Russell County Microfilm

Date of Formation: 1786
Formed From: Washington County

Lost Records Note:

The first marriage register and most loose papers were destroyed by fire in 1872.

[Bonds/Commissions/Oaths] [Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships]
[County Administrative Records] [Court Records] [Fiduciary Records] [Land Records]
[Marriage Records and Vital Statistics] [Military and Pension Records]
[Wills] [Miscellaneous Records]

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Local Records Categories and Contents
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No.
 Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
60 ILLBond Book, 11, 1940-1951 ( includes Officials' Bonds, Administrators' Bonds, Executors' Bonds & Guardians' Bonds, etc.),index, 489 p.
  SEE ALSO Circuit Court, Fiduciary Records AND Wills
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No.
 Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
60 ILLAccount Book of C. Wallace & Co., 1888-1889, index, 368 p.
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 County Administrative Records
58 ILLBoard of Supervisors' Order Book 1, 1871-1897, 324 p.
27 ILLBoard of Supervisors' Order Book 3, 1897-1905, 200 p.
27 ILLBoard of Supervisors' Order Book 4, 1905-1912, index, 265 p.
59 ILLIndex to Board of Supervisors' Order Books, 1871-1944, A-Z
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 Court Records
  County Court
24 ILLChancery Order Book, 1821 - 1830, 214 p.
81 ILLConvict Register, 1880 - 1956
22 ILLGeneral Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Defendants A - D.
22 ILLGeneral Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Defendants E - K.
23 ILLGeneral Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Defendants L - R.
23 ILLGeneral Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Defendants S - Z.
19 ILLGeneral Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Plaintiffs A - D.
19 ILLGeneral Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Plaintiffs E - K.
20 ILLGeneral Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Plaintiffs L - R.
20 ILLGeneral Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904, Plaintiffs S - Z.
21 ILLGeneral Index to Law Order Books, 1786 - 1904 (Commonwealth of Virginia)
14 ILLLaw Order Book, 1, 1786 - 1791, [1], 252 p.
14 ILLLaw Order Book, 2, 1792 - 1799, [1], 555 p.
14 ILLLaw Order Book, 3, 1799 - 1808, 741 p.
15 ILLLaw Order Book, 4, 1808 - 1813, 452 [1] p.
15 ILLLaw Order Book, 5, 1813 - 1817, [1], 452 p.
15 ILLLaw Order Book, 6, 1817 - 1822, 542 p.
16 ILLLaw Order Book, 7, 1822 - 1825, 254 [1] p.
16 ILLLaw Order Book, 8, 1825 - 1828, 432 p.
16 ILLLaw Order Book, 9, 1828 - 1833, 442 p.
17 ILLLaw Order Book, 10, 1833 - 1838, 548 p.
17 ILLLaw Order Book, 11, 1838 - 1846, [1], 539 p.
17 ILLLaw Order Book, 12, 1846 - 1853, [1], 549 p.
18 ILLLaw Order Book, 13, 1853 - 1857, Unpaged index, 492 p.
18 ILLLaw Order Book, 14, 1857 - 1864, Unpaged index, 513 p.
18 ILLLaw Order Book, 15, 1864 - 1867, Unpaged index, 430 p.
29 ILLLaw Order Book, 16, 1868-1871, 472 p.
30 ILLLaw Order Book, 17, 1871-1877, 598 p.
31 ILLLaw Order Book, 18, 1877-1882, 497 p.
31 ILLLaw Order Book, 19, 1882-1884, 483 p.
32 ILLLaw Order Book, 20, 1884-1887, 485 p.
32 ILLLaw Order Book, 21, 1887-1890, 497 p.
33 ILLLaw Order Book, 22, 1890-1894, 500 p.
33 ILLLaw Order Book, 23, 1894-1897, 500 p.
34 ILLLaw Order Book, 24, 1897-1901, 500 p.
34 ILLLaw Order Book, 25, 1901-1904, 262 p.
  SEE ALSO Land Records
  Superior Court of Law
39 ILLCommon Law Order Book 1, 1809-1824, 444 p.
39 ILLCommon Law Order Book 2, 1824-1837, 431 p.
  Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
24 ILLChancery Order Book 1, 1831 - 1872, Unpaged index, 503 p.
39 ILLCommon Law Order Book 2, 1824-1837, 431 p.
40 ILLCommon Law Order Book 4, 1850-1871, 601 p.
  Circuit Court
28 ILLBond Book, 1, 1893-1904 (includes Administrators' Bonds, Committee Bonds, Executors' Bonds, Guardians' Bonds, and supersedeas), index, 129 p.
