The 1825 census taken by Thomas J. V. Owen and the Commission dated November 25, 1825 enumerated the heads of households in Randolph County, Illinois.

Town of Kaskaskia

William M. Alexander
N. E. Allen
Antoine Antya
John Atkins
David J. Baker
Celeste Barbeau
Silas Barntelle
Elizabeth Barton
Benjamin Beatt
Josiah T. Bills
John Brady
Sidney Breese
Elizabeth Brewer
Michael Butcher
Joseph Buyatt
Aquilla Cantrell
Placit Casson
Antoine Chamberlain
Marie L. Chamberlaine
Andre’ Charleville
Nathan Cloyes
John W. Comly
C. C. Conway
Jesse W. Cooper
Hannah Cowles
Rosalie Creurier
Baptiste Crota
Michael B. Danie
Michael Danie (Fiddler)
Alexis Enos Pierre Derouse
Charles Derouse
Ettienne Derouse
Joseph Derouse
Joseph Derouse, Jr
Louis Derouse
Michael Derouse
Pierre Derouse
Riga Derouse
John Dowling
Alexis Doza
Antoine Dufour
John Edgar
Jacob Feaman
R. K. Fleming
Philip Fouke
Jesse Francis
John Frankford
Margaret Gaston
Antoine Gendron
Joseph Gendron
Luke Gendron
Therese Godin
Francois Gornor
John Grate
W. C. Greenup
Daniel M. Guthrie
W. G. Hiser
Miles Hotchkiss
Edward Humphreys
Elias Kent Kane
Patrick Kavanaugh
Elizabeth La Chapelle
James L. Lamb
Pascal Lassouri
Ursula Lefleur
Silas Leland
Louis Lemieux
Ursula Levire
Lawson Lovet
Samuel Lybarger
Louis Masoier
H. H. Maxwell
Francois Menard
Raphael Mendue
Joseph Morrison
Robert Morrison
William Morrison
William Orr
James D. Osborn
Ferdinand Ouger
T. S. V. Owen
Joseph Page
Mary Paine
Leon Pera
Nathaniel Pope
Thomas Reynolds
Edward Roberts
Diego Rodergues
Rowina Rodergues
Simon Rodergues
J. B. Seguin, Sr
J. B. Seguin, Jr
Thomas Short
William Simonton
M. D. Smith
Samuel Smith
Leonard Stephens
William Stevens
Felix St Vrain
Jeptha Sweet
Samuel Taylor
Theres Thamour (D’Amour)
Hugh Woods
R. M. Young

The Families Of These 99 “heads” Were Composed Of 477 Members, Besides They Owned 109 Slaves And Harbored 31 Free Persons Of Color. William Morrison Owned 22 Slaves, Francois Menard 21, Sidney Breese 4 And Elias Kent Kane 5.

Township of Kaskaskia

Jack Backus (Free Negro)
Alexis Beauvois
Henri Bienvenue
Shadrach Bond
John Bowers
Antoine Buatte
Michel Buatte
John Carpenter
Joseph Chamberlain
Pierre Colme
Antoine Danie
Baptiste Danie
C. B. Danie
Joseph Danie
Magdalen Degazine
Gerome Derouse
Louis M. Derouse
Julian Jones
William Langlie
Catherine Lloyd
Joseph Louvalle
Elijah Lovin
Hipolite Menard
John Paterson
Michel Pettier
Phebe, A Black Woman
Baptiste Reaume
Allen Richards
Espazell Seguin
Louis Seguin
George Stratton
Thorston Thomas
Joseh Tulier
John Wegan
Peter Wegan
David Woolsey
Jacob Woolsey
Richard Woolsey

Prairie Du Rocher – Village

August Allard
Henry Barbeau
Charles Blay
Joseph Blay
Marianne Blay
Therese Blay
Pelagie Catineau
Francis Champline
Eliza Chene
Henry Connor
Ellen Degagnie
Madam Degagnie
Alexis Derouse
August Derouse
Clement Drury
William Drury
Michel Duclos, Sen.
Michel Duclos, Jr
Nicholas Durward
Baptiste Godeau
John M. Godeau
Joseph Godeau
Henry Kerr
Ettienne Langloise
Jas. Leeper
Antoine Louvier, Sr
Antoine Louvier, Jr.
John Louvier
Baptiste Oliver
Donation Olliver (Priest)
Marie Olliver
Henry Phebeau
Baptiste Roye’
Ichabod Sergeant
Francis Thebau
Frank Tonga
Joseph Vasseur

There Were 38 Heads Of Families Enumerated At Du Rocher. The Total Number Of Inhabitants Of The Village Was 202, Of Whom 28 Were Slaves And 10 Free Persons Of Color.

