Cass County, Indiana Genealogy
Guide to Cass County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
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County Information
Description
Cass County was named in honor of Gen. Lewis Cass, who was one of the commissioners of the United States and did much to consummate the treaties with the Indians, by which the Government became the possessor of the lands that now constitute the county.[1] The county is located in the central area of the state.[2]
County Courthouse
Cass County Courthouse
103 Cass County Government Bldg
Logansport, IN 46947-3114
Phone: 219-753-7740
County Website
Cass County Health Department
512 High Street
Logansport, IN, 46947
Health Officer: Dr. Dori Ditty
Phone Number: 574-753-7760
Fax: 574-753-7039
Email: tina.collins@co.cass.in.us
Health Department
County Health Department has birth and death records.
County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1892, divorce and court records from 1894.
County Auditor has land records. [3]
Health Department has birth records and death records.
Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.
Cass County, Indiana Record Dates
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1882 | 1892 | 1882 | 1894 | 1830 | 1892 | 1807 |
Record Loss
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History Timeline
Resources
Bible Records
Biographies
- Biographical and Genealogical History of Cass, Miami, Howard and Tipton Counties, Indiana. 2 Vols. 1898. Chicago, Illinois : The Lewis Publishing Company. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; Vols. 1 & 2 - Hathitrust; At various libraries (WorldCat).
- Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library
Business, Commerce, and Occupations
Cemeteries
Census Records
For tips on accessing Cass County census records online, see: Indiana Census.
| Historical populations | ||
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| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1830 | 1,162 | — |
| 1840 | 5,480 | 371.6% |
| 1850 | 11,021 | 101.1% |
| 1860 | 16,843 | 52.8% |
| 1870 | 24,193 | 43.6% |
| 1880 | 27,611 | 14.1% |
| 1890 | 31,152 | 12.8% |
| 1900 | 34,545 | 10.9% |
| 1910 | 36,368 | 5.3% |
| 1920 | 38,333 | 5.4% |
| 1930 | 34,518 | −10.0% |
| 1940 | 36,908 | 6.9% |
| 1950 | 38,793 | 5.1% |
| 1960 | 40,931 | 5.5% |
| 1970 | 40,456 | −1.2% |
| 1980 | 40,936 | 1.2% |
| 1990 | 38,413 | −6.2% |
| 2000 | 40,930 | 6.6% |
| 2010 | 38,966 | −4.8% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
- Index of Defective, Dependent, Delinquent Census for Cass County, Indiana (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- Index to Mortality Schedule for Cass County at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Church Records
Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository.
For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.
List of Churches and Church Parishes
Court Records
- 1818-1954 Indiana Court Cases at MyHeritage — index ($)
- 1829-1913 Complete Record, Civil, 1829-1913(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1829-1921 Civil Order Books, 1829-1921(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1853-1872 Complete Record, 1853-1872(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1877-1881 Complete Record, 1877-1881(*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
Directories
- 1874 Polk Logansport, Indiana, City Directory, 1874 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
- 1892-1893 Directory of Logansport, Indiana : with Directories of Royal Centre, Galveston, Walton, New Waverly and Young America, 1892-93 Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business and Private Citizens(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1895-1896 Polk Logansport, Indiana, City Directory, 1895 - 1896 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
- 1897-1898 Logansport, Indiana, City Directory, 1897 - 1898 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
- 1901-1902 Polk Logansport, Indiana, City Directory, 1901 - 1902 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
- 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary
- Directory of Businesses in Cass County, Indiana (1858) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
Funeral Homes
- Fisher Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services in Logansport.
- Gundrum Funeral Home and Crematory in Logansport.
- Kroeger Funeral Home in Logansport.
- Murray-Weaver Funeral Homes in Galveston and Walton.
- Rans Funeral Homes and Crematory in Logansport.
Genealogies
Guardianship
Land and Property Records
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. See Indiana Land and Property for additional information about early Indiana land grants and patents.
After land was transferred from the government to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded at the Cass County courthouse, where records are currently housed.
Online Land Indexes and Records
- Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
Local Histories
Local histories are available for Cass County. County histories may include biographies; church, school and government histories; and military information. For more information about local histories, see Indiana Local Histories.
- History of Cass County, Indiana. 1878. By Thomas B. Helm. Chicago, Illinois : Kingman Brothers. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust; At various libraries (WorldCat).
- History of Cass County, Indiana : From the Earliest Time to the Present. 1886. Edited by Thomas B. Helm. Chicago : Brant & Fuller. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Ancestry ($); At various libraries (WorldCat).
- History of Cass County, Indiana : From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. 2 Vols. 1972. Edited by Jehu Z. Powell. Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library (2 volumes in 1), Vols. 1 & 2 - Hathitrust, Vol. 1 - Internet Archive, Vol. 2 - Internet Archive, Vols. 1 & 2 - Ancestry ($); At various libraries (WorldCat).
