Biography of George Fisher of Randolph Illinois

by | Aug 22, 2018 | Biographies

George Fisher (Adam, Sebastian) was the fourth son of Adam and Christina Fisher of Hampshire County, Va., and the eldest of the three minor sons named in Adam’s will. He came of age about three years after his father’s death, and a court record shows that...

1904-1905 Red Bud High School Class Photograph

by | Jun 11, 2018 | Photos

Margaret Rutledge has donated a class photo of the 1904-5 Red Bud High School. On that back of her photo, her grandfather, Carl Rudolph Villiger, is the only identified class mate in the photograph. He is seated in the front row, third from right. Carl was born 24 Jul...

Old Postcards of Randolph County Illinois

by | Jun 11, 2015 | Photos

Mark Patton of Anaheim California descends from Ralph Lindsay, son of Samuel Alfred Lindsay and Anna Margaret Nairn Lindsay of Sparta. He has several old postcards of Lindsays and Tilden that he wished to share with the Randolph County ILGenWeb site. He states that...

History of Township 4 Range 6

by | Jun 9, 2015 | History

This township contained Hill Prairie named for Nathaniel Hill. Early settlers were: Hugh Leslie from Abbeville, SC in 1812, his family and sons accompanied him: Samuel and Matthew. Alexander McKelvy (also in T4 R5), Mark Wilson and John McMillan were among the first...

1850 Randolph County Mortality Schedule

by | Mar 26, 2015 | Death Records

Part of the U.S. Federal Censuses from 1850-1880 included a mortality schedule enumerating the individuals who had died in the previous year. Because each of the censuses from 1850-1880 began on June 1, “previous year” refers to the 12 months preceding June 1, or June...