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United States Indiana Ohio County

Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Census 4.3 Church 4.4 Court 4.5 Directories 4.6 Land 4.7 Local Histories 4.8 Maps 4.9 Military 4.10 Newspapers 4.11 Probate 4.12 Taxation 4.13 Vital Records 5 Societies and Libraries 5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 References

County Courthouse

 Ohio County Courthouse
413 Main Street
Rising Sun, IN 47040
Phone 812.438.2610

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate,
and court records from 1844. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1844--Ohio County was created 4 January 1844 from Dearborn County.  County seat:  Rising Sun ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Boone County, Kentucky
• Dearborn
• Ripley
• Switzerland

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

• Index to Mortality Schedule for Ohio County, Indiana (1850, 1860, 1870, 1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Ohio County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church

Court

Directories

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

Land

Local Histories

• Every Name Index to History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana.  Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2007; original text by F. E. Weakley & Co., Publishers, 1885; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1970.  EveryNameIndex.com

 

• Weakley, Harraman & Co. History of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland Counties, Indiana: From Their Earliest Settlement, Containing a History of the Counties, Their Cities, Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, and Churches ... Biographies ... History of the North-West Territory, the State of Indiana, and the Indians. (Chicago: Weakley, Harraman & Co, 2008.)  other library    INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

Military

• Civil War Soldiers of Ohio County, Indiana (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• African American Veterans in Ohio County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Ohio 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 Ohio County.

• 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company M
• 2nd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
• 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I, and Reorganized C
• 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized C
• 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company B
• 83rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and C
• 109th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and G
• 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H

article on the Civil War

• West, J. Eberle, "Morgan's Raid",(Indiana Magazine of History 20, no. 1 (March 1924): 92-96.)  1863,Belmont County, Ohio (St. Clairesville)   Abstract and Bibliographic Information   article PDF

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

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

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

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992  - FamilySearch
  

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959  - FamilySearch
  

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers 

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
• Ohio County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Ohio County, Indiana 215 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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