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Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Cemeteries of Tunnel Hill Township, Johnson County, Illinois
Author: Cemeteries of Vienna Township, Johnson County, Illinois
Author: Township
Author: Michael D. SublettPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9780820470559
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The contemporary method of township government arrived in Illinois in the middle of the nineteenth century. Replacing the commission method of county government, which Illinois had employed since statehood in 1818, the township innovation spread south and westward across Illinois, almost completely ousting the county commissioners. Today, the commission format survives only in seventeen peripheral and largely rural Illinois counties. This book asserts that townships have persisted partly because they offer vital services at a reasonable cost to taxpayers, but also because of a vigorous defense of the method made by township officials with political connections in the Illinois general assembly. Discussing the successes and failures of attempts by abolition-minded citizens to eliminate all or individual townships in various counties, Township focuses on the spatial diffusion, periodic threats to, and determined persistence of the township system.
Family Maps of Johnson County, Illinois, Deluxe Edition
Author: Gregory A. BoydPublisher:
ISBN: 9781420314588
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
192 pages with 38 total maps Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Johnson County, Illinois, gleaned from the indexes of the Illinois State Archives. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries. Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds. The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s. List of Details Found Below . . . What's Mapped in his book? What YEARS are these maps for? What Cities and Towns are in Johnson County, Illinois (and in this book)? Indexes in this book Reviews by the Experts . . . Surnames found in this book Book Specifications What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . . 3431 Parcels of Land (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map) 66 Cemeteries plus . . . Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc. Back to Top of Description What YEARS are these maps for? Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the patent applications were made: DecadeParcel-count 1810s132 1820s5 1830s243 1840s296 1850s2752 1860s66 1870s26 1880s86 1890s48 1900s18 Back to Top of Description What Cities and Towns are in Johnson County, Illinois (and in this book)? Belknap, Bender (historical), Bloomfield, Buncombe, Cross Roads (historical), Crossroads, Cypress, Deer Ridge, Eagle Point Bay, Egyptian Hills, Elvira, Flatwoods, Forman, Ganntown, Goreville, Grantsburg, Joppa Junction, New Burnside, Omar, Ozark, Parker, Pharoahs Gardens, Pleasant Grove, Pond, Reevesville, Reynoldsburg, Robinwood, Sandburn, Simpson, Sugar Creek Ranch, Tunnel Hill, Vienna, Wagon Creek Heaven, Wartrace, West Vienna, White Hill
Cemeteries of Burnside Township, Johnson County, Illinois
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Category : Burnside (Ill. : Township)
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Cemeteries of Bloomfield Township, Johnson County, Illinois
Author: Richard D. SullinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Cemeteries of Cache Township, Including Lower Cache, Johnson County, Illinois
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Category : Cache (Ill. : Township)
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
The Choates of Southern Illinois and Related Families
Author: The Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties, Illinois
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Category : Hardin County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
A History of Johnson County Illinois
Author: Mrs. Pleasant Thomas ChapmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Johnson County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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