Native Americans lived here for thousands of years before Indiana was even considered a territory. The name Indiana even means "Land of the Indians" or "Indian Land." (1)
The French started exploring it in 1679. They built a few trading posts and forts before the English decided they wanted to colonize it. There were many wars between the Native Americans, French, and English. Eventually the English won. During the Revolutionary war America won it's independence from England and all of England's land south of the Great Lakes, which included what we know as Indiana today. In 1787 the US called it the Northwest Territory. In 1800 when Ohio became a state, the rest of the area became known as the Indiana Territory. Then on 11 December 1816 Indiana became the 19th state of the USA. (1)
Now Indiana is the 38th largest state and is 16th for the most people. Those people are called Hoosiers. There are many theories as to how Indiana got the nickname Hoosier but the Indiana Historical Society found some interesting things to support their theory. The earliest known use of the word Hoosier goes back to Virginia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee. It was the term they used to describe backwoodsman, a rough countryman, or a country bumpkin. Basically is was the old slang term for what we now call a Red Neck. (1)
It's state boundaries have remained the same since 1816. (2)
ADAMS, Beulah Jane 1939-2012
ALBRECHT, Doris Virginia 1913-1984
ARMSTRONG, Karen Janeane 1942-2008
ARMSTRONG, Ralph Gene 1914-2003
AUSTIN, Reyburn K 1906-1969
AUSTIN, Thula Jane 1930-1983
BADEN, Francis H 1851-?
BADEN, Joseph W 1859-1928
BADEN, Louisa S 1863-?
BADEN, Margaret 1846-?
BADEN, Rose Ann 1852-1912
BADEN, Samuel 1828-1891
BADEN, Samuel 1856-?
BADEN, Sarah J. 1848-?
BADEN, William Henry 1824-1879
BALL, living female x4
BALL, Derrick Scott "Mouse" 1987-2010
BALL, living male x2
BATES, living? male
BOWMAN, Doyle F. Buck 1913-1995
BOWMAN, Robert 1887-?
BOWMAN, Robert 1909-?
BRENTS, Ruby Gertrude 1914-1999
BROCK, Margret Loretta 1933-2010
BURROUS, living male
CAINE, living female
CAINE, living male
CALLIS, James Alton 1924-1972
CHANDLER, living female x9
CHANDLER, living male x14
CHANDLER, Thomas Clinton "Sony" sr. 1931-1999
COLE, John 1872-1936
COLLINS, living female
COOK, living? female 5
COOK, Edith Caroline 1912-1981
COOK, Elmer M. 1917-1980
COOK, Lavada Geneva 1928-2002
COOK, Mary 1912-?
COOK, Myrtle M 1905-?
COOK, Ordaz W. 1877-1965
COOK, Wilber 1908-?
COOLY, Norma Jean ?-2014
CRICK, John G. 1816-1863
DARLING, living female x3
DARLING, living male
DARLING, Clarence Clifford 1910-?
DARLING, Claude Virgil 1912-?
DARLING, Flossie Jane 1939-2004
DARLING, George Vern 1904-2001
DARLING, Glen Ivan 1917-1965
DARLING, Jacob 1880-1965
DARLING, Richard ale 1960-2005
DARLING, Stephanie Danielle 1980-1989
DAVIS, Alfred Emanuel 1928-2003
DAVIS, living female x3
DAVIS, Clara L. 1913-1984
DAVIS, Jams Arthur 1915-1968
DAVIS, Stella Irene 1913-1986
DAVIS, living male
DAVIS, William Carl sr. 1917-1977
DEGRAFFENREID, living male
DOWNEY, Barbara Elizabeth "Fauney" (OLINGER) 1769-1833
DUKE, Charles Clyde 1908-1978
DUKE, living male
DUKE, Paul Henry 1921-1990
DUKE, Sophia Bell 1912-1992
EAKIN, James H 1929-1983
EDWARDS, Ola Winifred 1909-2000
ERWIN, Edna 1833-1871
ERWIN, James 1842-1909
ERWIN, Jane 1824-1898
FEAREY, Robert H 1884-1930
FORREY, Beverly Joan 1931-1992
FOUST, John H 1882-?
GREATHOUSE, living male x2
HORN, Arletha 1880-?
HORN, Edna Elizabeth 1853-1933
HORN, Eva Gertrude Margarette 1905-1937
HORN, Forest Harold Eugene 1907-1907
HORN, Ivan Jacob William 1903-1971
HORN, Jacob W 125-1899
HORN, Jacob William 1874-1919
HORN, James 1850-1892
HORN, Jane "Jennie" 1864-1930
HORN, living? male X2
HORN, John 1823-1900
HORN, Leon Madgelean "Madge" 1900-1985
HORN, Martha 1858-?
