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  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 of Will County JACKSON. This was one of the very earliest of the townships in the county to be settled. It is claimed that six families left Parke county, Indiana, in February, 1829, and made their way into Jackson township, or to what was afterward … Read more

  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 of Will County MANHATTAN. When Will county adopted township organization in 1850 there were not enough inhabitants in the township to make a voting precinct, for it took twenty-five voters for a precinct, and so the township was added to Green Garden and they were … Read more

  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 of Will County HOMER. Homer was one of the first settled of all the townships in the county, and yet for years after being settled it was not known as Homer, but simply “Yankee Settlement.” In those days had a person inquired the way into … Read more

  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 of Will County GREEN GARDEN. This is one of the townships in the county that had not a tree in it of any size when it was organized as a township in 1853. It was all clean, rolling prairie, with a small stream or two, … Read more

  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 of Will County LOCKPORT. The present towns of Lockport and Homer formed what was known in 1836, when the county was organized, as Canal precinct, and they were missioners’ term in 1850, when they were separated into two voting precincts, and each was entitled to … Read more

  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 of Will County HISTORICAL DEDICATION To the Will County Pioneers’ Association: To you, the pioneers and early settlers of the county, who have witnessed the wonderful improvements made since you first beheld its fair surface, and who have with willing hands, and brave hearts, exerted … Read more

  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 of a sufficiently wild flavor for a poem like to that of Hiawatha. Almost entirely secluded as they were from the rest of their race, with surroundings at once so beautiful and so well adapted to their style of life, we cannot but conceive that … Read more

  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 in this part of the country. It is true, the West has had some advantages over the East in its development. Improved machinery, a better system of communication and travel, and improved, means of transportation, doubtless, partially account for it; but is hard to conceive … Read more

  Section 16, Wilton Twp Located on South Cedar Rd, halfway between Rt 52 & Peotone-Wilmington Rd View Larger Map Submitted by Leona A. Mathis & Kim Flint (posted with permission of Leona Mathis) Cemetery walked and recorded: Jun 2, 2002 © 2002 Leona A. Mathis & Kim Flint Name Birth Death Comments Alsbury, John Richard, Sr. Aug 19, 1936 Jan 9, 2001 h/o Janet. f/o John R., Jr., Obit. Alsbury, John Richard, Jr. unknown 1959 “Son of John R. Sr., & Janet Alsbury” Audette, Paul J. 1916 1969 s/w Ruth E. Baker, Mary L. 1932 1974 s/w husband Joseph A. Beatty, … Read more

Bronson / Sisson Cemetery Sec 10, Lockport Twp View Larger Map West of IL Rte 53, 1/2 mile off Airport Rd. No access road. Use the + sign on above map to zoom in.