Fayette County, Indiana Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Fayette County Courthouse 401 N Central Ave; PO Box 607 Connersville, IN 47331-0607 Ph. 765.825.1813

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate, divorce and court records from 1819 and naturalization records from 1924.

History


The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834).

Barrows, Frederick Irving, History of Fayette County, Indiana :(Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen) her people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families, 977.2623 H2b INTERNET ARCHIVE web site

Parent County
1818--Fayette County was created 28 December 1818 from Wayne and Franklin Counties. County seat: Connersville


 * Franklin
 * Henry
 * Rush
 * Union
 * Wayne

Census

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

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Fayette County, Indiana (1858) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Every Name Index to History of Fayette County, Indiana. Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007; original text by Frederic Irving Barrows, Editor-in-Chief, 1917; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1973.  EveryNameIndex.com


 * 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

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Fayette 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 Fayette County


 * 2nd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company L
 * 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery,
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company C
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company E
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized I, and K
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E, and Reorganized Company A
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
 * 36th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 104th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 111th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and L
 * 124th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F
 * 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Book

Barrows, Frederick Irving, Chapter 10, "Military Annals," History of Fayette County, Indiana :(Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen), page 301-323, 977.2623 H2b  Iniernet Archive

School Records

 * Students of Bentonville, Fayette County, Indiana (1925) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Teachers of Bentonville, Fayette County, Indiana (1925) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Vital Records

 * 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

Web Sites

 * EveryNameIndex.com  Free online genealogy indexes for those big old county histories.
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Fayette County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Fayette County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)