Fountain County, Indiana Genealogy

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Parent County
1825--Fountain County was created 20 December 1825 from Montgomery County. County seat: Covington


 * Montgomery
 * Parke
 * Tippecanoe
 * Vermillion
 * Warren

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Fountain 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 Fountain County


 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized G
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
 * 15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D, and Reorganized K
 * 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and I
 * 63rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, E, and H
 * 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 97th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 116th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Companies C, and D
 * 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company E
 * 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies I, and K
 * 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, C, G, and H
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops 

Civil War Books


 * Salts, Walter. 1980. Fountain County, Indiana, draft call of 1864. (Indiana?: W. Salts?.) 977.2 A1 no. 218 FHL US/CAN Book   other libraries


 * Beckwith, H. W., P. S. Kennedy, and Thomas Fleming Davidson. 1970. History of Fountain County, together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley: gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic sources. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic) 977.247 H2b FHL US/CAN Book    other libraries     INTERNET ARCHIVE

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Fountain County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Fountain County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)