BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
When Indiana was admitted to statehood, in
1816, the area which was to become Bartholomew
County was in the possession of the Delaware
Indians who had relocated to this area, from eastern Ohio, late in the 18th
century. Other tribes were located within this region, including the Shawnee
, whose prominent members included Tecumseh and the Prophet "Tenskwatawa". The Indians retained title
until 1818.
*Bartholomew County
was first created, from ceded Indian lands of the Delaware
New Purchase (Delaware County) and Jackson County, by the act of general assembly passed and
approved on 9 January 1821. Originally, Bartholomew
County included a portion of
present-day Brown County,
which was not established until 1836.
The new county was named in honor of General Joseph
Bartholomew, of Clark County,
who was prominent in both the military and civil history of Indiana.
* County seat: Columbus.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Azalia,
Bethel
Village, Burnsville, Clifford,
Columbus,
Corn
Brook, Elizabethtown, Flat Rock Park,
Garden
City, Grammer,
Grandview
Lake, Hartsville, Hope,
Jewell
Village, Jonesville, Kansas (historical),
Lowell,
Moore's
Vineyard (historical P. O.), Moriah
(historical), Mount Healthy, Newbern,
North
Columbus, North Gate, North Ogilville, Northcliff,
Nortonburg, Ogilville,
Old
Saint Louis, Parkside, Petersville,
Pleasant
View Village, Rosstown,
Rugby,
Saint
Louis Crossing, South Bethany, Stony Lonesome,
Taylorsville,
Walesboro, Waynesville and Waymansville
.
For Edinburgh, see JOHNSON COUNTY.
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Bartholomew County information and links .
Select from the TOWN list above to learn which township the community is
located in, and view information and links specific to that area.
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Surrounding Counties:
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NNW = JohnsonCounty,
IN N = ShelbyCounty, IN
W = BrownCounty,
IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY E = DecaturCounty, IN
S = JacksonCounty,
IN SE = JenningsCounty, IN
BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1821; County seat is Columbus.
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MAPS
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- 1875
Map of Bartholomew County, Indiana , from Higgins Belden & Co.
( see citation )
- Interactive Census Bureau Map
of Bartholomew County
- USGS:
Map locations of County features including cemeteries, churches, populated
places, and more. Please note that the map town listed with a
feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the
town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the
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and, as with any database, there may be errors.
NATIVE AMERICAN: THE PEOPLE
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MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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- Bartholomew County Historical Society
- The McEwen-Samuels-Marr Home is the headquarters for the Bartholomew
County Historical Society. The museum continues the
responsibility to collect, preserve and exhibit the county's
history.
524
Third Street
- Columbus, IN 47201
Phone: (812) 372-3541.
CHURCHES
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Bartholomew County
- USGS:
Map locations of County features including cemeteries, churches, populated
places, and more. Please note that the map town listed with a
feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the
town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the
location of the actual feature. This database may not be complete,
and, as with any database, there may be errors.
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NATURE
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Indiana
Forecasts, Warnings, Statements, Indiana Climatology, etc .
NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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- The Republic Online News for Bartholomew County.
- Listings of Newspapers
and Magazines available at the Bartholomew County Library ,
including: Columbus Daily Herald (ca. January 1, 1882 to April 22, 1942);
Columbus Herald (April 22, 1942 to June 2, 1948 and July 1, 1966 to June
1, 1994); Columbus Herald Weekly (July 1, 1948 to March 31, 1949 and July
1, 1949 to June 30, 1966); Columbus Ledger (1925 - 1942); Columbus
Republican (April 4, 1872 to March 28, 1918); and Daily Evening Republican
(November 12, 1877 to February 9, 1883).
BIOGRAPHIES
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536 5th Street - Columbus, IN
47201-6225
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Bartholomew County Courthouse
Offices and Archives
234 Washington Street - Columbus, IN 47201-6750, Phone: (812) 379-1503
- Bartholomew County Clerk
- Court House
- 234 Washington Street - P. O. Box 924 - Columbus, IN 47201, Phone: (812) 379-1600
- Bartholomew County Health Dept.
(For Birth & Death Records from ca. 1882)
- 440 Third Street - Columbus, IN
47201, Phone: (812) 379-1555
- Bartholomew County Recorder
(For Land Records)
- 440 3rd Street, Suite 203 - Columbus,
IN 47201-6798,
Phone: (812) 379-1520
- County Recorder
(For Land Records, such as Deeds and Land Transfers)
Bartholomew County Communities
Clay Township is located in central
Bartholomew county.
Clay Township
communities include: Jewell
Village (a subdivision)
and Petersville.
Clifty Township is
located in northern Bartholomew county, with Decatur County
at its eastern boundary.
Clifty
Township
communities include: Newbern.
Columbus
Township is
located in central Bartholomew county.
ColumbusTownship communities include: The City of Columbus, Corn Brook, Flat Rock Park, Garden
City, Lowell, Parkside and North Columbus.
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Local
Government information and links.
