Decatur County, Indiana Genealogy

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History


The county is named after U.S. naval officer Stephen Decatur (1779-1820).

Parent County
1821--Decatur County was created 31 December 1821 from unorganized territory. County seat: Greensburg 

Neighboring Counties

 * Bartholomew
 * Franklin
 * Jennings
 * Ripley
 * Rush
 * Shelby

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

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Decatur County, Indiana (1858, 1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Harding, Lewis A. 1915. History of Decatur County, Indiana its people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. (Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen.) 977.216 H2h v. 1, 977.216 H2h v. 2 FHL US/CAN Book    other library   Vol. 1 INTERNET ARCHIVE,  Vol.2 INTERNET ARCHIVE  eBooksRead


 * African Methodist Episcopal Church (Greensburg, Indiana) (Added Author), Negro Cemetery (Clarksburg, Indiana) (Added Author), Decatur County (Indiana). Historian (Added Author), Black history, Decatur County, Indiana,(Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987 ) FHL US/CAN Film 1531735 Item 18   '


 * Baldwin, Jane (Main Author), Baker, Ray Stannard, b. 1870 (Added Author), A history of the Negro in Decatur County, Indiana, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987) FHL US/CAN Film 1531732 Item 6

Military

 * List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Decatur County, Indiana (Source:Internet Archive)
 * Decatur County Veterans at State Soldiers Home, Lafayette, Indiana (1906) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Civil War (1861-1865)


 * 1)    DecaturCounty Civil War Veterans


 * Korean War (1950-1923)


 * 1) DecaturCounty Korean War Veterans


 * Revolutionary War (1775-1783)


 * 1) Revolutionary War Soldiers of Dacatur County (Source: Wabash Valley Visions &amp; Voices)


 * Spanish American War (1898)


 * 1) DecaturCounty Spanish American War Veterans


 * Vietnam War (1961-1973)


 * 1) DecaturCounty Vietnam Veterans


 * World War I (1917-1918)


 * 1) Gold Star Honor Roll Indiana Men and Women who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
 * 2) World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Decatur County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)


 * World War II (1941-1945)


 * 1) DecaturCounty World War II Veterans
 * 2) Decatur County, Indiana World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps (Source: AccessGenealogy) (above was copy from Linkpendium)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Decatur 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 Decatur County.


 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, F, and Reorganized Companies D, E, G
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized H
 * 20th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies E, and G
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
 * 37th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and H
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A, and D
 * 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 74th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 83rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, I, and K
 * 93rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 123rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, H, and I
 * 134th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, C, D, and E
 * 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, E, G, and H
 * 156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C

Civil War Books


 * "Civil War," in "Military Record," Chapter 17 of Harding, Lewis A. 1915. History of Decatur County, Indiana its people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. (Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen.) (page 420-464, Regiment, Companies, Name's) 977.216 H2h v. 1, 977.216 H2h v. 2 FHL US/CAN Book    other library   Vol. 1 INTERNET ARCHIVE,  Vol.2 INTERNET ARCHIVE  eBooksRead

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project page for Decatur County. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county..
 * Decatur County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Decatur County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)