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Johnson County ILGenWeb is a free genealogical site about the history of the county. It is a member of ILGenWeb, which is a member of USGenWeb®. We hope you find helpful clues for your research of Johnson County ancestors.
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County Coordinator: Norma Hass normahass01@gmail.com
Johnson County was created 14 Sep 1812 by proclamation: "I do lay
off a county or district to be called Johnson county, to be bounded
as follows viz.: To begin at the mouth of Lusk's Creek on the Ohio;
thence with the line of Gallatin county to Big Muddy; thence down
Big Muddy and the Mississippi to mouth of the Ohio, and up the Ohio
to the beginning. And I do appoint the house of John Bradshaw to be
the seat of Justice of Johnson county."
