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The Shelby County Book
Author | : Helen Cox Tregillis |
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Total Pages | : 83 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Shelby County (Ill.) |
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Shelby County
Author | : Julie A. Elbert |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2010-04-19 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1439639523 |
Shelby County has a rich and interesting history. Shelby County was created in 1827 and originally included almost all of Moultrie County, Pana, Assumption, and most of Praireton Township in Christian County. Today it is still one of the largest counties in Illinois. The county seat, Shelbyville, is historically linked to Abraham Lincoln, who made numerous visits to Shelby County during his circuit riding days. Early pioneers found abundant wildlife in the forests and prairies. In the 1840s, the pioneers began to break the prairie and found fertile soil. The arrival of the railroad spurred the rich agricultural history of the county that continues to this day. Samuel Moulton, state representative and U.S. congressman from Shelbyville, introduced the bill that established the Illinois Free Public School System. Chautauquas were presented at the Auditorium in Shelbyville, which still exists today, and at Lithia Springs. More than a dozen cities, towns, and villages combine to create a fascinating history of this county.
1910 U. S. Census, Shelby County [Illinois].
Author | : Shelby County Historical and Genealogical Society (Shelbyville, Illinois) |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 19?? |
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Family Maps of Shelby County, Illinois, Deluxe Edition
Author | : Gregory A. Boyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2010-05-20 |
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ISBN | : 9781420312980 |
386 pages with 86 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 Shelby 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. What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . . 7364 Parcels of Land (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map) 131 Cemeteries plus . . . Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc. 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 1820s124 1830s2466 1840s818 1850s2731 1860s909 1870s582 1880s125 1890s45 1900s2 What Cities and Towns are in Shelby County, Illinois (and in this book)? Clarksburg, Clarksburg IL, Cowden, Dollville, Duvall, Fancher, Findlay, Hanson, Henton, Herborn, Herrick, Holland, Holliday, Kingman, Lakewood, Lithia, Middlesworth, Milne, Mode, Moweaqua, Obed, Oconee, Pleak, Rennerville, Sexson Corner, Shelbyville, Sigel, South Strasburg, Stewardson, Strasburg, Todds Point, Tower Hill, Trowbridge, Westervelt, Westminster (historical), Williamsburg (historical), Williamsburg Hill, Windsor, Yantisville
HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS AND HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY
Author | : Newton Bateman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Fayette County (Ill.) |
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People and Rural Schools of Shelby County, Illinois
Author | : Helen Cox Tregillis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2013-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780788417221 |
This book covers "over a hundred years of school history and over 150 of the common schools of Shelby County which existed in operation from 1827-1948, when the consolidation of rural schools was finally complete." A wealth of genealogical data can be gleaned from these name-filled pages. A brief history of the education system in Shelby County, Illinois, opens this text - "As early as 1787, the Northwest Ordinance included a statement on the schools and the means of an education." Seventeen Shelby County School Superintendents are the subjects of brief biographical sketches. Accounts of individual schools include: Ash Grove, Big Spring, Cold Spring and Herrick, Dry Point and Lakewood, Flat Branch, Holland and Clarksburg, Moweaqua, Oconee, Okaw, Penn, Pickaway, Prairie, Richland, Ridge, Rose, Rural, Shelbyville, Todds Point, Tower Hill, and Windsor. Early subscription schools and teacher schedules, an1876 list of teachers, and much more are also covered. An abundance of illustrations, photographs, maps of school districts, floor plans, and miscellaneous documents are reproduced on these pages.