Can anyone direct me to a source for names of enlisted men from Williamson County (or even the state of Illinois) for World War I? I know there's a database of WWI draft registration, but this does not necessarily include everyone who actually fought in the war. I am looking for a Donald Asa (or Acy or Acey) and he is not listed in the draft database. Thanks for your help, Karen Vaughn [email protected] >^,,^<

Hi, I am looking for John Damron b. abt. 1852 probably Johnson or Williamson Co. IL John was the son of Walter and Jane McDaniel Damron. Lee

The following is an obituary abstract for Levi BUTTS, grandson of Thomas and Sarah (STEPHENS) BUTTS Saturday November 5, 1932 Marion (Illinois) Daily Republican Levi H. BUTTS son of George and Fredonia (STROUD) BUTTS died at home in Cartervile, Illinois Friday Nov. 4 at 4:00 P. M. born Crab Orchard September 3, 1865 66 years 5 months 1day married Sarah A. RUSH 14 September 1884, She survives 6 children all survive Mrs. Lewis BARWICK Mrs. JOE ADAMS Mrs. Arvel BURTON Carl BUTTS of Carterville Charles BUTTS of Carterville Mrs. George WALDRON of Hurst (Illinois) 2 brothers John BUTTS of Creal Springs Edward BUTTS of Little Rock, Arkansas 1 sister Mrs. C. E. CHILDERS of Benton (Illinois) Interment : Cresthill Cemetery (Carterville, Illinois)

At 03:54 PM 08/27/2000 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 8/27/00 Stephen L. Willson >[email protected] writes: > ><< There is a Charles T. CARTER family that came to Williamson and Franklin > County, Illinois from Dinwiddie County,Virginia via Smith County, Tennessee. > Charles had a brother William CARTER who died in Smith County, Tennessee in > 1847. I do not consider this documented information. The Martha CARTER > with son Richard may be Martha WILLIAMS who married Parham CARTER in > Williamson County, Illinois on 30 December, 1866.>> > >The Charles T. Carter above was Charles T. Carter, Jr. b.1792 Mecklenburg >Co., Virginia d. Unk. Prob: Franklin Co., Illinois married Judith Ann >Gregory July 19, 1813 Boydton, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia >His brother Dr. William T. Carter b. 1802 Boydton, Mecklenburg Co, Virginia >d. Bef. May 21, 1883 Carterville, Franklin Co., Illinois >WILLIAM T. CARTER M. D. ESTATE SETTLEMENT >FRANKLIN CTY IL C.H. box 689 >Will Date 1-1-1881 Prob May 21-1883 > >The William Carter who died 1847 was William H. Carter their uncle. >One of Charles T. Jr. other brothers was John Tompkins Carter who married >Jane Gregory. They are my direct line. > >< Martha WILLIAMS who married Parham CARTER > >These folks I do not recognize. > >Regards, >Jean Wilson > > >==== ILWILLIA Mailing List ==== >Visited the Williamson County Historical Society lately? >http://wchs.apexhosting.com/wchs.htm Thanks for the clarification, Jean. The last thing I want is to muddy the waters. Steve > >

