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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

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BIOGRAPHIES

OLD SETTLERS of Schuyler County
WOMEN of Schuyler County
BIOGRAPHIES of People Around Schuyler Co.
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

John Brown line from Janet Pease
James Wesley Davis from Rose Mary Lawson
Huff-Manlove from Linda Manlove
Lenover Family from Tammy Lenover Matthews
Sloan-Humphreys from Dann Norton
David Frederick Edwards by Mrs. M. Fred Edwards
Henry Kelly Family by Steve Butler



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



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 



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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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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