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Williamson Co., Illinois Resources Last update - 24 Aug 2006

The Williamson County books listed here are available only from the authors and must be ordered directly from the author at the address given in each ad. They are not available from the Williamson County Historical Society.



Cross Roads School by Robert Jackson. Contains names of board members and teachers 1860-1952, names of all students and decade they attended, and names from Cross Roads Cemetery. 78p
Price -$10.00 + $2.00 Postage.
Order from:
Robert Jackson, 1903 Fietsam Rd., Marion, IL 62959.



Books transcribed by Mary Jo Moore

BITS OF NEWS

Newspaper Extracts taken from The Marion Daily Republican, "The Home Paper of Marion and Williamson County"

Contains: Lists of Williamson Co. Marriage License Issued, Engagements, Weddings, Births, Anniversaries, Birthdays, Divorces, Adoptions, Obituaries, Mine Accidents, Coroner's Reports, etc.

Includes: Cambria, Crainville, Carterville, Colp, Freeman Spur, Johnston City, Pittsburg, Creal Springs, Crab Orchard, Stonefort, Marion, Spillertown, Herrin, Energy, Hurst, Bush, Clatterville, Tick Ridge, Powder Plant, Southern, Grassy, Cottage Grove, Oak Grove, White Ash, Arnold View, Palzo, Gabrielville, etc.

VOLUME I

---Covers November 1919 Through December 1920
197 pages--Index--8.5" x 11"--Soft Cover
_____Cost: $28.00 (Plus $2.00 S/H)

VOLUME II

---Covers January 1 Through December 1921
169 pages--Index--8.5" x 11"--Soft Cover
_____Cost: $28.00 (Plus $2.00 S/H)

VOLUME III

---Covers Januaary 2 Through 1922
224 pages--Index--8.5" x 11"--Soft Cover
_____Cost: $30.00 (Plus $2.00 S/H)

VOLUME IV

---Covers January 1 Through 1923
218 pages--Index--8.5" x 11"--Soft Cover
_____Cost: $30.00 (Plus $2.00 S/H)

NEW!!!

VOLUME V

---Covers January 1 Through 1924
206 pages--Index--8.5" x 11"--Soft Cover
_____Cost: $30.00 (Plus $2.00 S/H)


To One or More Books:
_____Add $2.00 for single book order -- add $1.00 for each additional book per order


WILIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS GUARDIAN BOOK 'A'

Complete Guardian records transcribed from original handwritten records found in Guardian Book A in the Williamson Co. Courthouse. Dates span from 1860 to early 1870s. INFORMATION FOUND IN THESE RECORDS: Names of minors, father, mother (maiden name and current name), grandparents, uncles, aunts and others -- ages and birth dates of the minors, facts about minor's inheritance from estates, wills, pensions and more.
196 pages -- Index -- 8.5" x 11" -- Soft Cover.
______ Cost: $28.00 (Plus $2.00 S/H)


WILLIAMSON COUNTY WILLS BOOK 'B'

All Wills Transcribed From Originals Found in Wills Book 'B' in Circuit Clerk's Office at Williamson County Courthouse. Wills date from Mid to late 1800s and Were Transcribed in Complete Form.
194 pages - Index - 8.5" x 11" - Soft Cover
______ Cost: $28.00 (Plus $2.00 S/H)


WILLIAMSON COUNTY MISCELLANEOUS COURT RECORDS 1840 - 1903

Complete court records transcribed from handwritten originals - not abstracts.
Types of Cases: Divorce, Grand Jury Hearings & Indictments, Assaults, Murder, Kidnapping, Arson, Adultery, Riots, Larceny, Betting on Elections, Arrests Warrants and more.
142 pages - Index - 8.5" x 11" - Soft Cover
______ Cost: $28.00 (Plus $2.00 S/H)


