Welcome to Knox County Illinois Genealogy and History part of the Genealogy Trails Family VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED TO FREE GENEALOGY Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This Genealogy Trails legacy site has been retired and is not available for adoption.   We do have many other county sites available for adoption, so...... If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic webpage-making skills, consider joining us! Get the details on our Volunteer Page. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for you. All data we come across is added to this site, so please keep checking back! County Information Organized in 1825 from Fulton County Seat: Galesburg Knox County was organized January 13, 1825. It was named for Henry Knox, a soldier of the American Revolution who commanded the storming party at Stony Point, was later a Major General and Washington’s Secretary of War Cities and Towns * Abingdon * Altona * East Galesburg * Galesburg * Henderson * Knoxville * London Mills (mostly in Fulton County) * Maquon * Oneida * Rio * St. Augustine * Victoria * Wataga * Williamsfield * Yates City Unincorporated Communities * Appleton * Columbia Heights * Dahinda * Delong * Douglas * Gilson * Henderson Grove * Hermon * Oak Run * Ontario * Rapatee Online Data   Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bible Records History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data News Gleanings Obituaries and Death Notices School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: March 2024:  obits for HOUSE, KITCH, SCHISLER, LARSON, LINGER, LOMAX, LEARNED, HOUSE, PEACOCK, PERRY, LUNDSTROM, MACK, MCCULLOUGH, MORRIS, PIPPINS, ROBINSON, ROUDEBUSH, YODER, WILSON Jan 2024:  obit for FRETUEG, STEGALL, BROWN, AYERS, BUTLER,KUNTZ, MUSTAIN, GRUBER, BABCOCK, DOWELL, RICHEY, GARRISON, DERRY, DAVIS, DANNER, BOWLING, DONALDSON, WOLFORD, WILCOXEN, CUMMINGHAM, CONDREAY, CORMAN Birth News for ROBESON, PETERSON, DELPHY Marriage News for MCCOY-JONES, RAFFERTY-CRONABLE, WYCOFF-BLOUGH Crime News for DELPHY Biographies: REED, VANDOREN, CAMPBELL Sicklist News for BRIGGS Gossip News for PHILLIPS PREVIOUS UPDATES   SEARCH OUR SITES Join our Genealogy Trails Midwest Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. EMAIL US Knox County Courthouse 200 S. Cherry Street Galesburg, IL 61401 IRAD Depository University Library Western Illinois University 1 University Circle Macomb, IL 61455   Adjacent Counties * Henry County - north * Stark County - east * Peoria County - southeast * Fulton County - south * Warren County - west * Mercer County - northwest ILLINOIS STATE PAGE VISIT THE NATIONAL SITE OF GENEALOGY TRAILS   Copyright ©Genealogy Trails 2025 All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.