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MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Record of Certificates of Levy and Sale, 1860-date, 1 v. (A) Masters' Certificate Record, 1877-date, 1 v. (B) 244 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Miscellaneous Record, 1903-date, 1 v. (1) Surveyors' Record, 1854-1871, 1 v.; 1886-date, 1 v. (1) Field Notes, United States Surveys, c. 1875, 1 v., in county clerk's vault. The notes contain descriptions of comers of sections and quarter sections, plats of townships, field notes of surveys, etc. Treasurers' and Collectors' Bond Record, 1893-datc, 1 v. (1) Stallion Register, 1910-date, 1 v.; Renewals, 1911-date, 1 v. GREENE COUNTY' The county was formed from Madison in 1821; the county seat is Car- rollton. The courthouse is located in a public square, and both it and the offices are fireproof. In the county clerk's office the book records are on wooden roller shelves, and the probate files in pasteboard boxes ; the law and criminal files are in steel filingboxes. In the circuit clerk's vault the land records are on steel roller shelves. The court records, etc. are on wooden roller shelves, and the papers are in steel filingboxes. All the records of both offices are in vaults. County Clerk COUNTY commissioners' AND SUPERVISORS' RECORDS County Commissioners' Record, 1821-1849, 4 v. (A-D) In the back of v. B is a list of lands sold for taxes in 1833. County Court Record, 1849-1873, 2 v. (E-F) County Commissioners' Record, 1873-1888, 2 v. (A-B) Supervisors' Record, 1888-date, 4 v. (C-F) Record of Roads, 1873-1874, 1 v. The volume is a record of plats and surveys. Record of Township Organization, 1884. This is the report of commissioners appointed to divide the county into townships, 1884. Commissioners' and Supervisors' Papers, 1856-datc, 48 f.b. Claims, reports, proceedings, miscellaneous papers, petitions, etc. are filed. Miscellaneous Road Papers, 182 1-c. 1875. The papers are kept in cupboard in clerk's office. Jury List, 1872-date, 2 v. (1-2) COUNTY COURT RECORDS County Court Record (common law and criminal), 1872-date, 2 v. (1-2) * Examined June, 1912. 245 246 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS County Court Files, 1872-date: Criminal, 14 f.b.; Common Law, 20 f.b. The above files are indexed by plaintiflf and defendant. Insane and Conservators' Record, 1871-1893, 2 v. (A-B) Insanity Record, 1893-date, 1 v. Insanity Files, 1872-date, 5 f.b. Naturalization Record, Discharged Soldiers, 1865 et seq., 1 v. Pages 40-568 are blank. Naturalization Record: Declaration of Intention, 1860-1898, 2 v. (A-B); Final Certificate, 1860-1874, 1894-1906, 3 v. (1-3) Naturalization Papers, 1864-1892, 2 f.b. County Court Docket (common law and criminal), 1872-date, 7v. Judgment Docket, 1872-date, 1 v. (1) Execution Docket, 1872-date, 1 v. (1) Judges' Insanity Docket, 1893-date, 1 v. County Court Fee Book: Criminal, 1872-date, 4 v.; Common Law, 1872-date, 2 v. (A-B); Insanity, 1889-date, 2 v. (B-C) TAXATION RECORDS Abstracts of Assessment, 1854-date, 1 f.b. (129) Abstracts of Assessment of Taxes, 1900-date, 2 v. Abstracts of Collectors' Books (statement of assessment), 1887- date, 3 v. (1-3) Land Entry Book, 1821-1871, 1 v. School Plat Record, 1863-1865, 1 v. Transcript Book, 1821-1856, 1 v. The volume contains transcripts of lands entered in the county, copied from auditors' books for use of assessors. Railroad and Telegraph Tax Schedules, 1873-date, 10 f.b. Assessors' Books, 1833, 1843, 1845, 1847, 1848-date. Collectors' Books, 1848-date. Railroad Tax Book, 1873-1883, 1 v. Telegraph Tax Book, 1902-date, 2 v. Board of Review Record, 1899-date, 1 v. Board of Review Complaint Docket, 1899-date, 1 v. (1) Tax Judgment Record, 1850-1856, 1 v. (A) GREENE COUNTY 247 Tax Sale Record, 1833-1866, 1 v. (B); 1867-1879, 1 v. (B) Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeiture Record, 1880- 1894, 1 V. Record of Affida\dts for Tax Deeds, 1886-1910, 1 v. (1) RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Marriage Register, 1821-1891, 3 v. (1, E-F) The contents give names of parties, date of marriage and by whom. Volume 1 is a copy of records A, B, C, D (1821-1866). The originals are also in the vault. Register of Marriages, 1877-date, 3 v. (1-3) Board of health record. Index to Marriages, 1821-date, 3 v. each for male and female. Marriage Licenses, 1821-date. The licenses are tied in bundles and stored in cupboard in clerk's office. Register of Births, 1877-date, 4 v. (1-4) Register of Deaths, 1877-date, 3 v. (1-3) Birth Reports, 1877-date, 9 f.b. Death Reports, 1877-date, 3 f.b. Index to Births and Deaths, 1877-date, 1 v. Record of Physicians' Certificates, 1877-date, 3 v. (1-3) Register of Physicians and Accoucheurs, 1877-date, 1 v. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Elecrion Returns, Tally Sheets, Poll Books, 1821-1886. These are in a cupboard in clerk's office. Assessors' Bond Record, 1899-date, 1 v. (1) Justices' and Constables' Record, 1884-date, 1 v. A record of oaths and bonds of above officers. Register of Commissions, 1857-date, 2 v. Militia Roll Record, 1861-1862, 1 v. Soldiers' Discharge Record, 1865, 1 v. Record of Surveyors' Reports of Inspection of Railroad Crossings, November, 1873-July, 1874, 1 v. The reports give location of crossing, alterations, repairs, etc. Miscellaneous Record, 1882-date, 1 v. (1) Register of Receipts and Expenditures of County Clerk, 1874-date, 3 V. (1-3) 248 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS County Clerk — Probate probate court records Probate Record, 1821-1836, 2 v. (1-2) The volumes contain: letters of administration; bonds; oaths; sale bills; inventories; apprenticeship papers; indentures; wills; reports and final settlements; claims, etc. Probate Record, 1834-1852, 1 v. (4) Pages 1-181 are inventories, appraisements, and sale bills; pp. 182-220 are a record of claims filed against estates; pp. 221-250, a record of estraj'^s. Probate Record, 1836-1849, 1 v. (5) The contents include bonds, letters of administration and of guardian- ship, records of reports and settlements made. Probate Record, 1838-date, 22 v. (C-X) Orders, decrees, claims, reports, settlements, etc. are recorded. Probate Claim Record, 1850-date, 4 v. (B-E) Name of claimant, date of filing, amount of claim, amount of judgment, etc. are given. Index to Probate Records, c. 1830-date, 1 v. Probate Files, 1821-date: Guardians, 50 f.b. ; Estates, 521 f.b. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Probate Judges' Docket, 1885-date, 11 v. (1-11) Estate Docket, 1859-1868, 1 v., labeled "Docket A"; 1864-1881, 1 V. (B); 1882-1895, 2 v. (1-2) Pages 44-296 of the 1859-1868 volume are blank. Guardians' Estate Docket, 1890-1892, 1 v. (1) Pages 7-580 are blank. Probate Judgment Docket, 1860-1885, 1 v. (A) Probate Claim Docket, 1880-1884, 1 v. (C) Docket of Official Bonds in Probate, 1882-1886, 1 v. (1) Probate Fee Book, 1850-date, 9 v. (1-2, A-G) RECORDS OF WILLS, BONDS, AND LETTERS Record of Wills, Letters, Bonds, and Settlements, 1836-1845, 1 v., labeled "Wills-A." Record of Bonds, Wills, Letters Testamentary, and of Adminis- tration, 1845-1875, 1 V. (B), labeled "Record of Wills." Record of WHls, 1867-date, 4 v. (C-F) GREENE COUNTY 249 Administrators' Record, 185(>-date, 7 v. (A-G) Executors' Record, 1850-date, 5 v. (A-E) Guardians' Record, 1850-date, 6 v. (A-F) Conserv^ators' Record, 1890-date, 1 v. Miscellaneous Bonds and Letters, 1872-date, 2 v. (1-2) Il^'ENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, SALE BILLS, ETC. Inventories, Appraisements and Sale Bills, 1836-1849, 1 v., labeled "Probate Record 6." Inventors', Appraisement, and Sale Bill Record, 1860-1864, 1 v. (A) Inventory Record, 1864-date, 8 v. (B-I) Guardians' Inventor>' Record, 1873-date, 1 v. (A) Appraisement Record, 1864-date, 6 v. (B-G) Sale Bill Record, 1864-date, 5 v. (B-F) Copartnership Inventory, and Appraisement Record, 1875-date, 1 V. Report Record, 1881-date, 7 v. (A-G) Guardians' Report Record, 1891-date, 2 v. (1-2) Executors', Administrators', and Guardians' Accounts, 1849-1873, 1 V. Insolvent Estate Record, 1877-date, 1 v. (1) Widows' Relinquishment and Selection Record, 1892-date, 1 v. (A) Record of Proceedings on Petitions to Sell Real Estate, 1850- date, 5 V. (A-E) The volume contains petitions, decrees, reports of sale, etc. Pages 87-285 of V. A are blank. Clerk of the Circuit Court CIRCUIT court records Circuit Court Record: Common Law, Criminal, and Chancery, 1822-1837, 2 v. (A-B); Common Law and Criminal, 1838- 1887, 9 V. (C-K) ; Common Law, 1887-date, 6 v. (L-Q) ; Crim- inal, 1887-date, 4 v. (A-D) ; Chancery, 1838-date, 29 v. (A-Z, AA-CC) Circuit Court Files (common law, criminal, and chancery), 1822- datc, 275 f.b. Naturalization Record, 1868-1890, 1 v. 250 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS DOCKETS, FEE BOOKS, ETC. Judges' Docket, 1841-date, 82 v. Judgment Docket, 1827-date, 5 v. (1-5) Execution Docket, 1823-date, 5 v. (1-2, A-C) Docket of Mechanics' Liens, 1888-date, 2 v. (A-B) Fee Book, 1821-date, 31 v. (A-I, 10-31) Justice of the Peace Transcript Record, 1885-date, 3 v. (C-E) Coroners' Inquests, 1839-date. Files are tied in bundles, labeled and placed in cupboard on south side of vault. Register of Receipts and Expenditures, 1872-date, 10 v. (A-J) Circuit Clerk — Recorder deed and mortgage records Entry Book, 1822-date, 20 v. Deed Record, 1822-date, 106 v. (A-Z, AA-ZZ, 51-106) Volumes A, B, and E have been copied. Mortgage Record, 1869-date, 2,2 v. (A-Z, AA-FF) General Index, 1822-date, 5 v. each for grantor and grantee. Index to Marginal Releases and Assignments, 1905- date, 1 v. (1) Chattel Mortgage Record, 1858-date, 36 v. (1-36) Index to Chattel Mortgages, 1906-date, 1 v. (1) MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Record of Sheriffs' Certificates of Levy and Sale, 1841-1862, 1 v., labeled "Records No. 1." Record of Sheriffs' Certificates of Lew, Sale, and Redemption, 1869-date, 2 v. (1-2) Record of Masters' Certificates of Sale and Redemption, 1867- date, 3 v. (A-C) Surveyors' Record, 1893-date, 1 v. (1) To\vn Collectors' Bond Record, 1886-date, 1 v. (1) Township Treasurers' Bond Record, 1889-date, 1 v. (A) Stallion Register, 1910-date, 1 v. (1); Renewals, 1911-date, 1 v. GRUNDY COUNTY^ The county was set off from La Salle in 1841 ; the county seat is Morris. The courthouse is not fireproof, but the vaults appear to be. The vaults are well equipped, being fitted with steel shelves and fihngboxes, but are overcrowded. A few such records as collectors' books are kept in a store- house at the rear of the courthouse. County Clerk COUNTY commissioners' AND SUPERVISORS' RECORDS County Commissioners' Record, Jime, 1841-October, 1849, 2 v. The contents include: records of roads and bridges and petitions there- for; boundaries of roads, appointment of road viewers, and their reports; register of money paid out ; lists of jurors ; county and road tax levies ; records of final settlements with tax collectors, etc. ; tavern and other licenses. In the back of v. 2 is a delinquent tax list, 1853 and 1857. Supervisors' Record, June, 1850-date, 7 v. (A-7) County Commissioners' Papers : Petitions for Roads and Bridges, 1842; Report of Sale of Coimty Town Lots in Morris, 1845. No other early papers were found; the above are in box labeled "Mis- cellaneous." Supervisors' Papers, 1852-date, 55 f.b. Financial Record, 1855-1894, 1 v. (A) The volume contains treasurers' and collectors' reports of accounts to supervisors. Register of Coimty Orders. 1841-date, 5 v. (A-B, 1-3) Jury List, 1872-date, 1 v. COUNTY COURT RECORDS Cotmty Court Record, 1855-date, 5 v. (A-E) Cognovit Record, 1883-date, 1 v. Record of Judgment by Default, 1858-1893, 1 v. (A) Chancery Record, 1855-1864, 1 v. (A) 'Examined February, 1912. 251 252 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Plaintiffs' and Defendants' Index, 1856-date, 2 v. (A-B) The plaintiffs' and defendants' index is in same volume; plaintiffs in front and defendants in back. County Court Files, 1855-date, ZZ f.b. Drainage Record, 1896-date, 1 v. Insanity Record, 1893-date, 2 v. (A-B) Insane and Conservators' Record, 1874-1892, 1 v. (A) Naturalization Record, 1855-1906, 14 v. Naturalization Papers, 1852-1906, 14 f.b. Coiu-t Docket, 1855-date, 4 v. (1-4) ■. Clerks' Docket, 1855-1858, 1 v.; 1860-date, 3 v. Judgment Docket, 1855-date, 1 v. Execution Docket, 1855-date, 1 v. Executions, 1855-date, 4 f.b. Insanity Docket, 1893-date, 1 v. (A) Fee Book, 1855-date, 6 v. List of Jury Certificates, 1856-date, 1 v. TAXATION RECORDS Abstract of Assessment and Taxes, 1871-date, 3 v. (A, 1-2) Assessment and Statement of Taxes, 1878-date, 1 v. Docket of Rates and Amounts Wanted, 1902-date, 1 v. (2) Certificates of Tax Levies, 1852-date, 8 f.b. School District Plats, 1858-date, 1 v. Railroad Tax Schedules of Value, 1854-date, 5 f.b. Assessors' Books, 1842-date, and Collectors' Books, 1842-date. These and other old records are kept in a brick storehouse in the rear of courthouse. Telegraph and Telephone Tax Books, 1878-date. Railroad Tax Books, 1858-date. Treasurers' Tax Record, 1858-1866, 4 v. (B-E) The volumes contain lists of delinquent taxes reported to treasurer by- collector. Delinquent Tax Lists, 1842-1898, 2 f.b. These are lists printed in the Joliet Courier and Grundy County Herald. Record of Applications for Judgment, 1862-1880, 3 v. (A-C) These are appHcations for judgment for tmpaid taxes. Tax Judgment Record, 1855-1879, 5 v. Tax Sale Record, 1842-1879, 4 v. GRUNDY COUNTY 253 Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption and Forfeiture Record, 1880- date, 3 v. Record of Affida\4ts for Tax Deeds, 1849-date, 2 v. (A-B) Affidavits for Tax Deeds, 1848-date, 6 f.b. RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Marriage Record, 1841-datc, 2 v. (1-2) The volumes record number of license, names of parties, date of license, date of marriage, when recorded, and by whom married. One little volume "Register of Marriages," 1841-1853, has been copied into v. 1. Index to Marriage Record, 2 v. Register of Marriages, 1877-date, 3 v. (1-3) Board of health form. Marriage Licenses, 1841-date, 12 f.b. Applications for Marriage License, 1882-date, 4 f.b. Register of Births, 1877-date, 4 v. (1^) There is an index to each volume. Register of Deaths, 1877-date, 3 v. (1-3) Birth Reports, 1877-date, 7 f.b. Death Reports, 1878-date, 3 f.b. Register of Physicians, Dentists, and Accoucheurs, 1877-date, 1 v. Record of Physicians' and Dentists' Certificates, 1877-date, 2 v. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Election Returns, Tally Sheets and Abstract of Votes, 1847-1894. Except for several in the fifties, no poll books were found. Assessors' and Supervisors' Bond Record, 1899-date, 1 v. (1) Official Bond Record, December, 1849-November, 1859, 1 v. Bond Record, 1887-date, 2 v. (1-2) These contain justices' and constables' bonds. Official Bonds, 1841-date, 4 f.b. Register of Town and County Officers, 1859-date, 3 v. Militia Roll Record, 1861-1862, 1 v. (A) "Bounty Paid Soldiers, War," 1861-1865, 1 v. This is a record of money voted by board of supervisors for volunteers, giving name and resi'dence of volunteer, amount of boimty, and date paid. The volume numbers 185 p., and is not indexed. The first 40 p. contain roll of the companies organized, 1861-August, 1862, giving name, rank, age, height, color of hair and eyes, whether married, number of children, etc. 254 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Estray Record, 1854-1895, 2 v. (A-B) Register of Fees Received, 1892-date, 3 v. (2^) County Clerk — Probate probate court records Probate Court Record, 1841-date, 24 v. The first four volumes contain sale bills, inventories, claims against estates, letters of administration, etc., and all other probate records. Probate Files, 1841-date, 138 f.b. Estate, guardianship, adoption, insanity, and conservatorship papers are filed together and ntunbered in one general series, from 1 to 3216. Index to Probate Files, 1 v. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Probate Judges' Docket, 1857-date, 22 v. (1-22) Probate Estate Docket, 1862-date, 3 v. (A-C) Probate Judgment Docket, 1854-date, 1 v. The volume contains legally proved claims against estates named, date of judgment, amount and class. Probate Claim Order Book, May, 1842-November, 1849, 1 v., un- labeled. The volume records the orders of court on claims. Probate Claim Docket, 1883-date, 3 v. (A-C) This is a docket of claims filed against each estate. Docket of Official Bonds, 1877-1889, 1 v. Probate Fee Book, 1855-date, 11 v. (1-11) RECORDS OF WILLS, BONDS, AND LETTERS Record of Wills, 1854-date, 3 v. (A-C) Volume A contains, besides wills, letters testamentary and executors' oaths. Administrators' Record, 1854-date, 5 v. (A-E) Executors' Record, 1859-date, 4 v. (A-D) Conservators' Record, 1905-date, 1 v. (B) Guardians' Record, 1858-date, 3 v. (A-C) Miscellaneous Record, 1880-date, 2 v. (C-D) The volumes contain letters of administration de bonis non and letters of administration with will annexed. GRUNDY COUNTY 255 INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, SALE BILLS, ETC. Inventory Record, 1863-date, 5 v. (A-E) Guardians' Inventory Record, 1887-date, 1 v. (C) Appraisement Record, 1858-date, 4 v. (A-D) "Request to Dispense with Appraisers," 1909-date, 1 v. Sale Bill Record, 1867-1876, 1 v. (A); 1872-date, 1 v. (B); 1888-date (private sales), 1 v. (C) Report Record, 1877-date, 7 v. (A-G) The record contains reports of administrators, executors, and guardians. Probate Court Ledger, 1863-1894, 2 v. (A-B) Widows' Relinquishment and Selection Record, 1871-date, 2 v. (A-B) Record of Decree for Sale of Real Estate, 1880-date, 5 v. (1-5) The volumes record petitions to sell real estate to pay debts and decree of court thereon. Clerk of the Circuit Court circuit court records Circuit Court Record, 1841-date, 29 v. Index to Court Record (plaintiffs and defendants), 4 v. Circuit Court Files, 1841-date: Common Law, 66 f.b.; Chancery, 112 f .b. ; Criminal, 42 f.b. Naturalization Record, 1859-date, 6 v. NaturaHzation Papers, c. 1845-1885, 4 f.b. DOCKETS, fee BOOKS, ETC. Judgment Docket, 1857-1880, 2 v. (A-B) Execution Docket, 1858-1880, 2 v. (A-B) Judgment and Execution Docket, 1881-date, 2 v. (C-D) Executions, 1843-date, 12 f.b. Docket of Mechanics' Liens, 1887-date, 1 v. Justice of the Peace Transcript Record, 1850-date, 2 v. (1-2) Coroners' Record, 1872-datc, 3 v. (1-3) Coroners' Inquests, 1859-1901, 4 f.b. States Attorneys' Report Record, 1873-date, 1 v. Register of Fees, 1884-date, 2 v. These volumes contain accounts of receipts and expenditures of the circuit clerk. 256 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Circuit Clerk — Recorder deed and mortgage records Entrj' Book, 1842-date, 12 v. Deed and Mortgage Record, 1841-datc, 137 v. Deed Record, 1832-1841, 3 v. These volumes are transcribed from La Salle county record. Deed? am mortgages are kept in same series and up to 1853 in same volumes. Plat Book, 1844-date, 3 v. (A-C) General Index to Deeds, 6 v. each for grantor and grantee. Index to Mortgages, 4 v. each for mortgagor and mortgagee. Tract Index, 1835-date, 2 v. (1-2) Index to Town Lots, 1835-date, 3 v. (1-3) Chattel Mortgage Record, 1880-date, 8 v. (15-22) The older records are stored in vault back of courthouse. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Record of Certificates of Levy, 1857-1904, 1 v. (B) Certificate of Sale Record, 1859-1897, 2 v. (A and D) Surveyors' Record, 1885-date, 1 v. (1) Land Entry Book, 1835-1855, 1 v. Field Notes of United States Survey of Grundy County, 1 v. Collectors' Bond Record, 1899-date, 1 v. (B) Stallion Register, 1910-date, 1 v.; Renewals, 1911-date, 1 v. HAMILTON COUNTY' The county was formed from White in 1821 ; the county seat is McLeans- boro. Hamilton county in 1911-1912 had no regular courthouse. A brick building in a public square, used for the office of the clerks, was apparently not fireproof. In the offices, books were kept on end and papers were either filed in pasteboard filingboxes in wooden pigeonholes, or else were kept in drawers. The clerks apparently attempted to care for the records as well as such conditions would let them. County Clerk COUNTY commissioners' AND SUPERVISORS' RECORDS Count}' Commissioners' Record, June, 1840-December, 1849, 1 v. The volume is labeled "Record Book." Cotinty Court Record, December, 1849-1868, 2 v. It contains a record of claims allowed against the county, lists of jurors, boundaries of road districts, appointment of road viewers and their reports, and other county business. Supervisors' Record, 1886-date, 3 v. (B-D) County Commissioners' Record, 1874-1886, 1 v. (A) The contents are: assessment and statement of taxes; assessment of railroad property; allowance of claims against county; lists of grand jurors, etc. Road Record, 1878-1885, 1 v. (A) A record of field notes, sur\'eys, and plats. Minute Book, County Commissioners, 1875-date, 5 v. (1-5) These contain a record of orders and claims allowed, lists of judges of election appointed, lists of grand jurors, etc. Coimty Commissioners' Covut Papers, 1852-1883, 24 f.b., in store- room; 1883-date, 69 f.b. Road Papers, 1880-1885, 3 f.b., in .storeroom. These are petitions for roads or alterations, reports of road viewers, etc. Indentures, 1845-1872, 1 f.b., in storeroom. Contents: adoption and apprenticeship papers. ' Examined April, 1912. 