Jackson County Historical Society
1616 Edith Street
Murphysboro, Illinois 62966
BOOK LIST
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TORNADO – March 18, 1925. 56 pictures. $10.00
Jackson County Album: A Photo Album of Communities of Jackson County. 342 photos, 183 pages. $25.00
A History of Early Carbondale, Illinois, 1852-1905, by John W. D. Wright. Hardbound, 378 pages, $10.00.
Murphysboro, Illinois - 150 Years, A Pictorial History 1843 -1993, 335 pictures, 183 pages, index.
8 ½ x 11 inches, softbound, $25.00.
1878 History of Jackson County, Il and 1907 Atlas of Jackson County. Includes indexes to both history and atlas.
247 large atlas-sized pages. $46.00
Historical Sketches of Jackson County, IL, by Edmund Newsome. A reproduction of the second edition, 1894,
with surname index. 236 pages, $35.00.
Jackson County, Illinois, Formation and Early Settlement, by John W. D. Wright, second printing.
$14.00 to JCHS members, $17.00 to others.
Jackson County, Illinois, Meetings of County Court and Jury Lists, 1823-1841, by John W. D. Wright.
$14.00 to JCHS members, $17.00 to others.
County Commissioners Court Record, Jackson County, Illinois, 1823-1835. Excerpts from 259 pages of records
with index. $25.00 to JCHS members, $29.00 to others.
Annotated 1850 U.S. Census of Jackson County, Illinois, Including the Mortality Schedule, Index to the Agricultural Schedule
and the Population Schedule; compiled by Valerie Phillips Gildehaus. Arranged alphabetically and in order of visitation with surname index to annotations.
234 pages including maps. $32.00 to JCHS members, $36.00 to others.
Eighth Census of the U.S., 1860, Jackson County, IL. 160 pages. Includes statistical material and surname index.
$23.00 to JCHS members, $26.00 to others.
Military Census and Military Rolls, 1862-1863, Jackson County, Illinois. List of able-bodied male citizens of
Jackson County, ages eighteen to forty-five. 55 pages, indexed. $14.00 to JCHS members, $17.00 to others.
1865 Illinois State Census, Jackson County, IL. $14.00 to JCHS members, $18.00 to others
Index to the 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson County, IL, compiled by Valerie Phillips Gildehaus.
An alphabetical list of all SURNAMES in the 1870 census with additional information on 5,800 residents.
115 pages, includes map. $23.00 to JCHS members, $27.00 to others.
Index to the 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson County, IL, compiled by Valerie Phillips Gildehaus.
An alphabetical list of all SURNAMES in the 1880 census with additional information on 6,751 residents.
147 pages, includes map. $26.00 to JCHS members, $30.00 to others.
1900 U.S. Census, Jackson County, Illinois; Volume I: Bradley, Degognia, Fountain Bluff and Kinkaid Townships,
Includes all residents, every name index, map. 126 pages. $28.00 to JCHS members, $31.00 to others.
1900 U.S. Census, Jackson County, Illinois; Volume IV: Murphysboro Township and Murphysboro City
Includes all residents, every name index, map. 282 pages. $32.00 to JCHS members, $36.00 to others.
Cemeteries of Jackson County, Illinois
Each volume includes County, Township and Cemetery Locations maps, plus a surname index.
Vol. I, 2nd Edition Makanda Township, 119 pages. $20.00 to JCHS members, $23.00 to others.
Vol. II Carbondale Township, 254 pages. $23.00 to JCHS members, $27.00 to others.
Vol. II(S) Supplement to Vol. II, Carbondale Twp., 40 pages. $10.00 JCHS members, $13.00 others.
Vol. III DeSoto-Elk Townships, 130 pages. $16.00 to JCHS members, $19.00 to others.
Vol. IV Murphysboro City, 243 pages. $23.00 to JCHS members, $27.00 to others.
Vol. V Murphysboro Township, 163 pages. $22.00 to JCHS members, $26.00 to others.
Vol. VI Pomona Township, 60 pages. $13.00 to JCHS members, $16.00 to others.
Vol. VII Vergennes Township, 60 pages. $13.00 to JCHS members, $16.00 to others.
Vol. VIII Grand Tower Township, 65 pages. $11.00 to JCHS members, $14.00 to others.
Index of Obituaries, 1893-1922, compiled by Walter L. Brieschke. Taken from the Southern Illinois Herald
newspaper. 30 pages. $9.00 to JCHS members, $12.00 to others.
Death Records for Carbondale, Il., 1877-1952, compiled by Louise Morehouse, 2nd printing.
233 pages in alphabetical order. $24.00 to JCHS members, $28.00 to others.
Index to Death Records, 1844-1906, Jackson County, IL, compiled by Valerie Phillips Gildehaus. An alphabetical
list of 2,850 death records, including: Inquests; County Death Register # 1; 1850, 1860, and 1880 Mortality
Schedules. 56 pages. $17.00 to JCHS members, $21.00 to others.
Index to Naturalizations of Jackson County, Illinois, compiled by Louise Morehouse. Index to Courthouse records.
35 pages. $9.00 to JCHS members, $12.00 to others.
523 Extractions from Naturalization Records of Jackson County, Illinois, compiled by Louise Morehouse.
36 pages. $9.00 to JCHS members, $12.00 to others.
886 Additional Extractions from Naturalization Records of Jackson County, Illinois, compiled by Louise Morehouse.
Arranged alphabetically, 111 pages. $15.00 to JCHS members, $17.00 to others.
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