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 Greene County, Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Greene County is a county located in the U. Greene County is a county located in the U.S. State of Illinois.
As of the census of 2000, there are 14,761 people, 5,757 households, and 4,075 families residing in the county.
The racial makeup of the county is 98.06% White, 0.75% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races.
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 Greene County Illinois
In the subsequent war between the English and French, the land was won by the English in the battle of Quebec in 1759.
Greene County was organized in 1821 and named for General Nathaniel Greene, the Revolutionary hero.
The first school of Greene County was established as a result of the implied powers derived from the general welfare clause of the Constitution of Illinois.
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 Greene County Carrollton, Illinois (Counties)
Greene county was formed in 1821 from Madison County in central Illinois and is named for Nathaniel Greene, a famous Revolutionary War Major General.
The county seat is Carrollton and the population on July 1, 1999, was 15,737, an increase of 420 over the 1990 census.
Carrollton is located in southwestern Illinois in central Greene County (of which it is the county...
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 Greene County, Illinois — Carrollton Courthouse Square Historic District, Blue Grass Festival
The county is named for Nathaniel Greene, a Revolutionary War hero famous for his service in the southern region of the 13 colonies.
Originally part of Madison County, the original Greene County boundaries included what are now the counties of Jersey, Macoupin, Morgan and Scott.
The seat of this southwestern Illinois county is the city of Carrollton, located just 20 miles inland from the Mississippi River and 50 miles north of St. Louis.
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 Greene County, Illinois -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Greene County is a (A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government) county located in the (The way something is with respect to its main attributes) state of (A Midwest state in north-central United States) Illinois.
As of the (A period count of the population) census
The (The total national income divided by the number of people in the nation) per capita income for the county is $15,246.
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 The RW Pension of John W. Huitt, Sr.
We, Charles Kitchens, a clergyman residing in the county of Greene State of Illinois, and Edward T. Baker residing in the same county and state, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Huitt who subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we belive him to be seventy-two years of age.
Greene [County] in the State of Illinois who was a Sergeant etc. in the company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt.
County Illinois, is a Native of North Carolina.
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 Carrollton, Illinois Community Atlas Home- 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Located in the west/southwest section of Illinois, Greene county is immediately north of the St. Louis metropolitan area and is bordered on the west by the Illinois River.
The counties of Scott, Morgan and Macoupin were temporarily attached to Greene County.
Currently, Greene County is a largely rural area with most of its population density in and around the communities of Carrollton, White Hall, Greenfield, and Roodhouse.
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 Greene County, New York Genealogical Records Information
It is said that Greene County made more leather in the few years before 1835 than was produced by all the rest of the State.
The land denuded of its forest growth was to a greater extent than usual put under cultivation, so that even where the soil has been abandoned to a second growth of trees, the new forests are the better for the period of farming.
There are evidences that there were a number of residents of the County, principally Dutch, before the Revolution, but that disturbance also disturbed them, and there seems to have been a general exodus at that time.
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 Abraham J. Ryley Field (1825-1907) & Elizabeth Stone (1830-1888) Greene County Illinois
443, Greene County Court House, Carrolton, Illinois, Birthdate calculated from age at death: 81 yrs 11 ms 16ds This source states A. Field was born in Indiana.
Atlas Map of Greene County, Illinois, Andreas Lyter and Co., Davenport, Iowa, circa 1870, pg.
Atlas Map of Greene County, Illinois, Andreas Lyter and Co., Davenport, Iowa, circa 1870.
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 Bennetttxt
Pike county - either Missouri or Illinois- was the one common denominator mentioned as the origin of the Bennett family line.
In the 1850 Greene County, Illinois Federal census, both Josiah and George B. Mason are enumerated with their families, between Macoupin and Apple Creeks.
Bennett was born in Pike county, in 1836.
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 Robley Genealogy
ARTHUR ROBLEY is the owner of one of the best farms of Greene county and in its care and conduct he has displayed a progressive spirit second to no agriculturist of this part of the State.
He served as captain in the Black Hawk war, was particularly helpful in advancing the substantial development of Greene county, aiding in reclaiming the wild land for purposes of civilization and fostered many measures for the public good.
He was born in Woodville township, this county, November 6, 1843, and spent his entire life upon the old homestead farm, being the owner of five hundred and seventy-five acres of land.
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 Ellis Davidson
Twenty-seven years of residence in Cherokee county are sufficient to make one eligible to enrollment among the "Old Settlers," although there are a few that came to the county even before the Civil War.
Of their children, there are now five sons and one daughter living,—all in Illinois except the subject of this sketch, J. a former resident of Cherokee County, but now of Colorado, and Elijah, also a former resident of the county, but now of San Francisco, California.
Ellis Davidson was reared to man's estate in Greene County, Illinois, receiving a common-school education.
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 Greene County Illinois Death Records
He is a son of Keen Field and Anna Lewis of Gibson County, Indiana and the husband of Elizabeth Jane Kell and Ophelia.
He was born 24 February 1858, in Greene County.
He is buried in the Williams-Edwards Cemetery in Barrow, Greene County.
