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CRAWFORD
COUNTY, Indiana
History
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*FIRST CREATED, in 1818, from
Harrison County (which had itself been formed, in 1808, from Knox and
Clark counties), additionally portions of Perry and Orange counties
have become part of Crawford County.
*COUNTY
SEAT: English.
Though the first county seat in
Crawford County, Indiana was located at Mount Sterling in 1818, it
was soon removed to Fredonia, with Fredonia serving as the county
seat of Crawford County, from the spring term which began 18 March
1822, until the county seat was relocated to Leavenworth in 1843.
In 1896, the county seat was relocated to English.
*NAMED
FOR: Though some report that Crawford County was named
for William Harris Crawford, others claim it was named for Colonel
William Crawford. The Indiana town of Crawfordsville, in
Montgomery County, was said to have been named for the latter.
William Harris Crawford (born 24 Feb
1772, in Virginia; died 15 Sep 1834, in Georgia) was a U.S. Senator
(1807-1813); Secretary of War (1815-1816); Secretary of Treasury
(1816-1825); and a presidential candidate in 1824.
Colonel William Crawford (born 1732, in Virginia; died 1782 in Ohio)
was an American Revolutionary War figure, said to have been a friend
of George Washington. He was captured and killed, in 1782, by
Indians reportedly taking vengeance for an earlier attack by the
Americans against the peaceful Delaware Indians at the Gnaddenhutten
mission.
Located in southern Indiana, with the Ohio River as it's
southern border.
*Cities, Towns & Communities
include: Alton, Artist
Point, Beechwood, Brownstown,
Cape Sandy, Carefree,
Curby, Deuchers,
Dry Run, Eckerty,
English, Fredonia,
Grantsburg, Hogtown,
Jericho, Leavenworth,
Magnolia, Marengo,
Mifflin, Milltown,
Pilot Knob, Riceville,
Sulphur, Sulphur
Springs, Taswell, Temple,
Tower, W. Fork,
Wickliffe and Wyandotte.
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Table:
Please note: Though the information on this
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should an error be found.
Townships in Crawford County
(North = Top)
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Surrounding Counties:
N = Orange
County, IN NE = Washington
County, IN
NW = Dubois
County, IN CRAWFORD COUNTY
E = Harrison
County, IN
SW = Perry
County, IN
S = The Ohio River
1875 Map of Crawford County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. ( see citation )
1895 Map of Crawford County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
USGS: Use the query form to map 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.
U.S. Census Bureau: Crawford County, Indiana Statistics and Profile
Native American: Delaware History, Shawnee History, online by Lee Sultzman
Crawford County, Indiana History & Pioneer Families, by Ronald Branson
The Shaw Family of Crawford County, Indiana, by Bruce F. Pawlak
Explore Southern Indiana - Tourism
IN.gov for Crawford County, Indiana information
Marengo Cave: a U.S. National Landmark P.O. Box 217 - Marengo, IN 47140 Phone: (812) 365-2705.
GORP: Mucking Through Marengo Cave, by Pamela Emanoil
Patoka Lake - portions of Patoka Lake are in Dubois, Crawford and Orange Counties.
Early Crawford County, Indiana Deaths: 1870 Census Mortality Schedule for Crawford County, Indiana, online by Ann Mensch.
Crawford County, Indiana Cemeteries - see also the cemeteries within each township.
INGenWeb for Crawford County, by Dee Pavey
Crawford County Genealogy, by Martha - no longer updated, this archived site includes marriage index (partial) and cemeteries (partial).
Read more about William Harris Crawford (born 24 Feb 1772; died 15 Sep 1834), from the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, and see a Portrait of William Harris Crawford, online at the High Museum of Art site, or view William H. Crawford's Biography and Portrait, from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
Read more about Colonel William Crawford (born 1732; died 1782), and see a picture of Col. Crawford, from the Ohio Historical Society site, and read more about the massacre of Christian Indians which led to his death, on the Sandusky, Ohio Chamber of Commerce site.
Ohio River Boats History [for neighboring Harrison County, Indiana]- written by: Helen Ballard Crayden
The American Civil War: 70th Regt. Indiana Volunteers, by John H. Ross.
Biography of Absalom Ross, 1839-1900, by John H. Ross - Absolom ROSS was born on 19 Aug 1839, near Big Springs (now Marengo) in Liberty Township, Crawford County, Indiana; relocated to Ray Township, Morgan County, Indiana.
Crawford County Indiana Cemetery and Grave Index, by Volunteers at the Crawford County Library, includes grave index for the Marengo (Big Springs, Old Town) Cemetery (New Section and Old Section), Liberty Township.
Gott Cemetery, at Milltown, in Whiskey Run Township, Crawford County, Indiana.
Crawford County, Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project
Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
INGenWeb: Crawford County Genealogy, by Clarice Jane Snyder.
Crawford County, Indiana Marriages from 1818 to 1835, contibuted to genweb archives by Henry Hoover.