Township of Du Rocher

Antoine Barbeau
Baptiste Barbeau
Joseph Bonletelle
Francis Brown
Ansel Dennis
John Drury
Harriett Godeau
Isadore Godeau
Sylvanus Harlow
Abraham Horine
Josia M. Horsey
Francis Langlois
Archibald McNabb
Burrell Philips
Andree Roye
Reuben Sackett
Michael Smith
James Taylor

Township of Williamsburg

A. C. Adams
John Adams
James Adkins
William Been
John Brewer
Daniel Buel
James Connar
John C. Crosier
Zadock Darrow
Michael Dillon
Emanuel Evans
Shelton Evans
Washington Evans
Edmund Faherty
Jacob Fisher
John Foran
George Glenn
Joseph Griffin
John Guthrie
William Hamilton
Paul Harralson
Samuel Hill, Sr
Thomas Horsell
Lewis Hull
Norton Hull
Thomas Hull
Hannah Kennedy
Antoine La Chapelle
David Lawson
Otho Levens
Thomas Levens
Elizabeth Lindsey
Thomas Lindsey
John Linsey
Amos Lynn
William McBride
Eleanor McNabb
Edward Mudd
Francis Mudd
James Mudd
Joseph Mudd
William Nelson
Henry O’Hara
Joseph H. Orr
Thomas Orr
E. T. Owen
Ezra Owen
Lemuel Owen
Levi Owen
Ettienne Pavard
Edward Ralls
James S. Robinson
John Roles
Henry Royer
John C. Signon
Levi Simmonds, Sr
Levi Simmonds, Jr
John Smith
Ignatius Sprigg
William Steele
John Stevenson
Absalom Tailor
Ellison Talbott
James Wheland Lst
James Wheland 2d
Henry Will
Alexander Wilson
James Wilson
Prudence Wilson
Robert Wilson
Adam Youngman

There Were Only 5 Slaves In This Township.

Township of Plum-Creek

J. W. Alcorn
Alexander Alexander
John Alexander
John Allen
William Allen
David Anderson
James Anderson, Sr
James Anderson, Jr
John Anderson, Sr
John Anderson, Jr
John Armour
Thomas Armour
John Barnet
James Beaird
John Beaird
James H. Beatty
Jane Beatty
John Beatty
Allen Been
John Bilderback
Andrew Borders
John Boyd, Sr
William Boyd
Joseph Bratney
John Briggs
Robert Caldwell
Alexander Campbell, Sr
John Campbell
William Campbell
David Cathcart
Joseph Cathcart
William T. Chambers
James Clark
John Cochran
James Couch
Absalom Cox
James Crosin
Samuel Crosin
Larkin Dial
Alexander Dickey
John Dickey
Smith Dickey
John Dobbins
Samuel Douglass
Adam Edgar
Robert Edgar
William Edgar
William Elliot
Isabel English
David Ferris
William Findley
Thomas Finley
Robert Foster
James Gordon
William Gordon
Martin Gray
Burdite Green
James S. Guthrie
John Haire
William Handly
David Hathorn
James Hathorn
Samuel Hathorn
J. W. Henderson
Samuel Y. Henry
Robert Hill
Samuel Hill
William Hill
William Hodge
Frederick Holden
Robert Huggins
J. R. Hutchings
John Hutchings
John Irvin
Samuel Leard, Sr
Samuel Leard, Jr
Alexander R. Leslie
Hugh Leslie
Josiah Little
Patsey Little
Samuel Little
James Lively
John Lively
Turner Lively
William Lively
John McBride
Thomas McBride
William McBride, Sr
William McBride 3d
James McClarken
Samuel McClinton
William McClinton
Andrew McCormick
George McCormick
John McDill
Thomas McDill
William McDill
James McDonald
Andrew McFerron
Alexander McKelvey
Alexander McKelvey, Jr
Charles McKelvey
Hugh McKelvey
John McKelvey
Archibald McMillan
John McMillan, Sr
John McMillan, Jr
Robert McMillan
James McMurdo
James McNulty
Robert M. Mann
William M. Mann
William Marshall
John Maxwell
John Miller, Sr
Robert Miller
William Miller
Samuel Morris
William Morris
James Munford
John Murdock
John G. Nelson
Samuel Nisbet
Henry Nore
Arthur Parks
James Patterson
William Pattison
Samuel Pitchford
James Pollock
Robert Pollock
Patrick Raines
Isaac Rainey
James Redpath
Elizabeth Richey
Andrew Ross
Asa Scott
Isaac Scudder
Ralph Scudders
Robert G. Shannon
Margaret St. Clair
James Stoker
Samuel Stormant
William Stormant
James Strahan
Samuel Stubblefield
Thomas Swanwick
William Temple
John Thomason
Archibald Thompson, Sr
Archibald Thompson, Jr
James Thompson
John Thompson
Moses Thompson
Robert Thompson, Sr
Robert Thompson, Jr
Samuel J. Thompson
William Thompson
Samuel L. Weir
John Wiley
Samuel Wiley
William Wiley
J. Wilkinson
Absalom Wilson
George Wilson
James Wilson, Sr
James Wilson, Jr
Martin Wilson
Joseph Win
Robert Win

