Pike County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Pike County

Guide to Pike 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 the 21 December 1816 from Gibson, Knox and Perry Counties.
 * County Seat:  Petersburg

Neighboring Counties
Knox • Daviess • Dubois • Warrick • Gibson

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

Pike County, Indiana Resources
The Pike County GenWeb site hosts numerous data bases; and a search engine that searches everything on the site except census and query boards. Click here to access this site.

Cemeteries
There are 166 known cemeteries in Pike County. Access INGenWeb Pike Cemetery for a listing of known burials in cemeteries by township. Click on the township in which the cemetery is located for a list of all of the cemeteries in the township, and then click on the cemetery name to see a list of names (alphabetized) and dates of people known to be buried in the cemetery.

The data also can be accessed on the Pike County INGenWeb site Main Page at INGenWeb ; type the name of the individual you are seeking in the search engine box and clicking on Find. (Note, this will return links to all pages that contain the name you entered into the search box. You must search through the list to find a cemetery reference, if it exists.)

Maps of 53 of the cemetery locations are available at E-podunk. You can also show its relative proximity to communities, libraries, and other cemeteries by clicking of the "Liasrws places near" above the map. Clicking on and individual pin will initiate a pop-up with the distance from the central (initial cemetery) location.

There are 4 National Cemeteries in Indiana. Rootsweb

Census Records

 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Pike County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Histories
1816--Pike County was created 21 December 1816 and named for Gen Zebulon M. Pike County seat: Petersburg

Local Histories

 * Anderson, Forrest R. 1942.Historical notes on Dubois &amp; Pike Counties, Indiana. (Ireland, Ind: [s.n.].) FHL US/CAN Film 928078 Item 3 other librariesancestry.com$
 * McClellan, Ruth Miley. Pike County History: Bicentennial Edition 1776-1976. Petersburg, Ind: Pike County Historical Society; Evansville, Ind: Printed by Unigraphic, Inc., 1976.
 * McClellan, Ruth Miley. Our people of Pike County, Indiana. Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1878. 268 pages +16 p Index. LOC: F532.P6 M32, Dewey Decimal: 977.2/36 (biographies)
 * Petersburg Womans Club. A History of Pike County, Ind. Petersburg, IN:typescript, 80 leaves. Copy at Barrett Memorial Library, Petersburg, Indiana. Microfilm at FHL Collection
 * Pike County Historical Society. Pike County, Indiana History and Families, 1816-1987. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Pub. Co., c1987, 236 p. FHL Collection
 * History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. : together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of Indiana. 2000. (La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press. Harvard (18th ed.)) 977.23 H2h FHL US/CAN Book other library  INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana


 * Southwest Indiana Townships by County Shows townships in 17 Southwest Indiana Counties.

Civil War

 * African American Veterans in Pike County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War service men from Pike 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 Pike County.


 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company C
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies F, and M
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company G
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and F
 * 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and H
 * 42nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 58th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, E, G, and I
 * 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
 * Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery

Civil War Books

 * "Military History" Chapter 5 in History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc.: together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of Indiana. 2000. (La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press. Harvard (18th ed.)) (page 317-324), 977.23 H2h FHL US/CAN Book other libraryINTERNET ARCHIVE

School Records

 * Early Schools of Pike County ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Directory of Teachers for Pike County ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

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

County Courthouse
Pike County Courthouse 801 Main Street Petersburg, IN 47567 Phone: 812.354.6025 County Clerk has marriage, divorce and court records from 1817 and probate records from early 1800’s. County health Department has birth and death records. County Recorder has land records.

Family History Centers

 * Vincennes Indiana Family History Center

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

Societies
County Public Library There are three branches of the Pike County Library. The genealogy department is in the Petersburg branch, aka Bartlet Memorial Library, which is located at: 1104 Main Street Petersburg, IN 47567 Ph 812-354-6257, ex 206 Fax 812-354-6259

Unique Features of the Genealogy Collection


 * Curl Collection

Families of Pike County Indiana, an unpublished collection of interviews by a Mrs. Curl with people in the community about their families. Available only on library computers no children given to Mrs Alexander 1900 shirley Sbehme@pikeco.lib.in.us
 * Newspaper Index to family history information in 4 local newspapers 1874-1940? (the newspapers are on microfilm) - Pike County Democrat - Petersburg Press - Otwell Star - Press Dispatch

Vital Records
Original Records are in the county courthouse, in the following offices:

Birth Records
Extracted birth data are on Pike GenWeb, Births


 * 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

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


 * Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 -


 * 1811-1959 - FamilySearch

Death Records

 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Pike County, Indiana Web Sites

 * Pike 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.
 * Pike County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Pike County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

Overview of Pike County from Wikipedia, Chamber of Commerce, and ebodunk

Places


• Petersburg • Spurgeon • Winslow

Unincorporated • Otwell • Stendaz • Velpen Townships • Clay • Jefferson • Lockhart • Logan • Madison • Marion • Monroe • Patoka • Washington