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MENARD COUNTY' Menard county was set ofT from Sangamon in 1839; the county seat is Petersburg. The courthouse is supposedly fireproof. The bulk of the records of both county and circuit clerks are kept in a large office vault of hollow tile on the second floor. The filing equipment is metal but there is a great deal of wood about the offices. Each clerk has another vault on the floor below with wooden equipment. The records of both offices are in fairly good order, and the county clerks' miscellaneous papers are well arranged and indexed. County Clerk COUNTY commissioners' AND SUPERVISORS' RECORDS County Commissioners' Record, 1839-date, 10 v. County Commissioners' Papers, 1839-date, 21 f.b. Road Papers, 1839-1886, about 200 f.b. Register of County Orders, 1839-1847, 1 v. COUNTY COURT RECORDS County Court Record, 1872-date, 2 v. County Court Files, 1872-date, 150 f.b., in basement. Drainage Record, 1892-date, 1 v. Insanity Record, 1872-date, 3 v. Naturalization Record: Declaration of Intention, 1861-1904, 2 v.; Final Certificate, 1861-1904, 2 v.; Minors, 1861-1904, 2 v. Judges' Docket, 1872-date, 2 v. Judgment Docket, 1872-date, 1 v. Execution Docket, 1872-date, 1 v. Fee Book, 1872-1874, 1 v.; 1874-1907, 1 v.; Insane and Con- servators, 1891-date, 1 v.; Common Law and Criminal, 1910- date, 1 v.; Criminal, Insane, etc., 1912-datc, 1 v. Docket of Fines, 1875, 1 v. Land Entry Book, 1847, 1 v. ^Examined July-August, 1912; reexamined, April, 1914. 457 458 ILLIXOIS HISTORICAL COLLECT lOXS TAXATION RECORDS Entries of Conveyances, 1872, 1 v. Road Tax Lists, 1839-1886, in basement. School Plat Record, 1874-1890, 1 v. Assessors' Books, 1845-date. Collectors' Books, c. 1849-date. Record of Delinquent Taxes, 1839-1863, 2 v. Tax Judgment Record, 1840-1848, 1 v.; 1867-1879, 1 v. Record of Sales for Taxes, 1839-1879, 3 v. Record of Lands Forfeited to the State, 1875-1877, 1 v. Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeiture Record, 1880- date, 2 v. Record of AflEidavits for Tax Deeds. 1870-date, 1 v. RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Marriage Record, 1839-date, 5 v. (A-B, 1-3) Register of Births, 1878-date, 3 v. Register of Deaths, 1878-date, 2 v. Register of Physicians. 1877-date, 2 v. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Election Returns. 1839-1903, 60 f.b. Register of County Ofificers, 1866 date, 1 v. Patent Record, 1869, 1 v. Estray Record, 1839-1856, 1 v.; 1856-1868. 1 v.; 1876-1892. 1 v. Register of Railroad Bonds, 1870-1878, 1 v. Swamp Land Record, 1850 et seq., 1 v. Index to papers in basement vault. 1 v. County Clerk — Probate probate court records Probate Record, 1839-date, 17 v. (1-16, and extra v. 2) Probate Files, 1839-date, 159 f.b. These boxes also contain common law files, county commissioners' files, etc. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Probate Court Docket. 1859-1881, 1 v. MEXARD CO UN TV 459 Probate Judges' Docket, 1874-date. 14 v. (A-N) Execution Docket. 1850-1872, 1 v. [Probate] Judgment Docket, 1859-1872. 1 v. (A) Probate Judgment Docket, 1870-date, 4 \'. Claim Docket, 1881-1907, 1 v. Probate Fee Book, 1870-date, 10 v. (A-J); also 1 v. (A). 1859- 1891, and 1 v. (2), 1867-1872. RECORDS OF WILLS. BONDS, AND LETTERS Record of Wills. 1861-1884, 1 v. Record of Affidavit of Notice to Creditors to Appear, 1872, 1 v. Administrators' Record, 1849-1860, 1 v.; 1868-date, 4 v. (A-D) Executors' Record, 1868-date, 5 v. (A-E) Volume A, 1861-1868, is in basement; this series includes wills. Conservators' Record, 1873-date, 2 v. Guardians' Record, 1868-date, 3 v. Record of Bonds and Letters of Guardianship. 1861-1869. 1 v. Miscellaneous Probate Record, 1880-date. 3 v. INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, SALE BILLS, ETC. Inventory. Appraisement, and Sale Record, 1840-1859, 1 v.; 1859-1873, 3 v. Inventory Record, 1874-date, 4 v. (B-E) Guardians' Inventory- Record, 1873-date. 1 v. Appraisement Record, 1874-date, 3 v. Copartnership Inventory and Appraisement Record, 1890-date, 1 V. Sale Record (personal property), 1873-date, 3 v. Probate Ledger, 1856-1866, I'v. (A) Estate Ledger, 1867-1874, 1 v. Probate Accounts Ciurent, 1840-1864. 3 v. (1-3) Report Record, 1870-date, 7 v. (A-G) Guardians' Report Record, 1886-date, 4 v. (E-H) Widows' Award and Selection Record. 1873-date. 5 v. (A B, 3-5) Record of Sale of Real Estate, 1869-1874. 1 v.; 1892-date. 1 v. 460 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Clerk of the Circuit Court circuit court records Circuit Court Record (common law and criminal), 1839-datc, 7 V. (A-G) Chancery Record, 1847-date, 12 v. (1-12) Foreclosure Record, 1874-datc, 2 v. Default Record, 1870-1890, 1 v. Recognizance Record, 1872-date, 1 v. Circuit Court Files, 1839-date, 193 f.b. Index to Court Records, 1858-date, 3 v. each for plaintiff and defendant. Naturalization Record: Declaration of Intention, 1859-1906, 1 v.; Final Certificate, 1860-1894, 1 v.; 1852-1860, 1 v. (manuscript) DOCKETS, FEE BOOKS, ETC. General Docket, 1874-1877, 1 v. Judges' Docket. 1854-1881, 4 v.; 1882-datc, 6 v. Clerks' Docket, 1861-1867, 1 v. Judgment Docket, 1839[?]-date, 4 v. Execution Docket, 1840-date, 4 v. Docket of Mechanics' Liens, 1893-date, 1 v. Naturalization Docket, 1871-1884, 1 v. Fee Book, 1839-1849, 1 v.; 1850-1858, 1 v.; 1871-1875, 1 v.; 1876-date, 5 v. Justice of the Peace Transcript Record, 1847-date, 3 v. Register of Receipts and Expenditures, 1873-date, 3 v. Circuit Clerk — Recorder Entry Book, 1865-date, 5 v. (A-E) Transcripts from Sangamon County Records, 1827-1839, 3 v. Deed Record, 1839-date, 61 v. (1-61) Record of Bond for Deed, 1870-date, 1 v. The record is of bonds to execute deeds in case specified payments are made. Mortgage Record, 1858-date, 43 v. (A-Z, 1-17) Record of Affidavit for Extension of Mortgage, 1888-date, 1 v. MEXARD COUXTY 461 General Index, 6 v. each for grantor and grantee; 2 v. each for mortgagor and mortgagee, Index to Release Deeds, 1905-date, 1 v. Record of Sheriffs' Certificates of Purchase and Levy, 1859-date, 1 V. Record of Certificates of Le\y, Sale, and Redemption, 1873-date, 1 V. Record of Masters' Certificates of Sale and Redemption, 1872- date, 1 V. Township Treastirers' Bond Record, 1890-date, 1 v. Miscellaneous Record, 1867-date, 6 v. (A-F) This contains long forms of deeds and mortgages, acts of incorporation, powers of attorney, etc. MERCER COUNTY' Mercer county was set off from Pike in 1825, but not organized until 1835; the county seat is Aledo. The courthouse is located in a square and is fireproof. The only vault is one small one used for probate files. The records of both clerks are in their offices, except a few of the county clerk's old records and files which are in a storeroom fitted with wooden cases. Elsewhere the filing material is metal. ■ County Clerk COUNTY commissioners' AND SUPERVISORS' RECORDS Countv Commissioners' and Supervisors' Record, 1835-date, 7 v. (1-7) County Court Files, 1839-date, in basement cupboard. Register of County Orders, 1890-date, 3 v. Road Record, 1850-1862, 1 v. Road Plats, 1880-1897, 1 v. Road Papers, 1836-1860, in basement. Jury List, 1872-date, 2 v. COUNTY COURT RECORDS County Court Record, 1872-date, 4 v.; Index by plaintiff and defendant. Record of Judgment by Confession, 1895-date, 1 v. County Court Files, 1872-date, 60 f.b.; Index, 1 v. Drainage Record, 1885-date, 2 v. (B-C) Drainage Assessment Record, 1891 ci scg., 1 v. Assignment Record, 1878, 1 v. Insane and Conservators' Record, 1874-date, 6 v. Naturalization Record: Declaration of Intention, 1878-1907, Final Certificate, 1878-1886, 1 v.; 1886-1903, 1 v. General Docket, 1897-date, 1 v. Judges' Docket, 1872-date, 6 v. 