Randolph, Monroe & Perry Counties Illinois History + +

Description: #Book 1 -Combined History ofRandolph, Monroe & Perry Counties, IllinoisWith Illustrations Descriptive of Their Scenery andBiographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men and PioneersPublished 1883570 pages, 42 illustrations, 48 portraits #Book 2- Portrait & Biographical Recordof Randolph, Jackson, Perry & Monroe Co.Published 1894865 pages, hundreds of bios, 92 portraits #Book 3- Illinois Counties-Their Origin and Evolution 66 pages Requires Adobe Reader 5 or higher to ViewAutoboot Menu for Easy Access The original text is small and fine. The electronic books produced a good reproduction, but requires enlarging to 150-200% when viewing. They are indexed and searchable. And, to sweeten the deal, I have added a third book "Illinois Counties - Their Origin and Evolution". Tremendous aid in understanding the development of counties over time, and knowing the correct locations to search for your ancestor records. (Example - I have relatives that moved to SW VA late 1700's. They never moved again, but due to changes they resided in five different counties.) Randolph County was organized in 1795 out of a part of St. Clair County. It was named in honor of Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia. The Northwest Territory was captured from the British near the end of the Revolutionary War by the army of Virginia. Illinois then became, for a brief time, Illinois County, Virginia. Randolph County is located on the Mississippi River in southwestern Illinois. Its county seat is Chester. Owing to its role in the state's history, the county motto is "Where Illinois Began." Monroe County was formed in 1816 out of Randolph and St. Clair Counties, as the 8th county created from the then Illinois Territory. It was named in honor of James Monroe, who had just served as United States Secretary of War and who was elected President later that same year. Its first county seat was Harrisonville named for William Henry Harrison, former governor of the Northwest Territory and future President Waterloo assumed the mantle of county seat in 1825. The site of the old town of Harrisonville has since been submerged by the Mississippi River, Monroe County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area. Jackson County was organized in 1816, having been carved out of Randolph County. It was named for Andrew Jackson, who had just defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans . As early as 1813, Conrad Will (namesake of Will County) conducted a large salt extraction operation, using slave labor, on the banks of the Big Muddy River, south of Murphysboro. As this area was in the "free" Northwest Territory, Will had to have legal exemptions to possess slaves. Perry County was formed in 1827 out of Jackson and Randolph Counties. It was named in honor of Oliver Hazard Perry who defeated the British fleet at the decisive Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Parts of Perry County were formerly included in Randolph, St. Clair and Jackson counties. "Combined History" Book Contents: COUNTY HISTORY. CHAPTER I. A Brief Sketch of the North- West Territory. Geographical Position, 9 ; Early Explorations, 9 ; Discovery of the Ohio, 15 ; English Explorations and Settle- ments. 16 ; American Settlements, 22 ; Division of the North- West Territory, 23 ; Present Condition of the North-West, 24 9-25 CHAPTER II. Brief Historical Sketch of Illinois. French Possessions, 25 ; The first Settle- ments in Illinois, 26; Founding of Kaskaskia, 27 ; As a part of Louisi- ana, 27 ; Fort Chartres, 28 ; Under French rule, 29; Character of the Early French Settlers, 30; A Possession of Great Britain, 30 ; Conquest by Clark, 32 ; The " Compact of 1787," 32 ; Land Tenures, 34 ; Physical Features of the State, 35 ; Progress and Development, 35; Material Resources of the State, 36 ; Annual Products, 36 ; The War Record, 36 ; Civil Government, 39 ; Territorial and State Officers, 40 ; Miscellaneous Information 25—43 CHAPTER III. GEOGRAPHy, .Agricultiure 44 Resources and Railroad Facilities. Randolph Coustt,-46 ; Monroe Countv, 47 ; Perry Cousty, 48 ; Transpor- tation facilities, 49; St Louis and Cairo Short Line Railroad, 50 ; St. Louis and Cairo. 51 ; Wabash, Chester and Western, 51 ; St. Louis Coal Road, 51 ; Illinois Central, 52; Railroad Lands.-53 CHAPTER IV. Geology. General Stratum. 53; Randolph County, 54 ; Coal Measures, 54 ; Chester Limestone, 55 ; Economical Geology, 55; Monroe County, 56; Perry County. 57 53-58 CHAPTER V. Flora. List of Native Woody Plants, Grasses, etc., etc 58-59 CHAPTER VI. Fauna. Treating of the Various Families of Animals and Birds that have existed in these counties 59-62 CHAPTER VII. Pioneer Settlements Randolph County, 62; The French Settlers, 62; Character of the Early French Settlers, 63 ; American Immigration, 64; American Population in 1800, 67 ; Subsequent Settlements, 67; E.irly Mills, 75 ; Overflows of the Mississippi, 75; Monroe County, 75; Indian Hostilities, 78; Early Mills, 82; Destructive Hurricane, 82 ; Perry County, 83; Manners and Customs of the American Pioneers, 86. . . 62--89 CHAPTER VIII, Civil History. Randolph County from 1778 to 1818, 89 ; License for trade, 92 ; Letters to the Court of Kaskaskia, 92 ; Kahokia Fund (No. 1.) 93; Warrant for Exe- cution. 94 ; Todd's Embargo, 95 ; James Moore's Naturalization, 96; Land Tenure, 97; Extract from assessment of 1808, 98; Government of County in Territorial Times, 100 ; Scraps from Records of the Period 1795 to 1809, 101 ; 1809 to 1819, 102 ; List of Township Officers 1809, 103 ; Proceedings in Courts of Justice, Territorial Laws. 104 ; Shadrach Bond and Rice Jones' Duel, 105 ; Dunlap — Jones Murder, 105 ; Another Murder Case, 105; Probate Court 1809, 106; Estates under Administration from 1809 to 1818, 106 ; Slavery in Randolph County, 107; Manumission in 1760, 108 ; A Negro Child set Free, 109; Public Buildings, 111; Early Marriages. 112; Randolph represented in Territorial Legislature, 1795 to 1818, 112; Territorial Officers, 113; Randolph County, 1818 to 1883, 113; Census 1825. ; Heads of Families, 115; County Finances, 1819 to 1844, lis ; Change of County Seat to Chester, 119; Financial Condition of the County, September Ist, 1882, 122 ; List of county Officers, 121-127. . 89-127 MONROE County (from 1816 to 1882), 127; County Government, 129 ; List of Tax-payers in 1816, 132 ; Emancipation Papers, 133 ; Tenure of Lands, 134; Lands Entered, 135; Early Transfers of Real Estate, 136; First Road Petitions and names of Monroe county Pioneers, 137 ; Early Mar- riages, 139 ; Towns and Villages prior to 1820, 140 ; Contracts for first Public Buildings, 141 ; Prairie Du Long, 144 ; Circuit Courts, 1817 to 1848, 146; Challenge to Fight a Duel, 148; Murders, 148 ; Naturalization, 148 ; In General Assembly from 1818 to 1848 — 1883, 149 ; Precincts, March, 1875, 155 ; Statistics. 1881-'82. 1.56; Murder and Execution. 1.56 , In General Assembly 1848 to '84, State Offices and Congress, Officers of county, 159. Perry County, 161 ; First License, 164 ; First session of Circuit Court, 164 ; First Road Districts and Road Officers, 165 ; Proceedings in Relation to Establishing the County Seat, 165; First Officers, 166 ; First Fiscal State- ment, 167 ; First Probate Court, 167 ; Petition for Redress, 168 ; First Gen- eral Election, 168 ; First Bridge, 169; First Court House, 169 ; Second Court House-Remonstrance against building it, 170; Third Court House, 170; Present Court House, 171 ; First and Present Jail, 171 ; Almshouse, 173 ; Circuit Court, 173; First Murder Trial — Execution of Vaughn, 174 ; Statistics, 175 ; Subscription to Railroads, 177 ; Saline and Swamp Lands, 177 ; Officers, 17S 89-180 CHAPTER IX. The Bench and Bar. RANDOLPH Co, ISO; Former members of the Bar, 182 ; Present Members, 185; Monroe County, Former Members of the Bar, 186 ; Present Members, 187; Perry County, 18S ; Non-Resident Lawyers, 190 ; Former and Present Members, 191.180-193 CHAPTER X. The Press. Randolph County. — First Newspaper in Illinois, 193. Subsequent Newspa- pers— Monroe COUNTY, 198, Perry County, 199 193-201 CHAPTER XIPatriotism. Early French, Conquest by Clark, 201 ; War of 1812, 203 ; Soldiers in Black Hawk and Mexican Wars, 204 ; Rebellion, 207 ; Muster Roll of all the Soldiers who enlisted from Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties . . . 201-231 CHAPTER XII. Common Schools. Randolph county, 231 ; Monroe county, 237 , Perry county, 238 231-242 Just insert the CD into your Windows computer and use the menu to open your book(s), and to download the latest version of Adobe Reader. If your system security prevents the CD from auto loading, just double-left click the Autorun file on the CD. For MAC (or Windows) open the PDF file for your book. Don’t forget to also open the pictures/maps and audio files. Check out my other items! 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