Wayne County, Indiana Genealogy

United StatesIndiana Wayne County

County Courthouse
Wayne County Courthouse 301 E Main Richmond, IN 47374 Phone: 765.973.9220 County Clerk has marriage records from 1810, divorce and court records from 1873 and probate records from 1818; City-County Health Officer has birth, death and burial records

History


The county is named after Revolutionary War General "Mad" Anthony Wayne (1745-1796).

Parent County
1810--Wayne County was created 27 November 1810 from Clark and Dearborn Counties. County seat: Richmond

Neighboring Counties

 * Darke County, Ohio
 * Fayette
 * Henry
 * Preble County, Ohio
 * Randolph
 * Union

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Wayne County Linkpendium

Census

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

Local Histories

 * Young, Andrew W. (Andrew White), 1802-1877. History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches. 2007 977.263 H2y FHL US/CAN Book    other libraries    


 * History of Wayne County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representataive Citizens. History of Indiana and the Northwest Territory : Embracing Accounts of the Pre-Historic Races, Aborignes, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil, Political and Military History. (La Crosse WI: Brookhaven Press, 2004.) vol. 1 Google books   vol. 2  Google books

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 * Fox, Henry Clay. Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond, Indiana: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present, Including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representataive Families in Wayne County. (La Crosse WI: Brookhaven Press, 2004.)   vol.1   Google books    Hathi Trust    vol.2


 * Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence  Linkpendium


 * Biographical and Genealogical History of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana. (Indianapolis, Ind: Frederic Luther Co, 1980).977.26 H2b 977.26 H2b v. 2 FHL US/CAN Book   other libraries   vol. 1 INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers Linkpendium

Military

 * Directory and soldiers' register of Wayne County, Indiana
 * List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 INTERNET ARCHIVE
 * Civil War Directory and soldiers' register of Wayne County, Indiana INTERNET ARCHIVE
 * World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 ancestry. com  $
 * World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps Access Genealogy
 * African American Veterans in Wayne County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Wayne 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 Wayne County.


 * 2nd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies C, and F
 * 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company B
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies E, and H
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, C, H, I, and Reorganized Companies C, and D
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
 * 13th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company K
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 20th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 36th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and I
 * 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, D, and I
 * 69th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and D
 * 78th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (60 days, 1862), Company F
 * 84th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and I
 * 105th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 106th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, D, F, G, and I
 * 108th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 124th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, H, and K
 * 133rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company A
 * 140th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and I
 * 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Company E, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * "War History" in Young, Andrew W. (Andrew White), 1802-1877. History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches. 2007, (126-137 no Regiment or Companies), 977.263 H2y FHL US/CAN Book    other libraries     


 * "Military Matters" Chapter 14 in Fox, Henry Clay. Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond, Indiana: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present, Including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representataive Families in Wayne County. (La Crosse WI: Brookhaven Press, 2004.), (page 215-230, no Regiment or Companies),     vol.1   id=KCJZAAAAMAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=intitle:Indiana+intitle:county&amp;lr=lang_en&amp;as_drrb_is=q&amp;as_minm_is=0&amp;as_miny_is=&amp;as_maxm_is=0&amp;as_maxy_is=&amp;as_brr=1&amp;as_pt=BOOKS&amp;cd=8#v=&amp;q&amp;f=false Google books]    Hathi Trust    vol.2   [id=V8oUAAAAYAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=intitle:Indiana+intitle:county&amp;lr=lang_en&amp;as_drrb_is=q&amp;as_minm_is=0&amp;as_miny_is=&amp;as_maxm_is=0&amp;as_maxy_is=&amp;as_brr=1&amp;as_pt=BOOKS&amp;cd=40#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false Google books]

School Records

 * Teachers of Wayne County, Indiana (1940) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Vital Records

 * Wayne County, Indiana Obituary Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From Various Funeral Homes in the Wayne County area.


 * 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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Richmond Indiana Family History Center

Web Sites

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