WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOOK LIST
105 So. VanBuren St., Marion, IL 62959 Phone: (618) 997-5863
HISTORY
Complete History of Southern Illinois Gang War by E. Bishop Hill.
80 half-pages, portraits, soft cover, not indexed. Price $6.00 plus postage.
Facts about what happened during the Ku Klux Klan and Anti-Klan War during
the time of S. Glenn Young to Charles Birger trial in 1927.
Souvenir Program Labor Day Celebration, Marion, IL, Monday,
Sept. 6, 1915. Unpaged, portraits, soft cover, not indexed.
Price $5.00 plus postage.
Newspaper Articles From Oldham Paisley’s Scrapbooks. These are
actual copies of newspaper articles. Mr. Paisley cut and pasted into old
ledger books covering some of the bloodiest times in Williamson County’s
history. Soft bound, not indexed.
Book 1 Vol. 1 - Before and After the Riot, (Herrin Mine Massacre)
Price $17.00 plus postage
Book 2 Vol. 1-A & 1-B - Riot Price $15.00 plus postage
Book 3 First Trial & Vol. 3- Second Trial, (Herrin Mine Massacre)
Price $15.00 plus postage
Book 4 Vol. 4-A & 4-B- Ku Klux Klan. Price $15.00 plus postage
Book 5 Vol. 5 & 6 Klan-Young-Birger Price $15.00 plus postage
Book 6 Vol. 7 & 8 Birger & Trial Price $15.00 plus postage
Book 7 Vol. 9 Birger-Boswell-Ritter Price $8.00 plus postage
Postage is $2.00 per book, if ordering all seven Paisley books
postage is $10.00.
Reprint of: Williamson County, Illinois Sesquicentennial History.
Originally published in 1993, Stan J. Hale, editor. Hardcover, 502p,
Illus., maps. portraits. Price - $40.00 + $3.00 postage.
Probate Book C, Circuit Clerk’s Office, Administrators Book A, County Clerk’s
Office, Williamson County, Illinois copied by Charla Schroeder Murphy
and Helen Sutt Lind. 144p. , Indexed, Price $14 + Postage.
Williamson County, Illinois County Commissioner’s Order Book A 1839-1848
copied by Charla Murphy and Helen Lind. Starts when county was formed in
1839. Gives laying out of county roads, assault & battery cases, care for the
poor and appointment of county officials. 81 pages plus index,
Price $10 + postage.
History of Williamson Co., IL by Milo Erwin. First history of the county
written in 1876. 297p. Indexed Hard cover. Price- $14 + postage.
Pioneer Folks & Places by Barbara Burr Hubbs. An historic gazetteer
of Williamson Co., IL. c1939, 246p Hard cover. Price -$14 + postage.
1905 Historical Souvenir of Williamson Co, IL by J.F. Wilcox. Reprint.
200p. ill. Price $22 + postage.
“Heart of Egypt” Williamson County. Reprint of 1913 ed. Brief history of
the county. 96p. ill. no index. Price - $8 + postage.
Williamson County Invites the Lions Clubs of Illinois to Meet at Herrin in 1926
A brief history of Herrin, IL with pictures and business ads. Also other
Williamson Co. towns facts and pictures. Laminated cover, Price $15.00 plus
postage.
The Herrin Conspiracy Story of the Herrin Mine Riots. 19p, stapled,
Price-$3.00 + postage.
Herrin Massacre by Chatland Parker. Factual story about events of the
Herrin massacre when 22 strikebreakers and union men were killed. 122p.
Price - $5.50 + postage.
In Bloody Williamson by George Galligan, Sheriff during the KKK and
bootlegging days of the 1920’s. (Not to be confused with Paul Angle’s book,
Bloody Williamson).128p. Price-$5.50 + postage.
The Other Side of Herrin . Reprint of newspaper articles on Herrin Massacre.
Price- $5 + postage.
Glimpses of the Past in Johnston City, IL. 1894-1945 by Pearl Roberts.
Reprint of newspaper articles. 171p. Price- $20 + postage.
