek 1828 Living
Fletcher, Thomas Salt Creek 1834 Living
Martin, Samuel Salt Creek 1830 Living
Martin, Mrs. Samuel Salt Creek 1832 Living
Matthew, Thomas Salt Creek 1839 Dead
Matthew, Lafayette Kickapoo 1830 Living
Matthew, William Salt Creek 1838 Living
Matthew, Mrs. Wm. Salt Creek 1830 Living
McCoy, Isaiah T. Lake Fork 1821 Living
Patterson, Milton Salt Creek 1834 Living
Rankin, Isaac N. Menard Co. 1837 Living
Scroggin, L. K. Lake Fork 1827 Living
Scroggin, Russell Lake Fork 1822 Living
Scroggins, John Lake Fork 1812 Living
Scroggins, Mrs. Phoebe Lake Fork 1826 Dead
Scroggins, L. Sr. Lake Fork 1828 Living.

1840 US Census, Logan County, IL:
John Shoup 000001//310001, one engaged in agriculture;

1840 US Census Index, Logan County, IL - http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/Logan1840.htm:
Bell, Baily F. 237A
Capp, Jabez 235A
Chineth, Noah 243A
Collins, Hugh 236A
Collins, Joseph 236A
Downing, Hannah 247A
Downing, James 241A
Downing, Josiah 240A
Downing, Robert 240A
Edwards, Hiram 237A
Edwards, John 244A
Edwards, John M. 247A
Edwards, Wilson M. 237A
England, John 237A
Fletcher, Eli 240A
Fletcher, Margaret 240A
Fletcher, Thomas J. 237A
Fletcher, Thomas P. 244A
Foster, Samuel 243A
Foster, Samuel 246A
Foster, Squire 242A
Fraikes, William 242A
Frakes, Dawson 237A
Frakes, Robert 241A
Frakes, William Sr. 240A
French, Asa 248A
Gillet, John G. 236A
Gulliford, William 235A
Houchins, Jefferson 246A
Houchins, Preston 246A
Houchins, William 246A
Hutchins, William 246A
Jackson, James 240A
Jackson, William 242A
Johnson, Elizabeth 246A
Johnson, Henry 247A
Johnson, Levi 247A
Johnson, Nathaniel P. 246A
Lantis, Daniel 244A
Lantis, Martin K. 244A
Lucas, Abraham 242A
Lucas, Elijah 248A
Lucas, George B. 236A
Lucas, George M. P. 239A
Lucas, Hannah 236A
Lucas, John 235A
Lucas, John 235A
Lucas, Nancy 247A
Lucas, Thomas 236A
Lucas, William 242A
Martin, Drury 236A
Martin, John Sr. 239A
Martin, John Sr. 247A
Martin, Samuel 241A
Martin, Samuel 247A
Martin, Samuel G. 238A
Mathews, Thomas C. 247A
Mathews, William 248A
Moore, Moses 241A
Moore, Nicholas 241A
Moore, Stephen 248A
Morrow, James 241A
Patterson, Moses 247A
Rankin, Edmund 239A
Roberts, Philip 241A
Robinson, Barton 235A
Robinson, John 237A
Scroggins, Carter 242A
Scroggins, John 242A
Scroggins, Leonard 243A
Scroggins, Thomas J. 242A
Shoup, John 240A
Shoup, Thomas 237A
Sutten, David S. 244A
Sutten, Elizabeth 243A
Suttle, John 244A
Sutton, John C. 238A
Vandeventer, Abraham 235A
Vandeventer, John 247A
Vandeventer, Thomas 247A
Vandeventer, William 247A
Weaver, Elijah E. 239A
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1840 US Census Index, Sangamon County, IL:
Jacob Shoup.

1850 US Census, Logan County, IL #507-514:
John Shoup, 47, PA, farmer, $4,400
Hannah Shoup, 44, OH
Angeline Shoup, 20, OH
Rosane Shoup, 18, OH
Mary Shoup, 14, IL
Sarah Shoup, 12, IL
Monroe Shoup, 9, IL
Delila Shoup, 7, IL
Jerome Shoup, 5, IL
Nancy E. Shoup, 2, IL.

