Book Store Book Index:
- Births
- Cemetery and Death Records
- Census
- Christmas Cards
- Churches
- Civil War
- Cookbooks
- Deeds, Mortgages, Chattel
- Family Histories, Memoirs & Personal Narratives
- Local History
- Land Records
- Maps
- Marriage Records
- Naturalization Records
- Photos
- Probate
- Quarterlies
- Postcards
- Prints
- Schools
- Tax Records
- Video
- Wills
Books and materials may be purchased during the museum hours of operation or you can use the Downloadable Order Form here. WCHS member are eligible for a 10% discount.
Births
Delayed birth Records, Williamson Co., IL, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 Copied by Jean Burke, Jean Jones, and Delores Thetford. Some of the applications filled by persons born in Williamson, Co., IL prior to 1917 whose birth was not recorded in the official records. Indexed.
Cost: $24 each plus s&h for volumes 1-5; volume 6 is $13 plus s&h.
Williamson County Death Records, Volume I and II, Helen Lind & Charla Murphy, indexed
Volume 1, Dec. 1877 to February 1886, $18 plus $3 S/H
Volume 2, Sept.1885 to Dec.1903, $18 plus $3 S/H
1870 Mortality Schedule Washington County, IL Printout, 9p.
Cost: $2 plus $1 s&h
1870 Mortality Schedule Williamson County, IL Printout, 12p.
Cost: $2 plus $1 s&h
1880 Mortality Schedule, Williamson County, soft bound, 22 pags, indexed
Cost: $6 plus $2 S/H
Freedom and Fountain Cemeteries, softbound, 79 pages, indexed, by Helen Lind and Charla Murphy
Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Gone to Be An Angel II, Tombstone Inscriptions of Cana & Union Grove Cemeteries, Williamson Co., IL by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy. Readings of stones & death records. Some family histories. An updated version of Gone to Be An Angel I. Indexed.
Cost: $18 plus s&h
Herrin City Cemetery, softbound, 277 pages, indexed, 2006 by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy
Cost: $45 plus $5 S/H
Hudgens Funeral Home Records, Dec 1931 – Sept 1938 Copied by Violet Grisham. Located on E. Main St., Marion, IL. 34p, indexed.
Cost: $10 plus s&h
Hunter Funeral Home Records, Carterville, IL, 1914-1915, 1919-1927 Copied by Jean Burke and Jean L. Jones. Soft cover, 205p, ever name indexed.
Cost: $24 plus s&h
Hurricane Cemetery, softbound, 105 pages, indexed, by Helen Lind & Jo Ann Ladd Hatfield
Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Lakecreek-Harwell Cemeteries, softbound, 49 pages, indexed, by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy
Cost: $12 plus $3 S/H
Lakeview Cemetery, softbound, 407 pages, indexed, by Helen Lind and Charla Murphy
Cost: $45 plus $5 S/H
Masonic & Lithuanian Cemeteries, Shakerag, Ill, softbound, 57 pages, indexed, by Helen Lind
Cost: $12 plus $3 S/H
Mt. Pleasant Cemeteries – Mt. Pleasant Poordo, IL & Mount Pleasant “The Shed” Crab Orchard, IL by Helen Nagge Davis, Helen Lind & charla Murphy. There are 2 Mt. Pleasant Cemeteries in Williamson Co. Mt. Pleasant Poordo, IL at the Baptist Churge and the other is at Crab Orchard at the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church. both are included here. 54p plus index.
Cost $12 plus s&h
Oddfellows Cemetery, Marion, IL Compiled by Dorothy Boyd, Harry Boyd, Charla Murphy and Helen Lind. 189p plus every name index, soft cover.
Cost: $30 plus s&h
Off the Beaten Path- Some Williamson County Cemeteries, by Helen Lind
Volume 1, softbound, 105 pages, indexed Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Volume 2, softbound, 107 pages, indexed Cost $20 plus $3 S/h
Pleasant Grove Cemetery, softbound, 72 pages, indexed, by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy
Cost: $14 plus $3 S/H
Register of Interment Permits Williamson Co., Jan 1902 – May 1903 copied by Violet Grisham, 20p.
Cost: $5 plus s&h
Riggin Funeral Home Records, Carterville, IL. Copied by Jack & Jean Burke. V.1: 1930-1942, V.2: 1942-1950, V.3: 1950-1957, V.4: 1957-1964, V.6: 1964-1968, V.7: 1968-1972.
