Site of the N. H. Wilson Grocery Store

N. H. Wilson ran a grocery store at this location in the 1830s, and Seth Wilson worked as a clerk in the store. Seth was called as a witness in the Sept. 1838 case of Crain v. Crain et al., a dispute over a land sale in which Abraham Lincoln was an attorney.

James Crain bought some land from Lewis F. Crain and fully paid him for the land. Lewis Crain died before conveying a deed to James Crain for the land. James Crain then retained Lincoln and sued the heirs of Lewis Crain in an action of specific performance to compel them to convey a deed for the land. James Crain agreed to pay the firm of Stuart & Lincoln $500 if the court granted his claim to possession of the land or $300 if the court granted every claim but the possession of the land. James Crain later dismissed his case.