Digitized Resources

City and County Maps

Atlas of Montgomery County: 1878 Images of the complete atlas, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana from 1876. Leads to maps of not just of Indiana counties and towns, but also to national maps and statistics from the 1870 United States Census.

Sanborn Map of Crawfordsville, 1925: Single image of the February, 1925, Sanborn insurance of Crawfordsville, Indiana. Separate detailed sections of the map are available onsite.

City and County Records

Clerk Records (1868-1874): Records of city proceedings, minutes, reports, and bylaws.

Coal Creek Township Warrants, 1895-1896; includes Bearer Bonds from 1909-1919 Montgomery County Township Surveyor’s Record Books: The Montgomery County Surveyor’s Office donated county survey records for digitization. These books give section, township, NR, and direction. The books help locate corners, size, marks, witness size, direction, distance, and marks. Covers 1832-1977.

Prisoners Admitted to Jail in Montgomery County, Indiana — Sheriff Records

Register of Negroes of Montgomery County, 1851-1853: This document lists names and descriptions of free Black Americans living in Montgomery County. Includes an index at the beginning. Register of Paupers in Montgomery County Poor Farm, 1869-1978: This book contains names, age, admitted date, discharge date, died, where born, parentage, physical description, township, disability, and remarks. Sometimes indicates where buried and next of kin.

Index for Register of Paupers

Business Ledgers

Account book of a general store (Burk, M. L.) in Dunlapsville, Union County. Images of an account book covering 1837-1839. Alfred Clouser Mill Ledger: Spans 1858-1887 in Sugar Creek township, Montgomery County, Indiana. Index in front of book. Some contents: debit and credit for individuals, division maps, bill of expenses, rents for 1879, The Mikle farm, subscription list for Gravel Road, rent statistics, expenses on Huber farm, and repairs and expenses of mill.

Dr. Olin Ledger Book

Cemetery Records

Atlas of Cemeteries: Veterans’ Graves Registration Project (WPA: 1940) — WPA index of townships

Confederate Veterans Buried in Montgomery County: A listing of 64 Confederate veterans buried in Montgomery County with unit and cemetery information.

Oakland Cemetery Association (Elmdale) Ledger

Church Records

Hawcreek Church of God Records 1842-1853: Contains names of members, some baptism records, and history of starting the church in 1841. Pages 43-46 and 53-58 are missing in this book.

Mace Methodist Episcopal Church Membership Roll with information from 1892 and onward.

Mace Kings Daughters Sunday School: Contain minutes and membership for the Mace Kings Daughters Sunday School class for Methodist Episcopal Church of Mace, Walnut Township, Montgomery County, Indiana from 1917-1921 and 1940-1948.

New Richmond Christian Church Records

Proven Recipes: Contributed by the Ladies of the Christian Church Waynetown, Indiana 1906

St. John’s Church, Crawfordsville, 1837-1927: On the title page: “First Episcopal Church Building in the State of Indiana. 1837 Ninetieth Anniversary 1927.”

Potato Creek Methodist Episcopal Church Treasurer Reports — From 1920 through 1936.

Wesley Chapel Sunday School Journal May 1875-March 1880

Family Records

Genealogy and Biographies of the DeBard Family: Book contains photos and biographies. Page 63 pertains to Rhoda Ward and Bard Little Howard and their son, Washington Howard, granddaughter Louise and Joseph Sering, and her brother John Howard, who is the grandfather of the individual who provided the book.

History of the Lafollette Family in America: Compiled by John H. La Follette, 1898

Wier Krout Reunion Book: Contains minutes and officers from 1921-2001.

Newspaper Indexes

Wingate News Events: An index to the newspaper from 1943-1947, 1964-1968. You can consult the microfilm of this paper onsite.

Wingate News Vital Statistics: An index to the newspaper from 1943-1952, 1964-1968. You can consult the microfilm of this paper onsite.

Organization Records

Coal Creek Farmer Association

Grand Army of the Republic McPherson Post No. 7, Crawfordsville

Personal Recollections of Darlington Lodge No 159 Knights of Pythias: A Complete History of the Past Eleven Years by A R Peterson Past Chancellor 1898–Contains photos of officers, times of office, charter members names and family photographs besides history of the Knights of Pythias of Darlington. Was published by D F Harrison Publishing– Union City, Indiana.

Wingate Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 720 Ledger, 1889-1915. Each member has a separate page/pages. Pages 329-331 list members with assessments and donations to be paid back to the Lodge.

School Records

Bowers High School Enumeration 1922: A list of names and information about the students.

Coal Creek Central Alumni Minutes 1955-2000

Crawfordsville City Schools Faculty Staff List: An index of Crawfordsville’s Central School and High School from 1876-2001.

Crawfordsville High School Credit Records

Montgomery County Public School Honor Roll 1911-1912: Contains awards of merit for each township. Listing old school names and student names and grades.

Waveland Public Schools 1908-1909 Twenty-First Annual Report: This book contains the superintendent’s report, high school course of studies, board of education, high school alumni from 1884 to 1907, and teachers’ names and years taught.

Telephone Directories

Mace Telephone Directory 1911: This booklet for Mace, Walnut Township, Montgomery County. Contains advertisements and an alphabetical index of names. There are no street addresses–just residence, barn, store, or office telephone numbers.

Montgomery County Plat Maps

The CDPL Adult Services Department has digitized and indexed the Montgomery County, Indiana Assessor’s Plat Map Books. Montgomery County has 10 townships, and each township averages 12 to 13 volumes. The originals are stored in our archives, and bound copies are available for our patrons to consult on site.

See our Quick Reference on Plat Maps
Use an index of names — 54,110 records
Montgomery-County-IN-Plat-Books-Index.pdf

Note: The digitized volumes below are multi-page .pdf documents that average 10-25MB in size. An index is located at the front of each volume.

Brown Township

1880 — 1886 — 1891 — 1895 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Clark Township

1875 — 1886 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Coal Creek Township

1875 — 1880 — 1886 — 1891 — 1895 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Franklin Township

1875 — 1891 — 1895 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Madison Township

1875 — 1886 — 1891 — 1895 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Ripley Township

1891 — 1895 — 1899 — 1903 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Scott Township

1875 — 1880 — 1886 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1915 — 1925 — 1932

Sugar Creek Township

1875 — 1886 — 1891 — 1895 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

Union Township

1886a — 1886b — 1891a — 1891b — 1895 — 1899a — 1899b — 1903a — 1903b — 1907a — 1907b — 1911a — 1911b — 1919a — 1919b — 1922 — 1925a — 1925b — 1928 — 1932a — 1932b

Walnut Township

1875 — 1886 — 1891 — 1895 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1915 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928

Wayne Township

1875a — 1875b — 1880 — 1886 — 1891 — 1899 — 1903 — 1907 — 1911 — 1919 — 1922 — 1925 — 1928 — 1932

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