1850 US Census Index, Logan County, IL [A - M] - http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/Logan1850.htm:
Bacon, Ahen S. 226B
Bacon, Lamarcus 226B
Bowen, Ezra 175B
Bowen, Sarah 220A
Bowers, David 199A
Bowles, David 217B
Bowles, Jesse 217B
Bowles, Joseph 206A
Bowman, Ezekiel 184B
Bowman, Mary 189A
Bowman, Rosannah 220B
Buckles, John 192A
Buckles, Robert 190A
Buckles, William 191B
Collins, Elizabeth 195B
Collins, Joseph 192B
Collins, Thomas 195A
Collins, Thornberry 214A
Downey, James 222A
Downing, George 207A
Downing, James 206B
Downing, John M. 177A
Downing, Josiah 204A
Downing, Robert 206B
Downing, Samuel 197A
Downing, Thomas 197A
Downing, Timothy 197A
England, John 186A
Fletcher, Eli 204B
Fletcher, James 203B
Fletcher, Ruann 208B
Fletcher, Thomas 204B
Fletcher, William 214A
Fraikes, Dawson 196A
Fraikes, Robert 198A
Fraikes, William 186A
Fraikes,, William 206B
French, Hannah 196B
French, Martha 219A
French, Tillelia(?) 223A
Houchin, Asbery 211A
Houchin, Ewing 211B
Houchin, Jefferson 211A
Houchin, William 211A
Houchins, William J. 211B
Jacaway, Elizabeth 207A
Jacaway, J.B. 206B
Key, Jane 196B
Key, William 197A
Keys, Charles 182A
Lantis, Daniel 220B
Lantis, Martin 170B
Lark, Samuel 211A
Larrison, Abel 216A
Larrison, Julia A. 216B
Larrison, Theopholis 213A
Larrison, Thomas J. 214A
Leeds, Timothy 177B
Martin, Alexander 214A
Martin, Drury 194B
Martin, James P. 215A
Martin, John 172A
Martin, John 197A
Martin, Rebecca, 206A
Martin, Samuel 203B
Martin, Samuel G. 169B
Martin, Zachariah 171A
Mathews, Charles 224B
Mathews, Charles 227B
Mathews, Fedelia 228A
Matthews, David M. 196B
Matthews, Eli 214B
Matthews, Isreal 196A
Matthews, Thomas 183B
Matthews, William 183B
Morris, Andrew 171A
Morris, Elijah 171A
Morris, William 172A
Morrow, Alexander 180A
Morrow, Elizabeth 194B
Morrow, George P. 200B
Morrow, Harvey 206B
Morrow, James 206B
Morrow, John 206B
Morrow, Mariah 196B
Patterson, Daniel 200A
Patterson, Franklin 197B
Patterson, James C. 167A
Patterson, John G. 200A
Patterson, Moses 197B
Patterson, William 197A
Ripley, James 199B
Roberts, George 207A
Roberts, Henry 197B
Roberts, John 206B
Robinson, Barton 181A
Robinson, George 180A
Robinson, Sarah 201B
Robinson, William 193B
Scoggin, Thomas 178A
Scroggin, John 182A
Scroggins, Alfred 195A
Scroggins, Carter 189B
Scroggins, Franklin 191B
Scroggins, Leonard 189B
Scroggins, Leonard 191B
Scroggins, Russel 192A
Shoup, John 203B
Shoup, Thomas 203A
Silvers, Jacob 217B
Stallings, Silas 192B
Stallings, William 196A
Thompkins, James J. 206B
Thompkins, Simon 206B
Turley, Charles 186B
Turley, David K. 190B
Turley, G.W. 178A
Turley, G.W. 185A
Turley, George 196B
Turley, James O. 186A
Turley, Martha Jane 190A
Turley, Samuel 190A
Turley, Sarah 185B
Turley, Thomas 191B
Turley, William R. 185A
Vandeventer, Andrew 196B
Vandeventer, James 196B
Vandeventer, John 200A
Witter, David 202A
Witter, Joshua 203A
Witter, Sarah Ann 196B
Witter, Sarah Ann 207A
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1860 US Census, Logan County, IL #1366-1399:
John Shoup, 57, PA, $15,000
Hannah Shoup, 54, OH
Rosean Shoup, 28, OH
Monroe Shoup, 19, IL
Delia Shoup, 17, IL
Jerome Shoup, 16, IL
Nancy E. Shoup, 14, IL
Kate Bowers, 50, OH, [farm supt., head of household]
Samuel Bowers, 19, OH.

Nan [Morrow] Golliher, daughter of John Morrow and Mary [Shoup] Morrow, of Logan County, IL and Sherman County, OR, wrote about her mother's father, "Grandpa Shoup's homestead in Logan County, IL near Mt. Pulaski was where we lived for a while. Settled sometime in the middle 1800s on Salt Creek. The farm consisted of a wooded patch, cornfields, wheat and a meadow, an orchard and a lane along Salt Creek to the barn lot. John Shoup was a judge and lawyer in Pennsylvania [not proved] and took a land claim in Logan County. He used his house for a court house. Mother often wondered what became of his books."

