ILLINOIS GENEALOGY EXPRESS - Cumberland Co., Illinois

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Cumberland County, Illinois
History & Genealogy

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Source:
Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois
Historical and Biographical -
Publ. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co.
1884

PART I

American Settlements	59
Black Hawk and the Black Hawk War	73
Discovery of the Ohio River	32
Division of the Northwest Territory	65

Early Explorations	20
English Explorations and Settlements	34
Geographical Position	19
Tecumseh and the War of 1812	69

ILLUSTRATIONS

Black Hawk, Sac Chieftain	74
Buffalo Hunt	26
High Bridge	33
Indians attacking Frontiersmen	55
Indians attacking a Stockade	71
Lake Bluff	62
La Salle Landing on the Shores of Green Bay	24
Mouth of the Mississippi	31

Niagara Falls	92
Perry's Monument	91
Pioneer Dwelling	60
Pontiac, Ottawa Chieftain	42
Present Site of Lake St. Bridge, Chicago, 1883	58
Source of the Mississippi	22
Tecumseh, Shawanoe Chieftain	68
Trapping	28

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS AMENDMENTS ............. 79

PART II
HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY

ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT	91
- Agriculture, etc.	104
- Churches - Not started	170
- Clerks, Circuit	146
- Commissioners, County	142
- County's Name, Origin of the	96
- Court, County	142
- Courts, First	140
- Early Settlers - partially finished	110
- Fair Association	109
- Geology	99
- Horticulture, etc.	104
- Industries and Experiences of Settlers	110
- Judges, County	147
- Jurors, First	140
- Material Resources	102
- Minor Divisions	130
- Officials, County	142
- Origin of the County - Not started	91
- Political Organization - Not started	123
- Press and Politics - Not started	167
- Public Buildings - partially finished	136
- Railroads - partially finished	154
- Schools - Not started	173
- School Superintendents	148
- Secret Organizations - Finished	175
- Sheriffs, County	146
- Stock Raising	104

- Supervisors, Board of	142
- Surveyors, County	148
- Swamp Lands	104
- Topography	97
- Treasurers, County	147
WAR RECORD	176
- Cavalry, Fifth - Finished	192
- Infantry, Twenty-First - Finished	181
- Infantry, Fifty-Ninth - Finished	184
- Infantry, Sixty-First - Finished	196
- Infantry, Sixty-Second - Finished	199
- Infantry, Ninety-Seventh - Finished	187
- Infantry, One Hundred and Twenty-Third - Finished	188
- Infantry, One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth - Finished	192
VILLAGES OF THE COUNTY	201
- Bradbury	223
- Centerville	223
- Diona	223
- Greenup - partially finished	201
- Hazel Dell	223
- Janesville	223
- Jewett	211
- Johnstown	210
- Neoga - partially finished	219
- Rainsburg	223
- Toledo	213
- Woodbury	210

PORTRAITS

NOTE: The following items will be transcribed within their own counties in this website

PART III
HISTORY OF JASPER COUNTY.

ORGANIZATION AND CONDITION	367
- Agriculture	378
- Fair Association	381
- Geology	373
- Material Resources	376
- Name, Origin of	369
- Settlement, Early	382
- Swamp Lands	378
- Topography	371
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION	393
- Acts of County Commissioners	394
- Attorneys, State's	426
- Charities, County	418
- Circuit Clerks	425
- Coroners	426
- Courts and Crime	419
- Court House	413
- Jail, The	415
- Judge, County	426
- Officials, County	422
- Public Buildings	413
- School Commissioners	426
- Sheriffs, County	425
- Supervisors, County	423
- Surveyrs, County	426
- Townships	400
- Treasurers, County	425
- Voting Precincts	400
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT	427
- Benevolent Societies	455
- Bridges	434
- Church, The	449
- Ferries	434
- Modes of Life, Early	427
- Press and Politics	444
- Railroads	436
- Roads, Early	431
- Schools, The	451
- School Statistics	455
- Settlers, Early	427
- Societies, Benevolent	455

- Travel, Early	431
JASPER COUNTY IN THE WAR	458
- Cavalry, Fifth	474
- Infantry, Eighth	460
- Infantry, Eleventh	463
- Infantry, Twenty-First	465
- Infantry, Thirty-Eighth	468
- Infantry, Forty-Sixth	471
- Infantry, One Hundred and Thirtieth	473
- Infantry, One Hundred and Forty-Third	473
- Infantry, One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth	473
VILLAGE GROWTH	477
- Advance	491
- Bogota	491
- Boos Station	491
- Brockville	487
- Buena Vista	487
- Centerville	487
- Constantinople	488
- Embarrassville	489
- Falmouth	491
- Franklin	488
- Granville	487
- Harrisburg	487
- Haysville	489
- Hildalgo	490
- Hunt City	490
- Langdon	489
- Latona	491
- List	491
- Mount Sidney	487
- New Liberty	488
- Newton	477
- Plainfield	487
- Pleasant Hill	488
- Point Pleasant	489
- Queenstown	487
- Rose Hill	489
- Saint Marie	481
- West Liberty	488
- Wheeler	491

PORTRAITS

Caldwell, A. Gallatin

411

Picquet, Joseph

443

ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION	585
- Agriculture	595
- Agricultural Societies	600
- Agricultural Statistics	601
- Geology	589
- Material Resources	593
- Origin of the County	585
- Personal Property	601
- Pioneers, The	606
- Real Estate Statistics	602
- Settlement, Early	604
- Social Customs, Early	614
- Topography	588
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION	618
- Churches, The	660
- Clerks, Circuit	639
- Clerks, County	639
- Commissioners, County	638
- Courts and Crimes	634
- Judges, County	640
- Minor Divisions	619
- Officials, County	638
- Press, The	657
- Press and Politics	656
- Public Buildings	626
- Railroads	645
- Roads, Early	641

- Schools, The	658
- Secret Organizations	667
- Sheriffs, County	640
- Social Development	641
- Superintendent of Schools, County	640
- Surveyors, County	640
- Treasurers, County	639
THE WAR RECORD	683
- Cavalry, Fifth	705
- Cavalry, Sixth	696
- Infantry, Eighth	685
- Infantry, Sixtieth	703
- Infantry, Sixty-Third	687
- Infantry, Ninety-Eighth	690
- Infantry, One Hundred and Thirtieth	704
- Infantry, One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth	695
- Infantry, One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth	705
- Infantry, One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth	695
VILLAGE GROWTH	708
- Claremont	721
- Dundas	722
- Fairview	722
- Glenwood	723
- Noble	718
- Parkersburg	722
- Wakefield	722

PORTRAITS

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