Books & Book References

• History of Williamson county, Illinois: From the earliest times, down to the present (1876) By Milo Erwin [free]


• Williamson County, Illinois, in the World War By S Baird (Sylvester) [free]


• Laws of the State of Illinois Enacted by the General Assembly By Illinois pgs 18, 119, 131, 174, 175, 185, 186, 250 [free]


• Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library, Issue 20 By Illinois State Historical Library [the Wm Co Vindetta] pgs 22, 33, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 194 index [free]


• Laws of the State of Illinois: Passed by the ... General Assembly at Their ... By Illinois pgs 123, 124, 155, 187, index [free]


• Report, Volume 5 By Illinois. State Board of Arbitration pgs [about the wages for Wm Co being higher] pgs 32, 38, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 49, 50, 52, 54, 60, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 107, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, index [free]


• The Rotarian Jun 1927 pgs 20, 60 [free]


• Arbitrary arrests in Illinois: Letter of Judge A.D. Duff, of Franklin County ... By Andrew D. Duff pgs 4, 7, 8, 10 [free]


• Bulletin, Issue 2 By Illinois. Dept. of Registration and Education. Immigrants Commission pgs 7,8,9,12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 33, 41 [free]31 ,


• The immigrant and coal mining communities of Illinois By Illinois. Immigrants Commission, Grace Abbott


• American bastile: a history of the illegal arrests and imprisonment of ... By John A. Marshall


• LIFE Jun 19, 1950 pg 39 [Shelton gang}


• History of Franklin Association of United Baptists By United Baptists. Franklin Association, William Pinckney Throgmorton [Ministers & churches in Wm Co]


• Inventory of the church archives of Illinois: Presbyterian Church ...Illinois Historical Records Survey, Illinois Public Records Project - 1941 - Snippet view -


• Half a century in the school room: or, Personal memoirs of Jas. W. Turner ... By James William Turner


• Bloody Williamson: A Chapter in American Lawlessness By Paul M. Angle [Limited view, borrow from a library}


• Sheriff: A Memoir of a Lawman from Bloody Williams County, Illinois By Harry Spiller [Limited view, borrow from a library]


• Murder in the Heartland Book 3: 12 Case Files, Book 3 By Harry Spiller


• Illinois Rebels: A Civil War Unit History of G Company 15th Tennessee ... By Ed Gleeson


• Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography By Mrs John a Logan - limited view

Books on Archives.org

• Historical souvenir of Williamson County, Illinois : being a brief review of the county from date of founding to the present


• Williamson County, Illinois, in the World War : containing a brief review of the World War--complete history of Williamson County's activities--photographs and service records of Williamson County's soldiers, sailors and marines--industrial review of business and professional firms who have made this history possible - Baird, S. Sylvester


• History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson counties, Illinois, from the earliest time to the present : together with ... biographical sketches, notes, reminiscences, etc


• History of Williamson county, Illinois : from the earliest times, down to the present, 1876, with an accurate account of the secession movement, ordinances, raids, etc., also, a complete history of its "bloody vendetta," including all its recondite causes, results, etc., etc. - Erwin, Milo


• Complete history of southern Illinois' gang war : the true story of southern Illinois gang warfare - Hill, E. Bishop


• Life and exploits of S. Glenn Young : world-famous law enforcement officer


• The Herrin conspiracy - National Coal Association Keywords: Herrin massacre, 1922; Williamson County (Ill.) -- History



Books From the LDS Church

Note: Some of these books are online, some you can order on fiche or film, and some you will have to find in a library.



• Cast a long shadow : a saga of three generations of a southern Illinois family, reaching from Williamson County to Belgaum, India
  author: Seamands, Ruth, availability: Online


• Way down in Egypt land author: Hartley, Harold Ray


• Centennial map of Williamson County, Illinois, 1839-1939 author: Parks, Nannie Gray


• Criminal records index : circuit clerk's office, Williams County, IL Court House author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Herrin City Cemetery : Herrin, Williamson County, ILauthor: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Second in name only : recounting of first ninety years of Marion Second Baptist Churchauthor: Boyd, Harry C.