Township of Springfield

Amos Anderson
Ezekiel Barber
Lemuel Barker
John F. Berry
John Beynolds
Jane Bilderback
Mary Bilderback
Jacob Bowerman
Jesse Bowerman
Jonathan Bowerman
Josias S. Briggs
Aquila Brown
Hugh Brown
Alexander Campbell, Jr
Anderson Candle
William Coddle
Harrison Colbert
Samuel Crawford
Silas Crisler
Joshua Davis
James Fisher
John Foresee
Solomon Foresee
Elizabeth Fowler
George Franklin
Robert Gant
Charles C. Glover
Richard Green
George Harman
Joseph Harman
Susan Harman
James Herd
Isabel Hilton
James Huggins
John Huggins
Rachel Hughes
Samuel Hughes
William Irick
Joseph Jay
Jane Jones
Antoine Labrier
John Lacey
Calvin Lawrence
Isaac Leard
Abijah Leavitt
Sarah Lee
Enoch Lively
Joseph Lively
Shadrach Lively, Sr
David Looney
James McDonough
Stace McDonough
James McFarland
James McMillan
John Mahon
Pierre Menard
James Milligan
Antoine Montroy
John Murdock
James Murphy
John Murphy, Sen
John Murphy, Jr
D. Olliver
Jonathan Petit
John Pillars
Richard Pillars
Abigail Pitchford
William Porter
Julia Ricor
Thomas Roberts
Joseph Robertson
Richard Robinson
Richard Robinson, Jr
Shadrach Robinson
William Robinson
Justus Rockwell
Denard Short
Eli Short
Isaac Slater
Archibald Snodgrass
Charles Stratton
Daniel Taggart
John Taggart
John Taylor
W. H. Threlkel
William Turner
Matthew Vann
John Young

Township of Mary

Cornelius Adkins
Joseph Archambeau
Bryant Axom
Adonijah Ball
Mary Bapart
Alexander Barber
Antoine P. Bienvenue
Charles Bilderback
James Bilderback
William Bilderback
Alexis Buatt
Nicholas Buatt
James Clendenen
John Clendenen
Andrew P. Cochran
John Cochran, Sen.
William Cochran
Nathan Conant
Curtis Conn
Benjamin Crain
Joel Crane
John Crane
Joseph Curry
John Davis
Robert Davis
Jehu Ertes
Reuben Ertes
William Fowler
Leonard Garter
Jean B. Gendron
James Gillespie
Richard Givin
John Griffin
Robert Griffin
John Harman
Martha Herd
John Hindman
David Hoar
William Hodge
Malakiah Holleman
Duran Houseman
William Jay
James Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Susannah Lane
Wiley Lane
William J. Lane
Shadrach Lively, Jr
Harvey McNeely
Samuel Manseo
William Manseo
William C. Marlin
George Masters
Baptiste Montreal
Francois Montroy
William Paine
David Petit
Demanda Petit
Henry Petit
Benjamin Porter
Genevieve Ravel
Pierre Reaume
Daniel Sandbon
Asaph Smith
William Smith
J. D. Starnes
John Starnes, Sen.
Archibald Steele
George Steele
James Steele
John Steele, Sr
John Steele, Jr
Thomas F. Steele
Stephen B. Tilden
Reuben Tindell
Robert Tindell
John Vineyard
Isaiah Vineyard

The report does not contain any further items of interest, except an enumeration of what it calls “manufactories” of Randolph County to wit: eight distilleries, nine horsemills, three inclined wheel grist mills, one water grist mill, and one “ditto” saw mill, three cotton gins, one carding machine, two house carpenters carrying on business, three shoe manufactories, two hat, ditto, five blacksmith shops, one “bake ditto, two tailor ditto, one saddle manufactory and one spinning wheel ditto”.

Reference: Combined History of Randolph, Monroe, and Perry Counties Illinois – Biographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men and Pioneers, Published by J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia 1883, Page 115-116.

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