Clark County, Indiana Genealogy

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

Description
Clark County was named for General George Rogers Clark. It is located along the southern border of the state.

County Courthouse
 Clark County Courthouse City Court Bldg 501 E Ct Avenue Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Phone: 812-285-6244 County Website

Clark County Health Department 1201 Wall St. Jeffersonville, IN, 47130 Health Officer: Eric Yazel MS, MD Phone Number: 812-282-7521 Fax: 812-288-2711 Health Department

County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1850 and court records. County Recorder has land records. County Health Department has birth and death records. Health Department has birth records and death records. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

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:

Biographies

 * Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

Business, Commerce, and Occupations
Occupations
 * Roster of Civilian Conservation Corps, Henryville (1938) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Census Records

 * Selected Residents of Clark County, Indiana Territory (1809) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Clark County (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

1840 census of Clark County, Indiana currently is incorrectly indexed as Clark County, Arkansas.

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places


 * Early Members of Silver Creek Baptist Church at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Court Records

 * 1801-1813 (*); Court of Quarter Session at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1801-1814 (*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1801-1817 (*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1802-1813 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1815-1816 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1824-1831 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1853-1869 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1853-1921 (*); Circuit and Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Clark County, Indiana, Historical and Genealogical Records. 1929. By Mrs. Julia D. Waugh and Mrs. Nathan B. Sparks. Clark County, Indiana: Clark County, Indiana. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Clark County, Indiana Marriage Records, 1820-1824 : [Marriage licenses], The Genealogist (R. Bakehorn) - v. 1, no. 5 (Sep 1971). 1971. By Ray Bakehorn. Logan, Utah : The Everton Publishers. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Clark County Marriage Records, 1815-1820 (Indiana), The Genealogist (R. Bakehorn) - v. 1, no. 4 (Aug 1971). 1971. By Ray Bakehorn. Logan, Utah : The Everton Publishers. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans
 * African American Veterans in Clark County (1890) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Funeral Homes

 * Adams Family Funeral Homes & Crematory in Henryville.
 * Chapman Funeral Home in Clarksville.
 * E.M. Coots' Sons Funeral Home in Jeffersonville.
 * Garr Funeral Home in Sellersburg.
 * Grayson Funeral Home in Charlestown.
 * Hughes-Taylor Funeral Home in Borden.
 * Legacy Funeral Center in Jeffersonville.
 * Scott Funeral Home in Jeffersonville.

Local Histories

 * Baird's History of Clark County, Indiana. 1972. By Lewis C. Baird, et al. Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive; . Reprint. Originally published: Indianapolis : B. F. Bowen, 1909.
 * Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. 1969, 1972. Compiled and published by John M. Gresham & Company. Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive; .  Reprint. Originally published: Chicago [Illinois] : Chicago Printing Company, 1889.
 * History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties. 2 volumes. 1882. By L. A. Williams & Company. Cleveland, Ohio : L. A. Williams & Co. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive; . Volume 2 contains Clark County history.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library
 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Indiana
 * Clark County, Indiana: Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives
 * Selected Members of Militia in Clark County, Indiana Territory (1812) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * African American Veterans in Clark County (1890) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Civil War Civil War service men from Clark 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 Clark County.


 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company D
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company M
 * 5th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K, and H
 * 6th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Companies A and C
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company E
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G, and I
 * 12th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company M
 * 22nd Regiment, Indiana InfantryCompany D
 * 23rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and I
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company A
 * 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and H
 * 49th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, and D
 * 53rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 81st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, and
 * 133rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies
 * 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, and G
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Company E, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books:
 * "The Military History of Clark County" chapter 18-19 in Baird, Lewis C. 1972. Baird's history of Clark County, Indiana. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic) (page 178-205, Regiment, Compaies) at: FamilySearch Digital Book; other libraries

World War I
 * 1919 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Hoosier State Chronicles

Other Records
=Voting Records =
 * Voters of Clark County, Indiana Territory (1802) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Probate Records

 * 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1801-1833 (*); Clark Co. will book A. at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1801-1835 (*); Clark County (Indiana). County Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — index and  images
 * 1811-1875 (*); Indiana. Circuit Court (Clark County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1817-1919 (*); Indiana. Circuit Court (Clark County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * Clark County, Indiana Abstracts of Wills and Executors' Records, 1801- 1833 and Marriage Records, 1807-1824. 1969. By Riker, Dorothy (Dorothy Lois), 1904-. Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Clark County, Indiana, Historical and Genealogical Records. 1929. By Mrs Julia D Waugh. Jeffersonville, Indiana : Daughters of the American Revolution. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

School Records

 * Directory of Teachers (1936) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Marriage

 * 1780-1992  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
 * 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast $
 * 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index and images, ($)
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Death

 * Pre-1882 WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 at Ancestry.com - index, (Free collection)
 * 1750-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * New Albany Indiana Family History Center
 * Shawnee Kentucky Family History Center
 * Jeffersonville Township Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Floyd County Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Jeffersonville Township Public Library 211 East Court Avenue Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Phone: 812-285-5641 Email: [mailto:dstepro@jefflibrary.org dstepro@jefflibrary.org] Website

Museums
The Howard Steamboat Museum 1101 East Market Street Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Phone: 812-283-3728 Email: [mailto:info@howardsteamboatmuseum.org info@howardsteamboatmuseum.org] Website

Societies
Clark County Historical Society/Howard Steamboat Museum P.O. Box 606 1101 East Market Street Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Phone: 812-283-3728 Email: [mailto:info@howardsteamboatmuseum.org info@howardsteamboatmuseum.org] Website Clark County Indiana Museum P.O. Box 749 725 Michigan Ave. Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Phone: 502-548-0259 Facebook Clark's Grant Historical Society P.O. Box 423 8524 Highway 403 Charlestown, IN 47111-8748 Email: [mailto:Tfaith@Unix.Adept.Net Tfaith@Unix.Adept.Net] Facebook Clarksville Historical Society P.O. Box 2303 2000 Broadway Street Clarksville, IN 47129-7762 Phone: 812-288-7155 or 812-283-1408 Email: [mailto:info@clarksvillehistoricalsociety.com info@clarksvillehistoricalsociety.com] Facebook Southern Indiana Genealogical Society P.O. Box 665 180 West Spring Street New Albany, IN 47150 Email: [mailto:sigsvolunteer@gmail.com sigsvolunteer@gmail.com] Website The Society's collection of genealogical materials is housed in the Indiana History Room of the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library.

Websites

 * Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
 * Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Search by county or keyword
 * Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
 * List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
 * Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Free and Members-only. Select a county
 * EveryNameIndex.com for Indiana Free online genealogy indexes for county histories. Select a county.
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * IN GenWeb
 * Clark County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.