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LAWRENCE COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1818.
*County seat: Bedford.
Located in south central Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Avoca, Bartlettsville, Bedford, Bono, Bryantsville, Buddha, Coveyville, Coxton, Dark Hollow, Englewood, Erie, Eureka, Fayetteville, Flinn/Flynn, Fort Ritner, Georgia, Guthrie, Heltonville, Hartleyville, Huron, Judah, Leesville, Lawrenceport, Mitchell, Moorestown, Needmore, Oolitic, Patton Hill, Peerless, Pinhook, Popcorn, Rabbitville, Red Hill, Rivervale, Shawswick, Silverville, Springville, Stemm, Stonington, Tarry Park,  Tunnelton, Williams, Yockey, and Zelma.

Select this LINK to see GENERAL Lawrence 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.
 

Surrounding Counties:
                                             N =  Monroe County, IN
WNW = Greene County, IN     LAWRENCE COUNTY     E = Jackson County, IN
       WSW = Martin County, IN   S = Orange County, IN  SW = Washington County, IN

  • Lawrence County Historical Society (Jim Guthrie Chapter)  
    • 1617 M Street - Bedford, IN 47421  Phone: (812) 279-6555.
  • Fort Ritner Heritage Museum -
    •  Fort Ritner, IN 47430     Phone: (812) 279-1878
  • Extant Indiana Railroad/Railway Structures for Lawrence County, Indiana Railroads, by Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.
  • Indiana Historical Society, in  The Hoosier Genealogist (December 1997).
  • 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.
  • 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..." or Library of Congress Text Version.
  • Times-Mail Online news supplement.

   P.O. Box 849 - Bedford, IN 47421-0849  Phone: (812) 277-7260
     or in Indiana (800) 782-4405.

  • 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.
  • Read about Samuel Bass: "A Hoosier In Texas Folklore", by Dixie Kline Richardson, historian, - "...Samuel Bass never reached the notoriety of a Dillinger, and will never be venerated as Grissom is, but he was both a criminal and a native son of near Mitchell, [Lawrence County] Indiana..."
  • Social Security Death Index Interactive Search, on Rootsweb

·         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)

·         1880 Census Index, by familysearch.org

·         1820 Indiana Census Index, by Lori!

    1323 "K" Street - Bedford, IN 47421  Phone: (812) 275-4471.

   2419 Mitchell Road - Bedford, IN 47421  Phone: (812) 275-3234.

  • Lawrence County Recorder (maintains copies of county records)

   County Courthouse on the Square in Bedford, IN  47421 Phone: (812) 275-3245.

  • Lawrence Circuit Court Clerk (For Marriage, Divorce & Probate Records)

   County Courthouse on the Square in Bedford, IN  47421  Phone: (812) 275-7543.

Lawrence County Communities

Bono Township - Communities include Bono, Lawrenceport, Rivervale and Stonington.

Flinn / Flynn Township - Historical township which was located in eastern Lawrence County, in the area surrounding the present-day community of Leesville.  It existed at the time of the 1880 Census.  The area is now within the townships of Guthrie, Shawswick and Pleasant Run townships.


Guthrie Township - Communities include Buddha, Ft. Ritner, Leesville, Tunnelton and Pinhook. 

    • Railroad Tunnel - Tunnelton, IN - "...When railroads were introduced into Lawrence County, the hills presented quite a challenge.  Rather than go around one such hill located between Tunnelton and Ft. Ritner, the O&M (Ohio & Mississippi Railway) made the decision to tunnel through..."


Indian Creek Township - Communities include Coxton, Dark Hollow, Eureka, Fayetteville, Patton Hill and Silverville.  A portion of the Hoosier National Forest encompasses a large portion of the Townships of Indian Creek and Spice Valley.


Marion Township - Communities include Hartleyville, Mitchell, Rabbitville, Tarry Park and Yockey.  Juliet, Redding, Sinking Spring, Spring Mill and Woodland are communities, which appear to have been in Marion Township, on 1858 Johnson's map of Indiana.  Also located within Marion Township is Spring Mill State Park.

    804 Main Street, Mitchell, IN 47446    Phone: (812) 849-2412.


Marshall Township - Communities include Avoca, Coveyville, Guthrie, Judah, Needmore, Peerless, and Stemm.


Perry Township - Communities include Popcorn, Red Hill and Springville.


Pleasant Run Township - Communities include Bartlettsville, Heltonville and Zelma.


Shawswick Township - Communities include Bedford, Englewood, Erie, Oolitic and Shawswick.

     P.O. Box 7 - 109 Main Street - Oolitic, IN

    1323 "K" Street - Bedford, IN 47421  Phone: (812) 275-4471.

  • Spice Valley Township - Communities include Bryantsville, Georgia, Huron, Moorestown and Williams.  A portion of the Hoosier National Forest encompasses a large portion of the Townships of Indian Creek and Spice Valley.

