Perry County, Illinois

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Perry County, Illinois
Established January 29, 1827
( Laws, 1827, page 110 )

Perry County was formed in 1827 out of Jackson and Randolph Counties.
It was named in honor of Oliver Hazard Perry who defeated the British fleet
at the decisive Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.

Parts of Perry County were formerly included in :
1790-1803 St. Clair County		1795-1827 Randolph County		1816-1827 Jackson County

County Seat - Pinckneyville
Approved June 1828

Early Perry County History

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B I O G R A P H I E S

The Doctors of DuQuoin Dr. William Arms, Dr. Thomas Burgess, Dr. Warren Burgess, Dr. M. C. Carr, Dr. J. W. Dunn, Dr. W. T. Maclin
John Campbell, King of Scotland
William H. CRAIN Samuel BURR Family Dorothy DAY Harold Raymond DAY Amelia DOERFLEIN Donald W. DOERFLEIN George DOERFLEIN, Jr. George DOERFLEIN, Sr. Lazarus EATON Samuel EATON		John D. B. LANE LEMEN Family Pearle R. LOGAN (nee Redfern) McCLURKEN, Roselia Florence ( nee Redfern) James Curtis Milligan Forgus MILLIGAN Milton Wiley MILLIGAN Zone Franklin THOMPSON

The Doctors of DuQuoin
Dr. William Arms, Dr. Thomas Burgess, Dr. Warren Burgess,
Dr. M. C. Carr, Dr. J. W. Dunn, Dr. W. T. Maclin

John Campbell, King of Scotland

William H. CRAIN
Samuel BURR Family
Dorothy DAY
Harold Raymond DAY
Amelia DOERFLEIN
Donald W. DOERFLEIN
George DOERFLEIN, Jr.
George DOERFLEIN, Sr.
Lazarus EATON
Samuel EATON

John D. B. LANE
LEMEN Family
Pearle R. LOGAN (nee Redfern)
McCLURKEN, Roselia Florence ( nee Redfern)
James Curtis Milligan
Forgus MILLIGAN
Milton Wiley MILLIGAN
Zone Franklin THOMPSON

C E M E T E R I E S

Antioch Cemetery
no information at this time

Bethel Cemetery
no information at this time

Bradley Cemetery
no information at this time

Campbell Cemetery
( complete transcription )

Chapman Cemetery
Directions and Partial Burial List

Concord Cemetery
Directions and Partial Burial List

Cottom Cemetery

Cross Baptist Cemetery
Partial Burial List

Cudgetown Cemetery

Curlee Cemetery
no information at this time

Cutler Cemetery
( partial transcription )

Dry Cemetery
no information at this time

DuQuoin I O O F Cemetery
( partial transcription )

Galum Cemetery
no information at this time

Galum Baptist Cemetery
no information at this time

Galum Presbyterian Cemetery
( partial burial list - KRUG)

Greenbrier Cemetery
Transcription

Haggard Cemetery

Hopewell Cemetery
Partial Burial List

House Cemetery

Map of House Cemetery

Immaculate Conception Cemetery
no information at this time

Keene Cemetery
aka   Old Keene Cemetery
    Directions and Photos and Partial Burial List

Jenkins / Jinkins Cemetery
Moved to Percy, Randolph County
Relocation and Jenkins info

Jones Cemetery
no information at this time

Lee Cemetery

Lost Prairie Cemetery
no information at this time

McElvain Cemetery
( partial burial list )

Mueller Hill Cemetery
Directions and Partial Burial List

Ninemile Cemetery
( partial burial list )

Oak Grove Cemetery
Directions and Partial Burial List

Old Concord Cemetery
Pilot Knob Township,
Washington County, Illinois

Old DuQuoin Cemetery
Lot Owners & Burials

Old DuQuoin Cemetery History

Pick Cemetery
no information at this time

Pinckneyville Cemetery
Partial Burial List

Primitive Baptist Cemetery
no information at this time

Ross Cemetery
no information at this time

Round Prairie Cemetery
no information at this time

Sacred Heart Cemetery
( partial burial list )

Spring Hill Cemetery
a k a Boyle Farm Cemetery
near Winkle, Perry County, Illinois

St. Bruno's Catholic Cemetery
Directions and Partial Burial List

Saint Joseph Cemetery
no information at this time

St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Cemetery
Todds Mill, Perry County, Illinois
( complete transcription )

Sunset Memorial Park
DuQuoin, Perry County, Illinois
( partial burial list )

Sutter Cemetery
Rural Route DuQuoin, Perry County, Illinois
( partial burial list )

Tangen Cemetery
( one burial )

Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
no information at this time

Vancil Cemetery
no information at this time

Weitzel Cemetery
no information at this time

Williams Cemetery
no information at this time

Youngblood Cemetery
no information at this time

C E N S U S

1855 Perry County, Illinois State Census
Township 4 South, Range 4 West
Township 6 South, Range 3 West

C H U R C H E S

Denmark Baptist Church
159 years Cutler, Illinois

Nine Mile Baptist Church

C I T I E S & T O W N S

DuQuoin Postcards circa 1940
Old DuQuoin Photographs
Shook's Country Store
Pinckneyville Pictures
Joel Russell's Willisville Photos

D E A T H R E C O R D S

Death Index 1916 -1950
| A | | Ba-Bi | | Bl-Bz | | C | | D | | E | | F |
| G | | Ha-He | | Hi-Hu | | I | | J | | K | | L |
| M | | Mc | | N | | O | | P | | Q | | R |

| Sa-Sl | | Sm-Sz | | T | | U | | V | | W | | Y | | Z |

Miscellaneous Death Listings

E X E C U T I O N S

Executions in Perry County

F A M I L Y H I S T O R Y

BAXTER Family
Levina ( nee Logan ) COCKRILL
Lemmon - Killion Family Register
LEMEN Family
Descendants of Carrol Bias LOGAN
The Drury LOGAN Family
Euclid Washington LOGAN and
Queen Dilla Benedict LOGAN
The Life of Reuben M. LOGAN
The Family of William LOGAN
The Life of Zachariah LOGAN
Our Early MILLIGAN Immigrants
TURNER Family
first 'colored' family in area
WORTHINGTON
Hillard & Emma (nee Wolf) Worthington
Obituaries and Family lineage

L I N E A G E S
S U R N A M E S		Q U E R I E S

"F I R S T S" of Perry County

County Commissioners
(includes School Commissioners)

County Judges and Clerks of the Court

Grand and Petit Jurors

Masters In Chancery; Coroners; Recorder and Mine Inspector

Senators and Representatives

Sheriffs of the County

The First Murder Trial

F U N E R A L N O T I C E S
M E M O R I A L C A R D S

AAPUHN, Maude I.
BEARD, Charles S.
BLAKESLEE, Ellen A.
BURNETT, Ethel Maude
KILLION, Lon
KILLION, Sarah
LEE, Charles
LEMMON, James W.

LOGAN, Andrew J.
LOGAN, Blanche H.
LOGAN, Eveline
LOGAN, James
LUKE, Aril Webster
LUKE, Mary Agnes
MILLER, Harry F.
SHOOK, L. G.
SHOOK, Otilla

SHOOK, Robert S., Sr.

M A R R I A G E S R E C O R D S

Marriages - Book "A" partial list

M A R R I A G E S - W E D D I N G S

Dippel - Burk
Helvey - Stowers
Logan - Norbury
McClurken - Redfern
Medeker - Ross
Nehrkorn's 50th Anniversary
Rosenberger's 50th Anniversary
Schimpf - Rosenberger
Watts - Logan
Williams - Logan

M I L I T A R Y R E C O R D S

Unknown Burial Locations

Grand Army of the Republic
G. A. R. 1913 Rosters
G. A. R. Transcription of the Death Rolls, 1879-1947
in Washington & Perry Counties, Illinois
including some neaby communtiies

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents (1887-1916) at Quincy, Illinois

World War I Veteran's Photos

Korean War Casualty List

Viet Nam War Casualty List

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing

N E W S P A P E R E X T R A C T S

The Pinckneyville Advocate - April 23, 1920

O B I T U A R I E S

Index of
Obituaries

P E N S I O N R E C O R D S

List of Pensioners on the Roll, 1883

P O S T O F F I C E S of Perry County

Past & Present Post Offices

P R E C I N C T S of Perry County
Perry County has never adopted the township form of government.
The county has been divided into precincts.

Beaucoup	Cutler	DuQuoin

Paradise	Pinckneyville	Sunfield

Swanwick	Tamaroa	Willisville

Research Locations

Cutler Public Library PO Box 57 409 South Main Cutler, Illinois 62238		DuQuoin Public Library 28 South Washington Street DuQuoin, Illinois 62832		Pinckneyville Public Library 312 South Walnut Street Pinckneyville, Illinois 62274
	Perry County Historical Society 108 West Jackson Street Pinckneyville, Illinois 62274

I R A D `Research requests should be sent to the IRAD depository holding the records you wish to have searched.`
IRAD Depository c/o Special Collections Morris Library-6632 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois 62901 618 - 453 - 3040			Illinois Regional Archives Depository Illinois State Archives Springfield, Illinois 62756 217 - 785 - 1266 Fax : 217 - 524 - 3930

	Perry County Government Building P.O. Box 438 Pinckneyville, Illinois 62274
Perry County Clerk 618 - 357-5116		Perry County Circuit Clerk 618 - 357-6726		Perry County Recorder 618 - 357-5116

R E U N I O N S

LOGAN-GASS FAMILY REUNION - August 28, 1960

		Veterans of Perry, County The United States at War

V E T E R A N S Listed Alphabetically

| A | | B | | C | | D | | E | | F | | G | | H | | I | | J | | K | | L | | M | | Mc |

| N | | O | | P | | Q | | R | | S | | T | U | | V | | W | | X | | Y | | Z |

Unknown Burial Locations

Grand Army of the Republic
G. A. R. 1913 Rosters
G. A. R. Transcription of the Death Rolls, 1879-1947
in Washington & Perry Counties, Illinois
including some neaby communtiies

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents (1887-1916) at Quincy, Illinois

World War I Veteran's Photos
Duncan - Luke - Wilson

Korean War Casualty List

Viet Nam War Casualty List

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing

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