| Welcome! I'm Connie Bates, and I hope that you find your visit to this Henderson county genealogy web page helpful - there is already a lot of data here, with more on the way. If you have information you would like to share with other researchers, please email me. If this website provides you with useful information, please consider making a tax-deductible donation, in any size, to USGenNet, the nonprofit web-hosting service that provides FREE web space, mailing lists and other services to nonprofit historical and genealogical organizations, including this one. Henderson County was established January 20, 1841 from Warren County. It was named after Henderson County, Kentucky, through the influence of emigrants from that Kentucky county. [Illinois county formation maps have been posted on the Cumberland, ILGenWeb site.] Henderson county is located on the western edge of Illinois along the Mississippi river. The county seat is Oquawka. Information regarding the Henderson County Illinois Family History and Genealogy Society, which was begun in 2003, is available from the county library site. Good luck in your research!
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