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The county seat was the old Illinois Country French village of Kaskaskia. [2] John Todd was appointed by Governor Patrick Henry to head the county's government. [3] The county was abolished in January 1782, and Virginia ceded the land to the new United States Confederation government in 1784.
What is now Illinois was claimed as part of Illinois County, Virginia, between 1778 and 1782. Modern-day county formation dates to 1790 when the area was part of the Northwest Territory; two counties—St. Clair and Knox—were created at that time.
Virginia militia under George Rogers Clark captured Illinois in the Illinois Campaign of 1778. The territory was organized as Illinois County, Virginia and placed under a military government, which was intended to be temporary. This government came to an end in 1784, when Virginia ceded the Illinois Country to the United States government.
(The Center Square) – A former county board candidate plans to file an official complaint with the Illinois State Board of Elections alleging McLean County officials violate the Campaign ...
(The Center Square) – Former Illinois Attorney General candidate Thomas Devore is accusing the Bond County Board of violating state law after the board approved a new budget for fiscal year 2025.
Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 United States census , the population was 13,042. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Virginia . [ 2 ]
The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two schools in 2020, making the mostly white, Republican district ...
Virginia is a city and the county seat in Cass County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,514 at the 2020 census. The population was 1,514 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ]