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Posted by Janice Stucky in Children's Books
A Journey Through Time (Third Grade Textbook) 80 pages $10
My Pioneer Childhood in Early Jay County 49 pages $10
Tell Me a Story, Grandpa (Underground Railroad) 12 pages $5
A Journey Through Time 2008, 80 pages $10
This history is the current third grade textbook for students in the Jay School Corporation. It tells the early settlement of Jay County, maps showing Jay County’s location, a time line listing the “firsts” in Jay County from 1816-2007. A brief history is given for each of the major communities – Bryant, Dunkirk, New Corydon, Pennville, Portland, Redkey, and Salamonia. Schools featured are Liber College, Farmers’ Academy, Eastern Indiana Normal School, and the current schools in the Jay School Corporation. The county courthouses are featured. This book has a glossary of terms and bibliography.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
My Pioneer Childhood In Early Jay County 49 pages $10.00
Compiled in 2004 by Janice Stucky in 2004 for the Jay County Historical Society, Inc.
This book was compiled for 3rd grade students through elementary school.
As much as possible, the actual words told to early writers have been used. Each chapter is illustrated. Pioneers had childhood recollections of living in Jay County between 1836 and the 1860s. They include Joseph Cromwell Andrew, Rachel Beekman, Nancy Brooks, Benjamin Franklin Current, Martin VanBuren Coons, Elizabeth Caroline [Hawkins] Clark, James Daniels, Martha Jane [Hesser] Daugherty, Susan Comfort [Andrew] Daugherty, John Edmundson, Jim Edwards, Elizabeth [McKinney] Hall, Catherine [Shrack] Hartman, Joseph Campbell Hawkins, William James Hesser, Clarissa Hoppes, Elijah “Lige” Hoppes, Mary [Shanks] McCoy, Maria [Grissell] Meredith, Dilwyn P. Smith, Rachel Ann [Wilson] Steward, Abraham Studabaker, and William Garner Sutton
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Tell Me A Story, Grandpa 12 pages $5.00
By Miriam Edmundson – revised edition
This is an original story about the Underground Railroad through the Balbec area in Penn Township. The characters in the story are based on Miriam’s parents, her niece, and her nephew. Betty is a fourth-grade student. She and her younger brother learn of the Underground Railroad Marker at Balbec.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may also call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail us at research@jaycountyhistory.org.
Incorporated Cities and Towns
Posted by Janice Stucky in About Jay County
Bryant, formerly “Billtown”, and Briant
Dunkirk, formerly Sutton Town and Quincy
Pennville, formerly New Lisbon, Camden, and Penn
Portland
Redkey, formerly Wade Settlement and Mt. Vernon
Salamonia, formerly Lancaster
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Newsletters and Newspapers
Posted by Janice Stucky in Uncategorized
Jay County Journal Newsletters – 2004-2006: Book 1, 2 and 3 – one year $15ea.
Jay County Newspaper Clippings 1871-1887 $30
Jay County Newspaper Clippings Vol. 2, 1887-1889 $30
Jay County Newspaper Clippings Vol. 3, 1889 $30
Portland’s 1st Newspapers 1854-1859 $25.00
Vital Records-Births, Marriages, Deaths
Posted by Janice Stucky in Uncategorized
1837-1887 Marriage Records $30
Cemetery Information
Posted by Janice Stucky in Non-fiction
Jay County Cemetery Locations 2011 5.00
Bluff Point Cemetery 1845-2006 – $30.00
Boundary Cemetery 1861-2000 - $25.00
Green Park Cemetery 1886-1999 - $25.00
Gravel Hill Cemetery 1896-2009 – being updated
Salamonia Cemetery – East Park, West Park, and Grandview 1840-2000 – $25.00
Tales of the Old Pine Tree [Mt. Vernon Pioneer Cemetery in Redkey] - $10.00
Jay County Cemetery Locations was compiled by Jane Spencer and Janice Stucky in 2011. This book is compiled by townships, showing current township maps. It will give you the township’s name, current road numbers, old road numbers, the congressional number, tell you if there is a sign, and tell you if stones are visible today.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Included in Bluff Point Cemetery , compiled by Kathy Selman, are a history of Bluff Point and plat maps of Bluff Point. Included are a plat of the cemetery, tombstone pictures and inscriptions, obituaries of burials with tombstones, known burials with no tombstones, military veterans, and an index. This cemetery is in Pike Township.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Boundary Cemetery, compiled by Kathy Selman includes the history of Boundary City and Green Lawn Cemetery, tombstone pictures, plots, inscriptions, obituaries, known burials not in the record, military veterans, and an index. This cemetery is located in Pike Township.