Territory Northwest of the River Ohio (territory) -- St. Clair (county)


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County Quick Reference

County Seat: Cahokia

County Name: Named for Arthur St. Clair, first Governor of the
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio


Boundary Changes
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Date
Area
Change
27 APR 179012,085The county was created from unorganized land
05 OCT 17958,6313,454 square miles was lost to Randolph County
   

 

   
See Also:
St. Clair County, Territory of Indiana (1800-1809)
St. Clair County, Territory of Illinois (1809-1818)
   

 

Authority
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Background
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St. Clair County was formed on 27 April 1790 by proclamation of the Governor of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio [click here for more information]. By 1800, the county would go through one change to its boundaries before being incorporated into the Territory of Indiana.

The following map shows the original size of the county at its founding (in blue with a red border) and the final borders of the county after the boundary changes (in red with yellow border) superimposed on a modern map

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St. Clair County in 1790 and 1795

Bibliography
(click on the title of the following works to learn more about life in the area;for those items not available online, check with your local library for availability)


  • History of St. Clair County, Illinois : With Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Brink McDonough & Co., 1881.
  • History of St. Clair County, Illinois, Index. Illinois?: s.n.
  • St. Clair County, Illinois : East St. Louis, Illinois, Fairmont City, Illinois, Lebanon, Illinois, Collinsville, Illinois, Swansea, Illinois, Shiloh, Illinois, Marissa, Illinois, Belleville, Illinois, Mascoutah, Illinois, Cahokia, Illinois, Brooklyn, Illinois, Sauget, Illinois. Memphis, Tenn.: Books LLC, 2010.
  • Populated Places in St. Clair County, Illinois. Memphis: Books LLC, 2011.
  • History of St. Clair County, Illinois. With Illustrations ... And. S.l.: Hardpress Ltd, 2013.
  • Apple Creek Association (Saint Clair County Ill.), East St. Louis Association (Saint Clair County Ill.), St. Clair County Genealogical Society. and Metro East Baptist Association (Fairview Heights Ill.). Oak Hill Baptist Church, St. Clair County, Illinois : Minutes 10 Feb 1851 to 4 Jan 1863. 1 vols. Fairview Heights, Ill.: Metro East Baptist Association, 1999.
  • Arnold, Ralph F. and St. Clair County Genealogical Society. History of St. Clair County, Illinois. 2 vols. Dallas, Tex.Illinois: Curtis Media Corp. ;The Society, 1988.
  • Barnes, Florence Young. Wilhelm Dörr (Doerr) (1821-1891) Early German Immigrant to St. Clair County, Illinois. microformMicrofiche. Champaign, Ill.: s.n., 1965.
  • Belleville (Ill.). City Council. Police Committee., Belleville (Ill.). Justice of the Peace., Belleville (Ill.). Justice of the Peace. and Illinois State Archives. Micrographic Division. Source Documents Unit. Burial Permit Record : Burial Permits, Walnut Hill Cemetery : May 1878-Apr. 1888 License Record : License Register 5, Nov. 11, 1919-Jan. 25, 1936 ;City Council Police Committee Record : Beleville [I.E. Belleville] Police Dep't 1896 : May 3, 1897-Jul. 15, 1934. microform. Springfield, Ill.: Office of the Secretary of State Illinois State Archives Micrographic Division Source Documents Unit, 2009.
  • Belleville (Ill.). Town of West Belleville. Town Trustee., Saint Clair County (Ill.). City of Belleville., Saint Clair County (Ill.). City of Belleville. and Illinois State Archives. Micrographic Division. Source Documents Unit. Town Trustee's Minutes Aug. 17, 1852-Jul. 5, 1870. microform. Springfield, Ill.: Office of the Secretary of State Illinois State Archives Micrographic Division Source Documents Unit, 2009.
  • Bethel Baptist Church (Saint Clair County Ill.). Records of the Bethel Baptist Church, St. Clair County, Illinois 1806-1964. microform. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Library, 1970.