257 258 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS COUNTY COURT RECORDS County Court Record, 1872-date: Common Law, 1 v.; Criminal, 3v. County Court Files, 1872-1882, 44 f.b., in storeroom; 1882-datc, 96 f.b. Drainage Record, 1899-date, 2 v. The volumes contain a record of proceedings of drainage commissioners, plats of lands, lists of owners, location of drainage ditches, etc. Insanity Record, 1878-date, 3 v. (1-3) Insanity Files, 1872-date, 9 f.b. Naturalization Record, 1880-1894, 1 v. (A) Judges' Docket, 1872-date, 4 v. (A-D) Judgment Docket, 1872-date, 2 v. (A-B) Execution Docket, 1872-date, 1 v. Judges' Docket, Insanity, 1900-date, 1 v. (1) Headings are: history of case; name; age; etc. Fee Book (common law and criminal), 1872-date, 6 v. (A-F) Register of Jurors, 1872-date, 1 v. TAXATION RECORDS Tabular Statement of Taxes, 1886-date, 1 v. For statement, 1875-1885, see Countj^ commissioners' record, A, 1874- 1886. List of Taxable Lands, 1826, 1827, 1831, 1835; Lands and Personal Property, 1845. These are paper folios. They contain name of original patentee, pres- ent owner, amount and description of land, and amount assessed. They are placed in drawer no. 5 with poll books, at northwest corner of office. Land Entry Book, c. 1817-1855, 1 v. School District Plat Book, 1893-date, 1 v. Assessors' Books, 1857-date. Collectors' Books, 1853-date. Railroad Tax Books, 1873-date. Record of Proceedings of Board of Review, 1899-date, 1 v. Board of Review Complaint Docket, 1899-date, 1 v. Tax Judgment Record, 1865-1879, 2 v. (B-C) Tax Sale Record, 1834-1853, 1 v.; 1859-1879, 3 v. (1-3) Tax Forfeiture Record, 1871-1879, 3 v. HAMILTON COUNTY 259 Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeiture Record, 1880- date, 7 v. Record of Affidavits for Tax Deeds, 1878-date, 5 v. (3-7) Affidavits for Tax Deeds, 1857-1877, 4 f.b., in storeroom. RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Record of Marriages, May, 1821-1874, 3 v. (A-C) ; 1874-date, 3 v. (E-G) Volumes A-E, 1821-1877, give only names of parties, date of license, date of marriage, and by whom certified. Volumes F-G, 1877-date, give ages of parties also. Register of Marriages, 1878-date, 2 v. (1-2) Contains board of health form. Index to Marriages, 1821-1874, 1 v.; 1878-date, 1 v. each for male and female. Marriage Licenses, 1872-date, 34 f.b. Earlier licenses are in storeroom. Register of Births, 1878-date, 3 v. (1-3); Index, 1 v. Register of StiU Births, 1878-date, 1 v. (1) Register of Deaths, 1878-date, 2 v. (1-2); Index, 1 v. Birth Reports, 1879-date, 34 f.b. Death Reports, 1879-date, 5 f.b. Record of Phj'sicians' Certificates, 1877-date, 1 v. Register of Physicians and Accoucheurs, 1877-date, 1 v. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Lists of Men in Hamilton Coimty Subject to MiHtary Duty, 1861-1862. These are in little notebooks in box no. 23 of county commissioners' papers in storeroom. Census Schedule, 1835. The census lists names of heads of families, number of free white males and females of different ages, number of Negroes and mulattoes, number of militia; also the number and kind of mills, machines, manufactures and distilleries. This is in drawer no. 5 with old poll books, in the northwest comer of the room. Federal Census: Schedule, 1850, 1 foHo; Schedule, 1860, 2 folios. These are in drawer no. 15, west end of office. Poll Books and Abstracts of Votes, 1821-1860. These are poll books of local, state, and national elections; also of 260 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS election of militia officers. They are in drawer no. 5 of old case in north- west corner of room. Canvass of Votes, 1900-1908, 1 f.b. Assessors' Bond Record, 1899-date, 1 v. (A) Record of Official Bonds, 1878-date, 2 v. (1-2) These contain records of bonds of county officers. Register of County Officers, 1857-date, 2 v. (A-B) The headings are name, residence, office, date of election, expiration of term, and remarks. School Commissioners' Record, 1837-1880, 1 v. Lists of school lands sold, giving amount and value of land, name of purchaser, etc.; also includes records of school money loaned. Drainage Commission Record, 1855-1857, 1 v. Description and location of land, amount sold and value per acre, when and to whom sold, and terms of sale are recorded ; probably a swamp land record. County Clerk — Probate probate court records Probate Journal, March, 1855-date, 12 v. (A-L) The series contains records of court orders, allowance of claims, reports and settlements, petitions to sell real estate to pay debts, etc. Probate Files, 1823-date, 84 f.b. The estate papers are filed alphabetically, all with same initial letter being in same box. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Probate Judges' Docket, 1873-date, 10 v. (F-0) Probate Court Docket, 1866-1870, 1 v. Probate Judgment Docket, 1859-date, 7 v. (A-G) These give name of claimant and of estate, date, nature of claim and amount, and order of court. Probate Fee Book, 1866-date, 9 v. (B-J) RECORDS OF WILLS, BONDS, AND LETTERS Record of Letters, Bonds, and Wills, April, 1838-December, 1847, 1 V. ; December, 1847-November, 1859, 2 v. The volumes record administrators' and executors' bonds and letters, and copies of wills probated. Record of Wills, 1826-date, 2 v. (A-B) HAMILTON COUNTY 261 Wills, c. 1830-date, 3 f.b. Administrators' and Executors' Record, 1858-1898, 3 v. (B-D) Administrators' Record, 1890-date, 3 v. (E-G) Executors' Record, 1898-date, 1 v. (E) Guardians' Record, 1865-date, 5 v. (C-G) Record of Miscellaneous Bonds and Letters, 1877-date, 3 v. (A-C) Bonds, letters, and oaths of administrators de bonis non, etc. are in- cluded. INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, AND SALE BILLS Inventory', Appraisement, and Sale Bill Record, December, 1840- February, 1845, 2 v.; 1855-1876, 3 v. (B-D) Inventory' Record, 1877-date, 6 v. (E-J) Appraisement Record, 1876-date, 4 v. (E-H) Sale Bill Record, 1876-date, 3 v. (E-G) REPORTS, ETC. Probate Ledger, 1858-date, 3 v. (A-C) These contain current accounts of administrators, executors, and guardians. Report Record, 1875-1879, 2 v. (A-B) Administrators' and Executors' Report Record, 1879-date, 4 v. (C-F) Guardians' Report Record, 1879-date, 5 v. (C-G) Widows' Relinquishment and Selection Record, 1879-date, 2 v. (A-B) Record of Decree and Report on Sale of Real Estate, 1868-date, 5 V. (A-E) Decree of court on petition to sell real estate to pay debts and report of sale are recorded. Clerk of the Circuit Court Circuit Court Records Circuit Court Record: Common Law, Chancery, and Criminal, 1821-1868, 9 V. (A-I); Common Law, 1869^ate, 4 v.; Chancery-, 1869-date, 17 v.; Criminal, 1871-date, 4 v. 262 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Index to Court Record, 1858-date, 4 v. each for plaintiff and defendant. Circuit