| CHAPTER | Page | CHAPTER | Page | |
| Opening by Rev. R. D. Miller | 189 | Old Salem | 310 | |
| Agriculture | 192 | Tallula Precinct | 316 | |
| Early Settlements | 196 | Settlement of Precinct | 317 | |
| Aboriginal Inhabitants | 211 | Early Privations | 320 | |
| Early Manners and Customs | 213 | Educational & Religious | 322 | |
| Mills and Milling | 215 | Village of Tallula | 325 | |
| Clothing | 216 | Athens Precinct | 328 | |
| The Early Churches | 220 | Early Settlements | 328 | |
| Regular Baptists | 221 | Kate Yates Greene -- picture | 331 | |
| Anti-Calvinists Baptists | 222 | Early Trials & Difficulties | 336 | |
| John E. Tice -- picture | 223 | Churches of the Precinct | 338 | |
| The M. E. Church | 225 | Athens Village | 340 | |
| The Disciples | 228 | Churches, Schools, Etc. | 342 | |
| The Cumberland Presbyterians | 230 | Village Incorporated | 343 | |
| The Presbyterian Church | 233 | Fancy Prairie | 344 | |
| The Episcopal Church | 243 | Greenview Precinct | 344 | |
| Lutheran Church (German) | 243 | The Early Settlement | 345 | |
| Catholic Church | 243 | The History of the Past | 347 | |
| Deaths and Cemeteries | 244 | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc. | 351 | |
| Railroads | 246 | Village of Greenview | 352 | |
| Navigation of the Sangamon | 249 | Sugar Grove Precinct | 356 | |
| Education | 250 | The Settlement | 357 | |
| War Record | 254 | Village of Sweetwater | 364 | |
| War of the Rebellion | 257 | Indian Creek Precinct | 366 | |
| W. G. Greene -- picture | 259 | J. Q. Spears -- picture | 367 | |
| Soldiers of the War of 1812 | 275 | Settlements of Indian Creek | 369 | |
| Harris Guard | 279 | Educational and Religious | 372 | |
| County Officials Listed | 280 | The Village of New Market | 374 | |
| Petersburg Precinct | 282 | Sandridge Precinct | 375 | |
| Early Settlement | 283 | Early Settlements | 376 | |
| The Pioneer Days | 291 | Early Milling, Blacksmithing, Etc. | 379 | |
| The City of Petersburg | 292 | Village of Oakford | 381 | |
| Mrs. W. G. Greene -- picture | 295 | Rock Creek Precinct | 383 | |
| Petersburg as the County Seat | 297 | Its Early Settlement | 384 | |
| Schools - Past and Present | 299 | Churches, Schools, Shops, Etc. | 389 | |
| Church History | 300 | Last Page of Menard History | 390 | |
| The City Press | 308 | County Business Directory | 863 | |
| Miscellaneous Items | 309 | Index |