Pike County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Pike County

County Courthouse
Pike County Courthouse 801 Main Street Petersburg, IN 47567 Phone: 812.354.6025 County Clerk has marriage, divorce and court records from 1817 and probate records from early 1800’s. County health Department has birth and death records. County Recorder has land records.

History
1816--Pike County was created 21 December 1816 and named for Gen Zebulon M. Pike County seat: Petersburg

Parent Counties
Gibson and Perry Counties.

Places/Localities
Overview of Pike County from Wikipedia, Chamber of Commerce, and ebodunk

Populated Places


• Petersburg • Spurgeon • Winslow

Unincorporated • Otwell • Stendaz • Velpen Townships • Clay • Jefferson • Lockhart • Logan • Madison • Marion • Monroe • Patoka • Washington

Neighboring Counties

 * Daviess (North)
 * Dubois (East)
 * Gibson (West)
 * Knox (Northwest)
 * Warrick (South)

For a map of the 17 Southwest Indiana Counties, Click here, then select the Southwest Region from the Regional Township Maps dropdown box

Resources
The Pike County GenWeb site hosts numerous data bases; and a search engine that searches everything on the site except census and query boards. Click here to access this site.

Cemeteries
There are 166 known cemeteries in Pike County. Click here for a listing of known burials in cemeteries by township. Click on the township in which the cemetery is located for a list of all of the cemeteries in the township, and then click on the cemetery name to see a list of names (alphabetized) and dates of people known to be buried in the cemetery.

The data can also be accessed by clicking here to access the Pike GenWeb main page, typing the name of the individual you are seeking in the search engine box and clicking on Find. [note, this will return links to all pages that contain the name you entered into the search box. You must search through the list to find a cemetery reference, if it exists.]

Maps of 53 of the cemetey locatrion are available; click here. You can also show its relative proximity to comunities, libraries, and other cemeteries by clickin of the "Liasrws places near" above the map. Clicking on and individual pin will initiate a pop-up with the distance from the central (intitial cemetery) location.

National Cemeteries in Indiana There are 4 National Cemeteries in Indiana. Click here for links to these.

Census

 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Pike County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Anderson, Forrest R. 1942.Historical notes on Dubois &amp; Pike Counties, Indiana. (Ireland, Ind: [s.n.].) FHL US/CAN Film 928078 Item 3    other libraries      ancestry.com $
 * McClellan, Ruth Miley. Pike County History: Bicentennial Edition 1776-1976. Petersburg, Ind: Pike County Historical Society; Evansville, Ind: Printed by Unigraphic, Inc., 1976.
 * McClellan, Ruth Miley. Our people of Pike County, Indiana. Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1878. 268 pages +16 p Index. LOC: F532.P6 M32, Dewey Decimal: 977.2/36 (biographies)
 * Petersburg Womans Club. A History of Pike County, Ind. Petersburg, IN:typescript, 80 leaves. Copy at Barrett Memorial Library, Petersburg, Indiana. Microfilm at FHL
 * Pike County Historical Society. Pike County, Indiana History and Families, 1816-1987. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Pub. Co., c1987, 236 p. FHL
 * History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. : together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of Indiana. 2000. (La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press. Harvard (18th ed.)) 977.23 H2h FHL US/CAN Book  other library   INTERNET ARCHIVE

Military

 * African American Veterans in Pike County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Pike County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Pike County.


 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company C
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies F, and M
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reoganized Company G
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and F
 * 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and H
 * 42nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 58th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, E, G, and I
 * 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
 * Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery

Civil War Books


 * "military History" Chapter 5 in History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. : together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of Indiana. 2000. (La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press. Harvard (18th ed.)) (page 317-324), 977.23 H2h FHL US/CAN Book  other library   INTERNET ARCHIVE

Vital Records
Original Records are in the county courthouse, in the following offices:

Extracted birth data are on Pike GenWeb, Births


 * Indiana State Digital Achivesfor Death, E-Publication, Instiution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)


 * Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con$


 * Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


 * Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959 - FamilySearch


 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Societies and Libraries
CountyPublic Library There are three branches of the Pike County Library. The genealogy department is in the Petersburg branch, aka Bartlet Memorial Library, which is located at:  1104 Main Street   Petersburg, IN 47567   Ph 812-354-6257, ex 206   Fax 812-354-6259

Unique Features of the Genealogy Collection


 * Curl Collection

Families of Pike County Indiana, an unpublished collection of interviews by a Mrs Curl with people in the community about their families. Available only on library computers no children given to Mrs Alexander 1900 shirley Sbehme@pikeco.lib.in.us • Newspaper Index to family history information in 4 local newspapers 1874-1940? (the newspapers are on microfilm) - Pike County Democrat - Petersburg Press - Otwell Star - Press Dispatch

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Pike County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Pike County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)