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DAVIESS COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy

*First created in 1817, from Knox.
*County seat: Washington.
Located in southern Indiana, with the East Fork of the White River as it's southern border, and the West Fork of the White River as the western boundary.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Alfordsville, Black Oak, Cannelburg, Capehart, Cornettsville, Corning, Cumback, Elnora, Epsom, Farlen, Glendale, Graham, Hudsonville, Jordan, Maysville, Montgomery, Odon, Pennyville, Plainville, Raglesville, Sandy Hook, South Washington, Thomas, Waco, and Washington.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL Daviess 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:
                                             N = Greene County, IN
W = Knox County, IN     DAVIESS COUNTY     E = Martin County, IN
               SW = Pike County, IN                     SE = Dubois County, IN

DAVIESS COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1817, from Knox County; County seat is Washington.
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+ HISTORY & GENEALOGY: Articles & Online Databases + BIOGRAPHIES +
+ NATIVE AMERICAN: THE PEOPLE + NATURE +
+ ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research +
+ COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records +
+ PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH +


MAPS
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  • Interactive Census Bureau Map of Daviess County
  • 1875 Map of Daviess County, Indiana, by Higgins Belden & Co. (see citation )
  • 1895 Map of Daviess County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch
  • USGS: Map locations of Wayne 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 MIAMI PEOPLE

·         Topic Native American
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MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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CHURCHES
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o    St. Mary’s and St. Simon’s were officially closed as churches in August of 2008 due to a financial crisis.  St. Mary’s buildings were deactivated as a church.  St. Simon’s was closed and reopened as Our Lady of Hope Catholic Parish for the Catholic Community of Washington.  Father Gordon Mann is pastor as he was for both of the previous parishes.  All members of St. Mary’s and St. Simon’s had to reregister as new members of Our Lady of Hope.  From Vince Sellers, member of the parish and Director of the Daviess County Historical Society Museum. (January 9, 2009)

CEMETERIES
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  • The Old Perkins Cemetery, in Barr Township, Daviess Co., Indiana, gravestones, and historical information about the PERKINS family, were graciously donated to this page by Sheryl Hellums.

·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o    Indiana Cemetery Locator Database

  • USGS: Map locations of Wayne 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.
  • The Political Graveyard: for Daviess County, Indiana - information about memorials, related cemeteries, and politicians who were born, lived or died in Daviess County.
  • Daviess County, Indiana Cemeteries List

The OLD PERKINS CEMETERY 
located in Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana, 

 The following gravestones and historical background information, of The Old Perkins Cemetery, was graciously donated, to be posted to this site, by Sheryl Hellums, who is a PERKINS descendant.  Thank you Sheryl Hellums!!!

The OLD PERKINS CEMETERY is one of the oldest cemeteries in Barr Township. It is located County Road 300 N., northeast of Montgomery, Indiana.

Elisha PERKINS was born in 1753.  He entered Indiana around 1814 from Kentucky. His wife was Elizabeth Mary SCOTT, born 1762.  They had 12 children, and most (possibly all) of the children were born in Kentucky.  In the year 1823, Elisha was appointed overseer of the poor of the township (Barr) also the following year he was re-appointed to the same position. He remained in the township until his death around1830.

Those buried in the OLD PERKINS CEMETERY are as follow:
    Josephine Doane age 20 died July 7-1875 (her mother was a Perkins)
    Elisha Perkins age 77 died April 19-1830
    Mary Perkins age 82 died June 24-1847
    Elisha Perkins age 93 died May 2-1875
    John Perkins age 82 died July 30-1872
    Ellenor Perkins age 75 died Aug.22-1871
    Alfred Perkins age 73 died Dec. 15-1877
    Asberry Perkins age 59 died Feb. 29-1876
    Mark Perkins age 53 died Dec. 1-1872

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COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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NATURE
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NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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·         Indiana State Library.    140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296

o    Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)

 

BIOGRAPHIES
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  • countyhistory.com: for Daviess County, by Ronald Branson!
  • The Political Graveyard: for Daviess County, Indiana - information about memorials, related cemeteries, and politicians who were born, lived or died in Daviess County.
  • The Old Perkins Cemetery, in Barr Township, Daviess Co., Indiana, gravestones, and historical information about the PERKINS family, were graciously donated to this page by Sheryl Hellums.

