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LOGAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, GENEALOGY THE ILGENWEB PROJECT Logan County was formed February 15, 1839, from Sangamon County by an act of the Illinois General Assembly. In 1841 Logan gained more land from Tazewell County. In 1847 a small part of DeWitt County became part of Logan County, completing the county boundaries as we know them today. The county was named by Abraham Lincoln, a member of the General Assembly at the time and the prime mover in forming the county, in honor of his friend Dr. John Logan, a well known Illinois pioneer and fellow member of the Illinois General Assembly. Dr. Logan, father of Civil War General John A. Logan, was a resident of Murphysboro. He was not from Logan County. Logan County covers approximately 618 square miles of central Illinois. Lincoln is the third and current county seat. Earlier county seats were Postville, later known as Camden, 1839-47, and Mt. Pulaski, 1847-53. The actual Postville courthouse is at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan but a reproduction exists in Lincoln. The Mt. Pulaski courthouse, where Lincoln practiced law on the Eighth Judicial Circuit, still stands on the square in that town. It is one of only two still existing court houses where Lincoln actually practiced law on the circuit. Shortly after the records were moved from Mt. Pulaski, the first courthouse in Lincoln burnt [April 15, 1857] destroying all the records that were housed there. Generally, records from the period before the fire Logan became a county in 1839 may be found at the State Archives or at IRAD in Springfield under Sangamon County. The records for 1839-1857 stored in court house were lost. Original federal land purchase records were not in the court house and still exist. Some deeds and other documents were brought in by the public after the fire and recreated. Some records for that period may show up in abstracts or legal files. The Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society has reconstructed some probate records. SEARCH THIS SITE index sitemap advanced site search by freefind If you don’t find who or what you are seeking using the search engine please click HERE for further assistance. LOGAN COUNTY PRINTED GENEALOGY RESOURCES - A Must for the Serious Researcher IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE GENEALOGY SITES FOR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES DeWitt County Macon County Mason County McLean County Menard County Sangamon County Tazewell County Map with Links to all Illinois Counties Submit bios, obits, wills, deeds, etc. for the site. Logan County Courthouse Lincoln, IL 62656-0278 Circuit Court Clerk County Clerk/Recorder SEARCH Bureau of Land Management Records SEARCH Familysearch.org SEARCH Social Security Death Index Logan County Probate Records Browse the images which are filed by year and with an alphabetical index book. GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, HISTORICAL MUSEUMS Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society 217 732-3200 Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society Facebook Logan County Courthouse 217 732-8687 Lincoln College Museum 217 732-3155 x295 Mt. Pulaski Township Historical Society 217 792-3719 Mt. Pulaski Courthouse 217 732-8930 Elkhart Historical Society 217 947-2238 Knapp Library/Museum, 101 S. Clinton, Middletown 217 445-2708 Atlanta Library & Museum, Race Street, Atlanta 217 648-2112 ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES RESOURCES Illinois State Archives DatabasesGLOBAL SEARCH Marriage Records 1763-1900 Death Records Before 1916 [limited] Death Records 1916-1950 Death Records 1951-1971 Earliest Records by County LISTS OF VETERANS BY WAR FROM ARCHIVES War of 1812 Must have enlisted in Illinois. Winnebago War Black Hawk War Mexican War Civil War Illinois Soldiers in Missouri Units Civil War - Navy Spanish American War VETERAN RELATED PAGES Logan Revolutionary War Veteran Burials Black Hawk War 4th Regiment, Mexican War Civil War 106th Regiment, Civil War 7th Infantry 7th Regiment, Civil War, Reunion 1883 Pensioners List Quincy Home Admissions Veteran Burials Through WWI CENSUS RECORDS In addition to the links below, FamilySearch has indexed all censuses as well as the 1855 and 1865 Illinois state censuses. Images may be on FamilySearch or a partner pay site. All the links below are free. 1830 Sangamon County Census Images 1840 Logan County Census Index 1840 Logan County Census Images 1840 Census Summary 1850 Logan County Census Index 1850 Logan County Census Images 1855 Logan County State Census 1862 Military Census 1850 Mortality Tables 1860 Mortality Tables 1870 Mortality Tables 1880 Mortality Tables HISTORY Earliest Settlers The Deep Snow 1830-31 The Meteor Shower of 1833 The Sudden Freeze 1836 1837 Map Settlers Before 1840 Old Settlers Meetings A Meeting in Mt. Pulaski 1878 Directory County Officers 1839-1878 Farmers’ Institute 1901 1911 Societies County Officers 1917 Agriculture 1917 Town Histories County History Old Newspaper Articles Newspapers SCHOOLS Country Schools Poordo School School Pictures School Directory by Township 1938 RELIGIONS Lake Fork Predestinarian Baptists Disciples of Christ [Christian] Eminence Church 1838-1932 PLACES Place Names Place Name Locator Maps DOCUMENTS (contributed) Biographies Deeds Obituaries Wills CEMETERIES LAND Original Government Land Records Illinois Public Domain Land Records at State Archives Logan Township and Section Map Section Map Diagram Township Land Purchase Charts a work in progress Land Purchases by Township PUBLIC LIBRARIES Atlanta Library and Museum Race Street Atlanta, IL 61723 [217] 648-2112 Elkhart Library 121 E. Bohan Elkhart, IL 62634 [217] 947-2313 Mt. Pulaski Library 320 N. Washington Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548 [217] 792-5919 Lincoln Library 725 Pekin Street Lincoln, IL 62656 (217) 732-8878 ILLINOIS ILGenWeb References Project Illinois History Information and Links The ILGenWeb Project GENWEB LINKS The USGenWeb Project GenWeb Archive Links WorldGenWeb OTHER USEFUL LINKS National Archives Genealogy Page LinkpendiumFrom the Founders of Rootsweb Cyndi’s ListThe Ultimate in Genealogy Links Free Online Census Records Job Titles in History Email suggestions and corrections to Cheryl Rothwell , Logan County Coordinator, ILGenWeb This page is "" on the Logan County, ILGenWeb site. The address of this page is http://logan.illinoisgenweb.org/ . ILGENWEB is part of USGENWEB ® All materials contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of individuals engaged in researching their personal genealogy. Any commercial use or any use for which money is asked or paid for any reason is strictly prohibited. Copyright by Cheryl Rothwell for...