Hanging, Stabbing, Shootings in Williamson Co., Stories of Rado Millich, Arno
Bratten, Glen Young & Ora Thomas Deaths. by Violet Grisham. 55p. Indexed.
Price $10 + Postage.
Sheriffs of Williamson Co., IL & the Bloody Crimes of Their Times.
by Violet Grisham. 212p. ill. portraits. Table of contents, no index.
Price - $20 + postage.
Events at the Old Williamson County Jail by Violet Grisham.
76p, Illus. Table of Contents, no index. Escape attempts, kangaroo courts,
prosecuting attorneys, murders, alcohol raids. Price-$10 + postage.
The Shelton Gang. Price $5.00 + postage.
The Life of Charlie Birger. Newspaper articles on the Birger gang.
Price - $8 + postage.
Homer Butler Newspaper Articles. Events, people & places of Williamson Co.,
IL. Reprint of 88 articles from the 1950’s - 1980’s. 88p., indexed.
Price -$10 + postage.
Pioneer Daughters Applications of Williamson County. Copy of original
applications. Lists ancestors and gives relationships to them. 373p. indexed.
Price - $30 + postage.
Pictures of Coal Mines in Williamson Co. by Violet Grisham. 9p.
Price $3 + postage.
CEMETERY AND DEATH RECORDS
Oddfellows Cemetery, Marion, Illinois. Compiled by Dorothy Boyd, Harry
Boyd, Charla Murphy and Helen Lind. Price-$22.00 plus postage. 189p.
plus every name index. Soft cover.
Mt. Pleasant Cemeteries - Mt. Pleasant Poordo, IL & Mount Pleasant “The Shed”
Crab Orchard, IL by Helen Nagge Davis, Helen Lind & Charla Murphy.
There are 2 Mt. Pleasant Cemeteries in Williamson Co. Mt. Pleasant Poordo, IL
at the Baptist Church and the other is at Crab Orchard at the Mount
Pleasant Presbyterian Church. Both are included here. 54p plus index.
Cost $10 + postage.
Hudgens Funeral Home Records, Dec. 1931-Sept. 1938. Copied by Violet
Grisham. Located on E. Main St., Marion, IL. 34p. indexed.
Price - $10. + postage.
Register of Interment Permits Williamson Co., Jan 1902-May 1903 copied by
Violet Grisham. 20p. Price - $5 + postage.
Gone to Be An Angel II, Tombstone Inscriptions of Cana & Union Grove
Cemeteries, Williamson Co., IL by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy. Readings of
stones & death records. Some family histories. An updated version of GONE
TO BE AN ANGEL I. Indexed. Price - $14 + postage.
Riggin Funeral Home Records, Carterville, IL. copied by Jack & Jean Burke.
V.1-1930-1942, V.2-1942-1950, V.3-1950-1957, V.4-1957-1961,
V. 5-1961-1964, V. 6-1964-1968. V.7-1968-1972
Price - $14 each + postage.
Hunter Funeral Home Records, Carterville, Illinois, 1914-1915, 1919-1927
copied by Jean Burke and Jean L. Jones. Soft cover, 205p, every name
index. Price - $22 + postage.
Williamson County, IL Cemeteries by township. Each township list the
cemeteries within it and a location. Compiled by Robert Jackson. 17 pages.
$5.00 plus postage.
BIRTHS
Delayed Birth Records, Williamson Co., IL, Vols. 1, 2, 3 , 4, 5 & 6 copied by
Jean Burke, Jean Jones and Dolores Thetford. Some of the applications
filed by persons born in Williamson Co., IL prior to 1917 whose birth was not
recorded in the official records., Indexed. Cost - $22 each + postage for
volumes 1-5, Volume 6 is $11.00 plus postage.
CENSUS
1910 Brushy Township, Saline Co., IL by JoAnn Kennedy. 42p. indexed.
Price $5 + postage.
1880 Federal Census Williamson Co., IL by Gay Hoffard & Joyce Smith.
549p. Map. Indexed. Price $45 + postage.
1840 Federal Census of Williamson County, Illinois by Helen Sutt Lind,
soft cover, 70p plus index, Price $8.00 + postage.
CIVIL WAR
1862 Military Census of Williamson Co., IL by Charla Murphy. 58p.
indexed. Price $9 + postage.
“Grand Army of the Republic” Records for Williamson County,
GAR Post - Civil War Veterans. 105 page, plus index. Price- $15 + postage.
LAND RECORDS
Original Land Grants, 1842-1870, Wm’son, Saline, Franklin Cos. comp. by
Charla Murphy & Mary Jo Moore. Actual copies of some land grants.
90p. Index. Price - $12 + postage.
Williamson Co. Deeds, Mortgages, Chattels, Books I & II. comp. by
Charla Murphy & Mary Jo Moore. Actual copies of original transactions in
1800’s & 1900’s. 2 Vols. Price - $16 each + postage.
Plat Book of Williamson Co., IL, 1940. 12p. Price - $4 + postage.
Plat Book of Williamson Co., IL, 1920. Price $4. + postage.
Plat Book of Williamson Co., IL, 1908. Price $6.00 + postage.
MARRIAGE RECORDS
Marriages in Williamson Co., IL Courthouse, 5 vols. copied by
Gay Hoffard & Joyce Smith.. Vol. 4 typed and indexed by Charla Murphy
and Helen Lind , 193 p. plus 73 pages of index. Vol. 4 & 5 indexed by
parents’ names as well as names of bride and groom. Prices -
V. 1- 1839-1865 Price-$18 V. 2- 1866-1877 Price- $20 V. 3- 1878-1888.
Price -$30 Vol. 4 - 1889-1896 Price-$ 30. Vol. 5 - 1897-1902. Price-
$30. Plus postage.
NATURALIZATION RECORDS
Naturalization Petitions & Records, Williamson Co., IL, 8 vols. copied by
Jack & Jean Burke & Jean Jones. Name, birth date & place, emigrated
from, etc. of applicant & family. Indexed. Price - $18 each, Plus postage.
TAX RECORDS
Williamson Co. 1891 Taxes Twp. 10 R 1 copied by Mrs. Walter Draves.
93p. Price - $8 + postage.
Williamson Co., IL 1894 Tax List , 3 Vols. - Blairsville Twp., Herrin Twp.,
Southern Twp. copied by Jack & Jean Burke. indexed. Price - $4 +
postage for each volume ordered.
Williamson Co., IL Tax Collector’s Book Southern Twp, 1891 copied by
Bailey Williams. index. Price-$4 + postage.
SCHOOLS
Williamson County, IL Schools Location Map, 1900, 18 x 24 inches,
black & white, folded, Price $3.00 plus $1.50 shipping and handling.
Free Silver School #80 (Williamson Co.) Attendance & School Register
Records 1933-1939. 37 pages, plus index. Price- $4 + postage.
School Commissioner's Record of the Examination of Candidates for Teachers,
County of Williamson and State of Illinois Dec. 1865 to Aug 1886. Names,
age, nativity, date of certificate, grade of certificate are included. Price-
$10 + postage.
Williamson Co. Schools: From a Personal & Professional Perspective by
Lee Booth., with Betty Rademacher. His 70 years as a student & teacher.
photographs, 144p. Price - $9 + postage.
An Apple for the Teacher: Williamson Co. Treasurer’s District School Account
Book, 1873-1914 copied by Violet Grisham. 164p. Price - $20 + postage.
CHURCHES
Williamson County, IL Churches Vol. 1 by Violet Grisham. Histories of Davis
Prairie, Gum Springs, Springhill, Ferrell, Mt. Moriah, A.E. Church, Creal
Springs, Center, First Christian, & Third Baptist Churches. 104p. Price -
$12 + postage.
FAMILY HISTORIES, MEMOIRS & PERSONAL NARRATIVES
Earl Leland Weaver’s Family History, His Research & Memories compiled by
Lois Weaver Kelley, computerized by Zipra Hartwell Morgan. 84p. plus
index. Price-$13.00 + postage.
Back Tracking II - Maitlands & Lauderdales & Their American Descendants by
Violet Grisham. 201p. , Portraits, Indexed. Price $20.00 + postage.
