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.

Past and Present of Will County, Illinois

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Past and Present of Will County, Illinois

  Past and Present of Will County, Illinois By W. W. Stevens President of the Will County Pioneers Association Assisted by an Advisory Board, consisting of Hon. James G. Elwood, James H. Ferriss, William Grinton, Mrs. Kate Henderson and A. C. Clement ILLUSTRATED Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1907 Dedicated to the Pioneers … Read more

History of Wilton Township, Illinois

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  History of Will County 1878 Township Histories WILTON TOWNSHIP Of all of the interesting little nooks in Will County, Twelve-Mile Grove is, without doubt, the most romantic. Not only on account of location has it this peculiar aspect, but associated with it, were it in our power to unearth it, is an ancient history … Read more

History of Wilmington Township, Illinois

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  History of Will County 1878 Township Histories WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP The ancient philosophers recognized in nature four primary elements – water, earth, air and fire. This was quite a natural classification, as from these, they readily perceived, came all of their comforts. From the first two came food and drink, and from the last two … Read more

History of Will Township, Illinois

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  History of Will County 1878 Township Histories WILL TOWNSHIP One of the most remarkable facts in connection with the history of the West is its rapid development. Eastern people compare the census of a quarter of a century ago with that of to-day, and remark, with astonishment, the wonderful increase in population and resources … Read more

History of Wesley Township, Illinois

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  History of Will County 1878 Township Histories WESLEY TOWNSHIP The alarms of cruel butcheries and inhuman massacres by the Indians had but ceased to echo through the State of Illinois, and the tracks of the red men were still visible in the soil – the Government having but recently removed them to reservations beyond … Read more

History of Washington Township Illinois

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This township is situated in the extreme southeastern part of the county, and is the most distant from the county seat of any township, being from its center, in a direct line from Joliet, twenty-seven miles, and by rail not less than thirty-five. Since the division of Reed Township, this is one of the two … Read more

History of Troy Township, Illinois

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  History of Will County 1878 Township Histories TROY TOWNSHIP Jedediah Woolley, Sr., was one of the earliest settlers of Plainfield, but of that township it could hardly be said that he became a permanent resident, as he removed from it before the land came into market. He, however, lived there some time, and there … Read more

History of Reed Township, Illinois

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  History of Will County 1878 Township Histories REED TOWNSHIP This is now the smallest township in the county, containing only the west half of Congressional Town 32, Range 9 east of the Third Principal Meridian. For the fifteen years ending 1875, it was the largest, embracing within its limits all of that territory now … Read more