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*[https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/databases/data_lan.html ''Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sale Database''] - An index to over 550,000 names of original land owners from sales records of the U.S. General Land Office, the Illinois Central Railroad, and Illinois officials. Search by name of purchaser or legal description. This index provides the name of the purchaser and record identification number; sale type (federal, military, Illinois Central RR, canal lands, or school lands); description of land by section, township, range, meridian and county; number of acres; and date of purchase.
*[https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/databases/data_lan.html ''Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sale Database''] - An index to over 550,000 names of original land owners from sales records of the U.S. General Land Office, the Illinois Central Railroad, and Illinois officials. Search by name of purchaser or legal description. This index provides the name of the purchaser and record identification number; sale type (federal, military, Illinois Central RR, canal lands, or school lands); description of land by section, township, range, meridian and county; number of acres; and date of purchase.


{{Block indent|1=*Volumes 661-716 from the above record group: ''Federal Land Records, Tract Books of Illinois, 1826-1873'' - {{FSC|257701|item|disp=FS Library film 899766 (first of 19 films)}}(*). |2=1}}
:*Volumes 661-716 from the above record group: ''Federal Land Records, Tract Books of Illinois, 1826-1873'' - {{FSC|257701|item|disp=FS Library film 899766 (first of 19 films)}}(*).  
{{Block indent|1=*''Public Domain Sales Land Tract Record Listing, 1814-1925 (Index)'' - {{FSC|509439|item|disp=FS Library film 6016848}}(*).|2=1}}
:*''Public Domain Sales Land Tract Record Listing, 1814-1925 (Index)'' - {{FSC|509439|item|disp=FS Library film 6016848}}(*).


=== Published Materials  ===
=== Published Materials  ===
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*Indexes to land, pension, bounty land, and other claims presented to Congress from 1789 to 1909 are found in published summaries or digests (tables) at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] and federal repository libraries (at major university libraries).
*Indexes to land, pension, bounty land, and other claims presented to Congress from 1789 to 1909 are found in published summaries or digests (tables) at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] and federal repository libraries (at major university libraries).


{{Block indent|1=*United States Congress. House. ''Digested Summary and Alphabetical List of Private Claims Which Have Been Presented to the House of Representatives''. 1873; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1970. Alphabetical digests for 1789–1871. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/140368 Many libraries (WorldCat)]; {{FSC|92572|item|disp=FS Library films 899874–899877}}|2=1}}
:*United States Congress. House. ''Digested Summary and Alphabetical List of Private Claims Which Have Been Presented to the House of Representatives''. 1873; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1970. Alphabetical digests for 1789–1871. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/140368 Many libraries (WorldCat)]; {{FSC|92572|item|disp=FS Library films 899874–899877}}


*''Shawneetown Land District Records 1814–1820. N.p., 1978''. This was transcribed and indexed by Lowell M. Volkel. Shawneetown land district covered the present counties of Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline, White, Williamson, and parts of nearby counties. Available at [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AShawneetown+Land+District+Records+au%3Avolkel&fq=x0%3Abook&qt=advanced&dblist=638 many libraries (WorldCat)]; {{FSC|43646|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.3 R2s}}.  
*''Shawneetown Land District Records 1814–1820. N.p., 1978''. This was transcribed and indexed by Lowell M. Volkel. Shawneetown land district covered the present counties of Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline, White, Williamson, and parts of nearby counties. Available at [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AShawneetown+Land+District+Records+au%3Avolkel&fq=x0%3Abook&qt=advanced&dblist=638 many libraries (WorldCat)]; {{FSC|43646|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.3 R2s}}.  
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*United States Congress. ''American State Papers, Class 8: Public Lands; Class 9: Claims''. Nine Volumes. 1832-1861. Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/592133596 Many libraries (WorldCat)]; {{FSC|309454|item|disp=1832-1861 edition, FS Library film 899878 (first of 16 films); book 973 R2ag 1994}}<br>A combined index to the 1832-1861 edition is:
*United States Congress. ''American State Papers, Class 8: Public Lands; Class 9: Claims''. Nine Volumes. 1832-1861. Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/592133596 Many libraries (WorldCat)]; {{FSC|309454|item|disp=1832-1861 edition, FS Library film 899878 (first of 16 films); book 973 R2ag 1994}}<br>A combined index to the 1832-1861 edition is:


{{Block indent|1=*McMullin, Phillip W., editor. ''Grassroots of America''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corporation, 1972. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/369896 Many libraries (WorldCat)]; {{FSC|286182|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6051323}}; {{FSC|690189|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 R2ag index}}|2=1}}
:*McMullin, Phillip W., editor. ''Grassroots of America''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corporation, 1972. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/369896 Many libraries (WorldCat)]; {{FSC|286182|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6051323}}; {{FSC|690189|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 R2ag index}}


'''The Territorial Papers of the United States'''  
'''The Territorial Papers of the United States'''  
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*United States. Department of State. ''[[The Territorial Papers of the United States]]''. 26 volumes. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0721. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1934–1962.
*United States. Department of State. ''[[The Territorial Papers of the United States]]''. 26 volumes. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0721. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1934–1962.


{{Block indent|- Volumes 2 and 3 pertain to The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1787–1803, which included present-day Illinois. |2}}
::- Volumes 2 and 3 pertain to The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1787–1803, which included present-day Illinois.  
{{Block indent|- Volume 7 contains The Territory of Indiana, 1800–1810 |2}}
::- Volume 7 contains The Territory of Indiana, 1800–1810  
{{Block indent|- Volumes 16 and 17 contain The Territory of Illinois, 1809–1818.|2}}
::- Volumes 16 and 17 contain The Territory of Illinois, 1809–1818.


Each volume has an every-name index and contains thousands of names of residents in the area that is now Illinois. The volumes contain lists of residents, taxpayers, and petitioners, and information about persons associated with forts, land offices, Indian interpreters, express riders, and post offices. The original records are in the National Archives, M0721. The FamilySearch Library holds copies of the series v. 1-28, {{FSC|42234|item|disp=FS Library film 1421059 (first of 15 films); book 973 N2udt}}  
Each volume has an every-name index and contains thousands of names of residents in the area that is now Illinois. The volumes contain lists of residents, taxpayers, and petitioners, and information about persons associated with forts, land offices, Indian interpreters, express riders, and post offices. The original records are in the National Archives, M0721. The FamilySearch Library holds copies of the series v. 1-28, {{FSC|42234|item|disp=FS Library film 1421059 (first of 15 films); book 973 N2udt}}  
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