• 1862 military census of Williamson County, Illinois author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Williamson County, Illinois County Commissioner's order book A, 1839-1848 author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• 1840 federal census of Williamson County, Illinois author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Family maps of Williamson County, Illinois : with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads and more author: Boyd, Gregory A. (Gregory Alan), 1960-


• Masonic and Lithuanian Cemeteries, Shakerag, Williamson County, Illinois author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Williamson County, Illinoisauthor: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Williamson County, Illinois birth recordsauthor: Moore, Mary Jo


• The sheriffs of Williamson County, Illinois 1839-1998 author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter



• Pioneer daughters applications of Williamson County


• Pioneers to Williamson County, Illinois, George Zacharias and Isaac Groves and their descendants author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Leroy Culbreath and Mary Fulk of Williamson County, Illinois and Stafford County, Kansas author: Green, John Stinson availability: Online


• The Spiller family of Prince William County, Virginia; Robertson County, Tennessee; Williamson County, Illinois author: Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox


• Williamson County, Illinois, cemetery inscriptions author: Harris, Wilma


• Three cemeteries of Rock Creek, Williamson County, IL :
  Coal Bank Springs, pages 1-67;
  Tanner-Neely-Old Indian Camp, pages 68-73;
  New Indian Camp, pages 74-84;
  index, pages 85-101; off Rt. 13 East of Crab Orchard, Dykersburg Road author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Barham Cemetery index cards (Marion, Illinois) author: Barham Cemetery (Marion, Illinois)


• Plat book of Williamson County, Ill. [1940]


• Souvenir program -- : Labor Day celebration, Marion, Illinois, Monday September 6, 1915 availability: Online


• The Herrin conspiracy


• The Herrin massacre : a fair and impartial statement of all the facts : the trial, evidence, verdictauthor: Parker, Chatlandavailability: Online


• Directory : Marion, Creal Springs & Pittsburg, Illinois, 1924; around town, 1915author: Moore, Mary Jo


• The Goddard, Spiller, Goodall connection author: Moore, Mary J o


• the William Davis Stilley and Nancy Swofford-Stilley family history and genealogy author: Stilley, William Douglas


• The Old Marion of Aikman Cemetery author: Parks, Nannie Gray


• The story of Carterville : its hundred years, 1871-1971 author: Scoby, Maranda Cavanas


• Pioneer folks and places : an historic gazetteer of Williamson County, Illinois author: Hubbs, Barbara Burr


• Original lands grants, 1824-1870 author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder 1824-1870 author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Cross Roads School


• Register of interment permits, Jan. 10, 1902-May 21, 1903 author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Dallasania, Neal and other nearby country schools author: Murphy, John V.


• Events in Egypt : newspaper extracts, Williamson County, Illinois author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Shiloh Cemetery and Davis Prairie Cemetery, Williamson County, Illinois author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois


• 1920 Williamson County, Illinois plat map


• Land atlas and plat book, Williamson County, Illinois, 1985 author: Rockford Map Publishers (Rockford, Illinois)


• Lakeview Cemetery, Johnston City, Williamson County, Illinois author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Illinois, Williamson County, Herrin, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, church records, 1897-1956
  author: Catholic Church. Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Herrin, Illinois) availability: Online


• Illinois, Williamson County, Johnston City, St. Paul Parish, church records, 1904-1956 author: Catholic Church. St. Paul (Johnston City, Illinois) availability: Online


• Illinois, Williamson County, Marion, St. Joseph Parish, church records, 1927-1956 author: Catholic Church. St. Joseph (Marion, Illinois) availability: Online


• Farm families of Jackson


• Williamson counties, Illinois, in 1920 Historical souvenir of Williamson county, Illinois : Being a brief review of the county from date of founding to the present


• The history of Williamson County, Illinois : from the earliest times down to the present, 1876,
  with an accurate account of the secession movement, ordinances, raids, etc., also a complete history of its "bloody vendetta". . . author: Erwin, Milo


• #8 Cemetery, Williamson County, Pittsburg, Illinois. author: Garr, Marjorie Fay


• Marriages on record in Marion, Williamson County, Illinois courthouse author: Hoffard, Gay Roberson


• Williamson County, Illinois marriages, 1839 to 1853 and 1865; Pope County, Illinois marriages, 1826 to 1845;
  Johnson County, Illinois marriages, 1857 to 1860 author: Winget, Judy Walley


• Veterans buried in Williamson County, Illinois cemeteries


• Williamson Co., Illinois, cemetery inscriptions Williamson Co., Illinois, cemetery records author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Williamson Co., Illinois, cemetery inscriptions