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Gravel Hill Cemetery is currently being updated. It is expected to be available in early 2010. A brief history of the cemetery will be included. Items in the database will include name, birth, death, section, row, and if the person was a veteran. The cemetery is located at the intersection of county roads 50W and 650N in Jackson Township.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Green Park Cemetery was compiled by the Green Park Cemetery Association in 2000. This book contains a preface, a map of the cemetery, section codes, miscellaneous burials for which no location is known, and burials in alphabetical order. This cemetery is at the intersection of W. 7th Street and Blaine Pike in Portland, Indiana.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
Salamonia Cemetery, compiled by Phyllis [Strock] Franklin, includes a brief history of Salamonia, list of lot owners, surveys of the cemeteries, burials without stones, veterans, index, and an interpretation of data. This cemetery is in Madison Township.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
TALES of the Old Pine Tree were a series newspaper articles from the Times-Journal articles by J. Walter Fiers. They tell of burials in the Mt. Vernon Pioneer Cemetery in Redkey. We have as many articles as we could locate.
There is an index of names. Major family names include Allegre, Current, Evans, Fiers, Hesser, Manor, McKinney, Redkey, Roberts, Smith, Sutton, Wade, and Wilson To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .
School History of Richland Township Books 1, 2. and 3
Posted by Janice Stucky in Uncategorized
School History of Richland Township Book 1 – indexed - $20.00
School History of Richland Township Book 2 – indexed - $20.00
School History of Richland Township Book 3 – indexed - $25.00
Written by J. Walter Fiers, these books have excellent genealogical information of the pioneer families living in their districts is given.
Theywere compiled in 2002 for the former Jay County Genealogy from a series of weekly newspaper articles of Mr. Fiers published in the Redkey Times newspaper. The articles are devoted to history of Richland Township schools, beginning with the Booth and Wade log schools. Read the rest of this entry »
Fiers’ Pioneer Days
Posted by Janice Stucky in Uncategorized
Fiers’ Dunkirk Pioneer Days - [Indexed] - $25
Fiers’ Redkey Pioneer Days – [Indexed] – $15
Fiers’ Dunkirk Pioneer Days is a history of Dunkirk, IN and vicinity written by J. Walter Fiers in the early 1900′s. Dunkirk is in Richland Township, Jay County, IN.
Fiers’ Redkey Pioneer Days is a history of the earyl settlers of Redkey, IN and vicinity written by J. Walter Fiers in 1910 and 1911. Redkey is in Richland Township, Jay County, IN.
Also included in Redkey’s book is an article entitled Pioneer Days by M. V.Coons. It was published in the Redkey Times newspaper in 1903. Martin V. Coons was the “first white child born in Richland township”.
Obituary Books
Posted by Janice Stucky in Uncategorized
Obituary Books – each year $25.00 Abstracted by Cathy Jo Garringer for the Jay County Genealogy Society Currently being indexed
Obituary books are available for the years 1950, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 2007 and 2008. We are in the process of indexing these books.
Church Records
Posted by Janice Stucky in Non-fiction
Lutheran Church Records 1855 -2006 Volumes I, II, and III $50.00
Abstracted by Phyllis [Strock] Franklin
Records are from St. James Lutheran Church in Salamonia, Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Ft. Recovery, Recovery Township, Mercer County, Ohio. This is a three-volume set.
Volume I contains the following: Church History, German Places of Origin of Early Church Members, St. James Communicates from September 12, 1859 to April 11, 1879, St. James Families Recorded in Early St. James Records from 1880 to 1900. St. James Communion Records from 1908 – 1965. St. James Church Membership from 1968 – 2004, Trinity Communicates from September 19, 1869 to 1893, Trinity Families Recorded from 1880 – 1900, Trinity Communion Records 1908-1960, and Trinity Church Membership from 1968 to 2004.
Volume II contains the following: Baptisms from the collective records of both churches, maiden names of mothers from the collective baptismal records, baptismal sponsors, and confirmations.
Volume III contains the following: deaths from the compiled records, marriage records, and witnesses to marriages.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org