24 ILLChancery Order Book 1, 1831 - 1872, Unpaged index, 503 p.
41 ILLChancery Order Book 2, 1872-1881, 551 p.
41 ILLChancery Order Book 3, 1882-1889, 597 p.
42 ILLChancery Order Book 4, 1889-1895, 599 p.
42 ILLChancery Order Book 5, 1895-1899, 608 p.
43 ILLChancery Order Book 6, 1899-1904, 573 p.
43 ILLChancery Order Book 7, 1904-1909, 600 p.
28 ILLChancery Order Book 8, 1909-1913, 504 p.
40 ILLCommon Law Order Book 4, 1850-1871, 601 p.
40 ILLCommon Law Order Book 5, 1872-1886, 560 p.
61 ILLCommon Law Order Book 6, 1886-1895, 491 p.
61 ILLCommon Law Order Book 7, 1895-1904, 510 p.
81 ILLConvict Register, 1880 - 1956
59 ILLIndex to Miscellaneous Lien Docket & Execution Books, 1938-1961, Grantors, A-Z, 199 p.
  SEE ALSO Land Records
  Various Courts
35 ILLIndex to Chancery Order Books, Defendants A-D, 1822-1944, index, 234 p.
35 ILLIndex to Chancery Order Books, Defendants E-K, 1822-1944, index, 282 p.
36 ILLIndex to Chancery Order Books, Defendants L-R, 1822-1944, index, 232 p.
36 ILLIndex to Chancery Order Books, Defendants S-Z, 1822-1944, index, 190 p.
37 ILLIndex to Chancery Order Books, Plaintiffs A-D, 1822-1944, index, 174 p.
37 ILLIndex to Chancery Order Books, Plaintiffs E-K, 1822-1944, index, 192 p.
38 ILLIndex to Chancery Order Books, Plaintiffs L-R, 1822-1944, index, 152 p.
38 ILLIndex to Chancery Order Books, Plaintiffs S-Z, 1822-1944, index, 136 p.
62 ILLIndex to Common Law Order Books, Defendants A-G, 1809-1942
63 ILLIndex to Common Law Order Books, Defendants H-R, 1809-1942
64 ILLIndex to Common Law Order Books, Defendants S-Z, 1809-1942
65 ILLIndex to Common Law Order Books, Plaintiffs A-G, 1809-1942
66 ILLIndex to Common Law Order Books, Plaintiffs H-R, 1809-1942
67 ILLIndex to Common Law Order Books, Plaintiffs S-Z, 1809-1942
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No.
 Fiduciary Records
28 ILLBond Book, 1, 1893-1904 (includes Administrators' Bonds, Committee Bonds, Executors' Bonds, Guardians' Bonds, and supersedeas), index, 129 p.
28 ILLBond Book, 2, 1895-1903 (includes Administrators' Bonds, Committee Bonds, Executors' Bonds, Guardians' Bonds, and Marriage Bonds), index, 300 p.
44 ILLFiduciary Settlements 1, 1922-1926, index, 504 p.
44 ILLFiduciary Settlements 2, 1926-1931, index, pp. 1-427.
  SEE ALSO Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Land Records AND Wills
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No.
 Land Records
ILLDeed Book, 1, 1787 - 1795, Unpaged index, 258 [1] p.
ILLDeed Book, 2, 1795 - 1798, 561 p.
ILLDeed Book, 3, 1798 - 1806, 747 [1] p.
ILLDeed Book, 4, 1806 - 1814, 646 [1] p.
ILLDeed Book, 5, 1814 - 1817, Unpaged index, 557 p.
ILLDeed Book, 6, 1817 - 1824, [1], unpaged index, 721 p.
ILLDeed Book, 7, 1824 - 1827, Unpaged index, 432 p.
ILLDeed Book, 8, 1827 - 1831, Unpaged index, 437 p.
ILLDeed Book, 9, 1831 - 1835, Unpaged index, 560 p.
ILLDeed Book, 10, 1835 - 1839, Unpaged index, 513 [1] p.
ILLDeed Book, 11, 1839 - 1846, Unpaged index, 564 [2] p.