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 Thomas Carlin and Rebecca Huitt
Thomas Carlin, the founder of Carrollton Illinois, county seat Greene, Was born near Shelbyville, Kentucky in 1786.
In the senate, the district composed of the counties of Greene, morgan, Pike and Fulton, was represented by Hon.
In the house, John Allen represented the district composed of the counties of greene and Calhoun.
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 Seth Martin
In 1830 he appears in NH, in 1850 Callaway County, Missouri, in 1870 in Calhoun County, Illinois and in 1879 he died in Greene County, Illinois.
Several of Rhoda's brothers were living in Calhoun County at the same time she was in 1870 and are listed also in the census.
to Calhoun County, Illinois to Greene County, Illinois.
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 Greene County, North Carolina Genealogical Records Information
Greene County was formed in 1799 from Glasgow.
The county was originally named for James Glasgow, but when he became publicly involved in land frauds it was changed to Greene in honor of Nathaniel Greene, Washington's right-hand-man. Greene is regarded as second only to Washington as the greatest soldier of the Revolution.
It is in the eastern section of the State and is bounded by Pitt, Lenoir, Wayne and Wilson counties.
www.mynorthcarolinagenealogy.com /nc_county/gre.htm   (446 words)

  
 Ancestors of Judge Leander R. Lakin
Judge Leander R. Lakin, among the most prominent of Greene county's citizens, was born in this county, December 17, 1847, his parents being Jordan and Eliza Ann (Myers) Lakin, the former a native of Ohio, the latter of Pennsylvania.
In 1827 they came to Illinois, locating in Greene county, on section 35, near what is now the village of Berdan, where Jordan was occupied at farming.
Judge Lakin was educated in the common schools of this county, and engaged in farming until his election as county clerk, in November, 1873.
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 What we know - Second Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bono Township is in the South East corner bounded on the North by the East fork of White River and on the West by Marion Township.
The soil is as deep or deeper than that of Illinois and of a darker color and is very pleasantly rolling though not hilly in fine as far the land in the country as far as I have seen which is about 200 miles from where we crosst the Red River.
The season though we were in camp, and moving from the time we left Illinois until very lately we have not suffered but little with either wet or cold.
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 White Hall Stoneware, Greene County, Illinois
Many collectors of Illinois stoneware have become interested not only in the stoneware itself, but also in the history of the potter, potteries, and the actual history of the White Hall pottery center.
The Ebey pottery works was transferred by my father in his brother Charles B. in 1882 to D. C Banta, who in 1883 deeded and those lots and pottery to A.D. Ruckel who had operated a pottery since 1870, which was located across the C and A tracks near the grain elevator.
George II had left Pennsylvania in 1826, coming to Sagamon County with the youngest of his family of 11 children; Roseanne, John Neff (my grandfather), and George III, the older ones either deceased are married.
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 HOMES.COM: Greene County Illinois Real Estate and Homes- IL
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 Digital Greene County Map, Maps of Greene County County, Illinois.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Our map of Greene County is fully editable, logically layered (View Layer Directory), and royalty free.
Every county map is available, but we may not yet have your county of interest completed.
Individual County Overview™ vector graphics are priced by population, with prices ranging from $275 to $425 per county.
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 Stephenson County, Illinois Genealogy - Township History
Having recounted the prime incidents of the county as a whole, we must not forget that each township has its first events and some of them but a short time later than the prior claim.
West Point is the seat of the first settlement of the county, as related before, by William Waddams and his two sons.
Amanda Waddams was born in February of '36 and is claimed to have been the first white child born within the county lines.
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 AllRefer.com - Greene County , Illinois (IL) - (county) - Facts and Information
Greene, county (546 sq mi/1,414 sq km; 1990 pop.
Carrollton; 39°21'N 90°24'W. Bounded W by Illinois R.; drained by Macoupin and Apple creeks.
Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
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 Creighton Anderson Henshaw
Henshaw, Eleanor, daughter, age 5, born Nov 1894 in Illinois; father born in Missouri; mother born in Illinois; attended school 1 month.
Henshaw, Heleanor, daughter, age 15, born in Illinois; [..father's birthplace unclear..]; mother born in Illinois; attended school.
Surviving him are his widow, Arla A., and the following children: Juanita, wife of Ned Prindle, of Georgetown, Minnesota; Hugh L., of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Eleanor Winona, at home.    Judge Thomas Henshaw, of Carrollton, is a brother, and Virginia Henshaw, of Wilmington, is a sister.
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 Greene County, Illinois Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 The Political Graveyard: Greene County, Ill.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
U.S. Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1867-71; state court judge in Illinois, 1877.
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 Greene Co. IL
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Illinois Adoption Registry - This is an Illinois adoption registry database to help you run a birth parent search or an adoptee search.
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 RHODA
The Greene County cemetery book lists date of death as December 11, 1879.
In the 1850 census of Callaway County, MO Seth Martin 42 yrs Male NH Rhody Martin 34 Female KY Jabis Potter 12 Male MO Hannah Potter 9 Female MO Wm.
1860 census of Callaway County, MO in the Collison household.
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