Fayette County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Fayette County

Guide to Fayette County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed in 2 December 1818 from Franklin, Wayne and unorganized territory.
 * County Seat:  Connersville

Neighboring Counties

 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Henry (east)·Wayne (northeast)·Union (east)·Franklin (south)·Rush (west)



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

Census Records

 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Fayette County, Indiana (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Fayette County, Indiana (1858) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Histories


The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834).

Barrows, Frederick Irving, History of Fayette County, Indiana :(Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen) her people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families, 977.2623 H2b INTERNET ARCHIVE web site

Local Histories

 * Every Name Index to History of Fayette County, Indiana. Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007; original text by Frederic Irving Barrows, Editor-in-Chief, 1917; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1973.  EveryNameIndex.com


 * Biographical and Genealogical History of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana. (Indianapolis, Ind: Frederic Luther Co, 1980).977.26 H2b 977.26 H2b v. 2 FHL US/CAN Book   other libraries   vol. 1 INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana

Civil War
Civil War service men from Fayette 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 Fayette County


 * 2nd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company L
 * 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery,
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company C
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company E
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized I, and K
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E, and Reorganized Company A
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
 * 36th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 104th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 111th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and L
 * 124th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F
 * 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Book

Barrows, Frederick Irving, Chapter 10, "Military Annals," History of Fayette County, Indiana :(Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen), page 301-323, 977.2623 H2b  Iniernet Archive

School Records

 * Students of Bentonville, Fayette County (1925) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Teachers of Bentonville, Fayette County (1925) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Directory of Teachers of Fayette County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Repositories
See also a List of Indiana Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Courthouse
Fayette County Courthouse 401 N Central Ave; PO Box 607 Connersville, IN 47331-0607 Ph. 765.825.1813

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate, divorce and court records from 1819 and naturalization records from 1924.

Family History Centers

 * Richmond Indiana Family History Center

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

Marriage Records

 * Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con$
 * Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 - FamilySearch
 * Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959 - FamilySearch

Death Records

 * Indiana State Digital Achivesfor Death, E-Publication, Institution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Web Sites

 * Fayette County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * 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.
 * Fayette County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Fayette County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)