Crawford County, IN 1820 Census Index, contributed to genweb archives by Dee Floyd-Pavey.
1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
Crawford County, IN 1820 Census, contributed to the USGenWeb archives, by Dee Floyd-Pavey.
Crawford County, IN 1830 Census, contributed to USGenWeb archives by Brenda Smelser Hay.
1840 Crawford County Census, online by Brenda Smelser Hay.
Crawford County, Indiana: Civil War (1861-1865) Soldiers and Regiments, by Ann Mensch.
The American Civil War,1861-1865: 70th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, by John H. Ross.
Crawford County Indiana Cemetery and Grave Index, by John H. Ross - Marengo (Big Springs, Old Town) Cemetery (New Section), Liberty Township.
countyhistory.com: for Crawford County, by Ronald Branson!
Map showing the line of the Louisville, New Albany, and St. Louis Air Line Railroad and its connections, New York : G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co.,1872. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA.
Colton's map of the state of Indiana, compiled from the United States surveys & other authentic sources, exhibiting sections, fractional sections, railroads, canals &c., New York : Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins,1800-1893), 1860. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA.
Map of the state of Indiana compiled from the United States surveys by S. D. King, Washington City; exhibiting the sections & fractional sections; the situation & boundaries of counties; the location of cities villages & post offices canals, rail roads and other internal improvements, carefully laid down, New York, 1852. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA.
Crawford
County Genealogical and Historical Society -
866 N. Sycamore Road - Taswell, IN 47175.
Proctor / Wood Farm Cemetery (1/8 mile east of Marengo, Indiana)
Crawford
County Public Library
203 Indiana Avenue - P. O. Box 159 - English, IN 47118 Phone:
(812) 338-2606.
Town
of English, IN (county seat)
The English Town Hall
204 South Main Street - P.O. Box 258 - 106 Sloan Avenue - English,
IN 47118
Phone: (812) 338-2654
Crawford
County Courthouse
316 South Court Street - English, IN 47118 Phone: (812)
338-2142 & 1-800-548-5375.
Crawford
County Recorder
South Court Street - P. O. Box 214 - English, IN
47118-0214 Phone: (812) 338-2615.
Crawford
County Circuit Clerk (For Marriage and Divorce Records)
South Court Street - P. O. Box 375 - English, IN
47118-0375 Phone: (812) 338-2565
Crawford County Health
Department (For Birth and Death Records from ca. 1882)
306 South Oak Hill Circle - P.O. Box 246 - English, IN 47118-0246
Phone: (812) 338-2302.
Boone
Township communities include: Alton and Deuchers.
Boone Township is located in
southern Crawford County, Indiana. The Ohio River serves as
the southern boundary, while the Little Blue River serves as the
eastern boundary between Boone Township and Ohio Township. Perry
County, Indiana is it's western neighbor, from which it was
formed.
ALTON - situated on
the Ohio River, was founded in 1838.
By 1889, Alton could boast a school, 2 churches (a Baptist church
and a Methodist church), a number of business houses and residences,
and the Indiana Oak Mills, which was the largest manufactory in the
county at that time.
With the Ohio River to the south, and the Little Blue River to the
east, Alton reportedly had difficulty with flooding and high waters
at times it's history.
Another type of water, located near to Alton, about six miles
distance, boasted "healing" properties, and drew people to
this area. White Sulphur Well, which was stated to be "one
of the most romantic spots on earth", in Gresham's
1889 history of the county, resulted when an attempt was made to
sink a well for petroleum, but struck a vein of sulphur water
instead. During the late 1800s, this type of water was sought
for its medicinal properties. People would drink and bathe in
it, so many would be drawn to travel to the area for this purpose.
White Sulphur Well was said to equal the famous White
Sulphur Springs, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. As a
result, a large and luxurious hotel, owned by the Boyd Brothers, was
opened to serve visitors to this resort area, which also boasted
"the finest fishing and hunting" in the
neighborhood.
Alton's population in 2000, per the U.S. Census Bureau, was reported
to consist of 53 people.
Cemeteries in Boone Township include the following: Birds Cemetery, Flower Point Cemetery, Fullenwider Cemetery, Orchard Hill Cemetery, Riddle Cemetery.
Jennings
Township communities include: Carefree, Curby, Leavenworth,
Magnolia, Pilot Knob, Tower and Wyandotte.
LEAVENWORTH
- situated on the Ohio River, was laid out, in 1818, by Seth
Marshall Leavenworth and Zebulon Leavenworth who were said to be
cousins. The town was incorporated in February, 1835.
By
1819, Zebulon Leavenworth and John L. Smith had opened the first
stores in this town, and the following year, the first school house
was built. In 1820, Zebulon also established a ferry across
the Ohio River which became a trading and shipping point for the
surrounding area of Crawford, Orange, Dubois and portions of Perry
counties.
In 1825, the first Methodist church was built in Leavenworth.
A Universalist church had located in the town by 1838, and a
Presbyterian church had been erected, in Leavenworth, by 1849.
