Lawrence County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Lawrence County

Parent County

 * 1821--Lawrence County was created 16 January 1821 from Crawford and Edwards Counties.

County seat: Lawrenceville

Neighboring Counties

 * Crawford
 * Knox County, Indiana
 * Richland
 * Wabash

African American
The following have information concerning African American research.


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Illinois State Archives pamphlet on African American Research describes what records are at the State Archives with an online method for ordering records.
 * African-American Resources for Illinois

Cemeteries
Illinois cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.


 * Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Lawrence County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Lawrence Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.


 * Illinois Cemeteries by county.


 * The Family History Library Catalog lists  Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Lawrence County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.

1840 Pensioners

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C., 1841. ; ; digital version at Google Books. [See Illinois, Lawrence County on page 187.]

Catholic
FamilySearch has made parish records from three Belleville Diocese Catholic churches in Lawrence County available online. The records include first communions, confirmations, marriages, and deaths:


 * , browsable online (no index); courtesy: FamilySearch.
 * , browsable online (no index); courtesy: FamilySearch.
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Land and Property
Illinois Land and Property for more information.

Military
Civil War Civil War service men from Lawrence County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Lawrence County.


 * - 36th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company C.
 * - 61st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies H and K.
 * - 62nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company A.
 * - 66th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I.
 * - 70th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company K.
 * - 91st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F.

Books


 * Satterthwaite, Geraldine, and Terry Warren. Civil War Men, Lawrence Co. Bridgeport, Ill. (?: G. Satterthwaite, 2000). A list of civil war young men from Lawrence county taken from the original County Civil War records that have been lost. Library with this book.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Lawrence County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Lawrence County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)