ILLDeed Book, 12, 1846 - 1851, 552 p.
ILLDeed Book, 13, 1851 - 1856, Unpaged index, 560 p.
ILLDeed Book, 14, 1856 - 1861, Unpaged index, 527 [1] p.
ILLDeed Book, 15, 1861 - 1869, Unpaged index, 636 p.
45 ILLDeed Book, 16, 1868-1871, 1896 (includes Commissioners' Reports, Partitions of Land), index, 500 p.
45 ILLDeed Book, 17, 1869-1896 (includes Assignment of Dower), 560 p.
46 ILLDeed Book, 18, 1875-1878 (includes Agreements, Certificates of Exempted Property, Court Orders, Partitions of Land, Receipts, and Title Bonds), 516 p.
46 ILLDeed Book, 19, 1878-1881 (includes Agreements, Court Cases, Partitions of Land, and Title Bonds), 548 p.
47 ILLDeed Book, 20, 1881-1883 (includes Ante Nuptial Contracts, Court Cases, Powers of Attorney, and Title Bonds), 552 p.
47 ILLDeed Book, 21, 1883-1886 (includes Agreements, Court Cases, Partitions of Land, and Title Bonds), 560 p.
48 ILLDeed Book, 22, 1886-1887 (includes Agreements, Coal Rights, Bonds, Contracts, Court Cases, and Title Bonds), 560 p.
48 ILLDeed Book, 23, 1887 (includes Agreements, Articles of Consolidation, Contract, Mortgage, Powers of Attorney, and Title Bonds), 560 p.
49 ILLDeed Book, 24, 1887-1888 (includes Contracts, Court Cases, Mortgages, Powers of Attorney, and Title Bonds), 576 p.
49 ILLDeed Book, 25, 1888-1889 (includes Agreements, Court Cases, Lis Pendens, Mortgages, Partitions of Land, Powers of Attorney, and Rights of Way), 640 p.
50 ILLDeed Book, 26, 1889-1891 (includes Charters, Court Cases, Petitions, Powers of Attorney, Reports of Commissioners, Rights of Way, and Title Bonds), 600 p.
50 ILLDeed Book, 27, 1891-1894 (includes Contracts, Conveyances, and Lis Pendens), 600 p.
51 ILLDeed Book, 28, 1892-1894 (includes Agreements, Awards of Arbitrators, Baryta Rights, Contracts, Court Cases, Mortgages, Partitions of Land, and Renouncements of Will), 600 p.
51 ILLDeed Book, 29, 1894-1895 (includes Agreements, Awards of Arbitrators, Contracts, Court Cases, Partitions of Land, Powers of Attorney, Title Bonds, and Wills), 602 p.
52 ILLDeed Book, 30, 1895-1897 (includes Court Cases, Partitions of Land, and Title Bonds), 652 p.
52 ILLDeed Book, 31, 1897-1898 (includes Court Cases, Lis Pendens, Mortgages, Partitions of Land, and Powers of Attorney), 552 p.
53 ILLDeed Book, 32, 1898-1899 (includes Agreements, Court Cases, Liens, Partitions of Land, Powers of Attorney, and Title Bonds), 552 p.
53 ILLDeed Book, 33, 1899-1900 (includes Contracts, Court Cases, Lis Pendens, Mortgages, and Partitions of Land), 600 p.
68 ILLDeed Book, 34, 1900-1901, (includes Agreements, Deeds of Trust and Contracts), 604 p.
68 ILLDeed Book, 35, 1900-1902, (includes Deeds of Trust, Mortgages, Deeds of Bargain and Sale and Contracts), 599 p.
26 ILLCounty Surveyors' Book 1, 1786 - 1799, Unpaged index, [1], 376 p.
26 ILLCounty Surveyors' Book 2, 1799 - 1908, Unpaged index, 247 [2] p.
9 ILLGeneral Index to Deeds, 1787 - 1917 Grantees A - J
9 ILLGeneral Index to Deeds, 1787 - 1917 Grantees K - Z
8 ILLGeneral Index to Deeds, 1787 - 1917 Grantors A - J
8 ILLGeneral Index to Deeds, 1787 - 1917 Grantors K - Z
27 ILLLand Entry Book, 1786-1908, index, 273 p.
54 ILLLand Entry Book 1, 1786-1798, index, 282 p.
54 ILLLand Entry Book 2, 1797-1927, index, 289 p.
69 ILLMap of Town of Cleveland, 1889
10 ILLSuperior Court of Law Deed Book (Land Causes), 1809 - 1817 - pp. 1-35 [8] (Deeds, 1809 - 1817); pp. 1-12 (Land Causes, 1814, 1817, 1822, follows the Deeds)
30 ILLTrust Deed Book 2, 1887-1896 (includes Agreements, Bills of Sale, Contracts, Leases, Mortgages, Notices, Other Deeds, and Powers of Attorney), index, 300 p.