In
1839, this town was also home to "The Crisis",
which was the first newspaper printed in Crawford County; it was
published by Langdon.
In 1843, the county seat was relocated from Fredonia to Leavenworth,
with the first term of court held begun on 5 June 1843. Later,
the county seat would again be relocated to English.
By 1889, Leavenworth could boast having 2 churches, a spoke factory,
2 saw mills, 1 roller process flouring mill, 2 skiff factories, 1
town hall, 4 hotels, and sundry other businesses.
See The People and Places of Leavenworth, Indiana, by Ron Yates!!!
Crawford
County Genealogical and Historical Society -
P.O. Box 133 - Leavenworth, IN 47137.
People & Places of Leavenworth, by Ron Yates
Leavenworth
Town Hall
636 W Plaza Drive - Leavenworth, IN 47137 Phone:
(812) 739-1221
Breedon
Memorial Library
529 W Old State Road 62 - Leavenworth, IN Phone: (812)
739-4092.
Cemeteries
in Jennings Township include the following:
Everdon Cemetery, Leavenworth Memorial Gardens, Old Leavenworth
Cemetery, and Shaffer Ridge Cemetery.
Crawford County Genealogy, by Martha
Blunk Cemetery, in Johnson Township, near Birdseye (The town of Birdseye is located in Dubois County.)
Cemeteries
in Johnson Township include the following:
Bethany Cemetery, Blunk Cemetery, Davis Cemetery, Gilmore Cemetery,
and Potter Cemetery. The Eckerty Cemetery is just north of
Eckerty within Patoka Township.
Liberty
Township communities include: Marengo.
BIG SPRINGS / MARENGO
The
town of Marengo has gone by various names, among which are Spring
Town, Big Springs, Jimtown and Marengo.
On April 15, 1839, David STEWART deposited in the recorder's office
in Fredonia the original copy of the plat of Marengo.
Henry HOLLOWELL squatted on the site of Marengo or Big Springs in
1811. Later STEWART bought him out and built his home there.
Soon Malachi MONK moved into the county and located there.
Though there were many Indians in the area at that time, therdes not
appear to be any record of a conflict between the settlers and the
Native Americans. The settlers had a block house, built of
logs, two stories high with the second story extended out over the
first so they could fire down on potential attackers.
David STEWART, a minister, bought the farm from the Government in
April, 1833. He assisted two Kinkaid brothers to establish the
first Christian church in the county. This church was
organized in October, 1819, in a little log house on Dog Creek, and
initially had thirteen members.
On December 18, 1824, men met at Cornelius HALL's and elected
trustees for the Big Spring church and school. Lots were
deeded for the school and church purposes. The church house
was reserved for the third Saturday and Sunday of each month.
William B. JOHNSON was the secretary. The constitution and
by-laws of the order are reported to be on pages 107 and 244 of book
7, in the county records.
Marengo did not grow rapidly. The town was located about 14
miles from Leavenworth on the Leavenworth and Paoli Road. The
first postoffice in the area was called "Tuckerville";
the name was later changed to "Proctorsville", the
latter being kept until about 1851. About that time, a
committee consisting of Doctor MATTINGLY, Hugh TAYLOR, Robert WALTS,
D. S. TUCKER and M. T. STEWART was appointed to arrange for the
moving of the postoffice. A new name was then necessary, with
Doctor MATTINGLY suggesting the name of "Marengo".
In
his 1926 History of Crawford County, Pleasant reported the following
ancedote about Marengo: "General William H. HARRISON, who
was a great friend of David M. STEWART, visited him at Marengo, once
cut his name on the stump of a tree. This name was visible
till a few years ago [ca. 1926]." The tree stood in what
was the old academy yards. At that time HARRISON lived in
Corydon, in neighboring Harrison County, Indiana.
Some of the early surname and settlers who appear associated with
Marengo include: John A. BARNET, Robert BELL, BREEDEN, Jacob
CRECELIUS, Ezra EAVENS, Cornelius RILEY, David M. STEWART, Martin T.
STEWART, James H. TURNER, VANCE, WALTS, WEATHERS, and John WOOD.
The
first store opened in Marengo in May, 1838, William PROCTOR having
received a license to keep store at Marengo that year. In May,
1840, David M. STEWART also began keeping a store in Marengo.
In
March, 1842, Liberty Township was laid out with the present
boundaries. On the first Monday of April, 1842, an election
for two justices for Liberty Township was held in Big Springs (the
name "Marengo" not yet used). Future elections were
also to be held in Big Springs.
About June 1848, the first saloon opened in Marengo. That year
David S. TUCKER opened a grocery, or a grog shop, or a tippling
house - the names meaning the same as a saloon.
Marengo continued to grow slowly, and by the time of the Civil War
(1861-1865), there were about 100 people in the town.
Pleasant relates the following of Marengo's Civil War service:
"The town has a remarkable war record. h oyal patriot men
up there never allowed a member of the Knights of the Golden Circle
to wear a butternut badge into town and get away with it.