Cost: $16 each plus s&h
Shiloh & Davis Prairie Cemeteries, softbound, 70 pages, indexed, Helen Lind & Charla Murphy
Cost: $18 plus $3 S/H
The Barham Connection, Barham Cemetery Inscriptions & Family Genealogy, softbound, 27 pages, indexed, by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy
Cost: $17 plus $3 S/H
Those Left Behind, Cemeteries in Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge, softbound, 103 pages, indexed by Helen Lind
Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Those in God’s Green Acres Vol. 1, softbound, app. 200 pages, fully indexed, by Helen Lind, 2023
Cost: $25 plus $5 S/H
Those in God’s Green Acres Vol. 2, softbound, app. 200 pages, fully indexed, by Helen Lind, 2023
Cost: $25 plus $5 S/H
Three Cemeteries of Rock Creek, softbound, 84 pages, indexed, by Helen Lind & Charla Murphy
Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Williamson County Cemeteries by Township Includes names of Revolutionary War through Civil War Veterans found in rural cemeteries. Map of each township showing location of cemeteries.
Cost: $7 plus s&h
Wolf Creek/Palestine, New Pleasant Hill, Gentry, Oak Grove, Liberty & Grange Hall Cemeteries , softbound, 102 pages, indexed, by Helen Lind and Charla Murphy
Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Census
1840 Federal Census of Williamson County, Illinois by Helen Sutt Lind, soft cover, 70p plus index.
Cost: $8 plus s&h
1860 Federal Census of Williamson County, Illinois by Jo Ann Ladd Hatfield & Helen Sutt Lind, hardcover, indexed, maps.
Cost: $27 plus s&h
1880 Federal Census of Williamson County, Illinois by Gay Hoffard & Joyce Smith. 549p, map, indexed.
Cost: $48 plus s&h
1910 Brushy Township, Saline Co., IL by JoAnn Kennedy. 42p, indexed.
Cost: $5 plus s&h
Christmas Cards
Old Williamson County Jail at Christmas Time, Now Home of Williamson County Historical Society
Pen & ink drawing by Robert Jackson. Pkg. of 10 cards & envelopes.
Cost: $8 plus $2 s&h
Churches
Second in Name Only, Recounting of First Ninety Years of Marion (IL) Second Baptist Church
by Harry Boyd. Hard cover, 675p, illus, indexed.
Cost: $30 plus $3 s&h
Williamson County, IL Churches Vol. 1 by Violet Grisham. Histories of Davis Prairie, Gum Springs, Springhill, Ferrel, Mt. Moriah, A.E. Church, Creal Springs, Center, First Christian & Third Baptist Churches. 104p.
Cost: $13 plus s&h
Civil War
1862 Military Census of Williamson Co., IL by Charla Murphy. 58p, indexed.
Cost: $9 plus s&h
“Grand Army of the Republic” Records for Williamson county, GAR Post – Civil War Veterans 105p, plus index.
Cost: $17 plus s&h
Cookbooks
An Old-Time Cookbook Originally published in Carterville many years ago and owned by Lucy Stocks James. These very old recipies do not indicate oven temperature or baking time – these cooks used coal or wood burning stoves. 4″x6″ soft cover, 43p.
Cost: $2 plus $1 s&h
Deeds, Mortgages, Chattels
Williamson County Deeds, Mortgages, Chattels, Books I and II
Cost: $18 each plus $1 s&h
Family Histories, Memoirs & Personal Narratives
Back Tracking II – Maitlands & Lauderdales & Their American Descendants by Violet Grisham. 201p, portraits, indexed.
Cost: $22 plus s&h
Charles T. Carter, Revolutionary Soldier Whose Children Came to Southern Illinois, Their Related Families by Violet Grisham, 188p.
Cost: $20 plus s&h
Down Memory Lane & Another Stroll by Lucille V. Howell. Early stories about Herrin, Illinois. 94p.
Cost: $ 3.50 plus s&h
Earl Leland Weaver’s Family History, His Research & Memories compiled by Lois Weaver Kelley, computerized by Zipra Hartwell Morgan. 84p, plus index.
Cost: $15 plus s&h
Great, Great Grandfather’s Journal by Violet Grisham. Franklin – Williamson Co. Pioneer, Isaac groves. 87p, no index.
Cost: $12 plus s&h
Kentucky Roots – Browns by the Dozen by Violet Grisham. Families of Dever, Ballilnger, Brown, Daughter, Tumbo & Edlin. 72p, no index.
