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Welcome to Free Genealogy Resources for Scott County | ||
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Scott County is available for adoption! Contact the State Coordinator. This is the Scott County website of the Illinois GenWeb Project and affiliated with the USGenWeb Project. We welcome you and invite you to explore and use the free resources available here. Scott County was established on February 16, 1839 from a portion of Morgan County. It's territory was first part of Illinois County, created by Virginia in 1783. In 1787 this sparsely settled county became part of the Territory Northwest of the Ohio River. In 1790 present day Scott became part of St. Clair County, one of the initial counties in Indiana Territory when it was created in 1800. In 1809, that county became part of the new Illinois Territory and Scott county's territory moved through several county organizations as the population of Illinois began to expand rapidly: first Madison in 1812; next Greene in 1821; and finally becoming part of Morgan in 1823. This very rural county retains much the look it had when your ancestors lived there. The courthouse in Winchester is magnificent, as you can see by the photo at the left of this page. |
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| County Coordinator New Coordinator Needed |
Illinois State Coordinator Deb Haines |
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Copyright 2005, 2010; This page was last modified 1 January 2010. Send any questions, suggestions, or comments to the Scott County Coordinator (Vacant at present). | |