At 11:40 AM 08/22/2000 -0700, you wrote: >The bit of "Carterville History" was very interesting to me since most of my ancestors I am seeking info on came from Carterville. Does anyone know who the parents of Labon Carter were and where they came from and where Labon was born? I have a Louisa Carter born abt. 1808 in NC, was married to Wylie, Willis, Ray. Her daughter Milly Ray came from Henderson CO TN aft 1850, and married James W H Taylor 1856. They were living in Atilla Williamson CO IL in 1860, Jackson CO 1870., Milly Ray Taylor (widowed) was in Carterville 1880 . I believe some of the Carters and Rays came out to Williamson CO IL from TN abt the same time Milly did. There was a Martha Carter born somewhere around 1850 with a son Richard, She were living next to my Taylors on the 1910 census in Carterville Williamson CO IL. > > >==== ILWILLIA Mailing List ==== >Visited the Williamson County Historical Society lately? >http://wchs.apexhosting.com/wchs.htm > > There is a Charles T. CARTER family that came to Williamson and Franklin County, Illinois from Dinwiddie County,Virginia via Smith County, Tennessee. Charles had a brother William CARTER who died in Smith County, Tennessee in 1847. I do not consider this documented information. The Martha CARTER with son Richard may be Martha WILLIAMS who married Parham CARTER in Williamson County, Illinois on 30 December, 1866. 1880 Williamson County, Illinois census. 85 - 88 Carter, Parham W M 46 M Farming Tennessee N.C. S.C. Martha P. W F 31 wife F Keeping House Illinois (Tenn) (Tenn) Mary Ida W F 12 daughter F Il Tenn Il Terry E. W M 11 son M Il Tenn Il O'Dillon W M 5 son M Il Tenn Il Unity M. W F 1 daughter F Il Tenn Il William H.W M 7 nephew M Il Tenn Il 1900 Williamson County, Illinois census Carter, Martha W M hd w f May 1849 51 wd farmer Il Tn Va Richard W F son w m May 1881 18 s farm hand Il Il Il Della W F dau w f May 1884 16 s Il Il Il Bessie W F dau w f Jan 1890 10 Il Il Il I have not seen the 1910 census so I do not know the age of Martha's son Richard but this could be a possible match. I am entirely not certain that these are the same families. I am trying to give you a few possilities. Steve

In a message dated 8/27/00 Stephen L. Willson [email protected] writes: << There is a Charles T. CARTER family that came to Williamson and Franklin County, Illinois from Dinwiddie County,Virginia via Smith County, Tennessee. Charles had a brother William CARTER who died in Smith County, Tennessee in 1847. I do not consider this documented information. The Martha CARTER with son Richard may be Martha WILLIAMS who married Parham CARTER in Williamson County, Illinois on 30 December, 1866.>> The Charles T. Carter above was Charles T. Carter, Jr. b.1792 Mecklenburg Co., Virginia d. Unk. Prob: Franklin Co., Illinois married Judith Ann Gregory July 19, 1813 Boydton, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia His brother Dr. William T. Carter b. 1802 Boydton, Mecklenburg Co, Virginia d. Bef. May 21, 1883 Carterville, Franklin Co., Illinois WILLIAM T. CARTER M. D. ESTATE SETTLEMENT FRANKLIN CTY IL C.H. box 689 Will Date 1-1-1881 Prob May 21-1883 The William Carter who died 1847 was William H. Carter their uncle. One of Charles T. Jr. other brothers was John Tompkins Carter who married Jane Gregory. They are my direct line. < Martha WILLIAMS who married Parham CARTER > These folks I do not recognize. Regards, Jean Wilson

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From: Jerry L Mullins >For those of you that are interested, I have updated my web page and >added some really nice old post cards to the Marion and Southern Illinois >sections. ------------------ Those are nice. Thanks again. I'm sending your Southern Illinois page to family who recently moved to northern Illinois. Do you have any pictures of landscapes and the countryside? Bruce Wms > >My page is located at www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/6649 > >Added were: to Marion's page were: Marion Fairgrounds c. 1914 and what is >described as a typical Marion residential neighborhood in 1920s and the >Marion Jail c. 1919. > >In the Southern Illinois section.... Carbondale's First Christian Church, >The Holden Hopsital, Carbondale High School 1940, and the Baptist >Foundation building. Herrin's South Side School in 1918 and St. Mary's >Church and from Harrisburg is the old Country Club 1938 and the "New >Horning Hotel from 1935. > >Please enjoy. >______________ >Jerry Mullins ([email protected]) >PO Box 733 >Colfax, CA 95713 > > >==== ILWILLIA Mailing List ==== >Visited the Williamson County Historical Society lately? >http://wchs.apexhosting.com/wchs.htm >

