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Adamst .
John Adams ..
Jan. 13, 1825
Quincy .
2, 1 86
7,091
14,476
19,399
Cairo .
626
1,390
2,030
3,313
1,307
Bond. . . .
Gov. Shadrach Bond ...
Jan. 4, 1817
Greenville .
2931
3, 124
3,560
5,060
6,218
Daniel Boone ...
Mar. 4, 1837
Belvidere.
1,705
5,508
Brown .
Gen. Jacob Brown.
Feb. 1, 1839
Mt. Sterling.
4,183
5,372
Princeton.
3,067
5,303
Hardin.
1,090
1,091
1,741
2,242
Carroll
Charles Carroll of Carrollton .. . Gen. Lewis Cass .
Mar. 3, 1837
Virginia.
2,981
5,409
Urbana. .
1,038
1,475
2,041
A county in Kentucky
Feb. 15, 1839
Taylorville. .
1,878
2, 168
Clark
George Rogers Clark
Feb. 22, 1819
931
3,940
3,413
7,453
10,496
Clay . . . .
Henry Clay ..
Dec. 23, 1824
Louisville.
755
1,418
3,228
3,558
Dec. 27, 1824
2,330
2,648
3,718
5,033
Coles ..
Gov. Edward Coles.
Dec. 25, 1830
5,142
9,616
8,675
Cook ....
Daniel P. Cook.
Jan. 15, 1831
Chicago .
9,825
10,201
21,581
William H. Crawford.
Dec. 31, 1816
2999
3, 117
3,504
4,422
6,336
Cumberland ..
Cumberland Road.
May 1, 1843
Mar. 4, 1837
Sycamore. .
1,697
4,013
De Witt .
De Witt Clinton
Mar. 1, 1839
Clinton ..
3,247
3,316
Douglas .
Stephen A. Douglas
Feb. 13, 1857
Tuscola
Du Page River .
Feb. 9, 1839
Wheaton
3,535
7,194
Paris ..
4,071
6,668
8,225
9,265
Edwards. ..
Gov. Ninian Edwards. .
Albion ..
3444
1,649
2,006
3,070
3.287
Effingham
Gen. Edward Effingham.
Feb. 15, 1831
Effingham
1,055
1,675
2,561
Marquis de la Fayette.
Feb. 14, 1821
2,704
3,734
6,328
7,849
Ford.
Gov. Thomas Ford .
Feb. 17, 1859
Paxton .
Jan. 2, 1818
Benton .
1763
4,083
5,55I
3,682
4,978
Robert Fulton .
Jan. 28, 1823
Lewiston .
1,841
5,917
13,142
17,155
Sept. 14, 1812
Shawneetown
3155
7,405
7,90I
10,760
10, 891
Gen. Nathaniel Greene.
Jan. 20, 1821
Carrollton .
7,674
12,082
11,951
11,562
Morris .
McLeansboro
2,616
2,811
3,945
5,726
Hancock ..
John Hancock . ..
Jan. 13, 1825
Carthage .
483
3,238
9,946
22,559
Table showing the Genesis and Growth of Counties.
Bureau
Calhoun .
Pierre de Buero, an Indian trader John C. Calhoun. .
Jan. 10, 1825
Feb. 22, 1839
Mt. Carroll
1,023
2,622
Cass
A county in Ohio
Feb. 20, 1833
Champaign .. Christian
information in preparing this table.
+ The census of 1845 includes that of Marquette County, 5888, established Feb.
* The author is indebted to Wm. R. Sandham of Wyoming, Ill., for valuable
Grundy. . ..
Felix Grundy . .
Feb. 17, 1841
1,314
Hamilton. ..
Alexander Hamilton
Feb. 8, 1821
PRESENT COUNTY SEAT
POPULATION
Alexander . ..
William M. Alexander.
Mar. 4, 1819
Du Page .
Edgar.
John Edgar.
Jan. 3, 1823
Nov. 28, 1814
Vandalia
Fayette. .
Benjamin Franklin. .
