Randolph County, IL

CENSUS OF THE COUNTY

Th. J. V. OWEN
Commission dated November 25, 1825

REFERENCE: COMBINED HISTORY OF RANDOLPH, MONROE, AND PERRY COUNTIES ILLINOIS – Biographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men and Pioneers, Published by J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia 1883 Page 115 & 116

Transcribed by Carolyn Whitaker, Email: atsissie@aol.com

HEADS OF FAMILIES

Town of Kaskaskia

William M. ALEXANDER

N. E. ALLEN

Antoine ANTYA

John ATKINS

David J. BAKER

Celeste BARBEAU

Silas BARNTELLE

Elizabeth BARTON

Benjamin BEATT

Josiah T. BILLS

John BRADY

Sidney BREESE

Elizabeth BREWER

Michael BUTCHER

Joseph BUYATT

Aquilla CANTRELL

Placit CASSON

Antoine CHAMBERLAIN

Marie L. CHAMBERLAINE

Andre’ CHARLEVILLE

Nathan CLOYES

John W. COMLY

C. C. CONWAY

Jesse W. COOPER

Hannah COWLES

Rosalie CREURIER

Baptiste CROTA

Michael B. DANIE

Michael DANIE (fiddler)

Alexis Enos Pierre DEROUSE

Charles DEROUSE

Ettienne DEROUSE

Joseph DEROUSE

Joseph DEROUSE, JR

Louis DEROUSE

Michael DEROUSE

Pierre DEROUSE

Riga DEROUSE

John DOWLING

Alexis DOZA

Antoine DUFOUR

John EDGAR

Jacob FEAMAN

R. K. FLEMING

Philip FOUKE

Jesse FRANCIS

John FRANKFORD

Margaret GASTON

Antoine GENDRON

Joseph GENDRON

Luke GENDRON

Therese GODIN

Francois GORNOR

John GRATE

W. C. GREENUP

Daniel M. GUTHRIE

W. G. HISER

Miles HOTCHKISS

Edward HUMPHREYS

Elias Kent KANE

Patrick KAVANAUGH

Elizabeth LA CHAPELLE

James L. LAMB

Pascal LASSOURI

Ursula LEFLEUR

Silas LELAND

Louis LEMIEUX

Ursula LEVIRE

Lawson LOVET

Samuel LYBARGER

Louis MASOIER

H. H. MAXWELL

Francois MENARD

Raphael MENDUE

Joseph MORRISON

Robert MORRISON

William MORRISON

William ORR

James D. OSBORN

Ferdinand OUGER

T. S. V. OWEN

Joseph PAGE

Mary PAINE

Leon PERA

Nathaniel POPE

Thomas REYNOLDS

Edward ROBERTS

Diego RODERGUES

Rowina RODERGUES

Simon RODERGUES

J. B. SEGUIN, SR

J. B. SEGUIN, JR

Thomas SHORT

William SIMONTON

M. D. SMITH

Samuel SMITH

Leonard STEPHENS

William STEVENS

Felix ST VRAIN

Jeptha SWEET

Samuel TAYLOR

Theres THAMOUR (D’AMOUR)

Hugh WOODS

R. M. YOUNG

The families of these 99 “heads” were composed of 477 members, besides they owned 109 slaves and harbored 31 free persons of color. William MORRISON owned 22 slaves, Francois MENARD 21, Sidney BREESE 4 and Elias Kent KANE 5.


Township of Kaskaskia

Jack BACKUS (free negro)

Alexis BEAUVOIS

Henri BIENVENUE

Shadrach BOND

John BOWERS

Antoine BUATTE

Michel BUATTE

John CARPENTER

Joseph CHAMBERLAIN

Pierre COLME

Antoine DANIE

Baptiste DANIE

C. B. DANIE

Joseph DANIE

Magdalen DEGAZINE

Gerome DEROUSE

Louis M. DEROUSE

Julian JONES

William LANGLIE

Catherine LLOYD

Joseph LOUVALLE

Elijah LOVIN

Hipolite MENARD

John PATERSON

Michel PETTIER

Phebe, a black woman

Baptiste REAUME

Allen RICHARDS

Espazell SEGUIN

Louis SEGUIN

George STRATTON

Thorston THOMAS

Joseh TULIER

John WEGAN

Peter WEGAN

David WOOLSEY

Jacob WOOLSEY

Richard WOOLSEY


Prairie du Rocher – Village

August ALLARD

Henry BARBEAU

Charles BLAY

Joseph BLAY

Marianne BLAY

Therese BLAY

Pelagie CATINEAU

Francis CHAMPLINE

Eliza CHENE

Henry CONNOR

Ellen DEGAGNIE

Madam DEGAGNIE

Alexis DEROUSE

August DEROUSE

Clement DRURY

William DRURY

Michel DUCLOS, Sen.

Michel DUCLOS, JR

Nicholas DURWARD

Baptiste GODEAU

John M. GODEAU

Joseph GODEAU

Henry KERR

Ettienne LANGLOISE

Jas. LEEPER

Antoine LOUVIER, SR

Antoine LOUVIER, JR.

John LOUVIER

Baptiste OLIVER

Donation OLLIVER (priest)

Marie OLLIVER

Henry PHEBEAU

Baptiste ROYE’

Ichabod SERGEANT

Francis THEBAU

Frank TONGA

Joseph VASSEUR

There were 38 heads of families enumerated at Du Rocher. The total number of inhabitants of the village was 202, of whom 28 were slaves and 10 free persons of color.


Township of Du Rocher

Antoine BARBEAU

Baptiste BARBEAU

Joseph BONLETELLE

Francis BROWN

Ansel DENNIS

John DRURY

Harriett GODEAU

Isadore GODEAU

Sylvanus HARLOW

Abraham HORINE

Josia M. HORSEY

Francis LANGLOIS

Archibald McNABB

Burrell PHILIPS

Andree ROYE

Reuben SACKETT

Michael SMITH

James TAYLOR


Township of Williamsburg

A. C. ADAMS

John ADAMS

James ADKINS

William BEEN

John BREWER

Daniel BUEL

James CONNAR

John C. CROSIER

Zadock DARROW

Michael DILLON

Emanuel EVANS

Shelton EVANS

Washington EVANS

Edmund FAHERTY

Jacob FISHER

John FORAN

George GLENN

Joseph GRIFFIN

John GUTHRIE

William HAMILTON

Paul HARRALSON

Samuel HILL, SR

Thomas HORSELL

Lewis HULL

Norton HULL

Thomas HULL

Hannah KENNEDY

Antoine LA CHAPELLE

David LAWSON

Otho LEVENS

Thomas LEVENS

Elizabeth LINDSEY

Thomas LINDSEY

John LINSEY

Amos LYNN

William McBRIDE

Eleanor McNABB

Edward MUDD

Francis MUDD

James MUDD

Joseph MUDD

William NELSON

Henry O’HARA

Joseph H. ORR

Thomas ORR

E. T. OWEN

Ezra OWEN

Lemuel OWEN

Levi OWEN

Ettienne PAVARD

Edward RALLS

James S. ROBINSON

John ROLES

Henry ROYER

John C. SIGNON

Levi SIMMONDS, SR

Levi SIMMONDS, JR

John SMITH

Ignatius SPRIGG

William STEELE

John STEVENSON

Absalom TAILOR

Ellison TALBOTT

James WHELAND lst

James WHELAND 2d

Henry WILL

Alexander WILSON

James WILSON

Prudence WILSON

Robert WILSON

Adam YOUNGMAN

There were only 5 slaves in this township.


Township Plum-Creek

J. W. ALCORN

Alexander ALEXANDER

John ALEXANDER

John ALLEN

William ALLEN

David ANDERSON

James ANDERSON, SR

James ANDERSON, JR

John ANDERSON, SR

John ANDERSON, JR

John ARMOUR

Thomas ARMOUR

John BARNET

James BEAIRD

John BEAIRD

James H. BEATTY

Jane BEATTY

John BEATTY

Allen BEEN

John BILDERBACK

Andrew BORDERS

John BOYD, SR

William BOYD

Joseph BRATNEY

John BRIGGS

Robert CALDWELL

Alexander CAMPBELL, SR

John CAMPBELL

William CAMPBELL

David CATHCART

Joseph CATHCART

William T. CHAMBERS

James CLARK

John COCHRAN

James COUCH

Absalom COX

James CROSIN

Samuel CROSIN

Larkin DIAL

Alexander DICKEY

John DICKEY

Smith DICKEY

John DOBBINS

Samuel DOUGLASS

Adam EDGAR

Robert EDGAR

William EDGAR

William ELLIOT

Isabel ENGLISH

David FERRIS

William FINDLEY

Thomas FINLEY

Robert FOSTER

James GORDON

William GORDON

Martin GRAY

Burdite GREEN

James S. GUTHRIE

John HAIRE

William HANDLY

David HATHORN

James HATHORN

Samuel HATHORN

J. W. HENDERSON

Samuel Y. HENRY

Robert HILL

Samuel HILL

William HILL

William HODGE

Frederick HOLDEN

Robert HUGGINS

J. R. HUTCHINGS

John HUTCHINGS

John IRVIN

Samuel LEARD, SR

Samuel LEARD, JR

Alexander R. LESLIE

Hugh LESLIE

Josiah LITTLE

Patsey LITTLE

Samuel LITTLE

James LIVELY

John LIVELY

Turner LIVELY

William LIVELY

John McBRIDE

Thomas McBRIDE

William McBRIDE, SR

William McBRIDE 3d

James McCLARKEN

Samuel McCLINTON

William McCLINTON

Andrew McCORMICK

George McCORMICK

John McDILL

Thomas McDILL

William McDILL

James McDONALD

Andrew McFERRON

Alexander McKELVEY

Alexander McKELVEY, JR

Charles McKELVEY

Hugh McKELVEY

John McKELVEY

Archibald McMILLAN

John McMILLAN, SR

John McMILLAN, JR

Robert McMILLAN

James McMURDO

James McNULTY

Robert M. MANN

William M. MANN

William MARSHALL

John MAXWELL

John MILLER, SR

Robert MILLER

William MILLER

Samuel MORRIS

William MORRIS

James MUNFORD

John MURDOCK

John G. NELSON

Samuel NISBET

Henry NORE

Arthur PARKS

James PATTERSON

William PATTISON

Samuel PITCHFORD

James POLLOCK

Robert POLLOCK

Patrick RAINES

Isaac RAINEY

James REDPATH

Elizabeth RICHEY

Andrew ROSS

Asa SCOTT

Isaac SCUDDER

Ralph SCUDDERS

Robert G. SHANNON

Margaret ST. CLAIR

James STOKER

Samuel STORMANT

William STORMANT

James STRAHAN

Samuel STUBBLEFIELD

Thomas SWANWICK

William TEMPLE

John THOMASON

Archibald THOMPSON, SR

Archibald THOMPSON, JR

James THOMPSON

John THOMPSON

Moses THOMPSON

Robert THOMPSON, SR

Robert THOMPSON, JR

Samuel J. THOMPSON

William THOMPSON

Samuel L. WEIR

John WILEY

Samuel WILEY

William WILEY

J. WILKINSON

Absalom WILSON

George WILSON

James WILSON, SR

James WILSON, JR

Martin WILSON

Joseph WIN

Robert WIN

Township of Springfield

Amos ANDERSON

Ezekiel BARBER

Lemuel BARKER

John F. BERRY

John BEYNOLDS

Jane BILDERBACK

Mary BILDERBACK

Jacob BOWERMAN

Jesse BOWERMAN

Jonathan BOWERMAN

Josias S. BRIGGS

Aquila BROWN

