Welcome to Perry Co, IL Genealogy

Welcome

This county is adoptable.
See this webpage for more information if you are interested.

Perry County, Illinois was Established January 29, 1827. ( Laws, 1827, page 110 ) Perry County was formed in 1827 out of Jackson and Randolph Counties. It was named in honor of Oliver Hazard Perry who defeated the British fleet at the decisive Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Parts of Perry County were formerly included in: 1790-1803 - St. Clair County, 1795-1827 - Randolph County, 1816-1827 - Jackson County.

The County Seat is - Pinckneyville. Approved June 1828

Cities
Du Quoin	Pinckneyville
Villages
Cutler	St. Johns	Tamaroa	Willisville
Unincorporated Communities
Conant	Denmark	Denny	Layfield
Matthews	Old Du Quoin	Pyatts	Rice
Sunfield	Swanwick	Todds Mill	Winkle
Perry County Illinois GenWeb Archives
Births	Biographies	Cemeteries	News Items
Census	Deaths	Land Sales in Illinois	Marriages
Obituaries	Penny Post Cards	DuQuoin Public Library	Pinckneyville Public Library
Other Resources
Illinois State Library	Illinois State Archives databases	Illinois State Archives: deaths, marriages, land, military	Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System
Illinois Census	Social Security Death Index	NARA National Archives & Records Administration	Illinois History
IL Town Locator	Civil War Database, National Park Service	Government Land Office "GLO" Patent Records	C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library District
1895 ILLINOIS MAP	Books	Du Quoin Evening Call - Du Quoin, IL	The Southern Illinoisan
Searby Funeral Homes : Du Quoin, Illinois (IL)	Pyatt Funeral Home : Pinckneyville, Illinois (IL)	Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois . With illustrations descriptive of their scenery and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers	Marriage licenses issued in Perry County, Illinois beginning 1827 to 1850
St. Paul's United Church of Christ : birth, baptism, death, marriage records, 1874-1904, formerly the German Evangelical & Reformed Church of Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois	Burriss Dial descendants, ancestors, and allied families	Perry County cemeteries, vol. 1	Perry County cemeteries, vol. 2
Perry County cemeteries, vol. 3	Perry County cemeteries, vol. 4	Perry County cemeteries, vol. 5	Perry County cemeteries, Vol. 6
Perry County cemeteries, vol. 7	Illinois state directory of members and ancestors, Daughters of the American Revolution [Du Quoin & Pinckneyville p. 139]

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