Family Maps of Franklin County, Illinois

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Family Maps of Franklin County, Illinois
by Gregory A. Boyd, J.D.

169 pages with 44 total maps

Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Franklin County, Illinois, gleaned from the indexes of the Illinois State Archives. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries.

Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person's name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds.

The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s.


List of Details Found Below . . .
  What's Mapped in his book?
  What YEARS are these maps for?
  What Cities and Towns are in Franklin County, Illinois (and in this book)?
  Acts of Congress Authorizing . . .
  Indexes in this book
  Reviews by the Experts . . .
  Surnames found in this book
  Book Specifications



What's Mapped in this book (that you'll not likely find elsewhere) . . .
    2319 Parcels of Land
  (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map)

    85 Cemeteries

    plus . . .
    Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc.

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What YEARS are these maps for?
Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the patent applications were made:
Decade Parcel-count
1820s 8
1830s 309
1840s 343
1850s 1600
1860s 20
1870s 2
1880s 6
1900s 5
1910s 26


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What Cities and Towns are in Franklin County, Illinois (and in this book)?
Akin, Akin Junction, Benton, Benton Park, Bessie, Boothby, Buckner, Cambon, Christopher, Cleburne, Coello, Deering City, Diana, Ewing, Ferber, Frankfort, Frisco, Greenville (historical), Groat, Hanaford, Hickory Corners, Kegley, Lake Creek, Locust Grove (historical), Macedonia, Meyer, Mitchell, Mulkeytown, Orient, Parrish, Pershing, Plumfield, Rend City, Royalton, Rust, Sesser, Smothersville, Steel City, Taylor Hill, Thompsonville, Urbain, Valier, Valier Patch, West City, West End, West Frankfort, Whittington, Zeigler

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Acts of Congress Authorizing the Land Patents in this book:
   April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
   February 11, 1847: ScripWarrant Act of 1847 (9 Stat. 123)
   March 3, 1855: ScripWarrant Act of 1855 (10 Stat. 701)
   September 28, 1850: ScripWarrant Act of 1850 (9 Stat. 520)


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Indexes in this book

-Surnames in the County
  * number of times each Surname occurs

-Surname/Township Index
  * every Surname and the frequency in which each appears in relevant Township-level Maps

-Full-Name Index (of Original Landowners) for each Township

-Populated Places

-Cemeteries

-Multi-Patentees (Groups of people who acquired land together)

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Reviews by the Experts
What they are saying about the Family Maps series:
  • instant gratification! - Elizabeth Shown Mills, Author, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace
  • incredible on-going series . . . - Christine Rose, Author, Courthouse Research for Family Historians
  • must have publications . . . - Dick Eastman, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
  • a great service . . . - Sharon Tate Moody, former President, Association of Professional Genealogists



