Putnam County, Indiana History - Two books
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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
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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