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OWEN COUNTY, Indiana
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* First created in 1819.
*County seat: Spencer.
Located in southwest central Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include:
Adel, Alaska,
Arney, Atkinsonville,
Beamer, Braysville,
Carp, Cataract,
Coal City, Cuba, Cunot,
Daggett, Denmark,
Devore, Farmers,
Freedom, Freeman,
Gosport, Hickory
Corner , Highet's Corner, Hubbell, Jordan,
New Hope, Patricksburg,
Pottersville, Quincy, Romona,
Silex, Smithville,
Spencer, Southport, Steubenville,
Stockton, Vandalia, Vilas,
Wallace
Jc and Whitehall.
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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
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should an error
be found.
Surrounding Counties:
N = Putnam
County,
IN ENE = Morgan
County,
IN
W = Clay
County, IN OWEN COUNTY
S = Greene
County, IN ESE = Monroe
County,
IN
OWEN COUNTY, INDIANA
Established in 1819, from Daviess
and Sullivan
Counties; County seat is Spencer.
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MAPS
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- Interactive Census Bureau Map
of Owen County, Indiana
- 1895 Map of
Owen County, Indiana , by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
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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.
NATIVE AMERICAN
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- The
Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana
- P.O. Box 41 - Peru, Indiana 46970 Phone: (765)
473-9631
- Miami History
and History of the Delaware
, by Lee Sultzman.
MUSEUMS &
HISTORIC SITES
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CHURCHES
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- Owen County Online
- Local
Catholic
Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory
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Page.
CEMETERIES
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- Indiana State
Library.
140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
- Moreland Cemetery , Section
1, Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana.
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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.
COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE
COMMUNITY
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- Owen County
Online
NATURE
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- DNR:
Owen-Putnam
State Forest
- McCormick's
Creek State Park and Canyon Inn
Route 5 Box 282 - Spencer, IN 47460 Phone:
(812)
829-2235.
- Indiana
Kaolin - an 1886 article from "Manufacturer and builder",
Volume 18,
Issue 1, January 1886, online from Cornell U. MOA : "...The discovery
of
Kaolin in Lawrence and Owen counties, in Indiana...commands a
premium..." or Library of Congress Text
Version .
NEWS & NEWSPAPERS
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- Indiana State
Library
:
140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296.
BIOGRAPHIES
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- Read "
Meeting the New President: Abraham Lincoln ", by Dixie
Kline Richardson,
historian: "...Jacob Humble was a Civil War veteran who had
been
a prisoner at Andersonville. But before this experience in Mr. Humble's
otherwise
quiet life in Patricksburg, Indiana [Owen County]...In the Fall of
l860,
Jacob and Mr. McNamer took a memorable trip to the Lincoln home...
HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY:
Articles and Online Databases
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- Owen
County Genealogy by Julian
Livingston
- General
History of Owen County, Indiana - includes Township and Town
Histories and Military
History and a Bibliography
- from the Owen
County Historical
and Genealogical Society - "...prepared primarily by copying
and
modifying portions of History of Clay & Owen Counties, Indiana;
edited
by Charles Blanchard, 1884 and Owen County, Indiana, a History; Owen
County
Historical & Genealogical Society, 1994..." Contact: the Owen County Historian.
- Owen
County Historical & Genealogical Society -
P.O. Box 569 - Spencer, IN 47460.
- Read "
Meeting the New President: Abraham Lincoln ", by Dixie
Kline Richardson,
historian: "...Jacob Humble was a Civil War veteran who had
been
a prisoner at Andersonville. But before this experience in Mr. Humble's
otherwise
quiet life in Patricksburg, Indiana [Owen County]...In the Fall of
l860,
Jacob and Mr. McNamer took a memorable trip to the Lincoln home...
- Owen County Online
- Indiana State
Archives.
6440 E. 30th Street - Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone:
(317) 591-5222
- 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.
- McCormick's
Creek State Park and Canyon
Inn
Route 5 Box 282 - Spencer, IN 47460 Phone:
(812)
829-2235.
- Indiana
Kaolin - an 1886 article from "Manufacturer and builder",
Volume 18,
Issue 1, January 1886, online from Cornell U. MOA : "...The discovery
of
Kaolin in Lawrence and Owen counties, in Indiana...commands a
premium..." or Library of Congress Text
Version .
- 1820
Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
- NARA: National Archives
and
Records Administration
- The Doughboy Center
- presented by The Great War Society.
- World
War II
Veterans Online Information Center
- USA Veterans' Administration
- Indiana State
Library
.
140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES
for Further Research
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- Owen
County Historical & Genealogical Society -
P.O. Box 569 - Spencer, IN 47460. - Owen County Public Library
10 South Montgomery Street - Spencer, IN 47460
Phone: (812) 829-3392.
- Library
of
Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic
or
Indiana town and/or county location to find available online photos,
maps,
and more!
COUNTY GOVERNMENT &
Vital Records
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Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:
- Owen County Health Dept. (For Birth & Death Certificates
from
ca. 1882)
Courthouse: First Floor - Spencer, IN
47460-1791 Phone: (812) 829-5017. - Owen County Circuit
Court Clerk - (For Marriage,
Divorce & Probate Records)
Mailing address: P.O. Box 146 - Spencer,
IN 47460 Phone: (812) 829-5015. - Owen County
Recorder
Courthouse: 60 South Main
Street First
Floor - Spencer, IN 47460-1791
Phone: (812) 829-5013 . - Indiana
State
Archives .
6440 E. 30th Street - Indianapolis, IN 46219
Phone:
(317) 591-5222
- 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.
