Brown County, Indiana Genealogy

United StatesIndiana Brown County

County Courthouse
Brown County Courthouse Main St and Van Buren Street Nashville, IN 47448 Phone: 812.988.5510

Some records lost in 1873 fire County Health Department has bird and death records from 1882; County Clerk has marriage and probate and court records from 1836 divorce records from 1850, court ordered birth records from 1942; County Recorder has land records from 1874

Parent County
1836--Brown County was created 4 February 1836 from Monroe, Bartholomew and Jackson Counties. County seat: Nashville 

Record Loss
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

Neighboring Counties

 * Bartholomew
 * Jackson
 * Johnson
 * Monroe
 * Morgan

Census

 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Brown County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Browm County - INGenWeb

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Brown County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical


 * Brown County, Indiana:History - Linkpendium

Maps

 * Brown County, Indiana: Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Brown 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 Brown County.


 * 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 82nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and H
 * 120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies I, and K
 * 145th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K

Civil War Books


 * Indiana Genealogical Society. Indiana Veterans Enrollment List. 1890 Brown County. [Indiana]: (Indiana Genealogical Society, 2006.) CD-ROM no. 4168 Computer US/CAN Desktop    other library


 * "Military History" in Blanchard, Charles. Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey &amp; Co, 1884.) page 703-713, 977.2 H2b FHL US/CAN Book   other library    INTERNET ARCHIVE

Taxation

 * Tax List of Brown County, Indiana (1848, 1858, 1864, 1875, 1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Vital Records

 * Brown County, Indiana Obituary and Death Notice Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. Obits and death notices from Various Funeral Homes in the Hamblen, Nashville, and Helmsburg areas.


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

Societies and Libraries

 * Brown County Indiana Historical Society There is a tab for Historical Archives
 * Brown County Genealogical Society Facebook Page
 * Brown County Genealogical Society Website
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Brown County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Brown County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - N2genealogy
 * Brown County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - N2genealogy

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers