Heads of Families in Clay County, Indiana, 1830 Since there is a lack of information available on early families in Clay County because of the destruction of the courthouse records in 1851, The Genealogy Committee of the Indiana Historical Society feels that it would be helpful to make available the names of families residing in the county at the time of the census was taken in 1830. Clay County was formed by act of February 12,1825,effective April 1 of that year. The area comprising the new county had formerly been a part of Owen,Putnam,Vigo, and Sullivan counties. The names listed below are transcribed from a photostatic copy of the Fifth Cenus of the United States: 1830, which is in the Genealogy Division of the Indiana State Library,Indianapolis. Acre (or Acres),John Acre (or Acres), Luke Alexander,Joseph Allen,Robert Anderson,Issaac Anderson,Reuben Archer,Abigail Archer,Patrick Archer,Simon Archer,William R. Ballard,William Barnett,James Barnett,Peter Basye,Thomas Beavers,William Beavins,Elijah (S.?) Benham,Peter Biggs,Robert Birch,Robert Birchfield,Jane Bleavins,Warren Bowlin,Celey Bowlin,Elisabeth Bowlin,Noah Bowlin,William Bowls,Martin Brady,Isaac Breeden,Elijah Breeden,Philip Breedin,William Briley,Absalem Briley,James Brown,Benjamin Buchannan,David C. Buckelow,William Bundy,Nancy Bundy,Simeon Burnett,Elisha Bybee,Lee Carman,Benjamin Carpenter,William Carrell,Hickmen Carrell,James Case,Joseph Casiah,James Casiah,Samuil Chamberlin,Sarah Chance,Daniel Chance,John Chance,Pernal Chance,Randolph Chance,Tilman Christie,David Christie,William Christie,William M. Church,Enoch Church,Joel Clark,Charles Coale,William Coffelt(or Coffett),George Coffelt(or Coffett),James Coffman,Sarah Comer(or Comes),Matthew Cooksey,William T. Cooly,Samuel Cooprider,John Cooprider,Peter Cowen,Riley Cox,Eli Cox,Matthew Crafton,James Crafton,William Creech,William Crist,William Croake,Robert W. Crossley,John Crossley,Thomas C. Crummel,Joshua Crummel,Levi Crummel,Nicholas G Crummel,Thomas Curry,Henderson