The following surnames are listed in connection with the Hoosier
Homestead Awards for farms that have been owned by the same family
for one hundred years or more in Decatur County. Awards were
presented from 1976 to 1994. The Indiana Archives provides and online
searchable database at
http://www.state.in.us/serv/icpr_homestead
containing the names of the first and second applicants, the award
date, and the date the homestead was established.
BAILEY
BARNETT
BERKEMEIER
BROKELMEIER
BYARD
CARROLL
CRAMER
DEIWERT
DENISTON
EDDELMAN
EMLY
EVANS
FEE
FISSE
FRY
GALBRAITH
GODDARD
GOMMEL
JOHANNIGMAN
JOHNSON
KINCAID
KINKER
KITCHIN
KRAMER
LAWRENCE
MANLIEF
MATTOX
MCCOY
MCKEE
METZ
MILLER
MITCHELL
MYERS
ORTMAN
OSTING
PAVY
RICHARDSON
RITTER
ROBBINS
SCHWERING
SHIRK
TUCKER
WALKER
WANSTRATH