'Examined July-August, 1912: reexamined April, 1914. 462 MERCER COUXTY 463 Judgment Docket, 1872-date, 1 v. Execution Docket, 1872-date, 1 v. Naturalization Docket, 1890-1905, 1 v. TAXATION* RECORDS Abstract of Assessment and Statement of Taxes, 1871-1872, 1 v.; 1890-1900, 1 V. Auditors' Transcript of Land Oflfice Sales, 1823-1850, 1 v. Delinquent Tax List, 1855-1880, 14 v., in basement. School Plat Record, 1860-date, 3 v. Record of Plats, n.d., 2 v. Assessors' Books, 1853-date. Collectors' Books, 1843 [r]-date. Railroad Tax Book, 1873-1886, 2 v.; 1892-date, 2 v. Board of Review Record, 1899-date, 2 v. Board of Review Complaint Docket, 1 v. Delinquent Road Tax Lists, 1835-date, 60 f.b., in basement. Tax Sale Record, 1835-1876, 4 v. Tax Judgment Record, 1869-1880, 2 v. Forfeiture Record, 1879-1890, 2 v. Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeiture Record, 1880- date, 6 v. (F-K) Tract Index to Tax Judgments, 1822-date, 4 v. Record of Affida\'its for Tax Deeds, 1853-date, 4 v. (B-E) County Collectors' Accounts, 1873-1888, 1 v. Covmty Treasurers' Accounts, 1874-1889, 1 v. County Treasurers' and Collectors' Accounts, 1889-1892, 1 v. RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Register of Marriages, 1835-1876, 2 v.; 1877-date, 2 v. The board of health form is now used. Record of Applications for Marriage License, 1889-date, 10 v. Marriage Licenses, 1835-date, Register of Births, 1878-date, 4 v. (1-4); Index, 1 v. Register of Still Births, 1878-datc, 1 v. Register of Deaths, 1878-date, 3 v. (A-C); Index, 1 v. Record of Physicians' Certificates, 1877-date, 2 v. Register of Physicians and Accoucheurs, 1878-date, 1 v. Dental Register, 1897-date, 1 v. 464 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIOXS MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Election Returns, Election of County Officials, 1855 et seq., 8 f.b. Register of Commissions of County Officers, 1839-date. 3 v. Record of Marks and Brands, 1836-1908, 1 v. Estray Record, 1836-1907, 2 v. County Clerks' Register of Fees, 1874-datc, 3 v. School Commissioners' Reports, 1840-1855, 1 f.b. Swamp Land Record, 1853-1857, 1 v. County Clerk — Probate probate court records Probate Journal, 1837-date, v. 1-14, K-Z, lA-lG; Index, 1835- 1857, 1 V. Probate Files, 1850-date, 108 f.b. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Judges' Estate Docket, 1888-date, 9 v. (2-lOj Guardians' Estate Docket, 1878-date, 1 v. Probate Judgment Docket, 1850-date, 12 v. (1-12) Volume 1 is unnumbered. Probate Claim Docket, 1850-1870, 3 v. Docket of Official Bonds in Probate, 1875-1910, 5 v. (1-5) This series is now used merely for bonds for sale of real estate. Probate Fee Book, 1850-1859, 1 v.; 1874-date, 12 v. (A-L) This series includes "B," common law fee book, 1874-1900, and "D," criminal fee book, 1872-date, also "J," current common law and criminal. RECORDS OF WILLS, BONDS, AND LETTERS Record of Wills, 1850-date, 6 v. Executors' record was included with the will record till 1903 when a separate v. "5" for executors was begun. Executors' Record, 1861-1862, 1 v. Administrators' Record, 1858-date, 6 v. (1-6) Guardians' Record, 1853-datc, 4 v. Miscellaneous Bond Record, 1880-date, 3 v. (A-C) INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, SALE BILLS, ETC. Inventory, Appraisement, and Sale Bill Record, 1859-date, 2 v. (A-B); V. C-K, Inventory and v. C-K, Appraisement. MERCER COUNTY 465 Guardians' Inventory Record, 1874-date, 2 v. Sale Record, 1878-date, 3 v. (G-I) Estate Ledger, 1872-date, 5 v. (A-E) Report Record, 1854-date, 12 v. (1-12, 2 v. unnumbered) Widows' Relinquishment and Selection Record, 1900-date, 1 v. Record of Sale of Real Estate, 1867-date, 5 v. (1-5) Clerk of the Circuit Court circuit court records Circuit Court Record: Common Law and Criminal, 1836-date, 18 V. (B-S); Chancery, 1839-date, 19 v. (A-S) Index, 1856-date, 3 v. (A-C) each for plaintiff and defendant. Tax Judgment Record, 1840-1841, 1 v. Circuit Court Files: Chancer>% 1839-date, 154 f.b.; Common Law, 1857-date, 123 f.b.; Criminal, 1875-date, 21 f.b. Naturalization Record : Declaration of Intention, 1852-1868, 1 v.; Declaration and Final Certificate, 1868-1890, 1 y.\ 1890-1903, 1 V. each for declaration and final certificate. Naturalization Papers, 1840-1892, 1 f.b. DOCKETS, FEE BOOKS, ETC. General Docket, 1893-date, 2 v. Judges' Docket, 1853-1858, 2 v.; 1859-1908. 17 v. (C-T, v. G missing) ; loose-leaf docket, 1908-date. Clerks' Docket, 1859-1909, 11 v. (C-N, v. D missing) Trial Docket, 1842-1858, 3 v. Judgment Docket, 1839-date, 7 v. (A-G) Execution Docket, 1839-1843, 1 v.; 1844-date, 5 v. (B-F) Executions, 1839-date, 23 f.b. Docket of Mechanics' Liens, 1892-date, 2 v. Naturalization Docket, 1877-1894, 1 v. Fee Book, 1840-datc, 17 v. (A-E, G, I-S) Justice of the Peace Transcript Record, 1859 date, 3 v. (B-D) Volume B contains also a record of tax judgments, 1842-1849. Transcripts of Foreign Judgments, 1895-date, 1 v. Jury Venires, 1875-date, 2 f.b. Indictment Record, 1870 1875, 1 v. 466 JLLIXOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Probate Record, 1897-1898: Estate Fee Book, Claims Docket, Index to Claims Docket, Estate Docket, Ledger, 1 v. each. Register of Receipts and Expenditures, 1876-date, 3 v. Circuit Clerk — Recorder deed and mortgage records Entry Book, 1835-1877, 6 v. (A-F); 1898-date, 5 v. (1-5) Between 1877 and 1898 the entry book is in the same volumes with the indexes. Entry Book to Mortgage Records, 1844-1873, 4 v. Deed Record, 1835-date, 135 v. (A-Z, 1-109) Plat Record, 1869-date, 2 v. (A-B); Index, 1 v. Mortgage Record, 1844-1889, 26 v. (A-Z); after 1889 in same series with deeds. Deed and Mortgage Index, 10 v. (A-E) , 2 v. for each letter. Grantor-Grantee Entry Book, 1877-1898, 7 v. (I-O); Index for grantor and grantee, 1898-date, 16 v. (P-W), 2 v. each letter. Entr\- Book (chattel mortgages), 1870-1873, 1 v. Chattel Mortgage Record, 1857-date, 31 v. (A-Z, 1-5); Index from V. J, 2 V. MISCELLAXEOUS RECORDS Record of Sherififs' Certificates of Levy and Sale, 1847-date, 