Crawford County, Indiana History and Genealogy Research Guide and Links

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CRAWFORD COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy

*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.

Thomas STROUD – The first, non-native settler of Crawford County, Indiana

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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Select a TOWN from above to go to the township location, with links and information specific to that area, OR, select a township from the following Townships Table:
Please note: Though the information on this web page is believed to be correct, the possibility of error remains. Please notify the webmaster should an error be found.

Townships in Crawford County
(North = Top)

Patoka Township	Sterling Township	Liberty Township	Whiskey Run Township
Johnson Township	Union Township	Ohio Township	Jennings Township
		Boone Township	Ohio Township

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

· Thomas STROUD – The first, non-native settler of Crawford County, Indiana

· 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

Find A Grave for Crawford County, Indiana Cemeteries

· The Shaw Family of Crawford County, Indiana, by Bruce F. Pawlak

· Professional Historical and Genealogical Research

· 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.

· The Hoosier National Forest

· Crawford County, Indiana Community Network

· 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

o Cemetery Inscriptions

· Printed Resources for Crawford County, Indiana Research.

· 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.

o 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 Records (partial)

· 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.

· Marengo Cemetery (aka Big Springs, Old Town) Grave Index, Liberty Township, online by John H. (Pete) Ross

· 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

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)

· 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!

· World War II Veterans Online Information Center

· Crawford County Community Network

· 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 Tourism

o For Questions - Contact Information

· Crawford County Genealogical and Historical Society -
866 N. Sycamore Road - Taswell, IN 47175.

o 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- Judicial Plaza - 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)
715 Judicial Plaza Drive - P.O. Box 246 - English, IN 47118-0246 Phone: (812) 338-2302.

Crawford County Communities

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:
Dillman Cemetery, Everdon Cemetery, Leavenworth Memorial Gardens, Old Leavenworth Cemetery, and Shaffer Ridge Cemetery.

Dillman Cemetery is located by the church, on E. Curby Road, near Curby, in Jennings Township. Daniel Dillman, <ddillman@cloudnet.com>, kindly wrote the following: “…Names include Dillman (of course), Landers, Batman, Straughan and many others. Most of the cemetery is in good shape, well maintained, although many of the stones are showing wear due to weather and fungus, and some stones are just unmarked fieldstones. There is a sign at the cemetery with contact info for the maintainers. Lat/Lon of the cemetery and Dillman Cemetery Fund (c/o Dwight Peabody, 4646 E. State Rd. 62, Leavenworth, IN 46137) according to Google Maps is this: 38.282973, -86.383755. Daniel Dillman.”

Johnson Township communities include: Eckerty.

· Crawford County Genealogy, by Martha

o 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."

· Cemeteries in Liberty Township include the following:
Marengo (Big Springs, Old Town) Cemetery, Sturgeon Cemetery (aka Bogard's Creek), White Cemetery.

o Marengo Cemetery (aka Big Springs, Old Town) Grave Index, Liberty Township, online by John H. (Pete) Ross

· Crawford County Genealogical and Historical Society -
Priscilla Eastridge - 866 N. Sycamore Road - Taswell, IN 47175.

o 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)

o 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.).

The Indiana Gazetteer for 1895 lists the following people and businesses in English:

S. B. ADAMS, general grocery;
S. BENZ, general clothing store;
Dr. BRENT & Son, druggists;
A. H. BROWN, barber;
BROWN & MATHER, flour mill;
CONDRA Brothers, masons;
Joe FINCH, saloon;
Frank GOLDMAN, hoop man;
George HAZELWOOD, physician;
J. M. HAMMOND, physician;
Bell HUBBARD, milliner;
J. C. CLINE, tailor;
C. D. LUCKETT, physician and jeweler;
D. S. LUCKETT and Lizzie LUCKETT, hotel;
J. V. McCOY, general store;
James MILLER, jeweler;
W. E. MOORE, livery stable;
J. C. PATTON, general store;
E. ROBERSON, sawmill;
Charles ROSENBARGER, grocery;
W. J. SHOPP, notions;
H. A. SMITH, saddler;
STARR & Son, hardware;
Benjamin TEMPLE & Brothers, hardware;
W. W. TEMPLE, general grocery;
F. S. WEIL, shoemaker.

     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

o 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. Additionally, some cemeteries have been known by alternate names. If you are aware of a cemetery which has not been included, or know one of the cemeteries by another name, please e-mail to Ann, so this information may be included.
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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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