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SURNAMES found in this Book:
ABBOTT, ACKERMAN, ADAMS, ADKINS, AIKAN, AIKEN, AIKIN, AIKINS, AKIN, AKINS, ALLEN, ANDERSON, ANNEAR, ARMES, ARNOLD, ASHLEY, AUTEN, AVERY, BACON, BAILEY, BAIN, BAKER, BALLARD, BANION, BARBEE, BARBER, BARKER, BARNSFIELD, BASHEAR, BATES, BAUGH, BAXTER, BAXTON, BAYLESS, BAYNE, BEATY, BEDWELL, BELL, BERKETT, BERRY, BETTES, BETTIS, BINION, BINYON, BLACK, BLAKE, BLANTON, BLOCCHER, BOLIN, BOSTER, BOWLER, BOWLING, BOWYER, BOYD, BOYER, BOYERS, BRADLEY, BRAKE, BRASHERS, BRAYFIELD, BRAYSHAW, BRINKLEY, BRISTOW, BRITTON, BROOKS, BROWN, BROWNING, BUCHER, BUCK, BURGESS, MCAMY, BURKETT, BURLISON, BURNS, BURRISS, BURTON, BUSH, BUTLER, CAMBREL, CAMPBELL, CANADA, CANTRELL, CANTRILL, CARDWELL, CARLTON, CARPENTER, CARR, CARTER, CASE, CASEY, CASH, CASY, CAVINS, CHANDLER, CHAPLIN, CHAPMAN, CHRISTIAN, CHURCH, CIPHER, CLARK, CLAYTON, CLEAVELAND, CLINTON, COCKRAM, COCKRAN, COCKRUM, COKER, COLE, COLEMAN, COLP, CONDITT, CONNER, COOK, CORDELL, CORGAN, CORGIN, CORN, COX, CRAFORD, CRAIG, CRAINE, CRAWFORD, CREED, CREUS, CROSSLAND, CROUCH, CUNNINGHAM, DANIEL, DARNALL, DARR, DAVIS, DAWSON, DAY, DEARING, DEASON, DEGROAT, DEMENT, DENNING, DEPOYSTER, DEWHITT, DEWITT, DICKINSON, DIEFENBACH, DILLARD, DILLEN, DILLON, DIXON, DOBBS, DOCKER, DOLLINGS, DOLLINS, DONALDSON, DOTY, DOWNES, DOWNS, DRAKE, DRENNON, DREW, DRIGGERS, DRUMMOND, DRUMMONDS, DRUMMONS, DRYDEN, DUFF, DUNBAR, DUNCAN, DUTY, EDDINGTON, EDDY, EDMONDS, ELKINS, ELLET, ELMORE, ELSTUN, EPERSON, ESPY, ESTES, EUBANKS, EVANS, EWING, FARRIS, FARRISS, FAULKNER, FEARS, FENEX, FINNEY, FISHER, FITTS, FITTZ, FITZGERELL, FITZGERRELL, FITZGRELL, FLAINNAGIN, FLANAKIN, FLENNIGEN, FLETCHER, FLINT, FLORO, FOSTER, FOUNTAIN, FOWLER, FRANKLIN, FREEMAN, FRENCH, GALLEGLY, GALLOWAY, GALOWAY, GARD, GARDNER, GARRIGAS, GARRISON, GASAWAY, GASSAWAY, GATLIN, GAZAWAY, GEERS, GHOLSON, GIFFORD, GILLIAM, GILLUM, GLOVER, GOESSMAN, GOLTER, GOOD, GOODE, GORDON, GORGAN, GRAVES, GRAY, GREEN, GREENWOOD, GREGORY, GRIFFIN, GRIFFITH, GULLEY, GUM, GUMM, GUNTER, HALL, HAM, HAMILTON, HAMMOND, HAMMONS, HAMOND, HAMPELMAN, HAMPTON, HANES, HANNA, HANNAH, HARDCASTLE, HARLOW, HARMISON, HARPOOL, HARRALL, HARREL, HARRELL, HARRELSON, HARRIS, HARRISON, HART, HATCHET, HATCHETT, HAWKES, HAWLEY, HAYES, HAYS, HERRINGTON, HESTAN, HESTAND, HESTON, HICKS, HILL, HILLIN, HINCHCLIFF, HIX, HOBBS, HODGES, HOGE, HOLLEMAN, HOPPER, HOVEY, HUBBARD, HUDSON, HUGHES, HUMPHREYS, HUSTON, HUTSON, ILLINOIS, ING, IRVIN, ISAACS, JACKSON, JAQUA, JARMAN, JOHNSON, JONES, JORDAN, KARCHER, KARNEY, KARR, KEARNEY, KEELIN, KEELING, KELLOGG, KENNEY, KERNEY, KEYES, KIDWELL, KIME, KING, KIRK, KIRKPATRICK, KNIGHT, KNOX, LAMPLEY, LAMPLY, LANCE, LAND, LANE, LANTZ, LAUNIES, LAUNIUS, LAUNOIUS, LAWNIUS, LAYMAN, LEAMING, LEONARD, LEPSEY, LEWIS, LIPSEY, LITTLE, LIVESAY, LOGAN, LOGSDON, LOOKENBEE, LOOKINBEE, LOOMIS, LOONEY, LOPAS, LOTT, LOUDEN, LOVIN, LUCAS, MACALISTER