Peoria County, IL Genealogy Trails
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This 1940's photo shows the corner of Jefferson St and Hamilton Blvd. |
Land Things
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| Federal Land Patents | |
| Street Name Changes in 1956 | |
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Land News Articles from the newspaper on land sales or city improvements. |
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| 100 Block of South Adams - 1903 | |
| Franklin St. (diagonal) to S. Adams St. - 1946 | |
| Old Bartonville Buildings | |
| Old Brimfield Buildings |
Land Titles
Deeds, mortgages and other land transfers from local newspapers. |
| Old Homes | |
| Peoria's Oldest Water Works |
THE
PIONEERS by Lorado Taft, Sculptor
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The Time Line for the surveying of Peoria County:
- North Line
boundary was surveyed in Aug & Sept. 1816 by Amos Wheeler
- South and West Boundary were surveyed in Feb. 1817 and the sub division lines
in march 1817 by Thomas Willis
- The lots in the Town of Peoria were surveyed 3rd of March 1835
- The lot lines of the "Old and New" Villages of Peoria were surveyed in the 2nd
Quarter of 1837 by Joseph C. Brown
- The remaining Lots where surveyed March 31, 1842 by D.A. Spaulding
- This is what the Surveyor's office in St. Louis 2-11-1846
Notes from the Federal Township Plats of Illinois 1804-1891, http://landplats.ilsos.net/Flash/FTP_Illinois.html
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