Southern Illinois resources from Illinois Harvest

Southern Illinois county histories recently digitized at Illinois Harvest:

Page, O. J. History of Massac County, Illinois. Metropolis: s.n., 1900? 383 pages, including 33 pages of "Pope County historical reminiscences" by J. E. Y. Hanna.

The Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., 1893. 619 pages.

Historical Souvenir of Williamson County, Illinois. Effingham: LeCrone Press, 1905. 200+ pages.

Leonard, Lulu. History of Union County. Anna: s.n., 1941? 124 pages.

Allen, John Willis. Pope County Notes. Carbondale: Museum of Natural and Social Sciences, Southern Illinois University, 1949. 95 pages.

Where there's a will there's a story

Brenda Joyce Jerome, CG, at Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog posts the 1874 will of Blount Hodge, which is (literally) a story in itself and, Jerome is pretty sure, "the most interesting one to be found in Livingston County." I've certainly never seen one like it. Hodge comments extensively on his son's character and plotting against him. He had property across the Ohio River in Pope County, Illinois, as well as in Kentucky. Read the whole thing and check out the links.