, MACCARVER, MADDOX, MADEWELL, MANERING, MANION, MANNERING, MANNING, MANSFIELD, MARKOE, MARSHALL, MARTIN, MATHEWS, MATTHEWS, MCCLEERY, MCCLERN, MCCLESKEY, MCCLINTOCK, MCCLUSKEY, MCCOLLUM, MCCREARY, MCCREERY, MCCULLOUGH, MCDOLLINS, MCELVAIN, MCELYEA, MCEVOY, MCFALL, MCFARLAND, MCFATRIDGE, MCGLASSON, MCGUIRE, MCKARNIE, MCKENNIE, MCKLUSKEY, MCLAIN, MCLANE, MCLAUGHLIN, MCLEAN, MEADOWS, MEANS, MELVIN, MENEESE, MILLER, MINOR, MITCHELL, MOBERLEY, MOBERLY, MOCK, MONDAY, MONTGOMERY, MOONEYHAM, MOONEYHAN, MOOR, MOORE, MORRELL, MORRIS, MORRISON, MORRISS, MOSER, MOSS, MOYERS, MULKEY, MULLER, MURPHEY, NANGLE, NAVE, NEAL, NEVILL, NEWMAN, NICOL, NOLEN, NOONER, NORMAN, NORTH, NOWLEN, NOWLIN, OBANION, ODEL, ODELE, ODELL, ODLE, OSTEEN, OVERTURF, OVERTURFF, PACE, PARKER, PARRISH, PATE, PAYNE, PEACOCK, PEARCE, PEARSON, PEEBELS, PENNEY, PENNINGTON, PERRYMAN, PERYMAN, PHILIPS, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PIERCE, PLASTER, PLASTERS, PLATER, POPE, POSEY, POTTER, POTTS, POYNOR, PRICE, PRIMROSE, PROVART, PURCELL, PURDY, QUELMAN, QUICK, RAINS, RAMSEY, RANDOLPH, RATCLIFF, RAWLINGS, RAY, REA, READ, REDBURN, REDENHOUSE, REEVES, REID, RICE, RICHARDS, RICHARDSON, RICHESON, RIDDLE, RIDGWAY, RIDLER, RIPLEY, RISLEY, ROARCK, ROARK, ROBERSON, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, RODGERS, RODMAN, ROGERS, ROMINE, ROMINES, ROOK, ROSBOROUGH, ROSS, ROTRAMEL, ROWAN, ROYALL, RUDDICK, RUSSELL, RYBURN, SAFFORD, SAMPLES, SAMS, SANDAFUR, SANDEFUR, SANDERS, SANDUSKY, SCARLET, SCRIBNER, SCRIVENER, SCRIVNER, SEARS, SELVEDGE, SELVIDGE, SHARLOCK, SHAW, SHELDON, SHELTON, SHEPHERD, SHERRY, SHIRLEY, SHORT, SICKWOOD, SILKWOOD, SIMPSON, SIMS, SMITH, SMOTHERS, SNIDER, SNYDER, SPENCER, SPILLER, STACKS, STEPHENSON, STEVENS, STEWART, STICKNEY, STIDD, STILLEY, STITES, STOCKWELL, STRINGER, STROUD, STURDEVANT, SULLENS, SULLINS, SULLIVAN, SULSAR, SULSER, SUMMERS, SUMMIT, SUMMORS, SWAFFORD, SWAIN, SWEET, SWOFFORD, TACKITT, TADLOCK, TATE, TAYLOR, TEAFTELLER, TEEL, TEFERTILER, TEMPLE, TERRY, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THORNTON, THURSTON, TILLEY, TIMMONS, TINSLEY, TODD, TOWNES, TROWER, TUCKER, TURNEY, UHLS, UNDERHILL, UNDERWOOD, VAN NOSTRAND, VANCE, VARNELL, VAUGHN, WAGGONER, WAGNER, WALKER, WALL, WALLER, WARD, WARREN, WASHBURN, WEATHERSBEE, WEBB, WELLINGTON, WELLMAN, WELLS, WESTON, WHIPPLE, WHITE, WHITESIDE, WHITLOW, WHITTINGTON, WIERTZ, WILBANKS, WILCOXON, WILDERMAN, WILEY, WILKERSON, WILKEY, WILLIAMS, WILLIS, WILSON, WIMMILLER, WINEMILLER, WINN, WOMACK, WOODS, WOOLEY, WOOLSEY, WYATT, WYATTE, YOST, YOUNG, YOUTSEY


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Book Specifications
Binding Option Copyright Year Dimensions ISBN ISBN13
Paperback 2010 8-5/16' x 10-3/4' 1420311174 9781420311174
Spiral-bound 2005 8-1/2' x 11' (plus coil) 1420300075 9781420300079
Hardbound 2005 8-1/2' x 11' 142030058X 9781420300581


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