The newly created index to the book “Personal Memoirs of James W. Turner” have been added to our Master Local History Index. The index contains over a thousand references to people, places, schools and events. Turner was instrumental in the development of our counties early school system, taught in several of its schools and was also instrumental in the founding of Crab Orchard Academy located in Crab Orchard Illinois. The index can be viewed separately below.
Carol M. Highsmith shooting photos for Library of Congress
On October 8, 2019 Carol M. Highsmith graced the Williamson County Historical Society Museum. As a renowned photographer she has been donating her images to the Library of Congress since 1992.
Her series of images called, Carol M. Highsmith’s America, contains images across America documenting our history while it is still around. Continue reading
The index to the book “The Herrin Conspiracy” has been created and added to our Master Local History Index viewable from our Records tab. The book is a brief recount of events surrounding the infamous Herrin Massacre event of 1922 and is only 36 pages long. The index to the book
can be viewed by itself in the link below:
The index to the book “Williamson County Schools” written by Lee Booth with his daughter Betty Green Rademacher in 1989 has been added to our Master Local History index under our Records tab. The index to the book can be viewed by itself in the link below.
Williamson County Schools: From a Personal and Professional Perspective
We recently added indexing to select township tax lists for the years 1891 and 1894 in addition to two books in our library related to deeds, mortgages and chattels. The latter book covers years from the 1840’s to around 1902. The indexes have been added to our Master Misc. County Records Index but may be viewed separately in the links below.
1891 Grassy Township, T10 R1 Tax List
1891 Southern Township, T10 R2 Tax List
1894 Blairsville Township, T8 R1 Tax List
1894 Herrin Township, T8 R2 Tax List
1894 Southern Township, T10 R2 Tax List