Court Files (common law, criminal, and chancery), 1823- date, 501 f.b. Naturalization Record, 1863-1883, 2 v. DOCKETS, FEE BOOKS, ETC. Judges' Docket, 1842-date, 16 v. (A-P) Judgment Docket, 1849-date, 4 v. (A-D) Execution Docket, 1848-date, 3 v. (A-C) Docket of Mechanics' Liens, 1887-date, 1 v. (1) Fee Book, 1852-date, 19 v. (A-S) States Attorneys' Report Record, 1874-date, 1 v. (A) Justice of the Peace Transcript Record, 1855-date, 4 v. (A-E) Circuit Clerk — Recorder deed and mortgage records Entry Book, 1851-date, 9 v. (A-I) Deed Record, 1823-date, 94 v. (A-Z, 27-94) Mortgage Record, 1856-date, 34 v. (1-34) Release Record, 1873-date, 3 v. (A-C) Oil and Gas Lease Record, 1906-date, 1 v. (A) Index to Marginal Releases and Assignments, 1905-date, 1 v. An index to releases entered in margin of mortgage record, and to mortgages assigned by one person to another. General Index to Deeds, c. 1840-date, 7 v. (A-G) each for grantor and grantee. General Index to Mortgages, 1856-date, 5 v. (A-E) each for mortgagor and mortgagee. Chattel Mortgage Record, 1875-date, 27 v. (1-27) Index to Chattel Mortgage Record, 3 v. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Record of Certificates of Levy, Sale, and Redemption, 1856-date, 4v. Record of Surveys, 1860-date, 3 v. Field notes and plats of surv'^eys made by county surveyor are here recorded. HAMILTON COUNTY 263 Soldiers' Discharge Record, 1865-1900, 1 v. (A) StaUion Register, 1910-date, 1 v. (1) Miscellaneous Record, 1864-date, 3 v. (A-C) These contain a record of soldiers' discharges, certificates of election of trustees, affidavits, etc. HANCOCK COUNTY' This county was created in 1825 in territory previously attached to Pike, but was attached to Adams until organized in 1829; the county seat is Carthage. The courthouse is in a square, and is fireproof. The vaults arc good and fitted with steel shelves and filingboxes; the records and files are in good order. County Clerk COUNTY commissioners' AND SUPERVISORS* RECORDS County Commissioners' Court Record, 1830-1849, 6 v. Supervisors' Records, 1850-date, 9 v. (A-I) Record of County Roads, 1839-date, 2 v. This is a record of surveys and reports. Jury List, 1872-date, 2 v. COUNTY COURT RECORDS County Court Record, 1872-date: Common Law, 2 v. (1-2); Criminal, 2 v. (1-2) Index to Court Record, 2 v. each for plaintiff and defendant. County Court and Miscellaneous Files, 1872-date, 157 f.b. Drainage Record, 1892-date, 1 v. The volume records proceedings of commissioners of Hunt drainage dis- trict. Voluntary Assignment Record, 1878-1900, 3 v. (1-3) Adoption Record, 1884-date, 2 v. (A-B) Insane and Conservators' Record, 1870-1892, 1 v. (A) This contains records of insanity trials and of the bonds and letters of conservators. Insanity Record, 1893-date, 3 v. (D-F) Naturalization Record, 1876-1906, 3 v. (A-C) Judgment Docket, 1872-date, 2 v. (1-2) Execution Docket, 1867-date, 1 v. (B) ' Examined July, 1912. 264 HANCOCK COUNTY 265 TAXATION RECORDS Abstract of Assessment and Taxes, 1877-date, 4 v. Docket of Rates and Amounts Wanted, 1881-date, 4 v. (A-D) School Plat Book, 1858-date, 4 v. Assessors' Books, 1852-date, in treasurer's vault. Collectors' Books, 1846-date, in county clerk's vault. Railroad Tax Book, 1868-date, 9 v. (A-I) Board of Re\aew Record. 1899-datc, 3 v. (1-3) Board of Review Complaint Docket, 1899-date, 2 v. (1-2) Tax Judgment Record, 1833-1880, 10 v. Tax Sale and Redemption Record, 1823-1880, 11 v. Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeiture Record, 1880- date, 17 v. Tax Forfeiture Record, 1876-1880, 3 v. (B-D) Record of Affida\dts for Tax Deeds, 1858-date, 4 v. (A-D) Collectors' and Treasurers' Accoimts with County, 1873-date, 2 v. RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Marriage Register, 1829-1862, 3 v. (A^-A^) The headings are: number and date of Ucense; names of parties; date of marriage and by whom solemnized; when registered. Marriage Register, 1863-date, 2 v. (B-C); Index, 2 v. The contents are the same as those of the preceding register. Register of Marriages, 1877-1908, 2 v. (1-2) Board of health form; this register has been discontinued. Record of Applications for Marriage License, 1880-date, 17 v. (A-P) Marriage Licenses, 1830-date, 30 f.b. Register of Births, 1878-date, 7 v. (1-7) Register of StiU Births, 1878-date, 1 v. (1) Register of Deaths, 1878-date, 5 v. (A-E) Coroners' Death Certificate Record, 1910-date, 1 v. (1) Same information as in regtdar death record is given. Record of Physicians' Certificates, 1877-date, 2 v. (1-2) Register of Physicians and Accoucheurs, 1877-date, 1 v. (1) Record of Dental Certificates, 1878-date, 2 v. (A-B) Veterinary Surgeons' License Record, 1900-date, 1 v. (1) 266 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Architects' License Record, 1897-date, 1 v. (1) Census Returns, Hancock County, 1880, 2 v. (1-2) MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Election Record, 1867-date, 2 v. (2-3) Abstracts of votes cast for national, state, and local officers are given. Record of Incorporation of Towns, 1849-1869, 1 v. These include poll books of electors and names of officers chosen. Assessors' Bond Record, 1899-date, 1 v. (1) Justices' and Constables' Bond Record, 1879-date, 2 v. (A-B) Register of County Officers, 1849-date, 3 v. (A-C) The register includes name of officer, office, date of election, and expiration of term. Record of Marks and Brands, 1829-1907, 1 v. Estray Record, 1858-1909, 2 v. (1-2) Militia Roll Record, 1861-1862, 1 v. (A) Miscellaneous Record, 1901-date, 1 v. (1) County Clerk — Probate probate court records Probate Record, December, 1839-October, 1846, 1 v. (A) The contents include orders, decrees, record of reports filed, claims allowed, etc. Probate Journal, 1840-1846. 1 v. The volume contains letters of administrators, bonds, oaths, claims, reports, settlements, inventories, appraisements, and sale bills. Probate Record, 1842-1849, 1 v. The records include claims, proof of death, petition for letters, etc., orders and decrees. Probate Order Book, 1850-1859, 2 v. Probate Journal, 1859-date, 39 v. (1-39) Orders, decrees, and court minutes of proceedings are recorded. Probate Files, 1830-date: Estates, 373 f.b.; Guardianship, 80 f.b. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Estate Index, 1830-date, 1 v. (1) The headings are as follows: name of estate, and of agent; date of letters; reference to volume and page of will, bond, appraisement, inventory, re- port and other records; also number of filingbox in which papers are to be found. HANCOCK COUNTY 267 Guardians' Index, 183(>-date, 1 v. (1) The index lists names of guardian and ward, securities, amount of bond, and date of letters; reference to records and to files is also given. Probate Estate Docket, 1854-1869, 1 v. (A) Probate Judges' Docket. 