Peoria County, Illinois Genealogy Trails
Peoria County History
:Time Line for the surveying of Peoria County:
North Line boundary was surveyed in Aug & Sept. 1816 by Amos Wheeler
South and West Boundary were surveyed in Feb. 1817 and the sub division lines in march 1817 by Thomas Willis
The lots in the Town of Peoria were surveyed 3rd of March 1835
The lot lines of the "Old and New" Villages of Peoria were surveyed in the 2nd Quarter of 1837 by Joseph
C. Brown
The remaining Lots where surveyed March 31, 1842 by D.A. Spaulding
This is what the Surveyor's office in St. Louis 2-11-1846
Notes from the Federal Township Plats of Illinois 1804-1891
http://landplats.ilsos.net/Flash/FTP_Illinois.html
Early Peoria Villages
The early history of the city of Peoria is really the history of the county,
as the first settlement and the only improvements made within the present boundaries of the county for many years
was ground now occupied by the city. ... Important facts and incidents connected with the first exploration, the
establishments of the French colony, the building and destruction of several forts in the vicinity and the settlement
of the village of Fort Clark by native Americans. ...
History of Peoria County,
IL 1880
The Geographical Position of Peoria
History of Peoria Villages and French Claims
Listing of French Claims in the Village
of Peoria
1813
1815
1820
Topographical Engineer Report on Fort Clark
Reminiscence of Early Peoria Indian Stories
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