Illinois (territory)


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Counties
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Bond County(Formed 04 JAN 1817)
Crawford County(Formed 31 DEC 1816)
Edwards County(Formed 28 NOV 1814)
Franklin County(Formed 02 JAN 1818)
Gallatin County(Formed 14 SEP 1812)
Jackson County(Formed 01 APR 1816)
Johnson County(Formed 14 SEP 1812)
Madison County(Formed 14 SEP 1814)
Monroe County(Formed 01 JUN 1816)
Pope County(Formed 01 APR 1816)
Randolph County(Formed 05 OCT 1795)
St. Clair County(Formed 27 APR 1790)
Union County(Formed 02 JAN 1818)
Washington County(Formed 02 JAN 1818)
White County(Formed 02 FEB 1816)
  

Illinois Territory in 1818

 

Authority
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1609The Second Charter to the Treasurer and Company, for Virginia, erecting them into a Corporation and Body Politic, and for the further enlargement and explanation of the privileges of said Company and First Colony of Virginia
  
1763The Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship, between His Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain. Concluded at Paris, the 10th Day of February 1763. To which, The King of Portugal acceded on the same Day
  
1774An Act for making for effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America
  
1783An act to authorize the delegates of this state in congress, to convey to the United States, in congress assembled, all the right of this commonwealth to the territory north westward of the river Ohio
  
1784Resolved, that so much of the territory ceded, or to be ceded by individual states, to the United States, as is already purchased, or shall be purchased, of the Indian inhabitants, and offered for sale by Congress...
  
1787An ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States, North-west of the river Ohio
  
1800An act to divide the territory of the United States north-west of the Ohio, into two separate governments
  
1809An Act for dividing the Indiana Territory into two separate governments
  

Background
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The Virginia Colony originally claimed the land of present-day Illinois through its Second Charter to the Treasurer and Company, for Virginia, erecting them into a Corporation and Body Politic, and for the further enlargement and explanation of the privileges of said Company and First Colony of Virginia, 1609 [click here for more information].

The claim to the northwest lands was later vacated in 1783 by the Act to authorize the delegates of this state in congress, to convey to the United States, in congress assembled, all the right of this commonwealth to the territory north westward of the river Ohio, 1783 [click here for more information].

At the time of the cessation of land by Virginia, a Federal committee suggested dividing the area into ten states in the Plan for the Temporary Government of the Western Territory, 1784 [click here for more information].

Three years later, the land of Illinois was organized into the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio under the An ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States, North-west of the river Ohio, 1787 [click here for more information]. and subsequently a part of Indiana Territory [click here for more information]. Later the Illinois Territory [click here for more information] was organized on March 1, 1809. The following clause from the act separating it from Indiana Territory defines its boundary:

From and after the first day of March next, all that part of the Indiana Territory which lies west of the Wabash River and a direct line drawn from the said Wabash River and Post Vincennes due north to the territory line between the United States and Canada shall, for the purpose of temporary government, constitute a separate Territory and be called Illinois. (Tenth Congress, second session.)

 

Census
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DatePopulationChange
181833,740-----


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Related Content
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Census of Illinois Territory, 1818, Administrative Pages and Unspecified Counties

The census covers administrative pages and unspecified counties. The census includes name of county and for each household name of head of household, numbers of free white males twenty-one years of age or older, other white inhabitants, free Negroes and mulattoes, and servants and slaves.

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Third Census of the United States, Illinois Territory, 1810, Randolph County

The census for the Illinois Territory in 1810 only contains enumerations for Randolph County.

Recensement des Illinois, 1732

The census covers Kaskaskia, Fort de Chartres, Cahokia, Illinois. The artifact can be used to determine the number of individuals who lived in each of the identified geographical areas. It can also be used to give context about the area where the individuals lived including the type of structures and agriculture present. The transcription of the census found in the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly provides names that can be used to identify families who lived in the area.

Recensement General des Habitations et Habitans de la Colonie de La Louisianne Ainsy Quils Se Sont Nommes au Premier Janvier 1726

The census covers the colony of Louisiana, including the Illinois country. The artifact can be used to determine the number of individuals who lived in each of the identified geographical areas. The census includes the heads of household by name, as well as whether the person was married and how many children they had. It can also be used to give context about the area where the individuals lived including the type of structures and agriculture present.

Memoire Concernant les Pays des Illinois, 1723

The census was taken to count the population who lived within the territory assigned to the French Company of the Indies. The artifact can be used to determine the number of individuals who lived in each of the identified geographical areas. It can also be used to give context about the area where the individuals lived including the type of structures and agriculture present.

 

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