Randolph  County,  Indiana
Historical  Articles

History  of  Randolph  County,  Indiana

by  E. Tucker

CONTENTS

Chapter and Contents
Pages
CHAPTER 1. PRE-HISTORIC
General-Spanish Exploration-Relics-Antiquities
11-15
CHAPTER 2. INDIAN HISTORY
General - Indian Tribes - Races - Chiefs- Miscellaneous - Reminiscences - Troubles - Wars - Treaties - Reserves - Towns -Burying Grounds - Retrospect - Destiny - White and Chief - Peace Coming - Tecumseh's War - The End
16-28
CHAPTER 3. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Location - Boundaries - Indian Boundaries - Counties - Second Boundary Kekionga - Miscellaneous - Public Lands - Meridians and Base Lines - Surface - Vegetation - Animals - Drainage - Minerals - Inland Waters Mississinewa - White River - Miami - Divides - Use of streams.
28-35
CHAPTER 4. EARLY HISTORY
General - Settlement - First Things - Manner of Life - Building - Clearing Lands - Furniture - Food - Cooking - Work - Clothing - Money - Amusements - Religion - etc.
35-51
CHAPTER 5. ORGANIZATION
Counties - Preliminary - County Seat - Official History - Public Buildings-Townships - Roads - etc.
51-69
CHAPTER 6. RECORDS
Deeds - Apprenticeship - Free Papers - Abstract of Titles - Marriages - Circuit Court - Commissioners Board - Probate Court
69-79
CHAPTER 7. REMINISCENCES
Cholera - Bear Story - Bell Making - Clothing - Clearing Land - Birds and Varmints - Pigeon Roost - Fallen Timber - etc.
79-97
98-116
CHAPTER 8. OLD SETTLERS
Meetings - Pioneers - Aged People
116-121
CHAPTER 9. CEMETERIES
121-133
CHAPTER 10. COLORED PEOPLE
Settlements - Temperances - Churches - Biography
133-141
CHAPTER 11. RELIGION
Baptists - Catholics - Christians - Congregationalists - Disciples - Friend - German Churches-Methodist - Presbyterians -Protestant - Methodist - Universalists - United Brethren - Wesleyans - Clergyman - Spiritualists - Holiness Band - Y.M.C.A.- Biography.
141-157
158-175
CHAPTER 12. EDUCATION
General Association - Seminary - Union Literary Institute - Normal Schools - Institutes - Teachers Association - Funds - Schools - Statistics - Private Schools - Trustees - Music - Lectures - Sunday Schools - Libraries
175-189
CHAPTER 13. TEMPERANCE
General - Union City - Sons - Templars - Porter Lodge - S.S.V. & E.L.
189-194
CHAPTER 14. ANTI-SLAVERY
General - Underground Railroad - Runaways - Reminiscences - Negro Slavery
194-199
CHAPTER 15. AGRICULTURE
General - Fruits - Horticulture - Sorghum - Fences - Ditches - Drains - Weather - Crops etc - Patrons of Husbandry - Fairs - Implements
199-209
CHAPTER 16. SECRET SOCIETIES
General - I.O.O.F. - F. & A.M. - K. of P.
209-213
CHAPTER 17. POLITICAL
Harrison Campaign - Mass Meetings - Republicanism - Sons of Liberty
214-215
CHAPTER 18. PERSONAL
Officials - Attorneys - Physicians - Press
215-228
CHAPTER 19. MISCELLANY
Banks, Insurance, Loan Associations - Statistics - Anecdotes - Biography
228-238
CHAPTER 20. MILITARY
Revolution - Indian Wars - Widows - Pensions - Militia 1832 - Mexican War of 1861 - General Relief - Bounties - Account of Regiments - Prisons - Officers - Soldiers - Deaths - Burials - Reminiscences - Biography - Sanitary Operations - etc.
238-296

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Winchester, Indiana 47394

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