Morgan County ILGenWeb Project


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Have You Heard?
The 1878 History of Morgan County, Illinois: Its Past and Present
and the 1889 Portrait and Biographical Album of Morgan and Scott Counties, Illinois have been digitized and are available at the Internet Archive.


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Be sure to visit the Jacksonville Area Genealogical and Historical Society.

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Welcome!

This website is for those interested in Morgan county history and genealogy. Browse the links to the left or use the search box to the right to find information.

A Little History

Morgan county is located in west central Illinois. This county was established in 1823 and named for General Daniel Morgan, a Revolutionary war hero. Jacksonville is the county seat.

What's New

See the Waverly School Photos from 1934, 1939 and 1946.

Read the 1832 Will of Samuel Gish.

View the Dora Massie Photo Album.

Read a short history of the Fletcher Family in Morgan County.

Tombstone photos for Joseph Ferreira, Vicencia Ferreira, Edward V Smith & Mary Fernandes Smith are now online.

The William and Elsie Bieber and the Herman and Emma Bieber Tombstone Photos and Obituaries are now online. Please visit and consider sharing tombstone photos and obituaries for your Morgan county family members.

Contact Information

If you have questions, comments or suggestions about this website please contact the County Coordinator, Linda Lee.

Neighboring Counties

Check for your ancestors in surrounding counties, Pike, Brown, Cass, Sangamon, Macoupin, Greene and Scott.