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JASPER COUNTY, Indiana
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JASPER COUNTY, Indiana
History <-> Genealogy
*First created in 1835.
*County seat: Rensselaer.
Located in northwestern Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Aix,
Asphaltum, Baileys Corner, Collegeville, Deer Park, Demotte, Dunns, Dunns Bridge, Egypt, Fair Oaks, Forest City, Fountain Park,
Gifford, Hanging Grove,
Kersey, Kniman,
Laura, Lewiston, McCoysburg, Moffitt, Moody, Newland, North Marion, Parr, Remington, Rensselaer, Rosebud, South Marion, Stoutsburg, Surrey, Tefft, Virgie,
Wheatfield and Zadoc.
Select this LINK to read a brief history of
early settlement and settlers of Jasper County.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Jasper 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.
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correct, the possibility of error remains. Please notify the webmaster should an error be
found.
Surrounding Counties:
NW = Lake County,
IN NNE = Porter County,
IN NE = Starke
County, IN
W = Newton
County, IN JASPER COUNTY
E = Pulaski
County, IN
S = Benton
County, IN SW = White County,
IN
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A Brief History of Early Settlers and Settlement of Jasper County
Abstracted primarily from A
Standard History of Jasper and Newton Counties, Indiana 1, by
Ann Mensch.
A Standard History of Jasper and Newton
Counties, Indiana (1916),
reports of early Jasper county settlement:
"Until the treaty of 1832, Jasper County
was not open to white settlers, nor was there any considerable migration
toward that locality. The incoming tide had risen principally from the
East and South and flooded the southern parts of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois
through the Valley of the Ohio
and its tributaries. These sections afforded abundant opportunites for the selection of choice farms, even
beyond the demand, and they lay within the radius of the natural source of
supplies and the most complete lines of communication of that period.
Northwestern Indiana, below the Kankakee,
was some distance from either. The character of the country also
operated to discourage immigration, it being generally described as alternate
swamps, sterile sand ridges and flat, wet prairies. Its name as a game
center, however, induced the more adventuresome to seek out the region in
quest of sport and profit, and the realization of both and the gleaning of the
truth, through the striking of a happy medium, eventually brought the first
permanent settlers." (p. 40)
The first permanent settler, of Jasper county, is
reported to have been William Donahue. He located in what is now Gillam
Township, as early as
1821, drawn by the good trapping and trade prospects with the Indians.
Remaining many years, William Donahue was a justice of peace before Jasper County was organized.
Others soon joined William in settling Jasper County. A description of the relocation
of the YEOMAN and NOWELS households to the area, may help to illustrate the
early settlers' experiences:
"In the fall of 1834, Joseph Yeoman and John
and David Nowels settled at the Falls of the
Iroquois. Mr. Yeoman was a son-in-law of John Nowels,
who had moved from Ohio to Fountain County, Indiana.
While residing there Mr. Yeoman proposed to move into the new country opened
by the recent Indian treaties. With John Nowels,
the son David, and his own wife, Sarah, Mr. Yeoman therefore located in Illinois, on the Iroquois
River, near the Indiana line at a place known as
Bunkum. While living there the families learned of the Falls of the
Iroquois, the locality so noted for its fine fishing and hunting, and in
1834, the men started for their new Indiana
home. Attaching a yoke of oxen to the forward wheels of a wagon and
fixing a cart to carry what they would need while gone, the party followed
the course of the river to the falls. There, much pleased with the
prospect, Yeoman left the Nowels family, father and
son, and returned to Bunkum to arrange matters for the removal of the
household to the new site. This done, David Nowels
returned to Bunkum with the oxen, and both families were settled at the Falls
of the Iroquois by the fall of 1835. There were no neighbors to assist
at the "raising" of their cabin, which was accomplished by the
three men, Mrs. Yeoman and the oxen." (pp. 40-41)
It was here, on the old Yeoman homestead, that
Daniel H. Yeoman was born to Joseph Yeoman and his wife, Sarah, in
1841. The infant Daniel would later be a Captain during the Civil War,
and reportedly remain the owner of this original homestead at the age of 75
years.
A list of many of these early settlers, with approximate settlement years,
follows. This list is not meant to be a complete and/or verified list,
but rather as leads to names which may be found in early Jasper County.
Many of these names, which are included in A Standard History of Jasper
and Newton Counties, Indiana (1916), were reported to have been included
in a list of pioneers, by the Old Settlers' Society:
1832: William DONAHUE and Aaron LYONS.
