Fountain County, Indiana Genealogy
Guide to Fountain County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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Contents
- 1 County Information
- 2 Resources
- 2.1 Bible Records
- 2.2 Biographies
- 2.3 Business, Commerce, and Occupations
- 2.4 Cemeteries
- 2.5 Census Records
- 2.6 Church Records
- 2.7 Court Records
- 2.8 Directories
- 2.9 Emigration and Immigration
- 2.10 Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
- 2.11 Funeral Homes
- 2.12 Genealogies
- 2.13 Guardianship
- 2.14 Land and Property Records
- 2.15 Local Histories
- 2.16 Maps and Gazetteers
- 2.17 Migration
- 2.18 Military Records
- 2.19 Naturalization and Citizenship
- 2.20 Newspapers
- 2.21 Obituaries
- 2.22 Other Records
- 2.23 Periodicals
- 2.24 Probate Records
- 2.25 School Records
- 2.26 Social Security Records
- 2.27 Tax Records
- 2.28 Vital Records
- 3 Research Facilities
- 4 Societies
- 5 Websites
- 6 Research Guides
- 7 References
County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
Fountain County was named for James Fontaine (1757-1790), an officer who served in American Revolutionary War and the Northern Indian War.[1] It is located in the west-central area of the state.[2]
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Fountain County Courthouse
301 4th St; PO Box 183
Covington, IN 47932
Phone: 765-793-2192
County Website
Fountain-Warren County Health Department
113 West Sycamore St
Attica, IN, 47918
Health Officer: Sean Sharma, MD
Phone Number: 877-339-9567
Fax: 765-762-6520
Email: fwhealthdept@gmail.com
Health Department
County Health Department has birth and death records from 1885.
County Clerk has marriage records from 1827, divorce, probate and court records from 1830.
County Recorder has land records from 1828. [3]
Health Department has birth records and death records.
Fountain County, Indiana Record Dates[edit | edit source]
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1885 | 1827 | 1885 | 1830 | 1828 | 1830 | 1807 |
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
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There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. |
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
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Populated Places[edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[7]
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History Timeline[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
Biographies[edit | edit source]
Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]
- Directory of Businesses in Fountain County, Indiana (1858, 1868) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- Mt. Hope Cemetery, Fountain County, Covington, Indiana (1980) - book digitized at the Internet Archive
Census Records[edit | edit source]
For tips on accessing Fountain County census records online, see: Indiana Census.
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1830 | 7,619 | — |
| 1840 | 11,218 | 47.2% |
| 1850 | 13,253 | 18.1% |
| 1860 | 15,566 | 17.5% |
| 1870 | 16,389 | 5.3% |
| 1880 | 20,228 | 23.4% |
| 1890 | 19,558 | −3.3% |
| 1900 | 21,446 | 9.7% |
| 1910 | 20,439 | −4.7% |
| 1920 | 18,823 | −7.9% |
| 1930 | 17,971 | −4.5% |
| 1940 | 18,299 | 1.8% |
| 1950 | 17,836 | −2.5% |
| 1960 | 18,706 | 4.9% |
| 1970 | 18,257 | −2.4% |
| 1980 | 19,033 | 4.3% |
| 1990 | 17,808 | −6.4% |
| 2000 | 17,954 | 0.8% |
| 2010 | 17,240 | −4.0% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
- Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Fountain County, Indiana (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Directories[edit | edit source]
- Directory of Businesses in Fountain County, Indiana (1858, 1868) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
- 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Guardianship[edit | edit source]
Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. See Indiana Land and Property for additional information about early Indiana land grants and patents.
After land was transferred from the government to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded at the Fountain County courthouse, where records are currently housed.
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Local histories are available for Fountain County. County histories may include biographies; church, school and government histories; and military information. For more information about local histories, see Indiana Local Histories.
- History of Fountain County. 1970. By H.W. Beckwith, P.S. Kennedy, and Thomas Fleming Davidson. Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat). Some versions listed are reprints, some are of the original, published 1881 by Chicago : H. H. Hill and N. Iddings.
- Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties, Indiana. 2 volumes. 1913. Ed. Thomas A. Clifton. Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen. Online at: Vol. 1 - Internet Archive, Vol. 2 - Internet Archive, Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat).
- Portrait and Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke and Fountain Counties, Indiana. 1893. Chicago: Chapman Bros. Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat).
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
for more resources
Migration[edit | edit source]
Military Records[edit | edit source]
War of 1812
Moyer, Edward,Fountain County, Indiana Military (Veedersburg, Indiana: Fountain County Genealogy Society, c2009-2009 2 Volumes FHL Books 977.247Me
Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Residents of Fountain County Who Served in the Mexican War (1846-1848) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
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
- 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized B
- 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized G
- 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies G, I, and Reorganized G, H, and I
- 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?.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Book; FHL US/CAN BookFHL Collection
World War I
Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]
- Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Indiana newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.
For more Indiana newspaper information see the wiki page Indiana Newspapers.
- 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
- Hoosier State Chronicles
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
Other Records[edit | edit source]
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the Fountain County courthouse. For more information, see Indiana Probate Records.
- 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry $
School Records[edit | edit source]
Social Security Records[edit | edit source]
- 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
Tax Records[edit | edit source]
Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Indiana law in 1882 required registration of births and deaths in counties. The Indiana Department of Health has birth records filed after October 1907 and death records filed after January 1900 for deaths. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.
Birth[edit | edit source]
Marriage[edit | edit source]
- 1780-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
- 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast $
- 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry $
- 1811-2007 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
Death[edit | edit source]
- 1750-1993 - Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
- 1882-1920 Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
- 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry ($)
Divorce[edit | edit source]
Research Facilities[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Listed below are archives in Fountain County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries
- Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
- FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
Danville Illinois Family History Center
1949 N Bowman Ave
Danville, IL 61832-2038
217-446-5887
E-mail: IL_Danville@familyhistorymail.org
Website
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Listed below are libraries in Fountain County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.
Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Listed below are societies in Fountain County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Societies.
- Fountain County Genealogical Society
PO Box 273
405 North Mill Street
Veedersburg, IN 47987-0273
Phone: 765-294-4954 or (toll free) 877-760-6058
E-mail: focogensoc@netscape.net
Website
See also West Central Indiana Genealogy Research Library at Website
- Fountain County Art Council Historical Committee
Facebook
- The Fountain County Art Council Historical Committee was organized because the Fountain County Historical Society had became inactive. Feb. 20, 2020
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
- Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Search by county or keyword
- Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
- List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
- Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Free and Members-only. Select a county
- EveryNameIndex.com for Indiana Free online genealogy indexes for county histories. Select a county.
- InGenWeb 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)
- FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
Research Guides[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Genealogy Trails History Group, “Fountain County, Indiana Genealogy and History”, http://genealogytrails.com/ind/fountain/ accessed 3/28/2017.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Fountain County," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_County,_Indiana 3/28/2017.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Indiana.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Indiana.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Indiana.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Fountain County, Indiana" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_County,_Indiana (accessed 10 May 2012).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Fountain County, Indiana," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_County,_Indiana, accessed 07 December 2019.
