Wells County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Wells County

Guide to Wells County, Indiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed 7 February 1835 from Allen, Delaware and Randolph Counties.
 * County Seat:  Bluffton

Neighboring Counties
Allen • Adams • Jay • Blackford • Grant • Huntington

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Indiana County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Indiana County Boundary Maps" (1790-1873) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Indiana Counties see: Indiana Counties with Burned Courthouses

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Well County LinkpendiumINGen WebIndiana Genealogical Society
 * Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery
 * LDS Cemetery Records US Vol. 5 page 193 - Prairieview Cemetery

Individual Cemeteries:


 * Spider Hill Cemetery, Bluffton BillionGraves

Census Records

 * Index to Mortality Schedule (1860) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * History of Well County Linkpendium


 * Tyndall, John W., and O. E. Lesh. 1975. Standard history of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana: an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of modern developments in the progress of town and country. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, Inc.)977.27 H2t FHL US/CAN Book other library Vol. 1 INTERNET ARCHIVE; name index:  - free; Vol. 2 INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana : Containing portraits of all the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with accompanying biographies of each : a condensed history of the state of Indiana : portraits and biographies of some of the prominent men of the state : engravings of prominent citizens in Adams and Wells counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families, and a concise history of the counties and their cities and villages. (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co.,1887). INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
 * Maps and GazetteersLinkpendium

Military Records
War of 1812


 * Military Records and HisrtoiesLinkpendium

Civil War

Civil War service men from Well 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 Wells County.


 * 11th Regiment,Indiana Cavalry, Company C
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company K
 * 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and K
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and K
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B and G
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company E
 * 138th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
 * 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, E, and G
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

World War I

World War II

Newspapers

 * Newspaper ClippingINGen WebLinkpendium

Occupations

 * Roster of Civilian Conservation Corps, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana (1938) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Probate Records
Online Records
 * 1798 – 1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

School Records

 * Partial School Enumeration of Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana (1844, 1849) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

County Courthouse
Wells County Courthouse 102 W Market Street Bluffton, IN 46714 Phone: 219.824.6479

County Health Department has birth and death records. County Clerk has marriage, divorce and court records from 1837 and probate records from 1838. County Recorder has land records.

Family History Centers

 * Decatur Indiana Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the Family History Center directory.

Vital Records

 * Indiana State Digital Archivesfor Death, E-Publication, Institution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)

Marriage Records

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


 * 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


 * 1811-1959 - FamilySearch

Death Records

 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920-FamilySearch

Wells County, Indiana Web Sites

 * Wells County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Wells County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Wells County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)