Putnam County, Indiana Genealogy

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History


The county is named after Revolutionary War Major General Israel Putnam (1718-1790).

Parent County
1821--Putnam County was created 31 December 1821 from Vigo and Owen Counties and unorganized territory. County seat: Greencastle

Neighboring Counties

 * Clay
 * Hendricks
 * Montgomery
 * Morgan
 * Owen
 * Parke

Cemeteries
A surname index (43,478 listings) of many cemeteries in Putnam County is available at the Putnam Public Library site.

Local Histories

 * Ellsworth, Spencer. Records of the Olden Time, or, Fifty Years on the Prairies Embracing ... the Organization of the Counties of Putnam and Marshall, Incidents and Reminiscences Connected Therewith, Biographies of Citizens, Portraits and Illustrations. (La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press (a division of NMT Corp.), 2003.) other libraries   INTERNET ARCHIVE

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Putnam 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 Putnam County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company E
 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies F, H, and K
 * 13th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company F, and H
 * 14th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 20th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 27th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and I
 * 43rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and H
 * 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 78th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (60 days, 1862), Companies A, and B
 * 97th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 115th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Companies C, H, and I
 * 123rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and G
 * 133rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864),
 * 149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, H, and I
 * 156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D, and E
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Newspapers
Wabash Valley obituary index contains most of Vigo County, but much of other counties, including Putnam. These are indexes to obituaries published in Terre Haute newspapers from 1900-2007.

An obituary index from The BannerGraphic, newspaper of Greencastle, covers 1975 to the present and is updated every two weeks at the Putnam Public Library site.

Societies and Libraries
The Putnam County Library has a Local History and Genealogy Department. You can search all their indexed books and databases from this Web site. If you find something of interest, the librarians will do a short look up for you for free.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * The Indiana State Library has an Internet page of records for Putnam County. They are adding new databases, so check back often.
 * Putnam County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Putnam County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)