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*First created in 1811.
*County seat:
Located in southeastern
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Barbersville, Belleview,
Brooksburg, Bryantsburg,
Canaan, Chelsea,
China, Deputy,
Dupont, Foltz,
Hanover, Kent,
Lancaster, Madison,
Manville, Marble
Hill, Paynesville, Ringwald, Saluda,
Smyrna, Swanville,
Volga, Wakefield,
and Wirt.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Jefferson 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.
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Surrounding Counties:
NW = Jennings
County, IN NNE = Ripley County,
IN
W = Scott
County, IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
E = Switzerland
County, IN
S = Clark
County, IN S = The Ohio River
Across the Ohio River are the Kentucky counties of Carroll and Trimble.
See the History
<-> Genealogy State Selection Index Page to visit research links for
- Interactive
map of Jefferson County,
- Use the query form, at USGS, 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.
- Jefferson County, Indiana -
- City of Madison, Indiana
- Madison, Indiana Tourism - A National Historic Landmark District
- Madison - Jefferson
County Economic Development Corp. -
- Jefferson County Historical Society
- Historical Overview of Madison
- Welcome to Historic Madison County Visitors Bureau.
· 1880 Census Index, on familysearch.org
· 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
- 1860 Jefferson County, Indiana, Census images - in the USGenWeb Archives was made, through the generosity of Anne E. Allen and the permission of S-K Publications.
- 1880 Jefferson County, Indiana, Census images - in the USGenWeb Archives, through the generosity of Ken Hixon and the permission of S-K Publications.
- INGenWeb for Jefferson County, by Sheila Kell
- INGenWeb
Jefferson County Archives
- Jefferson
County Genealogical Society
- INGenWeb for Jefferson County Genealogy, hosted by Ruth Hoggatt.
- Local Indiana Biographies Index - See Names Index to identify other names which are found in the main biographies.
- Biography of Benjamin
F. HUDELSON & Mary E. (nee ALLEN), of Henry, Jefferson, &
- Welcome to Old Madison
- Old Madison Almanac
- Historic Homes & Buildings of Madison
- Madison State
Hospital:
- Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
- Henry Clann's Indiana Boating Home Page - Links and more
- The American Queen at Madison, Indiana, Steamboats and Rivermen, by Donald Stewart
- The Building Stones of Indiana - an 1886 article from "Manufacturer and builder", Volume 17, Issue 4, April 1885, online from Cornell U. MOA : "...We find in the report of the geological survey of Indiana for the year 1878, a useful chapter on the occurrence and physical properties of the building stones of that State..." or Library of Congress Text Version.
- 1880 Census of Jefferson County Online, donated by Ken Hixon to USGenWeb
- Jefferson Proving Ground and it's History.
- Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs
- The Indiana Veterans Memorial
Cemetery,
- How to Obtain Military Records:
Military service records are kept by the
- Indiana State Archives.
- Family History Resources
- Naturalization Databases for the Indiana counties of Blackford, Dubois, Elkhart, Floyd, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Jefferson, Marshall, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Randolph, Switzerland, Union, Wayne, and Whitley.
- INGenWeb for Jefferson County Genealogy by Ruth Hoggatt.
- countyhistory.com: for Jefferson County, by Ronald Branson!
· Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
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 Vital Information Exchange (VINE)
- John Paul Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution –
- The Doughboy Center - presented by The Great War Society.
- World War II Veterans Online Information Center
- USA Veterans' Administration
- Request Deceased
- Library of Congress:
American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or
- Madison Jefferson County Library
- 420
- Lemen Photo Collection
- Duggan Library
Courthouse -
Room 203 -
See a description of a Circuit Court Clerk's responsibilities from
the Indiana Code, Article 17 (Circuit Court Clerks): IC 33-17-1, Chapter
1. Powers
and Duties.
Jefferson
Lancaster Township communities include: Dupont, Foltz and Lancaster.
Saluda Township communities include:
Chelsea, Marble Hill, Paynesville and Saluda.
Smyrna Township communities include: Smyrna,
Volga and Wakefield.
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PROFESSIONAL
HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden
Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching onsite, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America. Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.
Printed resources for this page include:
- School and Library Atlas
of the World. Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore,
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