8 v. (A-G, 2 V. for "A") Record of Masters' Certificates of Purchase and Redemptioa 1858-date, 6 v. (A-F) Certificates of Purchase, 1842-date, 3 f .b. Sur^^eyors' Record, 1885-date, 1 v. Official Bond Record, Township Assessors, 1890-datc, 1 v. Town Collectors' Bond Record, 1864-1887, 1 v. Record of Soldiers' Discharges, 1865-1900, 1 v. Stallion Register, 1911-date, 1 v.; Renewals, 1 v. Record of United States Surveys, 1 v. MONROE COUNTY' Monroe county was organized in 1816 from St. Clair and Randolph, and was enlarged by further acts in 1825, 1827, and 1829; the county seat is Waterloo. The courthouse, which is located in a public square, is not fireproof. The vaults, however, are modem, and the building is equipped with electric light and steam heat. Only a few records are outside the vaults. County Clerk couxtv co.mmissioxers' and supervisors' records "Minute Book G," June, 1816-September, 1819, 105 p. This contains county commissioners' records, probate records, etc. County Commissioners' Court Record, December, 1819-date, 11 V. (A-K) County Commissioners' Papers, 1857-datc, 24 f.b., in vault. Road Record Book, 1870-1882, 1 v. (A) Reports of commissioners appointed to lay out road, road plats and surveys are included. Road Papers, 1820-1884. These contain petitions, plats, survcj's, reports of road commissioners, etc. Index to Roads, 1819-1870, 2 v. COUNTY COURT RECORDS County Court Record, 1872-date, 1 v. (1) This contains a record of common law and criminal cases. County Court Files (common law and criminal), 1872-date, 6 f.b. Drainage Record, 1880-date, 2 v. (1-2) Drainage and Levee Assessment Record, 1882-date, 3 v. This contains an assessment of damage done properties by levees and ditches. Drainage Papers, 1878-date, 19 f.b. Insane and Conser\^ators' Record, 1878-1893, 1 v. (A) 'Examined May, 1912. 467 468 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Insanity Record, 1894^ate, 2 v. (B-C) Insanity Files, 1878-date, 2 f.b. Naturalization Record, 1866-1904, 3 v. (A-C) The record contains declarations of intention and final certificates of naturalization. Judges' Docket, 1872-date, 1 v. This is a common law and criminal docket. Judgment Docket, 1872-date, 1 v. (1) Execution Docket, 1872^ate, 1 v. (1) County Court Fee Book, 1872-date, 3 v. TAXATION RECORDS School District Plat Book, 1863-1876, 1 v., 8 x 14 inches. Corporation Tax Schedules, 1901 -date, 1 f.b. Assessors' Books, 1841-date. These are all in basement except those for 1910-date. Collectors' Books, 1851-date, in vault. Board of Review Record, 1899-date, 1 v. (1) Board of Review Complaint Docket, 1899-date, 1 v. (1) Tax Judgment Record, 1862-1880, 3 v. (B-D) Tax Sale and Redemption Record, 1833-1879, 6 v. (1-6) Record of Forfeited Lands, 1873-1879, 3 v. (A-C) Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeiture Record, 1880- date, 6 v. (7-12) Record of Affidavits for Tax Deeds, 1877-date, 1 v. (A) Collectors' Accounts, County Funds, 1877-1906, 1 v. RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Marriage Record, 1816-date, 10 v. (1-10), indexed. Volumes 1-3, 1816-1858, contain only the certificate w'th names and dates; volumes 4-10 include license and certificate, giving names and dates, and after 1874 ages and addresses. Register of Marriages, 1877-date, 2 v. (1-2) Index to ^Marriages, 1816-date, 3 v. Marriage Licenses, 1816-date, 14 f.b. Register of Births, 1878-date, 4 v. Register of Still Births, 1877-date, 1 v. (1) Register of Deaths, 1878-date, 2 v. (1-2) Birth Reports, 1878-datc, 8 f.b. MOXROE COUXrV 469 Death Reports, 1878-date, 3 f.b. Register of Physicians' and Midwives' Certificates, 1878-date, 2 v. Census Schedules, 1880, 7 foHos. Abstract of Agricultural Statistics, 1877-1879, 1 v., in basement. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Official Bond Record, 1878-date, 1 v. (A) This contains bonds of county officers. Register of Commissions, 1861-date, 1 v. Militia Roll Record, 1861-1862, 1 v. (A) Record of Marks and Brands, 1816-1868, 1 v. Record of Estrays, 1861-1878, 1 v. Surveyors' Official Plat Book (town lots platted), 1886, 1 v. Village Organization Papers, 1895-date, 1 f.b. Miscellaneous Record, 1866-date, 2 v. The contents are: appointment of deputies; certificates of moral charac- ter; powers of attorney; etc. County Clerk — Probate PROBATE court RECORDS Probate Journal, 1821-datc, 14 v. (A-0) Volume C, 1846-1849 is missing. The journal contains court orders and decrees, reports and settlements filed, claims allowed, record of proof of will, etc., and other proceedings of court. Probate Files, 1820-date, 186 f.b. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Index to Estates, 1845-date, 2 v. (A-B) These volumes contain name of estate, name of executor, administrator, or guardian, date of letters and where recorded, date of first and final settlement, amount of assets reported, amount of claims allowed, and remarks. Judges' Docket, 1893-datc, 1 v. (1) The docket contains name of person, date of petition for trial and name of petitioner, names of witnesses and jury, and order of court. Probate Judges' Docket, 1866-date, 11 v. (A-K) Probate Judgment Docket, 1859-1870, 1 v. (A) 470 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Estate Docket. 1857-1864. 1 v. (A), labeled " Docket A." Probate Fee Book. 1878-date, 6 v. (A-F) RECORDS OF WILLS, BONDS, AND LETTERS Record of Wills, Bonds, and Letters, 1815-1862, 4 v. (A-D) These volumes contain also a few inventories and sale bills. Will Record, 1862-date, 5 v. (E-I) The volume records copies of wills, and beginning with v. F (1867), probate of will and proof of death also. Administrators' Record, December, 1849-December, 1857, 2 v.; 1858-date, 7 v. (A-G) Executors' Record, 1865-date, 4 v. (A-D) Besides the bond, oath, and letters, the volumes record filing of petition for letters, etc. There are two pages to each estate. Guardians' Record, 1858-date, 5 v. (A-E) INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS. AND SALE BILLS Inventory, Appraisement, and Sale Bill Record, 1859-1865, 1 v. (A) Inventory Record. 1878-date, 2 v. (B-C) Guardians' Inventory Record. 1878-date, 1 v. (A) Appraisement Bill Record, 1865-1873. 2 v. (B-C); 1910-date. 1 v. (1) Sale Bill Record, 1865-1873, 1 v. (B) REPORT RECORDS, ETC. Accounts Current Record, 1857-date, 7 v. (D-J) Guardians' Report Record, 1903-date. 2 v. (B-C) Guardians' Accounts Current, 1878-1902, 1 v. (A) Widows' Relinquishment and Selection Record. 1909-date, 1 v. (1) Record of Decrees on Petitions to Sell Real Estate to Pay Debts, 1866-1871, 1 V. (A) Record of Proceedings on Guardians' Petitions to Sell Real Estate, 1877-1882 (pp. 1-31); 1903 (pp. 32-35), 1 v. (A) From 1882-1903 the record was not used. Administrators' Sale Record, 1874-1903, 2 v. (B-C) These volumes contain petitions to sell real estate to pay debts, decree of court, and report of sale. MOXROE CO iW TV 471 Clerk of the Circuit Court circuit court records Circuit Court Record: Common Law, Chancery, and Criminal, 1826-1874. 