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History <-> Genealogy
Located in southern
The County seat is Corydon. + Corydon was the
capital of
Harrison County was first created, in 1808, as
the 4th county in the
In 1811, Harrison county encompassed a large
area which included the present day counties of HARRISON and WASHINGTON,
in addition to the eastern half of CRAWFORD and ORANGE counties,
a southeastern portion of JACKSON county,
the western half of FLOYD
county, and smaller portions of CLARK, LAWRENCE, PERRY and SCOTT counties.
Read more about the Formation of Harrison County
townships and boundaries and Townships of
Yesteryear.
*County seat: Corydon + Corydon was the
capital of
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Bradford, Breckenridge,
Bridgeport, Buena
Vista, Central, Central
Barren, Corydon, Corydon Junction, Crandall,
Davidson, Depauw, Dixie, Dogwood, Elizabeth, Evans Landing, Fairdale,
Fishtown, Frenchtown, Hancock
Chapel, Hillcrest, Laconia, Lanesville,
Little St. Louis, Locust
Point, Lottick Corner,
Macedonia, Mauckport, Moberly, Mott Station, New
Amsterdam, New Boston (Boston), New Middletown, New
Salisbury, Nanceville (historical P.O.), Northampton (historical), Palmyra, Ramsey, Rehoboth P.O., Rosewood,
Seven Springs, Sugar
Grove, Titus, Valley
City, White Cloud, and Wynnsboro (historical).
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Harrison 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.
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
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Townships of Scott Township - was located in the
western portion of early Harrison county, with the
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Surrounding Counties:
N = Washington
County, IN
W = Crawford
County, IN HARRISON COUNTY E = Floyd County, IN
S = The Ohio River /
Meade, Jefferson, Bulitt, and Hardin Counties, KY
Visit neighboring KYGenWeb
See Local History <-> Genealogy State Selection Page to
visit Kentucky sites of research interest.
See: Kentuck
Atlas and Gazetteer - from the University
of Kentucky,
Established in 1808; County seat is Corydon.
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· Interactive Present day Map of Harrison County, Indiana.
· 1875 Map of Harrison County, Indiana, from Higgins Belden & Co. (see citation)
· 1895 Map of Harrison County, Indiana, by Pam Rietsch
· 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: THE
·
Harrison
County Convention and Visitors Bureau – Corydon is an
Historic area for
· Harrison County Chamber of Commerce
·
· Squire Boone Grist Mill is on the Indiana State Register of Historic Sites.
· 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.
·
Indiana
State Library.
o Indiana Cemetery Locator Database
· Cemeteries in Harrison County, Indiana
· USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project for Harrison County, Indiana
· Interment.net for Harrison County, Indiana
· 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.
· Little Flock Baptist Cemtery, by Terry Straub
·
Funeral Homes: Beanblossom-Cesar
Funeral Home
Gehlbach & Royse Funeral Home Inc.
318 E Chestnut Street - Corydon, IN Phone:
(812) 738-4131
COMMERCE, TOURISM & ONLINE COMMUNITY
· Harrison County, Indiana Chamber/Convention and Visitors Bureau
· Harrison County Chamber of Commerce
· Corydon Battle Park - Historic Civil War Battlefield
o
Indiana Legion
Organization of Companies -
·
Squire
Boone's Caverns & Village
Located south of Corydon, off Hwy. 135, east of Central, in
Squire and his brother, Daniel Boone, discovered the dazzling cave
formations and underground waterfalls two centuries ago.
o About Squire Boone (died ca. 1815, and is buried in the caves)
o Squire Boone Grist Mill is on the Indiana State Register of Historic Sites.
·
Hayswood Nature Preserve - (
·
Post
Oak-Cedar Nature Preserve - (
· Harrison-Crawford Wyandotte Complex - Woods Area & Caves Area
·
Marengo
Cave - a U.S. National Landmark in neighboring
·
Virtual Cave Trip:
Indiana Karst -
· National Caves Association - Caves and Caverns Directory
·
National
Speleological Society - (headquarters in
o
Harrison-Crawford Grotto
(a local chapter)
· Basically Bats - To learn more about those critters which reside in caves. ;-)
·
Indiana
State Library.
o
Newspaper
Holdings: Holdings by county (in
·
Squire
Boone's Caverns & Village
Located south of Corydon, off Hwy. 135, east of Central, in
o About Squire Boone (brother of Daniel)
·
Katherine R.