Owen
County Communities
Moreland Cemetery : This small cemetery is located on
privately owned land, (section 1, of Clay Township) about a 1/4 mile
north of 325 S
(also called Hardscrabble Road), on 400 E, on the west side of the
road. This cemetery was visited, in March 2001, by Ann
Mensch. Though there was evidence of approximately 6 to 8 burials
and gravestone fragments, there
were only 2 gravestones which remained readable. They were
photographed
and transcribed at that time, and the inscriptions on these remaining
gravestones
are transcribed below:
REBECCA
WIFE of JT MORELAND
JAN [__] 1838
JULY 1894
|
Infant SON OF
S D & H
FRANKLIN
DIED
May 2, 1866
AGE ONE DAY
Sweetly Sleeping
|
FRANKLIN
TOWNSHIP communities include: Adel, Farmers, Freedom, New Hope,
Pottersville and Vilas.
HARRISON TOWNSHIP communities
include: Alaska is situated on the Owen and Morgan County line.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP communities
include: Cunot.
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP communities
include:
Arney, Coal City, Dagget, Hubbell and Stockton.
JENNINGS TOWNSHIP communities
include: Cataract.
LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP communities
include:
Vandalia.
MARION TOWNSHIP communities
include: Denmark, Hickory Corner, Patricksburg, Smithville and
Steubenville. - Read "
Meeting the New President: Abraham Lincoln ", by Dixie
Kline Richardson,
historian: "...Jacob Humble was a Civil War veteran who had
been
a prisoner at Andersonville. But before this experience in Mr. Humble's
otherwise
quiet life in Patricksburg, Indiana [Owen County]...In the Fall of
l860,
Jacob and Mr. McNamer took a memorable trip to the Lincoln home...
- General
History of Owen County, Indiana - includes Township and Town
Histories and Military
History and a Bibliography
- from the Owen
County Historical
and Genealogical Society - "...prepared primarily by copying
and
modifying portions of History of Clay & Owen Counties, Indiana;
edited
by Charles Blanchard, 1884 and Owen County, Indiana, a History; Owen
County
Historical & Genealogical Society, 1994..."
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP communities
include:
Carp and Cuba.
MORGAN TOWNSHIP communities
include: Atkinsonville, Beamer and Jordan.
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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:
- Fact & Folklore of Owen County. 2 Volumes.
Dixie Kline. (Author). Spencer, Indiana : Kline,
Volume 1, l976 and Volume
2, l982.
- "Owen County History and Genealogy". Owen
County
Historical and Genealogical Society (Owen County, Ind.). Spencer,
Indiana
: Owen County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1992 - Quarterly
publication.
(V. 9 NO. 1 WIN 2000).
- Owen County, Indiana : A History. Owen
County
Historical And Genealogical Society (Author). Spencer, Indiana :
Owen
County Historical And Genealogical Society, 1994. (977.201
OW2OWE).
- Tales of Pioneers. Spencer, Indiana Chamber
of Commerce. (Author). Spencer, Indiana : Spencer Chamber
of Commerce, 1962-1963. (977.201 OW2T).
- Owen County, Indiana, Military Veterans, 1775-1903.
Owen County Historical and Genealogical Society. [s.l.] : Owen
County Historical and Genealogical Society, 199?. (977.201
OW2V).
- Owen County, Indiana Boundaries. Roger A.
Peterson. (Author). Anderson, Indiana : R.A. Peterson,
1996. (977.201 OW2PETB).
[Mathematical map data].
- Property Owners, Spencer, Indiana, 1869.
Roger A.
Peterson. (Transcriber). [Owen County, Indiana] :
Owen
County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1991. (977.202 SP33P).
- African Americans Found in Owen County, Indiana,
Records,
1819-1880. Roger A. Peterson. (Author). Owen
County,
Indiana : Peterson, ca.1996. (977.201 OW2PETC).
- Index to Birth Records, Owen County, Indiana,
1882-1920, Inclusive . Indiana Works Progress Administration,
United States. (Compiler).
[Spencer, Ind.?] : Work Projects Administration. Indiana,
1939.
(977.201 OW2UNB).
- Owen County, Indiana Marriage Record, 1819-1849.
[S.l. : s.n., 19--]. (977.201 OW2O).
- Index to Marriage Records, Owen County, Indiana,
1850-1920,
Inclusive. Indiana Works Progress Administration, United
States.
(Compiler). [Spencer, Indiana?] : Work Projects Administration.
Indiana,
1939. (977.201 OW2UNM).
- Index to Supplemental Record: Marriage Transcript,
Owen County,
Indiana, 1880-1920, Inclusive. Indiana Works Progress
Administration, United States. (Compiler). [Spencer, Indiana?] :
Work Projects Administration. Indiana, 1939. (977.201 OW2UNMA).
- Index to Death Record : Owen County, Indiana,
1882-1920
Inclusive, Letters A-Z Inclusive. Indiana Works
Progress
Administration, United States. (Compiler). [Indianapolis?] : Work
Projects
Administration. Indiana, 1939. : The Administration,
1940. (977.201 OW2UND).
- An Index to the Will Books and Intestate Records of
Owen County,
Indiana, 1819-1871. Roger A. Peterson.
(Compiler).
[Indiana] : Owen County Historical and Genenalogical Society,
1994.
(977.201 OW2PETE).
- Abstracts of Owen County, Indiana Wills Before 1900.
Vivian Zollinger. (Abstracter). [Indiana?] : V. Zollinger,
ca.
1994. (977.201 OW2A).
- 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.
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