Does anyone know who I might contact regarding the old church records of the Long Branch Church there in Putnam county? Debra Carter tara37@comsys.net

I am passing the following along. It is a snip of an email posted on the Indiana-L list and I thought it might be of interest to someone. I post this with permission of Mr. Sam Cline. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~insert~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ County boundary changes can be very important in determining where our ancestors > located. For instance, present day Morgan County is not the original Morgan > County. Land west of Mill Creek was transferred by the Indiana Legislature to > Putnam County and several sections of land in the northern part of the original > Morgan County were transferred to Hendricks County. If you are searching for > records for your ancestors in Putnam and Hendricks Counties and find none--the > records they left behind may very well be recorded in Morgan County. Also, > prior to the creation of Morgan County the area now included in Morgan County > was attached to Monroe County for legal and civil purposes. Debra Carter tara37@comsys.net

Does anyone know the date of the earliest death records in Putnam Co? Thanks! Ellie Stites Swanger EllieSS@aol.com

Is anyone acquainted with the Skillman Cemetery? If so, can you tell me in which township it is located and / or what town it is near? Thanks! Sharon Freeland Superior, Colorado

This is not my site, I was only recommending it. It belongs to: Jerry Morris Mounts, please send Jerry all your comments, compliments, additions, etc. to: jmounts@peoplepc.com Thanks, Norma A must see site: http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/~jmounts/soldiers/index.htm "In response to requests from genealogists and others I am going to attempt to input all the soldiers that were in any war, between 1750 to 1899, from Indiana. This would include Soldiers of the Militia; Rangers; the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783; the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811; the War of 1812, 1812 to 1815; the Mexican War, 1846 to 1848; the Civil War, 1861 to 1865; the Spanish American War, 1898 to 1899. Officers and enlisted men will be entered. In this small way we can honor all the brave soldiers, that fought for freedom from the great state of Indiana. ....list all the soldiers in alphabetical order by last name first." Site owned by: Jerry Morris Mounts Norma Folsom CA

In a message dated 04/25/2000 9:17:29 PM Mountain Daylight Time, nkey@softcom.net writes: << "In response to requests from genealogists and others I am going to attempt to input all the soldiers that were in any war, between 1750 to 1899, from Indiana. >> Is Jerry referring to soldiers with the surname of WRIGHT ..... or all soldiers from Indiana.. Wheee what a feat!!! Ellie

A must see site: http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/~jmounts/soldiers/index.htm "In response to requests from genealogists and others I am going to attempt to input all the soldiers that were in any war, between 1750 to 1899, from Indiana. This would include Soldiers of the Militia; Rangers; the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783; the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811; the War of 1812, 1812 to 1815; the Mexican War, 1846 to 1848; the Civil War, 1861 to 1865; the Spanish American War, 1898 to 1899. Officers and enlisted men will be entered. In this small way we can honor all the brave soldiers, that fought for freedom from the great state of Indiana. ....list all the soldiers in alphabetical order by last name first." Site owned by: Jerry Morris Mounts Norma Folsom CA

If anyone is digging through their information on Russellville Cemetery, perhaps you could help me with John W. Murphy. The book Putnam County History, Indiana Sesquicentennial 1966 lists veterans of various wars, and the cemeteries in which they are buried. John W. Murphy is included for Russellville. When I read the LDS microfilm on Putnam County Cemeteries however, John was not to be found. I believe he married Sarah Annis Fry in Hendricks County in 1865; in 1870 she is living in Putnam County, and is widowed. Any help with this would be most appreciated. Carol

Looking for the demandants of Charles Spilman Graham and Emille (Emily) Hammons Graham who moved to Greencastle from Lincoln Co., KY 1860-1870 Had children Robert, Parker, Charles, Deliha and perhaps more. Ernie Petrey

I am very interested in the same info on the Russellville cemetary. I am also interested in the same info for Fogery and Hebron cemetaries in Putnam county. I have located many of my relatives grave sites in both these cemetaries but need additional info that the caretaker or the plot maps may have. Please include me in any replies. Thank You. Sheri Tetidrick Looking for VICE, GOFF, GARDNER, OLIVER, BREWER,LEMON, HART, MORGAN, KARNES(KALANS), OWENS, PIGG, AKERS, MCCOY, TETIDRICK, HARNESS, SWEETEN Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 20:43:36 EDT >From: RLWysong@aol.com >To: INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <66.2ec86f9.2633a138@aol.com> >Subject: Russellville cemetery > >Is there a plot map for the Russellville cemetery? I am interested in the >old section where many stones are missing. Specifically grave sites around >the stones for Melinda Findley and William Ragsdale. > Who is the caretaker for the cemetery? > Roberta Wysong - -------------------------------------- Want to win $10,000? Click to enter!! <http://irecommend-it.com/sh.e?2F15104FAD54> - --------------------------------------