Miller (interview with a Rosewood,
· countyhistory.com: for Harrison County, by Ronald Branson!
HISTORY <-> GENEALOGY: Articles and Online Databases
·
Corydon
Capitol is an Historic area for Indiana's
Territorial and early Statehood era. "...commemorates
the history of
· Historic Harrison County by the Historic Harrison County project team.
· Harrison County, Indiana Chamber/Convention and Visitors Bureau
o
Historic Corydon
- Corydon was the capital of
· Squire Boone Caverns and Grist Mill - Tourism website
·
Indiana
State Library.
o Indiana Cemetery Locator Database
o Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.
o Index of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000
o Newspaper Holdings: Holdings by county
o Images of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley
· INGenWeb for Harrison County Genealogy by Terry (Teresa) Straub.
· 1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org
· 1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!
· Corydon War Memorials: The Historical Marker Database HMdb.org
o War of 1812: In Honor of the Men From Harrison County who were killed or died from wounds at the Battle of Tippecanoe, 7 Nov 1811 and War of 1812
o Civil War: Morgan’s Raid in Harrison County, Confederate and Northern Losses
o
Civil War: Battle of Corydon
o
WWII: Tribute to World War II Veterans of Harrison
County
o
All
Corydon Historical Markers
ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES for Further Research
·
Harrison
County Public Library & Carnegie Genealogy Library
o History and Genealogy Resources!
Hours: Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.;
Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed on National Holidays
·
The Southern Indiana
Genealogical Society
(SIGS serves the seven southern
·
Harrison
County Health Department (For Birth & Death Records from ca. 1882)
245 Atwood St., North Wing -
Phone: (812) 738-3237 E-mail:
HarrisonCoHealth@hotmail.com
o Vital Records Information and Order Forms
·
Harrison
County Clerk's Office (For Marriage, Divorce and Probate Records)
The fee is .50 per page for copies of marriage
records.
·
Harrison
County Recorder (For Land Records/Deeds)
·
The Development of
See also: Townships of Yesteryear
At the time of its formation, Harrison county was divided into 3 townships:
By 1811, Harrison county
had 6 townships:
In 1814, Washington county was formed, from the northern portion, effectively reducing Harrison county to about half of its original size, with the 3 northern townships of Washington, Madison and Driftwood becoming part of the newly formed WASHINGTON county.
By 1817, Harrison county had once again divided into 6 townships: Exeter, Franklin, Harrison, Ohio, Posey and Whiskey Run, however the following year (1818) the townships of Ohio and Whiskey Run became part of the newly formed CRAWFORD county, and southern Exeter township was divided into 2 new townships: Boone and Heth, while the townships of Morgan and Blue River were formed in the north.
In 1838, a new Washington
township was formed in the southwestern part of
Blue River Township
communities include: Depauw and Hancock
Chapel. Depauw is situated at the
·
Historic
Harrison County : Historic
Blue River Township, By Frederick P. Griffin, from notes of Miss
Loretta Davis & Mr. Emory Bruner, As published in the souvenir Cenntenial Program for the 1959 Harrison County Fair.
Four of the earliest churches, each with corresponding cemeteries, serving the
Hancock's Chapel, a Methodist church, in the SE 1/4 of
Section 33, T-1S, R-3E.
Blue River Chapel, a Christian church, in the NW 1/2 of
Section 2, T-2S, R-3E.
Mt. Zion, destroyed by fire (NE 1/4 of Section 7, T-2S,
R-3E).
Other cemeteries in
The Boston Cemetery, in the NW 1/4 of section 33, T-1S, R-3E.
The
The Collins-Sipes Cemetery is
located in Blue River Township, 1 1/2 miles southwest of Hancock Chapel, in the
NE 1/4 of Section 5, T-2S, R-3E (Source: Indiana State Library, Genealogy
Division).
