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Ford County, Illinois
Map
Location of Illinois in the U.S.
Facts
Founded:	February 17, 1859
County Seat	Paxton
Courthouse
Address	Ford County Courthouse County Clerk and Recorder 200 West State Street Paxton, Illinois 60957 (217) 379-9400 E-Mail: clerk@fordcountycourthouse.com Circuit Court Clerk P.O. Box 80 Paxton, Illinois 60957 (217) 379-9420
Website: www.fordcounty.illinois.gov
Named for: Thomas Ford

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United States  Illinois  Ford County

History

Parent County

• 1859--Ford County was created 17 February 1859 from Clark County. County seat:  Paxton ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Champaign
• Iroquois
• Kankakee
• Livingston
• McLean
• Vermilion

Resources

African American

The following have information concerning African American research.

•  African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records

• Illinois State Archives pamphlet on African American Research describes what records are at the State Archives with an online method for ordering records.
• African-American Resources for Illinois

Cemeteries

Illinois cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.

• Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried.  Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.

• Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Ford County and links to the  information for the individuals buried there.

• Ford Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks. 

• Illinois Cemeteries by county.

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Ford County.  Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.

• ePodunk list of Ford County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.

Census

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

• Civil War
  Civil War service men from Ford County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Ford County.
  

- 76th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company K.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries 

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
  
• Family History Library Catalog
• Ford County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), 194. (FHL Collection Ref Book 973 D27e 2002). WorldCat entry.