I am looking for any and all info on the PHELPS and GARNER families that came from Rockwall Co., TX Margie Phelps Descendants of John Phelps 1 John Phelps 1846 - 1923 b: October 03, 1846 in Lincoln Co., TN d: April 28, 1923 in Rockwall, Rockwall Co., TX .. +Mary Elizabeth Hawk 1853 - 1918 b: February 23, 1853 in Jackson Co., ILL m: August 29, 1869 in Jackson Co., ILL d: April 15, 1918 in Rockwall, Rockwall Co., TX ..... 2 JAMES WILL PHELPS 1870 - 1934 b: December 10, 1870 in PROB WILLIAMSON CO, ILL. d: March 25, 1934 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS ......... +ZADIE A. LOVE 1876 - 1942 b: September 1876 m: Abt. 1900 d: August 19, 1942 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS ..... 2 THOMAS EDWARD PHELPS 1872 - 1931 b: September 10, 1872 in WILLIAMSON CO., ILL. d: March 21, 1931 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS ......... +ADA JONES 1882 - 1927 b: April 02, 1882 in FORNEY, TEXAS m: May 03, 1905 in ROCKWALL, Rockwall Co., TEXAS d: September 09, 1927 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS ..... 2 JOHN "FRANK" PHELPS 1874 - 1949 b: December 18, 1874 in MAKANDA, ILL. (WILLIAMSON CO.) d: February 04, 1949 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS ......... +MATTIE FRANCIS ADAMSON 1883 - 1951 b: January 10, 1883 m: September 11, 1907 d: March 06, 1951 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS ..... 2 M. ROSE PHELPS 1876 - 1932 b: December 14, 1876 in MAKANDA, ILL. (WILLIAMSON CO.) d: November 13, 1932 in SULPHER, OKLAHOMA ......... +WILLIAM M. "BILL" MOSS - 1946 m: April 02, 1902 d: November 29, 1946 in TULSA, OKLAHOMA ..... 2 MARY RETTA PHELPS 1879 - 1932 b: May 08, 1879 in MAKANDA, ILL. (WILLIAMSON CO.) d: August 24, 1932 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS ......... +LUCIAN M. WYATT - 1966 b: in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS m: April 28, 1901 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS d: 1966 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS Father: JACK WYATT ..... 2 Roy Lee Phelps 1881 - 1959 b: May 08, 1881 in CANTON, ILL. (WILLIAMSON CO.) d: August 01, 1959 in FORT WORTH, TEXAS ......... +Mary Lou Garner 1885 - 1934 b: January 24, 1885 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS m: May 01, 1907 in DEL RIO, TEXAS d: February 18, 1934 in ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL CO, TEXAS Father: Thomas (W.) Harrison Garner Mother: Fannie Gaybrilla Wilkerson ..... 2 DAVID M. PHELPS 1883 - 1884 b: October 23, 1883 in MAKANDA, ILL. d: December 07, 1884 in Makanda, ILL. ..... 2 OSCAR LORENZO PHELPS 1885 - 1961 b: October 24, 1885 in MAKANDAY, ILL. d: January 28, 1961 in DALLAS CO., TEXAS ......... +EARLINE BLEDSOE 1887 - 1919 b: July 31, 1887 in DURANT, OKLAHOMA m: Bef. 1909 in DURANT, OKLAHOMA d: January 06, 1919 in ROCKWALL, TEXAS ..... 2 NANNIE MAY PHELPS 1888 - 1962 b: March 18, 1888 in MAKANDAY, ILL. d: October 23, 1962 in ROCKWALL, TEXAS ......... +JOSEPH EDGAR BARRETT 1875 - 1958 b: January 19, 1875 in ILL ? m: December 24, 1925 in ROCKWALL, TEXAS d: August 20, 1958 in ROCKWALL, TEXAS

