WILLIAMSON, county, Ill. Situated in the a. part of the state, and contains 432 sq. ms. Drained by Muddy cr., which flows into Mississippi r., and by Saline cr., flowing into Ohio r. Capital, Bainbridge. There were in 1840, neat cattle 4,736, sheep 3,1988, swine 13,902; wheat 11,932 bush. produced, Ind. com 172,890, oats 29,370, potatoes 3,881, tobacco 115,419 pounds, cotton 45,423; 7 stores, cap. $17,575; 2 tanneries, 2 distilleries, 7 grist m., 2 saw m., 2 printing offices, 2 weekly newspapers. Cap. in manufac. $3,075. 10 sch. 375 scholars. Pop. 4,457. (Haskell's Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the the United States...,1843)
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, situated in the south part of Illinois. Area, 432 square miles. Seat of justice, Marion. Pop. in 1840, 4,457; in 1850, 7,216. (Fanning's, 1853)