Putnam County, Indiana History Duo Book #1 – Weik’s History of Putnam County, IN By Jesse W. Weik, 1910 906 pages, illustrated Book #2 - Portrait and Biographical Album of Putnam County, IN Containing A Condensed History of the State of Indiana; Portraits and Biographies of Some of The Prominent Men of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens, with Personal Histories anf many of the Leading Families, and A Concise History of the County and Its Cities and Villages. (This is a copy of a reprinted edtion. A note indicates the omission of 178 pages which included state and US information, but no Putnam County history. Also Containing a Complete History of the County, >From Its Earliest Settlement To The Present Time Published By Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884 346 pages, illustrated, searchable Both Books Require Adobe Reader 5 or higher to View $13.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Putnam-County-Indiana-History-Duo-1-200-pages_W0QQitemZ200344873340QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea57c297c Putnam County was organized April 1, 1822. Greencastle is the County Seat. The town was named at the suggestion of Ephraim Dukes, one of the donors of the land on which this County Seat was established, after Greencastle, Pennsylvania, his native town. Putnam County is divided into 13 Civil Townships: Clinton, Cloverdale, Floyd, Franklin, Greencastle, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Russell, Warren and Washington. Book #1 CONTENTS- CHAPTER I—BEGINNING OF INDIANA HISTORY AND FORMATION OF PUTNAM COUNTY 17 CHAPTER II—ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY 33 CHAPTER III—COURTS, COURT HOUSES AND THE BAR 52 CHAPTER IV—EARLY SETTLERS AND INCIDENTS 70 CHAPTER V—EDUCATION IN PUTNAM COUNTY 85 CHAPTER VI—CHURCH HISTORY—RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES 106 CHAPTER VII—FRATERNAL. SOCIETIES AND CLUBS 123 CHAPTER VIII—BANKS AND BANKING 131 CHAPTER IX—JOURNALISM IN PUTNAM COUNTY 133 CHAPTER X—INCIDENTS OF EARLY HISTORY 139 CHAPTER XI—THE TOWNSHIPS OF PUTNAM COUNTY 151 CHAPTER XII—PUTNAM'S MILITARY RECORD 194 CHAPTER XIII—NOTED MURDER TRIALS 224 CHAPTER XIV—CITY OF GREENCASTLE 235 Remainder of book is Biographical Sketches