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Schuyler County, Illinois Trails

"Where the Latch String is Always Out"

"There's always a candle in the window"


Left pictures are the Rushville Square - top: 1900, middle: about 1920's, bottom: mid 1960's.
Right is a creek in Browning Township.



 

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Schuyler County is located in West Central Illinois, was formed in 1825 from Pike and Fulton Counties.
It's surrounded by Adams, Brown, Cass, Mason, Fulton, McDonough and Hancock Counties
The county seat is Rushville

Available Records:
Federal Census are available from 1830;
Birth and death records from 1877; Marriage records from 1825;
Divorce, Probate and Civil Court Records from the Clerk of the Circuit Court


*Note: Unless otherwise stated, ALL DATA and INFO are donated, transcribed and submitted by
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BIOGRAPHIES

OLD SETTLERS of Schuyler County

WOMEN of Schuyler County

BIOGRAPHIES of People Around Schuyler Co.
UPDATED

Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler & Brown Co., IL 1892

 

 

CEMETERIES

NAMES AND LOCATIONS

 

 

Private Cemetery Moved - March 1872

COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Naturalization and Citizenship 

 

 

CENSUS

Census Index

1840 Census

1850 Census Index

1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

 

 

DEATHS

Death Certificate Index

Death Records, Book 1, 1877-1903

Deaths from 1916-1950 Illinois Death Index

Funeral Cards

Obituaries Index 

Probates & Wills Index

GENEALOGY
Donated Lines
(Researchers are advised to confirm all data for themselves!)

John Brown line

James Wesley Davis

Huff-Manlove

Lenover Family

Sloan-Humphreys

David Frederick Edwards

Henry Kelly Family

Roberts Family (New)

HISTORIES

County

History of Schuyler County and Courthouse

 

 

Businesses

Montooth Horse Barn and Business

 

 

Churches

Bader Christian Church, Bader

First Presbyterian Church, Rushville

 

 

LAND RECORDS

Land Records

Public Domain Land Tract Sales 

Prairie Farmer's Directory of Brown and Schuyler Counties, Illinois 1918

MARRIAGES

First 100 Marriages in Schuyler County

Marriage Books - By year

Marriage Licenses & Applications Images

 

 

BIRTHS

Contributed Records

MAPS & PLATS

1872 Schuyler County Plat including townships and cities

 

 

MILITARY

Military Index

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS INFO

Schuyler County Convicts in Joliet Prison - link to IL main site

 

Barker, Joseph;  Bightol, William; Clarke, Howard W.; Copeland, R. S.; Fields, Frederic; Jones, Edward; Milslagel, Edward; Walker, John M.; Ward, William; Yates, Charles C.

 

 

OLD NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Newspaper Index (Updated)

 

 

PHOTOS & IMAGES

Ink Drawings

Photos

 

 

Research Help

Vital Records Addreses

 

 

Illinois Public Land Survey System

Illinois Meridians and Base Lines

 

 

Schuyler County Jail Museum & Historical Society

 

 

TALES & LORE

Schuyler County Tales & Lore

 

 

TAX ROLLS

1838 Tax Roll Payers

 

 

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THANKS from your Schuyler County Host

In Memory September 11, 2001

In Memory 2001-2009

Eagle Crying from
Army Officer stationed Europe


For Our Soldiers in Harms Way

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