What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Carroll County, Illinois and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1878.

The History

of

Carroll County,

Illinois

CONTAINING

A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY—ITS CITIES, TOWNS, ETC.

A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF ITS CITIZENS, WAR RECORD OF ITS VOLUNTEERS IN THE LATE REBELLION, GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS,

PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN,

History of the Northwest, History of Illinois,

Map of Carroll County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc.

Illustrated

Chicago.

H.F. Kett & Co., Times Building

1878

502 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

CONTENTS

HISTORICAL

History Northwest Territory

Geographical Position

Early Explorations

Discovery of the Ohio

English Explorations and Settlements

American Settlements

Division of the Northwest Territory

Tecumseh and the War of 1812

Black Hawk and the Black Hawk War

Other Indian Troubles

Present Condition of the Northwest

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Michigan

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Nebraska

History of Illinois

Coal

Compact of 1787

Chicago

Early Discoveries

Early Settlements

Education

French Occupation

Genius of La Salle

Material Resources

Massacre at Ft. Dearborn

Physical Features

Progress of Development

Religion and Morals

War Record

History of Carroll County

Physical Geography

History of Carroll Co

Township Organization

Agricultural Society

War Record

Old Settlers' Association

Swamp Lauds

Criminal Mention

Educational

Railroads

Miscellaneous

Vote of County

Property Statement

History of Towns:

Mt. Carroll

Savanna

Thomson

Lanark

Shannon

Milledgeville

Elkhorn Grove

ILLUSTRATIONS

LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS

CARROLL COUNTY WAR RECORD

Infantry

15th

34th

45th

65th

71st

92d

142d

146th

153^rd

Miscellaneous Infantry

Cavalry

7th

8th

12th

Artillery

BIOGRAPHICAL TOWNSHIP DIRECTORY

Carroll Township

Cherry Grove

Elkhorn

Freedom

Fair Haven

Lima

Mt. Carroll City

Rock Creek

Savanna

Salem

Shannon

Washington

Woodland

Wysox

York

ABSTRACT OF ILLINOIS STATE LAW

MISCELLANEOUS