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– Histories of Neighboring Counties
The Community of Pinckneyville, Illinois
(Social and Cultural Analysis)
by Wayne Guy
A Quiz on Perry Co., ILL. History
[ includes information on Woodside Ford!!!! ]
by Elizabeth E. Spurgeon
Pinckneyville Democrat’s
Anniversary Edition (1875 – 1904)
A Brief History of Our Development /
Pinckneyville — Past, Present, Future /
Garden Spot of the Mississippi Valley
(April 1914)
Random Recollections (Vol. 1)
by Stanley G. Smith
Random Recollections (Vol. 2)
by Stanley G. Smith
Saturday Night Live:
Mid 40s in Pinckneyville
Perry County: A New Geography
by Lowell A. Dearinger
A History of Southern Illinois: Perry County (1912)
by George Washington Smith, M.A.
‘Our Towns’: History of Perry County Towns
(contains articles on Cutler, Du Quoin,
Pinckneyville, St. Johns, Tamaroa, Willisville)
Fire!: A History of Pinckneyville Area Fire and Rescue
by Captain Frederick Thomas Bardle
Pinckneyville Business/Building Fires
(1884 – 2017)
“FIRE” Perry County Courthouse and Other
Tamaroa Times – Tales and Tattletales
by The Pioneer 4-H Club of the Tamaroa Area
LIFE IN THE PAST LANE:
A Brief History of Willisville
by Jesse Vanover Bird
Early Settlers of the Old DuQuoin Area
by Mamie Reheis
Petition for Locating County Seat
Townseed
by Cliff Stanley
Student’s History of Perry County
by J. Wesley Neville
The Lynching of Alonzo Bell
by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon
Essays and Proceedings of
the Perry County Historical Society
1955-1956
History of the town of Denmark and
Denmark Baptist Church in Perry County, Illinois
by Rev. Paul Holder
(included is a critique of Rev. Holder’s thesis
by Elizabeth E. Spurgeon)
Revolutionary Soldiers of Perry County
by Elizabeth E. Spurgeon
Perry County Bits and Pieces No. 1
by Inez Eisenhauer
Perry County Bits and Pieces
(includes Bits & Pieces #1,
Bits & Pieces #2: The Silver Plaque and Sebastian Epplin,
Bits and Pieces #3: Entertainment) by Inez Eisenhauer
Du Quoin Phone Book (Bits and Pieces No. 4)
by Inez Eisenhauer
“Number Please” (Bits and Pieces No. 5)
by Inez Eisenhauer
Historical Firsts of Pinckneyville and Perry County, Illinois
by Robert M. Spurgeon
First White Settlers and First White Child Born in Perry County
(includes information on the Legend of Cox Treasure)
Oldest Marked Graves and Earliest Recorded Deaths
in Perry County, IL
Pioneer Families of Randolph and Perry Counties, Illinois
by Robert Crawford Robertson, M.D.
1995 Perry County Historical Calendar
(Includes important anniversary dates
in Perry County’s History)
1998 Historical Calendar Perry County, Illinois
(includes history of St. Bruno’s Catholic Church
and Other Historical Photographs)
First National Bank in Pinckneyville
100 Year Anniversary Calendar
( 1901 – 2001 )
Early Industries in Perry County
by Paul Rich
Report: Illinois Coal Mines Fifth Inspection District
(1883 – 1884)
Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois: Perry County
(May 2000)
Soil Survey of Perry County, Illinois
(2009)
Cheyenne or Bust
by Enos “Nuck” Hawkins
Chief Du Quoin
by Inez Eisenhauer
An Historical Account of Mitchell Lodge No. 85,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (1850 – 1950)
by George E. Ulrich,
P.M., 32nd Degree and Chas. B. R., R. A. M.
