Moultrie County, Illinois
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Moultrie County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States census, its population was 14,526. Its county seat is Sullivan. The name is pronounced as in "mole tree",
Moultrie County Courthouse in Sullivan
The Moultrie Flag being raised by Sergeant William Jasper
William Moultrie
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William Moultrie was an American planter and politician who became a general in the American Revolutionary War. As colonel leading a state militia, in 1776 he prevented the British from taking Charles
Moultrie County, Illinois
…county seat is Sullivan. The name is pronounced as in "mole tree", unlike the pronunciation of its namesake, the South Carolinian Revolutionary War hero William Moultrie. Moultrie County was formed in 1843 with areas taken from Shelby and Macon counties. It is named for South Carolina General, and later Governor, William…
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1782
Fort Moultrie, in 2006
Grave of William Moultrie