For those of you that are interested, I have updated my web page and added some really nice old post cards to the Marion and Southern Illinois sections. My page is located at www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/6649 Added were: to Marion's page were: Marion Fairgrounds c. 1914 and what is described as a typical Marion residential neighborhood in 1920s and the Marion Jail c. 1919. In the Southern Illinois section.... Carbondale's First Christian Church, The Holden Hopsital, Carbondale High School 1940, and the Baptist Foundation building. Herrin's South Side School in 1918 and St. Mary's Church and from Harrisburg is the old Country Club 1938 and the "New Horning Hotel from 1935. Please enjoy. ______________ Jerry Mullins ([email protected]) PO Box 733 Colfax, CA 95713

Hello, I'm trying to find any infor. on Jim B. Brown borned about 1868-69 in Marion.He married a Corna Johnson in Stone County Ar. 01-14-1889. They had a son William Thomas Brown borned 3-5-1899 in Ar. Jim B. Brown was killed when a tree fell on him sometime in 1899. His family were logger.He was died in Marion. His mothers named was Rebecca who remarried a Sutton.He had a brother named John and one named Willie,two sisters one married a Cox and the other one married a Keith or Keith. Janna Brown

Trying to locate the following family on the 1910 census. Ed or John Chavis Age 40-43 Ann Chavis Age 37-40 I am trying to find this family, and any members of their household. I very much appreciate your help! Thanks! Vicki __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

The bit of "Carterville History" was very interesting to me since most of my ancestors I am seeking info on came from Carterville. Does anyone know who the parents of Labon Carter were and where they came from and where Labon was born? I have a Louisa Carter born abt. 1808 in NC, was married to Wylie, Willis, Ray. Her daughter Milly Ray came from Henderson CO TN aft 1850, and married James W H Taylor 1856. They were living in Atilla Williamson CO IL in 1860, Jackson CO 1870., Milly Ray Taylor (widowed) was in Carterville 1880 . I believe some of the Carters and Rays came out to Williamson CO IL from TN abt the same time Milly did. There was a Martha Carter born somewhere around 1850 with a son Richard, She were living next to my Taylors on the 1910 census in Carterville Williamson CO IL.

Thanks... but I can't take credit for the writing... I just know how to type. This was written by an ancestor of mine... Maranda Cavanas Scobey. Joanne BA wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joanne Scobee Morgan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 21, 2000 8:44 PM > Subject: [ILWILLIA] The Carters of Carterville and other surnames > ------------------------ > Thanks. You really know how to write. At first I was going to say that > you need to edit yourself, but you kept on going on about Carterville, and I > kept on reading, and I'm not even from Carterville. If I were, I'd be proud > to read you, instead of only fascinated. > > Bruce Wms of Johnston City > > ==== ILWILLIA Mailing List ==== > The Southern Illinoisan has the previous week's obits online: > http://www.southernillinoisan.com/special/obituaries.html

-----Original Message----- From: Joanne Scobee Morgan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, August 21, 2000 8:44 PM Subject: [ILWILLIA] The Carters of Carterville and other surnames ------------------------ Thanks. You really know how to write. At first I was going to say that you need to edit yourself, but you kept on going on about Carterville, and I kept on reading, and I'm not even from Carterville. If I were, I'd be proud to read you, instead of only fascinated. Bruce Wms of Johnston City

This excerpt from "Centennial Celebration 1872-1972 Carterville Illinois souvenir program" was written by Maranda Cavanas Scobey In 1869, Laban Carter, in whose honor Carterville was named, discovered coal on his farm, a mere half mile north of the country road, now known as Division Street, which separated his land from the forty acre farm of his neighbor, GEORGE M. MCNEILL. Mr. Carter set about to determine the industrial possibilities. About the same time, Mr. McNeill hired WILLIAM H. BUNDY and HEZAKIAH L. BEASLEY to survey and plat his entire tract of land for town lots. The Carbondale and Shawneetown Railroad, later known as the Illinois Central, was in the process of being built, and then sought permission to cross his townsite as well as to extend a spur track to the Dodd mine shaft on the Carter land. A post office and depot were needed. The post office from Fredonia accordingly was moved to the home of George M. McNeill, and he was appointed postmaster on Dec. 18, 1871. His residence was also Carterville's first hotel. The railroad built a depot opposite the hotel. With a mine, a post office, and a railroad, a boon was on! Ere long with many prospectors and investors seeking the wealth of the fabulous Black Diamond treasure discovered here, Carterville became the hub of the soft coal industry in the midwest with the scores of deep-shaft mines that ultimately were nationally famous for the best grade of bituminous coal anywhere. And to think the once prairie woodland on the co-founder acreages had rapidly changed from an agricultural and timber area to a noted mining town shipping coal via the numerous Illinois Central trains at all hours to distant industrial cities! After the filing of the town plat at Marion, Feb. 21, 1872, a petition was drawn up for a village charter which contained thirty-six signatures. A population of three hundred was sworn to by J. A. BANDY, and George M. McNeill before L. D. CRAIN, Justice of the Peace, at Crain City, and the petition approved April 10, 1872. The officers chosen for the new village were President, JONATHAN BANDY; Clerk, J. O. HERRIN; Treasurer, LABAN CARTER, Trustees, WILLIAM TRANBARGER; V. S. HARRIS, E. C. JONES, JAMES BLAIR, and GEORGE MCNEILL. In 1892 the village was incorporated as a city with the following public officers; G. C. PHILLIPS, Mayor; M. W. SIZEMORE, Clerk; J. B. SAMUEL, Treasurer; c. A. BAUDER, Attorney; Alderman, W. W. SNYDER, P. J. TETER, JOHN BEVARD, J. C. RILEY, DAVE MCFADDEN, and T. J. MOAKE. An old record of 1903 states: "The official roll call of the city is as follows: E. B. WATSON, Mayor; JAMES BALLOW, Clerk; WILLIAM MCEWAN, Treasurer, J. L. GALLIMORE, City Attorney; S. P. WATSON, Street Commissioner; B. P. BANDY, Police Magistrate; GEORGE WALKER, City Marshall; CHARLES CRAIG and L. E. ROBERTSON, Justice of the Peace, Council, HENRY ZIMMERMAN, JAMES WINNING, JOHN MURPHY, JAMES MCEWAN, JOSEPH STALCUP, SAMUEL RUSSELL. "The city has a good fire brigade under R. H. H. HAMPTON, Captain, and is well provided with fire fighting apparatus. "It is furnished with electric lights by the Hope Electric Light Co., and is one of the best lighted cities in Southern Illinois. It has a fine grove, which was purchased for a park in 1894, where all out of door public gatherings are held. "The city has been visited by very destructive fires four times. The first in March, 1885; then in April, 1897; August, 1898, and August, 1900. But it has been practically rebuilt with brick in a more substantial manner, much to the satisfaction of the inhabitants. This excerpt of the same booklet, was writtey by Mayor Frank. R. Samuel The Laban Carter of a hundred years ago probably didn't dream the town he shared in establishing, and gave his name, would, in less than a century, be the home of two colleges, gateway to Crab Orchard Lake and related tourist attractions. Laban Carter's land consisted of 960 acres, most of which lay north of East Grand Avenue (not even a path then) and east of North Division Street. Several years after he discovered an outcropping of coal on his land, Carter stirred things up. Out of the stirring came a coal mine, with several imported operators and miners from Scotland (many of whose families are still here) and a railroad in which Carter also owned stock. Laban Carter was born in 1822, and his first wife was BERRILIA. This union produced 6 children, Mary, John, James, Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, and Levi. Some of their offspring may be remembered by older Carterville residents. Harvey was the son of James (Doc), Mary Bennett and Henry Mann were children of Elizabeth, and Mint was the daughter of Levi. Laban's 2nd wife was