Perry County Illinois
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1850 + Probate Index  

1853 Platt Map Index

1855 State Census
Personal Property Tax Lists
1858-1943

 

   

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CENSUS

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Obituary listings from the DuQuoin Tribune


These obit listings are from the DuQuoin 
Tribune Newspaper. They begin with 1867 
and continue through June 1925.
Sometimes more than one listing is
  given for a name, showing that it was in more  than one  edition of the paper.
They are not the complete obituary.  
Names, age, date of publication only.
  A full copy of the obituary is available through our PERSONAL SERVICES.
 
NOTE!!!
Some of these obits are now listed on this 
site, either in its entirety or a death notice. 
Eventually ALL of them will be
 listed here, and I ask your help for this. 
If you have  sent for copies, 
would you PLEASE contribute a copy here also?

Many THANKS to those of 
you who have already done so.

 


   Mysterious Deaths...    
                    

        Headstone Meanings       
Ever wonder about those ornate
  carvings on  old headstones?

 

Obits
 

  Miscellaneous Death Notices  
These are short death notices from assorted places.
Not alphabetized and placed as received.


Wills & Probates


Probate of Levi Gant
     Will of Mary A. Topping  


OBITS
 

 

            Age Finder                    Kinship Chart   

 

Cemeteries


Bradley Cemetery
 
  Galum Baptist Cemetery   Old Mound Cemetery
Campbell Cemetery
Page One
Page Two
Haggard
Cemetery
Galum Presbyterian Cemetery
Section One
Section Two
Section Three

Cudgetown Cemetery Hopewell Cemetery
(large, may take time to load)

Page One
Page Two
Poor Farm/Potters Field
Cemetery
  DuQuoin IOOF
(partial only)
House-Ozburn Cemetery   Pictures of REES Headstones  
(descendants of Evan Rees/e)

Bethel Cemetery
Page 1
2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10


Index
From Old Book
 Lg. file, may take time to load
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Spring Hill Cemetery History of Old DuQuoin
Cemetery

Lots of names, first burials
and more!
  Primitive Baptist
Cemetery

Weitzel Cemetery

  Concord Cemetery
Unknown Cemeteries
 
   

Perry County Marriages With License Numbers


(listing NOT complete. More will be added as data becomes available.)

You may order certified copies of the marriage license from the County Clerk, 
for a nominal fee + pstg.
It would be best to call them before ordering to know exactly what their needs are.
I have included the license number to aid in their search.
The address is:


Perry County Clerk
Information Retrieval Dept.
Pinckneyville, Illinois 62274
[618] 357-5116
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     Marriage Notices     
Helvey/Stowers    

          Weddings
       An Autumn Wedding (Ross/Medeker)         

             Divorces    
           1905 Divorces


Census
 

1830
 
(large, may take time to load)
1840
Page
 
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1850
   Page
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   (not alphabetized)    

1855
   PC State Census

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1860
 Not alphabetized. (partial)

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1870
 
Partial and not alphabetized.

Page
1 2 3

 


Illinois Census Records Notes to help with your research:


Between 1680-1763 IL was under the control of France.
Between 1763-1783 IL was controlled by Great Britain
Between 1800-1809 IL was considered part of the Indiana Territory
On March 3, 1809, IL became its own territory.
Federal Census Recording began in 1820 and were enumerated every 10 years.
The 1890 Federal Census Schedules were completely destroyed by fire, with the exception
of a small fragment of McDonough County ED 174.  This included the Veterans & Widows census.

State Census Records were enumerated in 1810, 1820, 1830, 1835, 1840, 1845, 1855 & 1865.



Military   

 
                 Perry County Mines  
 


 RW Soldiers buried in Perry County   
Searchable Database of IL Civil War Soldiers        
(
return here with your browsers back button) 
 

                Du Quoins Oldest Miners        

 

 

Land Information

 Perry County Prairies 
   
Map showing locations & names   

Bureau of Land Management
Records for 1820-1903

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1853 Platt Map Index
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Personal Property Tax Lists
1858-1943

 

Law and Order
First Sheriffs of the County    Murders in Willisville(w/pics)
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1850 + Probate Index
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The People

Perry  County Communities


People and Places of Willisville
(w/pics)

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Early Perry County Homes
(pictures & data)
Pope Home
Pyle Home
Swayne Home
               
Businesses
Brickyards of DuQuoin
Cutler Creamery
Du Quoin Business 1876  
Du Quoin Business 1882
St. John Salt Works
1914 Perry County 
Telephone Phone Book Listings


NOTE!  
 
These names WILL NOT appear
 in the search engine!

Cover and Intro   
 DuQuoin  A-E    
 DuQuoin E-J      
DuQuoin K-Mc 
DuQuoin Mc-S  
 DuQuoin S-Z      

Cutler A-Z 

Pinckneyville A-B 
Pinckneyville B-D 
Pinckneyville D-F 
Pinckneyville G-H 
Pinckneyville H-L 
Pinckneyville L-M 
Pinckneyville M-S 
Pinckneyville T-Z 

  Bits'n Pieces
   These are small notices, not large enough 
  for an article, but still informative.

