Welcome to White County Illinois Genealogy and History   Part of the Genealogy Trails family. Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy   Our Group's goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This County Site is Available for Adoption! We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be successful. If you are interested in joining our group, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact us (Knowledge of how to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) WANT TO HELP? Check your attics! Dust off your family scrapbooks! We're looking for DATA for this site!!! If you are interested in adding your families' information this website, email us. We'll be happy to help your families' obituaries, news items and other historical data find a home here at Illinois Genealogy Trails, where it will remain free for all to view. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. ALL DATA IS ADDED TO THE SITE AS WE COME ACROSS IT, SO IF IT IS NOT HERE, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.  All data we come across will be added to this website, so please keep checking back. Founded 1815 County Seat Carmi Largest city Carmi The first white settlers came to White County between 1807 and 1809. The first settlements were near the Little Wabash River and Big Prairie, one of the numerous prairies in the county. These families—Hanna, Land, Hay, Williams, Calvert, Ratcliff, Holderby, Robinson, Stewart, among others—typically had spent time in the Carolinas, Kentucky or Tennessee before moving into Illinois, and many were of Scots-Irish descent. Many came through the land office at Shawneetown, Illinois, which was a port for flatboats which traveled the Ohio River. Other early settlements were Grayville, located at the mouth of Bonpas Creek and the Wabash River, settled by the Gray family around 1810; Phillipstown, on the bluffs above the Wabash and Fox River floodplain; and New Haven (mostly in Gallatin County), which was home to a brother of Daniel Boone around 1818. Old Sharon Church (Presbyterian), located near the later village of Sacramento, was organized around 1816, and the village of Seven Mile Prairie was established a few miles north of the church in the 1830s. (source: wikipedia) Cities, Towns and CDP's * Carmi * Grayville (south half) Villages * Burnt Prairie * Crossville * Enfield * Maunie * Mill Shoals * Norris City * Phillipstown * Springerton Unincorporated Towns * Brownsville * Bungay * Calvin * Centerville * Dogtown * Epworth * Gossett * Herald * Rising Sun * Sacramento Townships Burnt Prairie * Carmi * Emma * Enfield * Gray * Hawthorne Heralds Prairie * Indian Creek * Mill Shoals * Phillips  Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Gleanings Obituaries School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: SEARCH OUR SITES We also have mailing lists set up so that you can read about updates, discuss your families and connect with other researchers who are looking in the same area as you. Don't Miss Another Update! Join our Mailing Lists to be notified of website updates Surrounding Counties: * Edwards County (north) * Gibson County, Indiana (northeast) * Posey County, Indiana (east) * Gallatin County (south) * Saline County (southwest) * Hamilton County (west) * Wayne County (northwest) Visit our Illinois State Site Remember to bookmark us and keep checking back for new additions to the sites.     Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.