Randolph County IL

Randolph County Illinois
"...Where Illinois Began..."

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Thank you for visiting my RANDOLPH COUNTY-KASKASKIA ILLINOIS website! These pages are made FOR you and BY you... meaning YOUR contribution is most welcome!!! Do visit us again, and I hope you find your missing link!

This Randolph County site has grown from our earlier Kaskaskia pages.
While it will include all of the county, I will endeavor to keep the Kaskaskia data
to itself, as much as possible. There WILL be Kaskaskia data listed throughout.
You can go directly to the Kaskaskia section by clicking HERE.

Send YOUR data now!
Jean
Randolph researchers...don't stop when you come to the Kaskaskia heading!

You may miss the ONE item that you are searching for!

Randolph County begins around 8000 B.C. Native American people used the limestone bluff overhang for shelter as late as 1200 A.D. In 1686 Robert de LaSalle's Lieutenant Henri de Tonti, scouted the Illinois Country for possible French trading post locations. The French fleur-de-lis flew over the area from the late 1600's until the British accepted control of "New France" at Fort de Chartres, following the end of the French & First Nation War in 1763. The British Union Jack then flew over the area until the Revolutionary War when Colonel George Rogers Clark and his "Long Knives" captured Kaskaskia and Fort Gage in July 4, 1778, and proclaimed the area to be called Illinois Country as part of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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.
Randolph County was established October 5, 1795, and took its name from noted Revolutionary War soldier and statesman, Edmund Randolph, of Virginia.

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 & Clark.
Then, in 1809, the Illinois Territory came into being and admitted to the Union as a sovereign State in 1818.

BIRTHS

Randolph County Births
(does NOT include Kaskaskia, they are listed below.)

BIOS

Penelope H. Conway	Edmond Menard (w/ink sketch)	Louis DeRousse (w/ink sketch)
Mahala E. Stout (w/picture & marriage license)	George DeRousse	Marie Rouensa Aco
Joseph F. Derousse

CENSUS

Illinois Census Notes:

Between 1680-1763, Illinois was under the control of France
Between 1763-1783 Illinois was controlled by Great Britain
Between 1800-1809 Illinois was considered part of the Indiana Territory
On March 3, 1809, Illinois became it's own territory
Federal Census Records began in 1820 and were enumerated every ten years

1890 Federal Census Schedules (including the Veterans and Widows census) were completely destroyed by fire, with the exception of a small fragment of McDonough County ED 174

State Census Records were enumerated in 1819, 1820, 1830, 1835, 1840, 1845, 1855 & 1865

1787 (return HERE with your browsers BACK button)	Randolph County Census 1807 Page 1 2
1825 (Kaskaskia town & township) 1825 (Prairie du Rocher town & twp) 1825 (Williamsburg Twp)	1830 Kaskaskia

CHURCHES

First Presbyterian Church (Chester)	Missionary Baptist Church (Dozaville)
Reformed Presbyterian Church (Sparta)

County Cities and Villages, Past and Present
Histories will be added as time allows.

Alma	Eden	New Kaskaskia
Baldwin/Cobb	Ellis Grove/Florence	New Palestine
Blair	Evansville/Clark	Percy
Bienheim	Fort Chartres Village	Prairie du Rocher
Boxtown-Kidd	Georgetown	Prairie
Bremen	Grigg	Preston	Sparta/Columbus
Bricktown (Sparta)	Hickoryville	Pujol
Brewersville	Hobbs Ridge	Randolph	Steeleville
Buena Vista (Chester)	Houston	Red Bud
Camptown	Kampenville	Riley Lake	Tilden
Chester	Liberty	Rockwood /Ford	Walsh
Coulterville/Florida/Grand Cote	Menard	Ruma	Welge
Diamond Cross	Modoc/Flinton	Schuline	Wine Hill
Dozaville/Goshen	Murerville	Shiloh Hill

Eden 1859 Business Directory

Politics

SCHOOLS

1807 Territorial Election Voters

Charter Oak School

DEATHS

Marriages
(more will be added as time allows.)

County Cemeteries

WILL Cemetery	Bethel Cemetery
Welge Cemetery	Nelson Cemetery
Immaculate Conception Cem. (Kaskaskia) Catholic Section	Immaculate Conception Cem. (Kaskaskia) Protestant Section
Ellis Grove Cemetery (Partial)	Antoine & Caroline LaBrier Grave (pic)
St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery (Prairie du Rocher)	Campbell Cemetery
Robinson Cemetery

Headstone Meanings

Age Finder

Kinship Chart

Festivals & Events in Randolph County
Check this before planning your next trip to Randolph County!
Many of the state operated parks etc. have had their hours cut, due to budget problems.
If at all possible, call to be certain your destination will be open and accessible.
The old schedule of events is still listed, giving you an approximate date when they occur. .

