Stanley Berget Vandament, better known as Pete , was born January 22, 1888, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to Burgett and Belle Vandament ....

The Clerks of the Court in Lawrence County Illinois from 1818-1879 were:  V J Bradley, James M McLean, E Z Ryan, Frederick A Thomas,...

Women may have gotten the vote in 1920, but they didn't become jurors in Lawrence County until 1939. The first time women's names were...

Springfield August 10 1878  “News has reached this city that Hon. O V Smith of Lawrence County, State senator from the forty- fifth...

The Western Sun, on September 25, 1885, published an article about Tom A. Hall of Lawrenceville, who was charged with robbing the county...

Elbert Bailey (1920-1990) was employed for 23 years with Girton Brothers Trucking in Lawrenceville. He also served four years as Lawrence...

Political activity in the state proceeded at a slower pace in 1906 with candidates starting their weary rounds much earlier in the...

Lawrence County News Thursday July 1, 1948 Paul Frederick Lewis, 59, Lawrenceville postmaster, was found dead in the bathroom of the...

Sumner Press November 5, 1891 The Andrew Lackey Trial The suit of William Simms, administrator of the estate of Andrew Lackey, against...

One of our researchers found that news of Lawrence County was often printed in the Robinson Constitution newspaper. Here is what he...