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

Places/Localities

Neighboring Counties

• Bartholomew
• Franklin
• Jennings
• Ripley
• Rush
• Shelby

Resources

Census

Index to Defective, Dependent & 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 FHL Collection   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 FHL Collection 
  

• 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 FHL Collection 

Military

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Decatur County, Indiana (Source:Internet Archive)
• World War I  (1917-1918)

1. History of Decatur County's part in the World War, 1914-1918 (Source: Internet Archive)
2. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Decatur County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)

• World War II (1941-1945)

1. 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 FHL Collection   other library   Vol. 1 INTERNET ARCHIVE,  Vol.2 INTERNET ARCHIVE   eBooksRead
  

Societies and Libraries

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..
• Family History Library Catalog
• Decatur County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

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