  • Bethel Baptist Church (Saint Clair County Ill.), Diane Walsh and St. Clair County Genealogical Society. Bethel Baptist Church Minutes, 1806-1851 : Excerpts from the Minutes 1851-1852, Membership Lists 1809-1909, St. Clair County, Illinois. Belleville, IL: St. Clair County Genealogical Society, 1993.
  • Bier, Deb, Belleville News-Democrat., Cahokia-Dupo Journal. and Capaha Journal. The Flood in Saint Clair County, Illinois : Newspaper Articles from the Flood of September 1986. 1 vols. East St. Louis, Ill.: Deb Bier?, 2008.
  • Bovinet, Judith A. "An Analysis of Indentured Servants Contracts in St. Clair County Illinois Prior to Statehood." Research paper (M.A.), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1991.
  • Brandenburg, Lula Ruth Glasgow Barnes. Mostly Glasgow : A History of James Polk Glasgow, 1807-1883, of Kentucky, Daviess County, Indiana, St. Clair County, Illinois, and Sumner County, Kansas, and a History of His Cousin James Nathaniel Glasgow, 1824-1897, of St Clair County, Illinois and Sumner County, Kansas. Provo, Utah: J. Grant Stevenson for L. Brandenburg, 1974.
  • Buecher, Robert. Buecher Family History, Millstadt, St. Clair County, Illinois, 1734-1971. Millstadt, Ill.,, 1971.
  • Carr, Florence Voelkel. David Phillips Family History. Belleville, ILL.: Florence Voelkel Carr, 1978.
  • Chapman Publishing Company. Portrait and Biographical Album of St. Clair County, Illinois Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent ... Citizens, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States. Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1892.
  • Chicago Title and Trust Co. "Supplement to the Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois." Belleville, Ill.: Chicago Title and Trust Company, 1956.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution. Belleville Chapter (Belleville Ill.). American Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots of Record Buried in St. Clair Co. Illinois. 1 vols. Belleville, Ill.: Belleville Chapter DAR, 1976.
  • Fellin, Mildred Haas. The Haas Family History. Englewood, FL?: M. Haas Fellin, 1993.
  • Frieda, Donna K. "Freeburg Tribune : Births, Engagements, Weddings, Anniversaries, Obituaries, Freeburg, Il, St. Clair Co." v. St. Charles, MO: D.K. Frieda.
  • Gain, J. W. History of the First Settlers in and About New Athens;Also an Account of the First Swiss Immigrants on Dutch Hill, St. Clair County, Illinois. 1 vols. East St. Louis? Ill.,.
  • Griffin, Peter Burley and Edward William West. Mitchell Family Cemetery Rededication Ceremony, Saturday, May 27, 2000, 10:30 A.M., Amann Family Farm, 3280 Mascoutah Avenue, St. Clair County, Illinois. 1 vols. St. Louis, MO: P. Griffin, 2000.
  • Hammes, Raymond H. and Illinois Research Center for Colonial and Territorial Studies. Cahokia, St. Clair County Record Book B, 1800-1813 Colonial and Territorial Research Collection of Illinois. Land Series. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Research Center for Colonial and Territorial Studies, 1982.
  • Harrison, Alan Y. and Sons of the American Revolution. Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in St. Clair County, Illinois : A Study of 2011. S.l.: Alan Y. Harrison?, 2011.
  • Hollman, Frank and John Hollman. Current & Historical Atlas, St. Clair County, Illinois : Complete Geographical, Topographical, Statistical, Informative and Educational. Belleville, Ill.: Frank & John Hollman, 1936.
  • Illinois. State Archives Division. Public Domain Sales Land Tract Record Listing, St. Clair County. Springfield, Ill.: State of Illinois Archives Division, 1982.
  • Jenkins, John O. St. Clair County Farm Directory. Springfield, Ill.: County Farm Directory Service, 1947.
  • Johnson, Doris C. Bernhardt and Christina (Schirmer) Hesse Family History. Lebanon, Ill.: D.C. Johnson, 1996.
  • Karch, Mary Adams and Catherine Dammerich. Descendants of Ernst Karch (1816-1858) and Catherine Seip Karch (1823-1902) of St. Clair County, Illinois. St. Louis County, Mo.?: M.A. Karch, 1990.
  • Lumpkins, Charles L., Robert A. Tyson, L. U. Reavis and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Institute for Urban Research. An East St. Louis Anthology : The Origins of a River City East St. Louis Sesquicentennial Series. St. Louis, MO: Virginia Pub. Co., 2012.
  • Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society. The Tenth Anniversary Edition of Branching out Fron St. Clair County, Illinois. Marissa, Ill.: Marissa Historical and Geneological Society, 1979.
  • McCullough, John A. An O'fallon and St. Clair County Illinois Pioneer, the History of Henry Mace Jr., 1776-1866, Dunmore Co. (Shenandoah Co.) Va- St. Clair Co. Il. Mill Valley, Calif.: John A. McCullough, 2003.
  • Morrison-Talbott Library (Waterloo Ill.). A Collection of Histories of Some Churches in St. Clair County, Illinois. Waterloo, Ill.: The Library, 2002.
  • Proctor, Laverne. Benjamin J. Smith : Founder of Smithton, Illinois. Prairie du Rocher, IL: L. Proctor, 1997.
  • Reid, J.A. The greater Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois ... Sequel to "Belleville, Illinois. St. Louis, Mo., J.A. Reid, 1910.
  • Saint Clair County (Ill.). City of Belleville. and Illinois State Archives. Micrographic Division. Source Documents Unit. City Ordinance Record. [Book 3- Book 4]. microform . Springfield, Ill.: Office of the Secretary of State Illinois State Archives Micrographic Division Source Documents Unit, 2009.
  • Sauerhage, Mary and Cook County (Ill.). Board of County Commissioners. The Roll of Honor : Record of Burial Places of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Army Nurses of Wars of the United States Buried in St. Clair County, Illinois to and Including Ww I. Mascoutah, Ill.: M. Sauerhage, 1991.
  • Sonderman, Robert C. The Jesse Lindall and Twiss Hill Historical Sites, St. Clair County, Illinois. Normal , Ill.: Dept. of Sociology-Anthropology-Social Work Illinois State University, 1979.
  • Speedie, Tom. History of St. Clair County. Belleville, Ill.?: T. Speedie, 1983.
  • St. Clair County Bicentennial Commission (Saint Clair County Ill.). Book Project Committee. Tapestry of Time : A Bicentennial History of St. Clair County, Illinois, in Pictures. Belleville, Ill.: St. Clair County Bicentennial Commission, 1991.
  • St. Clair Title Company. An Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois. Belleville, Ill.,, 1956.
  • Theising, Andrew J. America's First Interstate : The National Road and Its Reach toward St. Clair County, Illinois.
  • Turner, Louise Patton Richardson. St. Clair County, Illinois Old Settlers' Reunions 1883-1889. Ill.?: Louise Patton Richardson Turner.
  • Warner & Beers (Chicago). An Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois. Chicago: Warner & Beers, 1874.
  • Warner & Beers. and Geo. A. Ogle & Co. "Combined Atlases of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874-1901." Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, 1984.
  • West, Edward William. History of St. Clair County, Illinois. Belleville, Ill.,: Advocate Steam Print. House, 1876.

 

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St. Clair County Proclamation, 1790

Beginning at the Mouth of the little Michilmakinack River, running thence Southerly in a direct Line to the Mouth of the little River above Fort Massac upon the Ohio River, thence with the said River Ohio to its Junction with the Mississippi, thence up the Mississippi to the Mouth of the Illinois River & so up the Illinois River to the Place of Beginning—with all the adjacent Islands of the said Rivers Illinois & Mississippi" Should be a County by the Name & Style of the County of St Clair. And on the same Day was issued the following Proclamation

Randolph County Proclamation, 1795

Whereas the Division of the County of St Clair into Districts has not been found to give that Ease and Facility to the Administration of Justice which was expected and the great Extent of the County would render it almost impracticable were the Courts to be held at one Place only, it has therefore become necessary that it should be divided and a new County erected. Now Know ye that by Virtue of the Powers vested in me by the United States I have ordered and ordained, and by these Presents do Order and ordain that all and singular the Lands lying and being within the following Boundaries

 

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