Fayette County, Indiana Genealogy

Guide to Fayette 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 in 2 December 1818 from Franklin, Wayne and unorganized territory.
 * County Seat:  Connersville

Description
The county was named for Marquis de la Fayette. It's county seat is Connersville and was founded 1819. It is located in the East central area 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
Henry •  Wayne  •  Union  •  Franklin  •  Rush

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Census Records

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

Directories

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

Histories


The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834).

Barrows, Frederick Irving, History of Fayette County, Indiana :(Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen) her people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families, 977.2623 H2b INTERNET ARCHIVE web site

Local Histories

 * Every Name Index to History of Fayette County, Indiana. Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007; original text by Frederic Irving Barrows, Editor-in-Chief, 1917; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1973.  EveryNameIndex.com


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

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana

Civil War
Civil War service men from Fayette 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 Fayette County


 * 2nd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company L
 * 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery,
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company C
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company E
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized I, and K
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E, and Reorganized Company A
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
 * 36th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 104th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 111th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and L
 * 124th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F
 * 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Book

Barrows, Frederick Irving, Chapter 10, "Military Annals," History of Fayette County, Indiana :(Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen), page 301-323, 977.2623 H2b  Iniernet Archive

World War I (The Great War), 1914-1918

 * 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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

School Records

 * Students of Bentonville, Fayette County (1925) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Teachers of Bentonville, Fayette County (1925) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Directory of Teachers of Fayette County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Courthouse
Fayette County Courthouse 401 N Central Ave; PO Box 607 Connersville, IN 47331-0607 Ph. 765.825.1813

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate, divorce and court records from 1819 and naturalization records from 1924.

Societies
Whitewater Valley Genealogical Association PO Box 941 Connersville, IN 47331 E-mail: [mailto:wvgenealogy@gmail.com wvgenealogy@gmail.com] Website

Historic Connersville PO Box 197 Connersville, IN 47331-0197 Telephone Number: 765-825-1281

Family History Centers

 * Richmond Indiana Family History Center

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

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

 * Fayette County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * EveryNameIndex.com  Free online genealogy indexes for those big old county histories.
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Fayette County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Fayette County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)