12 v.; Chancer}', 1874-date, 13 v.; Common Law. 1874-datc, 2 v.; Criminal, i874-date, 2 v. Index to Court Record. 1858-datc, 2 v. each for plaintiff and defendant. Circuit Court Files (common law, chancer^-, and criminal). 1817- 1857, 138 f.b., in basement. Chancery Files: Foreclosures, 1822-date, 26 f.b.; Divorces, 1859- date, 5 f.b.; Partitions, etc.. 1848-date, 33 f.b. Ciicuit Court Files: Common Law, 1880-date. 14 f.b.; Criminal, 1871-date, 6 f.b. Files in Appeal Cases, 1874-date, 5 f.b. Naturalization Record, 1860-1898, 2 v. (1-2) DOCKETS, FEE BOOKS, ETC. Judges' Docket, 1848-date, 13 v. Judgment Docket, 1859-1899, 2 v. (2-3) Exectuion Docket, 1816-1831, 1 v.; 1859-1907, 2 v. (4-5) Judgment and Execution Docket, 1881-date. 1 v. Lien Docket (docket of mechanics' liens), 1898-datc, 1 v. (1) Fee Book. 1861-date, 14 v. (3-16) Justice of the Peace Transcript Record, 1886-date, 1 v. (C) States x\ttomeys' Report Record, 1877-date, 1 v. Indictment Record, 1875-datc, 2 v. Circuit Clerk — Recorder deed and mortgage records Entry Book, 1882-date, 3 v. (1-3) Deed Record, 1816-date, 58 v. (A-Z, 1-32) Mortgage Record, 1865-date, 17 v. (1-17) Release Record, 1867-date, 2 v. (1-2) Plat Book, 1857-datc, 1 v. (A) General Index, 1816-date, 4 v. each for grantor and grantee. Mortgage Index, 1865-date, 2 v. each for mortgagor and mortga- gee. 472 ILLIXOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Index to Marginal Releases, 1905-date, 1 v. Chattel Mortgage Record, 1865-date, 19 v. (1-19); Index, 3 v. Volumes 1-13 are in basement. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Record of Sheriffs' Certificates of Levy and Sale, 1861-date, 2 v. (B-C) Record of Sheriff's' Certificates of Redemption, 1861-date, 1 v. (1) Masters' Certificate of Sale Record, 1860-date, 2 v. (B-C) Record of Articles of Incorporation, 1896-date, 1 v. This contains articles of agreement, etc. Record of Officers' Bonds, 1860-date, 1 v. Bonds of masters in chancery, township collectors, etc. are included. Land Entry Book, 1814-1857, 1 v. Record of United States Surveys, 1874. The record contains descriptions and locations of exterior and interior section and quarter section corners. Miscellaneous Record, 1909-date, 1 v. (1) Stallion Register, 1910-date, 1 v. (1) Sixth Census of United States, 1840, 1 v. (2 copies) Compendium of Sixth Census, 1 v. Eighth Census of United States (1860), Manufactures, 1 v., in basement. MONTGOMERY COUNTY' Montgomery county was organized in 1821 , in territory formerly belong- to Bond and Madison; in 1827 it received part of Fayette; the county seat is Hillsboro. The courthouse is located in a square and has modem record equipment. The records are in the offices with the exception of a few circuit clerk's records, which are in the loft. County Clerk county commissioners* and supervisors* records County Commissioners* and Supervisors* Record, 1821-datc, 11 v. The first volume also contains marriage records, 1821-1830, and ear- marks, 1821-1846. COUNTY COURT RECORDS County Court Record, 1872-date: Default, 1 v. (1); Common Law, 2 V. (2-3) ; Criminal, 2 v. (3-4) Index to Court Record, 1873-date, 1 v. each for plaintiff and defendant. Drainage Record, 1897-date, 1 v. Insanity Record, 1886-date, 2 v. Naturalization Record : Declaration of Intention and Final Certi- ficate, 1862-1906, 4 v.; Minors, 1888-1902, 1 v.; vSoldiers, 1865-1884, 1 V. Judges' Docket, 1872-1877, 1 v.; 1886-date, 3 v. Judgment Docket, 1872-datc, 1 v. Execution Docket, 1861-date, 1 v. Fee Book: Common Law, 1878-datc, 2 v. (2-3); Criminal, 1874- date, 4 v. (2-5); Insanity, 1894-date, 2 v. TAXATION RECORDS Original Land Entry Book, 1819-1832, 1 v. Entry Book, 1837-1847, 3 v. 'Examined July, 1912; reexamined April, 1914. 473 474 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS School District Plat Book, 1874-date, 2 v. Assessors' Books, 1830-1847, 1854-date. Collectors' Books, 1854-date. Railroad Tax Book, 1874-1875, 1 v.; 1875-1881, 1 v.; 1887-1897, 1 V. Telegraph and Telephone Tax Book, 1901-1907, 1 v. Telegraph Tax Book, 1884-1893, 1 v. [?] Board of Review Complaint Docket, 1899-date, 3 v, Delinquent Land Taxes, 1857-1867, 1 v. Tax Judgment Record, 1868-1879, 3 v. Tax Forfeiture Record, 1872-1891, 2 v. Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeiture Record, 1862- 1886, 6 v.; 1883-date, 4 v. Record of Affidavits for Tax Deeds, 1886-1904, 1 v. RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Register of Marriages, 1821-date, 9 v. (1-9) Record of Applications for Marriage License, 1896-datc, 8 v. Register of Births, 1877-date, 7 v. (1-7) Register of Deaths, 1877-date, 3 v. Record of Physicians' Certificates, 1877-datc, 1 v. Register of Physicians and Accoucheurs, 1877-date, 1 v. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Estray Record, 1821-1888, 2 v. Miliria Roll Record, 1860-1862, 1 v. Record of School Commissioners' Reports: Sales, 1837-1868; Peti- tions for Sales, 1837-1846, 2 v. [?] County Clerk — Probate probate court records Probate Record, 1821-1850, 6 v. (A-F); 1850-date, 26 v. (A-Z) Record of Claims Allowed against Estates, 1873-1899, 1 v. Probate Files, 1855-date, 261 f.b. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Probate Estate Docket. 1855-date, 4 v. (A-D) Probate Docket, 1864 et seq., 2 v. (A-B); 1897-date, 6 v. (U-Z) MONTGOMERY COUNTY 475 Probate Judgment Docket, 1858-date, 7 v. (A, C-H) Probate Fee Book, 1858-date, 12 v. Probate Fee Book of Claims, 1873-1908, 1 v. RECORDS OF WILLS, BONDS, AND LETTERS Record of Wills, 1867-date, 4 v. (B-E) Record of Administrators' Bonds and Letters, 1850-1858, 1 v. (A) Record of Administrators' and Guardians' Bonds and Letters, 1857-1866, 1 V. Administrators' Record, 1863-date, 5 v. (C-G) Record of Executors' Bonds and Letters, 1851-1874, 1 v. (A); 1875-date, 2 v. (B-C) Record of Guardians' Bonds and Letters, 1850-1856, 1 v. Record of Miscellaneous Bonds and Letters (will annexed, de bonis non, etc.), 1875-date, 2 v. (A-B) Record of Guardians' and Administrators' Bonds, Sale of Real Estate, 1903-date, 1 v. INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, AND SALE BILLS Inventory, Appraisement, and Sale Bill Record, 1849-1867, 1 v. Estate Inventory Record, 1868-date, 6 v. (B-G) Guardians' Inventory Record, 1874-date, 2 v. Appraisement Record, 1859-date, 9 v. (A-I) Sale Record, 1869-date, 5 v. REPORT RECORDS Administrators' Accoimts Current, 1854-1868, 1 v. Guardians' Ledger, 1868-date, 2 v. Estate Ledger, 1866-date, 4 v. Report Record, 1878-1883, 2 v.; 1890-1894. 1 v. Administrators' Report Record, 1889-1906, 1 v. Record of Guardians' Accounts Current, 1858-1874, 1 v. Guardians' Report Record, 1886-date, 5 v. (A-E) Insolvent Estate Record, 1875-date, 1 v. Widows' Relinquishment and Selection Record, 1874-date, 5 v. (A-D) Miscellaneous Record, 1850-1873, 1 v. The record contains court orders relative to sale of real estate, and court docket. 