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DeWitt County
DeWitt County was formed 1 March 1839 from Macon and McLean counties.
Communities: Barnett, Clinton, Clintonia, Creek, DeWitt, Farmer City, Harp, Kenney, Nixon, Rutledge, Santa Anna, Texas, Tunbridge, Wapella, Waynesville, Weldon, Wilson
Map: De Witt County map, 1894; Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Virtual Libraries
The Biographical Record of DeWitt County, Illinois (Chicago : S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901)
History of De Witt cCounty, Illinois (Philadelphia : W. R. Brink and Co., 1882)
DeWitt County, Illinois History Military Records
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Dewitt County Genealogical Society
Vespasian Warner Library,
Clinton, Illinois
Maps
Plat book of De Witt County, Illinois
(Library of Congress)
Probate Records
Record of Wills and Letters, vol. 1
Record of Wills and Letters, vol. 2
(Family Search), indexed
Administrative records, vol. A, 1866-1880
Administrative records, vol. B, 1879-1890
Administrative records, vol. C, 1890-1900
(Family Search)
Record of Wills, vol. 1, 1862-1889 and cont.
Record of Wills, vol. 2,
(Family Search)
Vital Records and Substitutes
Birth
Index to birth records 1877-1918
Index to delayed birth records
Birth Register, vol. 1, 1877-1900
Birth Register, vol. 2, 1900-1905
Marriage
Marriage Records, Male Index, vol. A, 1839-1877
Marriage Records, Female Index, vol. A, 1839-1877
Marriage Records, Male Index, vol. B, 1878-1901
Marriage Records, Female Index, vol. B, 1878-1901
Marriage Record, vol. A, 1839-1855
Marriage Record, vol. B, 1856-1863
Marriage Record, vol. C, 1863-1877
and cont.
Marriage Record, vol. D, 1878-1902
Marriage Record, vol. E, 1902-1928
and cont.
Death
Death Register, vol. 1, 1878-1917
Property & Tax Records
DeWitt County, Illinois,
Deed records, 1868-1913
(Family Search)