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County History
Named for Richard Montgomery, a Revolutionary General, of Irish birth, who was killed in the assault against Quebec on December 31, 1775.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, an interior county, situated northeast of St. Louis and south of Springfield; area 702 square miles, population (1900), 30,836-derives its name from Gen. Richard Montgomery. The earliest settlements by Americans were toward the close of 1816, county organization being effected five years later. The entire population, at that time, scarcely exceeded 100 families. The surface is undulating, well watered and timbered. The seat of county government is located at Hillsboro. Litchfield is an important town. Here are situated car-shops and some manufacturing establishments. Conspicuous in the county's history as pioneers were Harris Reavis, Henry Pyatt, John Levi, Aaron Casey, John Tillson, Hiram Rountree, the Wrights (Joseph and Charles), the Hills (John and Henry), William McDavid and John Russell.
"Historical Encylopedia of Illinois", 1901

Towns

Butler

Coalton

Coffeen

Donnellson

Farmersville

Fillmore

Harvel

Hillsboro

Irving

Litchfield

Nokomis

Ohlman

Panama

Raymond

Schram City

Taylor Springs

Waggoner

Walshville

Wenonah

Witt

Townships

Audubon

Bois d'Arc

Butler Grove

East Fork

Fillmore

Grisham

Harvel

Hillsboro

Irving

Nokomis

North Litchfield

Pitman

Raymond

Rountree

South Fillmore

South Litchfield

Walshville

Witt

Zanesville

 
Source: Illinois State Archives website and wikipedia.org

Online Data

Biographies

Births

Cemeteries

Census

Church Histories/Records

County History

Court and Legal Records

Death Records

Family Bibles

Marriages

Military

Naturalizations
A-K / L-Z

Newspaper Data

Obituaries

Wills

 Surnames
and
Brick Walls

 
Website Updates:
Jan 2010: Known Revolutionary War soldiers of Montgomery co
Nov 2009: Elected
County commissioners, 1830-1850; Soldiers of the War of 1812; Index to Centennial History Books; 1850 census excerpts
Oct 2009: Woodside Cemetery burials, GREEN obituary
Sep 2009: obits for HILL, GORMAN; History of the naming of
Litchfield; Township Histories
Aug 2009:
Spanish War Veterans from Camp 125
; Old Hurricane Church Cemetery complete burials
June 2009: Reorganized the site...
Added Early Naturalizations, MANY newspaper items including over 200 new obituaries! 1928 List of Grocers in Litchfield; 1928 Junior High Graduates; 1927 High School Graduates; Birth, Death, Probate Records; Cemetery Burials, 1850 Mortality index; Churches; Wright Cemetery Burials, Clear Springs, Old Bear Creek, Kirkland, Waveland, Wright, Mount Moriah, McDavid Point, Cress Hill, Edwards Chapel, Old Hurricane Church, Bluffs, Greenwood, Crabtree, Gray, Allen, Roberts, Williamson, Lutheran Cemetery Burials; Rev. War Pension Data for: BRIANCE, BROCKMAN, CRABTREE, DRISKILL, GORDON, HARRIS, LIGGETT, REAVIS, RICHARDSON, SIGHTS

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