Affiliate disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you use them, at no extra cost to you. Our editorial recommendations are independent of these relationships.
Affiliate disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you use them, at no extra cost to you. Our editorial recommendations are independent of these relationships.
What do you need to do?
Tell us your goal and we'll guide you step-by-step to the right office, forms, and official resources.
Office: Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office – 216 W. Lafayette Street, Rushville, IL 62681 | (217) 322-4366; Sheriff Bill Redshaw, Chief Deputy Jeffrey J. Boyd, Executive Assistant Traci Allen. 3 officers serving roughly 7,189 residents, with search and rescue capability. Jail capacity 34 beds.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911. The Sheriff’s Office is transitioning primarily to a mobile app for community alerts and updates. Schuyler County’s law enforcement history includes a genuine tragedy: on April 28, 1922, Sheriff Edward Lashbrook and two deputies, Frant Utter and Carl Neff, were killed at the Frederick depot by a mob of railroad maintenance workers; the mob was later stopped on a railroad bridge by the Beardstown Chief of Police and a posse, and 28 men were captured. This history is noted here factually and with care.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: SR-24/67 serve Rushville, the county seat, in west central Illinois.
Notes: Schuyler County was organized in January 1825 from parts of Pike, Fulton, and Brown Counties, named for Philip Schuyler, a soldier of the French and Indian War, Major General in the American Revolution, member of the Continental Congress, and later a U.S. Senator from New York. Calvin Hobart and his family were the region’s first Euro-American settlers, arriving in 1823. The county seat was initially at Beardstown (now in Cass County) before moving to Rushville in 1826.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Schuyler County Courthouse – Rushville, IL (completed 1882, the third courthouse in county history). The town was first named “Rushton” in honor of Founding Father and physician Benjamin Rush, changed to “Rushville” later the same year (1826). The first log courthouse, a modest 14-by-16-foot structure, was replaced by a brick building in 1830, which served for over half a century before being replaced by the current 1882 building.
Notes: Confirm current contact for county departments via schuylercounty.org.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Schuyler County Veterans Assistance – confirm current contact via schuylercounty.org.
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Rushville Public Library (Rushville) – confirm current address/phone via the county library system.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The Schuyler County Courthouse and downtown Rushville’s historic square are the county’s premier heritage attractions.
Notes: The genuine, tragic history of the 1922 killing of Sheriff Edward Lashbrook and two deputies is among the significant local historical facts covered in this project, presented factually and with appropriate care.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Schuyler County Assessor’s Office – confirm current contact via schuylercounty.org.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Confirm current dedicated shelter contact via schuylercounty.org; Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office for animal control arrangements.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Schuyler County Environmental Health – confirm current contact via schuylercounty.org.
NOTES: Schuyler County is the seventy-fifth county completed in Illinois’s Round 3 v2 redo, under the A+ sourced standard established for this project. The genuine, tragic 1922 killing of Sheriff Edward Lashbrook and two deputies is among the significant local historical facts covered in this project, presented with appropriate care. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Schuyler County County
Schuyler County is west-central Illinois’s Illinois River edge and agricultural prairie county – the river bottomland that borders the county and the rolling corn and soybean farming landscape define a small community where Rushville serves the surrounding agricultural population in the quiet western Illinois interior.
Rushville (the county seat, population ~3,000) is Schuyler County’s governmental hub on US 24, a small west-central Illinois agricultural community whose courthouse, grain elevators, and agricultural service businesses anchor its identity as a traditional Illinois market town.
All Services
Browse every category and topic available for this county.
Schuyler County Supervisor of Assessments at 102 S. Congress Street, Rushville, IL 62681, phone 217-322-3494. IL assessed at 33.33% of market value.
Courts & Legal
Schuyler County Circuit Court at 102 S. Congress Street, Rushville, IL 62681, phone 217-322-4633, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK (Records, Vital Records, Elections)
102 S. Congress St., Rushville, IL 62681
(217) 322-4734
CIRCUIT CLERK (Court Records, Marriage Licenses)
102 S. Congress St., Rushville, IL 62681
(217) 322-6044
ELECTIONS (County Clerk)
102 S. Congress St., Rushville, IL 62681
(217) 322-4734
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Schuyler County Circuit Clerk (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Schuyler County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Schuyler County Circuit Clerk (Eighth Judicial Circuit) 102 South Congress Street, Suite 103, Rushville, IL 62681 (217) 322-4633
Schuyler County is a small, rural county in west-central Illinois. The Eighth Judicial Circuit also includes Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Mason, Menard, and Pike Counties.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Illinois has NOT adopted the Uniform Probate Code and is not a community property state – it follows common law property principles. Illinois probate is governed by the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/). Two main paths:
Small Estate Affidavit – for estates where personal property (excluding real estate) is valued at $150,000 or less (raised from $100,000 effective August 15, 2025), with no unresolved debts or claims and no real estate involved. No formal court probate is required.
Formal Probate (Independent or Supervised Administration) – required when the estate doesn’t qualify for the small estate affidavit. Most Illinois probate cases proceed under Independent Administration, letting the estate representative act without prior court approval for most routine actions.
Step 2: filing for formal probate
File the decedent’s original will (if one exists) with the Schuyler County Circuit Clerk, where the decedent resided at death.
Petition the court to open the estate and appoint an executor (if there’s a will) or an administrator (if intestate).
The court issues Letters of Office (Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration) appointing the representative.
Publish notice to creditors and unknown heirs as required by Illinois law.
Under Independent Administration, the representative marshals assets, pays valid debts and taxes, and distributes the remaining estate without needing court approval for each step.
File a final accounting or closing documents to formally close the estate.
What it costs
Illinois imposes its own state estate tax on estates valued above $4 million, with rates up to 16%. There is no Illinois inheritance tax.
Filing fees vary by county – confirm current amounts with the Schuyler County Circuit Clerk.
Most uncontested probate proceedings in Illinois can be completed within about a year.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
102 S. Congress St., Rushville, IL 62681
(217) 322-3838
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK (Records, Vital Records, Elections)
102 S. Congress St., Rushville, IL 62681
(217) 322-4734
ELECTIONS (County Clerk)
102 S. Congress St., Rushville, IL 62681
(217) 322-4734
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Schuyler County Health Dept
(217) 322-4734
IL DCFS — Macomb
(309) 833-4235
IL Medicaid
(800) 843-6154
Blessing Hospital (Quincy)
blessinghospital.com
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Schuyler County Health Department – confirm current contact via schuylercounty.org.
Editorial independence: CountyOffices maintains strict editorial independence from our affiliate partners. Our content is researched from official government sources. Affiliate relationships do not influence our recommendations or the information we publish.
Editorial Trust
5 official sources cited
Reviewed by CountyOffices Editorial Team
Last verified June 2026
County Facts
County Seat: Rushville
Population: 6,800
Area: 437 sq mi
Established: 1825
Public Records
TruthFinder
Search public records for Schuyler County County residents.
