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Queries 1997 CARPENTER, NAYLOR, ROOK; posted by Muriel Schwartz, Jan 1, 1997 John NAYLOR, his wife Elizabeth nee ROOK, their son John who married Betsy, her father & mother, John Brown & Bridget CARPENTER came from Lincolnshire, UK in 1850 to 1855. John B. CARPENTER & his son John died in Lockport about 1850. I do not know when or where the widow Bridget CARPENTER died but I assume in Joliet. There was also a brother of John NAYLOR (James) and his family who came in 1855. James died at a cement factory about 1857-8 in Romeo and is buried … Read more

Will County IL Sites Will County Civil War Companies Will County IL – IRAD Fact Sheet IL Sites AccessGenealogy’s – Illinois Genealogy Cyndi’s List for IL Genealogy Research in IL Illinois and Michigan Canal – ILGenWeb Project ILGenWeb Projects Page IL Civil War – ILGenWeb Project IL in the Civil War IL Civil War Units IL Civil War Veterans Database IL County Boundaries 1790-Present IL Department of Corrections IL Historic Preservation Agency IL Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database IL Regional Archives Depository – IRAD IL State Archives Databases IL State Genealogical Society IL State Library US Resources – IL … Read more

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 1815–1816 Edwards 1812–1815 Madison 1801–1812 St. Clair 1790–1801 Knox, Northwest Territory County Seat: 1836– Joliet—Name changed from Juliet on May 24, 1845. History of county governing board: 1836–1850 County Commissioners’ Court 1850– County Board of Supervisors Township Government Adopted: November 6, 1849 Township Names: Channahon … Read more