Participate in a Monroe County Immigration Surname Survey
Resulting Data is at the Bottom of This Page

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Monroe County was originally settled by various affiliated or extended families. These families contained various surnames that had traveled together from some common county and state, and in some cases from a still earlier county. In the county just prior to the migration to Monroe County, Indiana, they frequently allied themselves with other families that had done the same and then these augmented and affiliated families moved to Monroe County, Indiana. The purpose of this survey is to get some better idea as to how much of Monroe County was settled by these homogeneous groups rather than by individuals moving into the county. It is recognized that some individuals did come by themselves, mostly educated persons offering their services as clerks, lawyers, preachers, teachers etc.

This is not to be considered as precise survey but it is hoped that it will be useful and enjoyable. It has been designed deliberately to prevent discussion and corrections within the framework of the survey itself. Discussions, corrections, and arguments may be placed on the Monroe List at INMONROE-L-request@rootsweb.com. If you are not a member, instructions for joining are on the Monroe County Historical Society page.

There is no cause for concern should you get a pop-up that you are submitting via clear text email. Your email address will not be shown to the public, as you can see from the results below.

Family Surname and 1st Prior County are required entries. Your email is not required unless you wish to receive occasional notifications of Farmer House Museum or Monroe County Historical Society events. You will not receive any spam from providing us your email as that list will not be shared beyond the two organizations indicated.

Your Email (entirely optional):
Family Surname:*
County & State before Monroe:*
*Required

2nd Prior County & State :
Although this is not required it is very helpful if you know it.

Thanks for your participation in this survey. The result, as a database, is available below, both by surname and county of origin. The surname and counties submitted are shown, but NO exposure to web crawlers is allowed or reference made in this database to the submitter's email or name.

Database was begun 04/15/04.
This is our update
Please note that there is no significance to a surname being given in all caps; it is an artifact of"pasting.". 


SURNAME:         Came From:             2nd Prior Loc:        Before 1850?


Able             VA (county unknown)                          Yes
Bowen            KY (county unknown)    Randolph Co NC        Yes
Brookshire       Clarke Co KY           NC                    Yes
Burch            Surry Co NC                                  Yes
Buskirk          OH (county unknown)                          Yes
Gentry           Stokes Co NC                                 Yes
Hacker           Morgan Co IN           Kentucky              Yes
Hagan            Metcalfe Co KY                               No
Haigler          (?no prior county info entered)              Yes
Hansford         Pulaski Co KY                                Yes
Hazel            Hardin Co KY           St Mary's Co MD       Yes
Howard           Lincoln Co KY                                No
James            Wythe Co VA                                  Yes
Ketcham          MD (county unknown)                          Yes
Livingston       Scott Co VA            King&Queen Co VA      Yes
Lucas            Estill Co KY           NC                    Yes
May              Harrison Co IN         Washington Co TN      Yes
Mitchell         Lawrence Co IN                               No
Pauley           Nicholas Co KY                               Yes
Polley           Shelby Co KY                                 Yes
Richardson       Owen Co IN (Spencer)                         Yes
Rogers           KY (county unknown)                          Yes
Sexton           TN (county unknown)                          Yes
Smiley           Russel Co KY           Pulaski Co KY         Yes
Stine            North Carolina                               Yes
Stine            Wythe Co VA                                  Yes
Stogsdill        Wayne Co KY            Pulaski Co KY         No
(Stocksdale)                                                  
Storm            KY (county unknown)                          Yes
Sullivan         Russel Co KY           Pulaski Co KY         No
Sullivan         Stokes Co NC                                 Yes
Vaught           Pulaski Co KY          Wythe Co VA           Yes
Walker           Bledsoe Co TN          Stokes Co NC          Yes
Whisnand         VA (county unknown)                          Yes
Woodburn         Chester Co SC                                Yes




DISTRIBUTION of SURNAME ORIGINS by STATE:


MD
     Hazel Ketcham
NC
     Bowen Brookshire Gentry Stine Sullivan Walker  
OH
     Buskirk
IN
     Hacker May Mitchell Richardson
KY
     Bowen Brookshire Burch Hacker Hagan Hansford Hazel Howard
     Lucas Rogers Smiley Stogsdill Storm Sullivan Vaught 
SC
     Woodburn
TN
     May Sexton Walker  
VA
     Able James Livingston Stine Whisnand Vaught

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