1834: Joseph and Sarah YEOMAN; John and David NOWELS;
Charles G. WRIGHT, resided earlier in White county, Charles came to the area
as an Indian trader; Thomas RANDLE, reportedly of Virginia, his son, James T.
RANDLE later lived in Rensselaer; George CULP, reportedly of Virginia, and
William MALLATT.
1835: Royal HAZELTON; John G. PARKINSON, Henry BARKLEY,
Jr.; Jackson PHEGLEY; Mrs. Malinda SPITLER and J. T. RANDLE.
1836: David PHEGLEY; John JORDAN, who reportedly migrated
from Tipton County and located in Carpenter's Grove, Jasper County; Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel SPARLING; Henry A. SPARLING and Marion L. SPITLER.
1837: William K. PARKINSON; Addison PARKINSON and Joseph
V. PARKINSON.
1838: George H. BROWN; Jared BENJAMIN; Joseph W.
SPARKLING; Joseph WILLIAMS; Mrs. David NOWELS; Mrs. W. K. PARKINSON; Mrs.
William SHAW and Miss Belle BARKLEY.
1839: Samuel E. YEOMAN; Stewart C. HAMMOND; Mrs. William
BURNS; Mrs. H. C. THORNTON and Mrs. Joseph SPARKLING.
1840: Nathaniel WYATT; D. M. PRICE; W. J. WRIGHT; Sidney
STEWART; Thomas R. PARKER; Mrs. William COCKRILL; Mrs. Benjamin WELSH.
1841: Lemuel HANKLE; Rial BENJAMIN; William NOLAND; and Mrs. G. H. BROWN.
1842: Alexander ROWEN; Samuel McCULLOUGH;
Samuel LONG; Joseph C. HENKLE; John A. HENKLE; John W. DUVALL and Jabez WRIGHT.
1843: Andrew FARRIS; Henry SAYLER; H. C. THORNTON and C.
C. THORNTON.
1844: Joseph YEOMAN; James YEOMAN; Wesley DOWNING; Madison
MAKEEVER; Ira W. YEOMAN and Clement TIMMONS.
1845: George KESLER; Lemuel
SHORTRIDGE; Abram FREELAND; John DAUGHERTY; Daniel DAUGHERTY; Lewis L.
DAUGHERTY; William H. DAUGHERTY; Simon PHILLIPS and L. W. SAYERS.
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familysearch.org - 1880
Census Index
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1820 Indiana
Census Index, by Lori!
- countyhistory.com: for
Jasper County,
by Ronald Branson!
- Benton, Warren,
Pulaski, Tippecanoe, White, Jasper and Newton Counties, Indiana, Portrait
and Biographical Record, Originally Published, by Lewis
Publishing Co., in 1899, online by Ronald Branson.
- The Political Graveyard:
for Jasper County,
Indiana created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum
- a web site about U.S.
political history, politicians and cemeteries.
- MyLocal.IN
for Jasper County
Indiana - information.
- 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.
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Indiana
State Library. 140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN
46204-2296
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Online Databases
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Indiana
Cemetery Locator Database
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Indiana
Biography Index (published before 1990)
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Indiana
Biography Index (published since 1990)
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Index of
Indiana Marriages Through 1850.
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Index
of Indiana Marriages, 1993 through 2000
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Newspaper Holdings:
Holdings by county (in Indianapolis)
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Images
of Indiana: 92 Counties // from Adams to Whitley
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Indiana Public Libraries
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WWII Servicemen
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Indiana Plat Books
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Vital Information Exchange
(VINE)
605 Milroy Avenue -
Rensselaer, IN 47978
208 West Susan Street - Rensselaer, IN 47978 Phone: (219)
866-5881.
105 West Kellner Boulevard - Rensselaer, IN
47978-2623 Phone:
(219) 866-4917.
When you request a genealogical copy, include the person's name,
date of birth or death, a money-order for the amount, a self-addressed-stamped
envelope and a photocopy of your photo-ID (for identification).
Courthouse - 115 West Washington - Rensselaer,
IN 47978
Phone: (219) 866-4926.
When you request a genealogical copy, include the person's name,
date of birth or death, payment and a self-addressed-stamped envelope.
115 West Washington Street
- Rensselaer, IN 47978
Phone: (219) 866-4930.
This office has a Jasper County
map available for purchase, which shows the townships and ranges, in addition
to towns and some cemetery locations. The fee for the map is $2, plus
postage.
Jasper County Communities
Barkley Township
communities include: Gifford, Lewiston,
Moody and Newland.