 

 

 

 

 

Newspapers

The Democrat

Du Quoin Evening Call

County Papers and Dates
Pinckneyville Advocate  Jan. 7, 1887 to Dec. 1956.
 DuQuoin Tribune  March 28, 1867 to 1925.
 DuQuoin Daily News  Nov. 1, 1933 to Dec. 27, 1957.
 DuQuoin Evening Call  Jan. 1, 1897  still publishing.
 

 


Folklore, Legends, Faces & Places
Gypsies & Kickapoo's Sagawa King of Scotland

 

African American Heritage

Native American Heritage


Civil War Veterans of Du Quoin  
 
First 'Colored' Graduate of Mixed School
   
"...It seems like a dream, those years that have past.."
  
First 'Colored' Family in Area...(Turners)

Pioneer Family (Alex White w/picture)

Spanish War Veterans

PHOTO ALBUM

Andrew TATE Jr. & Annie JONES
Alfred POWERS & Estella LOT HOLMES
G.B. BARNETT family






Chief  Ducoigne  
(w/picture of home)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Biographies
Submit your Perry County ancestor's biography today and share your ancestry!

William Henry
 Brown

(w/picture)
Lazarus Eaton Samuel Eaton Aaron S. Egbert Elijah J. Fannin
(photos of family)
Almira Foster Alice Gladson (w/pictures) Henry Helvey Maggie Hill (w/picture) Miles M. Johnson
McElvain
(w/ picture)
Isaac Mitchell
 Family

(w/pictures)
Albert Wilson  
(w/picture & obit)
Archibald Wilson
(w/picture & letter)
Frank T. Wilson
(w/picture & letter)
Mary I. Woods (w/picture) Gideon Viers Armour Smith
(w/picture)
Mary Ellen Stout
(w/picture)

Ignatius J. Sorgmann
& Marie Hartmann

(w/picture)
BAXTER
Family

J. M. KUNZ  

. . .

Organizations and Other

Perry County Historical Society
(description)

Perry County Historical Society
(website)

Knights of Pythias  
Many have written asking information on the K of P...this link will take you to their website.
From there, you can contact members of other states, etc., and it should answer any 
questions you may have. Return here with your browsers back button.

PHOTO ALBUM
(note: some of these photos may take time to load!)

   Frank Schleper home & businesses  

FANNIN

HELVEY family photos

   GLADSON/BAXTER    

  Family Photos
Rigdon, Tyler, Schwartz...

Mystery Photos  
 
from the collection of Josephine Taylor Hall, daughter of 
Ephraim Rees Taylor & Sarah Harriet Gill.

 

Miscellaneous

Schwartz Family Reunion 1888
( family members listed!)
*corrected data by Gayle
        1877  DQ Tribune Gossip    
             LOTS of surnames!!!         
Sweet Little Business
Story of Glen Helvey's business
Du Quoin Tribune Gossip 1897
The "personal" section, telling who visited who,
sick calls, travel and more. LOTS of surnames!

 DQ Tribune Tidbits Kunz Opera House
Early Perry County History Perry County Advocate
Tidbits 1905-1915

(LOTS of surnames!)

Cover your Neck!

1901 Cutler Gossip
News items from the P'ville Advocate.
Mystery Items
Do you know what they are?
How they were used?
Last Will and Testiment 
of Hiram Jenkins

 


Letters from the past

Letter from Rezillia Thing
"...the name THING, ...someone, I don't remember who,
changed the name..."

Civil War Letters
letters written by Thomas Hunter to his sister
Elizabeth Hunter Cowens

WWI Letters of Aril Luke 

  1838 "Nine Mile" Letter
 from William B. Lanphier, a surveyor for the Alton and Shawneetown Railroad, to his sister Martha Ditty
 



SCHOOLS
(note: some pictures may take time to load.)
Sacred Heart-Du Quoin (pic. about 1894 w/names) Ward School (pic undated, w/names)
Round Prairie School (pic, w/names, 1911) Bigham School (pic w/names)
Cutler School (1894, pic w/names) 1896 Pinckneyville School Commencement Souvenir (w/pic/names)
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Still cant find what you need?    Check out STELLAS STUFF!   
Stella has been a tremendous help and contributor to this site and now has her own website, which
carries topics not listed here.   A partial list of content is:
platt indexes 1853 & 1920
personal property tax index 1858-1943
cemeteries not listed here
surnames
and much more!

 



Check out my "sister" website...

Randolph County Illinois
Randolph county joins Perry on the western border.

   Take a Break!!!
Stopped at a 'brick wall'?  Take a break and read through our poems/articles.

Checked all the listings and still can't find what you're looking for?
These  INTERESTING LINKS  might help you.
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Descendant Websites
This is a list of websites of descendants of Perry County settlers.
The FIRST name is the SURNAME, (and link), the second name is the contact person (email).
If YOU would like to list YOUR website, send me the URL!

SWANWICK/Kristen

BRADLEY/Joel


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