Genealogy Projects tagged with Spencer County on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Spencer County, Indiana

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Spencer County, Indiana. Official Website Spencer County was formed in 1818 and was named for Captain Spier Spencer, killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Abraham Lincoln lived in Spencer County from 1816 to 1830, between the ages of seven and twenty-one. Originally, the area his family settled in was in Perry County with Sp...

  • Spencer County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Spencer County, Kentucky. Official Website Spencer County was formed in January 1824, by the 32nd Kentucky General Assembly. The county was named for Kentucky's Captain Spier Spencer, who fought and died in the Battle of Tippecanoe. During the American Civil War, the courthouse at Taylorsville was burned by Confederate guerrillas i...