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Jasper County, Indiana
Map
Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 7, 1835
County Seat	Rensselaer
Courthouse
Address	Jasper County; 115 W Washington; Rensselaer, IN 47978; Ph. 219.866.4927

County Courthouse

Jasper County; 115 W Washington; Rensselaer, IN 47978; Ph. 219.866.4927 Details: (Courthouse burned in 1862; all rec destroyed) (Co Hlth Dept has b & d rec; Co Clk has m & div rec from 1865, pro & ct rec from 1864

History

Monument to William Jasper at Savannah, Georgia

Parent County

1835--Jasper County was created 7 February 1835 from White and Warren Counties.
County seat: Rensselaer ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1864 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
• Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Benton
• La Porte
• Lake
• Newton
• Porter
• Pulaski
• Starke
• White

Resources

Cemeteries

• list of Jasper County Cemeteries - INGenWeb
  

• see - Cemeteries - Linkpendium
  

• Obituaries - 1997 to 2010 - INGenWeb
  
• Veterans buried in Jasper County, Indiana - Lanewood  
  

• Jasper, Newton, Pulaski, White County Area Deaths - 2002-2004  - Lanewood
  

• Weston Cemetery Record - Lanewood

• Crockett Cemetery, Rensselaer BillionGraves

Census

For tips on accessing Jasper County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.

• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Jackson County (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Early Settlers of Jasper County ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church

Court

Directories

• Directory of Businesses in Jasper County, Indiana (1868) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Land

Local Histories

• Every Name Index to Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana.  Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2008; original text by F. A. Battey & Co., 1883; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1973.  EveryNameIndex.com

• F.A. Battey & Co. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co, 2008.) also (Digital images of original published: Mt. Vernon, IN : Windmill Publications, 1994. viii, 810 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm. The original is a reprint. It was originally published : Chicago : F.A. Battey, 1883.) FHL Collection   FamilySearch Books Online   other library  Internet Archive
  

• Biographical history of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski counties, (Indiana. 2003. La Crosse WI: Brookhaven Press.) FHL US/CAN Film 1731988 FHL Collection   other library   vol.1  Google books   vol.2   Google books
  

• Jasper County, Indiana: History - Linkpendium 

Maps

• Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium
  

• Jasper County, Indiana GIS Web Map

Military

• - see - Military Records and Histories - Linkpendium
  

Civil War

Civil War service men from Jasper 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 Jasper County.

• 4th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G, and Reorganized Company G 
• 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies F, and K
• 15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
• 48th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
• 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company A
• 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Book

• "Military History of Jasper Counity" in F.A. Battey & Co. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co, 2008.) also (Digital images of original published: Mt. Vernon, IN : Windmill Publications, 1994. viii, 810 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm. The original is a reprint. It was originally published : Chicago : F.A. Battey, 1883.) page 485-507,  FHL Collection   FamilySearch Books Online    other library  Internet Archive
  

Newspapers

Probate

School Records

• Directory of Teachers (1936) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Taxation

Vital Records

• - see - Vital Records - Linkpendium
  

• Indiana State Digital Achives for Death, E-Publication, Instiution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
  

• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con $
  

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992  - FamilySearch
  

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959  - FamilySearch
  

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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

References

1. ↑ "William Jasper," Wikipedia.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).