Jackson County ILGenWeb is a free genealogical site about the history of the
Illinois county.
It is a member of ILGenWeb,
which is a member of USGenWeb®.
We hope you find helpful clues for your research of Jackson County ancestors.
Are you familiar with the area? Do you have a family tree connection to the area? Volunteers are always needed! Please consider contributing your pieces of Jackson County family history. Corrections, updates, and additions to this site are always welcome.
County Co-Coordinators: Melissa McCord mysis64@gmail.com and Norma Hass normahass01@gmail.com
Jackson
County was organized on January 10, 1816, from Johnson and Randolph
Counties. It was named for Andrew Jackson, whose army of Tennessee
and Kentucky volunteers defeated an invading British force of 7,500
men in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
Jackson County is located in the south-western part of Illinois. It
is bounded on the north by Perry County, on the east by Franklin and
Williamson Counties, on the south by Union County, on the south-west
by the Mississippi River which divides the state of Illinois from
Missouri, and on the north-west by Randolph County.
The
county seat is Murphysboro. The original county seat and courthouse
were located along the Big Muddy River at Brownsville.
Randolph |
Perry | Franklin |
Perry MO |
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Williamson |
| Union |