• Williamson Co., Illinois, pioneer families author: Parks, Nannie Gray


• Williamson County, Illinois in the World War (I) : containing a brief review of the World War, complete history of Williamson County's activities,
  photographs and service records of Williamson County's soldiers, sailors and marines


• A Compendium of people and places in Williamson County, Illinois, 1778-1939 : an index


• A group of family trees of the early settlers of Corinth Township,
  Williamson County, Illinois and allied families author: Malone, Daisy Hearne Roberts, 1878-


• Williamson County, Illinois 1860 Federal census author: Hatfield, Jo Ann Ladd


• 1894 Williamson County, Illinois tax list author: Burke, Jack L.


• Williamson County, Illinois deeds, mortgages and land records : early 1800s-early 1900s author: Moore, Mary Jo


• Index of the history of Williamson County, Illinois by Milo Erwin author: Roberts, Pearl


• Hurricane Cemetery, Williamson County, Illinois author: Hatfield, Jo Ann Ladd


• Naturalization petitions and records, Williamson County, Illinois author: Burke, Jack L.


• Williamson County, Illinois death records author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Williamson County, Illinois 1868 taxes author: Davis, Patricia S.


• Williamson County, Illinois sesquicentennial history author: Hale, Stan J.


• Williamson County, Illinois guardian records, book A author: Moore, Mary Jo


• Index to History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson counties, Illinois : from the earliest time to the present; together with sundry and
  interesting biographical sketches, notes, reminiscences, etc., etc.; illustrated author: Fulk, Marie Rabbitt


• Williamson County, Illinois : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county author: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.


• Delayed birth records, Williamson County, Illinois : prior to 1917 author: Burke, Billie Jean Cromer


• Cemeteries of Burnside Township, Johnson County, Illinois : Ballance, Cedar Creek, Drake (Williamson County), New Burnside, Newbold, Reid, Reynoldsburg, Rich/Horn, Robinson/Robertson, Rushing, Salem (Williamson County), St. Francis De Sales/McCabe, Woodside, Zion (Pope County), Veterans (unknown location)


• 1880 Williamson County, Illinois mortality schedule author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Gone to be an angel : tombstone inscrptions [sic] of Cana and Union Grove cemeteries, Williamson County, IL author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Newsletter (Willamson County Historical Society)


• School commissioner's record of the examination of candidates for teachers : County of Williamson and state of Illinois, Dec 1865 to Aug 1886


• Mt. Pleasant cemeteries : Mt. Pleasant, Poordo, Illinois, and, Mount Pleasant "The Shed" Crab Orchard, Illinois author: Davis, Helen Nagge


• Free Silver School #80, attendance & school register records, 1933-1939
  Freedom & Fountain cemeteries : Rt. 37 South, Williamson County, Illinois author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Polk's Marion (Williamson County, Ill.) city directory author: R. L. Polk and Company


• Oddfellows Cemetery, Marion, Illinois


• Steal-easy, my home town : a memoiric history of Crab Orchard, Illinois author: Brewer, John M.


• Williamson and Saline county cemetery inscriptions author: Anderson, Mary Afton


• Williamson County author: Erwin, Milo


• Williamson County taxes, 1891 (Township 10, Range 1) author: Draves, Walter, Mrs.


• Williamson County churches author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Cemetery on Joe Harvel's farm east of Herrin, Illinois, about 2 miles


• Glimpses of the past in Johnston City, Illinois, 1894-1945 author: Roberts, Pearl


• Illinois rebels : a Civil War unit history of G Company, Fifteenth Tennessee Regiment, Volunteer Infantry ; the story of the Confederacy's Southern Illinois company ; men from Marion and Carbondale author: Gleeson, Ed


• Williamson County, Il. wills, book A : book contains wills, people who died intestate; administrators, executors, guardians for
  children and children's birthdates; deceased parents; a few marriages, 1847-1872 author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Marion (Illinois) city directories


• Johnston City (Illinois) city directories


• Williamson County miscellaneous court records, 1840-1903 author: Moore, Mary Jo


• Williamson County coroner's inquest records author: Moore, Mary Jo


• Williamson County wills, book B author: Moore, Mary Jo


• Williamson Co., Il. collector's book, 1891 : township 10 south, range 2 east, Southern Township author: Williams, Bailey


