Welcome to Illinois Genealogy Trails part of the Genealogy Trails Group Livingston County History and Genealogy Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This county is available for adoption! If you want to join our group to help us put genealogical data online for the free use of all researchers, visit our Researcher's Information page and then email Kim WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. WE DO OUR BEST TO PRESENT FREE MATERIAL THAT WILL HELP YOU RESEARCH YOUR FAMILY IN ILLINOIS AND MANY TIMES, FOREGO OUR OWN PERSONAL RESEARCH TO DO SO. WE HAVE SET UP A RESEARCH HELP PAGE TO ANSWER MOST OF THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT RESEARCH IN ILLINOIS. PLEASE REFER TO THIS PAGE BEFORE CONTACTING US FOR HELP. THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING! Livingston County Facts Established February 27, 1837 Livingston County was Named for: Edward Livingston, a lawyer and statesman, Mayor of the City of New York, Representative in Congress from New York and later from Louisiana, United States Senator from Louisiana, Secretary of State under Jackson, and United States Minister to France. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: 1831–1837 - LaSalle 1831–1837 - McLean 1826–1837 - Vermilion 1827–1831 - Tazewell 1821–1827 - Fayette 1823–1826 - Edgar 1819–1823 - Clark 1816–1819 - Crawford 1815–1816 - Edwards 1812–1815 - Madison 1801–1812 - St. Clair 1790–1801 - Knox, Northwest Territory Online Data Story of Civil War Veteran Albert Cashier, aka Jennie Hodgers 1878: 10th Battalion Roster of the Illinois National Guard, stationed in Livingston Co. Biographies (New!) Odell Sesquicentennial History - 1854-2004 Happenings in Dwight from November 1890 to January 1, 1892 Newspaper Stories (Updated!) Obituary Index (Updated!) Livingston County Convicts in the Joliet Prison Cemetery Listings Ancona Chatsworth Hadleys Morris Paynes Spence Sullivan Center Avoca Cooper Houder Mt. Olivet Philips Springer Sunbury Bayou Cornell Ill State Prison Cem. Mt. Zion Pike St. John's Sunny Slope Blackstone Defenbaugh Indian Grove Nevada Pleasant Ridge St. Joseph's Swygert Broughton Dwight Old Town Johnson New Michigan Pontiac City St. Mary's Union Calder Earp Long Point Nigh Chapel Rooks Creek St. Patrick's Walden Farm Calvary Fairview McDowell No. Apostolic Church Round Grove St. Paul's Waldo Camp Forest McMillan Oak Lawn Rowe St. Petri West Lawn Campbell Germanville Memorial Park Odell Sacred Heart Catholic St. Rose   Center Graceland Moon's Point Patty Saunemin Strawn   Towns/Cities of Livingston County: Campus, Chatsworth, Cornell, Cullom, Emington, Fairbury, Flanagan, Forrest, Long Point, Odell, Pontiac (county seat), Saunemin, Strawn Livingston County Townships: source: IRAD Amity Avoca Belle Prairie Broughton - Name changed from Broughtonville on October 3, 1860. Charlotte - Formed from Saunemin in 1865. Chatsworth - Name changed from Olivers Grove on October 11, 1859. Dwight Eppards Point Esmen Fayette - Formed from Belle Prairie on February 22, 1870. Forrest - Formed from Chatsworth as Forrestville in 1861; renamed Forrest in 1865. Germanville - Formed as Germantown from Chatsworth in September, 1868; name changed to Germanville on July 22, 1879. Indian Grove - Name changed from Worth on May 11, 1858. Long Point Nebraska Nevada Newtown Odell Owego Pike Pleasant Ridge - Formed from Saunemin in April, 1859. Pontiac Reading Rooks Creek Round Grove Saunemin Sullivan - Formed from Saunemin in 1863. Sunbury Union - Formed from Odell in 1864. Waldo - Formed as Kansas from Nebraska on September 12, 1860; the name was changed to Waldo because of a name conflict with a township in another county. Township Map (off-site link to IRAD site) Livingston County Courthouse 112 West Madison Street Pontiac, IL 61764 County Clerk (815) 844-2006, ext. 128 Circuit Clerk (815) 844-2602, ext. 139 Recorder (815) 844-2006, ext. 128 Illinois Genealogy Trails Main Website Data Illinois Genealogy Trails Military Data - Revolutionary, War of 1812, Civil War, War War II, Korean War and more Illinois Genealogy Trails Census - Census data currently online for all of our counties Illinois State Data - Contains history, maps, Convict Register and more! Illinois Events - Contains Epidemics, Slavery, Events, etc. Volunteer Information - Counties that are available for adoption and instructions County Selection Map Research Help Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing List - Keep informed of our county updates Visit the neighboring counties: [LaSalle] [Woodford] [Ford*] [McLean*] [Kankakee*] [Grundy*] * Available for adoption   All data on this website is © Copyright 2001-2008 by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.