After 1861 most of the remaining records in the Illinois Land Records
file are from the Illinois Central Railroad land grant. The few claims
filed under the 1863 Homestead Act are not included in these Records.
The Springfield
office remained open until 1876. The latest records in the file
tend to be in the
ICRR grant toward the southern end. Some records from Alexander County
are from 1910.
1861+