Ohio County, Indiana Genealogy

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Indiana

Ohio County

Guide to Ohio County, Indiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Ohio County, Indiana
Map
Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 4, 1844
County Seat	Rising Sun
Courthouse
Address	Ohio County Courthouse 413 Main Street Rising Sun, IN 47040 Phone 812.438.2610 Website
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Historical Facts

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1882	1844	1882	1844	1844	1844	1807
Statewide registration for births in 1907 and deaths in Oct 1899. General compliance by 1917.

• Parent Counties: Formed 4 January 1844 from Dearborn
• County Seat: Rising Sun
  

Description

The county was named for the Ohio River. The County Seat is Rising Sun and was founded 1844 . It is located in the South East area of the state.

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Unincorporated communities
Aberdeen Bascom Corner Bear Branch Blue	Buffalo Camp Shor Cofield Corner Downey Corner	Hartford Milton Norths Landing
Townships
Cass Pike	Randolph	Union

Neighboring Counties

Dearborn  • Ripley  • Switzerland  • Boone

Boundary Changes

For animated maps illustrating Indiana County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Indiana County Boundary Maps" (1790-1873) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Resources

Cemeteries

Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Tombstone Transcriptions in Print	List of Cemeteries in the county
Findagrave.com	Family History Library	Findagrave.com
INGenWeb	WorldCat	Billion Graves
Billion Graves
See Indiana Cemeteries for more information.

• Rising Sun Sexton's Records, 1858-1940 contains burials in Union Cemetery and Cedar Hedge Cemetery.
• German Cemetery (Rising Sun) Sexton's Records, 1873-1920

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1850	5,308	—
1860	5,462	2.9%
1870	5,837	6.9%
1880	5,563	−4.7%
1890	4,955	−10.9%
1900	4,724	−4.7%
1910	4,329	−8.4%
1920	4,024	−7.0%
1930	3,747	−6.9%
1940	3,782	0.9%
1950	4,223	11.7%
1960	4,165	−1.4%
1970	4,289	3.0%
1980	5,114	19.2%
1990	5,315	3.9%
2000	5,623	5.8%
2010	6,128	9.0%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

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

• Index to Agricultural Schedule for Ohio County(1850-1880) (free, Indiana's Gore
  $ Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Index to Mortality Schedule for Ohio County (1850-1880) (free, Indiana's Gore
  $ Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Index to Manufacturing Schedules for Ohio County (1850-1880) (free, Indiana's Gore
  $ Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Ohio County (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
  

Church Records

Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.

For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.

Finding More Church Records

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Ohio County, Indiana Genealogy Church Records in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Directories

• Ohio County Directories (1846-1916) (free, Indiana's Gore)
• Directory of Businesses in Ohio County (1858) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

History

Local Histories

• Every Name Index to History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, IndianaEvery 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 HathiTrust Digital Library

Land and Property

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

After land was transferred from the government to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded at the courthouse, where records are currently housed.

See Indiana Land and Property for additional information about early Indiana land grants and patents.

Finding More Land Records

Additional land records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Ohio County, Indiana Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

• Ohio County Deed Book Indexes (1844-1853) (free, Indiana's Gore)

Maps

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana

Military Records

War of 1812

• Civil War Soldiers of Ohio County (free, Indiana's Gore)
• African American Veterans in Ohio County (1890) ($, 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. (1924). Morgan’s Raid. Indiana Magazine of History. Retrieved from here. Article PDF

World War I

• 1919 - Indiana, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1919 at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

• Rising Sun Newspaper Index (1833-1860) (free, Indiana's Gore)
• List of Ohio County Newspapers

Probate Records

In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the Ohio County courthouse. For more information, see Indiana Probate Records. Online Records

• 1798 – 1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Finding More Probate Records

Additional probate records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Ohio County, Indiana Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
• South Bend Area Genealogical Society: Wills Index 1830-1971 for St. Joseph County

Repositories

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.

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes.

• For current information about a center near you, go to the Family History Center Map

• Northern Kentucky Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the family history center directory.

Societies

Ohio County Historical Society
212 South Walnut
Rising Sun 47040
Telephone Number: 812- 438-4915
Website

Taxation

Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.

For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.

Finding More Tax Records

Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Ohio County, Indiana Genealogy Tax Records in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

• Delinquent Tax Lists (1848-1858) (free, Indiana's Gore)

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Indiana law in 1882 required registration of births and deaths in counties. The Indiana Department of Health has birth records filed after October 1907 and death records filed after January 1900 for deaths. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

• Indiana State Digital Archives

Marriage Records

• 1800s-2007 - Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $

• 1780-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 - FamilySearch
  

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

• 1811-2007 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death Records

• 1750-1993 Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993 at FamilySearch — index, some images
• 1882-1920 Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 at FamilySearch Historical Records - Index only
• 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry - ($), index and images
  
• Indiana State Digital Archives
  
• Ohio County Deaths 1882-1910 - Indiana's Gore
• Rising Sun Deaths 1882-1910 - Indiana's Gore

Finding Vital Records at Other Repositories

Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Ohio County, Indiana Genealogy Vital Records in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Websites

• Ohio County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
• Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
• INGenWeb, Ohio County. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
• USGenWeb, Ohio County.
• FamilySearch Catalog, Ohio County.
  
• Ohio County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Ohio County resources on Indiana's Gore

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