476 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Clerk of the Circuit Court circuit court records Circuit Court Record, 1821-<late, 27 v. (1-27) Index, 1857-date, 5 v. each for plaintiff and defendant. Circuit Court Files, 1821-date: Common Law and Criminal, 168 f.b.; Chancery, 112 f.b. Judges' Docket, 1859-1908, 26 v. (A-Z) ; loose-leaf docket, 6 cur- rent V. Clerks' Dockets, 1875-date, a few scattered vokimes. Judgment Docket, 1826-1846, 1 v.; 1861-1884, 3 v. (1-3) Execution Docket, 1826-1847, 1 v.; 1847-1862, 3 v.; 1862-1884, 3 V. (4-6) Judgment and Execution Docket, 1885-date, 4 v. (7-10) Indictment Docket, 1872, 1 v. Fee Book, 1858^ate, 18 v. (C-T); Common Law, 4 v. (1-4); Chancery, 3 v. (1-3); Criminal, 2 v. (1-2) Indictment Record, 1896 et seq., 1 v. (A) Justice of the Peace Transcript Record, 1896-date, 5 v. Circuit Clerk — Recorder Entr}^ Book, 1837-date, 12 v. (1-12); also two earlier v. Deed Record, 1821-<iate, 143 v. (A-Z, 1-117) Mortgage Record, 1859-date, 67 v. (1-67) Release Record, 1869-date, 15 v. (1-15) Crantor-Grantee Index, 10 v. each. Mortgagor-IMortgagee Index, 6 v. each. Abstract Records, 4 v.; also 8 v. in attic. Chattel Mortgage Record, 1904-date, 7 v. (25-31) Earlier records through a misunderstanding have been removed as waste paper. Surve^^ors' Record, 1885-date, 1 v. Railroad Record, 1889-date, 3 v. Record of Certificates of Lex'^', Sale, and Redemption, 1861-date, 5 V. (1-5) Incorporation Record, 1910-date, 1 v. StalHon Register, 1910-date, 1 v. ISIiscellaneous Record, 1869-date, 13 v. MORGAN COUNTY' Morgan county was set off from Greene and Sangamon in 1823; the county seat is Jacksonville. A large number of the older records are in a very dirty attic. County Clerk COUNTY commissioners' AND SUPERVISORS* RECORDS County Commissioners' Covirt Record, 1827-1850, 4 \'. (A-D) County Court Record, 1850-date, 12 v. (E-P) County Commissioners' Reports, 1831-1849, 1 v. The reports note land descriptions, land surveys, laying of town sites, etc. The volume is labeled " Record of Reports, etc., — School Lands." Claims Allowed by County Commissioners, 1827-date, 265 f.b. Record of Road Plats, 1872-1873, 1 v. Road Viewers' Reports, 1823-1893, 24 f.b. Register of Warrants, 1880-1898, 5 v. (B-F) Grand and Petit Jury List, 1866-1881, 1 v. Miscellaneous material in filingboxes: supervisors' reports, 1846- 1887 ; petitions to county board ; reports of clerks; legal opinions to county board; reports of overseer of poor; reports of superin- tendent of poor farm'; railroad assessments, etc., 1873-1877. COUNTY COURT RECO,RDS Coimty Court Record, 1872-date: Common Law and Criminal. 1872-1885, 4 v. (1-4); Common Law, 1885-date, 3 v. (4-6); Criminal, 1885-date, 2 v. (A-B) County Court Files (common law and criminal), 1874^ate, 178 f.b. Common law and criminal case papers are filed together in wrapjjers of different colors. There are also miscellaneous files for drainage, special assessment, juvenile and inheritance tax proceedings. All county court and probate files are indexed in one volume. ^Examined June, 1912; reexamined June, 1915. 477 478 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Insolvent Debtors' Record, 1877-1910, 2 v. (1-2) Bankruptcy Assignments, 1882-1908, 6 f.b. Inheritance Tax Appraisement Warrants, 1899-date, 8 f.b. Insanity and Conservators' Record, 1878-1891, 2 v. (A-B) This is an insanity record only. Findings and Orders of Insanity Jury, 1893-1898, 1 v. (A) Insanity Record, 1894-date, 3 v. (C-E) Insanity Files, 1894-date, 10 f.b. Naturalization Record: Declaration of Intention, 1867-1906, 1 v.; Minors, 1865-1905, 4 v. (A-D); Discharged Soldiers, 1866- 1898, 1 V. ; Final Certificate, Adults, 1883-1906, 3 v. (A-C) Naturalization Papers, 1836-1848, 2 f.b.; 1890-1906, 6 f.b. Judges' Docket (common law and criminal), 1867-date, 10 v. Judgment Docket, 1872-date, 3 v. Execution Docket, 1872-dat?e, 2 v. Insanity Docket, 1892-date, 3 v. (1-3) Insanity record and docket were kept together 1892-1894 in v. 1. Attorneys' Receipts for Papers taken from Office of the County Court, 1895-1909, 3 v. TAXATION RECORDS Original Land Entry Record (auditor's transcript), 1823-1827, 1 v.; also 5 v. in attic. In the middle of the volume is a record of tax sales, for the years 1833, 1834, 1835. Tax Levies, 1860-date. Part of these are in folio boxes in the attic. Assessors' Books, 1835-date. Collectors' Books, 1837, 1842, 1847, 1850, 1857, 1871-date. Railroad Tax Book, 1879-date, 2 v. (1-2) Record of Proceedings of the Board of Review, 1899-date, 1 v. (1) Delinquent Tax List of Real Estate, 1850-1862, 1 v. Tax Judgment Record, 1862-1880, 3 v. Lists of Lands sold for Taxes, 1842-1848, 1 v.; 1850-1862, 2 v. List of Town Lots sold for Taxes, 1839-1848, 1 v. Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeitm*e Record, 1880- date, 4 v. MORGAN COUNTY 479 Two of the volumes in the above series are labeled "Judgment Sale and Redemption Record." Record of Affidavits for Tax Deeds, 1872-1874, 1 v. ; 1873-date, 1 v. RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Record of Marriages, 1827-1887, 3 v. (A-C) The record gives names of man and woman, by whom married, date of license, etc. Index to Marriage Record, Book C, 1 v. Register of Marriages, 1878-date, 3 v. (1-3) Index to Register of Marriages, 1878-date. 1 v. Marriage Licenses, 1850-date, 36 f.b. Register of Births, 1878-date, 6 v. Register of Still Births, 1878-date, 1 v. (A) Register of Deaths, 1878-date, 6 v. ; Index, 2 y. Birth Reports, 1878-date. Death Reports, 1878-date. Register of Physicians and Accoucheurs, 1878-date, 1 v. Register of Nurses, 1909-date, 1 v. Record of Physicians' Certificates, 1865-date, 2 v. (A-B) MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Poll Books and Tally Sheets, 1829-1907, 142 f.b. Estray Record, 1833-1837, 1843-1854. 1855-1895, 3 v. Coroners' Record, 1869-1892, 1 v. (A) The volume records names of deceased, jur>' and witnesses, verdict, inventory of personal effects, description of deceased, etc. Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1838-date, c. 15 v. Reports of School Trustees, 1847-1869. CoL'NTY Clerk — Probate PROBATE court RECORDS Probate Justice of the Peace Record, 1837-1844, 1 v. (A) Probate Court Record, 1847-date, 31 v. The series contains petitions for probate of wills, inventories, appraise- ments, adjustment of claims, petitions for sale of property, reports, etc. Probate Files, 1843-date: Estates, 314 f.b.; Guardianships, 136 f.b. Conservatorship Files, 1903-date, 10 f.b. Index to Probate, Common Law, and Miscellaneous Files, 1 v. 480 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Probate Docket, 1874-datc, 16 v. (A-P) Docket of Settlement due from Estates, 1893-1896, 1 v. Docket of Settlement due from Guardians, 1860-1885, 1 v.; 1890- date, 1 V. Probate Fee Book, 1862-date, 10 v. (1-10) RECORDS OF WILLS, BONDS, AND LETTERS Record of WiUs, 1824-^ate, 12 v. (A, 1-2, B-J) Testamentary Trusteeship Record, 1910-date, 1 v. (1) Petitions for letters of trusteeship, names of trustees, bonds, and testa- mentary letters are recorded. Administrators' Bonds and Letters, 1824-1834, 1 v.; 1837-1848, 1 v.; 1849-1862, 2 v.; 1861-1869, 1 v.; 1869-date, 7 v. (A-G) Record of Bonds of Administration, 1835-1841, 3 v.; 1846-1861, 2v. Administrators' Record, 1862-date, 8 v. (A-H) Record of Executors' Bonds, 1864-date, 3 v. Executors' Record, 1863-date, 5 v. (A-E) The record includes petition, oath, bond, letters testamentary, and warrant to appraisers. Conservators' Record, 1892-date, 2 v. (C-D) Record of Bonds and Letters of Guardianship, 1837-1857, 4 v. Guardianship Record, 1863-date, 7 v. (A, B, B-F) Petitions for appointment, bonds, letters of guardianship, etc. are recorded. Record of Guardians' Bonds, 1827-date, 11 v. Miscellaneous Record (administrators de bonis non, with will aimexed), 1884-date, 3 v.; 1896-date 1 v., containing bonds de bonis non, will annexed, and sale of real estate. Record of Bond of Administrator with Will Amiexed, 1908-date, 1 V. (C) Record of Administrators' Bond de bonis non with will annexed, 1911, 1 V. (C) INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, SALE BILLS, ETC. Inventory, Appraisement, and Sale Bill Record, 1826-1880, 10 v. (A-J) Inventory Record, 1880-date, 7 v. (K-Q) MORGAN COUNTY 481 Appraisement Record, 1880-date, 7 v. (K-0) Sale Record: Public, 1879-date, 3 v. (A-C); Private, 1879-date. 3 V. (A-C) Conservators' Inventory and Report Record, 1895-date, 2 v. (A-B) REPORT RECORDS Order Book of Executors and Administrators, 1827-1870, 7 v. (A-G) Administrators' and Executors' Accoimt, 1870-1877, 2 v. (H-I) Administrators' Account Record, 1880-date, 7 v. (K-Q) Executors' Account, 1880-date, 7 v. (K-Q) Guardians' Account Current and Court Order Book, 1833-1870, 4 V. (A-D) Accounts Current in Settlement of Estates, 1850-1874, 2 v. (1-2) Estate Ledger, 1838-1839, 1873-1878, 2 v. The volume for 1838-1839 is in attic. Insolvent Estate Record, 1876-1907, 1 v. (A) Clerk of the Circuit Court circuit court records Circuit Court Record, 1828-date, 26 v. (A-Z) Circuit Court Record: Chancery, 1831-date, 36 v. (A-Z, 1-10); Criminal, 1871-date, 7 v. (1-7) Circuit Coiirt Files: Common Law, 1828-date, 566 f.b.; Criminal, 1837-date, 113 f.b.; Chancer^-, 1829-date, 159 f.b. General Index to Court Record, 1857-date, 3 v. each for plaintiff and defendant. Naturalization Record: Declaration of Intention, 1865-1898, 1 v.; Final Certificate, 1865-1894, 1 v.; Soldiers and Minors, 1865, 1 V. Naturalization Papers, 1856-1870, 2 f.b. DOCKETS, fee BOOKS, ETC. General Docket of Cases in Suit, 18S3-date, 4 v. (A-D) Judges' Dockets, 1835, 1 v.; 1838-date. Clerks' Docket, 1838-1859, 10 v. Chancery Docket, 1843-1845, 1 v. Judgment Docket, 1829-date, 9 v. (A-I) 482 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Execution Docket, 1829-date, 9 v. (A-I) Executions, 1830-date, 138 f.b. Fee Book, 1828-date, 31 v. (1-31) Justice of the Peace Transcript Record, 1841 -date, 5 v. (A-E) Register of Jurors, 1872-1884, 2 v. (1-2) Indictment Record, 1891-date, 1 v. (A) Certificates of Levy, Sale, and Redemption, 1873-1899, 6 (.h. Coroners' Inquest Files, 1870-1899, 4 f.b. Circuit Clerk — Recorder deed and mortgage records Entry Book, 1823-1834[?], 1847-date, 18 v. The earlier volumes are not numbered; those numbered are v. 1-11. Deed Record. 1824-date, 139 v. (A-I, K-Z, AA-II, KK-ZZ, 1-89) Letters J and JJ are omitted. Mortgage Record, 1830-date, 78 v. (A-I, K-Z, AA-II, KK- ZZ, 1-28) Oil and Gas Lease Record, 1911-date, 1 v. General Index to Deeds, 1824-date, 20 v. each for grantor and grantee. Chattel Mortgage Entry Book, 1900-1907, 1 v. Chattel Mortgage Record, 1865-date, 39 v. (1-39) MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Sheriffs' and Masters' Certificate of Levy, Sale, and Redemption Record, 1841-date, 4 v. Surveyors' Record, 1879-date, 2 v. (A-B) Transcripts of Judgments for Execution to Sell Land, 1873-date, 10 f.b. Township Treasurers' Bond Record, 1889-date, 1 v. (A) Record of Soldiers' Discharges, 1863-1899, 1 v. Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or [other (?)] Militar}' Services, 1840, 1 v. Stallion Register, 1910-date, 1 v.; Renewals, 1 v. MisceUaneous Record, 1869-1909, 6 v. (A-F) Sheriffs' Execution Dockets, 1887-1902. Register of Sheriffs' Fees, 1890, 1 v. MOULTRIE COUNTY' Moultrie county was set off from Shelby and Macon in 1843; the county seat is Sullivan. The present courthouse is located in a public square. It was built in 1906 and is fireproof. The two vaults are especially well designed for safety against fire. Each is built up three stories from the basement. The third story on the second floor of the courthouse is used for current records. The second story, cormected with the third by an interior stairway with an iron cover, is used for older records and files. The first story in the basement has no connection with the other two and is reached by a door. In the series belonging to the county clerk, this story is used for old assessors' and collectors' books. The top story in each vault is equipped with modem filing material. The papers in the second story of the county clerk's vault are in pasteboard filingboxes, and the tax records in the third are on wooden shelves. In both offices the records are in good shape but the county clerk's care for his older records and papers calls for especial comment. The older files are very carefully arranged, bundled, numbered and labeled, and the tax records in the lower vault are carefully arranged in order. The courthouse was burned in 1864. The fire did some damage to the earlier records but did not wipe them out. County Clerk COUNTY commissioners' .\ND SUPERVISORS* RECORDS County Commissioners' Record, 1843-1873, 2 v.; 1859-1873, 1 extra v. Supervisors' Record, 1867-date, 4 v. Index to Supervisors' Record, 1867-1^69, 1 v. Supervisors' Minutes and Papers (petitions, special meetings), 1907-date, 1 f.b. Certificates of Election of Supervisors, 1884-1890, in 2d vault; 1907-date, 1 f.b. Supervisors' Papers, 1866-1885. 41 f.b., in 2d vault; 1885-date, in 2d vault. The second series is arranged by meetings, in packages clearly marked. 'Examined February, 1914. 