WELCOMES YOU TO JACKSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Our goal at Illinois Genealogy Trails is to transcribe raw data pertaining to this county and place it online for the FREE use of all researchers. Hi, My name is Leslie (McNier) Riney and I am your host for Jackson County, Illinois.  I am a direct descendant of the McNier's and Mayhew's from Jackson County and a descendant of the Seals and Williams' of Pulaski and Union counties in Southern Illinois and of the Williams' from Murray County, Georgia.   Updated: 13 Mar 2012 Death Listings In Progress You can now easily also submit an obituary or headstone transcription by clicking the link buttons above! The hosts at Genealogy Trails always welcome any info that you might like to add to our state and county sites.  If you have data that you would like to contribute, please email  me.   We regret that we are unable to perform personal research.     Thanks for visiting Genealogy Trails and we hope you find something that you've been looking for. Read about Us! 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. The county seat is Murphysboro. The original county seat and courthouse were located along the Big Muddy River at Brownsville. To afford a more strategic location after the courthouse in Brownsville was destroyed by fire, County government was moved upstream a few miles to Murphysboro. There are few traces of Brownsville still visible. The most populous city is Carbondale, home to the main campus of Southern Illinois University. Cities and Towns: Ava -- Campbell Hill -- Carbondale -- De Soto -- Dowell -- Elkville Gorham -- Grand Tower -- Makanda -- Murphysboro -- Vergennes [Source: wikipedia.org] Online Data   Bible Records Cemetery Records Biographies Obituaries Death Listings Photos & Postcards Census Records Court Related Records Church Records Diaries and Memoirs Directories History Schools Military Land Records Newspapers Crime & Accidents 18 Mar 1925 Tornado Other Data  Family Pictures Links Family Trees Births Marriages 1942 Yearbook Query Board 1914 Map - - -  SEARCH THIS SITE: site search by freefind Be sure to visit the counties that surround Jackson.  The Illinois Genealogy Trails volunteers work hard to provide you with online material.      Union County Williamson County Perry County Randolph County Johnson County ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS To visit other Illinois Trails Counties, select from the following links: Clickable County Map County Text Selection Page You are visitor to this website   All data on this website is ©copyright 2008-2012 by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.