Welcome to Clark County Illinois Genealogy and History   Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Welcome to the Clark County Illinois Genealogy Trails Website, dedicated to the Genealogy and History of Clark County, Illinois. This site is now hosted by Barbara Ziegenmeyer Many thanks to Kevin Ortman for his work on this site. Don't want to host a county, but still want to help? You can! Join our Transcription Team! Check it out! If you are in need of research assistance or if you have research questions and you cannot locate what you're looking for through this website, please refer to the Illinois Genealogy Trails research help page. If You have any information you'd like posted or transcribed: family histories and genealogies, biographies, births, marriages, deaths, obituaries, bible, cemetery and census data, county and town histories, newspapers, family, group or class pictures, old postcards, &c., please Send it to US County History Clark County is located in Southeastern Illinois. It was originally part of the Northwest territory. The first pioneer settlement was York, on the Wabash (Ouabache) River, before 1816. The present county was formed out of Crawford County in 1819, just a short time after Illinois became a state. At that time, the northern border of Clark County ran all the way to what would become Wisconsin. The County was named for George Rogers Clark, whose fame came mainly from his exploits on the Illinois frontier during the Revolutionary War. The first settlers came from Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. Many were veteran soldiers of the War of 1812. Settlement increased after the construction of the National Road through the county. Clark County's first County Seat was at Aurora, on the Wabash River. The County Seat was moved to Darwin in 1823 when the good citizens of Aurora realized that the River could flood higher than they could build. In 1839, a county-wide election was held to decide on a new County Seat. The contenders were Marshall, and Auburn. The tempers were high as the voting day drew near and the tension grew. In spite of Auburn changing its name to Clark Center, Marshall won the day and has been the County Seat of Clark County ever since. Townships * Anderson * Auburn * Casey * Darwin * Dolson * Douglas * Johnson * Marshall * Martinsville * Melrose * Orange * Parker * Wabash * Westfield * York Cities and Towns * Casey * Clarksville (uninc. town) * Marshall * Martinsville * Westfield * West Union (uninc. town)  Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles and Books County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Data Obituaries Queries Research Mysteries  Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 School Records Wills/Probate Records   Website Updates: Deaths and Stillbirth Index 1860 Mortality Schedule Census SEARCH OUR SITES Visit the Illinois Genealogy Trails websites for the counties surrounding Clark: Jasper Crawford Coles Cumberland Edgar Visit the Indiana Genealogy Trails websites for the counties surrounding Clark: Vigo Sullivan County Clerk's Office: Clark County Clerk County Courthouse 501 Archer Ave Marshall, IL 62441 Phone: (217) 826-8311 Office Hours: M-F 8:00am - 4:00pm Available Records: Genealogy Research: Birth & Death records begin in 1877, marriage records begin in 1819, land records in 1818. There is a charge for photocopies Call them for recent prices. No requests are handled over phone, requests must be submitted in writing with checks made payable to the Clark County Clerk and including a self-addressed, stamped envelope. (Confirm this policy when you call) Clark County Genealogical Society 521 Locust Street, Marshall, IL 62441 (217) 826-2864 With fond memories of our original host, Larry Wells. Most of the data on the site was from his own research RIP 10/18/2010 Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.