HORN, Nancy 1857-1891
HORN, Robert Lee 1929-2008
HORN, Ruben Arletha Francis 1898-1956
HORN, Sarah 1805-1888
HORN, Sharon Sue 1935-200
HORN, living female
HORN, Stephen A 1860-1919
HORN, William 1876-?
HORN, William 1925-?
HORN, William 1846-1920
HUFF, Mary M 18061890
HULCE, Jesse Parshall 1794-1851
HULL, Ida Lucielle 1905-1985
HUNT, Catherine 1783-1859
J, Mary 1902-1985
JACKSON, John 1858-?
JENKINS, Teresa Marie 1959-?
JOHNSON, Eleanor 1799-1892
JOHNSON, Rosa Ann 1884-1971
JOHNSON, Sarah Ellen 1884-1970
JOHNSON, Willie C. 1911-1973
KAHLENBECK, John C 1878-1960
KENNEDY, Rosella 1926-?
KING, Grace F 1947-1987
LANCE, John J. 1859-?
LANG, Phoebe 1811-1867
LEWELLEN, Eva 1938-2010
LEWELLEN, Virginia Lee 1932-1996
LEWELLEN, William Orris 1906-1973
LUELLEN, Roy Oliver 1936-?
LUELLEN, Waneta R 1940-?
LYELL, Grant 1865-?
LYNN, Bessie 1892-1993
MAJORS, Robert Herman 1892-1971
MARTIN, Lena Clay 1896-1986
MARTIN, Vivian Elsie 1913-2001
MCGEE, Justin Michael 1989-2015
MCGEE, Keith Wayne 1968-200
MCGEE, Rodger Dale Junior 1966-1997
MCGEE, Truman Junior 1928-2014
MILLER, Lillie Mabel 1889-1963
MURPHY, living? female x3
MURPHY, living? male X2
MURPHY, Howard Pat 1905-1978
MURPHY, John Howard 1930-1958
MURPHY, Leo 1906-1967
MURPHY, Leona 1906-?
MURPHY, Loran 1912-1979
MURPHY, Marie 1909-1987
MURPHY, Robert Eugene 1935-2008
MURPHY, Robert John 1920-1980
NELSON, Donald Joe "Tiny" 1951-2009
NELSON, living male x3
NELSON, living female
NELSON, Tom "Tommy" Lane 1947-1988
NOAKES, Franklin P 1853-?
NOAKES, Mary "Ella" 1878
NOAKES, Roy 1885-?
OLINGER, Andrew M. 1830-?
OLINGER, Christian 1802-1855
OLINGER, George Washington 1789-1845
OLINGER, Henry John 1793-1846
OLINGER, Johann Jacob 1763-1852
OLINGER, Martha Jane 1828-1892
OLINGER, Robert 1805-1850
OLINGER, William 1798-1870
OLIVER, living? male
PAINTER, Frances Mary 1885-1978
PAYTON, Arminta 1828-1908
PAYTON, John L 1842-1920
PAYTON, Roseanna 1836-1907
PAYTON, Samuel 1799-1881
PAYTON, Stephen Wesley 1836-1922
PENCE, Anna Barbara 1783-1853
PENCE, Sarah Salome 1786-1857
PHILLIPS, Andrew Jackson 1889-1942
PHILLIPS, Cecil Roscoe 1910-1977
PHILLIPS, Cordia Elizabeth 1940-2011
PHILLIPS, David ?-2015
PHILLIPS, David Andrew 1915-1992
PHILLIPS, Essel Lee Sr. 1909-1977
PHILLIPS, Eugene 1924-2004
PHILLIPS, living male
PHILLIPS, James Thomas 1912-1971
PHILLIPS, living? female X2
PHILLIPS, Kenneth Roscoe 1930-1997
PHILLIPS, McCoy Emery 1919-2010
PHILLIPS, Nellie Evadine 1912-2007
PICKETT, living female x2
PRATHER, Marvin Joseph 1905-1991
PRENDERGAST, Susie Elizabeth 1882-1976
RAMOS, living female
RANSEL, living female
RAY, Adam 1839-?
RAY, Ann Elizabeth 1845-1894
RAY, Delila 1848-?
RAY, Joseph 1808-1872
RAY, Sarah E 1841-?
REEVES, Brenda Joyce 1965-2005
REEVES, Donald Ray 1957-1993
REEVES, Joe Mack 1927-1989
REEVES, Steve Allen 1955-2009
RIDER, Dorothy 1918-?