WILLIAMSON COUNTY BAR DOCKET MAY TERM 1921

Schedule of All Court Cases to Be Held in Williamson County, Illinois Court During the May Term - 1921. Information Includes: Case Number, Plaintiff, Defendant, Attorney(s), Crime.
Cases Include: Chancery - Annulment, Divorce, Foreclosure, Separate Maintenance, etc.; Common Law - Trespass, Habeas Corpus, etc.; Appeal; Criminal - Forgery, Burglary, Larceny, etc. Other information in book: Rules of the court, Williamson County Attorneys, Grand Jurors, Petit Jurors, Fee Law, legal Definitions
66 pages -- 9 page Index -- 8 ½ x 11 Soft Cover
______ Cost- $15.00 (Plus $2.00 S/H)



WILLIAMSON COUNTY BAR DOCKET JULY TERM 1922

Schedule of all court cases to be held in Williamson County, Illinois Court during the July Term - 1922
Information Includes: Case number, name of Plaintiff and Defendant, name of Attorney(s) name of Crime charged with.
Types of Court Case: Chancery - Annulment, Divorce, Foreclosure, Separate Maintenance, etc.; Common Law - Trespass, Habeas Corpus, etc.; Appeal; Criminal - Forgery, Burglary, Larceny, etc.
Other information in book: Rules of the Court, names of all Williamson County Attorneys, names of Petit Jurors for July Term-1922, fee Law, legal definitions
82 pages - 11 page Index - 8 ½ x 11 Soft Cover
______ Cost- $15.00 (Plus $2.00 S/H)


ORDER FROM:   (Printable Order Form) 

Mary Jo Moore
105 Cassie Circle
West Paducah, Kentucky 42086



Divorce Index, 1840-1920, Williamson County, Illinois. Compiled by Charla Murphy & Helen Lind. Every name index to the divorces in the Circuit Clerk’s office at the Williamson Co. Court House.
Price- $8.00 plus postage.

Chancery Partition, Dower & Deed Records Index, Circuit Clerk’s Office, Williamson County, IL Indexed by Charla Murphy & Helen Lind. 104 pages, soft cover.
Price $10.00 plus postage.

Criminal Records Index, Circuit Clerk’s Office, Williamson County, IL. Indexed by Charla Murphy & Helen Lind. 67 pages
Price $8.00 plus postage.

Herrin City Cemetery, Williamson County, IL. 277 pages plus every name index. Spiral bound and laminated.
Price $30.00 plus postage

Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Williamson County, Illinois. Compiled by Charla Murphy and Helen Lind. 72pages plus index, soft cover.
Price $12.00 + postage.


Oak Grove, Gentry, Wolf Creek, New Pleasant Hill, Liberty and Grange Hall Cemeteries. Compiled by Charla Murphy and Helen Lind. 102 pages plus index, soft cover.
Price-$18.00 + postage.

Lakeview Cemetery, Johnston City, Illinois. Compiled by Charla Murphy and Helen Lind. 407 pages plus index, soft cover.
Price- $50.00 + postage.

Three Cemeteries of Rock Creek, Williamson Co., IL - Coal Bank Springs, Tanner-Neely-Old Indian Camp, New Indian Camp by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy. 84p Indexed.
Cost $18 plus postage.

Lake Creek-Hartwell Cemetery, Williamson Co., IL by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy. 49 pages plus index.
Cost $10 + postage.

Freedom and Fountain Cemeteries by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy.
Cost $16.00 plus postage.

Shiloh Cemetery & Davis Prairie Cemetery, Williamson County, Illinois, by Charla Murphy & Helen Sutt Lind. 68 pages, plus index.
Cost $16.00 plus postage

The Barham Connection - Barham Cemetery Inscriptions and Family Genealogy by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy. 73p. Indexed.
Cost $15.00 plus postage shipping and handling.

Williamson County Illinois Death Records, Vol. 1 transcribed by Charla Murphy & Helen Lind. 112 pages including index.
Cost $16.00 plus postage


Williamson County Illinois Death Records, Vol. II, 1885 to 1903. 107 pages, index.
Price $16 + postage.