During the war a member of the order came into town wearing the
"butternut" badge. Some one sitting down saw him
pass into a gun shop. He wore two revolvers and carried a gun
but that did not scare W. T. STEWART and Ben GOODMAN who was at home
on a sick furlough, he having been shot through at Stone's River.
STEWART snatched off the badge and Ben hit him in the head with a
pair of knucks. The poor fellow was almost killed. He
crawled part of the way home till he was found and helped home.
His name was Dave MILLER."
"The New Albany Ledger, which was a prominent paper in
those days, declared that such assaults on our peaceful citizens
were outrages and ought not to occur. Of course, the Ledger
was in sympathy with teSouth and the Golden Circle. At one
time it was silenced for a while during the war for some of its
statements."
Biography of Absalom Ross, 1839-1900, by John H. Ross - Absolom ROSS was born on 19 Aug 1839, near Big Springs (now Marengo) in Liberty Township, Crawford County, Indiana; relocated to Ray Township, Morgan County, Indiana.
Cemeteries
in Liberty Township include the following:
Marengo (Big Springs, Old Town) Cemetery, Sturgeon Cemetery (aka
Bogard's Creek), White Cemetery.
Crawford
County Genealogical and Historical Society -
Priscilla Eastridge - 866 N. Sycamore Road - Taswell, IN
47175.
Proctor / Wood Farm Cemetery (1/8 mile east of Marengo, Indiana)
Ohio
Township communities include: Artist Point, Beechwood, Cape
Sandy, Fredonia, Jericho and Riddle.
Ohio
Township is located in southern Crawford County, Indiana. The
Ohio River serves as the boundary for a large portion of it's eastern
border, and all of it's southern border, while the Little Blue River
serves as the boundary between Ohio Township and neighboring Boone
Township to the west. The remaining neighboring townships are
Union Township, at the northwest, Sterling Township, to the north,
and Jennings Township is at it's northeastern boundary.
FREDONIA - was laid out by General Thom. Though the first county seat in Crawford County, Indiana was located at Mount Sterling in 1818, it was soon removed to Fredonia, with Fredonia serving as the county seat of Crawford County, from the spring term which began 18 March 1822, until the county seat was relocated to Leavenworth in 1843.
Cemeteries
in Ohio Township include the following:
Several small cemeteries in the Cape Sandy area, East Cemetery,
Figgins / Chanley Cemetery, Lynch Cemetery, Myers Cemetery,
Peckinpaugh Cemetery, Riddle Cemetery and Wiseman Cemetery.
Patoka
Township is located in the northwestern corner of Crawford County,
with the Crawford County townships of Sterling and Johnson, to the
east and south respectively, Jackson Township, in Orange County, to
the north, and Hall and Jefferson Townships, in Dubois County to the
west. Patoka Township communities include:
Riceville, Taswell and Wickliffe.
Crawford County Genealogy, by Martha (no longer updated; archived site)
Highfill Chapel Cemetery, in Patoka Township.
Cemeteries
in Patoka Township include the following:
Brown Cemetery, Eastridge / Fairview Cemetery, Eckerty Cemetery
(just north of Eckerty, IN which is in Johnson
Township), Taswell Cemetery, and Williams Cemetery. Graves
from several Patoka Township cemeteries were relocated when the
Patoka Reservoir was created.
Sterling
Township communities include: English (the Crawford County
seat), Brownstown and Temple.
MOUNT STERLING - was the first county seat, in 1818; historically reported to have been located, in section 33, of Township 2E, Range 1E, about 4 miles southeast from the town of English. It appears there was a great deal of controversy regarding the location of the county seat in Crawford County, and it was soon relocated to Fredonia, and then again moved to Leavenworth, eventually English became the county seat.
ENGLISH
(aka Hartford) - was laid out, in 1839, as "HARTFORD",
by W. W. Cummins. When the town incorporated, in 1884, the
name was changed to ENGLISH.
In "A History of Crawford County, Indiana," by Hazen Hayes
Pleasant, it is reported that the first person who purchased land in
the area which was to become English, was Moses SMITH, who bought
land in the east 1/2 of the northwest 1/4, of section 24, Township
2S, Range 1W, near the 3 forks of the Little Blue River.
Others came into the area and a settlement gradually grew.
Then W. W. Cummins made the first plat of the town, in 1839, it was
named "Hartford" in the records of 1840. The
following were among the early settlers: James A. BROWN,
Joseph W. BROWN, Woodson W. CUMMINS, Joseph DENBO, Bry GREGORY, and
Joseph K. LANDISS.
At the time of the Civil War (1861-1865), English consisted
primarily of a grocery, kept by Bry GREGORY, a log school house and
"a cluster of log cabins".
