Wayne Co., IL Genealogy

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It is documented that settlers settled in what is now known as Wayne County as early as 1818 Though there have been 'unoffical' records that there were people in the area between 1812-1816.

It became a county on March 26, 1819. Wayne came from General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, a General in the Revolutionary War and an Indian fighter in the Old Northwest Territory.

The county seat location was picked because it was the 'center' of the settled areas. Its surname, "Fairfield", was given because 'looking over the beautiful land, it was the fair fields that drew one's breath'.

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WAYNE COUNTY COURT HOUSE

Wayne County Press
November 8, 1886 Wayne County's Great Loss

At 11:30 Wednesday night the brick building containing the county's offices was found to be on fire. ...

When first discovered Mr. H. Sessel of the U. S. Clothing Store and J. B. Wightman both seen the whole interior of the county clerk's office was a mass of flames, preventing all entrance to save books or papers. ...

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VITAL INFORMATION	Births Deaths Marriages	Divorces Cemeteries Obits click on Deaths
FAMILY	Bibles Biographies Group Sheets Old Stories	Blind Pension Letters also see Photo Albums
CENSUS	Federal and State	Militia see MILITARY/All Wars/Civil War
HISTORY	Books Brief begining of ... Business see OCCUPATION	Churches Events Townships
MAPS	How Far Is It ... Neighbors	Platts (2) Townships - 1875 Boundaries 1790-Now
MILITARY	Honor Roll 1929 1956 1883 Pensioners	Soldiers & Sailors Home All Wars
NEWSPAPER	Read "ALL" About It!	Candee's Tidbits Names-years
PROPERTY	Deeds Land Purchases	Taxes
OCCUPATIONS	Doctors Teachers Business Owners	County Officers Patrons see Business Owners
SCHOOLS	Graduates Old Timers Reunion	Senior Cards *see Photo Albums*
PHOTO ALBUMS	Knowns School Classrooms Family - Reunion old buildings-places	Fun to See Unknown penny cards Military
RESEARCHERS	Queries Surnames	Home Pages
MISCELLANEOUS	Books 4 Sale Artists-Poets	Memorial
VISITING HERE?	County Offices	What's Here
EMAIL	Email List	Mailing List & Archives
OTHER COUNTY LINKS	Clinton Franklin	Jefferson

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Wayne Co., IL Message Board	postings by researchers
Fairfield Radio Station	daily obits, reports, news, and more
Yesterday in Hamilton Co., IL	many relative of Wayne Co. families
ILGenWeb Archive	Wayne Co., IL Home Page for all Counties
IRAD	Home Page DATABASE SEARCHES scroll down to *"Records in the Illinois State Archives"*