Page last updated February 12, 2004
I remember my first viewing of some immigrant ancestors who settled in Owen county and surrounding areas. I couldn't for the life of me, understand just why of all the places in America to settle they came from Germany to Owen county, IN. It just seemed that persons from Europe would pick places close to the coast or at least the larger cities of Philadelphia, etc. I mean, many persons today don't know where Owen, Morgan or Putnam county is, so it seemed an out of the way place to choose. Sometimes in looking you can see a definite pattern of migrations to Owen county areas.And I am sure there were as many different reasons for coming here
as there were people who came. For other reasons, also varied, during certain years settlers seemed to leave for other places, a lot of times you can see certain locales always appearing such as Iowa, Illinois or Missouri. Where did your ancestor come from? Where did they go?
Please submit to me your entries and I will attempt to match the "coming from" and "going to" places with links to websites for those locales. Why?? To perhaps make it easier to find these locales in one place instead of surfing the web for them all over. Please include the information categories found below for your ancestor. If you don't
know the date, that is fine, you might find it later. Under the section on from, 1st would designate the first place in America they started from and 3rd being the last place prior to our covered counties.
Surname |
Country Origin |
From 1st/2nd/3rd |
Settled/When |
Remained |
Went to |
Date |
Submitted by |
Denkewalter |
Baden-Baden Germany 1870 |
ChicagoLaPorte, INIndianapolis |
McCormick's Creek/1880 |
yes |
buried Indianapolis |
buried Indpls |
Maurine Denkewalter |
Mary Filer & children |
unknown |
Warren county IN |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Carolyn K. Filer |
Wood |
unknown (prior to 1750) |
Surry County, North Carolina |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Shirley Rowe |
Imhausen |
Hausen, Germany1870's |
North Carolina(briefly) |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Shirley Rowe |
Berry |
Germany |
North Carolina |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Shirley Rowe |
Maners/Manes/Manis |
Wales(maybe) |
Hawkins County, TN |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Melinda King |
Evans |
Wales(maybe) |
Hawkins County, TN |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Melinda King |
Newsom |
England(maybe) |
VirginiaNorth CarolinaKentucky |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Pat Wink |
Truelove |
England(maybe) |
VirginiaNorth CarolinaKentucky |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Pat Wink |
Johnson |
England(maybe) |
VirginiaNorth CarolinaKentucky |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Pat Wink |
Wall |
England(maybe) |
VirginiaNorth CarolinaKentucky |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Pat Wink |
Dyar/Dyer |
England(maybe) |
MarylandNorth CarolinaKentucky |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Pat Wink |
Beam/Beem |
Germany |
PennsylvaniaNorth CarolinaKentucky |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Pat Wink |
Neeley/Neely |
Ireland |
North CarolinaKentucky |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Pat Wink |
Taggart |
Ireland |
PennsylvaniaBrown County IN |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Norma Ooley Herman |
Camden |
unknown |
Queen Anne Co. MarylandAmherst Co. Virginia Pulaski Co. Kentucky |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Norma Ooley Herman |
Mann |
Ireland |
Augusta Co. VirginiaBotetourt Co. Virginia Green Co. Kentucky(now Taylor |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Norma Ooley Herman |
Ooley |
Irelandor England |
Augusta Co. VirginiaBotetourt Co. Virginia Green Co. Kentucky(now Taylor |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Norma Ooley Herman |
Hogan |
unknown |
North Carolina or Virginia Green Co. Kentucky(now Taylor |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Norma Ooley Herman |
Brookshire |
Ireland |
Rowan Co.North Carolina or Kentucky |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Norma Ooley Herman |
Davis |
Wales |
New Jersey or Washington Co. PA Carroll Co. Ohio |
unknown |
yes |
unknown |
unknown |
Bruce Davis |
Martin |
Scotland |
Ireland or Pennsylvania Guernsey Co. Ohio |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Bruce Davis |
Strouse |
Germany |
Pennsylvania or Ohio |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Bruce Davis |
Brown |
unknown |
Pennsylvania or Carroll Co. Ohio |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
unknown |
Bruce Davis |
Baldwin |
England |
Maryland or Nelson co. KY |
Harrison and Wayne Township, Owen Co. IN/1821 |
yes & no |
Missouri or Hardin Co. Iowa |
1857 |
Debbie Jennings |
Evans |
unknown |
Mecklenburg Co. NC Pulaski Co. KY |
Harrison and Wayne Township, Owen Co. IN/1820 |
yes |
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Debbie Jennings |
Murphy |
unknown |
Montgomery Co. MD Nelson co. KY |
Harrison Township, Owen Co. IN/1840 |
yes |
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Debbie Jennings |
Dunkin |
unknown |
Orange county, NYor Duchess co. NY Clark co, IN |
Taylor Township, Owen Co. IN/1821 |
yes |
Buried in Dunkin Cemetery |
|
Debbie Jennings |
McCullough |
Scotland or Ireland |
Lancaster Co. PA Mecklenburgh Co. NC Cabarrus Co. NC Cocke Co TN Pulaski Co KY |
Montgomery Township, Owen Co. IN/1832 |
yes |
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Debbie Jennings |
Carter |
unknown |
North Carolina Mecklenburgh Co. NC Spencer Co. KY Shelby Co KY |
Montgomery Township, Owen Co. IN/1833-1835 |
yes |
Buried Cloverdale Cemetery |
|
Debbie Jennings |
Jones |
unknown |
North Carolina Union Co. IN Wayne Co IN |
Cloverdale Township, Putnam Co. IN/1855-1857 |
yes |
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Debbie Jennings |
Firebaugh |
unknown |
Alleghany Co. MD Harrison Co. Ohio Cochocton Co. Ohio |
Freedom, Franklin twp/1854 |
yes |
possibly buried Old Dutch Bethel Cemetery |
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Jackie Bullock |
Lockhart |
unknown |
Augusta Co. VA Union Co. IN Henry Co VA Patrick Co VA Surry Co NC Washington Co IN |
Morgan/Jackson twp/1845 |
yes |
Buried Carolina Cemetery |
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Debbie Jennings |
Goss |
Rithenfluh, Switzerland |
York Co, PA Rowan Co. NC Washington co IN |
Wayne (founded Gosport)/1818 |
yes |
Buried Old Goss Cemetery |
|
Debbie Jennings |
Dean |
Ireland about 1740 |
Loudon Co, VA Clark Co. KY Fleming Co, KY |
Taylor/about 1837 |
yes |
Buried Lyons Cemetery |
1858 |
Mike Dean |
Baugh/Bach |
England |
Lancaster Co, PA Wythe Co, VA Montgomery Co. VA
Pulaski Co KY |
Washington/about 1850 |
yes |
some buried here |
about 1913/Spencer |
Frank Deis |
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