Wayne County, Indiana Genealogy

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Guide to Wayne County, Indiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed 27 November 1810from ClarkandDearborn Counties. County seat:Richmond
 * County Seat:  Decatur

Neighboring Counties
Randolph • Henry • Fayette • Union • Preble • Darke

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



Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Indiana County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Indiana County Boundary Maps" (1790-1873) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Indiana Counties see: Indiana Counties with Burned Courthouses

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Wayne CountyLinkpendium

Census Records

 * Early Settlers of Wayne County ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Wayne County (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Lutheran

 * Records of St. John Lutheran Church, Richmond, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Directories

 * Directory of Selected Residents of Wayne County (1876) ($, 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 Representative Citizens. History of Indiana and the Northwest Territory: Embracing Accounts of the Pre-Historic Races, Aborigines, 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 booksvol.2Google 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 Representative Families in Wayne County. (La Crosse WI: Brookhaven Press, 2004.) vol.1 Google books Hathi Trustvol.2


 * Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, CorrespondenceLinkpendium


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

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
 * Maps and GazetteersLinkpendium

Military Records
War of 1812


 * 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 CorpsAccess 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 Representative Families in Wayne County. (La Crosse WI: Brookhaven Press, 2004.), (page 215-230, no Regiment or Companies) vol.1  Hathi Trustvol.2

World War I

World War II

Obituaries

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

Probate Records
Online Records
 * 1798 – 1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

School Records

 * Teachers of Wayne County, Indiana (1940) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Alumni of Hagerstown High School (1881-1925) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students of Hagerstown High School (1926) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Teachers of Hagerstown High School (1926) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

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.

Family History Centers

 * Richmond Indiana Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the Family History Center directory.

School Records

 * Students of Morton High School, Richmond (1928) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society) Teachers of Morton High School, Richmond (1928) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Vital Records

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

Marriage Records

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


 * 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


 * 1811-1959 - FamilySearch

Death Records

 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920-FamilySearch

Wayne County, Indiana Web Sites

 * Wayne County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * 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)