Will County ILGenWeb

These pages are a part of the ILGenWeb Project. They provide a resource for genealogists searching in Will County, Illinois. You can post queries about surnames you are researching, see who else might be researching the same names as yourself, ask volunteers to do reference look-ups, volunteer to do reference look-ups, and get information on searching in Will County. My name is Dennis Partridge, and I am currently the host of Will County, you can contact me here, if you have any questions. I do not live in Will County, nor Illinois, but I will attempt to answer your research questions or point you in the direction of somebody who can.

Fact Sheet for Will County Illinois

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IRAD Fact Sheet for Will County Compiled by Ted Cash. The below information was obtained from the Illinois State Archives Established: January 12, 1836 (Laws, 1836, p. 262) Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: 1831–1836 Cook 1833–1836 Iroquois 1826–1836 Vermilion 1825–1827 Putnam 1823–1825 Edgar 1823–1825 Fulton 1819–1823 Clark 1821–1823 Pike 1816–1823 Crawford … Read more

History of Wheatland Illinois

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Immediately north of Plainfield, lies the town of Wheatland-Township 37, Range 9–the northwestern corner of the county. With slight exceptions, this township remained unsettled until after 1840. Two things contributed to delay its settlement. Lying mostly outside of the Indian boundary line, it was not surveyed until 1837 or 1838, and not brought into market … Read more

History of Reed Township Illinois

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The first Township in the Braidwood area, organized in 1850, was named “Clinton” and was then the largest in Will county. It extended six miles North from and Twelve miles East and West along the Will-Kankakee line, South and West of the Kankakee River. In 1875, the Will county Board of supervisors divided the large, … Read more

Photographs of Will County Illinois

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Baumgartner Creamery

William Long’s Blacksmith Shop This is a picture of the blacksmith shop of William Millard Long who died in 1953 Channahon. He operated the blacksmith shop until after 1920 when he turned it over to his oldest son, Robert. William served as Channahon town clerk for a time. Submitted by Jill Doyle, Jul 2003   … Read more

Settlements Along Old Sauk Trail

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In 1933, during the centennial celebration held by Chicago Heights, the early pioneers were honored by a marker placed in the forest preserve by the Chicago Heights Centennial commission and Sauk Trail chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The bronze marker was mounted on a boulder on the south side of Sauk trail … Read more