NANCY SNODGRASS, and if you are interested in lineage, the descendants have traced both sides. Nancy's family was Scotch, and the family tree has some of its roots in royalty. Laban was far short on credentials, too, since his mother was JANE HOLT, daughter of a governor of Virginia. Laban and Nancy had 6 children, William, Sarah Jane, Minnie Dell, Thomas, Maggie, and Barnett, whom most people knew only as Barney. Flashing back to about 1875, let's visit the old Laban Carter homeplace, which was a farmhouse near the tiny new village of Carterville. The house was spacious for its time, frame and two-storied. The main room boasted a huge fireplace, a large rag rug, and a big bed in one corner. This was the "family" room, in which some gatherings were held. But the parlor was fancier. It featured, in addition to a beautiful Franklin stove, a pump organ, which daughter Minnie played as she sang. Laban had planned his house with a big dining room, and the table was necessarily huge, because practically every Sunday, he invited the entire Methodist congregation and their children, to sit at his table. Stories passed down through the generations indicate that frequently there were several wagonloads at the Carter's Sunday dinners, and shifts were required to feed them all. Upstairs there were several bedrooms, some of which had four big beds, so there was plenty of room for overnight visitors. Behind the big kitchen was the smokehouse where the hams and bacon slabs were cured. It was also a summer kitchen, to keep heat from the main house. attached to the smokehouse was a lean-to that held an ash hopper, and from this came the almost pure lye Nancy and the girls used in soap-making. Stories have it that Granny Nancy had a huge brass kettle in which the soap, hominy and apple butter were all made. The kettle was famous far and near, but when anyone borrowed it, Granny went along to guard it as well as to help with the "makin'". Toward the end of her life, Granny Carter and her friends had stirred so much so often, that the bottom of her solid brass kettle was almost paper thin. It's a matter of record, too, that Granny's peach butter was every bit as good as her apple butter, and, with an eye to the niceties of life, she used sassafras root to scent the soap she made. The Carter homestead was a comfortable and pleasant place, with its shady yard studded with fine walnut and cedar trees. There was a flower garden, an herb garden for the kitchen, as well as the vegetable gardens. The barn lay farther out, and later, when the making of bricks began on Laban's farm, there was a brickyard pond and a loading platform near the new railroad tracks. If there was strictness in some sense of the word, there was also the balance of fun. This was especially true of the second generation of Carterville pioneer families. The board floors of barns resounded to sounds of square dancing, and the 1880[s saw an even fancier version of the Victorian Age emerge. Some of the houses of Carterville were centers of colorful social events, and the silks and satins of a more refined society in the 90's replaced the homespun and ginghams of the first generation of settlers.

Hoping that someone has access to this census. I am looking for John Berry appx age 47from KY and wife Sarah, age unknown..Can anyone help me? Thank you Jeff [email protected]

Are there any Mocaby researchers in Williamson County? Debbie ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Folks, Could someone please do a lookup for me on the 1870 census? I need the listing if any for Joseph and Sarah Deaton, Joseph would have been born abt. 1815 in NC. Thanks Lots, Lee Ann

From: Carla Johns If anyone would like to see copies, I can mail you .jpg files - they are about 500kb and 400kb respectively. ------------------ That sounds awfully large, especially for jpgs. I think you can condense a .bmp or .tif considerably as a .jpg and send it a lot quicker, and that recipients can open it as .bmp or .tif and have the full quality of what you sent. Several people here have done it thru websites, and they can explain it a lot better than I can. Anyway, I believe it's easier than you think. For instance, a year ago Margie Garr sent me a scan of my great-great grandparents, which none of us had seen before. Within a week, every Williamson County Williams had it, or access to it, and it's a very good picture. None of us knew we were related to Margie Garr either, but that was nice to find out too. So send what you've got, and some descendant will figure out how to inform all the familly. Keep this up, and everybody else in the world will wish they were from Egypt. Sorry for the exaggeration. Bruce Wms