History of Crawford and Clark Counties, Illinois.

By: William Henry Perrin, Pub. 1883, reprinted 2025, 936 pages, NEW INDEX, Soft Cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-612-3.  This book is broken down into 4 sections.  The first is the History of Crawford County which was formed in the Illinois Territory in 1816.  Upon its creation, it covered approximately 1/3rd of the land mass of the state.  All aspects of the history are covered: settlement, organization, legal, transportation, agriculture, newspapers, wars, along with the 9 early townships and their own personal history.  The second is the History of Clark County which was created in 1819 from Crawford County.  All aspects of its history are covered: settlement, organization, legal, transportation, agriculture, newspapers, wars, along with the 16 early townships and their own unique history.  But the family historian will love the final two sections.  Section 4 covers approximately 400 Biographical Sketches of the early settlers of Crawford County, while the fourth part covers approximately 300 biographical Sketches of the early settlers of Clark County.