Williamson County area as it existed in 1720, prepared by Ron Emery
Map drawn up from Nannie Gray’s 1939 map by Ron Emery, isolating which areas of the county early French trappers and Shawnee indians inhabited and lived. The French had established a fort at Kaskaskia, south of St. Louis in 1703. Continue reading
1905 Williamson County Map
This map captures current active towns and villages, railroads and creeks that existed in 1905. It was published in the 1905 Souvenir Book. Note that there were 14 precincts then instead of 12. Western, Northern, Saline and Rock Creek precincts no longer exist and Union is now Southern.
1939 Nannie Grey Centennial Map
A Pictorial History of Williamson County
The Nannie Gray Parks map of Williamson County, Illinois, as the county existed in 1839 when it was created from the southern half of Franklin County, has been called Nannie Gray Parks’ greatest achievement by Homer Butler, who for many years wrote a column called “Glances at Life” which appeared in the Marion Daily Republican newspaper, and which served to remind us so often of our county’s colorful, sometimes riotous, history, is also responsible for calling the map a pictorial history of Williamson County’s early years. Continue reading
Ghost Towns of Williamson County
This map shows towns, villages, stations and ghost towns , drawn by W.G. Richison and published in SAGA, Southern Illinois Geological Society. Republished in the 1989 Sesquicentennial History.
John was born in Connecticut February 24, 1821. He came while a child to Indiana and in 1840 moved to Williamson County. He was a cabinet maker by trade and on April 27, 1845 married Emily A. McCoy. Continue reading
