Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana Wabash County

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

Parent County
1832--Wabash County was created 2 February 1832 from Cass and Grant Counties. County seat: Wabash 

Boundary Changes
April 1870 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Fulton
 * Grant
 * Huntington
 * Kosciusko
 * Miami
 * Whitley

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
 * Wallace Cemetery, Wabash

Census

 * 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)

Land

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

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 Web Site (accessed 23 Mar 2011)


 * 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  Vol. 2

Military
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, Companied 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 BOOK


 * 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 BYU Library Web Site  (accessed 23 Mar 2011)
 * "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  Vol. 2

Vital Records

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

Web Sites

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