Will County ILGenWeb In the township of Monee, lying between Greengarden and Crete, there were a few who settled quite early. In 1834, John S. Dilley; in 1835, John M. Chase, N.C. Tibbitts, S.W. Cooper, Nicholas Young and Ruel Carney; and in 1836, S.W. Gaines, Aaron Bond, Otis Philips, Hollis Newton, and a Mr. Hall. This township has … Read more
Will County, as it is now constituted, consists of twenty-three and about one-half townships of land, and is bounded on the north by Du Page and Cook Counties; on the east by Cook County and the State of Indiana; on the south by Kankakee County, and on the west by Grundy and Kendall Counties. It … Read more
Along Old Sauk Trail Churches Cities/Towns History of Will County, Illinois, 1878 Monee Township Newspapers Past & Present of Will County, 1907 Photographs Reed Township Schools The History of Joliet Series, by John Whiteside, The Herald News
North of Peotone lies GreenGarden Township, and before Township organization, as Vermont Precinct. It was settled about 1847 by M.F. Sanders and George M. Green. Levi Blanchard and James Hudson came in 1848, the latter-named being a preacher. From 1850 on, the township filled up rapidly, and is now largely German. The streams emptying into … Read more
We will now proceed to detail such facts in respect to the first settlement of Will County as have escaped oblivion, and have been collected from the memories of early settlers and from public records. In so doing, we shall of course repeat much of what was embodied in “Forty Years Ago.” At the time … Read more
Mrs. Kinzie, in her “Waubun,” gives an account of a ball on Hickory Creek, in 1831. She does not tell us at whose house it was held, but we have ascertained that it was at Mr. Friend’s. [1]In “Forty Years Ago,” we hazarded the conjuncture that it was probably at Kerchival’s. We are glad of … Read more
Father Walker and Walkers Grove History of Will County, Illinois Wm. LeBaron, Jr., & Co. 1878 It was one of these Methodist missionaries who became the first settler within the present bounds of Will County. This was the Rev. Jesse Walker a native of the State of Virginia, born in 1766, twenty-five years before the … Read more
Old and New Cities & Townships Compiled by Ted Cash 1850 Clinton; 1875 divided into Reed and Custer Late 19th & Early 20th Century Cities, Towns & Villages Additional Information Township Alden’s Island Is now a part of Wilmington, IL; named for James F. and H. O. Alden who came to the area from Maine ca. 1847. … Read more
Will County Illinois Churches Abundant Life Fellowship, 110 Jackson, Wilmington All Nation Church of God in Christ, Joliet All Saints Greek Orthodox Church, 102 N Broadway, Joliet Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church, 14610 S Will Cook Rd, Homer Glen Antioch Christian Assembly, 20 E Cass St, Joliet Apostolic Assembly Church, 201 Manhattan Rd, Joliet Asamblea Apostolica … Read more
Zion U. C. C. Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Submitted by Karen Rowe German United Evangelical Zion Church Zion United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed) Dyer, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN Zion United Church of Christ 14804 W. 113th Avenue Dyer, Indiana 46311 (219) 365-5288 Churchbook Extractions Background and Indexes Edwin C. Friedrich 3105 … Read more