Logan County, IL Inventory of the Estate of John Shoup, Deceased
Filed this September 22, 1865, Recorded in No. 2, Page 330 and 331.
Estate Sale.
Articles Sold Name of Purchaser Amount:
1 writing desk, Jerome Shoup, $2 [son of deceased]
1 writing desk, Monroe Shoup, $2.50 [son of deceased]
1 chest, Monroe Shoup, $7.50
1 chest, Jerome Shoup, .50
1 rocking chair, Monroe Shoup, $2.50
5 chairs, Jerome Shoup, $2
1 map, Jerome Shoup, $1
1 county map, Monroe Shoup, .75
1 pair saddlebags, John Baxter, .50
1 rifle, Jerome Shoup, $3
1 bed, Jerome Shoup, $13
1 bedstead, Jerome Shoup, $3.25
1 bedstead, J. Marshall Edwards, .50
1 bedstead, Lorenzo Dow Downing, .50 [son-in-law]
1 bedstead, John Dameron, .50
1 lot of books, Monroe Shoup, $11
1 lot of books, Jerome Shoup, $5
1 piece of carpet, Jerome Shoup, $2.75
1 large copper kettle, John Buckles, $15
1 --------, Richard Templeman, $3.50
1 --------, G.W. Ward, $1.25
1 parlor stove and pipe, William Matthews, $8.40
1 beehive, Marshall Edwards, $7.67
1 beehive, Marshall Edwards, $8.25
1 beehive, Franklin Patterson, $5
1 beehive, Franklin Patterson, $6
1 beehive, Josiah Downing, $8
1 beehive, W.A. --gram, $7.75
1 beehive, W.A. --gram, $8.75
1 beehive, Lorenzo Dow Downing, $10 [son-in-law]
1 beehive, ----- Smith, $3
1 beehive, John Martin, $6.75
-- ---------- ------------------- -------------
1 red [cow], ----------, $36.05
1 [lot of] twelve calves, C.M. Primm, $155.40
1 roan bull, B.B. Whitaker, Jr., $37
1 [lot of] ten sheep, Marshall Edwards, $42.50
1 [lot of] ten sheep, Marshall Edwards, $38.50
1 [lot of] ten sheep, John Walker, $39
1 [lot of] ten sheep, John Patterson, $32.50
1 [lot of] ten sheep, John Baxter, $33.50
1 [lot of] twelve sheep, John Baxter, $36
1 [lot of] 28 lambs, James Rece, $84
1 roan horse, W.P. Leathers, $140.50
1 bay horse, R.L/Y. Burns, $150.50
1 sorrel horse, Jerome Shoup, $102
1 bay horse, William McMahon, $126
1 bay mare, Samuel Heft, $150.75
1 gray mare, Monroe Shoup, $105
1 iron gray colt, John Anderson, $125.25
1 gray colt, John D. Martin, $50.50
1 [lot of] 15 hogs, Franklin Patterson, $273.75
1 [lot of] 15 hogs, Franklin Patterson, $270
1 [lot of] 15 hogs, Monroe Shoup, $202.50
1 [lot of] 15 hogs, Monroe Shoup, $172.50
1 [lot of] 20 pigs, Abraham Shoup, $100
1 [lot of] 20 geese, G.W. Ward, $8
[gap of faint, difficult to read lines here]
30 bushels of wheat, Monroe Shoup, $31.50
35 bushels of rye, Franklin Patterson, $22.75
60 bushels oats, Monroe Shoup, $18
[unreadable three lines]
Timothy hay stack, Lewis Hon, $11
Timothy hay stack, J.B. ?Pettitt, $18.75
Timothy hay stack, John Morrow, $21 [son-in-law]
Timothy hay stack, Lewis Hon, $12
Timothy hay stack, Frank James, $3.75
Timothy hay stack, Alexander Mills, $9.50
Timothy hay stack, Eli Fletcher, $13.75
Timothy hay stack, Alexander Mills, $8
Timothy hay stack, Alexander Mills, $6.50
Stack of wheat, James Reec, $18.75
17 acres of corn, Monroe Shoup, $127.50
13 and third acres corn, Monroe Shoup, $80
---- acres corn, Monroe Shoup, $190
12 acres corn, John Morrow, $60
16 acres corn, Monroe Shoup, $160
2/3 acre corn, Henry Anstine, $2
1 stack of oats, John ?Warick, $30
5 three-year-old steers, John Buckles, $240
[gap one line]
2 two-year-old heifers, Jerome Shoup, $60
24 yearling steers, L.K. Scroggins, $438
1 whiteface cow, --------, ------
1 red cow, -------------, $37
1 spotted cow, Franklin Patterson, $39.90
1 red cow, Jesse Jackson, $39
1 pale red cow and two calves, Christopher Donner, $30
1 red cow and calf, Daniel Hoy, $16.25
1 red whitefaced cow, John Dameron, $42.50
1 red whitefaced cow and calf, Christopher Donner, $24
1 brindle cow, Franklin Patterson, $42.25
1 spotted cow, Bartle Ruff, $15.25
1 red cow, Reuben Bowers, $24
1 red cow, Reuben Bowers, $17.75
1 red cow, Reuben Bowers, $19.50
1 red cow and calf, Milton Patterson, $17.10
1 red cow and calf, Reuben Bowers, $15.25
1 brindle cow, David Bowen, $35
1 red cow, Reuben Bowers, $16.75
1 pale red cow, John Baxter, $37
1 red cow white face, Robert Fleming, $25.20
1 red cow white face, Robert Fleming, $30
1 red cow white face, Reuben Bowers, $36.25
1 red cow white face, Jerome Shoup, $28
1 dun cow, John Buckles, $36
1 red cow, John Buckles, $36.05
1 brindle cow, John Buckles, $36.05
1 grindstone, Chalt Buckles, $3.35
1 grubbing hoe, Bartle Ruff, .75
1 mowing scythe, G.W. Ward, $1.55
1 brush scythe, Bartle Ruff, .50
1 brush scythe, Alexander Mills, .60
2 old scythes, Abraham Shoup, .50
1 crosscut saw, John Morrow, $5
2 old axes, Monroe Shoup, $1.75
1 pair steelyards, Henry Anstine, .50
1 lot of plains [sic], Frank Huston, $5
1 adz, John Morrow, $2
3 squares, Frank Huston, $2.30
1 handsaw, Frank Huston, $1.50
1 -------- saw, John Morrow, .75
1 ---- inch auger, Frank Huston, .75
1 broad ax, Frank Huston, $1.30
2 augers, Frank Huston, .90
2 augers, Frank Huston, .45
2 frow, Thomas Buckles, $1.45
1 spade, ---- no sale----
3 ox yokes, Chalt Buckles, $1
1 log chain, W. Clay, $2
1 log chain, John Morrow, $3.05
1 log chain, J.H. Coddington, $2
1 log chain, Reuben Bowers, $4.10
1 lot of old irons, G.W. Ward, $1.30
1 lot whipple trees, Johnathan Combs, .25
1 wood saw, Bartle Ruff, .50
1 bench screw & iron wedge, Frank Huston, $1.50
1 two-horse wagon, Jerome Shoup, $92
1 old wagon, Henry Anstine, $13.50
1 two-horse cultivator, William Smith, $20
1 two-horse cultivator, Jerome Shoup, $36.50
1 two-horse plow, William --. Leathers, $20
1 two-horse plow, Lewis Hoy, $2.50
1 two-horse plow, Jacob G-----, $2
1 two-horse plow, Bartle Ruff, $5
1 two-horse plow, James Fletcher, $1.25 [brother-in-law of deceased]
1 two-horse plow, John H. Roberts, $5
1 double-shovel plow, Frank Huston, $2.50
1 double-shovel plow, Frank Huston, .50
1 shovel plow, R.W. Roberts, $1
1 two plow, G.W. Ward, $1.05
1 corn planter, A. Simonton, $21
1 two-horse scraper, Jesse Jackson, $5.10
1 windmill, Franklin Patterson, $1
1 grain drill, W. --. Leathers, $10
1 McCormick reaper, Franklin Patterson, $1
---------.