Some Masonic Lodges in Southern Illinois 1850 and Earlier
(Ancient Free and Accepted Masons)
[ Includes information on Mitchell Lodge No. 85 ]
relevant chapters from:
American Bastille: A history of illegal arrests and imprisonment of
American citizens during the Late Civil War
[ Perry County and Southern Illinois ] (1869)
Bringing Blacks In To the State
(Accusations made in Perry County, Ill. Court)
by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon
Perry County: Knights of the Golden Circle
by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon
Knights of the Golden Circle
(Du Quoin)
Norton William Campbell Letter
(picture and transcription)
The Heberer Disappearance
by John H. Croessman
1914 Shooting Took 4 Willisville Lives
Mysterious Deaths of Perry County Residents
Du Quoin: Gateway to Egypt
(Du Quoin Community Study and Development)
Du Quoin: A Family History
by Kathryn Pope Olsen
Historic Du Quoin: Images From the Past
Historic Du Quoin: A Window to the Past
Century of Progress:
The First One Hundred Years Du Quoin, Illinois
(1853 – 1953) by I. B. Dunaway, editor
Historical Events of Du Quoin
by Charles H. Hatfield (1934)
Letter from Du Quoin Female Seminary
Letters From The Past:
By or To the Family of Miles Peck
(1837 – 1907)
Letters of the Roe, Jones, and Dobyns Families
Memories: A Family History
by Zelma Dempsay Jones
The Scotch-Irish Come to Egypt
by John I. Wright
A Ticket to America
(Mathias Schneider)
Perry County and City of Pinckneyville
by John D. Roe & Virginia Bartle
History of Mueller Hill Cemetery
(1859 – 1989)
History of the Eight-First Illinois Infantry Volunteers
Perry County Iron Casket Burial (Sgt. Thomas Hinds)
[Includes article on Grave Dowsing (Grave Witching)
by Judith Joy]
Perry County: World War II Veterans
Pinckneyville Community High School:
“The Class of ’42 Reminiscing With You!”
(1942 – 1992)
1880 Pioneer Families WP Justice, Wm North, & Joe Craig
As Told By Bethia Jane Justice Graham
Perry County Illinois Courthouse Entry Book 1834 – 1850
County Commissioners Book A Perry County, Illinois
(April 29, 1855 to January 15, 1862)
Beaucoup / Cemetery of Hutchings Family /
Liberation of Negro Slaves
by Pandy Hutchings
Brief Record of Concord Church /
Cemetery of the Hutchings Family
by Stanley Smith
Du Bois Pioneers Past & Present
by Du Bois Pioneers 4-H Club
Caroline “Mayer” Schumaier Letter
Local Resource Guides
Perry County Year Book
1966-1967
Reference & Yearbook
For Perry County, Illinois
1973-1974
Reference & Yearbook
For Perry County, Illinois
1982
Reference & Year Book
For Perry County, Illinois
1988
Reference & Year Book
For Perry County, Illinois
1993
Pinckneyville Fact Book (1993)
Early Trails through Perry County
Shawneetown-Kaskaskia Trail Map through
Perry County, Illinois
Plat Map of Jamestown, Illinois (1921)
Perry County Tour
of Historic and Interesting Spots
1827 – 1976
by Clarence McCrary
Jarishury
by Dorothy Moss
Historical Markers in Perry County, IL
[video: 9 min]
Ghost Towns of Southern Illinois: Perry County
by Glenn J. Sneed
Ghost Towns of Perry County
by Glenn J. Sneed
Six Mile Prairie
by William Roseborough Harshaw
1910 Map of Pinckneyville, Illinois
Shops and Businesses Down Walnut Street
in Pinckneyville (1880 – 1930)
Perry County Businesses
(1914)
1871 Perry County Jail Specifications
One-Room Schoolhouses
of Perry County (Illinois)
Schools: Perry County, Illinois (1933)
[ Index by Alphabetical Listing & Dist No. /
Articles on Purdy School /
Pictures of Franklin School and Bigham School ]
Creek and One Room School Maps
(Pinckneyville, Todd’s Mill) /
Historic Sites and Prairies of Perry County 1876
Conservation for Perry County Schools
by J. Wesley Neville
Three Mile Prairie
by Inez Hutchings Dempsey
History of Murphy-Wall State Bank and Trust Company
by Martha Emling; Betty L. Knapp
History of the Old Church on the Mound
at Six Mile Prairie (Famous “Flagpole Corner”)
by Dr. J. B. Gordon
An Historical and Archaeological Assessment of
the Proposed Public Housing Project Ill-48-10
Pinckneyville, Illinois
(includes biographies of Dr. Humphrey B. Jones,
William K. Murphy, and others.
