A death record in the Lawrence County courthouse noted that Nyrane R Yocum was born May 12, 1877, in Vermilion County.  His parents’...

From the Illinois Secretary of State on Recordation of Deaths in Illinois The first legislation in Illinois regarding recordation of...

The editor of the Sumner Press wrote a remembrance Miss Mary Small only daughter of William Small, one of the first settlers of Lawrence...

In a published letter to the Mount Carmel Registrar newspaper, signed only as "an old resident of Bridgeport," the writer wondered why...

Title: Population of Lawrence County Population of Lawrence County as given in The Blue Book of State of Illinois, Compiled by the Sec....

If Lukin had a Facebook page in 1891 the posts might have read something like this.  The following are excerpts from the Sumner Press...

D Foote researched the Robinson Constitiution newspaper for news of Lawrence County during the period of January- June 1885. Jan 21, 1885...

Prior to 1863 there was no bridge over the Wabash into Vincennes from Illinois. The Editor of the Weekly Vincennes Gazette encouraged...

January 21, 1881 The Western Sun Russellville January 11, 1881 Four Teams Hitched to Sleighs Ran Away and Scattered Humanity for over...

The Western Sun Vincennes Indiana March 5, 1886 An Albuquerque (New Mexico) editor who expected a gang of lynchers to come for him about...