Tippecanoe County, Indiana 
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Types of Records you will find on this page:

Bible | Birth | Census | Court | Death | Deeds | Marriage | Probate & Wills
Tombstone Inscriptions | Miscellaneous



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
More Bible Records Needed

 
 
MARRIAGE RECORDS
Submitted Marriage Records
Listed Alphabetically by Last Name of Groom
A - L  ~ M - Z
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 Bennett and Rachel Shaw, 06 Oct 1846 - NEW!
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
Submitted Marriage Applications
More Marriages Needed

 
 
 
DEATH RECORDS
Battle Ground, Indiana 
1907-1937
These records have now been transcribed and were added on 1/1/2002
JONES Death Records
From WPA Index 1882-1920

 
 
 
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
Watkins in Funeral Home Records
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)
WATKINS Registered Voters, 1922
A List of Voters, April 3, 1848 -  Perry Township

 
 
 
CENSUS RECORDS
1790 Census Records
At the U.S. Census Bureau website, view as .pdf or download the zip file for each state.
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 (off site)
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.
  1860 Census - Wayne Township
1860 Sheffield Township Census Index
1870 Census - Lauramie Township, Clarks Hill
1870 Census - Lauramie Township, Concord
1870 Census - Lauramie Township, Stockwell
1870 Census Index - Perry Township 
A - E   |   F - J   |   K - M   |   N - R   |   S - Z
1880 Census - County Asylum for the Poor, Tippecanoe Township

 
 
 
DEEDS & 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 
More Deeds & Land Records Needed

 
 
 
COURT RECORDS
Circuit Court Document, April Term 1858
Surnames: BRADFIELD, STACKER,
ROBISSON, YEAGER, FOREMAN, WELSH.
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
Shigley vs. Shigley, Bill of Divorce
Surnames: SHIGLEY, TURNER
John Coran Estate

 
 
 
WILLS & PROBATE RECORDS
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 
More Wills and Probates Needed

 
 
 
TOMBSTONES & CEMETERY RECORDS
Tippecanoe County Cemeteries
Greenbush Cemetery Interments
1846-1860
Stingley Cemetery
ZION CEMETERY, Perry  Twp part #1
ZION CEMETERY, Perry Twp., Part #2
Captain Kiser, Circle 31, Grand Army Republic
Veteran's Grave Roster, 1936
Veteran Burials Submitted by Others
United States Colored Civil War Soldiers/Veterans 
Buried at the Indiana Veterans Home
Tippecanoe County Burials Listed on 
"Cemetery Records Online" 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
More Inscriptions Needed!

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