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INDIANA TRAILS
HISTORY
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Randolph County, Indiana |
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County Host: Tam Inman
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The purpose of this site is
to make free genealogy and history available to Randolph County
researchers.
I am Tam
Inman and I will be your host. My main focus is to add information
to help others in researching their family history. The "Genealogy
Family" has a strong bond and are the most helpful people I have
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Indiana Genealogy and History
County Information
This county was named, at the request of the early
settlers, after the county in North Carolina, from which they emigrated. The surface of the county is nearly level,
and portions of it are, at times, wet and marshy, so that it would seem to be low, though, in reality, it is about
as high as any land in the State, for in or near Randolph county the head waters of the Big Miami, Whitewater,
Blue river, White river, the Mississinewa, the Solamonie, Wabash, and St. Mary's, all running in different directions,
take their rise." There are no " barrens," and but few prairies (all of which are wet), in the county.
The timber is of an average quality, the soil well adapted to wheat and corn, oats, etc. Winchester, the county
seat, is located in the centre of the county. It is the largest town, and is quite prosperous, having fair public
improvements, good schools, churches, etc. Union city is located on the eastern border of the county, and is bisected
by the State line dividing Indiana and Ohio. Both of these towns have good railroad facilities, and increasing
commercial interests.
The first white settlers in what became Randolph
County were Thomas W. and Anne Parker and their family, Quakers from Carolina, who arrived in 1814. The Indiana
General Assembly authorized the formation of Randolph County in 1818, naming it for the North Carolina, home of
many of the area’s Quaker settlers. The county’s government was organized in August 1818 in the cabin of Benjamin
Cox, a prominent Quaker who was a native of Randolph County, North Carolina. Five early settlers donated land for
a county seat in 1818. Winchester, almost certainly named for Winchester, Virginia, was platted upon the site the
same year and has remained the county seat for nearly two centuries. The Indiana General Assembly authorized the
formation of Randolph County from Wayne County in January 1818 to take effect in August 1818.
Winchester is the County
Seat. First settled in 1819, by 1849 it contained 151 houses, of
which 11 were brick, with a population of about
750.
Randolph County is divided
into 11 Civil Townships as follows: Franklin, Green, Greensfork,
Jackson, Monroe, Stoney Creek, Union, Ward, Washington, Wayne, and
White River; Nettle Creek and West River Townships were combined to
form Union Township.
Did you know that Delaware
County was created 26 January 1827 from Randolph
County.
Updated March 8, 2013
Recent
Updates
| Date |
Catagory |
Update |
| May 22, 2013 |
Births |
Arthur, Conklin,
Ebeling |
| May 22, 2013 |
Deaths |
Arthur, Ebeling |
| May 22, 2013 |
Marriages |
Arthur-Polley, Ebeling-Newton |
| July 28, 2013 |
Newspapers-Reunions |
Moore
Family-School Reunion |
| September 24, 2013 |
Cemeteries |
Mt. Zion Cemetery |
| November 17, 2013 |
Bios-M |
Moore, McNees |
| November 17, 2013 |
News-
Reunions |
Eighth Regiment Reunion |
| November 17, 2013 |
Mt. Zion
Cemetery |
Karrick, Kaucher, Kraft, Lesley, Loehr, Mack
& Manuel |
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Research Links for Indiana
Indiana State Archives
Indiana Digital Archives
Indiana State Library
Randolph County
Libraries
Indiana Researchers' Family Tree's
Sandy's Stormes
& Segraves of Indiana
Randolph County Vital Records
Address: 211 South Oak Street
Winchester, Indiana 47394
http://www.vitalrecordsdirectory.com/IN/vital-records/randolph-county-vital-records-5.html
Incorporated Towns in Randolph
County
Modoc Parker
City Ridgeville
Saratoga Union
City Winchester Losantville
Lynn
Uncorporated Towns in Randolph County
Crete
Deerfield Harrisville
Huntsville New Pittsburg
Spartanburg
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