Williamson County, IL Historical Society
Pre-Owned Books
April 15, 2026
Williamson County, IL
$3.00 Register of Interment Permits Jan 1902-May 1903, 20 pages
$5.00 Gone to be an Angel, Volume 1 by Murphy and Lind.
$4.00 Tornado, Marion, IL May 29, 1982
$8.00 Oldham Paisley – Newspaper Editor
$8.00 Steal-Easy: My Home Town – Crab Orchard
$5.00 Sugs & I – From Steal Easy by O. Paul Allen
$5.00 Volume 1, Hatch, Match & Dispatch, Johnston City Progress Newspapers, by Margie Garr 22 Jun 1905 – 20 Jan 1927 through 26 Dec 1929
$7.00 Williamson County, IL County Commissioner’s Orders Book A 1839-1848
$3.00 The Potter Family Tragedy, by Mary Jo Moore
$1.00 Williamson County Historical Calendar for the Year 1999, 12 prints of yesteryear. [3]
$4.00 Newspaper Clippings 1994 by Violet Grisham, 180 pages.
$10.00 Events in Egypt – Newspapers, Volume 1 1856-1878 by Helen Lind
$5.00 Events in Egypt, Newspaper Excerpts, Volume 1 – Lind. Stapled, binding on edge bad.
$8.00 Events in Egypt – Newspapers, Volume 3 1882-1887. Fair condition
$3.00 Davis Prairie Church & Cemetery of Crab Orchard, IL by Violet Grisham [3 copies}
$10.00 Marriages on Record, 1866-1877 Volume 2 by Hoffart and Smith
$2.00 Williamson County Courthouse Dedication, 1972
$10.00 Obituaries (some) 1879 – 1945, by Moore. 190 pages with an index.
$10.00 1860 Williamson County, IL Federal Census
$15.00 1900 Williamson County, IL Federal Census Volume 1 by Garr, 525 pages
$15.00 1900 Williamson County, IL Federal Census Volume 2 by Garr, 472 pages
*Robert Hasting books
$1.00 How to Help Yourself
$1.00 The Station and other gems of joy, [6 copies]
$3.00 A Nichel’s Worth of Skim Milk, soft bound
$3.00 A Penny’s Worth of Minced Ham
$8.00 Taylor’s of Devil Kitchen, signed by author.
$3.00 The Valley of Peace by Jay Stephens
$4.00 Great Great Grandfather’s Journal, Isaac Groves by Violet Grisham
$10.00 Memories of Marion by Violet Grisham
$4.00 Homicide by Violet Grisham
$3.00 Lawrence Absher, 1911-1993 by Violet Grisham
$2.00 Back Tracking – Smith Co, TN, Pope Co, IL and Williamson County, IL by Grisham
$5.00 Third Baptist Church by Violet Grisham
$2.00 Herrin 75 years
Directories
Marion, including Rural Route
$10.00 Marion, IL Directory & Around the Town 1924
$10.00 Marion, IL City Directory 1982
$10.00 Marion, IL City Directory 1983
$10.00 Marion, IL City Directory 1988
$10.00 Marion, IL City Directory 1993 3 available
$10.00 Marion, IL City Directory 1994 4 available
$10.00 Marion, IL City Directory 1995 3 available
$10.00 Marion, IL City Directory 1996 3 available
Williamson County – included are Towns, Villages and Rural Routes
$50.00 Year 1998
$50.00 Year 1999
$50.00 Year 2002 – 3 available
$50.00 Year 2003 – 4 available
$50.00 Year 2004
$50.00 Year 2005
Franklin County, IL
$3.00 1840 Franklin County, IL Federal Census
$5.00 Marriage Records First Book 1836-1848
$5.00 Cave Township Cemetery Book
$10.00 Obits & Tidbits 1850-1884
Saline County, IL
$6.00 1850 Saline County, IL Federal Census
$6.00 1860 Saline County, IL Federal Census
$1.00 1910 Brushy Township (only) Saline County Federal Census by Jo Ann Kennedy
Johnson County, IL
$5.00 Cemeteries of Cache Township
$5.00 Cemeteries of Bloomfield Township
$3.00 A History of Johnson County by Mount
$1.00 The Biggest Little City in Little Egypt by Cross
Hamilton County, IL
$6.00 Hamilton County Sesquicentennial 1821-1971
$2.00 1840 Hamilton County Federal Census
Union County, IL
$8.00 Union County Cemeteries Volume 1, 1871-1889
$8.00 Union County Cemeteries Volume 2
$4.00 1820-1880 Volume 1, A to J (only) names Start with Abamatha and stops with Justin.
$15.00 History of Union County, IL Volume 1,496 pages
$5.00 Tolers & Allied Families of Union County, IL, hardbound, 478 pages
Miscellaneous
$25.00 History of Alexander, Union & Pulaski Counties, IL. Hardbound
$2.00 Southern IL History Inventory – List of historical and genealogical books located in Shawnee Library System, 411 pages, poor condition
$15.00 Rackley – A Southern Colonies Family – Descendants of Edward Rackley, over 700 pages, hardbound
$25.00 Biographies of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties, IL.
$25.00 History of Randolph, Monroe & Perry Counties, IL 1883 ORIGINAL
$2.00 EACH – Illinois County Fairs, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
$1.00 Du Quoin State Fair 1874 Hamiltonian
$5.00 Larue County, KY Cemeteries
$5.00 Kentucky Genealogical and Biography, Volume 3
$4.00 Caldwell County, KY Ancestors by Eb. Morse
$1.00 Hill County, Texas Marriage Records 1873-1880
$5.00 1790 Heads of Families of South Carolina, 1st Census of Us.
$3.00 Understanding and Using Baptismal Records
$2.00 Alabama Footprints – Settlements
$2.00 Alabama Footprints – Exploration
$2.00 The Scotch Irish – A social history by Leyburn.
$5.00 Foxfire #3
$5.00 Foxfire #4
Please call (618) 997-5863 Wednesday – Saturday 9:30 to 3:00 or email wchsmail@yahoo.com to see if books are available, books may have been sold since latest booklist update.
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