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Guide to Clay County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Clay County, Indiana
Map
Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 12, 1825
County Seat	Brazil
Courthouse
Address	Clay County Courthouse 609 E Nation Avenue Brazil, IN 47834-2797 Phone: 812.448.9024
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Historical Facts

Populated Places

Boundary Changes

Neighboring Counties

• Greene
• Owen
• Parke
• Putnam
• Vigo

Record Loss

November 1851 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
• Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business Records

Cemeteries

• Cemetery Index - INGenWeb
• see Cemeteries - Linkpendium

Census Records

For tips on accessing Clay County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.

• Census Index - INGenWeb
• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Clay County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church Records

• Churchs Index - INGenWeb

Court Records

Directories

• Directory of Businesses in Clay County, Indiana (1858) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

Histories

The county is named after U.S. Speaker of the House Henry Clay (1777-1852).^[1]

Local Histories

• History Index - INGenWeb
  

• History of Clay County - Linkpendium
  

• Travis, William. A History of Clay County Indiana: Closing of the First Century's History of the County and Showing the Growth of Its People Institutions Industries and Wealth Vols 1 and 2. (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1981.) 977.244 H2t FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection Vol. .1 FamilySearch Books Online   Vol.2 FamilySearch Books Online    other library

Land and Property

Maps

• Family Maps of Clay County, Indiana (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
• Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military Records

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Clay County, Indiana (Source:Internet Archive)
  
• Clay County Veterans at State Soldiers Home, Lafayette, Indiana (1906) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

• Revolutionary War Soldiers of Clay County (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices)

Civil War, 1861-1865

 Clay County Civil War Veterans

Civil War service men from Clay County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Clay County.

• 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Companies A, I, and K
• 2nd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G
• 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies D, and F
• 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H 
• 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 20th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 43rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 48th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 78th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (60 days, 1862), Company G
• 85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies I, and K
• 88th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 97th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and D
• 115th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company D
• 124th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
• 133rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, I, and K
• 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, F, and H
• 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
  

• Civil War Files - INGenWeb
  

Civil War Book

• "Military" Chapter 28 in Travis, William. A History of Clay County Indiana: Closing of the First Century's History of the County and Showing the Growth of Its People Institutions Industries and Wealth Vols 1 and 2. (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1981.) page 350-380 Vol.1 (regiment, company, name, also "Burial Places Of Soldiers" page 376) 977.244 H2t FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection Vol. .1 FamilySearch Books Online  Vol.2 FamilySearch Books Online   other library

Spanish American War, 1898

• Clay County Spanish American War Veterans
• [1]

World War I (The Great War), 1914-1918

• Gold Star Honor Roll Indiana Men and Women who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Clay County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)

World War II, 1941-1945

• Clay County World War II Veterans
• [2]Clay County, Indiana World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps (Source: AccessGenealogy)
   (above was copy from Linkpendium)

Korean War, 1950-1923

• Clay County Korean War Veterans

Vietnam War, 1961-1973

• Clay County Vietnam Veterans

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

The Brazil Daily Times has obituaries and other archives back to 2003.

http://www.thebraziltimes.com/

Obituaries

Probate Records

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Clay County Courthouse
609 E Nation Avenue
Brazil, IN 47834-2797
Phone: 812.448.9024

County Health Department has birth and death records.
County Clerk has marriage, divoce, probate and court records from 1851.
County Recorder has land records from 1825,
some naturalization and burial records.
The earliest civil records that were housed in the first county courthouse
were lost when the courthouse burned down in 1851.^[2]

Archives

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Clay County Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 56
Centerpoint, IN 47840-0056
812-535-5005

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

School Records

• Selected Alumni of Brazil High School, Clay County, Indiana (1918) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Students of Brazil High School, Clay County, Indiana (1918) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Teachers of Brazil High School, Clay County, Indiana (1918) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Taxation

Vital Records

• -see- Vital Records - Linkpendium
  

Birth Records

• Clay County, Indiana Birth 1880-1882 - Genealogy Trails

Marriage Records

• Mariages Index (partial list) - INGenWeb
  

Death Records

• Clay County Deaths (partial list) - INGenWeb
  
• Indiana State Digital Achives for Death, E-Publication, Instiution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
  

Voter Registration

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Clay County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ "Henry Clay," Wikipedia.
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Clay County, Indiana 211 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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