483 484 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Road Petitions, 1866, 1 f.b, in 2d vault. Report of Commissioners on Township Organization, etc., 1867, 1 V. Record of County Orders, 1869-1907, 3 v. Jury List, 1872-date, 1 v. COUNTY COURT RECORDS County Court Record, 1872-date, 3 v. Record of Judgment by Default, 1872-1874, 1 v., printed form; 1878-1895, 1 v.; 1896-date, 1 v. Judgment on Confession in Vacation Record, 1911-date, 1 v. County Court Files, 1872-date, 81 f.b. (68 of these in L.V.) Index to Court Records, 1 v. each for plaintiff and defendant. Papers of the Moultrie, Coles and Douglas Drainage District, 1900-1906, 1 f.b. Assignments of Estates, 1879-1897, 4 f.b. Adoption Papers, recent dates, 1 f.b. Insanity Record, 1872-date, 2 v.; see also post, 490. Insanity Files, 1880-date, 6 f.b. Naturalization Record, 1867-1906, 1 v.; 1906, 1 v. Naturalization Papers, 1862-1905, 1 f.b. DOCKETS, FEE BOOKS, ETC. General Docket, 1884-1902, 1 v.; 1903-date, 1 v. The headings are: date case was entered, general and term numbers, name of attorney, parties, appealing party, appealed from, actiou, process, and remarks. Judges' Docket, 1872-1890, 1 v.; 1891-1897, 1 v.; 1898-date, 2 v. The first two volumes contain both common law and criminal; after 1898 there is a separate volume for each of these. Bar Docket, 1891-1899, 1 V. Clerks' Docket, 1872-1909, 5 v., first 4 v. in basement vault. Judgment Docket, 1874-1885, 1 v. Execution Docket, 1873-1886, 1 v. Judgment and Execution Docket, 1885-1900, 1 v.; current, 1 v. Executions, 1873-1898, 2 f.b. Assignees' Docket, 1872-1884, 1 v. Insanity Docket, 1893-date, 1 v. Number of case, names of person and applicant, witnesses, jurors or physicians, and orders of court are given. MOULTRIE COUNTY 485 Fee Book: Criminal, 1872-1896, 2 v.; Common Law, 1872-1911, 2 v.; Common Law and Criminal, 1899-date, 2 v.; Fee Book "in vacation," 1897-1899, 1 v.; Insane and Consen'ators' Fee Book, 1894^ate, 1 v. Register of Jurors, 1878-date, 1 v. TAXATION RECORDS Assessment and Statement of Taxes, 1880-1895, 1 f.l>., in 2d vault. Tabular Statement of Total Footings of Assessment Books, 1873-1906, 4 V. Docket of Certificates of Rates and Taxes Wanted, 1878-date, 1 V. Transcript of Lands entered in Moultrie County and Reported by Auditor, 1830-1872, 1 v. Township School Plats, 1867, 1 v., in basement; 1868, 1 v.; 1879- 1906, 1 V. School Tax Levies, 1868-1893. These files contain certificates of amounts wanted with names of tax payers and amount due from each; in 2d vault. Tax Levies, 1899-date, in office. Miscellaneous Road Tax Lists, 1870-1901, 20 f.b., in 2d vault. Contents: name of owner, description of land, total value, amount of road tax, number of days of work per person, amount of personal assessment and road tax assessment, and amount paid; made out by highway commissioners. Assessments, Railroad Property, 1873-1875, 1 v., in 2d vault; Papers, 1873-1875, in 2d vault. Railroad Statements for Taxation, 1864-1905, 5 f.b., in 2d vault. Assessors' Books (for the whole coimty), 1859, 1861, 1863, 1865, 1 V. each, in basement vault. Details of personal property and value, and description and value of lands are given. Assessors' Books, 1867-1903, in basement vault. For lands the headings are: in whose name entered, owners' name, description, value, school and road district, amount of tax; personal prop- erty is listed in detail; later forms specify different kinds of land and personal property and give series of equalizations. 486 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Collectors' Books, 1853, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1 V. each, in basement vault. The books give merely description, state, county, school, and road taxes. Collectors' Books, by townships, 1867-1880; 1882-1900. 1 v. for each year. The contents include name, description, number of acres, value, equal- ized value by county and state board, state, county, and town taxes, school tax, road tax, miscellaneous taxes, back tax, total, number of school and road district, remarks and when paid. The same items are given for personal property except that there is no description. Later forms add amount paid, for whom, tax sale, special assessments, amount due. All the volumes are in basement vault. Collectors' Books, 1901-date. Collectors' Receipts for Tax Books, files in 2d vault. There are a few as early as 1843. Railroad Record, 1872-1874, 1 v.; 1875-1880, 1 v.; 1881, 1 v.; 1882-1895, 1 v.; 1896-date, 1 v. Delinquent Lists (lands), 1905-1908, 1 f.b. Delinquent Lists for Road Tax, 1907-1910, 2 f.b. Publications of Delinquent Tax Lists, 1868-1900, 3 f.b., in 2nd vault. These files contain newspaper lists with printers' certificates attached. Tran.script of Delinquent Taxes, 1849-1859, 1 v.; 1872-1874, 1 v.; 1875-1876, 1 V. The later volumes give description of property, value, equalized value, school and road districts, state, county, town, school and road taxes, etc., back tax, total tax, by whom paid. Objections to Tax Judgments, 1881-1900, 1 f.b., in 2nd vault; 1906- 1908, 1 f.b. Tax Judgment Record, 1861-1880, 4 v., in 2d vault. Tax Sale Record, 1861-1879, 1 v.; 1868-1875, 1 v., both 2d vault. Tax Sale and Redemption Record, 1873-1880, 2 v., in 2d vault. Record of Forfeitures for Nonpayment of Taxes, 1874-1880, 2 v. Tax Judgment, Sale, Redemption, and Forfeiture Record, 1881- date, 6 v. Index to Tax Sales: Lots, c. 1860-1880; Lands, c. 1860-1880, 1 v. Certificates of Purchase and Affidavits for Tax Deeds, 1855-1888, in 2d vault; Record of. 1869-1910. 3 v. Certificates of Purchase, 1900-1906, in office files. MOULTRIE COUNTY 487 Back Tax Record. 1869-1878, 1 v. The owner's name, description of property, taxes for each of the years 1869-1878, interest, total amount, etc. are given. County Collectors' and Treasurers' Accounts with County, 1900- date, 1 V. Collectors' Accounts, County Funds, 1873-1897, 2 v. Collectors' Credits in Account with Auditor, 1858-1884; also statements of assessments of personal property to auditor, of later dates, in 2d vault. County Clerks' Record of Inheritance Tax Receipts, cuirent. 1 v. RECORDS OF VITAL STATISTICS Rec^ister of Marriages, 1843-1854. 1 v.; 1854-1911, 1 v.; 1845- date 1 V. ; 1878-date, 2 v. ; Index, 3 v. The volume 1845-date includes license and date of return. The series for 1854-1911, gives names of parties, date of marriage, and by whom certified. In the 1878-date series the board of health form is used. Marriage Licenses, 1864-1907, in 2d vault. Marriage Affida\'its and Applications, 1891-1897, in 2d vault. Marriage Returns, 1880-1885, 1890-1893, in 2d vault. Record of Applications for Marriage License, 1889-1897, 1 v. in 2d vault; 1901-1909, 4 v., in 2d vault; cuiTcnt, 2 v. Register of Births, 1877-1910, 3 v.; current, 1 v. Register of Deaths, 1877-1912, 3 v. Birth Reports, 1877-1912, 8 f.b., in 2d vault. Still Birth Reports, 1879-1888. Death Reports, 1877-1912, in 2d vault. Index to Registers : Births, 1 v. ; Deaths, 1 v. Record of Physicians' Certificates, 1877-datc, 2 v. Register of Certificates of Physicians and Accoucheurs, 1877- 1910, 1 V. Return of Agricultural Statistics to Auditor, 1878. 1 v. ; 1882, 1 v. MISCELLAXEOUS RECORDS Abstracts of Election Returns, 1870-1897; a few poll books, 1870- 1897, both in 2d vault. Record of Ballots Issued. 