The following post is a compilation of newspaper accounts from 1875 recounting the individuals and events that constituted the event commonly referred to historically as “the bloody vendetta.” It includes some firsthand interviews of those involved and having knowledge of the events at the time. Continue reading
Category Archives: County
A 1908 map set containing a Williamson County map and all twelve of its townships can be found at this link , 1908 County and Township Map Set
Hardin Goodall, well known Marion merchant and city alderman who had several businesses, one of which was a dry goods store in partnership with James M. Burkhart at 600 Public Square, was County Sheriff in 1868 – 1870, the trying period after the Civil War. Continue reading
The following was extracted from Goodspeed’s “History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois” and describes the first settlement of the county. It breaks down each township by who filed the first claims and in what year. The book was published in 1887 and data was likely accumulated in 1885 and 1886. Notes for clarification have been added in parenthesis. Continue reading
Due to a law that went into effect in the fall of 1877 requiring births and deaths to be recorded, for the first time, we are given a glimpse of exactly what kind of things killed people back in that time frame. The following data was extracted from figures released by the Egyptian Press on January 9, 1879. Continue reading