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	RG 100.000-Records of the Illinois Territory
		By 1812 the population of Illinois was great enough to qualify it as a territory of the second grade.
		The surviving portion of the 1810 territorial census is for Randolph County alone which at the time of the enumeration composed the southern quarter of what now is the state of Illinois.
		The 1818 population census of the Illinois Territory was compiled in each county by census commissioners appointed by the territorial Governor to establish the minimum population requirement for achieving statehood.
	www.sos.state.il.us /departments/archives/di/100__002.htm (2179 words)

	Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Illinois is known as the "Land of Lincoln" because it is here that the 16th President spent most of his life, practicing law and living in Springfield.
		Illinois is in the north-central U.S. and borders on Lake Michigan.
		According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2004 the population of Illinois was 12,713,634.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Illinois (1873 words)

	Illinois - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Illinois is known as the "Land of Lincoln" because it is here that the 16th President spent his formative years.
		According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2003, the population of Illinois was 12,653,544.
		In Illinois, education is administered by the Illinois Board of Education; school districts operate their own schools, but the Board evaluates their performances with an annual school report card.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /illinois.htm (1254 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		ILLINOIS, one of the East North Central states of the U.S., bordered on the N by Wisconsin, on the NE by Lake Michigan, on the E by Indiana, on the S by Kentucky, and on the W by Missouri and Iowa.
		Illinois Territory, consisting of almost the entire area occupied by the present-day state, most of the region now included in Wisconsin, and part of the present-day Minnesota, was organized on Feb. 3, 1809.
		The present boundaries of Illinois were established on Dec. 3, 1818, when it became the 21st state of the Union; the remainder of the Illinois Territory was attached to that of Michigan.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/illinois.html (4250 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Illinois
		The population of Illinois in 1900 was 4,821,550, 4,734,873 being whites, 85,078 negroes, 1583 Asiatics, and 16 Indians.
		Illinois was admitted to the Union 31 December, 1818, during the presidency of James Monroe.
		Mormonism got a foothold in Illinois between 1840 and 1846, at a place called Nauvoo on the Mississippi, but Joseph Smith, the so-called prophet, precipitated a local civil war and was killed by a mob while in jail; the Mormons were driven out of Illinois and afterwards moved to Utah.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07653a.htm (6376 words)

	Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Illinois (pronounced or occasionally) constitutes the 21st state of the United States, located in the former Northwest Territory.
		The capital of Illinois is Springfield while its largest city is Chicago, along the waterfront of Lake Michigan.
		The third division is Southern Illinois, or Little Egypt, distinguished from the other two by its warmer climate, different mix of crops (including some cotton farming in the past), more rugged unglaciated topography, coal mining, and proximity to the juncture of the Mississippi River and Ohio River.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Illinois.htm (1549 words)

	The Northwest Territory - Illinois Trails History and Genealogy
		Congress approved the Territorial Ordinance of 1784, written by Thomas Jefferson, to serve as a plan for temporary government of the western territories.
		While the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia, the Congress of the Confederation enacted the Northwest Ordinance, which was a plan for governing the territory north and west of the Ohio River.
		This was the first permanent settlement of the Northwest territory after it was organized under the Ordinance of 1787.
	www.iltrails.org /northwest_territory.html (523 words)

	Illinois
		Illinois Territory was created on February 3, 1809 out of the Northwest Territory.
		The current Governor of Illinois is Rod Blagojevich (Democrat) and the U.S. Senators are Richard J. Durbin (Democrat) and Peter G. Fitzgerald (Republican).
		Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, lived in Illinois from a young age, and eventually served four terms in the Illinois State Legislature.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/illinois (395 words)

	Today in History: December 3
		The Committee…referred the memorial of George Morgan…respecting a tract of land in the Illinois, June 20, 1788.
		Pioneers from Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee settled the southern part of the territory, while New Englanders ventured to northern Illinois via the Erie Canal.
		He was instrumental, along with colleagues in the Illinois legislature, in moving the state capital from Vandalia to Springfield.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/dec03.html (673 words)

	Welcome to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Illinois and Michigan Canal construction is begun between Lake Michigan and the Illinois Valley; completed in 1848.
		Illinois Normal University geologist John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) begins surveys of the Rocky Mountain region; becomes director of the United States Geological Survey in 1880.
		Illinois and Mississippi (Hennepin) Canal construction is begun between the Illinois and the Rock rivers; completed in 1907.
	www.state.il.us /hpa/lib/ILChronology.htm (3725 words)

	Genealogy Trails Illinois Military Databases
		Occurred in 1832 in Illinois and the Michigan Territory
		Listed by Regiment, these rolls give a description of a soldier's physical appearance, place of birth, place of residence at time of enrollment, where enrolled, where mustered out and any final disposition of the soldier.
		A list of pensioners for the State of Illinois, misc.
	genealogytrails.com /ill/military.htm (308 words)