1859-date, 21 v. (A-U) Claim Docket, 1849-date, 8 v. (A-H) The docket is a Ust of claims allowed against each estate, giving names, amount and nature of claims. Probate Judgment Docket, 1859-date, 10 v. (A-J) Fee Book (probate, criminal, and common law), 1878-1897, 3 v. (F-H) RECORDS OF WILLS, BONDS, AND LETTERS Record of Wills and Letters Testamentary, 1836-1849, 2 v. (B-C) Record of WiUs, 1850-1874, 1 v. (1); 1866-date, 10 v. (A-J) Record of Probate of Wills, 1899-date, 2 v. (A-B) Record of Order Finding Heirship, 1905-date, 1 v. (A) The volume contains the orders of the court designating heirs. "Record of Bonds, Letters of Administrators and Guardians," 1849-1863, 1 V. "Record of Letters of Administration, Bonds, etc.," 1850-1864, 1 V. Administrators' Record, 1859-date, 8 v. (A-H) Executors' Record, 1865-date, 5 v. (A-E) Record of Conservators' Bonds and Letters, 1880-1908, 1 v. (C); 1902-date, 1 v. (E) Guardians' Record, 1859-date, 6 v. (A-F) Record of Miscellaneous Bonds and Letters, 1873-1892, 2 v. (1-2) Record of Letters of Administration with Will Annexed, 1886- date, 1 V. (B) Record of Bond for Sale of Real Estate, 1884-date, 1 v. (A) INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, AND SALE BILLS Appraisement, Inventory, and Sale Record, 1831-1839, 1 v. (A) Inventory, Appraisement, and Sale Bill Record, 1850-date, 11 v. (A-K) Volumes E-K, 1866-1912, contain only such documents as are too long for printed form of regular record. 268 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Appraisement Record, 1866-date, 8 v. (E-L) Inventory Record, 1866-date, 10 v. (E-N) Sale Record, 1866-date, 5 v. (E-I) Guardians' Inventory Record, 1879-date, 2 v. (A-B) Conser^^ators' Inventory Record, 1905-date, 1 v. (A) Partnership Inventory Record, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Appraisement Record (partnerships), 1884-date, 1 v. (1) REPORT RECORDS, ETC. Accoimts Current Record, 1849-date, 17 v. (A-Q) This record contains both the current and final reports. Administrators' and Executors' Report Record, 1899-date, 4 v. Conservators' Report Record, 1905-date, 1 v. (A) Guardians' Report Record, 1887-1906, 2 v. (J-K) Widows' ReHnquishment and Selection Record, 1880-1910, 2 v. (A-B) Widows' Award and Selection Record, 1910-date, 1 v. (C) Clerk of the Circuit Court circuit court records Circuit Court Record: Common Law, Chancery, and Criminal, 1829-1838, 1 V. (A); Common Law and Criminal, 1838-1869, 14 V. (B-0); Chancery, 1838-date, 32 v. (1-32); Common Law, 1869-date, 4 v. (P-S) ; Criminal, 1869-date, 5 v. (1-5) Index to Court Record, 1857-date: Common Law, 3 v. each for plaintiff and defendant ; Chancery, 1 v. each for plaintiff and defendant; Criminal, 1 v. Circuit Court Files, 1830-date, 1255 f.b., indexed. Common law, chancery, and criminal files are in same boxes and numbered consecutively. Naturalization Record : Declaration of Intention, 1851-1890, 3 v.; Final Certificate, 1852-1873, 4 v.; Soldiers and Minors, 1866- 1873, 1 V. dockets, fee books, etc. Judges' Docket, 1890-date, 24 v. Judgment Docket, 1835-date, 18 v. (A-R) Chancery Judgment Docket, 1853-date, 3 v. (A-C) HANCOCK COUNTY 269 Execution Docket, 1830-date, 11 v. (A-K) Docket of Mechanics' Liens, 1887-date, 1 v. (1) Fee Book, 1836-date, 31 v. (B-Z, 1-6) States Attorneys' Report Record, 1883-1906, 1 v. (1) Circuit Clerk — Recorder deed and mortgage records Entry Book, 1839-date, 32 v. Transcribed Deed Record, 1818-1830, 5 v. (1-5) Deed Record, 1829-date, 163 v. (A-Z, 27-163) Mortgage Record, 1840-date, 86 v. Plat Book, 1836-1849, 1 v.; 1866-date, 2 v. Release Record, 1874-date, 15 v. (1-15) General Index, 1830-date, 9 v. each for grantor and grantee. Chattel Mortgage Record, 1855-date, 3Z v. (1-33) MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Record of Certificates of Levy, Sale, and Redemption, 1835-date, 5 V. (1-5) Record of Certificates of Piirchase, 1853-date, 4 v. (A-D) Land Entry Book, c. 1817-1850, 1 v. Surveyors' Record, 1838-date, 6 v. (B-D, 1-3) Surveyors' Record (township surveys), 23 v. There is 1 v. for each township. Soldiers' Discharge Record, 1865-date, 1 v. Township Treasurers' Bond Record, 1890-date, 2 v. (1-2) Collectors' Bond Record, 1850-date, 5 v. (1-5) StaUion Register, 1910-date, 3 v. (1-3) Record of Sale of Swamp Lands, 1856, 1 v. Record of Sale of School Lands, 1836-1838, 1 v. "School Record," 1834-1856, 1 v. This is a record of petitions for sales, and sale of school lands; plats and survej'S of the lands are also included. Miscellaneous Record, 1874-date, 5 v. (1-5) HARDIN COUNTY^ Hardin was set off from Pope in 1839 and received additional terri- tory from Gallatin in 1847; the county seat is Elizabethtown. The court- house is not in a public square, but there are no buildings nearby. The courthouse is of brick and wood, and is not fireproof. There are no vaults and the offices are heated with coal stoves and lighted by lamps. In one office the floor is carpeted with matting. The book records are kept on end on wooden shelves and the files are in wooden pigeonholes. The former courthouse with all its records was burned in ISS-l. As usual, the gossip is that the fire was incendiary. County Clerk COUNTY commissioners' AND SUPERVISORS* RECORDS County Commissioners' Record, 1884-date, 3 v. (1-3) List of County Orders Issued, 1884-date, 2 v. Name of payee, amount and purpose of order are given. Jm-y List, 1884-date, 1 v. COUNTY COURT RECORDS County Court Record, 1884-date, 3 v. (1-3) County Court Files Icommon law and criminal), 15 p.h. No filingboxes are used. Insanity Record, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Judges' Docket (common law and criminal), 1884-date, 3 v. (1-3) Judgment Docket, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Execution Docket, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Judges' Docket (insanity), 1884-date, 1 v. Fee Book (common law and criminal), 1884-date, 3 v. TAXATION RECORDS Township School Plat Book, 1884-date, 1 v. Assessors' Books, 1884-date, and Collectors' Books, 1884-date. 1 Examined April, 1912. 270 HARD IX COUXTV 271 Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeiture Record, 1884- date, 2 v. Record of Tax Sale Certificates of Purchase, 1884-1908, 1 v. This is a record of certificates issued by county clerk to tax buyers certifying that they purchased lands at public sale and in default of re- demption will be entitled to deeds. Record of Affidavits for Tax Deeds, 1884-date, 2 v. (1-2) RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS, ETC. Marriage Record, 1884-date. 3 v. (1-3) Names of parties, ages, date of license, and certificate of marriage are given. Register of Marriages, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) The board of health form is used. Marriage Licenses, 1884-date. These are filed with birth and death reports of equal date in ten pigeon- holes. Register of Births, 1884-date, 2 v. (1-2); Index, 1 v. Register of Deaths, 1884-date, 3 v. (1-3); Index, 1 v. Register of Physicians and Accoucheurs, 1884-date, 1 v. Record of Physicians' Certificates, 1884-date, 1 v. Justices' and Constables' Bond Record, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Register of County Officers' Commissions, 1884-date, 1 v. County Clerk — Probate probate court records Probate Record, July, 1846-November, 1849, 1 