During the Civil War there were many citizens in the English area
who were members of the "Castles of the Knights of the Golden
Circle". The Knights of the Golden Circle was a secret
society whose members opposed the war. Pleasant writes of the
society thus: "Not all members of the disgraceful order
were traitors. Many who joined it never knew for some time
what the real purpose was. It seems that the main purpose was
to hinder the war in any way it could. The chief methods
were: (1) To encourage deserters and hide them when they did
succeed in evading the Union officers; (2) To prevent enlistments;
(3) To resist the draft; (4) To give aid to Captain HINES and
General MORGAN when they were ready to make their spectacular
raids." During the summer of 1864, Capt. AYDELITTE made a
raid around "Hartford" and caught a large number of the
Knights who were later discharged.
In 1883, the Air Line Railroad was laid through English. With
the coming of the railroad the town begam to grow more rapidly, in
part because it opened a new outlet for the timber and farm products
of the region.
The following year, in 1884, the town was incorporated, with the
name being changed to "English". It was called
English after William Hayden ENGLISH (1822-1896) who had been
elected to Congress, from the district in 1852, and was an
unsuccessful Vice-Presidential candidate, on the democratic ticket,
as General Winfield HANCOCK's running mate in 1880. (read more
about William
Hayden ENGLISH, in his congressional biography and William
Hayden ENGLISH's biography and picture, online by HarpWeek, LLC;
read more about the
1880 elections, from Harper's Weekly.).
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S. B. ADAMS, general
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The
town of English was graced with a new two-room school house about
1884 and in the early 1890s a new schoolhouse which had several
rooms was constructed on the west side of the town. The
teachers in 1897 included: R. A. BROWN, principal; E. A.
WEATHERS, assistant; Guido B. HAMMOND, grammar grades, and Nettie
GREGORY, primary grades.
During this time period a water company was also organized and a
reservoir was built on Court Hill, it being fed by a spring which
guaranteed the town would be supplied with fresh water.
Additionally, a fire department was organized, and in 1896, an
electric light plant was established. In 1896, William and Hal
ELLSWORTH relocated the paper, the Crawford County Democrat,
from Leavenworth, to English. Other early papers published in
English were: the Democrat (1891) and the English
News (a Republican paper, "established in English many
years before the county seat was moved in 1896"). By
1896, there were also three churches in English: Christian,
Methodist and Presbyterian. The following year, in 1897, a
spoke and hub mill was built under the name of the English Electric
Company.
In 1896, the town of English gained the honor of becoming the new
county seat.
Crawford County Public Library
203 Indiana Avenue - P. O. Box 159 - English, IN 47118 Phone: (812) 338-2606.
Town of English, IN
(county seat)
The English Town Hall
204 South Main Street - P.O. Box 258 - 106 Sloan Avenue - English,
IN 47118
Phone: (812) 338-2654
Crawford County Courthouse 316 South Court Street - English, IN 47118 Phone: (812) 338-2142 & 1-800-548-5375.
Crawford County Recorder South Court Street - P. O. Box 214 - English, IN 47118-0214 Phone: (812) 338-2615.
Crawford County Circuit Clerk (For Marriage and Divorce Records) South Court Street - P. O. Box 375 - English, IN 47118-0375 Phone: (812) 338-2565
Crawford County Health Department (For Birth and Death Records from ca. 1882) 306 South Oak Hill Circle - P.O. Box 246 - English, IN 47118-0246 Phone: (812) 338-2302.
Ouiska Run Chapter, D. A. R. - English, Indiana Regent: Janet Mason Mix, Phone: (812) 739-4644
Cemeteries
in Sterling Township include the following:
Cunningham Cemetery, Denbo Cemetery, Grant Cemetery, Hamilton
Cemetery, Land Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge (Tick Ridge) Cemetery,
Purkhiser Cemetery, Seton Cemetery, Sloan Cemetery and Stewart
Cemetery.
Tick
Ridge (Pleasant Ridge) Cemetery - Located in Union Township,
Crawford County, IN;
(between CR 114 and CR 9, southwest from English, Indiana and west of
Grantsburg, Indiana)
Latitude: 381646N; Longitude: 0863347W
Gravestone
Abstractions (INGenWeb)
Union
Township communities include: Grantsburg (name changed from
Sterling in 1854), Mifflin, Sulphur, Sulphur Springs and West Fork.
Union Township's First
Schools:
Union township organized one school district and located
the site for a building in section one, township three south, range
one west (by Grantsburg). On October 22, 1853, Robert DENBO
sold the site for the house to the trustee. This was known as
the Grantsburg school.1
The superintendent's report for 1853 states there were 260 pupils in
Union township at that time. The next year, in 1854, Malachi
OTT (a farmer, born about 1814, in Kentucky, per the 1860 Census)
sold the trustee a site for a house near present-day West Fork, in
section 29, township three south, range one west. Later this
school-house was relocated near to Mifflin.1
By 1855, Union township had added 3 new school-houses. That
year schools were reported to have been attended by 161 boys and 144
girls, and there were 3 male teachers with a salary of $18. By
1856, all five school-houses were apparently functioning, the number
of teachers (men) had been increased to 5 and there were 340 students
in Union township. By 1859, Union township had 6 log
school-houses and 2 frame-style structures. Strangely, the 1860
U. S. Census for Union Township did not identify a single person with
the occupation of teacher. A new Constitution was adopted and
the trustees were empowered by law to levy taxes and build
school-houses, and by 1865 each township had enough schools to
provide suitable room for all the pupils. However, when the
editor of the Indiana School Journal visited Crawford County,
in 1865, he reportedly found the schools in a poor condition.