Masonic and Lithuanian Cemeteries Shakerag, Williamson County, Illinois. Compiled by Helen Lind. 57 pages plus index, soft cover.
Price - $10.00 + postage.

Updated Version of “Those Left Behind”, Cemeteries in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, Williamson County, Illinois. Compiled by Helen Sutt Lind. Contains all 29 cemeteries in the original 1995 edition. Two cemeteries, Fowler and Carterville Community Cemetery, have been added, plus additional research. 103p., soft cover, every name index.
Cost $18.00 + postage.

Off The Beaten Path, Some Williamson County, Illinois Cemeteries. Compiled by Helen Sutt Lind. Some cemeteries found in the remote areas of the county. 105p. Indexed.
Cost $18.00 plus postage

Off The Beaten Path II, compiled by Helen Sutt Lind. Some Williamson County, Illinois cemeteries. Contains 48 cemeteries from all 12 townships. 107p., soft cover, every name index.
Cost $18.00 + postage.

1880 Mortality Schedule Williamson County, Illinois compiled by Helen Sutt Lind.
Cost $5.00 plus postage

Events in Egypt, Williamson County, Illinois, 10 Volumes compiled by Helen Sutt Lind. Newspaper excerpts, deaths, birth, marriages & other interesting events from Marion, IL newspapers. Everyname index.
Vol. 1-1856-1878 - Cost $25.00 plus postage
Vol. 2 -1879-1881 - Cost $18.00 plus postage
Vol. 3-1882-1887 - Cost $18.00 plus postage
Vol. 4 -1888-1893 - Cost $18.00 plus postage
Vol. 5-1894-1895 - Cost $16.00 plus postage
Vol. 6 -1896-1898 - Cost $20.00 plus postage
Vol. 7-1899-1900 - Cost $18.00 plus postage
Vol. 8- 1901-1904 - Cost $18.00 plus postage
Vol. 9-1905-1909 - Cost $20.00 plus postage
Vol.10-1910-1912 - Cost $22.00 plus postage
Vol. 11- 1913 - Cost $20.00 plus postage

Hurricane Cemetery, Williamson County, Illinois compiled by Jo Ann Ladd Hatfield & Helen Sutt Lind. Annotated with deaths, births, marriage from county records & newspaper obits.
Cost $18.00 plus $2.00 postage.

Order the 29 books listed above from: Helen Lind, 1211 Monroe St., Johnston City, IL 62951-1516. Postage for all books ordered from Helen Lind is: $3.00 for first book and $1.00 for each additional book



Williamson County War History, WWI, 393p., reprint, portraits, illus-
Cost-$17.50 plus $2.00 postage

The Slighted - Index to Williamson County War History WWI , by Lona Tyner-
Cost $2.50 plus $1.00 postage

Boner Cemetery, Franklin County, IL by Charla Murphy & Helen Lind. 911p plus index
Cost - $12.50 plus postage

Order these three (3) books above from: Helen Lind, 1211 Monroe St., Johnson City, IL 62951-1516. Postage for all books ordered from Helen Lind is: $3.00 for first book and $1.00 for each additional book.



The Story of Carterville: It’s 100 Years 1871-1971 by Maranda Cavanas Scoby. Hardcover, 193p Index,
Cost- $17.00

Hill Funeral Home Death Certificate Records, Carterville, IL, Jan. 28 1928 to July 1, 1959. Hard cover, 491p., every name index.
Cost $39.00.

Williamson County, Illinois, 1860 Federal Census compiled by Jo Ann Hatfield and Helen Lind. Cost - Hard cover -$30.00.

Make check payable to: Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois. Mail order for these 3 books to:
Mrs. Tullyne Oliver, P.O. Box 456, Norris City, IL 62869-0456.



Williamson County, Illinois 1868 Taxes, With Real Estate, City Lots and Personal Property Lists Comp. by Patricia S. Davis. Includes town-range maps for charting property & reproductions from the 1868 Assessor’s Book of property names & many real estate names. 238p. indexed. hard cover.
Cost $35.00 postpaid

If ordering 2 books, deduct $2.00 postage. IL residents add 6.5% sales tax.

