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One-fourth mile west of this site, Moses Broadwell, a Revolutionary soldier in the 3rd N.J. Regiment, built the first brick house in Sangamon County between 1820 and 1827. This Clayville Tavern was built about 1834 by his son John Broadwell, a soldier of 1812. Brick for both houses was made on the farm. Stagecoaches stopped here, Lincoln and Douglas were frequent guests, and the old Waubansie Indian Trail passed here.
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