v. Inventories, appraisements, and sale bills, with bonds and letters of administrators, guardians, etc. are recorded. Probate Joiunal, May, 1884-date. 5 v. (1-5) Probate Files, 1884-date, 19 p.h. DOCKETS, FEE BOOKS, WILLS, ETC. Probate Judges' Docket, May, 1884-date, 5 v. (1-5) Record of Wills, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Administrators' Record, 1884-datc, 1 v. (1) Executors' Record, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Conservators' Record, 1884-date, 1 v. Guardians' Record, 1897-date, 1 v. (1) 1 272 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, AND SALE BILLS Inventory Record (estates), 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Guardians' Inventory Record, 1887-date, 1 v. (1) Appraisement Bill Record, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Guardians' Sale Record, 1886-date, 1 v. (1) Sale Bill Record (estates), 1884-date, 1 v. (1) REPORT RECORDS, ETC. Estate Ledger, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) The contents include: name of estate, names of administrator, widow and heirs; amoimt of bond, names of sureties, etc.; date and amount of inventory, sale bills, etc., and place of record; also list of claims allowed. Administrators' Report Record, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Guardians' Report Record, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Widows' Relinquishment and Selection Record, 1884-date, 1 v. Real Estate Sale Record, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Clerk of the Circuit Court circuit court records Circuit Court Record, 1880-date, 6 v. (F-K) Index to Court Record (plaintiff and defendant), 1884-date, 2 v. Circuit Court Files (common law, criminal, and chancery), 1884- date, 53 p.h. DOCKETS, FEE BOOKS, ETC. Judges' Docket, 1878-date, 6 v. (E-J) Judgment Docket, 1884-date, 1 v. Execution Docket, 1884-date, 1 v. Docket of Mechanics' Liens, 1887-date, 1 v. (1) Fee Book, 1884-date, 3 v. Justice of the Peace Transcript Record, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Indictment Record, 1884-date, 3 v. (1-3) Register of Jurors, 1884-date, 1 v. (1) Circuit Clerk — Recorder Entry Book, 1865-date, 2 v. The volume for 1865-1884 was saved from the fire. I HARDIN COUNTY 273 Deed Record, 1877-date, 15 v. (N-0, 1-13) Volumes N and O were saved from the fire of 1884. Mortgage Record, 1882-date, 6 v. General Index, 1877-date, 5 v. each for grantor and grantee. Chattel Mortgage Record, 1884-date, 5 v. Record of Sheriffs' Certificates of Purchase and Redemption, 1884- date, 1 V. Record of Masters' Certificates of Purchase and Redemption, 1884-date, 1 v. Surveyors' Record, 1867-date, 3 v. Land Entry Book, 1814-1854, 1 v. HENDERSON COUNTY' The county was set off from Warren in 1841 ; the county seat is Oquawka. The courthouse is not fireproof. The vaults, however, which take the form of two one-story wings built out from it, seem moderately safe. All the records are kept in them. The filing equipment in the county clerk's vault is modern. In the circuit clerk's office, wooden racks are used for the books — which are on end — and pasteboard filingboxes for the papers. County Clerk COUNTY commissioners' AND SUPERVISORS' RECORDS County Commissioners' Record, 1841-date, 7 v. The current volume is loose leaf. Volume 1851-1864 is missing. Civil Service Record (rtiles), 1906-date, 1 v. Dog License Fund Record, 1881-1889, 1 v.; 1897-1908, 1 v. The second volume is a record of sheep killed by dogs and amount of damage claimed. Wolf Scalp Affidavits, 1889-1902, 2 f.b. Register of County Orders, 1853-date, 8 v. (A-H) Volume 1869-1882 is missing. Treasurers' Account of Count}' Orders Paid, 1893-1902, 1 v. This also contains an account of moneys paid and received, 1890-1900. Cotmty Orders Countersigned by Treasurer, 1907-date, 1 v. Cancelled County Orders, 1885-date, 2 v. Scrapbook of Clerks' Receipts for orders given out, 1898-1906, 1 V. Record of Bond Issue for Warsaw and Rockford railroad, 1857- 1873, 1 V. List of Jury Certificates, 1853-1862, 1 v. Road District Record, 1895-1904, 2 v. Proceedings of Commissioners of Highwa3''s, 5 v. Road Record, 1841-1894, 2 v. One volume contains field notes and one volume plats. > Examined April, 1914. 274 i HENDERSON COUNTY 275 Road Papers, Surveys, etc., 1841 et seq., 4 f.b. Register of Jurors. 1872-1908, 1 v.; 1910-date, 1 v. COUNTY COURT RECORDS County Court Record, 1872-date, 2 v.; Index, 2 v. County Court Files, 1872-date, 13 f.b.; Index, 1 v. each for com- mon law and criminal files. Drainage Record, 1879-1880, 1 v. (1); 1911-date, 2 v. The contents include petitions, organizations, contracts, orders of court, assessments, engineers' testimony, etc. Drainage Papers, 4 f.b. Insane and Conservators' Record, 1878-1891, 1 v. (A) Insanity Record, 1894-date, 1 v. Record of Final Certificate of Naturalization, 1872-1902, 1 v. ; 1904-1906, 1 V. Minors' Naturalization Record, 1878-1898, 1 v. ; 1904, 1 v. Naturalization Papers, 1888-date, 4 f.b. Inheritance Tax Record, 1 v. This is a description of estate and bequests with appraisement and amount of tax and judge's signature. Judges' Docket, 1872-1901, 1 v.; 1897-date. 1 v. Clerks' Docket. 1880-date, 2 v. Judgment Docket, 1882-date, 1 v. Execution Docket, 1872-date, 1 v. Docket of Insane Cases, 1894-date, 1 v. Fee Book, 1878-date, 3 v., in probate series. Jury Venires, 1887-date, 2 f.b. TAXATION RECORDS Docket of Rates and Amounts Wanted, 1876-date, 1 v. School Tax Levies, 1879-1900, 5 f.b. School District Plats, 1874-date, 2 v. Revenue Papers, 1848-1880, 4 f.b. These are collectors' credits, forfeited lands, double payments, etc. Assessors' Books, 1847, 1 v.; 1862, 1 v.; 1899-date. Collectors' Books, 1841-1843, 1846, 1848-date. Railroad, Telegraph and Telephone Book, 1873-1881, 1 v. Railroad Tax Book, 1873-1875, 1 v.; 1889-date, 2 v. Board of Review Record, 1907-date, 1 v. 276 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Statement of Errors in Tax Books, by county collector to county clerk, requesting credit for amounts, 1891-1907, 1 v. Personal Property Abatement List, 1891-1902, 1 v.; 1907-date, 1 V. Collectors' demands for abatement for unpaid taxes on personal property- are listed here. Circuit Court Judgment Record, 1842-1849, 1 v. Tax Judgment Record, 1849-1866, 2 v.; 1859-1874, 1 v. Lists of Lands Sold for Taxes, 1833-1852, 1 v.; 1842-1852, 1 v.; 1862-1880, 1 V. Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeiture Record, 1881- 1895, 1 V. ; 1893-date, 2 v. Record of Affidavits for Tax Deeds, 1841-1853, 1 v.; 1851-1865, 1 v.; 1869-date. 4 v. (A, A, B, D) Record of Tax Sale Certificates of Purchase, 1889-date, 2 f.b. Record of Certificates of Purchase where taxes equal or exceed value of land, 1883-1888, 1 v. "Distribution of Back Tax," 1879-1883, 1 v. County Collector in Account with Treasurer, 1884-1889, 1 v. Cotmty Treasurer in Account with County, 1891-date, 1 v. Treasurers' Accounts, 1841-1845, 1 v. Record of Treasurers' Settlements, 1841-1852, 1 v. County Collector in Account with County, 1876-date, 1 v. RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Marriage Register, 1841-date, 3 v.; Index, 3 v. Record of Applications for Marriage License, 1876-date, 7 v. Marriage Licenses, 1874-date, 5 f.b. Register of Births, 1877-date, 4 v.; Index, 1 v. Register of Deaths, 1878-date, 3 v. Birth Reports, 6 f.b. Death Reports, 1871-date, 7 f.b. Record of Certificates of Registered Nurses, 1910, 1 v. Report of Physicians' Certificates, 1877-1910, 1 v. Register of Physicians and Accoucheurs, 1877-date, 1 v. Census Returns, Federal Census of 1860, 1 v.; 1870, 1 v. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Patent Register, 1872, 1 v., 1 entr3^ HENDERSON COUNTY 277 Record of Official Bonds, Justices of the Peace and Constable, 1877- 1905; Miscellaneous to 1912; Justice of the Peace, Police Magis- trate and Constable, 1907-date, 1 v. Assessors' Bond Record, 1908-date, 1 v. Register of Officers, 1857-1882, 1 v.; 1881-1900, 1 v. Militia Roll Record. 1861. 1 v. Fee Officers' Reports, c. 1890. Reports of circuit clerk, sheriff, county clerk, justice of the peace, and school superintendent. Ctirrent Ledger and Cash Book, 1906-date, 2 v. States Attorneys' Reports to County Court, 1873-date, 1 v. County Clerk in Account wdth Physicians for Births and Deaths, 1902, 1 V. Cotmt}- Clerks' Register of Fees, 1899-date, 1 v. Sheriffs' Register of Fees, 1873-1910, 1 v. Miscellaneous Record, 1896-date, 4 v. Current volume is loose leaf. Justice of the Peace Docket, 1838-1846, 1 v.; 1903, 1 v. County Clerk — Probate probate court records Probate Court Record, 1843-1863, 4 v.; 1847-1852, 1 v.; 1850- 1853, 1 v.; 1864-date, 10 v. (G-P) Record of Claims against Estates, 1850-1853, 1 v. Probate Judgment Record, 1887-date, 3 v. Record of Order of Discharge in Probate, 1906-date, 1 v. Proof of Publication and Notice of Adjustment Record, 1904-date, 1 V. Probate Files, 1841-date, 84 f.b.; Index, 1 v. There are also 16 f.b. in which current papers are arranged by letter. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Probate Docket, 1857-1890, 1 v.; 1883-1887, 1 v.; 1887-1890, 1 v.; 1898-1899, 1 V. Probate Judges' Docket, 1869-1883, 1 v.; 1891-1898, 3 v.; 1900- date, 6 v. Current volumes are loose leaf. 278 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Probate Claim Docket, 1850-1853, 1 v.; 1887-date, 2 v. (1-2) This is a record of claims against estates. Probate Judgment Docket, 1850-1887, 2 v. Probate Estate Docket, 1890-date, 1 v. Abstract of Judgments against Estates, 1859-date, 2 v. This is a claim ledger. Abstract of Probate Record, 1 v. (A) This contains name of deceased or ward, executor, etc., reference to probate record, report record, will record, records of bonds and letters, of inventories appraisements and sale bills, of widows' relinquishment and selection, and to fee book. It is a kind of estate docket covering Probate court record, 0-P. Probate Fee Book, 1853-1869, 1 v.; 1861-1873, 2 v. These are continued in v. D-L, a series of assorted printed forms, insane, juvenile, special assessment, and probate, all wasteful. RECORDS OF WILLS, BONDS, AND LETTERS Record of Wills, 1851-date, 4 v. (A-D) Record of Wills and Letters, etc., 1841-1844, 1 v. Record of Proof of Heirship, 1910-date, 1 v. Record of Affidavits of Notice for Creditors to Appear, 1870-1902, 1 V. Administrators' Bond Record, 1859-1899, 2 v. ; 1899-date, 1 v. Executors' Record, 1862-1879, 1899-date, 2 v. Guardians' Bond and Letter Record, 1859-date, 4 v. Miscellaneous Bond Record, 1878-1895, 1 v.; 1908-date, 1 v. INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, SALE BILLS, ETC. Inventory, Appraisement, and Sale Record, 1849-1869, 1 v. ; 1861-1872, 1 v. (A) Inventory Record, 1872-1887, 1 v.; 1882-date, 4 v. Guardians' Inventory Record, 1875-date, 2 v. Appraisement Record, 1875, 1 v. (B) ; 1872-date, 4 v. Personal Property Sale Record, 1872-date, 4 v. Estate Ledger, 1845-1861, 3 v.; 1906-1908, 1 v. Record of Accounts Current, 1862-1903, 5 v.; Guardians, 1891- date, 1 V. Executors' and Administrators' Report Record, 1903-date, 1 v. Guardians' Report Record, 1907-date, 2 v. HENDERSON COUNTY 279 Final Report Ledger, 1905-date, 1 v. (3) Administrators', Guardians' and Executors' Final Report Record, 1903-1906. 1 V. Widows' Selection Record, 1891-date, 3 v. (A-C) Record of Sale of Real Estate, 1906-date, 1 v. The volume is loose leaf. Clerk of the Circuit Court circuit court records Circuit Court Record (common law and ciiminal), 1841-date, 11 V. (2-12) Record of Defaults, 1859-1872, 1 v. Chancery Record, 1841-date, 14 v. (1-14) Index to Court Records, 1856-date, 1 v. each for plaintiff and defendant. Circuit Court Files, 1841-date: Chancery, 130 f.b.; Criminal, 44 f.b.; Common Law, 135 f.b. Index to Circuit Court Files, 3 v. Naturalization Record: Declaration of Intention, 1857-1902, 2 v.; Final Certificate, 1857-1903, 2 v.; Soldiers and Minors, 1866- 1903, 1 V. Naturalization Papers, 1852 et seq., 3 f.b. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Judges' Docket, 1841-1844, 1 v.; 1841-1847, 1 v.; 1852-1857, 1 v.; 1857-1910, 9 v. (3-11); current loose-leaf docket, 1 v. each for common law, chancer>% and criminal. Clerks' Docket, 1881-date, 4 v. General Docket, 1841-1857, 1 v. Judgment Docket, 1847-date, 5 v. (1-5) Execution Docket, 1841-date, 4 v. Executions, 1841-date, 24 f.b. Docket of Mechanics' Liens, 1888-date, 1 v. Naturalization Docket, 1870-1872, 1 v. Fee Book, 1841-1854, 2 v.; 1854-date, 10 v. (3-12) MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Justice of the Peace Transcript Record, 1849-date, 2 v. 280 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Justice of the Peace Files, 1841 -date, 2 f.b. Register of Jurors, 1860-1909, 2 v. Jury Venires, 1848-date, 3 f.b. vStatcs Attorneys' Reports, 1890-date, 1 f.b. Recent Coroners' Inquests, 2 f.b. ; Old Official Bonds, 1 f.b. Witness Affidavits, recent dates, 1 f.b. Clerks' Cash Account, 1867-1868, 1 v. Register of Receipts and Expenditures, 1873-date, 4 v. Clerks' Receipts for Fees, 1877-date, 5 v. (A-E) The receipts are pasted in scrapbooks. Circuit Clerk — Recorder deed and mortgage records Entry Book, 1841-date, 12 v. (1-12) Copied Record of Schuyler County, Entry Book, and Record v. A-F. Deed Record, 1841-date, 60 v. Mortgage Record, 1857-date, 21 v. Plat Record, 1836-date, 3 v. This includes one volume of railroad plats. Index, 1841-date, 12 v. each for grantor and grantee. Tract Index, 12 v. Tract Index to Tax Sales, 1823-date, 2 v. Chattel Mortgage Entry Book, 1859-date, 3 v. Chattel Mortgage Record, 1859-date, 19 v. The current record is loose leaf. CERTIFICATES OF LEVY, SALE, AND REDEMPTION Record of Sheriffs' Certificates of Levy, 1861-date; Masters' Certificates of Levy, 1860-1890; Sheriffs' Certificates of Re- demption, 1861-1898; all these are in 1 v. Record of Sheriffs' Certificates of Redemption, 1841-1846, folio; 1850-1907, 1 V. Record of Masters' Certificates of Sale, 1891-date, 1 v. Certificates of Levy, Sale, and Redemption, 1841-date, 7 f.b. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Record of United States Surveys, 1870, 1 v. Surveyors' Record, 1876-date, 2 v. 