Arian Collins graciously reported the following
were interred in the
1. Lawson Henderson SIPES (born Sept. 10, 1808, in North Carolina; died Dec. 3, 1872, in Blue River, Harrison County, Indiana). Husband of Mary (WALK) SIPES.
2. Andrew James COLLINS (born Dec. 6, 1858 in
3. George W. COLLINS (born Aug. 3, 1861 in
4. Mary J. COLLIN (born Sept. 12, 1864, in Harrison County, Indiana; died July 30, 1865, in Harrison County, Indiana). Daughter of James Andrew and Sarah Catherine (SIPES) COLLINS.
5. Emma SIPES (born may
10, 1865, in
·
Historic
Harrison County : Historic Boone
Township, by Miss Dora Faith,
·
Squire
Boone's Caverns & Village
Located south of Corydon, off Hwy. 135, east of Central, in
Squire and his brother, Daniel Boone, discovered the dazzling cave
formations and underground waterfalls two centuries ago.
o About Squire Boone (died ca. 1815, and is buried in the caves)
· Historic Harrison County : Historic Franklin Township, by Frederick P. Griffin, from the notes of Mr. Charles Simler, As published in the souvenir Cenntenial Program for the 1959 Harrison County Fair.
·
Franklin Township Cemeteries include the
following: (see Cemeteries List for location
descriptions)
Armstrong Family Plot
Blankenbaker Cemetery
Brubeck Family Plot
Chamberlain - Decker Family Plot
John Cline's Grave - (veteran of American Revolution, on farm)
Davis Family Cemetery
Fullinglove Family Plot
Sarah Gimble Grave - (on farm)
Gwin-Shafer-Zimon Family Plot
Harbison Family Cemetery
Harmon Family Plot
Lanesville M. E. Cemetery - by Lanesville
Lieber Family Cemetery - (on farm)
Pfrimmer's United Brethren Chapel
Cemetery (became United Methodist)
Riley Family Plot
Raudenbusch Family Cemetery
Rheinhardt Family Cemetery
St. John's Lutheran Cemetery - southeast by Lanesville (northeast
from old St. John's Cemetery) St. John's Lutheran Cemetery (old) -
NE 1/4, section 32, Township 3 S, Range 5 E
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery - at Lanesville
St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
St. Peter's Evangelic Lutheran Cemetery
Schmetzer Family Plot
Sickell Family Plot
Thomas Cemetery
unknown Cemetery (on farm/no stones) - SW 1/4 section 12, Township
3 S, Range 5 E
unknown Cemetery (on farm/no stones) - SE 1/4 section 17, Township
3 S, Range 5 E
unknown Cemetery (on farm/no stones) - SE 1/4 section 21, Township
3 S, Range 5 E
unknown Cemetery (on farm/no stones) - NE 1/4 section 28, Township
3 S, Range 5 E
unknown Cemetery (on farm/no stones) - SW 1/4 section 4, Township
4 S, Range 5 E
Woertz Family Cemetery (aka German
Reformed Cemetery) - on farm
Wolfe's Cemetery - (portion within Floyd county)
Wright - Schwartz Family Plot
Zollman Family Cemetery
· Historic Harrison County : Historic Harrison Township, by Mr. Frederick P. Griffin and notes of Mr. Benton Windell, As published in the Souvenir Centennial Program for the 1959 Harrison County Fair.
· Corydon War Memorials: The Historical Marker Database HMdb.org
o War of 1812: In Honor of the Men From Harrison County who were killed or died from wounds at the Battle of Tippecanoe, 7 Nov 1811 and War of 1812
o Civil War: Morgan’s Raid in Harrison County, Confederate and Northern Losses
o
Civil War: Battle of Corydon
o
WWII: Tribute to World War II Veterans of Harrison
County
o
All
Corydon Historical Markers
· Harrison County, Indiana Chamber/Convention and Visitors Bureau
· Harrison County Chamber of Commerce
· Corydon Capitol is an