Cemeteries
in Union Township include the following:
Doan Cemetery, Fessler Cemetery, Goad Cemetery, Hedden Cemetery,
Keysacker Cemetery. Grant Cemetery is situated just north of
Grantsburg, within Sterling Township (section 36).
Whiskey
Run Township communities include: Hogtown and Milltown.
MILLTOWN (1st known as
Leavenworths Mills) - located on Big Blue River, at the point where
the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railway entered Crawford
from the east, was first laid out about 1827, by Seth Leavenworth,
and first settled about 1830.
By 1833, Milltown had a population of ca. 50 people, with 3 stores,
a carding mill, saw mill, grist mill and merchants mill. By
the time of the 1840 census, it's population had grown to 73 people.
In
1845, a grocery or saloon was opened in Milltown, with Chris Lenz as
the proprietor. Three years later (1848), a bridge across the
river was completed.
By 1850, the population of Milltown had more than doubled from it's
1840 size, increasing to 150 people. By that time the
community boasted a flour mill, grist mill, saw mill, still houses
and carding machines.
By 1889, the population of Milltown had increased to ca. 400 people,
and it was home to the celebrated lime kilns of J. B. Speed &
Co. which employed a large labor force, in addition to Hostetter
Mills, a school and 2 churches.
The population of Milltown within Crawford County, in 2000, per the
U.S. Census Bureau, was reported to consist of 520 people. The
number of people reported to be within Milltown across the river in
Harrison County was stated to be 412.
Saint
Joseph Catholic Church
341 S. State Road 66 - Marengo, IN Phone: (812)
365-2082
St. Joseph Parish is within the Catholic Archdiocese
of Indianapolis. The church is attended from St. Bernard
Parish, in Frenchtown, Harrison County, Indiana.
Contact: c/o 7600 Hwy 337 N.W. - DePauw, IN 47115 Phone: (812)
347-2326.
Town
of Milltown, IN
P.O. Box 127 - 215 W. Main Street - Milltown, IN 47145
Phone: (812)
633-4848.
Cemeteries
in Whiskey Run Township include the following:
St. Joseph Cemetery, Gott
Cemetery, and Totten Cemetery.
Gott Cemetery, at Milltown, in Whiskey Run Township, Crawford County, Indiana.
CEMETERIES
in CRAWFORD County, Indiana
Below is a partial list of cemeteries within Crawford County,
Indiana. It is likely that some cemeteries, especially private
and/or relocated cemeteries, may not yet be included in this list.
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Big Springs Cemetery
(aka Marengo)- Located in Liberty Township, Crawford County,
Indiana;
(Marengo, Indiana - first known as Big Springs)
Birds Cemetery (pos.
aka Sheckell Cemetery) - Located in Boone Township, Crawford County,
Indiana;
(section 21, by CR 4, north of Alton, and southeast of Deuchers)
Latitude:
380936N; Longitude: 0862502W
Blunk Cemetery -
Located in Johnson Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(south of Riceville, just east of Birdseye, across the Dubois and
Crawford counties boundary)
Latitude: 381838N; Longitude: 0864014W
Brown Cemetery -
Located northwest of Taswell, in Patoka Township, Crawford County,
Indiana;
(northwest of English, Indiana)
Latitude: 382111N; Longitude: 0863144W
Cunningham Cemetery
- Located southeast of English, in Sterling Township, Crawford
County, Indiana;
Latitude: 381847N; Longitude: 0862622W
Cuzzort Cemetery - Believed to be located in section 32 or 33, Township 1-S, Range 1-W, Patoka Township, northwest from Mt. Prospect.