Franklin. . Fulton ..
Gallatin . .
Albert Gallatin. .
Robinson .
Majority Point
2,859
DeKalb
Baron DeKalb .
Marshall. ..
Carlyle. .
Charleston
Crawford . . . .
De Witt Clinton
Clinton. .
Feb. 28, 1837
Boone. . .
Greene . . . .
St. Clair, in March, 1790. Randolph was established in 1795. These two counties in 1778, was changed under the organization of the Northwest Territory to that of
* From Col. John Hardin of Kentucky. + From Col. Rich'd Henderson of Ky.
COUNTIES
ORIGIN OF NAME
ESTABLISHED
PRESENT COUNTY SEAT
1820
1830
1835
1840
1845
Ilardin ..
A county in Kentucky*
Mar. 2, 1839
Elizabethtown.
1,378
1, 800
Henderson. ..
Henderson Rivert.
Jan. 20, 1841
Oquawka. . .. .
3,418
Henry. . .
Patrick Henry .
Jan. 13, 1825
Cambridge. ..
41
1, 260
2,327
Iroquois.
Iroquois Indians. .
Feb. 26, 1833
Watseka. .
1,695
2,730
Jackson ..
Andrew Jackson. . .
Jan. 10, 1816
Murphysboro.
1 542
1,828
2,783
3,566
5,040
Jasper.
Sergt. William Jasper.
Feb. 15, 1831
Newton .
415
1,472
2,360
Jefferson. . .
Thomas Jefferson . .
Mt. Vernon . .
691
2,555
3,350
5,762
7,613
Feb. 28, 1839
4,535
5,659
Jo Daviess. .
Col. Jo. Daviess
Galena . ..
2, III
3,986
6,180
12,625
Johnson ..
Col. Richard M. Johnson.
843
1,596
2, 166
3,626
3,822
Senator Elias K. Kane . .
Jan. 16, 1836
Geneva ...
6,501
12,72I
Kane ...
Kankakee
Indian .
Feb. 11, 1851
Kankakee .
Kendall
Amos Kendall .
Feb. 19, 1841
Yorkville.
5,402
Knox ..
Gen. Henry Knox
Jan. 13, 1825
Galesburg. . .
274
2,340
7,060
9,680
Lake.
Local
Mar. 1, 1839
Waukegan . . .
7,654
8,236
LaSalle. . .
LaSalle, the explorer.
Jan. 15, 1831
Ottawa.
4,742
9,348
10, 149
Lawrence. . .
Com. James Lawrence
3,668
4,450
7,092
5,469
Richard Henry Lee .
Feb. 27, 1839
Dixon.
2,035
3,282
Edward Livingston
Feb. 27, 1837
Pontiac. .. . .
759
1,000
Feb. 15, 1839
Lincoln. ..
2,333
3,907
Macomb ..
5,308
6,266
Woodstock
2,578
10,047
Bloomington ..
5,308
6,565
6,904
Decatur .
1,122
3,022
3,039
2,929
Macoupin. .
Macoupin Creek
Jan. 17, 1829
1,990
5,556
7,826
10,092
Madison ..
James Madison. .
Sept. 14, 1812
13,550
6,221
9,061
14,433
17,959
Salem. .. ..
2,125
2,844
4,742
6,177
Marshall. .
Jan. 19, 1839
Lacon. .
1,849
2,833
A county in Kentucky. ..
Jan. 20, 1841
3,135
Metropolis .. .
3.198
Petersburg. . .
4,431
4,807
Mercer ......
Gen. Hugh Mercer ..
Jan. 13, 1825
Aledo.
26
497
2,352
4,279
Monroe. . . . .
James Monroe .
June 1, 1816
Waterloo . . .
1516
2,000
2,760
4,481
6,083
Montgomery .| Gen, Richard Montgomery
Jan, 12, 1821
Hillsboro,
2,953
3,740
4,490
5,586
548
ILLINOIS-HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL.
Jersey.
New Jersey . .
Jerseyville .
Feb. 17, 1827
Sept. 14, 1812
Vienna ..