 

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 (published before 1990)

o    Indiana Biography Index (published since 1990)

o    Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.

o    Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2002

o    Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)

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

o    Indiana Public Libraries

o    WWII Servicemen Database

o    Indiana Plat Books

o    Vital Information Exchange (VINE)

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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  • Carnegie Public Library  
    • 300 W. Main Street - Washington, IN 47501  Phone: (812) 254-4586.
  • Odon Winkelpleck Library   
    • 202 West Main Street - Odon, IN  47562-1218   Phone:  (812) 636-4949.
  • Daviess County Historical Society and Museum  
    • 212 1/2 E. Main Street - Washington, IN 47501 Phone: (812) 257-0301.
    • Note:  Per Vincent A. Sellers, Director of the Daviess County Museum:  The genealogy committee is part of the Daviess County Historical Society, as is the Museum. It meets at the Carnegie Library; Richard Overton is chairman. Contact genealogy at the Carnegie Library and ask for Libby Dowling or Deborah Kenworthy.
  • Daviess County Genealogical Society as a committee of the Historical Society, the genealogical society may be contacted through the museum and you may direct inquiries to the DCHS at dchistory@sbcglobal.net
  • Daviess County Genealogy, by Chris Goff

 

COUNTY GOVERNMENT & Vital Records
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  • Daviess County Government
  • Daviess County Circuit Clerk (For Marriage, Divorce and Probate Records)  
Daviess County Clerk
200 E. Walnut
Washington, IN 47501 
Phone: (812) 254-8664

            Online Forms to request birth and death records

Daviess County Health Department
303 East Hefron Street
(Attn: Vital Records)
Washington, IN 47501-2794 
Phone:  (812) 254-8666

Daviess County Communities
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Barr Township communities include: Black Oak, Cannelburg and Montgomery.

·  History of the Antioch Christian Church: The Church of Christ at Antioch,Written by Ronnie Barnes in 1968, posted online by Jim Winkler.

·  St. Mary's Catholic Church, Barr Township: Parishioners-1848, posted online by Jim Winkler.


Bogard Township communities include: Cornettsville and Epsom.

Elmore Township communities include: Elnora.


Harrison Township communities include: Glendale, Hudsonville and Waco.


Madison Township communities include: Farlen and Odon.  The town of Crane is located at the Daviess and Martin county line.


Reeve Township communities include: Alfordsville, Corning and Pennyville.


Steele Township communities include: Plainville and Capehart.

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Van Buren Township communities include: Raglesville.
Cemeteries include:

 Raglesville Cemetery  - about Latitude:  384813N;   Longitude:  0865729W
       Located in Van Buren Township, in Raglesville, Indiana (on CR 1100 East, across the street from the Joy Church).

Thank you to Sally for her kind assistance!

Veale Township communities include: Cumback and Sandy Hook.

Washington Township communities include: Graham, Jordan, Maysville, South Washington, Thomas and Washington.

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Daviess County, Indiana Cemeteries include:
Alfordsville Cemetery - Latitude:  383407N;   Longitude:  0865641W - (See Map)
     Located in Reeve Township, north of Alfordsville.

 Bethel Cemetery - Latitude:  383610N;   Longitude:  0871050W - (See Map)
      Located in Veale Township, south of Veale Creek, off CR 50 W, south of the city of Washington.

 Colbert Cemetery - Latitude:  383811N;   Longitude:  0871131W - (See Map)
      Located in Washington Township, southwest of the city of Washington.

 Concord Cemetery - Latitude:  384732N;   Longitude:  0870222W - (See Map)
     Located in Bogard Township, northeast from the town of Epsom, by CR 1000 N, west of the intersection of CR 1000 N and CR 700 E.

 Cornettsville Cemetery - Latitude:  384535N;   Longitude:  0870702W - (See Map)
      Located in Bogard Township, southeast from the town of Plainville, and west from Epsom.

 East Union Cemetery - Latitude:  383327N;   Longitude:  0870618W - (See Map)
      Located in Harrison Township, east of Hwy. 257, between Glendale and Cumback, Indiana.

 Ebenezer Cemetery - Latitude:  383303N;   Longitude:  0870633W
       Located in Harrison Township, at Hwy. 257, west of Hudsonville, just north from the Pike and Daviess county line..

