Series Home

State Census

, 1865

Secretary of State, Illinois (SoS) > State Census
Record ID: 
103.010
Date: 
1865
Creator: 
Secretary of State, Illinois (SoS)
Access Restriction: 
None.
Extent: 
35.000 volumes
Arrangement: 
Roughly alphabetical by county name.
Repository: 
Illinois State Archives
Scope and Content:
The 1865 population census for Illinois was compiled in each county by census commissioners appointed by the county commissioners courts and filed with the Secretary of State. The census was authorized under an 1845 act, as amended in 1855 (Rev. Stat. 1845, p. 89; L. 1855, p. 151). Each county return includes for each household name of head of household; numbers of free white males and females in each decennial age group (e.g., ages 0-9, 10-19, 20-29); numbers of male and female Negroes; total number of inhabitants in household; number of males eligible for duty in state militia; type (e.g., blacksmith shop, wheelwright shop) and valuation of products of manufacturing establishments; valuations of livestock, grain products, and other agricultural products; tons of coal produced annually; pounds of wool products; and numbers of flour and gristmills, sawmills, and distilleries. Also included in each return are numbers of universities, academies, grammar schools, and common schools and number of pupils enrolled in each. Each return also includes signature of census commissioner certifying return, date certified, and occasional recapitulations of totals. Legal subdivisions also are indicated such as cities, towns, and townships and recapitulations frequently are given for them. Returns are included for the following counties:

Adams

Alexander

Bond

Boone

Brown

Bureau

Calhoun

Carroll

Cass

Champaign

Christian

Clark

Clay

Clinton

Coles

Cook

Crawford

Cumberland

De Kalb

De Witt

Douglas

Du Page

Edgar

Edwards

Effingham

Fayette

Ford

Franklin

Fulton

Greene

Grundy

Hamilton

Hancock

Hardin

Henderson

Henry

Iroquois

Jackson

Jasper

Jefferson

Jersey

Jo Daviess

Johnson

Kane

Kankakee

Kendall

Knox

Lake

La Salle

Lawrence

Lee

Livingston

Logan

McDonough

McHenry

McLean

Macon

Macoupin

Madison

Marion

Marshall

Massac

Menard

Mercer

Montgomery

Morgan

Moultrie

Ogle

Peoria

Perry

Piatt

Pike

Pope

Pulaski

Putnam

Randolph

Richland

Rock Island

St. Clair

Saline

Sangamon

Schuyler

Scott

Shelby

Stark

Stephenson

Tazewell (Elm Grove Township only)

Union

Vermilion

Wabash

Warren

Washington

Wayne

White

Whiteside

Will

Williamson

Winnebago

Woodford
Indexing:
Partial index.
Preferred Citation:
Secretary of State, "State Census," Record Series 103.010, Illinois State Archives.