• Violet Grisham's newspaper articles, columns and photographs, 1980-1994, of southern Illinois author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• G.g. grandfather's journal, Franklin-Williamson County pioneer, Isaac Groves author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Lake Creek-Hartwell Cemetery, Williamson County, Il. author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Williamson County cemeteries by township : includes names of Revolutionary War through Civil War veterans found in rural cemeteries author: Jackson, Robert


• Williamson County treasurer's district school account book : 1873-1914 author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Wolf Creek/Palestine, New Pleasant Hill, Gentry, Oak Grove, Liberty and Grange Hall
  cemeteries of southwestern Williamson County, IL author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Williamson County : invites the Lions Clubs of Illinois to meet at Herrin in 1926


• Hanging, stabbing, shootings in Williamson County author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Williamson County Jail 1913-1972 author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Williamson County schools : from a personal and professional perspective author: Booth, Lee


• Bar docket, circuit court of Williamson County author: Moore, Mary Jo


• My Williamson County Pioneer Kinfolks and Descendants author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Illinois, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918 author: United States. Selective Service System


• Charles T. Carter, Revolutionary soldier whose children came to Southern Illinois :
  their related families, Cunningham, Owens, Croslin, Aikin, Gregory author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Guardian records, vol. A-B, 1860-1891 author: Illinois. County Court (Williamson County)


• Church records, 1892-1897 author: Lake Creek Christian Church (Williamson County, Illinois)


• Church records, 1849-1878 author: Spring Hill Baptist Church (Williamson County, Illinois)


• Platbook author: Ferrell Cemetery (Williamson County, Illinois)


• Deeds, 1823-1890; index, 1823-1928 author: Williamson County (Illinois). Recorder


• Birth records, 1877-1925; index, 1877-1966 author: Williamson County (Illinois). County Clerk


• Death record, vol. 1-3, 1877-1915; index, 1877-1914 author: Williamson County (Illinois). County Clerk


• Marriage record, 1839-1916; index, 1865-1885 author: Williamson County (Illinois). County Clerk


• Original entry, 1814-1860 author: Williamson County (Illinois). Recorder


• Certificates of levy, sales and redemption, vol. B, 1859-1906 author: Williamson County (Illinois). Sheriff


• Sheriff's deed record, vol. A, 1865-1909 author: Williamson County (Illinois). Sheriff


• Administration index, A-Z, 1851-1971 author: Illinois. County Court (Williamson County) availability: Online


• Estate book, vol. B, 1850-1859 author: Illinois. County Court (Williamson County) availability: Online


• Will record, 1853-1919 author: Illinois. County Court (Williamson County) availability: Online


• Naturalization records, 1865-1903 author: Illinois. Circuit Court (Williamson County)


• Shawneetown land entry plat maps 1814-1820 : for the Illinois counties of Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson,
  Massac, Pope, Saline, Williamson; plus 1807 squatters maps for Hardin and Pope counties author: Nelson, Doris, 1948-


• Militia rolls, 1862-1863 Williamson - Woodford counties Family History Library US/CAN Film 1012424


• 1865 IL State Census, Williamson County


• Shawneetown land district records 1814-1820


• Memoirs of William Joseph Caplinger author: Moore, Mary Jo


• Time traveler author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 1-2 (1998-1999)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 3, no. 3 (Fall 2000)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 3-4 (2000-2001)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 5-6 (2002-2003)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 7-8 (2004-2005)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 9-10 (2006-2007)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 11, no. 1 (spring 2008)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 11, no. 2 (summer 2008)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 11, no. 3 (fall 2008)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 11, no. 4 (winter 2008)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 12, no. 1 (spring 2009)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 12, no. 2 (summer 2009)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 12, no. 3 (fall 2009)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 12, no. 4 (winter 2009)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 13, no. 1 (spring 2010)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 13, no. 2 (summer 2010)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 13, no. 3 (fall 2010)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 13, no. 4 (winter 2010)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 14, no. 1 (spring 2011)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 14, no. 2 (summer 2011)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 14, no. 3 (fall 2011)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 14, no. 4 (winter 2011)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 15, no. 1 (spring 2012)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 15, no. 2 (summer 2012)


• Footprints in Williamson County, Illinois - v. 15, no. 3 (fall 2012)


