Hayes Correspondence and e-mail
Jefferson County Township Map
Indiana Gore Map, Early Settlers of Indiana's Gore 1803-1820
"Pioneers of Jefferson County"
Military Records
Marriage Records
Census Records
Tax Records
Miscellaneous Records
Church Records
Wills
Cemetery Records
 

"Jefferson County was ceded by the Indians by a treaty on August 21, 1805, in a tract including Jefferson, Ripley, Jennings, Scott, Jackson, Washington and Orange counties. The treaty, signed by the Delaware, Eel    River, Potawotomi, Miami and Wea tribes, was made by General William Henry Harrison.

 John Paul and Lewis Davis purchased the land where the city [Madison] now stands from the government in  1809. Paul, Davis and Jonathan Lyon laid out the town in 1810. The first sale of lots was held the following  year."

   "At first John Paul called the town Wakefield but soon changed it to Madison... The county, named  Jefferson, was organized in 1811 and county records date from that time."

   --Madison's 175th Anniversary Commemorative Book