	History of the Illinois Comptroller's Office
		Elijah Conway Berry served as Auditor of Public Accounts when Illinois was a territory of the United States, and continued his duties as Auditor when Illinois became a state in 1818.
		H.H. In 1812, H. Maxwell was appointed the Auditor of Public Accounts by Ninian Edwards, Governor of Illinois Territory.
		JESSE K. Jessie K. Dubois, the seventh Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts, was the first Republican to hold the office.
	www.comptroller.state.il.us /Office/history.cfm (2621 words)

	AllRefer.com - Illinois, indigenous people of North America (North American Indigenous Peoples) - Encyclopedia
		Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet are believed to have been the first Europeans to travel (1673) through Illinois territory.
		They began a war of extermination, which in a few years diminished the Illinois to a small number, who sought asylum at the French settlement at Kaskaskia.
		In 1833 the survivors, represented by the Kaskaskia and the Peoria, sold their lands in Illinois and moved W of the Mississippi.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/Illin-peo.html (372 words)

	Illinois Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Illinois Health Insurance - HealthInsure.com - Find health insurance information, plans, reviews, brochures, and applications for group and individual products offered in Illinois.
		The third division is southern Illinois, comprising the area south of U.S.Route 50, and including Little Egypt, near the juncture of the Mississippi River and Ohio River.
		The combination of poorer soil, coal mining and industrialization has caused the region to lean Democratic politically, especially in the urbanized region around Saint Louis, Missouri.
	encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Illinois (2013 words)

	Illinois Statehood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Illinois' first governor, Shadrach Bond, was inaugurated on October 6, 1818, and Illinois' first constitution was adopted on the date that appears on the state seal, Aug. 26, 1818.
		Credit for being the prime mover toward Illinois statehood goes to a young man by the name of Daniel Pope Cook, who at the age of 20 became the owner and editor of the first newspaper in Illinois Territory.
		There was a federal requirement that a territory had to have a population of 60,000 before it could be granted statehood.
	www.rockfordillinois.com /state2.htm (413 words)

	Wild Illinois History - Illinois Department of Natural Resources
		Journey back to a time of exploration with one of the first French trappers to reach the Illinois Territory.
		When voyageurs and early Illinois settlers ventured into the wild, they probably carried a small bag designed to hold "everything possible." The bag would hold flint and steel for starting a fire or lead balls for a musket.
		Illinois' furbearers were valuable to early settlers and they are valuable today.
	www.wildillinois.org (151 words)

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		The Illinois Land Company petitions to cede all its land to the United States on the condition that one quarter should be reconveyed to it.
		July 13 The Congress of the Confederation enacts the "Northwest Ordinance" establishing the framework for governance of the territories north of the Ohio River, including the Illinois territory.
		Massac is located on the Illinois side of the Ohio River approximately 35 miles from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
	www.skokiehistory.info /chrono (6726 words)

	Illinois State Seal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Shortly after the Illinois Territory gained statehood in December 1818, the First General Assembly of the state decreed that state officials should procure a permanant State Seal.
		Like the Territorial Seal, the first State Seal was based on the Great Seal of the United States.
		The words "Seal of the State of Illinois" and the date "Aug. 26, 1818" appear between the inner and outer circles on the seal.
	www.museum.state.il.us /exhibits/symbols/seal.html (458 words)

	USATODAY.com - Cybertrips: Abraham Lincoln territory in central Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		South of Springfield, Illinois was crossed by the National Road (www.byways.org/browse/byways/13749/travel.html) a route you can follow through small towns and scenic countryside.
		Central Illinois Tourism (www.visitcentralillinois.com) can show you still more spots to explore in the region, but when you're looking for attractions you'll have to use the menu to see entries for individual counties.
		For the rest of the state, the official Enjoy Illinois (www.enjoyillinois.com) has vacation ideas for every place from the shore of Lake Michigan to the Ohio Valley.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/2005-08-01-cybertrip-springfield_x.htm (585 words)

	A History of Alton, Illinois and the Riverbend Area from an Alton School District Textbook, Page 2
		The Territory of Illinois was established, with Ninian Edwards, of Maryland, as governor.
		The Goshen Road crossed Illinois near where Mt. Vernon is today, then led southeast to McLeansboro, Equality and Shawneetown, which is one of the oldest towns in the Midwest.
		With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, the Alton and St. Louis areas were opened to new settlers from the eastern states.
	www.4sullivans.com /jtsgeneralstore/historyaltonp2.html (1715 words)

	Sketch of Primitive Baptist History for Illinois
		Nearly all the white population of the whole territory lived in New Design at this date, and Elder Smith is said to be the first minister of any faith to set foot in Illinois territory.
		This was a solemn and impressive scene, during the winter season; and the streams being frozen over with thick ice, a place resembling a grave was cut out of the ice in order for the candidates to be immersed.
		On May 28, 1796, the first Baptist Church in Illinois territory was formed with twenty-eight members, and took the name New Design Baptist Church.
	carthage.lib.il.us /community/churches/primbap/FamHist-IllinoisPBC.html (593 words)

