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Documents/Records Available to Members
- Bible Records
- Boicourt
- Brush
- Conley
- Crabb
- Johnson Children Birth Info
- Reid
- Tersia Ellen Brush's Book
- Vinson
- Wade Watchter
- Nellie Watchter
- Walker
- Williams-Shipp-Gullett-Ferrell
- Business Records
- 1914 Merchant's Directory
- Renshaw, Roy Hall's Account Book, 1910 - 1918
- Cemeteries
- Barrett
- Beames
- Cedar Grove
- Cox
- Dean Cemetery west of Azotus Road
- Dean Cemetery east of Azotus Road
- Field-Trovillion
- Glendale
- Griffin
- Hamletsburg
- Hazel
- Hodge Cemetery - Section 15, Twp 15S, R6E
- Hodgeville
- Honor Roll of Pope County Veteran Burials compiled in 1956
- List of Pope County Cemeteries, 1963
- Macedonia Church
- Masonic Cemetery, Section 23, Twp 15S, R6E
- Miller-Hyde
- Mount Olive
- Mount Zion
- New Home
- New Liberty - South Pope
- Old Glass
- Old Home
- Pryor
- Roe
- Sassafrass/Sutton
- Unnamed Cemetery, Section 30, Twp 15S, R7E
- Walker
- Weaver
- Weatherington
- Zion
- Census Records
- 1845, 1855, 1865 State Census
- 1860 Census/Mortality Schedule
- 1870 Census/Mortality Schedule
- 1880 Census/Mortality Schedule
- 1900 Federal Census
- Census Records, 1818 - 1850
- Church Records
- Antioch Baptist Church Minutes, 1864 - 1920 with Memorials & Correspondence
- Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church, by Mary Ellen Young
- Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church Minutes, 1895 - 1974
- Calvary Baptist Church Minutes, New Liberty, 1958 - 1971
- Church of Christ Minutes, 1834 - 1891 (in present day Hardin County)
- Olive General Baptist Church, McCormick
- Minutes, 1855 - 1882
- Minutes, 1901 - 1932
- Minutes, 1918 - 1942
- Miscellaneous Documents
- List of Members
- Sunday School Minutes, 1901 - 1903
- Sunday School Directory of the County, 1906
- County Court Records
- County Court Order Books, 1816 - 1850, transcribed by Lee & Foss
- County Court Order Books F (1850 - 1854) & G (1854 - 1861), & H (1861 - 1869)
- Pope County Probate Records, 1816 - 1835 and 1836 - 1845, published by Ed Annable
- Community Histories
- A Study of Hodgeville, 1928
- History of Renshaw by Rick Allen
- McCormick a Recollection by Herb Nance, growing up during the depression
- Rock Community History and Families by Faye Bowman
- Election Records
- Pope County Voters, 1866 - 1870
- Family Records
- Ancestral Charts of members published 1999 by the Historical Society
- Blanchard Family
- Charlotte Blanchard Admission File
- Blanchard Family Photo 1900
- W. F. Teague Letter - Early Pope County Life
- Historical Articles
- 1860 Census of Pope County Analysis by Rick Allen
- Illinois Central Train Magazine, 1919
- Newspaper Article, Flood Edition, 1937
- Pioneer History of Illinois
- Poverty's Monument - The Poor House by Mildred McCormick
- Historical Memorabilia
- Brownfield Horse Show
- Dixon Springs Brochure 1911
- Facts, Legends & Lore - booklet produced for the Pope County Bicentennial, 2016
- Golconda Madstone Play
- Pope County Deer Festival Booklet, 1977
- Pope County Tourism, 1966
- Train Schedule 1908 and Steamer Schedule 1893
- Land Records
- Early Pope County Plat Map 1920's
- Hamletsburg Lots Sold 1859/60
- J.E.Y. Hanna Survey Book
- Plat Maps Pope County Villages
- Pope County Landowners 1820 by Ed Annable
- Sanborn Maps of Golconda
- Manuscripts and Diaries
- Cherokee Trail of Tears Letter
- Doctors of Pope County, Since 1800
- From Washington to Hoover, history published by Harrington Clanahan
- Memories of Main Street Golconda by Mildred Stone Chester
- Early Settlers of Pope County - a researched manuscript with information on the southern Illinois region
- Military
- Civil War Pension Files
- Index to 1862 Militia Rolls
- Militia Rolls 1861 & 1862
- Military Discharge Index 1865 - 2005
- Military Discharge Book A - many Civil War soldiers
- Pope County Military Veterans - a listing
- Petition of Civil War Veteran James C. Cox regarding pension - many names 1888
- Miscellaneous County Records
- Blind Register 1916 - 1941
- County Officials, 1857
- County Petitions
- Documents/Petitions for the proposed Radiation County
- Harrington Clanahan Correspondence, 1874 - 1886
- Pope County Forgotten Records - Early records published by Ed Annable
- Obituaries
- 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
- 1994 - 2000, 2008 - 2009
- Nellie Goulding, 1899
- Obits & Tidbits, Volumes I and II by Judy Foreman Lee
- Waltersburg Area Obituaries
- Organization Records
- Allen Springs Lodge
- Minutes, 1887 - 1889
- Minutes, 1908 - 1930
- Allen Springs Lodge
- School Records
- Alumni, Golconda High School, 1921 - 1934
- Grasty School History and Attendance Records
- Old Grand Pierre School Pictures with names, 1896
- Pope County Graduate List, 1870 - 1985
- Sumner School Records, 1912 - 1920
- Teacher's Institute Program, 1904
- Township 12 South, R5E School Trustee Minutes, 1863 - 1947
- Scrapbooks
- Scrapbooks of Southern Illinois & National News Articles saved by US Congressman, Claude V. Parsons, 1937, 1938, 1939-40
- Tragedy on the Ohio River, 1951
- Trampe's Historical Review - A resource on early Pope County History
- WPA Construction Project Photographs, 1936
- Slavery/Indentured
- Slave and Indentured Records
- Slavery in early Pope County
- Emancipation Bonds
- Slave and Free Papers from Deed Books
- Tax Lists
- 1827 - 1848 Tax List in State Auditor's Office
- 1853 - partial list, A - L
- 1868 School Levy Book
- 1919 Assessments
- Pope County Revenue Book 1836 - 1857
- Telephone Directories
- Golconda Telephone Company
- Robbs Phone Directory, 1954
- Telephone Directory, Metropolis, Brookport, Golconda
- Viral Records
- Road District #1 Death Certificates, Herod Area, 1932 - 1947
- 1942 Deaths, a few abstracts Massac, Pope, Pulaski Counties
- Early Birth Records 1862 - 1876
- Lee & Foss Published Marriage Books, 1913 - 1909