Order from: Patricia S. Davis, 103 Buchanan St., Marion, IL 62959-2640



Williamson County, Illinois 1900 Census comp. by Margie Garr. 2 volumes.
Cost - $91.00 includes shipping.

“Hatch, Match, & Dispatch” excerpts from Johnston City, IL newspaper.
v. 1-1927-29;
v. 2-1930-32;
v. 3-1933-34;
v. 4-1935-36;
v. 5- 1937-1938;
v. 6-25 Mar 1938-1 Sep 1939;
v. 7-June 30, 1939-Dec 27, 1940.
Compiled by Margie Garr.
Cost - $28.00 per volume, includes shipping.

Order Garr books from: Margie Garr, 1505 Mistletoe, Mountain Home, AR 72653.



Backyard Archaeology at the Willis Allen House. House is located in Marion, IL.
Cost- $5.95 plus $1.75 shipping for first book, 50c for each additional book. Illinois residents add 6.25% sales tax.
Order from: American Kestrel Books, American Resources Group, 127 N. Washington , Carbondale, IL 62901



Cast a Long Shadow by Ruth Seamands. A saga of 3 generations of a Southern Illinois family, reaching from the coal mines of “Bloody” Williamson Co. to the dusty roads of India.
Cost - $10.75.
Order from: Ruth Seamands, 188 Wesley Dr., Wilmore, KY 40390-9790.



James Bishop Morray of Southern Illinois by Robert D. Garrett.
Cost - $15.00 postpaid.
Order from: Robert D. Garrett, 11847 Driftwood Rd., Marion, IL 62959.



The Magic of Egypt by William McFarlane. History of Johnston City, IL.
Cost - $17.00 plus $3.00 postage.
Order from: William N. McFarlane, 1411 Jefferson Ave., Johnston City, IL 62951



Sheriff, A Memoir of a Lawman From Bloody Williamson County, Illinois by Harry Spiller. As sheriff, Spiller would confront a serial rapist & murderer, successfully campaign for and oversee a major courthouse and jail expansion, and direct numerous crime investigations. Spiller recounts the life of a rural sheriff with a fine sensitivity and sly wit. Cost - $24.95 plus $2.00 shipping & handling.

Prisoners of Nazis by Harry Spiller. This book accounts for American POWS in World War II. Cost is $24.95 plus $2.00 shipping & handling.

American POWS in Korea, Sixteen Personal Accounts by Harry Spiller. More than 7,000 Americans were captured during the Korean War and in North Korean prison camps. Through compelling personal interviews, this book tells the stories of 16 who survived.
Cost is $23.50 plus $2.00 shipping & handling.

From Wake Island to Berlin by Harry Spiller. This 264 page book captures the true heroism of our WW II EX-POWS.
Cost is $19.95 plus $2.00 shipping & handling.

Order the four books listed above from: Harry Spiller, 3894 Route 37, Marion, IL 62959. Or visit his web page at www.warandcrime.com.



Second in Name Only. Recounting of First Ninety Years of Marion (IL) Second Baptist Church by Harry C. Boyd. Hard cover, 675p, Illus. , Indexed.
Price- $30.00 plus $3.00 postage.

Order from: Second Baptist Church, 308 S. Russell St., Marion, IL 62959.



Williamson County, Illinois in the World War, 1917-1918 edited by Hal W. Trovillion. 426p. portraits, illustrations, indexed.
Price $17.50 plus $3.00 postage.

Order from: Frankfort Area Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 427, West Frankfort, IL 62896.



“Up From the Ashes”, The Marion Cultral & Civic Center Foundation Commemorative Cookbook

NEW!! Cookbooks may be purchased from MCCC Foundation, c/o Linda Byassee, 802 Gregory Ave., Marion, IL 62959.
Prices are: pick-up $19.95, mailed $25.00.

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