1902, 1 v. Assessors' Bond Record, 1899-datc, 1 v. 488 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Bond Record, Justice of the Peace, and Constable, 1877-datc, 1 V. (A) Official Bonds, 1858, 1856-1870, 1868-1904; Supervisors' Bonds for doR license, 1881-1891, Town Collectors' Bonds. 1875-1901, all in 2d vault. Register of County Officers, 1861-1883, 1 v.; 1875-date, 1 v. This is an alphabetical register giving name, office, when elected or appointed, bond, date and amount, securities, sworn in, date of commission, expiration of term and remarks. Register of Town Officers Elected, 1883-1898, 1 v.; 1899-date, 1 V. Estray Record, 1858-1865, 1 v.; 1865-1869, 1 v.; 1875-date, 1 v. The volume for 1858-1865 is in basement. Record of Ear Marks, 1845-1872, 1 v., in basement. Record of Swamp Lands, 1858, et seq., 1 v. This is a record of sales. Record of Stallion Certificates, 1902-1909, 1 v. Mothers' Pension Order Book, 1 v. current Apprentice Indentures, 1859-1865, in 2d vault. Township Treasurers in Account with School Districts, 1903-191 1, 1 v.; 1909-1912, 1 v. Township School Treasurers' Cash Books and Loans, 1889-1898, 1 v.; 1904-1907, 1 v. Treasurers' Reports, 1852-1867, 1 f.b.; 1873-1908, 29 f.b., in 2d vault. Semiannual Reports of Fees, by Sheriffs, County and Circuit Clerks, 1873-1880, in 2d vault" Magistrates' Reports of Fines and Penalties, 1908-date, 1 f.b. States Attorneys' Reports of Fines, 1891-1892. Hunters' Licenses, 1905-1906, 1 f.b. Enghsh Sparrow Bounty Certificates, 1891-1900, 5 f.b., in 2d vault. County Clerk in Accoimt with Physicians and Town Officers, Births and Deaths, 1 v. County Clerk Record of Fees Earned, 1874-1881, 1 v., in basement. County Clerk Register of Fees, 1874^date, 2 v. County Clerks' Cash Book, 1882-1892, 1 v.; 1892-1905, 1 v. Clerks' Ledger [?], 1882-1884, 1 v. MOULTRIE COUNTY 489 Receipts to County Clerk for Session Laws, 1875-1877, 1 v. Abstract to Land, and Index, 1 v., in 2d vault. Justice of the Peace Dockets. There is one volume for 1857-1858 in basement. Circuit Court Docket, 1850-1873, 1 v. (5) County Clerk — Probate probate court records Probate Court Record, 1845-1849, 1 v. (1); 1849-date, 9 v. (A-H, 2 V. B) Probate Judgment Record, 1867-1895, 1 v. Estate Files (filed by letter), c. 1850-<iate, 66 f.b. Guardians' Files, c. 1865-date, 40 f.b. DOCKETS AND FEE BOOKS Probate Court Docket, 1859-1864, 1 v. Contents: number of case, name of deceased and administrator, date of letters, names of sureties, widow and heirs, when inventor}'' and sale bill were filed, amounts, and remarks. Histor}'- of Guardianships, 1905-date, 1 v. Estate Docket, 1870-1872, 1 v. The form is the same as that of the probate estate claim and judg- ment docket except that it contains no claim docket. History of Estates, 1889-1901, 1 v. This is a briefer and more compact form than the probate estate claim and judgment docket. Estate Histor}' Account Current, 1899-1907, 1 v. The headings are administrator, sureties, heirs, inventory, ap- praisement, widows' relinquishment and selection, sale of personal prop- erty, sale of real estate, reference to book and page; list of claims — with reference to judgment docket; space for four settlements (two-page printed form). Probate Estate Claim and Judgment Docket, 1907-date, 1 v. This is a two- page' form. One page contains date, record of death, will and administrator, names of widow and heirs, bonds, bondsmen, date and record of inventory, appraisement, and sale bill, petition for sale of real estate, account current; on the other page there is a probate claim and judgment docket, the headings being date, name of claimant, date filed, amount, summons issued, returnable, date of judgment, class, record, amount. 490 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Guardians' Docket, 1860-1899, 1 v. The contents give name of deceased and guardian, date of letters, amount of bond and names of sureties, names and ages of heirs, record of filing accounts, and remarks. Probate Judges' Docket, 1881-datc, 5 v. The contents list estate, guardian or executor, proceedings, last order, attorneys, and order of court. The second and fourth volumes are in the second vault. Probate Judgment Docket, 1859-date, 5 v. The headings are number of claim, when filed, name of claimant and estate, nature, amount, summons and notice, order of court. Probate Docket "E," 1908-date, 1 v. Probate Fee Book, 1861-1868, 1 v.; 1878-1882, 1 v.; 1867-1893, 1 v.; 1872-1878, 1 v.; 1878-1905, 1 v.; 1892-1909, 1 v.; 1901- 1908, 1 V. ; 1909-date, 2 v. The first two volumes listed are in the 2d vault. Guardians', Conservators' and Miscellaneous Fee Book, 1911- date, 1 V. RECORDS OF WILLS, BONDS, AND LETTERS Will Record, 1904-date, 1 v. (E) This is a record of probate of will. Docket of Probate Bonds, 1881-1903, 1 v. The contents include estate, administrator, executor or guardian, amount and date of bond, sureties, and order of court. Affidavits of Posting Notice for Creditors to Appear, 1866-1910, 1 V. This is a half-page printed form. Administrators' Record, 1864-date, 4 v. This is a two-page printed form giving court record, bond and letters. Executors' Record, 1866-1903, 4 v.; 1911-date, 1 v. The first four volumes contain the record of the will and its probate; the last volume omits the will. Record of Executors' and Guardians' Bonds and Letters, 1853- 1866, 1 v. Conservators' Record, 1894-1905, 1 v. The record contains trial of the insane, appointment of conservator, bonds and letters. There are two forms, for trials by jury or commission. Conservators' Record, 1883-1898, 1 v.; 1903-date, 1 v. The volumes contain court record, and conservators' bonds and letters. MOULTRIE COUNTY 491 Guardians' Record, 1864-date, 4 v. Appointment of guardians, bonds and letters are recorded. Record of Bonds of Administrators dc Bonis Non, 1851-1864, 1 v. Record of Miscellaneous Bonds and Letters, 1872-date, 3 over- lapping V. INVENTORIES, APPRAISEMENTS, AND SALE BILLS Inventory Record, 1866-1909, 4 v. Record of Inventor}^ of Copartnership Property, 1873-date, 1 v. The volume includes a two-page and a four-page printed form. Guardians' and Conservators' Inventory Record, 1873-date, 1 v. Appraisement Record, 1866-date, 5 v. Contents: warrant to appraisers, oath of appraisers, widow's award, appraisement bill and oath of appraisers to it. Public Sale Bill Record, 1862-1872, 1 v.; 1873-date, 2 v. The form includes sale bill, oath to it, and copy of notice of sale. Private Sale Record, 1906-date, 1 v. The contents include petitions and court orders, bills of sale and oaths to them. REPORT RECORDS, ETC. Guardians' Ledger, 1868-1880, 1 v. This is a two-page form. Probate Ledger, 1850-1869, 1 v. Estate Ledger, 1879-1880, 1 v.; 1867-1888, 1 v. Claims according to class, and disbursements are recorded. Report Record, 1872-date, 3 v. 