Lawrence County genealogists lost a true friend with the passing of Allen Murray July 21, 2007.
Read Allen's obituary.

History Of Lawrence County, Indiana

    Lawrence County was named for Capt. James Lawrence, a United States navy officer, commander of the Frigate "Chesapeake", whose trips to England failed to avert the War of 1812. Capt. Lawrence lost his life in the battle with the English frigate "Shannon". The county was organized in 1818 with Palestine being the first County Seat which was later ruled unhealthy and the County Seat was moved to Bedford. It is bounded on the north by Monroe, east by Jackson and Washington, south by Orange, and west by Martin and Greene, and it contains 438 square miles. The civil townships are Shawswick, Pleasant Run, Perry, Indian Creek, Spice Valley, Marion, Marshall, Guthrie and Bono ......More History......

Books on Lawrence County history and genealogy are available at:

Lawrence County Museum of History

My name is Treva E. Peckham. I am the current Lawrence County Coordinator. I hope to add many new resources to help you in the research of your family history. If you have anything that you would like to contribute or have suggestions, please e-mail me.

To find out more about the Indiana GenWeb Project or if you would like to host a county, please contact Debby Beheler, the Indiana State Coordinator. The Assistant State Coordinator is Sharon Craig.

Visit our neighboring counties: Greene County, Jackson County, Martin County, Monroe County, Orange County and Washington County. If you do not know the county, please visit the Unknown County Page.

Record of Admissions into the County Poor Asylum

Bedford High School "The Pioneer" Index

Family trees and Gedcoms

I received this picture from Cindy Cooper Jones with the following:  "Attached is a picture found among my grandmother's things. Written on the back are the names Leo Nance and Lloyd Speer. Can this be posted to the Lawrence County site to see if anyone connects to these two men? Leo was a cousin to my grandmother, Thelma Louise Sutherland.  Thank you. Cindy Cooper Jones"

Could this be our future Lawrence County Coordinator? Christian Alexander Peckham, born 09/08/2007

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