Its smallest community is hamburg, with a population of 123. During the 1830s and 1840s was an illinois state representative. Earliest recorded records in calhoun county courthouse. December died early east elected farm farmer father feet five four geneseo george give green ground grove half hand head held hennepin canal henry county horse hundred illinois interest james january john judge july june kewanee land letter lived located looked march. Greene county, illinois genealogy, books, cds, maps. United states census, 1850, calhoun county, illinois fhl book 977. The center for american archeology is located in kampsville in the northern part of the county. Unwritten history becomes, in the course of time, mere legend or tradition. The northern border to the mainland is less than 17 miles wide.
The 19th century county atlasplat book is more popular than ever, not only with genealogists, but with newer audiences finding them useful for historic site and environmental research. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed the entire object, paste this html in website to link to this page, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this page, paste this html in website. Look at calhoun county, illinois, united states from different perspectives. The southern part of pike county was cut off, by an act of the legislature of illinois, and made into a separate county. Mclean county memories ii pictorial history book pediment. Whether you are a first time traveler or avid visitor of this region of the world. The perilous infancy of saline county, journal of illinois history, vol.
For the names of residents living in the dwellings in many counties, consult atlases published by either directory service company or farm and home publishers when available in the database. History of illinois detailed in books by arcadia publishing. This book is filled with fantastic biographies and photos of early coles county. Guide to calhoun county, illinois ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth. The illinois state historical library has county plat books and atlases available for the years of around 1870 to 1930.
We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these. This is a reprint of the 1879 history of coles county illinois. Native american collection mclean county museum of history and isu. Discover calhoun county, illinois like you have never seen it before. Handbook of old gallatin county this includes the 1887 history of gallatin county plus everything we could find from other 19th and early 20th century history books about the parent county of most of southeastern illinois. The books listed here are books that were not published by hearthstone legacy publications. On january 2, 1818, the legislative council and house of representatives of illinois territory passed an act. Created by the legislature december 18, 1832, from the land ceded by the treaty of cusseta, executed march 24, 1832. Calhoun county, illinois old declarations of intent index 18591892 source. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers if you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic webpagemaking skills, consider joining us.
Prairie farmers directory of bureau county, illinois, 1916. Calhoun county lost part of its original territory by the formation of cleburne, december 6, 1866, and etowah county december 7, 1866. The pantagraph is proud to partner with the mclean county museum of history, illinois wesleyan university, illinois state university and our readers on a new hardcover pictorial history book, mclean county memories. View up to date information on how illinois is handling the coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 from the state of illinois coronavirus response site for our providers. Calhoun one of the greatest of the southern statesmen at that time. Gallatin county biographies more than 250 biographies will be included here pulled from the 1876 state atlas of illinois, the 1883 history of white county which included chapters on the northern two townships of gallatin, the 1887 history of gallatin county, the 1905 memoirs of the lower ohio valley and the 1912 history of southern illinois. Louis metropolitan statistical area in 2003, along with bond and macoupin counties in illinois, and washington county, missouri. History of mchenry county, illinois volume 1 anonymous on. Search the history of over 432 billion web pages on the internet. Sampubco illinois, county naturalization records 18001998 source. Williamson county is often referred to as bloody williamson, due to several outbreaks of violence that have few parallels in american history. Publishing books about illinois fascinating and dramatic history since 2002. The detailed road map represents one of several map types and styles available. Atlases of the united states, 4227 available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image.
Together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military and political history contributors interstate publishing company chicago, ill. Standard atlas of mclean county, illinois, including a. Mclean county, illinois history and genealogy 1080 pages of mclean county, illinois history and genealogy including biographical information for 1257 families an informative and historical overview of mclean county, illinois with the full 1879 wm. Calhoun county fact sheet calhoun county, illinois source. Much of the kingdom of calhoun is virtually an island between two great rivers. The hancock county historical society maintains a large collection of county history and genealogy records. Portrait and biographical album of calhoun county, illinois, 1891. A resource of the living history of illinois and chicago community. Official christian county, illinois, plat book and rural directory, 1958. Those illinois maps show townships and ownership of various lands at the times that the maps were drawn. Hubbell, a carpenter and builder of bement, was born in new york in 1820, and came to bement in 1857, and for some time was engaged in farming just outside the village. Its county seat and biggest community is hardin, with a population of 2,000. Collectively these books afford a clearer and more complete picture of american life than has ever before been attempted.
Mclean county, illinois genealogy history bloomington, il. Every name index history of calhoun county and its people up to the year 1910 source. Old historical city, county and state maps of illinios. There are a variety of biographical sketches and tax lists for coles county. Usa 1,015,348 illinois 43,665 calhoun county 207 calhoun county cemetery records 91. History of hancock county, illinois, together with an outline history of the state, and a digest of state laws. The illinois state library owns a very extensive collection of plat books and maps. Including its history, the kamp mound site, the mississippi river state fish and wildlife area, and more dave knight on. Maps in this atlas contain names of the property owners. Free family records for researching ancestry in pike county illinois. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data compiled from public records, white pages and other directories in all 50 states. Local history books on illinois arcadia publishing. The books in this section are all printed books most are hardbound, and are not cds or dvds. John logan who was an illinois pioneer and the father of general john a.
Everyday discount prices and great customer service. Chapman, 1880, by thomas gregg page images at hathitrust filed under. Includes indexes and portraits of early kendall county residents. The societys goals include helping those with henderson county roots to trace their heritage, as well as to preserve the genealogy and historical records of the county. Washington county, illinois blue book of information. The henderson county genealogy and family history society was formed in 2003 by a dedicated group of local family history enthusiasts.
Book titled the history of mclean county, illinois. Biographies should have the name of the book, an authors name or the. We provide answers to over 2 million searches every day, helping 35 million users. Shop arcadia publishing to find the best history books about illinois and its great contributions. The new county was named calhoun in honor of john c. Honor roll, calhoun county, state of illinois family history library kinder cemetery find a grave. Due to the overwhelming popularity of mclean county memories.
Je portrait and biographical album coles county il. Genealogy preserving the past inspiring the future. List of books and articles about illinois history online. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,089, making it illinois thirdleast populous county. Illinois county land ownership maps and atlases illinois state library. The abraham lincoln presidential library formerly illinois state historical library serves as. Free records for family researching in pike county, illinois. The university of illinois, champaignurbana, chicago historical society. Calhoun county, illinois calhoun county polozaj okruga u saveznoj drzavi ilinois. According to the 2010 census, calhoun has a total area of 1. Christ lutheran cemetery, old german methodist cemetery, orland memorial park cemetery, tinley memorial cemetery, tinley park mental health hospital cemetery.
Calhoun county, illinois coal mining history and genealogy. Calhoun county illinois historic aerial photographs. Calhoun county, illinois genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. With illustrations descriptive of its scenery, and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Discover librarianselected research resources on illinois history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more.
Newpages guide to indie bookstores in illinois the best list of independent illinois bookstores. The early years, the pantagraph is proud to partner, once again, with the mclean county museum of history, illinois wesleyan university, illinois state university, the bloomington public library, the normal public library and our readers on a new hardcover pictorial history book, mclean county memories ii. Calhoun county je okrug u americkoj saveznoj drzavi ilinois. Historical encyclopedia of illinois and history of piatt county vol. Cemetery census series, orland township, cook county, illinois. Many recent provider notices include information on the coronavirus disease 2019 covid19. I hope this will resolve any problems that may have occurred in your research in this county.