Also included are histories of Pinckneyville,
McElvain’s Ice Cream Parlor, and
the Perry County Farmers Union)
Kunz Opera House (Pinckneyville)
Kunz Opera House and Antique Mall,
Pinckneyville IL
(video E. Lambert Productions)
Octagonal Building at Perry County Fairgrounds
Souvenir for Dedication of Perry County Court House
(October 19, 1939)
Abstracts of “A Gazetteer of Illinois”
(Landmarks and Places of Interest in Southern Illinois)
(1836)
Inventory of Historic Structures in Perry County
(October 1972)
Drive through Pinckneyville with George Culley (2012)
[video: 17 min]
Community Spotlight: Pinckneyville, Illinois (2019)
Above the Lanes: Pinckneyville, IL (2022)
[video: 9 min]
Roadrunner drives through Pinckneyville, Illinois! (2023)
[video: 41 min]
Rial’s Gold Mine (at Conant)
Giant Santa (Pinckneyville)
Least Of The Brethren New Building (video)
How the Pinckneyville Fairgrounds Plane Landed
Tamaroa, IL Major Flash Flooding 8 / 13 / 2016 (video)
Pinckneyville 4F Report [11-22-21]( includes history of
Perry County Courthouse, the Odd Fellows building,
Knights of Pythias building, former First National Bank,
former Murphy Wall State-Bank, 202 North Walnut
Street, 314 North Walnut Street)
Biographical Record of Perry County, Illinois (1894)
(list of individual biographies in description)
Prominent Citizens of Perry County (1914)
[list of individual biographies in description]
1950 Library of American Lives: Perry County, Illinois
(includes biographies of Val Stotlar,
George Woodruff Allen, Charles Wesley Hall Jr,
Harry Odell Pope, Clyde A. Brown,
Hon. John Charles Niesing)
Pinckneyville’s Most Illustrious Lawman:
William Grayson (Billy) Gordon
by Bud Romeo
Autobiography of Pioneer John Brown (1820 – 1896)
Colonel Harry Birkner
(responsible for installation of airplane
at Pinckneyville Fairgrounds)
Treasures from the museum:
Sgt. Bernard Franklin Reynolds
The David Huggins History
by Dorothy Lee Huggins
Chief Du Quoin
by Inez Eisenhauer
Autobiography of a Country Boy
by Lee H. Schick
Biography of William Henry Smith
by W. S. D. Smith
Thomas Cox by Harvey Reid
(Iowa Biographical Series)
[Thomas Cox, who died in Iowa,
was a citizen of Perry County at the time
it was still a part of Randolph County (before 1827)]
Roebuck by Pete Perona
Marmaduke at Large:
Running the world from a typewriter
by Virginia Marmaduke
‘The Duchess’ Looks Back
by Patricia Szymczak
Carry A. Nation: “She was here”
John R. Jones, MD / Frederick W Jones MD
[ son and grandson of Humphrey B. Jones, MD ]
Colonel Logan H. Roots ( son of BG Roots )
Perry County Fair / Swanwick Picnic
Perry County Centennial Fair
(1856 – 1956):
Includes Histories of the Perry County Fair,
Pinckneyville and Perry County, Illinois
The American Thresherman Association
25th Anniversary Show
(Souvenir Booklet)
The 48th Annual American Thresherman Show
(Video: 120 mins)
The American Thresherman Association
50th Anniversary Special
(Video: 75 mins)
“Pinckneyville Inside Out”
(October 1996 / ‘Mardi Gras Edition’)
Pinckneyville Mardi Gras
75th Anniversary Souvenir Booklet
2001 Pinckneyville Mardi Gras
Official Souvenir Program
History of Swanwick Bethel Cemetery
and Picnic
by Nelda E. Robb
Ecclesiastical History
of Perry County, Illinois
Golden Sacerdotal Jubilee of
Rev. Father Joseph A. Munier
(1901 – 1951)
[also contains history of St. Bruno’s Catholic Church
and of the Catholic faith in Perry County]
Sacred Heart Catholic Church: Du Quoin, Illinois
by Inez Eisenhauer and Hilda Schneider
History of the town of Denmark and
Denmark Baptist Church in Perry County, Illinois
by Rev. Paul Holder
(included is a critique of Rev. Holder’s thesis
by Elizabeth E. Spurgeon)
Denmark Baptist Church History 1848 – 1998
(150th Anniversary Celebration)
First Baptist Church Pinckneyville, Illinois
(1865 -1965)
The History of St. Paul United Church of Christ
(1870 – 2005)
by Eric Lambert
St. Paul United Church of Christ 150th Anniversary Booklet
(note: pages are out of order!)
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lost Prairie, Illinois
(1867 – 1967)
by Pastor Heidel
Trinity Lutheran Church, Conant, Illinois
(1897 – 1972)
by Pastor Bickel
Zion Lutheran Church, Pinckneyville, Illinois
(1885 – 1985)
Galum Presbyterian Church
(1844 – 1934)
Galum Presbyterian Church:
One Hundred-Tenth Anniversary Booklet
(1844 – 1954)
History of the Presbyterian Church of
Du Quoin Illinois
by Rev. Edward F. Fish
Least of the Brethren Thanksgiving Blessings
(2012)
Least of the Brethren Ministry Volunteers
(10-24-2014)
An argument (in sundry short papers,)
for securing Christian education in southern Illinois,
through the establishment of Du Quoine female seminary
by Daniel Whiting Lathrop
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
(Du Quoin’s First Negro Church)
Brief Record of Concord Church /
Cemetery of the Hutchings Family
by Stanley Smith
Latter Day Saints: Du Quoin / St. John’s Branch (1856 / 1887)
A Church Burned: Opposing “Mormonism” with Arson (1888)
Go Panthers!