Jan. 16, IS21
Lawrenceville .
Livingston. . . Logan.
Dr. John Logan.
Jan. 25, 1826
2,868
Gen. William McHenry ..
Jan. 16, 1836
McLean.
John McLean ..
Dec. 25, 1830
Macon
Nathaniel Macon.
Jan. 19, 1829
Carlinville
Edwardsville. .
Marion.
Gen. Francis Marion.
Jan. 24, 1823
Havanna .
Mason. .. Massac.
Fort Massac . . ..
Jan. 8, 1843
Menard. . .
Pierre Menard . .
Feb. 15, 1839
Lee. . .
McDonough . McHenry ..
Com. Thomas McDonough
Mar. 26, 1819
1, 164
NOTE .- The name of Illinois, the first county established in the State by Virginia
POPULATION
John Marshall
* From Gen. Charles Scott, governor of Kentucky
territorial government in 1809. Their population in 1800 was reported as follows:
were reestablished and continued with the same names and boundaries by the Illinois
Morgan ..... Moultrie. . . . . Ogle. . ... Peoria. . . ·
Gen. Daniel Morgan ... Gen. William Moultrie ..
Jan. 31, 1823 Feb. 16, 1843 Jan. 16, 1836 Jan. 13, 1825
Jacksonville. . .
12,714 19,214
19,547
16,541 2,492 6, 113
Oregon.
3,479
Peoria.
3,220
6, 153
10,549
Pinckneyville
1,215
2,041
3,222
4,68I
Monticello.
1,037
Pittsfield . .
2,396
6,037
11,728
15,972
Golconda ..
3,316
3,755
4,094
4,057
Baron Casimir Pulaski
Mar. 3, 1843
Putnam
Gjen. Israel Putnam ..
Jan. 13, 1825
Hennepin.
1,310
3,948
2, 131
3,129
Beverly Randolph .
Apr. 28, 1809
3492
4,429
5,695
7,944
8,819
Feb. 24, 1841
3,844
Feb. 9, 1831
Rock Island. .
616
2,610
5,058
Belleville . . ..
5248
7,078
9,074
13,631
17,358
Saline .. .
Saline Creek. .
Feb. 25, 1847
Harrisburg.
12,960
7,57I
14,716
186,97
Schuyler.
Gen. Philip Schuyler
Jan. 13, 1825
2,959
6,265
6,972
8,58I
Scott. ..
A county in Kentucky*
Feb. 16, 1839
Winchester
6,215
6,553
Shelby . .
Gov. Isaac Shelby. .
Jan. 23, 1827
2,972
4,828
6,659
6,972
Stark
Gen. John Stark ..
Mar. 2, 1839
Toulon . .
1,573
2,489
Freeport. ..
2,800
6,244
Pekin
4,716
5,878
7,221
7,615
Jonesboro .
3,239
4, 175
5,524
6,030
Vermilion ..
Vermilion River ..
Jan. 18, 1826
Danville. .
5,836
8, 103
9,303
10,235
Mt. Carmel
2,710
2,939
4,240
4,360
Monmouth. ..
308
2,613
6,739
6, 10I
Nashville ..
1517
1,675
3,282
4,810
5,895
Fairfield.
1114
2,553
2,933
5,133
6,497
White ..
Capt. Isaac White.
Dec. 9, 1815
4828
6,091
6,214
7,919
8,087
Morrison
2,514
3,761
Conrad Will.
Jan. 12, 1836
Joliet
10, 167
10, 156
Williamson . .
A county in Tennessee. .
Feb. 28, 1839
Marion.
4,457
5,780
Winnebago
Indian . .
Jan. 16, 1836
4,609
7,831
Woodford .. .
A county in Kentucky. . ..
Feb. 27, 1841
Metamora
55, 162
157,445
269,974
476, 183
662, 150
549
APPENDIX-GENESIS AND GROWTH OF COUNTIES.
Perry ..
Com. Oliver H. Perry ... Jan. 29, 1827 Jan. 27, 1841 'The Piatt family, first settlers. Zebulon M. Pike .. Jan. 31, 1821 April 1, 1816
Nathaniel Pope .
Mound City.
1,795
Randolph. . ..
Richland .. Rock Island .. St. Clair
Local .
Gen. Arthur St. Clair
Apr. 28, 1809
Sangamon .
Indian
Jan. 13, 1821
Springfield.
Rushville
Stephenson ..
Col. Benjamin Stephenson
Mar. 4, 1837
Tazewell
Gov. Littleton W. Tazewell.
Jan. 31, 1827
Union. .
The Union. .
Jan. 2, 1818
Wabash . .
Wabash River ..
Dec. 27, 1824
Gen. Joseph Warren .
Jan. 13, 1825
Washington. .
George Washington ..
Jan. 2, ISI8
Gen. Anthony Wayne.
Mar. 26, 1819
Carmi.
Col. Samuel Whiteside. .
Jan. 16, 1836
Whiteside .. Will .
Rockford.
3,288
Sullivan . .
Lieut. Joseph Ogle ... l'eoria Indians .
Piatt. . .. Pike . . . Pope. Pulaski.
2610
Chester. .
A county in Ohio.
Olney .
Shelbyville. . .
2362
Warren ...
Wayne . .
Randolph, 1103; St. Clair, 1255; and in 1810: Randolph, 7275; St. Clair, 5007.
550
ILLINOIS --- HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL.
State Officers under the Constitution of 1818:
GOVERNORS:
NAME.
PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH.
INAUGURATED.
DEATH.
Shadrach Bond,
Frederick Co., Md., 1773, Virginia, Dec. 15, 1786,
Dec. 5, 1822,
July 7, 1868.
Ninian Edwards,
Maryland, Mar. 17, 1775, Penn., Feb. 26, 1788,
Dec. 6, 1826, Dec. 9, 1830, Nov. 17, 1834,
May 8, 1865.
Mar. 26, 1846.
Joseph Duncan,
Kentucky, Feb. 22, 1794, Kentucky, July 18, 1789,
Dec. 7, 1838,
Feb. 14, 1852.
Thomas Ford,
Penn., Dec. 5, 1800,
Dec. S, 1842,
Nov. 3, 1850.
Augustus C. French,
N.H., Ang. 2, 1808,
Dec. 9, 1846,
Sept. 4, 1864.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS :
NAME.
INAUGURATED. FROM WHAT COUNTY.
REMARKS.
Pierre Menard,
Oct. 6, 1818,
Randolph,
died June 14, 1844.
Adolphus Fred'k Hubbard,
Dec. 5, 1822,
Gallatin,
William Kinney,
Dec. 6, 1826,
St. Clair,
born in Ky., 1781.
Zadok Casey,
- Dec. 9, 1830,
Jefferson,
WVm. Lee D. Ewing,
Mar. 1, 1833,
Fayette,
Alexander M. Jenkins,
· Dec. 5, 1834,
Jackson,
William H. Davidson,
Dec. 9, 1836,
White,
Stinson H. Anderson,
- Dec. 7, 1838,
Jefferson,
[ing It .- gov.
John Moore,
Dec. 9, 1842,
McLean,
born 1793, died 1863.
Joseph B. Wells,
· Dec. 5, 1846,
Rock Island.
SECRETARIES OF STATE :
Elias Kent Kane, -
Oct. 6, 1818,
Randolph,
Samuel D. Lockwood,
· Dec. 18, 1822,
David Blackwell,
Apr. 2, 1823,
Madison, St. Clair,
Morris Birkbeck,
- Oct. 15, 1824,
Edwards,
George Forquer,
Jan. 17, 1825,
Sangamon,
Alexander Pope Field, - Dec. 31, 1828,
Union,
Stephen A. Douglas,
Nov. 30, 1840,
Morgan,
Lyman Trumbull,
Feb. 27, 1841,
St. Clair,
Thompson Campbell,
Mar. 4, 1843,
Jo Daviess,
Horace S. Cooley,
Dec. 23, 1846,
Adams,
resigned Dec. 16, 1822. resigned Apr. 2, 1823. resigned Oct. 15, 1824. resigned Jan. 15, 1825. resigned Dec. 31, 1828. rem'v'd Nov. 30, 1840. resigned Feb. 27, 1841. removed Mar. 4, 1843. resigned Dec. 23, 1846. elected in 1848.
AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS:
Elijah C. Berry,
Oct. 9, 1818,
Fayette,
continued in office
James T. B. Stapp,
Aug. 27, 1831, Fayette,
[until 1831.
Levi Davis, -
Nov. 16, 1835, Madison,
James Shields, -
- Mar. 4, 1841, Randolph,
resigned. [Mar. 26,'46.
Wm. Lce D. Ewing,
Mar. 2, 1843,
Fayette,
reelected Feb.'45; died
Thomas H. Campbell,
Mar. 26, 1846, -
Randolph,
elec. by G. A. Jan. 7,'47
July 20, 1833.
John Reynolds,
Wm. Lee D. Ewing, *
Kentucky, 1794,
Dec. 3, 1834,
Jan. 15, 1844.
Thomas Carlin,
Oct. 6, 1818,
Apr. 12, 1832.
Edward Coles,
resigned Mar. 1, 1833. pres. of senate and act- resigned. [ing It .- gov. pres. of senate and act-
* Vice Reynolds, who, on being elected to congress, resigned Nov. 17, 1834.
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APPENDIX -- STATE OFFICERS.
STATE TREASURERS:
NAME.
INAUGURATED. FROM WHAT COUNTY. REMARKS.
John Thomas,
Oct., 1818,
St. Clair,
Robert K. McLaughlin,
- Aug. 2, 1819,
Fayette,
Abner Field,
Jan. 14, 1823, Union,
James Hall,
- Feb. 12, 1827, Gallatin,
John Dement,
Feb. 5, 1831,
Franklin, resigned Dec. 3, 1836.
Charles Gregory,
- Feb. 5, 1836, Greene,
John D. Whiteside,
Mar. 4. 1837, Monroe,
Milton Carpenter, - Mar. 6, 1841,
Hamilton, reelected Jan. 2, 1847.
ATTORNEY-GENERALS:
Daniel Pope Cook,
Mar. 5, 1819,
Randolph,
resigned.
William Mears,
- Dec. 14, 1819,
St. Clair,
Samuel D. Lockwood, -
Feb. 26, 1821,
Madison,
James Turney, -
- Jan. 14, 1823,
Washington,
George Forquer,
Jan. 23, 1829,
Monroe,
James Semple, -
Ninian W. Edwards,
- Jan. 30, 1833, Sept. 1, 1834,
Madison, Sangamon,
Jesse Burgess Thomas, jr.,
Feb. 12, 1835,
Madison,
Walter B. Scates, -
Jan. 18, 1836,
Jefferson, Coles,
Usher F. Linder, - Feb. 4, 1837, June 26, 1838,
George W. Olney,
Madison, Crawford,
Wickliffe Kitche!l,
- Mar. 5, 1839,
Dec. 23, 1840, Morgan,
Josiah Lamborn, - James Allen McDougall,
Jan. 12, 1843,
Morgan,
David B. Campbell, -
· Dec. 21, 1846,
Sangamon,
ADJUTANT-GENERALS:
William M. Alexander,
Apr. 24, 1819,
Randolph,
Elijah C. Berry,
- June 11, 1821,
Fayette,
James W. Berry,
Dec. 19, 1828, Fayette,
Moses K. Anderson,
- Dec. 16, 1839,
Sangamon.
resigned. reelected in IS25. resigned Dec. 3, 1832. res. [Jan. I,'35; res. app. and elec. by G. A. resigned Jan. 8, 1836. resigned Dec. 26, 1836. resigned June II, '38. resigned Feb. 1, 1839. resigned Nov. 19, 1840.
resigned Nov. 11, IS39.
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