Cost: $18 plus s&h
Legends in the New World – The Beginnings by Violet Grisham. 140p, 8″x11″, no index.
Cost: $22 plus s&h
Maranda by Jean L. Jones. A collection of childhood stories told to her by Maranda Cavanas Scoby.
Cost: $10.00 plus s&h
Memoirs of William Joseph Caplinger comp. by Mary Jo Moore. Tells about family, neighbors, friends who were early settlers around crab Orchard & Poordo. 40p, illus., index.
Cost: $10 plus s&h
My Williamson Co. Pioneer Kin Folks & Descendants by Violet Grisham. 143p, illus, indexed.
Cost: $16 plus s&h
Reflections by Violet Carter Grisham. 215p, portraits, illus, no index, laminated cover. Memories of Marion, family, obituaries, school pictures, and more.
Cost: $22 plus s&h
Time Traveller II by Violet Grisham. Traces the Groves & Zacharias families fromKentucky to Williamson Co. 150p, indexed.
Cost: $20 plus s&h
Local History
1905 Historical Souvenir of Williamson Co., IL by J.F. Wilcox. Completely reworked and reprinted in 2021. Softbound, 222 pages, illustrated, with new exhaustive index.
Cost: $25 plus $4 S/H
Complete History of Southern Illinois Gang War by E. Bishop Hill. 80 half-pages, portraits, soft cover, not indexed. Facts about what happened during the Ku Klux.
Cost: $7 plus s&h
Events at the Old Williamson county Jail by Violet Grisham. 76p, illus, table of contents, no index. escape attempts, kangaroo courts, prosecuting attorneys, murders, alcohol raids.
Cost: $10 plus s&h
Events In Egypt (local newspaper extracts) softbound and indexed by Helen Sutt Lind
Volume I, 1856-1878 Cost: $27 plus $3 S/H
Volume II, 1879-1881 Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Volume III, 1882-1887 Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Volume IV, 1888-1893 Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Volume V, 1894-1895 Cost: $18 plus $3 S/H
Volume VI, 1896-1898 Cost: $22 plus $3 S/H
Volume VII, 1899-1900 Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Volume VIII, 1901-1904 Cost: $20 plus $3 S/H
Volume IX, 1905-1909 Cost: $22 plus $3 S/H
Volume X, 1910-1912 Cost: $24 plus $3 S/H
Volume XI, 1913 Cost: $24 plus $3 S/H
Volume XII, 1914 Cost: $24 plus $3 S/H
Volume XIII, 1915 Cost: $24 plus $3 S/H
Volume XIV, 1916 Cost: $24 plus $3 S/H
Volume XV, 1917 Cost: $26 plus $3 S/H
Volume XVI, 1918 Cost: $28 plus $3 S/H
Volume XVII, 1919 Cost: $25 plus $3 S/H
Volume XVIII,1920 Cost: $30 plus $3 S/H
Glances at Life, Homer Butler Newspaper Articles Events, people & places of Williamson Co., IL. Reprint of 88 articles from the 1950′s – 1980′s. 88p, indexed.
Cost: $12 plus s&h
Glimpses of the Past in Johnston City, IL. 1894-1945 by Pearl Roberts. Reprint of newspaper articles, 172 pgs plus index.
Cost: $25 plus s&h
Hanging, Stabbing, Shootings in Williamson., Stories of Rado Millich, Arno Bratten, Glen Young & Ora Thomas’ Deaths.
by Violet Grisham. 55p, indexed.
Cost: $10 plus s&h
The Herrin Conspiracy Story of the Herrin Mine Riots. 19p, stapled.
Cost: $4 plus s&h
Herrin Massacre by Chatland Parker. Factual story about events of the Herrin massacre when 22 strikebreakers and union men were killed. 122p.
Cost: $10 plus s&h
History of the Village of Crainville – An early history of the village of Crainville and family history of the Crain’s. Revised by the Wiilliamson County Historical Society in 2021. 62 pages and fully indexed
Cost: $15 plus s&h
History of Williamson Co., IL Cost: $22 plus s&h
In Bloody Williamson by George Galligan, Sheriff during the KKK and bootlegging days of the 1920′s. (Not to be confused with Paul angles book, “Bloody Williamson.”) 128p.
Cost: $10 plus s&h
The Life of Charlie Birger Newspaper articles on the Birger gang.
Cost: $10 plus s&h
Marion, Illinois, The Opportunity City, Heart of Egypt, Williamson County, Illinois.” Brief history of the county. 96p, no index.
Cost: $8 plus s&h
Newspaper Articles From Oldham Paisley’s Scrapbooks, These are actual copies of newspaper articles Mr. Paisley cut and pasted into old ledger books, covering some of the bloodiest times in the Klan and anti-Klan War during the time of S. Glenn Young to the Charles Birger trial in 1927. Soft bound, not indexed.
Book 1 Vol. 1: Before and After the Riot Herrin Mine Massacre
Cost: $24 plus s&h
Book 2 Vol. 1-A & 1-B: Riot
Cost: $20 plus s&h
Book 3 Vol. 2: First Trial & Vol 3: Second Trial Herrin Mine Massacre
Cost: $20 plus s&h
Book 4 Vol. 4-A & 4-b: Ku Klux Klan
Cost: $20 plus s&h
Book 5 Vol. 5 & 6: Klan-Young-Birger
Cost: $28 plus s&h
Book 6 Vol. 7 & 8: Birger & Trial
Cost: $20 plus s&h
Book 7 Vol. 9: Birger-Boswell-Ritter
Cost: $13 plus s&h
The Other Side of Herrin Reprint of newspaper articles on Herrin Massacre.
Cost: $5 plus s&h
Pictures of Coal Mines in Williamson Co. by Violet Grisham. 9p.
Cost: $5 plus s&h
Pioneer Daughters Applications of Williamson County. Copy of original applications. Lists ancestors and gives relationships to them. 373p, indexed.
Cost: $32 plus s&h
Pioneer Folks & Places by Barbara Burr Hubbs. An historic gazetteer of Williamson Co., IL, c1939. 246p, soft cover, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4.
Cost: $25 plus s&h
Probate Book C, Circuit Clerk’s Office, Administrators Book A, County Clerk’s Office, Williamson County, Illinois
copied by Charla Schroeder Murphy and Helen Sutt Lind. 144p, indexed.
Cost: $16 plus s&h
The Shelton Gang, Cost: $5 plus s&h
Sheriffs of Williamson Co., IL & the Bloody Crimes of Their Times by Violet Grisham. 212p, ilus, portraits, table of contents, no index.
Cost: $22 plus s&h
Souvenir Program Labor Day Celebration, Marion, IL, Monday Sept. 6, 1915 Unpaged, portraits, soft cover, not indexed.
Cost: $5 plus s&h
Williamson County Invites the Lions Clubs of Illinois to Meet at Herrin in 1926 A brief history of Herrin, IL with pictures and business ads. Also other Williamson Co. towns facts and pictures. Laminated cover.
Cost: $15 plus s&h
Williamson County, Illinois County Commissioner’s Order Book A 1839-1848 Copied by Charla Murphy and Helen Lind. starts when county was formed in 1839. gives laying out of county roads, assault & battery cases, care for the poor and appointment of county officials. 81 pages plus index.
Cost: $ 15 plus s&h
Williamson County Fair & Homecoming 100th Anniversary Unpaged, portraits, advertisements, soft cover.
Cost: $1 plus s&h
Williamson County, Illinois Sesquicentennial History Originally published in 1993. Stan J. Hale, editor. Hardcover, 502p, illlus, maps, portraits.
Cost: $45 plus $3 s&h
Williamson County, Illinois in the World War, 1917-1918 by Hal. W. Trovillion, ed. Reprint of 1919 ed. Hardcover, 426p, indexed, illus, photographs & brief military record.
Cost: $15 plus s&h
Land Records
Original Land Grants, 1842-1870, Wm’sn, Saline, Franklin Cos. comp. by Charla Murphy & Mary Jo Moore. Actual copies of some land grands. 90p, indexed.
Cost: $14 plus s&h
Plat Book of Williamson Co., IL, 1940 12p.
Cost: $ 8 plus s&h
Plat Book of Williamson Co., IL, 1920
Cost: $5 plus s&h
Plat book of Williamson Co., IL, 1908
Cost: $7 plus s&h
Maps
Centennial Map of Williamson Co., IL, 1939 by Nannie Gray Parks. 18×24 inches. Early trails, places of interest and list of pioneer settlers are on this map. Two colour map.
Cost: $4 plus $5 s&h
Schools Location Map 1900, Williamson Co., Illinois Black & white, folded.
