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Bartholomew County, Indiana History & Genealogy - 1875 Map

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.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL 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.
Select from the TOWNSHIPs Table below to view information and links specific to the township.
Please note:  Though the information on this web page is believed to be correct, the possibility of error remains.  Please notify the webmaster should an error be found.
 

 

Surrounding Counties:  [Return to Main Menu ]

    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 location of the actual feature.  This database may not be complete, 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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CEMETERIES
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   140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

  • USGenWeb 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.

 

COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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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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HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
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·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o        Online Databases

o        Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

o        Indiana Biography Index

o        Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

o        Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county

o        Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley

o        Indiana Public Libraries

o        Map of Indiana Libraries.

o        WWII Servicemen Database

o        Indiana Plat Books

o        Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

     Take an Architectural Tour of Columbus via a web map.

     524 Third Street - Columbus, IN 47201    Phone: (812) 372-3541.

 

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o        Online Databases

o        Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

o        Indiana Biography Index

o        Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

o        Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000

o        Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county

o        Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley

o        Indiana Public Libraries

o        Map of Indiana Libraries.

o        WWII Servicemen Database

o        Indiana Plat Books

o        Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

     524 Third Street - Columbus, IN 47201    Phone: (812) 372-3541.

     536 5th Street - Columbus, IN 47201-6225     Phone: (812) 379-1266

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COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records
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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.

     Take an Architectural Tour of Columbus via a web map.
     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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Professional  Research
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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