Bartholomew County Courthouse
Offices and Archives
- 234 Washington Street
- Columbus, IN 47201-6750
- Phone: (812) 379-1503
- Bartholomew County Recorder
(For Land Records)
- 440 3rd Street, Suite 203
Columbus, IN 47201-6798
Phone: (812) 379-1520
- County Recorder
(For Land Records, such as Deeds and Land Transfers)
Flat Rock Township is located in northern
Bartholomew county, with Shelby County
at its northern boundary.
Flat Rock Township
communities include: Clifford, Northcliff, Nortonburg and St. Louis Crossing.
German
Township is located
in northern Bartholomew county, with Shelby County
at its northern boundary.
German Township
communities include: Pleasant View Village and Taylorsville.
Edinburgh is primarily located in Johnson County,
however, a portion extends into German
Township, Bartholomew County.
I was informed, by Cris West, that Part of German
township was once Ninevah & Union townships
before WW2.
Harrison
Township is located
in western Bartholomew county, with Brown County
at its western boundary.
Harrison Township
communities include: South Bethany. Part
of Harrison twp was taken for Camp
Atterbury.
Hawcreek
Township is located in northern
Bartholomew county, with Shelby County
at its northern boundary, and Decatur County
to the east.
Haw Creek
Township communities include:
Hartsville, Hope, Old St. Louis and Rugby.
635 Harrison Street
- Hope, IN
47246
Phone: (812) 546-5310.
Jackson
Township is located in the
southwestern corner of Bartholomew county, with Brown County to
the west and Jackson
County at its northern boundary.
Jackson Township
communities include: Mt.
Healthy and Waymansville.
Nineveh
Township is located in
northwestern Bartholomew county, with Johnson County
to the north and Brown
County at its western boundary.
Nineveh Township
communities include: Camp
Atterbury Maneuver Training
Center. The
communities of Kansas (historical) and Moriah (historical) are seen located in Nineveh Township
on the 1875 map for Bartholomew County.
Cris West
reports that the entire township of Nineveh, all of Union
Township and part of Harrison Township,
were taken in 1941 for the building of CAMP ATTERBURY.
The camp still exists and is still used by the National Guard and Army as a
training base.
Chris' father, James D. West, is the Historian & webmaster forCAMP
ATTERBURY
, FREEMAN FIELD
& BAKALAR Air
Force Base and has a wonderful and informative website atwww.indianamilitary.org !
Thank you to Cris and James D. West!
Ohio
Township is
located in western Bartholomew county, with Brown County
at its western boundary.
Ohio Township
communities include: Grandview Lake, North Ogilville
and Ogilville. An 1876 map shows a Moore's Vineyard in section 18, just northeast from the
center of Ohio Township.
Union Township
Cris West reports that the entire township of Nineveh,
all of Union Township
and part of Harrison Township, were taken in 1941 for the building of CAMP ATTERBURY.
The camp still exists and is still used by the National Guard and Army as a
training base.
Chris' father, James D. West, is the Historian & webmaster forCAMP
ATTERBURY
, FREEMAN FIELD
& BAKALAR Air
Force Base and has a wonderful and informative website at www.indianamilitary.org !
Thank you to Chris and James D. West!
Rock Creek Township is located in the
southeastern corner of Bartholomew county, with Decatur County to the east and Jennings County
at its southern boundary.
Rock Creek
Township communities include: Burnsville and Grammer.
Sandcreek
Township is located in southern
Bartholomew county, with Jackson County
at its southern boundary, and Jennings County
to the southeast.
Sand Creek
Township communities include: Azalia and Elizabethtown.
Wayne
Township is located in southern
Bartholomew county, with the East Fork of the White River as its eastern boundary, and Jackson County
at its southern boundary.
Wayne Township
communities include: Bethel
Village, Jonesville, Rosstown, Walesboro, and
Waynesville.
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Ann McRoden
Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, and with the vast
resources of The Allen County Public
Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America.
Printed resources for this page include:
- Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer.
First Edition, Second Printing. Yarmouth, Maine:
Delorme. 1998.
- School and Library Atlas
of the World. Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore, Illinois:
School and Library Publishing Company. 1982.
- New Sectional
Township Map of Indiana. Chicago, Illinois : Higgins Belden & Co., 1875.
- Map Guide to the U. S.
Federal Censuses, 1790-1920. William Thorndale and William Dollarhide. (Authors). Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987.
- Biographical Record of
Bartholomew and Jackson Counties Indiana, Including Biographies of
Governors and Other Representative Citizens of Indiana . 2 Volumes. [?] : B. F. Bowen, Publisher,
1904. (Call # Gc 977.201 B28bio v.1 and
v.2)
New Delaware
Purchase (Unorganized Delaware County) included all, or portions, of the
areas which became the Indiana counties of Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone,
Brown, Clifton, Decatur, Grant, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Huntington, Jay,
Johnson, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Tipton,
Wabash and Wayne. The Indiana counties
which were completely encompassed within the New Delaware Purchase (Delaware County)
were: Blackford, Decatur, Delaware,
Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Rush and Shelby.
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