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No.
 Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
25 ILLGeneral Index to Marriage Licenses, 1853 - 1930 Husband.
25 ILLGeneral Index to Marriage Licenses, 1853 - 1930 Wife.
38 ILLGeneral Index to Marriage Register, Males, 1971-1973, 200 p.
   Marriage Book, No. 1, destroyed by fire. Also Marriage Bonds
70 ILLMarriage Consents & Licenses, 1850-1874
71 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1874-1877
72 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1878-1881
73 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1881-1884
74 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1884-1888
75 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1888-1890
76 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1890-1893
77 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1893-1895
78 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1896-1898
79 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1898-1900
80 ILLMarriage Licenses, 1900-1905
25 ILLMarriage Register 2, 1853 - 1908, 156 fo.
29 ILLMarriage Register 6, 1936-1951, 101 p.
25 ILLRegister of Births, 1853 - 1866, 59 fo.
25 ILLRegister of Deaths, 1853 - 1866, 20 fo., [2] p.
  SEE ALSO Circuit Court AND Fiduciary Records
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No.
 Military and Pension Records
27 ILLInduction and Discharge Records, Memorial Record, 1945, index, 27 p.
27 ILLInduction and Discharge Records, Muster Roll, 1917-1918, unpaged.
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No.
 Wills
   Will Book No. 1, destroyed by fire.
11 ILLWill Book, 2, 1803 - 1812, [1], unpaged index, [1], 276 p.
11 ILLWill Book, 3, 1812 - 1821, Unpaged index, 362 p.
11 ILLWill Book, 4a, 1821 - 1835, Unpaged index, 708 p.
12 ILLWill Book, 5, 1835 - 1846, Unpaged index, 542 p.
12 ILLWill Book, 6, 1846 - 1855, Unpaged index, 553 p.
12 ILLWill Book, 7, 1855 - 1866, Unpaged index, 497 p.
55 ILLWill Book, 8, 1866-1871 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Commissioners' Reports, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Inventories, Officials' Bonds, and Sale Bills), 431 p.
55 ILLWill Book, 9, 1871-1880 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Commissioners' Reports, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Inventories, Officials' Bonds, Powers of Attorney, and Sale Bills), 555 p.
56 ILLWill Book, 10, 1880-1886 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Commissioners' Reports, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Inventories, Lists of Debts, Officials' Bonds, Powers of Attorney, and Sale Bills), 500 p.
56 ILLWill Book, 11, 1886-1894 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Commissioners' Reports, Contract of Release, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Inventories, Lists of Debts, Officials' Bonds, and Sale Bills), 540 p.
57 ILLWill Book, 12, 1894-1900 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Commissioners' Reports, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, and Inventories), 538 p.
57 ILLWill Book, 13, 1900-1910 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Commissioners' Reports, Court Cases, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, and Inventories), 600 p.
58 ILLWill Book, 14, 1910-1917 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Commissioners' Reports, Court Cases, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, and Inventories), 500 p.
13 ILLGeneral Index to Wills and Fiduciaries, 1803 - 1929 Devisee.
13 ILLGeneral Index to Wills and Fiduciaries, 1803 - 1929 Devisor.
11 ILLWill Book, 4, 1809 - 1898, Unpaged index, 96 p. (includes Superior Court of Law, Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery and Circuit Court)
44 ILLWill Book, 2A, 1898-1904 (includes Administrators' Accounts, Appraisements, Committees' Accounts, Executors' Accounts, Guardians' Accounts, Powers of Attorney, and Sale Bills), index, 60 p.(includes Circuit Court)
  SEE ALSO Land Records
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No.
 Miscellaneous Records
60 ILLEstray Records, 1939-1946, 5 p.
54 ILLMechanics' Liens, 1890-1915, index, 81 p.

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