- History of Logansport and Cass County.[19--]. By Graham Taber. N.p: Pharos-Tribune. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
Maps and Gazetteers
for more resources
- Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
- Cass County, Indiana: Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium
- FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
Migration
Military Records
- Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
- Cass County Military - INGenWeb
- Military Records and Histories - Linkpendium
- Cass County Veterans at State Soldiers Home, Lafayette, Indiana (1906) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- Residents of Cass County who Served in the Mexican War (1846-1848) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Powell, Jehu Z., "Military History" Chapter 13 in History of Cass County Indiana, give name, regiment and company. Vol. 2. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1972.) 977.286 H2p FamilySearch Digital Library Vol. 2 Internet Archive other library
Wolfe, Barbara Schull. Revolutionary War Soldiers of Cass Co., Ind. (Logansport, Ind: Wolfe, 1976.) 977.2 A1 no. 153 FS Library Collection other library
Civil War
Civil War service men from Clark County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Clark County.
- 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company K
- 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K, and Reorganized Company K
- 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
- 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F, and Reorganized Company F
- 29th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
- 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and K
- 35th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
- 46th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, D, F, and I
- 73rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies G, and H
- 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and K
- 110th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
- 116th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company F
- 128th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, G, H, and K
- 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
- 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K
- 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and K
- 145th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
- 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
- 151st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
- 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
- 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
Civil War Books:
Helm, Thomas B. "Military History" Chapter 5 in History of Cass County, Indiana: give name, regiment and company.(Owensboro, Ky: CookMcDowell, 1980.) page 125-190 977.286 H2h FamilySearch Digital Library.
World War I
Naturalization and Citizenship
- Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.
Newspapers
Indiana newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.
For more Indiana newspaper information see the wiki page Indiana Newspapers.
- 1800s-Current Indiana, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
- Hoosier State Chronicles
Obituaries
- 1834-2024 Web: Cass, Howard, Miami Counties, Indiana, U.S., Obituary Index, 1834-2024 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- 1894-Onward Indiana, Howard, Miami and Cass County Obituaries at MyHeritage — index ($)
Other Records
Periodicals
Probate Records
In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the Cass County courthouse. For more information, see Indiana Probate Records.
Online Probate Indexes and Records
- 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry ($)
- 1829-1860 Cass County, Indiana Will Abstracts 1829-1860. By Wolfe, Barbara S. and Randolph Lanning. Cass County, Indiana : Cass County Circuit Court. 1967. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
- 1829-1918 Probate Order Books, 1829-1918 ; General Index, 1831-1903(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1831-1925 Will Records, 1831-1925(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1834-1908 Probate Records, 1834-1908(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1839-1851 Complete Record, John Tipton's Estate, Probate, Common Pleas, 1839-1851(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1857-1906 Complete Record of Land Partitions, 1857-1906(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1864-1877 Complete Record, Land Partitions, 1864-1877 (Cass County, Indiana)(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1867-1876 Complete Record of Sales of Land by Guardians, 1867-1876(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1868-1869 Complete Record of Sales of Real Estate by Administrators, 1868-1869(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- Indiana Volume of Fayette, Cass and Lake Counties and Bible Records of Cromwell, Harris, Oliver Families(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
School Records
Social Security Records
- 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
Tax Records
Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.
Vital Records
Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Indiana law in 1882 required registration of births and deaths in counties. The Indiana Department of Health has birth records filed after October 1907 and death records filed after January 1900 for deaths. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.
- Cass County Vital Records - INGenWeb
Birth
- 1882-1920 INGenWeb
Marriage
- 1780-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
- 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast$
- 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
- 1811-2007 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
- 1903-1908, 1920-1942 - Cass County Marriage Index 1903-1908 and 1920-1942 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch M004227 [7]
Death
- Pre-1882 WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 at Ancestry - index, (Free collection)
- 1750-1993 Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
- 1882-1920 Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 at FamilySearch - Index only - How to Use this Collection
- 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry ($)
Divorce
Research Facilities
Archives
Listed below are archives in Cass County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.
FamilySearch Centers
FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries
- FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
- FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
- Kokomo Indiana FamilySearch Center
- West Lafayette Indiana FamilySearch Center
- Kokomo-Howard County Public Library - an affiliate library.
- Pulaski County Public Library - an affiliate library.
Libraries
Listed below are libraries in Cass County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.
Museums
Societies
Listed below are societies in Cass County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Societies.
Cass County Genealogical Society
PO Box 1373
Logansport, IN 46947
Website
Cass County Historical Society
421 E Broadway
Logansport, IN 46947
Phone: 574-753-3866
Email: cchistoricalsoc@frontier.com
Website
Facebook
Websites
- Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
- Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Search by county or keyword
- Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
- List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
- Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Free and Members-only. Select a county
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Cass County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
Research Guides
References
- ↑ Genealogy Trails History Group, “Cass County, Ohio Genealogy and History”, http://genealogytrails.com/ind/cass/history.html accessed 3/01/2017.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Cass County," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_County,_Indiana accessed 3/01/2017.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Indiana.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Indiana.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Indiana.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Cass County, Indiana" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_County,_Indiana (accessed 10 May 2012).
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/9/91/Igiindiana.pdf.