FORTS & MILITARY

Fort de Chartres (history)	Fort Kaskaskia History
Fort de Chartres (pictures, may take time to load.)	Pictures of Garrison Cemetery
Fort de Chartres schedule of events 2001 (w/map)	Garrison Hill Cemetery
Fort de Chartres Outline Map	M. M. B a little known military unit
Battles & Wars Through the Ages	Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Randolph Co.

Epidemics
Grandmas Medical Terminology

Old Medical Equipment

Miscellaneous

The Hahn House (Percy)	The Stone House (Chester) ...spend the night in this historical B&B...
Pierre Menard Home (w/pics) Many THANKS Emily, Pat & Linda!	Unknown Buildings Identified!
The Creole House (Prairie du Rocher w/pic)	Creole House Faire & Apple Fete (Pics, may take time to load)
Mystery Items do you know what these items are? what they were used for?	1993 Flood

Take A Break!!

Give your mind a rest! Collection of assorted poems & essays.

Visiting Randolph County?
Listing of local lodgings, restaurants, etc.

Randolph Personal Websites
If YOU have a personal website with data on your Randolph/Kaskaskia ancestors, send me
the url and I will include it here!

The name to the left is the website, the name to the right is contact person.

Randolph Families/Angie

Mathews/ Bob
Kaskaskia home pages, click HERE.

Kaskaskia Island

This small parcel of land, which was once joined to Randolph County, and now an island, is
separated from the main body of its county by the great Mississippi River. We can only be
accessed through St. Marys, Missouri or by boat.
As the citizens of Randolph county boast, Kaskaskia is where Illinois began.
Here you will learn the history of the "Island", as locals refer to it...and learn why we are so 'proud'.

Bits of Kaskaskia

Kaskaskia History	Kaskaskia Indians
The Curse of Kaskaskia	6 Flags Over Kaskaskia
Kaskaskia Slave Marriages (Negroe & Indian)	Explanation of "Dit" names
Kaskaskia Business Directory 1859 a listing of nearly all male inhabitants and their professions.	1807 Territorial Election Voters
Early Craftsmen	Bits & Pieces In this section are small bits of Kaskaskia history that weren't enough for an article, but still informative by itself.
1883 Patrons List This is a partial listing (more to come!) of the 'contributors' to the 1883 Tri-County History book, who gave their address as Kaskaskia. It gives the occupation, where they were born and the date they settled in Kaskaskia, also listing first wives and persons who were deceased before publication.

Photo Album

Pictures of Kaskaskia Past and Present	Pierre Menard Home
Modoc/Prairie du Rocher Bluffs (located along the Kaskaskia Trace w/pics of Indian caves, old home & bluffs)	Beauvais-LaCroix Documents (w/Signatures of Menard, LaCroix and others!)

Early Baptisms
(1723-1724, w/godparents)

Kaskaskia Births

Deaths
(Note: some of these deaths are listed elsewhere, some are not...
with the majority of these being French.)

Destruction of Graves
(this should outrage ALL of us, not just the French and Acadian.)

Estate Inventories

Jacques Bourdon	Marie Catherin Baron	Francois Bastien
Marie Rouensa

MARRIAGES

GROOM A-F G-L M-Z	BRIDE A-D E-M N-Z	1700's Marriages (not indexed...listed by date.) This list is compiled from church records, listing the number of banns and other information on the couple. The mothers maiden name is included.	St. Josephs Church, Prairie du Rocher, Marriages 1765-1799
		Kaskaskia Slave Marriages (Negroe & Indian	Wedding Album Kaskaskia Marriage Pictures This section will be made by YOU... if your ancestors were married in Kaskaskia, and you have a picture of them, share it here! CONWAY/BARBER

Military

1812 Muster Roll

First French Commandants

Miscellaneous

Life of the Kaskaskia French	First Illinois Newspaper
Liberty Bell of the West	Building a new Kaskaskia (w/pics)
Reasoner Diary (a VERY interesting accounting of pioneer voyage to Kaskaskia!)	Footnotes VERY informative data!
Duel at Kaskaskia	Sisters of the Visitation

Home Pages

If you are a descendant of a Kaskaskian and have a HomePage telling of your ancestors,
send me the url and it will be listed below!
Return HERE with your browsers BACK button.

Kaskaskia Tribal Descendants	LaBrier	Saucier
GIROUX-JOYAL/LAFRENIERE	Rouensa	Chauvin
Marie Rouensa	Burtcher	Aubuchon

Interesting Links

Visit my "sister" site of PERRY COUNTY IL!
Perry County connects with Randolph on the EAST.
Most early land travelers came through this county
on their way West, many staying for 'awhile' before venturing on.

Personal Research

We have access to various county records, and many French sources.
Offering lookups, copying of documents, old home and cemetery photos.
click HERE

Let me know what you think, what you like, what you don't like,
what you would like to see!
Jean

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Randolph county site launched May, 2001

Kaskaskia Site launched April, 2000

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