Davis Cemetery -
Located in Johnson Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(south of Riceville, just east of Birdseye, across the Dubois and
Crawford counties boundary)
Latitude: 381826N; Longitude: 0863942W
Denbo Cemetery -
Located on the west site of English, in Sterling Township, Crawford
County, Indiana;
Latitude: 381952N; Longitude: 0862821W
Doan Cemetery -
Located in southern Union Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(south of West
Fork and west of Sulphur Springs)
Latitude: 381239N; Longitude: 0863058W
Eckerty Cemetery
- Located in Patoka Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(section 22, by Hwy. 64, just north of Eckerty)
Latitude: 381933N; Longitude: 0863641W
East Cemetery -
Located in Ohio Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(section 26, south of Cape Sandy)
Eastridge Cemetery
(aka Fairview) - Located in Patoka Township, Crawford County,
Indiana;
(off CR 229, northwest from Taswell)
Latitude: 382334N; Longitude: 0863516W
Everdon Cemetery
- Located in Jennings Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(section 24, on the south side of Carefree, Indiana)
Latitude: 381407N; Longitude: 0862133W
Fairview Cemetery
(aka Eastridge) - Located in Patoka Township, Crawford County,
Indiana;
(off CR 229, northwest from Taswell)
Latitude: 382334N; Longitude: 0863516W
Fessler Cemetery -
Located in Union Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(between West Fork and Sulphur, by SR 62)
Latitude: 381400N; Longitude: 0863010W
Flower Point Cemetery
- Located in Boone Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(section 33, on the northern edge of Alton, Indiana)
Latitude: 401941N; Longitude: 0850337W
Fredonia Cemetery -
Located in Ohio Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(just south of Fredonia, in section 14)
Fullenwider Cemetery -
Located in Boone Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(section 32, just west of Altonby CR 36)
Gilmore Cemetery -
Located in Johnson Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(south of Eckerty, west off CR 11, south of CR 114)
Latitude: 381758N; Longitude: 0863618W
Goad Cemetery -
Located in southern Union Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(south of West
Fork and west of Sulphur Springs)
Latitude: 381238N; Longitude: 0863030W
Gott Cemetery (aka Spencer Cemetery) - Located by Whiskey Run Creek, at Milltown, in the southwest quarter of section 10, Township 2 South, Range 2 East, in Whiskey Run Township.
Grant Cemetery -
Located in Sterling Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(south of English, just north of Grantsburg, off SR 37)
Latitude: 381740N; Longitude: 0862823W
Hamilton Cemetery
(aka Roberson) - Located in Sterling Township, Crawford County,
Indiana;
(on the southwest side of English, Indiana)
Latitude: 381855N; Longitude: 0862839W
Hedden Cemetery
- Located in Union Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(between West Fork and Sulphur, by SR 62)
Latitude: 381400N; Longitude: 0863010W
Keysacker Cemetery
- Located in Union Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(by CR 9, northwest of West Fork)
Latitude: 381439N; Longitude: 0863220W
Land Cemetery -
Located on the west side of English, in Sterling Township, Crawford
County, Indiana;
Latitude: 382007N; Longitude: 0862833W
Leavenworth Memorial
Garden - Located on the northwest side of Levenworth, in
Jennings Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
Latitude: 381226N; Longitude: 0862206W
Marengo Cemetery
- Located in Liberty Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(Marengo, Indiana - first known as Big Springs)
Mount Eden Cemetery
- Located in Patoka Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(west of SR 145 and Wickliffe)
Latitude: 382158N; Longitude: 0863539W
Old Leavenworth
Cemetery - Located on the southeast side of Leavenworth, in
Jennings Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(section 7)
Latitude: 381131N; Longitude: 0862008W
Orchard Hill
Cemetery - Located in Boone Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(by CR 36, just
northwest of Alton)
Latitude: 380747N; Longitude: 0862535W
Potter Cemetery
- Located in Johnson Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(on CR 114, south of Eckerty)
Latitude: 381827N; Longitude: 0863729W
Pleasant Ridge (Tick
Ridge) Cemetery - Located in Union Township, Crawford County,
Indiana;
(between CR 114 and CR 9, southwest from English, Indiana and west
of Grantsburg, Indiana)
Latitude: 381646N; Longitude: 0863347W
Purkhiser Cemetery -
Located in Sterling Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(by CR 20, east of the intersection with SR 37, north of English
near the Orange and Crawford counties boundary)
Latitude: 382337N; Longitude: 0862638W
Riddle Cemetery -
Located in Boone Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(section 17, east of Deuchers, north off CR 4)
Latitude: 381012N; Longitude: 0862609W
Note: There is also a village named Riddle,
which is located in Ohio Township, north of Alton and Beechwood.
The Crawford County Historical & Genealogical Society's book,
Cemeteries in Ohio Township,
reports the existence of another Riddle Cemetery near/at the
village of Riddle, in section 20, T3S, R1E.
Saint Joseph
Catholic Cemetery - Located in Whiskey Run Township, Crawford
County, Indiana;
(on the west side of CR 23, north of CR 30 and southwest from
Milltown, Indiana)
Latitude: 381730N; Longitude: 0861826W
Seton Cemetery -
Located in Sterling Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(south of English, southeast from Grantsburg, on CR 140)
Latitude: 381643N; Longitude: 0862720W
Shaffer Ridge Church and
Cemetery - Located in Jennings Township, Crawford County,
Indiana;
(section 17, off CR 28, south of Pilot Knob, Indiana and northeast
from Carefree, Indiana)
Latitude: 381547N; Longitude: 0861939W
Gravestones
in Shaffer Ridge Cemetery, online by Martha!!!