• Farm families of Jackson and Williamson counties, Illinois, in 1920 - 1920


• Whose family line is it... anyway : a brief history of the Crain, Snider, Burkitt, Plumlee, Shingleton and Isom families in Franklin, Williamson and surrounding counties in Southern Illinois author: Crain, Charles L. (Charles Lee), 1948-


• Legends in the new world - the beginnings author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Freedom & Fountain cemeteries : Rt. 37 South, Williamson County, Illinois author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Minutes of the Bethel Association of Old School or Predestinarian Baptists, 1932-1954 : volume 3A author: Bethel Old School or Predestinarian Baptist Association (Illinois)


• Those left behind : cemeteries in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, Williamson County, Illinois author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Congregation history, First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ : Marion, Illinois 62959, 1841-1996


• Hudgens undertaker register book : 200 funerals, 12 1931-9 1938 author: Grisham, Violet Lee Carter


• Hill Funeral Home death certificate records : Carterville, Illinois author: Burke, Billie Jean Cromer


• Riggin Funeral Home records [1930-1972] : Carterville, Illinois author: Burke, Jack L.


• The Barham connection : Barham Cemetery inscriptions and family genealogy.
  Note, there are two indexes, one for the cemetery section and one for the family genealogy section author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Membership and friends, First Christian Church : Disciples of Christ author: Abney, Ella Lorine Rogers, 1928-


• Grand Army of the Republic : GAR records for the county of Williamson, Illinois ; Dollins #562 Lake Creek, Carterville #237 Carterville; James Adkins #655 Cottage Home, Creal Springs #344 Creal Springs, D.B. Caplinger #677 Creal Springs, Marion #319 Marion, G.W. Youngblood #514 Stonefort, J.L. Parks #518 Crab Orchard, Corinth #434 Corinth, Herrin #797 Herrin author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Bits of news : extracts from the Marion Daily Republican, the home paper of Marion and Williamson County author: Moore, Mary Jo


• The Magic city of Egypt author: Macfarlane, William N.


• Shake Rag Church author: Harris, Wilma


• Register of funerals, 1912-1919 author: Hathaway, John E.


• Marion Ill., cemetery records of Old Rose Hill, New Rose Hill and Maplewood cemeteries Six James Tanners author: Tanner, John W.


• Six James Tanners author: Tanner, John W.


• The Old Marion of Aikman Cemetery author: Parks, Nannie Gray


• The story of Carterville : its hundred years, 1871-1971 author: Scoby, Maranda Cavanas


• Pioneer folks and places : an historic gazetteer of Williamson County, Illinois author: Hubbs, Barbara Burr


• Original lands grants, 1824-1870 author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• An Index to the names of persons appearing in The history of Gallatin ..


• Letters from the past Hatch, match and dispatch : births, marriages, deaths and other great information from the Johnston City progress published in Johnston City, Williamson County, Illinois author: Garr, Marjorie Fay


• Down memory lane. Down memory lane, another stroll author: Howell, Lucille Vick


• Off the beaten path : some Williamson County, Illinois cemeteries author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Newspaper articles from Oldham Paisley's scrapbooks


• Probate book C, Circuit Clerk's office : administrators book A, County Clerk's office, Williamson County, Illinois author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Marion, Ill., the opportunity city Hunter Funeral Home records : 1914-1915, 1919-1927 Carterville, Illinois author: Burke, Billie Jean Cromer


• The slighted : an index to The war history of Williamson County, Illinois (1917-1919) author: Tyner, Lona Harper


• Chancery divorce records index : circuit clerk's office, Williamson County, IL author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Chancery partition, dower & deed records index : circuit clerk's office, Williamson County, IL author: Lind, Helen Sutt


• Criminal records index : circuit clerk's office, Williams County, IL Court House author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Herrin City Cemetery : Herrin, Williamson County, IL author: Murphy, Charla Schroeder


• Second in name only : recounting of first ninety years of Marion Second Baptist Church author: Boyd, Harry C.


• Souvenir program -- : Labor Day celebration, Marion, Illinois, Monday September 6, 1915 availability: Online


• Souvenir program of the Williamson county celebration :
  fairgrounds - Marion, Illinois, August 26th-September 1st ; presented by the Williamson County Centennial Association, Inc.


• Obituaries, Williamson County, Illinois author: Mary Jo Moore