Hi List! :) I have got a question~does anyone know where a Washington (city not county), Ill. would have been in December 1859? I have been told there was one in Tazwell county....could it of been on the border of a different county? I am looking for a Thomas/Mary Brown son Elmer b. December 1859, Washington Ill. I have looked at the census(1860) and do not see a Elmer with either of the two Thomas' listed in the index for Washington County? And there is no Thomas listed for Tazwell county? Suggestions anyone? I read somewhere that Washington County courthouse had a fire and the records were destroyed is that correct? Beth Andrews Portland, Oregon [email protected] Surnames: Gemar, Stoller, Hoerth, Engel, Hempy, Mason, Brown, Schultz, Gregory, Andrews, Schmidt, Efner, Hedges, Johnson