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INGenWeb County Coordinator - Denise Wells
State Coordinator:
Lena
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Welcome to Marion County, Indiana, created on April 1, 1822.
Marion County was created from the Delaware New Purchase. From
this tract, also formed were the counties
This postcard is the entrance to Military Park (originally called "Military Ground") in Indianapolis, Indiana. Military Park is the oldest park in Indianaplis, covering 14 acres. What's Happening at the Genealogical Society of Marion County?
Material Development of Indianapolis From the Earliest Period to the Present. Indiana was organized as a territory July 4, 1800, and admitted as a state Dec 11, 1816. In 1810 the territory of Indiana had a population of 24,520, and in 1820, four years after its admission to statehood, the population had expanded to 147,178. The settlers had not strayed very far away from the Ohio river, but there were a few settlements along Whitewater, and a few along the Wabash; but most of them were along the southern border of the state. The state stretched from the Ohio to the lake, but the central and northern sections were an unknown wilderness given over to the Indians. Dense forests covered the central section, while to the north stretched away the trackless prairies. It was not an inviting field for the hardy pioneer. It was a struggle for existence. The soil was rich enough, but it was the work of years to clear a farm and get it ready to produce and when its productions were ready for the harvest there was no market, and the malaria arising from the decaying vegetation made the outlook anything but favorable. It was under such circumstances Indiana became a member of the great Federal Union. Indian wars had about ceased east of the Mississippi river, but Indian massacres had not come to an end. It was not safe to stray very far away from the confines of the few settlements, and if human life was spared stock was stolen and driven away, thus depriving the settler of all means of cultivating his homestead. Corydon, the capital, was a little village on the southern border, some miles back from the river, and hidden among the hills; hard to get at in the best of seasons, in the winter it was almost inaccessible. Around it there was nothing that gave promise of future growth; there was no future for it even if the capital remained there. There was absolutely no foundation on which to build a city. Hyman, Max R., Editor, The Journal Hand Book of Indianapolis, An Outline History and Descriptions of the Capital of Indiana, with Over Three Hundred Illustrations from Photographs Made Expressly for the Work, © 1902, p. 5. [see History for this book]
Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas
!!!!!....I NEED YOUR
HELP RESEARCHERS....!!!!!
I have located birth index information
contributed by a wonderful volunteer named Lora Radisches some
time ago. I had these on another URL for Marion County and have
now moved them to this site for Marion County, INGenWeb; however
we only have births for the following letters: A - B - H - I -
J - K - L. These births appear to cover the years from 1882
through 1920. I cannot locate contact information for Lora and
I do not know from what source she obtained the records from
which she transcribed this material. Check out the Birth
information
here.
If you have access to these materials and you
have an interest in transcribing these to donate to the Marion
County, INGenWeb, you would be making a huge contribution, for
which I will gladly list your name (and email address if
requested) as the contributor for them. Please contact me if
you have access to these records. Thank you so much!.
DENISE
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updated August 2022
Denise Wells
County Coordinator: Denise Wells
State Coordinator:
Lena
Harper
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