	Illinois Genealogy and History presented by Illinois Trails, now part of the Genealogy Trails History Group
		in the Illinois State Prison in Alton, IL who were pardoned, died or escaped from 1 January 1855 to December 1856.
		Established in March of 2000, we used to be known solely as Illinois Trails and worked on transcribing only Illinois data.
		When 28 out of 31 of the original Illinois Trails hosts expanded their genealogical horizons to become Genealogy Trails, three ex-hosts went their own way, first taking our old domain name and then taking our project's name trying to confuse researchers into thinking they were us.
	genealogytrails.com /ill (854 words)

	A History of Alton, Illinois and the Riverbend Area from an Alton School District Textbook
		The new capital was located at Vincennes, Indiana and the territorial Governor was William Henry Harrison.
		As the population grew, there was a move to further divide this new Indiana Territory.
		The party was headed for the Pacific Ocean to obtain information for President Jefferson about the territory of Louisiana, which we had just bought from France for four cents an acre.
	www.4sullivans.com /jtsgeneralstore/historyalton.html (1764 words)

	Illinois on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Evaluation of diversity among and within accessions of Illinois bundleflower.
		Illinois State Center by Helmut Jahn and Dubuffet sculpture in front.
		SAN ANTONIO, TX -- Illinois' Cory Bradford plays with Miko Roberts, son of Illini assistant coach Norm Roberts, at the Alamodome Saturday, March 24, 2001.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Illin-peo.asp (827 words)

	Illinois State Historical Society
		The Illinois State Historical Society was founded in 1899 to support the Illinois State Historical Library and to encourage research and writing on subjects of Illinois history.
		Though independent of the State of Illinois and the Historical Library since 1997, the Illinois State Historical Society continues to actively promote the study of Illinois history.
		We recognize that history in Illinois is intrinsically related to regional, national, and international history.
	www.historyillinois.org (399 words)

	Jerome Place Bed & Breakfast - Historic Cahokia, Illinois - Birthplace of the Midwest - BBOnline.com / Local Attractions
		When construction of the residence was begun in 1799-workmen making all of its bricks on the spot-there was no state of Illinois.
		By the time the house was completed in 1806, the Illinois country was part of Indiana Territory.
		The home was built in 1790 and is the oldest residence in Illinois.
	www.bbonline.com /il/jerome/attractions.html (199 words)

	Randolph County IL
		Virginia eventually ceded its frontier holdings to the Continental Congress which, in 1787, established the Northwest Territory with General Arthur St. Clair presiding as Governor at Marietta, Ohio.
		Following the United States purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France on July 4, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson dispatched Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, westward on the Missouri river as his Discovery Expedition of 1804, better known as the Journey of Lewis and Clark.
		Then, in 1809, the Illinois Territory came into being and admitted to the Union as a sovereign State in 1818.
	www.randolphcountyillinois.net (886 words)

	RootsWeb: ILFRANKL-L Re: Illinois Territory map at ancestry.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Illinois Territory map at ancestry.com by "Dollins" < >
		RE: Illinois Territory map at ancestry.com by "Russell Wayne Peterson" < >
		Re: Illinois Territory map at ancestry.com by < >
	newsarch.rootsweb.com /th/read/ILFRANKL/2000-08/0967139062 (74 words)

	Historical Maps Online
		The intent of the Historical Maps Online project is to publish electronically the images of maps charting the last 400 years of historical development in Illinois and the Northwest Territory.
		Designed to appeal both to map aficionados and to educational institutions, the project aims to provide a broad spectrum of content, from expert scholarship of mapmakers and mapmaking to general knowledge about cartography and history.
		Funding for the digitization of the Topographic Maps of Illinois was awarded by the
	images.library.uiuc.edu /projects/maps (121 words)

	Personal narrative of travels in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky; and of a residence in the ...
		And Illinois was brought from 13,000 or 14,000 almost to the attainment of statehood.
		This was the establishment of an agricultural colony in southeastern Illinois, in the portion of Edwards County which afterwards came to be known as the English Prairie.
		The town early gained a considerable population by reason of the fact that France had but recently yielded the territory east of the Mississippi to England and at least a third of the inhabitants of the ceded region at once withdrew to the new post on the western bank of the river.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /gc/lhbtn/13072/13072.sgm (16323 words)

	Sports: State: Northern Illinois shatters UCF's upset hopes
		Northern Illinois led by 21 at halftime and by 13 with 10 minutes left.
		Wilcox's 14-yard reception from Steven Moffett cut the deficit to 27-21 with 4:19 left, and the Huskies were forced into its first three-and-out on the ensuing possession.
		Four plays after UCF took control in Northern Illinois territory, Ray Smith jumped on Moffett's pass to the left flat and ran untouched 68 yards for the 21-0 lead.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/10/10/Sports/State__Northern_Illin.shtml (852 words)

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