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MORGAN COUNTY, Indiana
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*First created in 1822.
*County seat: Martinsville.
Located in south central Indiana.
*Cities, Towns & Communities include: Adams, Alaska, Allman, Bethany, Bluff, Briarwood, Brooklyn, Brookmoor, Browns Crossing, Bunker Hill, Centerton, Chetwynd, Cope, Crestview Heights, Crown Center, Eminence, Exchange, Fewell Rhoades, Fields, Five Points, Fox Hill, Hall, Hyndsdale, Lake Hart, Landersdale, Lewisville, Little Point, Mahalasville, Martinsville, Monrovia, Mooresville, Morgantown, Mt. Zion Corner, Paragon, Plano, Ridgewood, Sundown Manor, Turkey Track, Wakeland, Waverly, Waverly Woods, Whitaker, Wilbur, Wiser, and Wolff.

Click HERE for GENERAL MORGAN County information and links, OR
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 table:

Please note:  Though the information on this web page is believed to be correct, the possibility of error remains.  Please notify the Ann Mensch should an error be found.
 

Surrounding Counties:
WNW = Putnam County, IN N =  Hendricks County, IN  NE = Marion County, IN
WSW = Owen County, IN     MORGAN COUNTY     E = Johnson County, IN
                                           S = Monroe County, IN        ESE = Brown County, IN

Links to Online Census:

   110 S. Jefferson Street - Martinsville, IN 46151  Phone: (765) 342-3451.

    6220 Forest Road - Martinsville, IN 46151  Phone: (765) 342-4026.

   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.

·         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!

·  myLocal.IN.gov for Morgan County

·  Morgan County Local Government Office

·  Morgan County Health Department (For Birth & Death Certificates from ca. 1882)   

810 South, Suite 252 - Martinsville, IN 1988  Phone: (765) 342-6621

·  Morgan County Circuit Court Clerk - (For Marriage, Divorce & Probate Records)     

  Courthouse - 10 East Washington Street - Martinsville, IN 46151
     Phone: (765) 342-1025.

·  Morgan County Recorder    

  • 180 South Main Street, Suite # 125  - Martinsville, IN  46151 
  • Mailing Address:  P. O. Box 1653 - Martinsville, IN  46151
  • Phone: (765) 342-1077.

Professional  Research:

  • Dale Drake

   
   Phone: 317-996-3553   E-mail: ddrake@ccrtc.com
   Areas of specialty are:  Morgan County and surrounding counties (on site research); Indiana State Library and Archives (records for all Indiana counties); Indiana Historical Society collections.


Professional Research:

  
   Researching onsight, 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.

Morgan County Communities

Adams Township - Communities include:  Crown Center, Eminence and Little Point.

  • The following were reported as Adams Township's early settlements, villages and whistlestops, by Marsha Riggan and Ron Riggan: 

Crown Center, Little Point, Messena, Oak Grove, Chiseltown, & Lake Valley

Ashland Township - Communities include:  Lewisville, Plano and Wakeland.  The community of Alaska (known also as Graysville and Sheasville) is located on the Morgan - Owen County line.  Early settlements which are no longer in existence include:  Rattsville, Minetree (known also as Billtown) and West Salem.

·  The following were reported as Ashland Township's early settlements, villages and whistlestops, by Marsha Riggan and Ron Riggan. Alaska, Lewisville, Minetree, Plano, Rattsville, Wakeland, & West  Salem


Baker Township - Communities include:  Turkey Track.


Brown Township - Communities include:  Brookmoor, Mooresville, Ridgewood and Sundown Manor.

   

  • Paul Hadley - Artist and designer of the Indiana state flag, Paul Hadley was a  long-time Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana resident.  He died, in 1971 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. - by Jane Ruddick.
  • FBI Famous Cases - for John Herbert DILLINGER information:  John Herbert Dillinger, gangster of the 1930s era, was born on June 22, 1903, in the Oak Hill section of Indianapolis, his father relocated the family to Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana when John was young.  He married 16-year-old Beryl Hovius, in 1924, in Mooresville, Indiana.

Brown Township Cemeteries include:

  • Old Methodist Cemetery
     located, in section 2, Brown Township, at Mooresville, Indiana (online inscriptions)

 


Clay Township - Communities include:  Bethany, Brooklyn and Centerton.

CLAY TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES include:

  • Albertson Cemetery (aka Campbell Cemetery, aka Rob Hill Cemetery)
     located in section 33, off Rob Hill Road, about 2 miles from SR 67, at the top of a hill northwest from the Sycamore Creek Bridge.  The nearest present-day community is Centerton, Indiana (online inscriptions)
  • Beech Grove Cemetery (aka Willow Grove Cemetery)
     located section 32, Clay Township, on the northwest corner of the intersection of Beech Grove Road and Robb Hill Road.  The nearest present-day community is Centerton, Indiana

 


Green Township - Communities include:  Adams, Chetwynd, Cope and Exchange.  Early communities included: Bobstown, Cleveland, Crossroads and Stott's Creek Settlement.

·  The following were reported as Green Township's early settlements, villages and whistlestops, by Marsha Riggan and Ron Riggan.

  • Atlanta, Bobstown, Chetwyn, Cope, Cleveland, Crossroads, Exchange, & Stott's Creek Settlement


Gregg Township - Communities include:  Briarwood, Hall, Mt. Zion Corner and Wilbur.

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Harrison Township - Communities include:  Bluff, Waverly and Waverly Woods.

·  The following were reported as Harrison Township's early settlements, villages and whistlestops, by Marsha Riggan and Ron Riggan:

Banta, Bluffs, Farwest & Port Royal.


