Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana Wabash County

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

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

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

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 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)

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  Vol. 2

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.

Military Records
War of 1812

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 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 ; 
 * "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 librariesVol.1INTERNET ARCHIVEVol. 2

World War I

World War II

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

 * Peru Indiana Family History Center

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

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)

Marriage Records

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


 * 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


 * 1811-1959 - FamilySearch

Death Records

 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Wabash County, Indiana Web Sites

 * Wabash 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.
 * Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Wabash County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)