Knox County, Illinois
Genealogy & History

Date-Specific Records

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This page has been established to list the variety of "date-specific" documents that are available in Knox County through the Knox County Genealogical Society, Galesburg Public Library, Knox College Seymour Library, Western Illinois University Library, and other sources.  These documents are unique in that they provide information about individuals and families as of a fairly specific point in time.  Links directly to the documents or their indexes have been provided whenever they are available on-line.

If you have a date-specific document of any type that you think would be of interest to others, you can send it to a site coordinator listed at the bottom of this page for inclusion in our list.  RootsWeb - the oldest and largest FREE genealogy site - also welcomes data contributions for their searchable databases.  Go to their Data Contributors site for details about contributing to them.

Click HERE for Lookups, Transcripts or Copies of Specific Records

Date-Specific Records

1840 Federal Census - heads of households only.  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1850 Federal Census  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)
- see the Persifer Township 1850 Federal Census in Excel spreadsheet format (requires that you have Excel and either Internet Explorer or AOL installed on your computer) or in HTML format that will work with any browser.  [Contributed by Jeremy Atack.]

1855 State Census - heads of households only.  See Genealogical Research Series Pamphlet No. 5 for complete details regarding the availability of State Census Records.

1855 Tax List - alphabetized by township.  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1860 Federal Census  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1861 Atlas of Knox County - see the complete transcripts of the 1861 Plat maps.  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1861-1870 Knoxville Presbyterian Church Baptisms (part)

1865 State Census - heads of households only.  See Genealogical Research Series Pamphlet No. 5.

1865 Personal Property Tax List - alphabetized by township.  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1870 Federal Census  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1870 Atlas Map of Knox County by Andreas, Lyter & Co., 91 pages
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 - provides Residence, Business, Nativity, Knox County Arrival Date, and Place Arrived From for over 1900 Knox County Residents!
 - see also complete transcripts of the 1870 Plat maps for all Knox County townships

1875 Personal Property Tax List - alphabetized by township.  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1878 History of Knox County, published by Chas C. Chapman & Co., 718 pages
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 - provides Birth Date, Birth Place, Parents, Spouse(s), and Index to Biographies for over 800 Knox County Residents!

1880 Federal Census  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)
- Note: the entire 1880 Federal Census is now available online free through FamilySearch.  This is site worth exploring!

1885 Personal Property Tax List - alphabetized by township.  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1886 Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County [A-K] [L-Z] - provides Biographies, Portraits and/or Property Views for nearly 925 Knox County Residents!  See a copy of an 1886 subscription receipt for a page view of the "residence and surroundings" of Thomas R. Walter, and 40 extra copies of the view.

1888 Knox County Farmers & Landowners Directory  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1899 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and Knox County, Munsell Publishing Company
[A-D] [E-K] [L-R] [S-Z] - provides portraits and/or biographies for 738 Knox County residents.

1890 Personal Property Tax List - alphabetized by township  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1900 Federal Census  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)
- see the Knox County Almshouse 1900 Federal Census in Excel spreadsheet format (requires that you have Excel and either Internet Explorer or AOL installed on your computer) or in HTML format that will work with any browser.  [Contributed by Tom Lundeen.]

1910 Federal Census

1912 History of Knox County, Vol. 2, by Albert J. Perry, published by S. J. Clark Pub. Co., 1154 pages

1917 Prairie Farmer's Directory of Farmers & Breeders  (Available for purchase through the Knox County Genealogical Society Publications List.)

1917-1919 Knox County Honor Roll Service Record, published by The Wagoner Printing Company, Galesburg, Illinois, 1920
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1920 Federal Census

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