Kentucky Roots - Browns by the Dozen by Violet Grisham. Families of
Dever, Ballinger, Brown, Daugherty, Tumbo & Edlin. 72p No index. Price -
$16 + postage.
Great, Great Grandfather’s Journal by Violet Grisham. Franklin -
Williamson Co. Pioneer, Isaac Groves. 87p. No index. $10 + postage.
Legends in the New World-The Beginnings by Violet Grisham. 140p., 8x11”,
No Index, Price- 20.00 + postage.
Memoirs of William Joseph Caplinger, comp. by Mary Jo Moore.
Tells about family, neighbors, friends who were early settlers around
Crab Orchard & Poor Do. 40p. ill. index. Price - $8 + postage.
Maranda by Jean L. Jones. A collection of childhood stories told to
her by Maranda Cavanas Scoby. Price - $5.50 + postage.
Memories of Marion by Violet Grisham. Events & people of Marion, IL.
197p. Price - $20 + $2 postage.
My Williamson Co. Pioneer Kin Folks & Descendants by Violet Grisham.
143p. Ill. Portraits. Index Price - $16 + postage.
Time Traveler II by Violet Grisham. Traces the Groves & Zacharias
families from Kentucky to Williamson Co. 150p. index. Price - $20 +
postage.
Charles T. Carter, Revolutionary Soldier Whose Children Came to Southern
Illinois, Their Related Families by Violet Grisham. 188p. Price $20 +
postage.
Down Memory Lane & Another Stroll by Lucille V. Howell. Early stories
about Herrin, Illinois. 94p. Price - $3.50 + postage.
WILLS
Williamson County Will Book A, 1847-1872 by Violet Grisham. 45p.
Indexed. Wills of some early pioneers, people who died intestate,
administrators & guardians for children, deceased parents & a few
marriages. Price- $10 + postage.
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Old Williamson County Jail at Christmas Time, Now Home of Williamson
County Historical Society Pen & Ink drawing by Robert Jackson.
Pkg. of 10 cards & envelopes. Price- $8.00 + $2.00 postage.
PRINTS
Cross Roads School Print by Robert Jackson. Pen & Ink, 8 ½ x 11 inches.
Price - $2. + $1 postage.
Marion, IL Public Square by Cindy Jackson. Pen & Pencil , 8 ½ x 11 inches.
Price - $4 + $1 postage.
Centennial Map of Williamson Co. IL, 1939 by Nannie Gray Parks. 18 x 24
inches. Early trails, places of interest and list of pioneer settlers are on
this map. Two color map-Price - $3.50 + $3.00 postage. Ten color,
hand-colored map - Price $6.50 + $3.00 postage.
PHOTOS
Set of Charlie Birger Photos. 7 photos of Birger Gang on car-Gang on
porch-at Shady Rest-Armored Car-Hanging , and Hanging. 4x5” glossy.
Price $3.50 + postage.
VIDEO
Williamson County Historical Society Museum. A tour of the museum
by Curator, Helen Nagge Davis. Price $10 + postage.
QUARTERLIES
Bound set (4) for years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
& 2005 quarterlies Footprints in Williamson Co., IL. Price - $12 + postage.
COOKBOOK
An Old-Time Cookbook. Originally published in Carterville many years ago
and owned by Lucy Stocks James. These very old recipes do not indicate
oven temperature or baking time - these cooks used coal or wood burning
stoves. 4”x 6” soft cover, 43 pages. Cost is $2.50 + $1.00 s/h.
POSTCARDS
#1 Colored picture of the WCHS as it originally looked in 1920 when
it served as the Williamson County Jail and Sheriff’s home at
105 S. Van Buren St., Marion, IL.
#2 Colored picture of the Williamson County Courthouse before it was
demolished in 1972 to make way for a clock tower. The Old Courthouse
sat on “the Square” in Marion, IL.
#3 Sepia tone picture of the “Pioneer Cabin” erected in 1939 on the
Williamson County Fairgrounds by the Pioneer Daughters in memory
of their ancestors who first settled Williamson County.
#4 Colored picture of the Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad Station and
Engine.
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