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

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Martin County, Indiana
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Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 17, 1820
County Seat	Shoals
Courthouse
Address	Martin County Courthouse Capitol Street PO Box 120 Shoals, IN 47581-0170 Phone: 812.247.3651 Website
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Historical Facts

Parent County

1820--Martin County was created 17 January 1820from Daviess and Dubois Counties.
County seat: Shoals ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Daviess
• Dubois
• Greene
• Lawrence
• Orange

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Cemeteries

• Martin County, Indiana Cemeteries  USGenWeb Project
• Cemeteries of Martin County Linkpendium

Census Records

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

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

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Local Histories

• Living Leaders, an Encyclopedia of Biography: Special Edition for Daviess and Martin Counties, Indiana. ([New York?]: American Pub. Co, 1897.)other libraries   INTERNET ARCHIVE
  

• Portrait and Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke and Fountain Counties, Indiana Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States. (Chicago: Chapman Bros, 1893.)other libraries   INTERNET ARCHIVE

Land and Property

Maps

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

Military Records

• Military Records and HistoriesLinkpendium
• African American Veterans in Martin County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Veterans in Martin County, Indiana (1913) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Martin County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Martin County.

• 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company F
• 2nd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
• 13th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company F
• 14th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 18th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
• 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and D
• 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
• 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and K
• 120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 136th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company H
• 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company G
• 143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

World War I

World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Probate Records

Repositories

Archives

County Courthouse

Martin County Courthouse
Capitol Street
PO Box 120
Shoals, IN 47581-0170
Phone: 812.247.3651

County Health Department has birth and death records.
County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1820,
divorce and court records from 1842.
County Recorder has land records. ^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

Societies

School Records

• Directory of Teachers for Martin County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Taxation

Vital Records

• Vital Record of Martin County Linkpendium
  

• Baker, Natalie Montgomery. Martin County, Indiana, Birth Records. Indiana(?: s.n, 1900.)other librariesVol. 1-2INTERNET ARCHIVEvol. 2-3 INTERNET ARCHIVE
  

• Martin County Genealogical Society (Ind.). Martin County, Indiana Will Book "C.". Shoals, Ind.?:(Martin County Genealogical Society?, 2000.)other librariesINTERNET ARCHIVE

• Indiana State Digital Archives for Death, E-Publication, Institution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
  

Birth Records

Marriage Records

• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con $
  

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992-FamilySearch
  

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959-FamilySearch
  

Death Records

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920-FamilySearch

Voting 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
• Martin County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Martin County, Indiana 214 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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