An inventory of John Shoup's real estate with value, all in Township 19N, Range 2W:
---80 acres, S1/4 SW 1/4 Section 27, timberland, $1,600;
---40 acres, SE1/4, SE -- Section 22, in cultivation, $560;
---40 acres, NW1/4 NE --, Section 34, partly under cultivation, $32, warrantee deed given by William Gulliford and wife September 30, 1837;
---40 acres, S1/2 of the W1/2 of the SE --, Section 27, under cultivation, warrantee deed given by Jacob Shoup and wife September 30, 1837;
---160 acres, W ----, Section 27, under cultivation, $1,920;
---40 acres, SE1/4 of the SE 1/4, Section 27, part timber (ordinary), $ --?, warrantee given by John Grigg and wife, October 21, 1846;
---120 acres, NW1/4 and NE1/4 SE 1/4 of Section 22, under cultivation, $1,680, land warrant ------- by John Shoup, April 3d, 1850;
---80 acres, N1/2 of NW1/4, Section 34, swamp land, $640, land warrant located by John Shoup, December 31, 1842?;
---20 acres S1/4 SE1/4 of Section 28, timber land (ordinary), $400.
and in Township 18N, R2W:
---42 & 43/100 acres, NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 3, $800, good timber land, entered at the land office at Springfield, Ills March 18, 1833;