Resources

• 1823 Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri
• 1837 Gazetteer of Illinois, in Three Parts
• 1871 American Bastile Civil War Illegal Arrests and Imprisonments, by John A. Marshall
• 1876 Atlas of the State of Illinois
• 1878 History of Jackson County Illinois biographies for F. E. Albright, Wm. J. Allen, Robert Allyn, G. W. Andrews, Frank Barononsky, James Barrow, Robert A. Beasley, Uriah Blue, Benningsen Boon, Samuel Bouscher, Jacob Bowers, William Bradley, Frank A. Broader, J. H. Brownlee, Gilbert J. Burr, George B. Corey, Willis Crain, Thomas J. Cross, W. H. Davis, John Dillinger, James Downen, Andrew D. Duff, William M. Duncan, N. T. Eakin, James P. East, John J. East, Elbert S. Easterley, Aaron Easterly, Branner Easterly, George A. Easterly, John R. Easterly, Henry J. Fraley, John M. Gill, Robert Goodwin, A. J. Grizzel, Parker Grosvenor, Jackson Grubb, Tillman Hagler, Archibald Hamilton, Robert W. Hamilton, F. B. Hanks, Washington L. Harris, George W. Hill, H. C. Hodges, George W. Holliday, S. A. Holliday, Thomas F. Hord, W. H. Hord, Henry Imhoff, W. T. Ingram, John C. Isom, James Jackson, Thomas W. Jenkins, George W. Johnston, Aaron Jones, John B. Kimball, Freeman King, Charles Kirkham, William A. Lemma, Samuel Levan, John A. Logan, Thomas M. Logan, Oscar L. Mahoney, W. W. H. Mansker, J. B. Mayham, John A. McClure, William Mohlenbrock, James E. Moore, Jesse Morgan, Robert B. Morgan, G. M. O’Hara, M. G. Parsons, William B. Pike, Newton J. Powers, Madison Price, F. A. Prickett, Thomas J. Prickett, A. R. Pugh, John M. Reeder, R. R. Rees, Joseph P. Robarts, U. E. Robinson, T. T. Robinson, George A. Rogers, W. S. Rogers, John B. Rosson, William Russell, B. F. Sams, George W. Smith, Christian Snyder, R. J. Stephen, Jacob Swartz, M. F. Swortzcope, William E. Talbott, J. C. Thompson, William Waller, Jesse H. Ward, John W. Wayman, Eli Webb, Berry B. Whitson, B. L. Wiley, Daniel G. Will, Williams Family, William P. Wilson, George Wolf, Daniel W. Worthen, Edward Worthen, Thomas Worthen, R. J. Young
• 1882 Historical Sketches of Jackson County, Illinois
• 1888 The Life of Logan Belt
• 1894 Historical and Descriptive Review of Illinois, Volume 1, The Southern Section, "Egypt": Her Principal Towns and Their Progressive Men
• 1894 Historical Sketches of Jackson County, Illinois
• 1894 Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois
• 1901 Life and Labors of Rev. Henry S. Gordon founder of the Free Baptist church in southern Illinois, includes many church photos and portraits with biographical info about the members
• 1912 A History of Southern Illinois Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
• 1935 or later Old Brownsville Days, by Will W. Husband
• 1940 Stories from Illinois History
• 1976 The Origin and Growth of Schools in Jackson County, Illinois: A Historical Case Study
• Civil War Letter from Matthew Pate to Sabe Pate
• Civil War Letter from John Pate to Sabe Pate
• Free and American: A Study of Eleven Families of Color by Darrel Dexter - includes chapters about Arthur & Patience Hawley Allen, Joseph Allen, Johnson Allen, Beverly Brown, Thomas & Dicey Chavis, Thomas & Betsy Gipson Bass, Nancy Hockens Bryant, Joseph & Elizabeth Ivey, Cain & Elizabeth Bracken, and Moses Hunter; families of Alexander, Bond, Franklin, Gallatin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Union, White, and Williamson counties.
• Church Records - Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956, Jackson County, at familysearch.org, has record images for Ava, Carbondale, Grand Tower, Murphysboro, Raddle, and Raddleville.
• Naturalization Records - Illinois County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998, at familysearch.org, has record images for six Jackson County collections: (1) Declarations of intention, petitions for naturalization, special naturalizations 1868-1898 vol A (2) Declarations of intention, petitions for naturalization, special naturalizations 1873-1898 vol A (3) Declarations of intention, petitions for naturalization, special naturalizations 1893-1906 vol B (4) Petitions for naturalization 1859-1892 (5) Petitions for naturalization and petition evidence 1904-1906 vol C (6) Special naturalizations 1904-1906 vol C
• HonorStates Military Gold Stars, those who died while in service during WWI, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam
• Catholic Cemeteries in Southern Missouri and Illinois
• Primitive Baptist Library website includes Primitive Baptist Church webpage devoted to church and family history research assistance with a webpage specifically targeting Jackson County
• 1905 Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley Volume 1 and Volume 2
• Coal Resources of District II
• Jackson County Goverment Offices
• John A Logan Museum
• Notable Gravesites in Woodlawn Cemetery
• Illinois Secretary of State Databases
• Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
• Chronicling America
• ObitCity
• Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois has a pdf available of a fantastic map of Jackson county
• Joel S. Russell has township plats with the owner names typed.
• The Library of Congress has some Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps available for Carbondale and Murphysboro
• Wikipedia, Jackson County, Illinois
• The Ancestor Hunt
• Genealogy Trails
• ILJACKSON Query Board and Mailing List at groups.io
• 2019 Queries
• Digital Public Library of America
• USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System

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