Hugh BROWN

Alexander CAMPBELL, JR

Anderson CANDLE

William CODDLE

Harrison COLBERT

Samuel CRAWFORD

Silas CRISLER

Joshua DAVIS

James FISHER

John FORESEE

Solomon FORESEE

Elizabeth FOWLER

George FRANKLIN

Robert GANT

Charles C. GLOVER

Richard GREEN

George HARMAN

Joseph HARMAN

Susan HARMAN

James HERD

Isabel HILTON

James HUGGINS

John HUGGINS

Rachel HUGHES

Samuel HUGHES

William IRICK

Joseph JAY

Jane JONES

Antoine LABRIER

John LACEY

Calvin LAWRENCE

Isaac LEARD

Abijah LEAVITT

Sarah LEE

Enoch LIVELY

Joseph LIVELY

Shadrach LIVELY, SR

David LOONEY

James McDONOUGH

Stace McDONOUGH

James McFARLAND

James McMILLAN

John MAHON

Pierre MENARD

James MILLIGAN

Antoine MONTROY

John MURDOCK

James MURPHY

John MURPHY, sen

John MURPHY, JR

D. OLLIVER

Jonathan PETIT

John PILLARS

Richard PILLARS

Abigail PITCHFORD

William PORTER

Julia RICOR

Thomas ROBERTS

Joseph ROBERTSON

Richard ROBINSON

Richard ROBINSON, JR

Shadrach ROBINSON

William ROBINSON

Justus ROCKWELL

Denard SHORT

Eli SHORT

Isaac SLATER

Archibald SNODGRASS

Charles STRATTON

Daniel TAGGART

John TAGGART

John TAYLOR

W. H. THRELKEL

William TURNER

Matthew VANN

John YOUNG


Township of Mary

Cornelius ADKINS

Joseph ARCHAMBEAU

Bryant AXOM

Adonijah BALL

Mary BAPART

Alexander BARBER

Antoine P. BIENVENUE

Charles BILDERBACK

James BILDERBACK

William BILDERBACK

Alexis BUATT

Nicholas BUATT

James CLENDENEN

John CLENDENEN

Andrew P. COCHRAN

John COCHRAN, sen.

William COCHRAN

Nathan CONANT

Curtis CONN

Benjamin CRAIN

Joel CRANE

John CRANE

Joseph CURRY

John DAVIS

Robert DAVIS

Jehu ERTES

Reuben ERTES

William FOWLER

Leonard GARTER

Jean B. GENDRON

James GILLESPIE

Richard GIVIN

John GRIFFIN

Robert GRIFFIN

John HARMAN

Martha HERD

John HINDMAN

David HOAR

William HODGE

Malakiah HOLLEMAN

Duran HOUSEMAN

William JAY

James JOHNSON

Sarah JOHNSON

Susannah LANE

Wiley LANE

William J. LANE

Shadrach LIVELY, JR

Harvey McNEELY

Samuel MANSEO

William MANSEO

William C. MARLIN

George MASTERS

Baptiste MONTREAL

Francois MONTROY

William PAINE

David PETIT

Demanda PETIT

Henry PETIT

Benjamin PORTER

Genevieve RAVEL

Pierre REAUME

Daniel SANDBON

Asaph SMITH

William SMITH

J. D. STARNES

John STARNES, sen.

Archibald STEELE

George STEELE

James STEELE

John STEELE, SR

John STEELE, JR

Thomas F. STEELE

Stephen B. TILDEN

Reuben TINDELL

Robert TINDELL

John VINEYARD

Isaiah VINEYARD

The report does not contain any further items of interest, except an enumeration of what it calls “manufactories” of Randolph County to wit: eight distilleries, nine horsemills, three inclined wheel grist mills, one water grist mill, and one “ditto” saw mill, three cotton gins, one carding machine, two house carpenters carrying on business, three shoe manufactories, two hat, ditto, five blacksmith shops, one “bake ditto, two tailor ditto, one saddle manufactory and one spinning wheel ditto.