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*First created in 1817.
*County seat:
Located in southeastern Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Benville Post Office (historical), Brewersville, Butlerville,
Cana Post Office (historical), Commiskey, Four Corners, Grayford, Hayden, Hilltown, Lovett, Nebraska, North Vernon, Oakdale, Paris, Paris Crossing, Queensville,
San Jacinto, Scipio, Slate Post Office (historical), Staples Ford, Vernon, Walnut Ridge, Whitcomb and Zenas.
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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 = Bartholomew
County, IN NNE = Decatur
County, IN
W = Scott
County, IN JENNINGS COUNTY
E = Ripley
County, IN
SW = Scott
County, IN S = Jefferson
County, IN
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Established in 1817, from Jackson &
Jefferson
Counties; County seat is
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MAPS
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- Interactive Census Bureau Map of Jennings County
- Jennings County Map - includes townships and roads
- See a Map of Indiana
Counties in 1816 (the year before
- 1875 Map of Jennings County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. (see citation)
- 1895 Map of Jennings County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
- 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.
NATIVE AMERICAN
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MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES
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CHURCHES
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- Indico: Jennings County Places of Worship
- Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Indiana* Page.
CEMETERIES
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- 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.
o Indiana State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
o Indiana Cemetery Locator Database
COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
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- Jennings County - Visitors Site
NATURE
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- Jennings
County Nature
- Muscatatuck River - "The Stream of Many Turns" - Information and Canoe Trails.
- EcoIndiana: Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge
- 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...The total exposuie of the North Vernon blue stone is about 30 feet thick, and the bed covers an extemided area in Jennings and Jefferson counties..." Ureensburg, or Flat Bock, Stone is extensively quarried at Various localities in Dearborn county, but principally in time vicinity of Greensburg, on Sand Creek, and St. Paul, on Flat Rock Creek, in Decatur county..." or Library of Congress Text Version.
NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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o 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 Jennings County, by Ronald Branson!
HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
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· Online Resources for Jennings County
· Jennings County, Indiana Court Records Index, Genealogy Boxes 91-120
- Jennings County USGenWeb, by Terry Engel.
- USGenWeb Archives for Jennings County, Indiana
· 1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org
· 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
- From LOC site search for Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1873 Tuesday, January 19, 1847: By Mr. Thomas Smith: A petition of citizens of Jennings and Ripley counties, in the State of Indiana, praying the establishment of a mail route from Vernon, in Jennings county, to Otter village, in the county of Ripley, State of Indiana...
- W.P.A. Life Histories for Indiana: From List select: "Reminiscences of Morgan's Raid" - "...At the time of the raid I was not at home in Graham township which was less than a mile from the line of march of the enemy army, but was away temporarily visiting my uncle, Dr. N. D. Gaddy, at Weston, in Jennings county, and so did not see any of the rebels...Hearing of a movement among the citizens to assemble at Vernon and engage the enemy in battle, my uncle joined them..."
- Civil War: NPS:
Civil War Soldiers and
Sailors System - 102nd and 103rd Regiments
Indiana Volunteer Infantry Organized to repel Morgan's Raid July 10,
1863. Left
- The Doughboy Center - presented by The Great War Society.
- World War II Veterans Online Information Center
- USA Veterans' Administration
- Photos of Madison & Indianapolis Railroad,Vernon Overpass, Gains St. & Pike St., VERNON, Jennings County, IN.
- Jennings County,
Indiana Interesting Facts and Historic Photos
· 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)
ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
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Genealogy Dept. E-mail: jlibrary@seidata.com
or
"Denise Shafer" on the subject line - E-mail:
djgen@email.com
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Courthouse -
Bigger
Township communities include:
Benville Post Office (historical) was located in eastern
- City of North Vernon - community page
- Jennings County Public Library
· Online Resources for Jennings County
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Jennings
County, Indiana Court Records Index, Genealogy Boxes 91-120
Cana Post Office (historical) was located in Marion Township
Slate Post Office (historical) was located in
Montgomery Township communities include:
Commiskey, Hilltown, Paris and Paris Crossing.
Spencer Township communities include: Four Corners, Hayden, and Staples Ford.
Vernon Township communities include: Grayford,
Vernon and Walnut Ridge.
- From LOC site search for Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1873 Tuesday, January 19, 1847: By Mr. Thomas Smith: A petition of citizens of Jenning and Ripley counties, in the State of Indiana, praying the establishment of a mail route from Vernon, in Jennings county, to Otter village, in the county of Ripley, State of Indiana...
- W.P.A. Life Histories for Indiana: From List select: "Reminiscences of Morgan's Rai" - "...At the time of the raid I was not at home in Graham township which was less than a mile from the line of march of the enemy army, but was away temporarily visiting my uncle, Dr. N. D. Gaddy, at Weston, in Jennings county, and so did not see any of the rebels...Hearing of a movement among the citizens to assemble at Vernon and engage the enemy in battle, my uncle joined them..."
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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.
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Printed resources for this page include:
- School and Library Atlas
of the World. Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore,
- New
- The Way They Were,
Hurley & Mischell Ferguson. (Compilers). [
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