Harrold,  George  Butcher  and  W.  Eakin;  1818,
the  Bysleys,  Mark  Bradley,  James  Hughes  and
John  Barron.  Brownsville  was  the  first  county-
seat  and  an  important  town,  but  owing  to  a  dis-
astrous fire  in  1843,  the  government  was  removed
to  Murphysboro,  where  Dr.  Logan  (father  of  Gen.
John  A.  Logan)  donated  a  tract  of  land  for
county-buildings.  John  A.  Logan  was  born  here.
The  principal  towns  (with  their  respective  popu-
lation, as  shown  by  the  United  States  Census  of
1890),  were:  Murphysboro,  3,880;  Carbondale,
2,382;  and  Grand  Tower,  634.