ROACH, living male x7
ROACH, living female x4
ROACH, Anna 1907-?
ROACH, Helen 1928-1940
ROACH, James "Jim" Linville Jr. 1932-1954
ROACH, James Linville 1900-1962
ROACH, John 1879-1942
ROACH, Kenneth W. 1955-1999
ROACH, Rebecca Diane 1957-2011
ROACH, Robert "Bob" 1935-2009
ROBERSON, Alex "Pete" Sanford 1914-1979
ROBERSON, Charles Eugene 1948-2006
ROBERSON, Diana Kay 1960-1960
ROBERSON, living? female x2
ROBERSON, Laury Ann 1962-1963
ROBERSON, Linda Sue ?-2015
ROBERSON, Lloyd Rayburn 1939-200
ROBERSON, Paul Elden 1942-2008
ROBERSON, Rita Mae 1935-2003
ROBERSON, William Edward "Eddie" 1931-1997
ROBERSON, William Manuel 1901-1968
RODMAN, Abel Thatcher 1831-1911
RODMAN, Abel Theodore 1870-1937
RODMAN, Elbinas W 1859-?
RODMAN, George B 1860-?
RODMAN, Gertrude A 1863-?
RODMAN, Indiana Leurhetta "Rhetta" Didana 1880-1962
RODMAN, Isaac 1800-1847
RODMAN, Isaac 1841-?
RODMAN, Isaac Benjamin 1866-1901
RODMAN, John L. 1830-1916
RODMAN, Margaret E 1861-?
RODMAN, Reuben S. 1873-?
RODMAN, William Isaac 1800-1848
ROGERS, living female x2
ROGERS, living male
RUTH, I ?
SCOTT, Cordie Vesteen 1913-1988
SCOTT, Edwina 1932-1993
SCOTT, James "Noble" 1888-1942
SCOTT, living? female
SELLERS, Infant ?-1924
SELLERS, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" 1869-1944
SELLERS, Charles E 1902-1977
SELLERS, Ella B 1895-?
SELLERS, Flossie J 1890-1956
SELLERS, Fred Lawrence 1892-1985
SELLERS, Freida Mary Jane 1919-1966
SELLERS, Gladys L. 1909-1996
SELLERS, John W. 1843-1873
SELLERS, Mary Ruth 1898-1916
SELLERS, Mildred Irene 1923-1985
SELLERS, Roy 1905-?
SHAW, living? female
SHELTON, living male
SHOPE, Norman Roger Sr. 1938-2013
SHUTT, Raymond 1909-?
SMITH, Eugene H 1913-1990
SMITH, Howard Wayne 1927-2005
SMITH, Jerry Leon 1935-2006
SMITH, Laura 1922-2009
SMITH, Martin Edgar 1924-1998
SMITH, Mary K 1932-1996
SMITH, Pauline 1911-?
SMITH, Robert Edgar 1892-1968
SMITH, Robert Leroy 1915-1993
SMITH, Susanna Barbara 1880-1959
SOULE, Harriet 1806-1872
ST JOHN, Otto K 1879-1935
TILLEY, Esther Viola 1916-1979
TIMMONS, Amanda K. 1869-1953
TIMMONS, Catherine 1870-?
TIMMONS, James W 1863-?
TIMMONS, James Wesley 1829-1882
TIMMONS, Joshua 1853-?
TIMMONS, Margret 1869-?
TIMMONS, Mary A 1859-?
TIMMONS, Matthew 1852-?
TIMMONS, Rebecca Jane 1857-?
TIMMONS, Sarah E. 1873-?
TIMMONS, William Henry 1852-1920
TUCKER, Viola 1921-1978
UNDERWOOD, Loshia 1907-1988
UNDERWOOD, Luther Edward 1908-1992
WALLACE, Hannah Catherine 1837-1885
WEST, living male
WHEELER, Margaret Polly 1803-1882
WILLIAMS, living female x2
WILLIAMS, living male x2
WILLS, James Edward 1940-1998
WILSON, Lucinia "Sina Lou" 1892-1960
WOODCOCK, Delilah Elizabeth 1832-1908
WORLAND, living? male
WRIGHT, living female
Unknown, Dorothy 1914-2013
Unknown, Eva F ?-1979
Unknown, Nancy E. 1861-?
Unknown, living female (maiden name unknown) x6
These lists will be updated and grow as I dig further into my family tree. I will also be linking people to their memorial pages as I make them for my direct ancestors. I will also be linking the counties, cities, and towns as I complete the familiar places pages.