Tippecanoe County, Indiana Documents

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BIRTH RECORDS

Battle Ground, Indiana (Index) - 1907-1937

BIBLE RECORDS

Jacob EWRY Bible - 1871
GATES Family Bible - ca. 1802
William Henry Moore - Catherine Ann Ilckenhans Family Record - Parents' Register
PATTON Family Bible w/Information on the Lewis family of Sheffield Township
Bible of Robert McFarland Barkley and Margaret Elizabeth Shaw
The STAPP Bible

CENSUS RECORDS

1807 Indiana Territorial Census - (on Franklin County INGenWeb Project)
1820 Indiana Federal Census Index (on Lori's Ripley County, Indiana Genealogical Data page
1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
(This is for the entire state, use your find button to search for Tippecanoe County. This information is off-site)
1830 Tippecanoe County Census
1840 Heads of Household, Tippecanoe Township
1848 School Enumeration of Children over Age 5: Fairfield Township | Lauramie Township | Lauramie - Randolph Township |Shelby Township

1850 Census w/Everyname Index - Townships which are completed are Shelby, Tippecanoe, Wabash and Washington. Perry Township and Sheffield Township have been added, but are not yet indexed.

MARRIAGE RECORDS

Submitted Marriage Records, Listed Alphabetically by Last Name of Groom: A - L ~ M - Z
Submitted Marriage Applications
Robert M. Barkley and Margaret Shaw - 23 Jun 1852
Joseph P. Harvey and Mary Ward - 3 March 1836
John Baer and Jane McCormick, 18 Nov 1830
John W. Jennings and Hester A. Shigley Hanson, 24 Apr 1866
Harvey Marriage Transcriptions

    Augustine W. Harvey and Mary Hays, 31 Dec 1833
    Catharine Harvey and Robert Parrish, 18 May1851
    Dorcas Harvey and Alfred Street, 16 Dec 1852
    Elizabeth Harvey and David Bryan, 28 Aug 1852
    John P. Harvey and Elizabeth Archabald, 15 Dec 1831
    Joseph P. Harvey and Mary Ward, 3 March 1836

Levi Harvey and Tetitha C. Erwin, 7 Nov 1844
Mary Harvey and Richard G. Godman, 3 Aug 1845

Henry Loney and Nancy Catherine Stoops, 4 March 1863
William Myer and Barbary Schnickenburger, 26 Apr 1855
William Shaw and Martha Stafford, 20 Oct 1833
Adam Shigley and Rachel O'Shel, 26 Feb 1835
John Shneckenburger and Catherine Deihl, 28 May 1853
Downs Marriages 1826-1941
Gates Marriages 1826-1941
Martin Marriages 1826-1941
Watkins Marriages 1826-1924
Wiggins Marriages

DEATH RECORDS

Battle Ground, Indiana - 1907-1937
Jones Death Records - From WPA Index, 1882-1920

DEEDS AND LAND RECORDS

Indenture Deed between John & Emily BRADFIELD and Jonathan & Sarah BRADFIELD, 1831
Indenture Deed between Heirs of William JONES and Joseph HAWKINS, 17 February 1834
War of 1812 Bounty Land Affidavits for Henry GATES, 28 Oct 1850 and 3 April 1855

COURT RECORDS

Circuit Court Document, April Term 1858 - Surnames: Bradfield, Foreman, Robisson, Stacker, Welsh and Yeager
Eliza J. Hampton Guardianship, Final Records, 1871
Mary M. Wiggins vs. Lemuel G. Wiggins - In chancery for divorce
John Martin Schneckenberger - Naturalization Record, 12 Oct 1852
Petition for Adoption, Mary J. Hayward
Petition for Adoption, Amma Eldora Heyward (Hayward)
Shigley vs. Shigley, Bill of Divorce - Surnames: Shigley, Turner
John Coran Estate

WILLS AND PROBATE DOCUMENTS

George Aholtz - (4 images: pg. 1 - pg. 2 - pg. 3 - pg. 4)
David Archibald - 6 Oct 1858
John Baer - 15 Feb 1883
John A. Baer - 29 Dec 1900
Joseph Baer - 15 May 1882
Lewis Bible - 30 Mar 1836
John W. Bradfield 25 Nov 1852
John Coran (First Will) - 18 Feb 1832
John Coran (Second Will) - 5 Sep 1834
John Cunningham - 7 Feb 1859
Nancy Cunningham - 24 Mar 1847
Sarah DeWitt - 18 Oct 1848
Mary F. (Tuttle ) Downs - 24 Apr 1897
Mary (Moore) Ensminger - 18 Dec 1877
Philip Ensminger - 18 April 1876
Thomas Everett - 3 Jun 1862
Barbara Fleming Estate - November Term, 1850 (on the Shelby Co. INGenWeb site)
Clara Gates Final Record - 1898
Henry Gates 3 Sep 1862
George Kesler 28 January 1854
John Lemon 22 May 1862
Henry Moore 19 Feb 1834
Jane Rash 17 June 1885
John W. and Mary E. Stewart Wills - 17 Nov. 1906
John W. Stewart 1st Codicil - Dec. 1908
John W. Stewart 2nd Codicil - Nov. 1910
(all on same page)
George Stingley 15 January 1838
Michael Summers 5 Oct 1848
Isaac B. Wiggins 16 Sep 1880
Randolph Wiggins 27 Jan 1914
Sarah E. Wiggins 31 Dec 1925

MISCELLANEOUS

Letter from John W. Watkins of Battle Ground, IN, 7 September 1888
Letter to Philip Ensminger of Lafayette - from His Nephew William L. Little, of Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana. September 19, 1860. (scanned images of actual letter, 2 pages)
Letter from Nelson Franklin Smith, LaFayette, Indiana -to his brother, Lucius Darling Smith, New London, New York, 28 January 1843 (Images of Letter in two parts)
Children from Tippecanoe County Admitted to the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Childrens' Home 1868-1889
DAHM FAMILY DOCUMENTS (Images)
Elias Dahm (Tom) Naturalization (116k)
Nicholas Dahm Discharge (91k)
Nicholas Dahm / Susanna Peters Marriage Certificate (53k)
A List of Voters, April 3, 1848 - Perry Township
Watkins Registered Voters, 1922

TOMBSTONES INSCRIPTIONS

Tippecanoe County Cemeteries
Greenbush Cemetery Interments - 1846-1860
Stingley Cemetery
Zion Cemetery, Perry Township, part #1
Zion Cemetery, Perry Township, part #2
Captain Kiser, Circle 31, Grand Army Republic Veteran's Grave Roster, 1936
Veteran Burials Submitted by Others
BUSH Tombstone Inscriptions
LOVELESS Tombstone Inscriptions - Union Cemetery, Clark's Hill
MILLER Tombstone Inscriptions
SHAW Tombstone Inscriptions
SHIGLEY Tombstone Photos - Buck Creek Cemetery, Washington Township
WATKINS Tombstone Inscriptions
WIGGINS Tombstone Inscriptions

Tippecanoe County INGenWeb Project