Owen County, Indiana Genealogy

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History
The first county seat was to be on land owned by John Dunn on the bend of White River, but this was quickly relocated to a new location across the river from the land of John Bartholemew. This new site was approved by the county commissioners at a meeting at John Dunn's house on 12 Feb 1820.

Parent County
1818--Owen County was created 21 December 1818 from Daviess and Sullivan Counties. County seat: Spencer

Neighboring Counties

 * Clay
 * Greene
 * Monroe
 * Morgan
 * Putnam

Local Histories

 * Blanchard, Charles, ed. Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. Chicago: F.A. Battey &amp; Company, 1884. Digital version in Google Books; may be downloaded in pdf or epub formats.

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Owen 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 Owen County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company B
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company C
 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
 * 14th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 18th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 31st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company E
 * 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies f, and B
 * 82nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 97th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and H
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K
 * 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and D
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

article on Civil War

"'I Take My Pen in Hand': Civil War Letters from Owen County, Indiana", ( ed. Vivian Zollinger, Indiana Magazine of History 93, no. 2 (June 1997): 111-196.) [various Owen County soldiers], Owen County 13th, 14th, 19th, 21st, 59th, 97th, 149th Indiana Volunteer Infantries, 1861-1865 Abstract and Bibliographic Information   article PDF

Web Sites

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