Sheckell Cemetery
(pos. aka Birds Cemetery) - Located in Boone Township, Crawford
County, Indiana;
(north of Alton, Indiana, east from CR 253)
Latitude: 380803N; Longitude: 0862429W
Sloan Cemetery -
Located in Sterling Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(on the north side of English, Indiana)
Latitude: 382032N; Longitude: 0862759W
Spencer Cemetery (aka Gott Cemetery) - Located by Whiskey Run Creek, at Milltown, in the southwest quarter of section 10, Township 2 South, Range 2 East, in Whiskey Run Township.
Stewart Cemetery -
Located in Sterling Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(off the west side of SR 37, north of English, Indiana)
Latitude: 382206N; Longitude: 0862809W
Sturgeon Cemetery (aka
Bogard's Creek)- Located in Liberty Township, Crawford County,
Indiana;
(southeast 1/4, of section 23, Township 2S, Range 1E)
Taswell Cemetery -
Located in Patoka Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(Taswell, Indiana)
Latitude: 382003N; Longitude: 0863340W
Tick Ridge (Pleasant
Ridge) Cemetery - Located in Union Township, Crawford County,
Indiana;
(between CR 114 and CR 9, southwest from English, Indiana and west
of Grantsburg, Indiana)
Latitude: 381646N; Longitude: 0863347W
Totten Cemetery -
Located in Whiskey Run Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(on the north
side of Totten Ford Road, by the Blue River, north of Milltown,
Indiana)
Latitude: 382244N; Longitude: 0861544W
White Cemetery -
Located in Liberty Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(section 12, south from Marengo, west off SR 66)
Latitude: 382023N; Longitude: 0862125W
Williams Cemetery
- Located in Patoka Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(east from SR 145, on CR 174, southeast of Wickliffe and northwest
from Taswell)
Latitude: 382116N; Longitude: 0863632W
Wiseman Cemetery
- Located in Ohio Township, Crawford County, Indiana;
(by CR 46, northwest of Jericho and southwest of Beechwood)
Latitude:
381207N; Longitude: 0862614W
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PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL
GENEALOGY 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 which may be helpful to researchers of Crawford County, Indiana include, but are not limited to, the following. If you are aware of publications which would be helpful to include in this list, please contact Ann:
Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. John M. Gresham & Company. (Compiler and Publisher). Chicago : Chicago Printing Company, 1889. (Call #977.2 B521).
A History of Crawford County [Indiana]. John H. Weathers.. (Author). [n.p.], 1889 (reprinted 1936]. (Call #977.201 C85w).
A History of Crawford County, Indiana. Hazen Hayes Pleasant, A. M.. (Author). Greenfield, Indiana : Wm. Mitchell Printing Company, 1926. (Call #977.201 C85p).
A Commemorative History of Crawford County, [Indiana] : 1818-1993. Janice Holzbog and Carol Preflatish. (Compilers). [Indiana : s.n., ca. 1993] (Call #977.201 C85H).
Cemeteries,
Johnson Township, Crawford County. Crawford County
Historical & Genealogical Society. (Compiler).
Leavenworth, IN : Crawford County Historical & Genealogical
Society, [ca. 1995?]. (Call #977.201 C85BY).
Cemeteries include: Bethany Union, Gilmore, Rowland-Potter,
Davis-King, Blunk, Newton-Cole-Jones, Mitchell,
Oakhill-Wright-Hobbs, Adam Community Chapel, Leatherbury-Minus,
Newton, Fields Farm.
Cemeteries in Ohio Township. Crawford County Historical & Genealogical Society. (Compiler). Leavenworth, IN : Crawford County Historical & Genealogical Society, [ca. 1992?]
Patoka
Township Cemeteries Crawford County, Indiana. Crawford
County Historical & Genealogical Society. (Compiler).
Leavenworth, IN : Crawford County Historical & Genealogical
Society, [ca. 199-?]. (Call #977.201 C85BYB).
Includes the following cemeteries: Eckerty, Enlow, Goldman,
Williams, Patoka Memorial Gardens, Cuzzort Jerico "Hollen",
Mount Eden, Taswell, Brown "Sycamore", Tunnel Hill
"Patton", Sinclair, Fairview "Eastridge",
Highfill Chapel, Brown "King", Lankford, and Wickliffe.
1870 Mortality Census: Crawford County, Indiana. [Microfilm].
Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. First Edition, Second Printing. Yarmouth, Maine: Delorme. 1998.
Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago : Baskin, Forster & Co., 1876. Reprinted by the Indiana Historical Society, 1968.
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.
Notes:
The online index to Indiana
Marriages prior to 1850 reports the following:
Levinworth,
Seth married to Mathews, Estha, in Floyd County, Indiana, on
6-16-1820.
Leavenworth,
Seth M. married to Nettleton, Sarah at Posey County, Indiana on
11-26-1844
Leavenworth,
Zebulon married to Patyerson, Margaret in Crawford County,
Indiana on 1-11-1821.
1820
Census Index reports:
LEVENWORTH, SETH M, on p. 064 of Harrison County
LEVENWORTH, ZEBULON, on p. 014 of Crawford County
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