Cemeteries include:
Brown Cemetery, (MAP)
located near Moody, in the southeastern corner of Barkley township.
Carpenter Township communities include: Fountain Park
and Remington.
- 105 Ohio Street - Remington, IN
47977
Phone: (219) 261-2543.
Gillam Township
communities include: Asphaltum and Baileys
Corner. Asphaltum is situated at the Walker and Gillam
townships line.
Hanging
Grove Township
communities include: Hanging Grove and McCoysburg.
Jordan Township
communities include: Egypt.
Kankakee Township communities include: Dunns, Dunns Bridge
and Tefft. Dunns Bridge is located at the Jasper and Porter
counties line.
Keener Township communities include: Deer
Park, Demotte and Forest
City.
901 Birch Street S.W.
- DeMotte, IN Phone: (219)
987-2221.
HOURS: Monday & Thurs. 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Tuesday
& Wed. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Friday & Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m.
Marion Township communities include: Collegeville,
North Marion, Pleasant Ridge, Rensselaer (the county seat) and South Marion.
U.S. Highway 231 - Rensselaer, IN 47978 Phone: (219)
866-6000.
Milroy
Township is a rural
township.
Newton Township communities include: Surrey.
UnionTownship communities
include: Aix, Fair Oaks, Moffitt, Parr,
Rosebud and Virgie.
Walker
Township communities
include: Kniman, Laura and Zadoc.
Asphaltum is situated at the Walker and Gillam townships line.
Wheatfield
Township communities
include: Kersey, Stoutsburg and Wheatfield.
Grace & South
Streets - Wheatfield, IN 46310
Phone: (219) 956-3774.
HOURS: Monday-Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday 9:30
a.m. - 8:00 p.m..
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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:
- A Standard History of
Jasper and Newton Counties,
Indiana. Louis H.
Hamilton and William Darroch.
(Editors). Chicago,
Illinois : The Lewis
Publishing Company, 1916. (977.201 J31s v.1 & v. 2.).
- History of the Town of Remington, and Vicinity, Jasper County, Indiana.
J. H. Royalty.
(Author). Logansport, Indiana
: Press of Wison, Humphreys & Co., 1894.
(977.202 R28R).
Every Name Index to James Royalty's (1894): The Town of Remington
and vicinity, Jasper County Indiana.
Robert B. Shearer. (Indexer)., 1990. (977.202 R28R, INDEX).
- History of Jasper County, Indiana,
1985. Jasper-Newton Counties Genealogical Society.
(Author). [Rensselaer,
Indiana?] : Jasper-Newton
Counties Genealogical Society, ca.1985. (977.201 J31HI).
- Jasper
County, Indiana List
of Newspapers In the Public Library of Rensselaer, Indiana,
1853-1956. Margaret B. Paulus.
(Compiler). General Van Rensselaer Chapter, D. A. R., 1958.
- Jasper County, Indiana
Index of Names of Persons and of Firms. Work Projects
Administration of Indiana.
(Compiler). Indianapolis,
Indiana : The W. P. A., 1942.
- Jasper County, Indiana
Tract Book, 1838-1870. Margaret B. Paulus.
(Compiler). General
Van Rensselaer Chapter, D. A. R.,
1958.
- Index to Birth Record, Jasper County, Indiana,
1882-1920, Inclusive. (compiled from record in County Health Office, Rensselaer) Work Progress Administration of Indiana.
(Compiler). [Indianapolis,
Indiana?] : The Indiana W. P. A.,
1939.
- Index to Marriage Record, Jasper County, Indiana,
1865-1920, Inclusive. Work Progress
Administration of Indiana.
(Compiler). [Indianapolis,
Indiana?] : The Indiana W. P. A., 1939.
- Index to Death Records, Jasper County, Indiana,
1882-1920, Inclusive. Work Progress
Administration of Indiana.
(Compiler). [Indianapolis,
Indiana?] : The Indiana W. P. A., 1939.
- Index to Death Records,
Jasper County, Indiana, 1921-1977, Inclusive. Fr. Charles H. Banet. (Compiler). Rensselaer, Indiana
: Selby Publishing & Printing, 1979.
- Cemeteries of Barkley Township,
Jasper County, Indiana. Katherine Lund, et.
al. (Compilers). [n.p.], 1986.
- Osborne Cemetery, Hanging
Grove Township, Jasper Co., Indiana.
James A. Miller.
(Compiler). [n.p.], 1992. (977.201 J31M).
- 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.
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