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Montgomery County
Illinois Trails
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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
Source: Illinois State Archives website and wikipedia.org
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Biographies
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Births
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Cemeteries
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Census
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Church Histories/Records
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County History
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Court and Legal Records
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Death Records
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Family Bibles
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Marriages
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Military
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Naturalizations
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Newspaper Data
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Obituaries
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Wills
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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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