ADAMS

Formed in 1825 from Pike Co.

ALEXANDER

Formed in 1819 from Union Co.

BOND

Formed in 1818 from Madison Co.

BOONE

Formed in 1836 from Winnebago Co.

BROWN

Formed in 1837 from Schuyler Co.

BUREAU

Formed in 1837 from Putnam Co.

CALHOUN

Formed in 1825 from Pike Co.

CARROLL

Formed in 1839 from Jo Daviess Co.

CASS

Formed in 1837 from Morgan Co.

CHAMPAIGN

Formed in 1833 from Vermilion Co.

CHRISTIAN

Name changed from Dane Co. in 1840; Dane formed from Montgomery, Sangamon, & Shelby Co.s in 1839

CLARK

Formed in 1819 from Crawford Co.

CLAY

Formed in 1824 from Crawford, Fayette, & Wayne Co.s

CLINTON

Formed in 1824 from Bond & Washington Co.s

COLES

Formed in 1830 from Clark & Edgar Co.s

COOK

Formed in 1831 from Putnam Co.

CRAWFORD

Formeed in 1816 from Edwards Co. (prior to IL statehood)

Cumberland 1843 Coles

DeKalb 1837 Kane

DeWitt 1839 Macon, McLean

Douglas 1859 Coles

DuPage 1839 Cook

Edgar 1823 Clark

Edwards 1814* Gallatin, Madison (IT)

Effingham 1831 Crawford, Fayette

Fayette 1821 Bond, Clark, Crawford, Jefferson

Ford 1859 unorganized (Vermilion)

Franklin 1818* Gallatin, White

Fulton 1823 Pike

GALLATIN

Formed in 1812 from Randolph (prior to IL statehood)

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Greene 1821 Madison Carrollton Marty Crull

Grundy 1841 LaSalle Morris Deb Haines

Hamilton 1821 White McLeansboro Michael L. Hébert

Hancock 1825 Pike Carthage Judi Gilker

Hardin 1839 Gallatin, Pope Elizabethtown Jon Musgrave

Henderson 1841 Warren Oquawka Adopt Me!

Henry 1825 unorganized (Fulton) Cambridge Susie Martin-Rott

Iroquois 1833 unorganized (Vermilion) Watseka Adopt Me!

Jackson 1816* Johnson, Randolph Murphysboro Barbara Freeman

Jasper 1831 Clay, Crawford Newton Linda Lambert

Jefferson 1819 Edwards, White Mt. Vernon Cindy Ford

Jersey 1839 Greene Jerseyville Judy Griffin

JoDaviess 1827 Henry, Putnam Galena Karlene Nesbitt White &

Colleen Frank

Johnson 1812* Randolph (IT) Vienna Tim Casey

Kane 1836 unorganized (LaSalle), Cook Geneva Marcia Holpuch

Kankakee 1853 Ford, Iroquois, Will Kankakee Lee Hollenbeck

Kendall 1841 LaSalle, Kane Yorkville Elmer Dickson

Knox 1825 unorganized (Fulton), Fulton, Henry Galesburg Pat Thomas

Knox * Northwest Territory extinct See Knox Above

Lake 1839 McHenry Waukegan Debbie Mieszala, Allen Elias &

Lake Co IL Gen Soc

LaSalle 1831 Putnam, unorganized (Tazewell) Ottawa Carol Ryan Spenader

Lawrence 1821 Crawford, Edwards Lawrenceville Laurel Treat

Lee 1839 Ogle Dixon Gordon Johnson &

Lee County Genealogical Society

Livingston 1837 LaSalle, McLean, unorganized (Vermilion?) Pontiac Annette Liptak

Logan 1839 McLean, Sangamon, Tazewell Lincoln Cheryl Rothwell

Macon 1829 unorganized (Shelby) Decatur Gayle Pace Jones

Macoupin 1829 unorganized (Greene), Madison Carlinville Gloria Frazier & Kathleen Mirabella

Madison 1812* St. Clair (IT) Edwardsville Bev Bauser

Marion 1823 Fayette, Jefferson Salem Kim Randolph

Marshall 1839 Putnam, LaSalle Lacon Rick Elgin

Mason 1841 Menard, Tazewell Havana Jeanne Weaver

Massac 1843 Johnson, Pope Metropolis Barbara Freeman

McDonough 1826 Schuyler Macomb Melissa Calhoun

McHenry 1836 Cook, unorganized (LaSalle) Woodstock Joe Markovich

McLean 1830 Tazewell, unorganized (Tazewell) Bloomington Carol Genung

Menard 1839 Sangamon Petersburg Jeanne Weaver

Mercer 1825 unorganized (Pike) Aledo Jenny Bethurem

Monroe 1816* Randolph, St. Clair Waterloo Sharon Hackworth

Montgomery 1821 Bond, Madison Hillsboro Tim Casey

Morgan 1823 unorganized (Greene), Sangamon Jacksonville Linda Lee

Moultrie 1843 Macon, Shelby Sullivan Greg Hamblin

Ogle 1836 Jo Daviess, unorganized (LaSalle) Oregon Roger Cramer

Peoria 1825 Fulton, unorganized (Fulton) Peoria Lori Laird

Perry 1827 Jackson, Randolph Pickneyville Wayne Hinton

Piatt 1841 DeWitt, Macon Monticello Richard Howland

Pike 1821 Madison Pittsfield Barbara Freeman

Pope 1816* Gallatin, Johnson Golconda Ginger Hayes

Pulaski 1843 Alexander, Johnson Mound City Angela DiBlasi

Putnam 1825 unorganized (Edgar, Fulton) Hennepin Adopt Me!

Randolph 1795* St. Clair, Northwest Territory Chester Sharon Hackworth

Richland 1841 Clay, Lawrence Olney Scott Burow

Rock Island 1831 Jo Daviess Rock Island Adopt Me!

Saline 1847 Gallatin Harrisburg Jon Musgrave

Sangamon 1821 Bond, Madison Springfield Cheryl Rothwell

Schuyler 1825 Pike, unorganized (Pike) Rushville Judi Gilker

Scott 1839 Morgan Winchester Mike St. Clair

Shelby 1827 Fayette Shelbyville Tim Casey & Sue Tolbert

Stark 1839 Knox, Putnam Toulon Adopt Me!

St. Clair 1790* Northwest Territory Belleville Diane Walsh

Stephenson 1837 Jo Daviess, Winnebago Freeport Karen Smith-Schottenbauer

Tazewell 1827 unorganized (Peoria), Fayette Pekin Gail Meyer Kilgore

Union 1818 * Johnson, Jackson Jonesboro Tim Casey

Vermilion 1826 unorganized (Edgar) Danville Kristie Setser

Wabash 1824 Edwards Mount Carmel Adopt Me!

Warren 1825 unorganized (Pike) Monmouth Kathleen Calkin

Washington 1818* St. Clair Nashville Wayne Hinton

Wayne 1819 Edwards Fairfield Dianna Williams

White 1815* Madison (IT) Carmi Cindy Birk-Conley

Whiteside 1836 Jo Daviess, Henry Morrison Adopt Me!

Will 1836 Cook, Iroquois Joliet Deb Haines

Williamson 1839 Franklin Marion Angela Place

Winnebago 1836 JoDaviess, unorganized (LaSalle) Rockford Katy Hestand

Woodford 1841 McLean, Tazewell Eureka Carol Genung