An Historical Tribute to Boys Basketball
at Pinckneyville Community High School
by PCHS Booster Club
The Tamaroa Merchants Baseball History
(video: 5 min)
The Greatest Saluki Ever:
The Remarkable Career of Marion Rushing
“We Poured it On Em”:
Pinckneyville Becomes a Town of Champions
by Jeff Smyth
1948 IHSA Boys Basketball Championship Game:
Pinckneyville Vs Rockford (East)
1988 IHSA Class A Boys Basketball Championship Game:
Pana (H.S) Vs Pinckneyville
1994 IHSA Boys Basketball Class A Quarterfinal Game:
Pinckneyville Vs. Teutopolis
1994 IHSA Boys Basketball Class A Championship Game:
Pinckneyville Vs. Eureka
2001 IHSA Boys Basketball Class A Championship Game:
Pinckneyville Vs. Pana
Dick Corn enjoyed highly successful career
with Pinckneyville Panthers
Pinckneyville 1951
(62 mins)
Life in Du Quoin (1940)
(19 mins)
St. Paul United Church of Christ 150th Celebration
(1870 – 2020)
(35 mins)
Interview with Hallack Reese
(32 mins)
Interview with Mildred Wolfe
(33 mins)
Interview with Hank Rabe
(59 mins)
Interview with William A Timpner
(46 mins)
The Killing of
Notorious Missouri Bushwacker
Sam Hildebrand
(33 mins)
The Lost 40 of Perry County
(3 mins)
The Herberer Disappearance
(5 mins)
Local Business Advertisements
(2000)
Local Business Advertisements
(2005)
Little Old Album
(from Perry County Jail Museum)
Photo Album
(from Perry County Jail Museum)
Perry County Historical Photographs
Miscellaneous Historical Photographs (1)
Miscellaneous Historical Photographs (2)
Miscellaneous Historical Photographs (3)
Scrapbooks
PCHS Scrapbook
(’93 – ’94)
and Perry Counties, Illinois:
Pioneer Settlements
of Perry County, Illinois
Civil History
of Perry County, Illinois
Ecclesiastical History
of Perry County, Illinois
Perry County, Illinois:
Bench and Bar
Perry County, Illinois:
History of the Press
History of Patriotism in
Randolph, Monroe, and Perry Counties, Illinois
Perry County, Illinois:
History of Schooling
Geology of Perry County, Illinois;
Flora and Fauna
Early History of
Pinckneyville, Illinois
Early History of
Tamaroa, Illinois
Early History of
Paradise, Illinois
Early History of
Grand Cote and
South Western, Illinois
Early History of
Du Quoin, Illinois
Early History of
Cutler, Illinois
Early History of
Beaucoup, Illinois
Vol. 1; 1827-1988:
Perry County Family Histories
(1988)
General History of Perry County:
1827-1988
Special Features, Perry County
Business History and Advertising in
Perry County (1988)
Perry County:
Club and Organization History
Perry County:
Memorial and Tribute (1988)
Vol. 2; 1827-1998:
Perry County Family Histories
(1998)
General History of Perry County
1827-1998
Churches and Schools of
Perry County, Illinois
Perry County Organizations (1998)
Perry County Businesses (1998)
www.perrycountyillinois.net
(website capture June 24 2012)
www.sarjas.com
(website capture December 1 2008)
www.rafert.org/willisville/wville.htm
[ information and photographs concerning
Willisville IL’s history ]
(website capture November 17 2024)
Perry County, IL Genealogy and History Index
[ genealogytrail.com ]
Perry County Biographies Archive
[ usgwarchives.net ]
Perry County Court Archive
[ usgwarchives.net ]
Perry County History Archive
[ usgwarchives.net ]
Perry County Newspaper Article Archive
[ usgwarchives.net ]
Perry County Penny Postcard Archive
[ usgwarchives.net ]
History of Washington County, Illinois
This is Washington County; its first 150 years
(1818 – 1968)
History of Randolph, Monroe Counties
History of St. Clair County, Illinois
History of Jackson County, Illinois
Historical Sketches of Jackson County, Illinois
History of Jefferson County, Illinois
(1810 – 1962)
Perrin’s History of Jefferson County, Illinois
(1883)
Wall’s History of Jefferson County, Illinois
(1909)
History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin, and
Williamson Counties
Franklin County History (1918)
Bloody Vendetta: History of Williamson County, Illinois (1876)