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Bond County Population 2000: 17,633
County seat: Greenville

»»» Established January 4, 1817 «««

Named after Shadrach Bond, the first Governor of the State of Illinois. Bond served as Governor from October 6, 1818 to December 5, 1822. The county received its name the year before Bond was elected Governor

 

Towns and Cities in Bond County:
Ayers  Beaver Creek Bunje Dudleyville Durley Elm Point Gilmore Greenville Hamburg Hookdale Keyesport Landing	Mulberry Grove Old Ripley Paisley Corners Panama Pierron Pleasant Mound Pocahontas Reno Smithboro Sorento Stubblefield Tamalco Woburn

 

Townships of Bond County

BURGESS TOWNSHIP CENTRAL TOWNSHIP LAGRANGE TOWNSHIP	MILLS TOWNSHIP MULBERRY GROVE TOWNSHIP OLD RIPLEY TOWNSHIP	PLEASANT MOUND TOWNSHIP SHOAL CREEK TOWNSHIP TAMALCO TOWNSHIP
View Township Map (outside link to IRAD website - hit "back" to return here

DATA ONLINE

Census Excerpts:
1910 Bruce Family Excerpt

Bond County Convicts in the Joliet Prison

Marriages
Obituaries

1916-1950 Deaths (NEW!)
A-C / D-F / G-I / J-L / M-O / P-R / S-T / U-Z

Will Abstracts, Probate Items, Guardianships, etc.,
from Record Book A1, 1821-1838 (NEW!)

 

Bond County History

From the Historical Encylopedia of Illinois, ©1901 BOND COUNTY .... a small county lying northeast from St. Louis, having an area of 380 square miles and a population (1900) of 16,078. The first American settlers located here in 1807, coming from the South, and building Hill's and Jones's forts for protection from the Indians. Settlement was slow, in 1816 there being scarcely 25 log cabins in the county. The county-seat is Greenville, where the first cabin was erected in 1815 by George Davidson. The county was organized in 1818, and named in honor of Gov. Shadrach Bond. Its original limits included the present counties of Clinton, Fayette and Montgomery. The first court was held at Perryville, and, in May 1817, Judge Jesse B. Thomas presided over the first Circuit Court at Hill's station. The first court house was erected at Greenville in 1822. The county contains good timber and farming lands, and at some points, coal is found near the surface. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: 1812–1817 - Madison 1790–1812 - St. Clair County Seats: 1817: Hills Station or Hills Fort—Temporary designation. 1817–1821: Perryville 1821: Greenville

Bond County Cemeteries

Bethel Cemetery Brown Cemetery Burgess Cemetery Coyle Cemetery Duncan Cemetery Dunkard Cemetery Durham Cemetery Durr Cemetery Elm Point Cemetery Etcheson Cemetery File Cemetery Greene Cemetery Halls Grove Cemetery Hastings Cemetery Hazel Dell Cemetery Hazel Dell Cemetery Hug Cemetery Jett Cemetery Liberty Cemetery Maxey Cemetery McKendree Cemetery Mitchell Cemetery Montrose Cemetery Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mount Gilead Cemetery Mount Moriah Cemetery Mount Nebo Cemetery Mulberry Grove Cemetery Neathery Cemetery New Mount Nebo Cemetery Noffsinger Cemetery Payne Cemetery Peterson Cemetery Robison Cemetery Saint Lawrence Cemetery Saint Peters Cemetery Seagraves Cemetery Sixth Street Cemetery Snow Cemetery Sugg Cemetery Sunny Side Cemetery Tisdale Cemetery Union Cemetery Union Grove Cemetery Wade Cemetery Wisetown Cemetery Wright Cemetery

Bond County Courthouse 200 W. College 203 County Office Building Greenville, IL 62246  Telephone:   County Clerk (618) 664-0449 Circuit Clerk (618) 664-3208 Recorder (618) 664-0449   *** Greenville Public Library  414 West Main St  Greenville, IL 62246  (618) 664-3115  *** Bond Co Genealogical Society  PO Box 172  Greenville, IL 62246-0172

Links to Off-site Online Data

McKendree Chapel Cemetery, Tamalco Township

Mt. Auburn Memorial Park, Greenville

Greenville & Bond County
Historical Stories by Allan H. Keith

Bond County Is Bordered By These Neighboring Counties 

CLINTON	MADISON
FAYETTE	MONTGOMERY

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