Henry County, Illinois

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Henry County, Illinois
Map
Location of Illinois in the U.S.
Facts
Founded:	January 13, 1825
County Seat	Cambridge
Courthouse
Photo courtesy Illinois Regional Archives Depository, Illinois State Archives
Address	Henry County Courthouse 100 S. Main Cambridge, Illinois 61238 309-937-3481 Henry County Website

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United States Illinois Henry County

County Organization

County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Henry County are kept, see the Henry County Courthouse page.

Historical Facts

Henry County is named for Patrick Henry who was an orator and statesman of the Revolutionary War period.

Parent County

• 1825--Henry County was created 13 January 1825 from Fulton County.  County seat:Cambridge ^[1]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Henry County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bureau
• Knox
• Mercer
• Rock Island
• Stark
• Whiteside

Records and Resources

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 Henry County and links to the  information for the individuals buried there.

• Henry 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 Henry County.  Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.

• ePodunk list of Henry 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 Records

Court Records

Ethnic Research

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

Genealogy

Land and Property

Local Histories

• The History of Henry County, Illinois: Its Tax-payers and Voters: Containing also a Biographical Directory, a Condensed History of the State, Map of the County, a Business Directory, an Abstract of Every-day Laws, War Record of Henry County, Officers of Societies, Lodges, etc., etc.. Chicago: H.F. Kett & Co., 1877. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive; Internet Archive.
  
• Kiner, Henry L. History of Henry County, Illinois. Chicago: Pioneer Pub. Co., 1910. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books; Internet Archive.
  
• Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Illinois: Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States: Also Containing a History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co., 1885. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Maps

Military

• Civil War
  Civil War service men from Henry 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 Henry County.
  

- 37th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company B.

- 42nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A and B.

- 57th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company D.

- 57th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies D and H.

- 65th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (Scotch Regiment), Company D.

- 83rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company D.

Naturalization

Newspapers and Obituaries

Probate

An unspecified number of Henry County probate records are available in Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970.

Repositories

County Courthouse

County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Henry County are kept, see the Henry County Courthouse page.

Family History Library

Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)

Public Libraries

Social Groups Online

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

The website of the Henry County Clerk/Recorder explains how to order birth, marriage, civil union, and death records. Downloadable Vital Records Forms.

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
• Henry 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.

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