Jackson Township - Communities include:  Morgantown.  Marsha Riggan reports that Mahalasville, "also known as Vansickel, Vansickel Mill and Vansickel Station, was once located on the Jackson-Washington Township line".

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Jefferson Township - Communities include:  Browns Crossing and Hyndsdale.

·  The Following were reported as Jefferson Township's early settlements, villages and whistlestops, by Marsha Riggan and Ron Riggan:

·  High Rock, Hyndsdale (also spelled Hindes), & Patton Park Lake


Madison Township - Communities include:  Crestview Heights, Five Points, Fox Hill, Landersdale and Wiser.

MADISON TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES include:

  • Mount Olive Cemetery
     located at 8332 East Hadley Road, Landersdale, Indiana (online inscriptions)
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Monroe Township - Communities include:  Allman, Bunker Hill, Lake Hart and Monrovia.

  • The following were reported as Monroe Township's early settlements, villages and whistlestops, by Marsha Riggan and Ron Riggan:  Locust Grove, Gasburg & Monrovia.  
  • Monrovia, IN

MONROE TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES include:

  • North Branch Cemetery
     located in section 29, Allman, Indiana (online inscriptions)

 


Ray Township - Communities include:  Paragon and Whitaker.

  • The History of Whitaker, Indiana by Marsha Riggan and Ron Riggan.
  • Ray Township's early settlements, villages and whistlestops, by Marsha Riggan and Ron Riggan:
  •   Butler Creek, White River & Whitaker.  

Washington Township - Communities include:  Martinsville, Fewell Rhoades, Mahalasville  and Wolff.

·         Morgan County Recorder    

    • 180 South Main Street, Suite # 125  - Martinsville, IN  46151 
    • Mailing Address:  P. O. Box 1653 - Martinsville, IN  46151
    • Phone: (765) 342-1077.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES include:

    • Mitchell Cemetery      located in section 9, on Mahalasville Road, 2 miles south from Martinsville, Indiana
    • Nutter Cemetery      located section 21, Washington Township, Martinsville, Indiana (online inscriptions)

 

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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 Morgan County, Indiana 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.
  • African heritage in Morgan County, Indiana.  Coy D. Robbins. (Author).  Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana African American Historical and Genealogical Society, 1991.   (Gc 977.201 M82RO).
  • The Pioneers of Morgan County : Memoirs of Noah J. Major [1823-ca.1911].  Logan Esarey.  (Editor).  Indianapolis : E.J. Hecker. 1915.  (Gc 977.2 IN5)
  •    and Index to The Pioneers of Morgan County.  Logan Esarey.  (Editor).  (Indiana Historical Society. Publications, vol. V, no. 5: Index)   (Gc 977.2 IN5, No. 5A).
  • Family records: Morgan, Monroe and Brown Counties, Indiana.  (n.p.), 194-?.


(Gc 977.201 M82F).  Note: Births, marriages, deaths ... copied from Bible records, etc.

  • Morgan County, Indiana, 1822-1836. Nicholas Russell Murray.  (Author).  North Salt Lake, Utah : Hunting for Bears, Nicholas Russell Murray.  1988.  (Gc 977.201 M82ME)
  • Morgan County, Indiana Index of Names of Persons and of Firms.  Tom Bloomfield, Maurice Holmes, Ruth Dorrel.  (Compilers).   Indianapolis, Indiana : County History Indexing Project, Family History Section, Indiana Historical Society.  1979.
  • Morgan County, Indiana Will Abstracts : Books 1 and 2, 1847-1887. Noble K. Littell.   (Compiler).  Owensboro, Kentucky : Cook & McDowell Publications, 1980.   (Gc 977.201 M82LIM).
  • Index to Birth Records Morgan County, Indiana, 1882-1920 Inclusive.  Indiana Works Progress


Administration.  (Compiler).  [Compiled from records in County Health Office, Mooresville, Indiana] Mooresville, Indiana : The Indiana Works Progress Administration.  1942.

  • Index to Death Record Morgan County, Indiana, 1899-1920 Inclusive, letters A-Z.  Indiana Works Progress Administration.  (Compiler).   [Compiled from records in Heath Office, Martinsville, Indiana]  [Indianapolis?, Indiana] : The Indiana Works Progress Administration.  1942.
  • Index to Marriage Record Morgan County, Indiana, 1850-1941 Inclusive.  Indiana Works Progress Administration.  (Compiler).  [Compiled from records in County Clerk's Office, Martinsville, Indiana] Martinsville, Indiana : The Indiana Works Progress Administration.  1942.
  • Index to Marriage Affidavit Record Morgan County, Indiana, 1850-1920 Inclusive.  Indiana Works Progress Administration.  (Compiler).  [Compiled from records in County Clerk's Office, Martinsville, Indiana] Martinsville, Indiana : The Indiana Works Progress Administration.  1941.
  • Morgan County, Indiana, Marriage Records, 1818-1851.   Noble K. Littell.   (Compiler).  [n.p.]. ca. 197?.   (Gc 977.201 M82LI).
  • Morgan County, Indiana Cemetery Records;.   Carl C. and Janet C. Cowen. (Compilers and Copiers).  1968.   (Gc 977.201 M82C, INDEX).
  • Cemetery Records and Miscellaneous Records, Morgan County, Indiana. Daughters of the American Revolution. Indiana. White Lick Chapter, Mooresville.  (Compiler).  Fort Wayne, Indiana : Fort Wayne and Allen County Public Library.  1964.  (Gc 977.201 M82D).

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