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If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists Illinois is covered under it's own Illinois Trails mailing list.       Established: February 28, 1839 Origin of the Name: Named from the State of New Jersey, which derived its name from the Isle of Jersey in Great Britain. County Seat: Jerseyville History of Jersey County In 1821, with the establishment of Greene County, it ceased to be a part of Madison County, a relation it had held since the latter was formed by Gov. Edwards in 1818. The part of Greene County that now constitutes Jersey County, continued to be included in Greene County until August 5, 1839. The Enabling Act passed by the Legislature, February 28, 1839, provided that on August 5, following at an election held for that purpose, a proposition should be submitted to the voters of the latter county, for and against the separation of Jersey County from Greene County, for their determination. At that election, there were 1,239 votes for and 714 against the proposition, a majority of 525 out of a total of 1, 953 votes. From 1821 until 1839, however, the history of Jersey County is naturally included in that of Greene, and is so given. [Hamilton "History of Jersey Co." 1919] Online Data    Schools/Politics/Elections ~~~Coroners-1839-1908 ~~~Members of the County Board ~~~Graduates of Jerseyville High/Jersey Township-1878-1918 ~~~City Officials 1868-1900 (a complete listing of names) ~~~First Post Office ~~~School Commissioners ~~~Mrs. Susan Henderson ~~~Judges of Elections ~~~ Cutting's School ~~~County Clerks-1843-1918 ~~~First Naturalization Papers ~~~Centennial Celebration ~~~Town Incorporation ~~~First Jail ~~~County Surveyors-1839-1918 Jersey County Convicts in the Joliet Prison Vital Records ~~~Births ~~~Deaths ~~~Obituaries and Death Announcements (NEW) ~~~Marriages ~~~Death of J.O. Smith ~~~ Chapter XXIII Physicians and Dental Surgeons Gives short bio of a lot of the physicians ~~~ Probate Records Military ~~~War of 1812 ~~~Black Hawk War ~~~Mexican War- also gives a short bio of a few of the men ~~~97th Infantry Soldiers of Jersey County  ~~~Roll of Honor ~~~133rd Illinois Infantry ~~~144th Illinois Infantry ~~~Men & Women serving in the World War ~~~Newly Registered Men (WW1 Draft Notices) ~~~7th, 9th, and 12th Illinois Volunteer Infantries ~~~ Illinois Volunteer Infantries ~~~ Men who went to Camp Taylor- August 1, 1918 ~~~ Sixty-First Illinois Volunteer Infantry   Biographies Index to every name in History of Jersey County 1919 (Updated!)  Township Histories Richwoods Ruyle Mississippi Elsah Otter Creek Quarry named changed from Grafton in 1880 Jersey Piasa * Rosedale English     History of Jersey County Old Settlers- Connected with the Old Settlers Society [A-K] [L-Z] Old Settlers of Jersey County- that do not appear on the records of the Old Settlers Society Jersey County residents- resided thirty five years in state The Gillham Family The Grimes Family The Hamilton Family Other Old Families Important Events Dr. Silas Hamilton Pere Marquette State Park (NEW) Fraternal Organizations Newspapers/Financial Interests Daily Democrat Jerseyville Republican Jerseyville Independent Jerseyville Examiner Jerseyville Register Jerseyville Evening News Daily & Weekly Journal Republican Call First Bank First National Bank of Jerseyville National Bank of Jerseyville State Bank of Jerseyville Jersey State Bank The Grafton Bank Bank of Fidelity Bank of Fieldon     The Jerseyville Examiner       Cemeteries      Cemeteries     Oak Grove Cemetery- also includes first persons buried there     Reunions/Stories/Directories   Jerseyville Young Ladies Seminary-1891 Jersey County Residents- residents older than 80    Miscellaneous Data Where to write or go in Jersey County for records Records at the IRAD Visit Teresa's site of Graves. 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