Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy

Guide to Wabash 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 from Adams New Purchase (Allen/Delaware/Randolph) in 2 February 1832 from Cass and Grant Counties.
 * County Seat:  Wabash

Description
The county was named for the Wabash River. The county seat is Wabash and the county was organized on 1835. The County is located in the North Central part of the state.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties
Fulton •  Kosciusko  •  Whitley  •  Huntington  •  Grant  •  Miami

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
April 1870 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged. Records saved: treasurer’s, auditor’s, recorder’s and clerk’s records.

Cemeteries

 * Abshire Cemetery
 * Algers Cemetery
 * Albright-Young Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * America Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Boundary Line Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Brooks Family Cemetery
 * Cramer Cemetery
 * Daniels Cemetery (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Freeze Cemetery
 * Old Cripe Cemetery

Census Records

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

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Wabash County, Indiana (1858) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Wabash City Directory for 1904 (Internet Archive)

Local Histories

 * Helm, Thomas B., L. H. Newton, and E. Tucker.History of Wabash County, Indiana: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Military Records; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Personal Reminiscences. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1971.) 977.283 H2h, BYU Library 


 * Weesner, Clarkson W. History of Wabash County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 2008.) 977.283 H2h FHL US/CAN Book, Other Libraries, Vol. 1 Internet Archive

Land and Property

 * Miami Indians who Received Land on Miami Reservation, Grant and Wabash Counties, Indiana (1873) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Wabash 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 Wabash County.


 * 2nd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (41st Regiment), Company F
 * 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company L or K
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and K, and Reorganized Companies F, K, and I
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company L
 * 13th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company G
 * 14th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies I, and K
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
 * 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 46th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, D, and I
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and K
 * 118th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Companies H, and K
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, G, and H
 * 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies F, and G
 * 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, F, and K
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * Thomas B. Helm, History of Wabash County, (Chicago : J. Morris, 1884.), Page 165-196, history of Civil War Companies From Wabash County, Indiana 977.283 H2h ;
 * "Indiana in the Civil War" in "Military Matters" Chapter 16 of Weesner, Clarkson W. History of Wabash County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 2008.), (page 261-286, Regiment, Company), 977.283 H2h FHL US/CAN Book, Other Libraries, Vol. 1 Internet Archive

World War I

 * 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Occupations

 * Roster of Civilian Conservation Corps, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana (1938) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

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

County Courthouse
Wabash County Courthouse 1 W Hill Street Wabash, IN 46992 Phone: 219.563.0661 County Clerk has marriage, probate and court records from 1835. County Health Department has birth and death records. County Recorder and Museum has burial records.

Family History Centers
For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the family history center directory.

Societies
Wabash County Genealogical Society PO Box 825 Wabash, IN 46992 Website

Wabash County Historical Society PO Box 4 Wabash, IN 46992-0004

Wabash Valley Genealogical Society PO Box 9347 Terre Haute, IN 47808-9347 Telephone Number: 812-894-2404 Website

Wabash Valley Genealogical Society PO Box 85 Terre Haute, IN 47808

North Manchester Historical Society 122 E Main Street North Manchester, IN 46962 Telephone Number: 260-982-0672 E-mail: [mailto:nmhistory@cinergymetro.net nmhistory@cinergymetro.net] Website

Vital Records

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


 * Indiana State Digital Archives

Marriage Records

 * 1800s-2007 - Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $


 * 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


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


 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death Records

 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch Historical Records - Index only
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry - ($), index and images
 * Indiana State Digital Archives

Websites

 * Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy, History and Facts
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb, Wabash County
 * INGenWeb, Wabash County
 * , Wabash County
 * Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)