Pike County, Indiana Genealogy
Guide to Pike County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
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County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
Pike County was named in honor of General Z. M. Pike, who fell at the capture of York, April 27th, 1813.[2]It is located in the southwestern area of the state.[3]
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Pike County Courthouse
801 Main Street
Petersburg, IN 47567
Phone: 812-354-6025
County Website
Pike County Health Department
907 Walnut St
Petersburg, IN, 47567
Health Officer: Nathanial Grow, MD
Phone Number: 812-354-8797
Fax: 812-354-2532
Email: agladish@pikeco.org
Health Department
County Clerk has marriage, divorce and court records from 1817 and probate records from early 1800s.
County health Department has birth and death records.
County Recorder has land records. [4]
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.
Pike County, Indiana Record Dates[edit | edit source]
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 | 1817 | 1887 | 1817 | 1817 | early 1800s | 1807 |
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
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There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. |
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
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Populated Places[edit | edit source]
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:[8]
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History Timeline[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
- Family Bibles of Pike County, Indiana at Indiana Genealogical Society
Biographies[edit | edit source]
- Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library
- McClellan, Ruth Miley. Our people of Pike County, Indiana. Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1878. 268 pages +16 p Index. LOC: F532.P6 M32, Dewey Decimal: 977.2/36 (biographies)[9]
Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- Woodhull, Joan. Pike County, Indiana cemetery records; v. 01. Cook-McDowell Publications, Owensborc, KY, 1980. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library Vol 1; FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol 2
Census Records[edit | edit source]
For tips on accessing Pike County census records online, see: Indiana Census.
| Historical populations | ||
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| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1820 | 1,472 | — |
| 1830 | 2,475 | 68.1% |
| 1840 | 4,769 | 92.7% |
| 1850 | 7,720 | 61.9% |
| 1860 | 10,078 | 30.5% |
| 1870 | 13,779 | 36.7% |
| 1880 | 16,383 | 18.9% |
| 1890 | 18,544 | 13.2% |
| 1900 | 20,486 | 10.5% |
| 1910 | 19,684 | −3.9% |
| 1920 | 18,684 | −5.1% |
| 1930 | 16,361 | −12.4% |
| 1940 | 17,045 | 4.2% |
| 1950 | 14,995 | −12.0% |
| 1960 | 12,797 | −14.7% |
| 1970 | 12,281 | −4.0% |
| 1980 | 13,465 | 9.6% |
| 1990 | 12,509 | −7.1% |
| 2000 | 12,837 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 12,845 | 0.1% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
- Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Pike County, Indiana (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository.
For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.
List of Churches and Church Parishes
Court Records[edit | edit source]
- 1817-1866 Civil Order Books Complete Record, Circuit Court, Pike County, Indiana, 1817-1866(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1817-1897 Civil Order Books, Circuit Court, Pike County, Indiana, 1817-1825, 1837-1897(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1818-1954 Indiana Court Cases at MyHeritage — index ($)
- 1853-1873 Indenture Record, 1853-1873(*); Recorder at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1853-1875 Civil Order Books, Court of Common Pleas, Pike County, Indiana, 1853-1875(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1855-1859 Civil Order Books Complete Record, Court of Common Pleas, Pike County, Illinois, 1855-1859(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
Directories[edit | edit source]
- 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary
- Directory of Businesses in Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana (1868) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
- Harris and Sons Funeral Home in Petersburg.
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Guardianship[edit | edit source]
Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]
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 Pike 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[edit | edit source]
Local histories are available for Pike 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 Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. 1885. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive. Index: Every Name Index, by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2015.
- Anderson, Forrest R. 1942.Historical notes on Dubois & Pike Counties, Indiana. (Ireland, Ind: [s.n.].) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Ancestry.com $
- McClellan, Ruth Miley. Pike County History: Bicentennial Edition 1776-1976. Petersburg, Ind: Pike County Historical Society; Evansville, Ind: Printed by Unigraphic, Inc., 1976.
- Petersburg Womans Club. A History of Pike County, Ind. Petersburg, IN:typescript, 80 leaves. Copy at Barrett Memorial Library, Petersburg, Indiana. Microfilm at FS Library Collection
- Pike County Historical Society. Pike County, Indiana History and Families, 1816-1987. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Pub. Co., c1987, 236 p. FS Library Collection
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
for more resources
- Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
- Southwest Indiana Townships by County Shows townships in 17 Southwest Indiana Counties.
- Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library
- FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
Migration[edit | edit source]
Military Records[edit | edit source]
- Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
Civil War
- African American Veterans in Pike County, Indiana (1890) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Civil War service men from Pike 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 Pike County.
- 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
- 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company C
- 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies F, and M
- 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company G
- 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and F
- 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and H
- 42nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
- 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
- 58th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, E, G, and I
- 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
- 80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
- 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
- 143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
- 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
- 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
- 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
- Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
Civil War Books:
- Military History Chapter 5 in History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of Indiana. 2000. (La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press. Harvard (18th ed.)) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Internet Archive
World War I
- 1919 Indiana, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]
- Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
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 ($)
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
Other Records[edit | edit source]
Voting Records
- 1850-1931 Indiana, Voter Registers, 1850-1931 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the Pike County courthouse. For more information, see Indiana Probate Records.
Online Probate Indexes and Records
- 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry ($)
- 1817-1902 Abstracts of Will Records, Pike County, Indiana(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1817-1902 Pike County, Indiana Record of Wills, 1817-1902 (Bks. 1-3). By Slevin, Ruth M. (S.L.): R. Slevin, n.d. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
- 1817-1902 Will Records, 1817-1902(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1817-1920 Will Records, 1817-1920(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1817-1967 Guardianship Index, V. 1, 1817-1967(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1827 General Index of Estates, V. A, 1827-?(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1831-1850 Probate Records, 1831-1850; Index to Estates and Guardians, 1849(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1831-1920 Estates Probate Index, 1831-1920(*); Clerk of the Circuit Court and Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1841-1919 Probate Order Books, Pike County, Indiana, 1841-1919(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1853-1956 Partition Record, 1853-1956(*); Circuit Court 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[edit | edit source]
- Early Schools of Pike County at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
- Directory of Teachers for Pike County at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Social Security Records[edit | edit source]
- 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 ($) — index, click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
Tax Records[edit | edit source]
Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Indiana law in 1882 required registration of births and deaths in counties. The Indiana Department of Health has birth records filed after October 1907 and death records filed after January 1900 for deaths. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.
Birth[edit | edit source]
Marriage[edit | edit source]
- 1780-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
- 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast $
- 1802-1892 Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry
- 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
- 1811-2007 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
Death[edit | edit source]
- 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 - How to Use this Collection
- 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry
Divorce[edit | edit source]
Research Facilities[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Listed below are archives in Pike County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.
FamilySearch Centers[edit | edit source]
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
- Evansville Indiana FamilySearch Center
- Vincennes Indiana FamilySearch Center
- Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library - an affiliate library.
- Knox County Public Library - an affiliate library.
- Pike County Public Library - an affiliate library.
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Listed below are libraries in Pike County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.
Pike County Public Library
1008 Maple St
Petersburg, IN 47567
Phone: 812-354-6257
Email: p.clerks@pikeco.lib.in.us
Website
Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Listed below are societies in Pike County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Societies.
Pike County Historical Society and Museum
1104 Main St
PO Box 216
Petersburg, IN 47567
Phone: 812-354-1034
Email: pikecountyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
Facebook
Website
Pike County Indiana Genealogy Society Inc.
1008 E Maple St
PO Box 83
Petersburg, IN 47567-1736
Email: PikeCountyGenealogySociety@hotmail.com
Website
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Pike County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
- Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Extensive - keyword searches suggested
- Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
- List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
- Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Select a county
- Every Name Index.com Online indexes for county histories. Select a county
- INGenWeb, Pike County
- USGenWeb Archives, Pike County
- 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[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Genealogy Trails History Group, “Pike County, Indiana Genealogy and History”, http://genealogytrails.com/ind/pike/ 3/30/2017.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Pike County," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_County,_Indiana 3/30/2017.
- ↑ 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, "Pike County, Indiana" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_County,_Indiana (accessed 10 May 2012).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Pike County, Indiana," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_County,_Indiana, accessed 30 December 2019.
- ↑ Indiana University