Hello and Warm
Welcomes
I am Rhonda (Pressey) Miller. I am very excited to be your new
host. Pike County, Illinois, holds a special place in my heart,
because I was born and raised here. So I'm very dedicated to providing visitors with easy access and as much free
genealogy and history,
as possible from this site. In order to accomplish this task I welcome you to contribute as much or as little as you wish to help me accomplish
this goal.
Your host - Rhonda (Pressey) Miller 1963 - Submitted by Dale Summers
Check out Milton, Class Pictures, in the School Section, thanks Dale
Contributions will always be welcome, such
as:
Bio's, Birth Records, Census, Churches, Death Records, Family Histories, Marriage Records, Military Records,
Obit's, Old Letters, Photo's - Family Known/Unknown, Tombstones; Newspaper Clippings, and other genealogy and historical materials.
Your questions and comments are always welcome.
Pike County was created January 31, 1821. It was formed from Madison County.
The present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Madison County (1812-1821) and St. Clair County (1795-1812).
Pike County was named for Zebulon Pike, an early explorer of the Louisiana purchase.
Pike's Peak was also named in his honor. He was a General of the War of 1812 and was killed at York, Canada.
The County Seat is Pittsfield. Prior County Seats was Coles' Grove, now Gilead in
Calhoun County (1821 - 1824), Atlas (1824 - 1833)
and Pittsfield (1833 - Present).
Other Pike County history ties are to Abraham Lincoln,
the New Philadelphia site (the first town in the United States to be settled by an African American),
and an early Mormon settlement.
Volunteers Needed & Welcomed - Volunteers are considered to be those who contribute information to this site, as well as those who can offer their time to look up information and/or transcribe information.
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