 Fairview Cemetery - Latitude:  385227N;   Longitude:  0870353W
        Located in Elmore Township, just east of Elnora, Indiana.

 Ferguson Cemetery - Latitude:  385355N;   Longitude:  0865833W
         Located in Madison Township, north of Odon, Indiana, near the GREENE and DAVIESS county line.

 Franklin Cemetery - Latitude:  384828N;   Longitude:  0870033W
       Located in Van Buren Township, by the Bogard and Van Buren townships line, off CR 1000 N, west of Raglesville, Indiana.

 Friendship Cemetery - Latitude:  385209N;   Longitude:  0870104W
       Located at the Elmore and Madison Townships line, at the intersection of CR 1475 N and CR 800 E, northwest of Odon, Indiana.

 Hawkins Cemetery - Latitude:  383944N;   Longitude:  0871214W
       Located in  Washington Township, on the northwestern edge of the city of Washington.

 Humphries Cemetery - Latitude: 384606N;   Longitude:  0870152W
       Located in Bogard Township, just east of Epsom.

 Ketchem Cemetery - Latitude: 385147N;   Longitude:  0870155W
       Located in Elmore Township, southwest of Elnora.

 Kilgore Cemetery - Latitude: 384717N;   Longitude:  0865844W
       Located in Van Buren Township, near Raglesville, Indiana.

 Liberty Cemetery - Latitude:  384529N;   Longitude:  0865936W
       Located in southern Van Buren Township, near the intersection of CR 725 N and CR 900 E.

 New Veale Creek Cemetery - Latitude:  383727N;   Longitude:  0870724W
       Located in Washington Township, southeast from the city of Washington, off Hwy 257.

 Oak Grove Cemetery - Latitude:  383940N;   Longitude:  0871241W
       Located in Washington Township, on the northwestern edge of the city of Washington.

 Plainville Cemetery - Latitude:  384752N;   Longitude:  0870912W
       Located in Steele Township, on the south side of the town of Plainville, Indiana.

 Raglesville Cemetery  - about Latitude:  384813N;   Longitude:  0865729W
       Located in Van Buren Township, in Raglesville, Indiana (on CR 1100 East, across the street from the Joy Church).

 Saint Johns Cemetery - Latitude:  384034N;   Longitude:  0871050W
       Located in Washington Township, on the northern edge of the city of Washington.

 Saint Patricks Glencoe Cemetery - Latitude:  383459N;   Longitude:  0870343W
       Located in Harrison Township, near Glendale, Indiana.

 Saint Peters Cemetery - Latitude:  383948N;   Longitude:  0870319W
       Located in Barr Township, near the western edge of the town of Montgomery.
      (The area was earlier known as "Black Oak Ridge")

 Stoll Cemetery - Latitude:  384434N;   Longitude:  0870025W
       Located in the southwestern corner of Van Buren Township.

 Tolberts Chapel Cemetery - Latitude:  384616N;   Longitude:  0870320W
       Located in Bogard Township, near the intersection of CR 800 N and CR 650 E.

 Wagler Cemetery - Latitude:  384215N;   Longitude:  0865950W
       Located in Barr Township, north of Cannelburg, off CR 900 E.

 Walnut Hill Cemetery - Latitude:  385122N;   Longitude: 0865956W
       Located in Madison Township, northwest of Odon, Indiana.

 Wells Cemetery - Latitude:  384710N;   Longitude:  0870628W
       Located in Bogard Township, southeast of Plainville, and west from Epsom, Indiana, south from the intersection of CR 100 N and CR 300 E, on CR 300 E.

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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 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.
  • Daviess County, Indiana History.  L. Rex Myers.  (Author).  Paducah, Kentucky : Turner Publishing Company, 1991.
  • History of Daviess County, Indiana, Its People, Industries and Institutions.  A. O. Fulkerson.  (Editor).   Indianapolis, Indiana : B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1915.
  • History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana.  [n.p.], ca. 1886. (Gc 977.201 K77hi).
  • Cemeteries of Daviess County, Indiana.  Volumes I through VI.  Barbara Sims.  (Compiler).  Barbara Sims, Box 14, Elnora, Indiana 47529.  Evansville, Indiana : Evansville Bindery, Inc.

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