This is an 1875 map of Williamson County. It illustrates some of the changes that has occured to township precincts as the population has sorted itself out over time. Continue reading
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Map drawn up from Nannie Gray’s 1939 map by Ron Emery, isolating which areas of the county early pioneers established themselves and indians, predominently Shawnee, inhabited and lived. Continue reading
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
Samuel Knox Casey was born to Jesse M. and Cynthia Casey on a farm four miles north of Marion on March 6, 1865. Continue reading
The first official Marion City Hall appears to have manifested with the building of the Marion State and Savings Bank building being erected in 1903. Continue reading