Anderson Cemetery - Latitude:  385817N; Longitude: 0863309W

 Bailey Cemetery - Latitude:  385543N; Longitude: 0862647W

 Bass Cemetery - Latitude:  384553N; Longitude: 0863002W

 Beech Grove Cemetery - Latitude:  385131N; Longitude: 0862945W

 Boone Cemetery - Latitude:  385254N; Longitude: 0864002W

 Breckinridge Cemetery - Latitude:  385253N; Longitude: 0862919W

 Bridge Cemetery - Latitude:  385326N; Longitude: 0863901W

 Brinegar Cemetery - Latitude:  385724N; Longitude: 0863327W

 Brunner Cemetery - Latitude:  384114N; Longitude: 0863736W
    located in southern Spice Valley Township, near the Lawrence and Orange counties boundary.

 Burton Cemetery - Latitude:  384234N; Longitude: 0863442W
    located between Moorestown and Georgia, in Spice Valley Township.

 Burton Cemetery - Latitude:  384252N; Longitude: 0863007W
    located southwest of Mitchell, in Marion Township.

 Byers Cemetery - Latitude:  385900N; Longitude: 0864037W

 Carlton Cemetery - Latitude:  384746N; Longitude: 0862546W

 Christian Cemetery - Latitude:  385542N; Longitude: 0863704W

 Connelly Cemetery - Latitude:  384558N; Longitude: 0863251W

 Covey Cemetery - Latitude:  385901N; Longitude: 0862712W

 Cox Cemetery - Latitude:  384813N; Longitude: 0863708W

 Crawford Cemetery - Latitude:  385047N; Longitude: 0862357W

 Crest Haven Cemetery - Latitude:  384826N; Longitude: 0863033W

 Dodd Cemetery - Latitude:  384645N; Longitude: 0862008W

 Erwin Cemetery - Latitude:  384623N; Longitude: 0862739W

 Faubion Cemetery - Latitude:  385643N; Longitude: 0862137W

 Ferguson Cemetery - Latitude:  385256N; Longitude: 0863856W

 Freedom Cemetery - Latitude:  384254N; Longitude: 0862812W;  Located near the southern edge of the town of Mitchell, Marion Township, it is by Hwy. 37, not far south of the intersection with SR 60.

 Georgia Cemetery - Latitude:  384216N; Longitude: 0863421W 
    located at Georgia, in Spice Valley Township.

 Graves Cemetery - Latitude:  385932N; Longitude: 0863931W

 Green Hill Cemetery - Latitude:  385121N; Longitude: 0862914W

 Grodey Cemetery - Latitude:  384302N; Longitude: 0863711W
    located by Moorestown, in Spice Valley Township.

 Hall Cemetery - Latitude:  384324N; Longitude: 0863225W 
    located west of Mitchell, in Marion Township.

 Hamer Cemetery - Latitude:  384358N; Longitude: 0862517W

 Hawkins Cemetery - Latitude:  385802N; Longitude: 0862502W

 Hayes Cemetery - Latitude:  385729N; Longitude: 0863049W

 Hopkins Cemetery - Latitude:  385506N; Longitude: 0863120W

 Huron Cemetery - Latitude:  384318N; Longitude: 0864050W 
    located west of Huron, in Spice Valley Township, near the Lawrence and Martin counties boundary.

 Ikerd Cemetery - Latitude:  385211N; Longitude: 0862621W

 Isom Cemetery - Latitude:  384254N; Longitude: 0863240W
    located southwest of Mitchell, in Marion Township.

 Knott Cemetery - Latitude:  384720N; Longitude: 0863222W

 Lowder Cemetery - Latitude:  385745N; Longitude: 0863840W

 Mount Zion Cemetery - Latitude:  385745N; Longitude: 0863237W

 Old Union Church Cemetery - Latitude:  385048N; Longitude: 0863522W

 Perkins Cemetery - Latitude:  385634N; Longitude: 0863318W

 Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Latitude:  385208N; Longitude: 0863927W 
    located near Silverville, in western Indian Creek Township.

 Red Cross Cemetery - Latitude:  384758N; Longitude: 0863039W

 Scoggan Cemetery - Latitude:  384944N; Longitude: 0862853W

 Sheeks Cemetery - Latitude:  384715N; Longitude: 0862714W

 Sherril Cemetery - Latitude:  385031N; Longitude: 0862209W

 Starr Cemetery - Latitude:  384929N; Longitude: 0862329W

 Talbott Cemetery - Latitude:  384302N; Longitude: 0861940W

 Tanksley Cemetery - Latitude:  385618N; Longitude: 0862433W

 Thomason Cemetery - Latitude:  384635N; Longitude: 0863056W 
    located south of Bedford and north of Mitchell, in Marion Township.

 Tincher Cemetery - Latitude:  384421N; Longitude: 0863418W 
    located west of Mitchell, in eastern Spice Valley Township.

 Waggner Cemetery - Latitude:  385136N; Longitude: 0863955W
    located near Silverville, in western Indian Creek Township.
 

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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:

  • 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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