18″x23″ Cost: $5 plus $3 s&h
36″x46″ Cost: $5 plus $3 s&h
Marriage Records
Marriages in Williamson Co., IL courthouse, 5 vols. copied by Gay Offard & Joyce Smith. Vol. 4 typed and indexed by Charla Murphy & Helen Lind, 193p plus 73 pages of index. Vol. 4&5 indexed by parents’ names as well as names of bride and groom.
Vol.1 1839-1865 Cost: $20 plus s&h
Vol.2 1866-1877 Cost: $22 plus s&h
Vol.3 1878-1888 Cost: $32 pllus s&h
Vol.4 1889-1896 Cost: $32 plus s&h
Vol.5 1897-1902 Cost: $32 plus s&h
Naturalization Records
Naturalization Petitions & Records, Williamson Co., IL, 8 Vols copied by Jack & Jean Burke and Jean Jones. Name, birth date & place, emigrated from, etc. of applicant & family. Indexed.
Cost: $20 each, plus s&h
Photos
Poster of Charlie Birger Gang Individual pictures on a poster.
11″x17″ Cost: $4 plus $1 s&h
8½”11″ Cost: $3 plus $1 s&h
Probate
Probate Book C, Circuit Clerk’s Office, Administrators Book A, County Clerk’s Office, Williamson County, Illinois
copied by Charla Schroeder Murphy and Helen Sutt Lind. 144p, indexed.
Cost: $18 plus s&h
Quarterlies
Footprints in Williamson Co., IL Bound set (4) for years 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005 quarterlies. (While they last, no reprints)
Entire set Cost: $12 plus s&h
Individual Quarterlies, ’98 to present Cost: $3 plus s&h
Postcards
With a minimum order of four postcards per pack, you may choose four of the same or mix and match, buyer’s choice.
#1 Color picture of the WCHS in 1920 as it originally looked, when it served as the Williamson county Jail and Sheriff’s home at 105 S. Van Buren St., Marion, IL.
#2 Color picture of the Williamson County Courthouse before it was demolished in 1972 to make way for a clock tower. The Old Courthouse sat on “the Square” in Marion, IL.
#3 Sepia tone picture of the “Pioneer Cabin” erected in 1939 on the Williamson County Fairgrounds by the Pioneer Daughters in memory of their ancestors who first settled Williamson County.
#4 Color picture of the Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad Station and Engine
Cost: $1 plus $1 s&h per four cards
Prints
Cross Roads School Print by Robert Jackson. Pen & Ink, 8½”x11″ inches.
Cost: $2 plus $1 s&h
Marion, IL Public Square by Cindy Jackson. Pen & Pencil, 8½”x11″ inches.
Cost: $4 plus $1 s&h
Schools
An Apple for the Teacher: Williamson Co. Treasurer’s District School Account Book, 1873-1914 copied by Violet Grisham. 164p.
Cost: $20 plus s&h
Cross Roads School revised in 2004 by Robert Jackson. History, decade of each student’s attendance, pictures, recollection of students and teachers, lists of students, teachers and board members. Laminated spiral binding, 78p.
Cost: $10 plus s&h
Free Silver School #80 (Williamson Co.) Attendance & School Register Records 1933-1939 37p plus index.
Cost: $5 plus s&h
School Commissioner’s Record of the Examination of Candidates for Teachers, County of Williamson and State of Illinois Dec. 1865 to Aug. 1886 Names, age, nativity, date of certificate, grade of certificate are included.
Cost: $11 plus s&h
Williamson Co. Schools: From a Personal & Professional Perspective by Lee Booth, with Betty Rademacher. His 70 years as a student & teacher. Photographs, 144p.
Cost: $6 plus s&h
Tax Records
Williamson Co. 1891 Taxes Twp. 10 R 1 copied by Mrs. Walter Draves. 93p.
Cost: $8 plus s&h
Williamson Co., IL 1894 Tax List, 3 Vols: Blairsville Twp., Herrin Twp., Southern Twp. copied by Jack & Jean Burke. Indexed.
Cost: $5 plus s&h for each volume ordered
Williamson Co., IL Tax Collector’s Book Southern Twp., 1891 copied by Bailey Williams. Indexed.
Cost: $4 plus s&h
Video
Williamson County Historical Society Museum A tour of the museum by curator, Helen Nagge Davis.
Cost: $10 plus s&h
Wills
Williamson County Will Book A, 1847-1872 by Violet Grisham. 45p, indexed. Wills of some early pioneers, people who died intestate, administrators & guardians for children, deceased parents & a few marriages.
Cost: $11 plus s&h