For those interested, following are the top surnames by frequency: Wright 1764 Zink 428 Gilstrap 404 Cooley, Hill 189 Fox, Johnson 186 Moss 174 Smith 166 Goss, Martin 151 Purlee 144 Hazel, Hinds 124 Miller 122 Marshall 116 Brown 113 Colglazier 108 Mullanix(sp) 98 Morgan 95 Herb & Carol Arkin Orlando, Florida Herb & Carol Arkin Genealogy Page: http://home.cfl.rr.com/herbarkin/ Descendants of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan County, North Carolina Web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin

I have just updated my Richard Wright of Rowan County, NC web page to rev 11 containing 19,552 people including 18,638 direct descendants. Names include Allen, Colglazier, Cooley, Gilstrap, Goss, Hazel, Hill, Hinds, Johnson, Marshall, Martin, Monical, Morgan, Moss, Mullenix, Parrish, Purlee, Ratts, Wright and Zink. Most of these families emigrated to Indiana, then to Illinois, , Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. The major update is the use of the SSDI and Pierce and Salem, Washington county, Indiana cemetery books to list death dates, burial sites and residences. Much of the information that was listed as 'private' is now available since death dates are included. further, close relatives have been included. I have also updated data based upon the Frederick Goss book and a number of inputs from correspondents. For details, click on the Rev no. at the top of the page. More to come!! Herb & Carol Arkin Orlando, Florida Herb & Carol Arkin Genealogy Page: http://home.cfl.rr.com/herbarkin/ Descendants of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan County, North Carolina Web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin

In a message dated 04/22/2000 6:45:25 PM Mountain Daylight Time, RLWysong@aol.com writes: << Subj: Russellville cemetery Date: 04/22/2000 6:45:25 PM Mountain Daylight Time From: RLWysong@aol.com To: INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com Is there a plot map for the Russellville cemetery? I am interested in the old section where many stones are missing. Specifically grave sites around the stones for Melinda Findley and William Ragsdale. Who is the caretaker for the cemetery? Roberta Wysong >> Can anyone tell me more about this cemetery? Where is it located in Putnam Co ? Who is it named for or what town? And how long ago was it used? Thanks. Ellie Swanger

Is there a plot map for the Russellville cemetery? I am interested in the old section where many stones are missing. Specifically grave sites around the stones for Melinda Findley and William Ragsdale. Who is the caretaker for the cemetery? Roberta Wysong

I have placed the known individuals associated with this family on WorldConnect. In addition the Peffley Family website has been updated with a Family chart that indicates Name, birth, marriage/spouse, and Death/burial information on each Peffley in my files as of last week. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scismfam/peffley Jeff Scism, IBSSG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Genealogy, the science of haunting the dead. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I am looking for information on the Newell/Newel that lived in Putnam Co in 1850 and 1860 any information would be helpful. Also Henry Gray. Thank You Sharon Wallin

Hi everyone! I am searching for a death record on Martin C. Hawley and Nora Armstrong. Their son, (my gggrandparents), Fredric Hawley was born in Greencastle, IN on 5 Sep 1871. I do not know where Martin and Nora were buried. They are not listed on any of the Putnam Co. cemetery records that are on line. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Roxanne (Gough)Vargo goughr@ameritech.net

Can anyone help her? ----- Original Message ----- From: nancy zebelean <nancyzeb@mciworld.com> To: <SharonBryant@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 4:20 PM Subject: Runion family Sharon, I am looking for William Allen Runion's parents. He married a Mary E. Pickett in 1870. They lived in Putnam Co. in the 1880 census. She was born there I believe. He was born in Ind. but I am not sure where. They had three children Alva, Dares, and Ocey in the census. Her mother a Mary Pickett lived with them as a boarder. I do not have the name of Mary's father either. I would appreciate any help you can give or perhaps a name to contact. Thank you, Nancy

Hi. I am trying to find information on the David Copple family. I do not know who he was married to but do know that he lived in Greencastle, Indiana in the early 1840's. He had a daughter Elizabeth born there in 1840 on January 3. They left there in 1849 for Illinois. If anyone has the Copple name in their line would like to hear from you. Sharon sharon1@midwest.net

John G. SWEENEY born about 1830 in NC. He married first Rutha Bradshaw 10-5-1853 in Putnam county.They had 3 known children: Alonzo who died at age 4. Harriet Elizabeth born 11-19-1855, she married Thomas Jefferson Jones Margaret born about 1859. John then married Lucy Ann Wright on 9-9-1860 in Putnam county and they had 3 children: Harrison born about 1863 Hester Hains born 3-6-1865 Hattie Hains born 3-6-1865 (this twin died 3-12-1865) Lucy Ann Wright died 5-19-1868 and John married AGAIN!! this time to Nancy Frank Scarborough on 3-2-1869 in Putnam county and they had 3 children(must have been a lucky number!) Andrew born about 1873 Ethyl born about 1881 Daisy born about 1888 Both John and his last wife Nancy are buried in Long Branch cemetery, they both died in 1914. His second wife Lucy Ann Wright and the twin girls are also buried there. His first wife Rutha is buried at Brick Chapel Cemetery. I am looking for some info regarding John's parents. Thanks for any help Debra Carter tara37@comsys.net