Crawford County, Indiana Genealogy

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed 29 January 1818 from Orange, Harrison, and Perry counties
 * County Seat: English

Description
The county was named for William H. Crawford, who was U.S. Treasury Secretary in 1818. Others say it was named for Col. William Crawford, who fought in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War, and who was burned and scalped by Indians in 1782 in what in now Wyandot County, Ohio. The county seat is English and the County was organized in 1818. The County is located in the South-central part 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:

Neighboring Counties
Orange •  Dubois  •  Perry  •  Washington  •  Harrison  •  Meade

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.

Cemeteries

 * Crawford County, Indiana: Cemeteries - Linkpendium

Census Records

 * Index to Mortality Schedule (1860) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census (1880) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Crawford County, Indiana: Census Records and Indexes - Linkpendium
 * Census Records - INGenWeb
 * Early Residents of Crawford County (1820) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Directories

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

Local Histories

 * Crawford County, Indiana: History - Linkpendium

Online County Histories


 * Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. Compiled and published by John M. Gresham & Company. 1969, 1972. Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic. (Reprint. Originally published: Chicago [Illinois] : Chicago Printing Company, 1889.) Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library - (1972); Hathitrust; Internet Archive;  Google Books;.
 * A History of Crawford County, Indiana. By Hazen Hays Pleasant. 1926. Greenfield, Indiana : W. Mitchell Print. Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust; Internet Archive;  Ancestry ($);.

Land and Property

 * Index to Landowners in Crawford County (1818-1834) - Indiana Genealogical Society, free

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Indiana
 * Crawford County, Indiana: Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military Records

 * - see - Military Records and Histories - Linkpendium

Civil War
Civil War service men from Crawford 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 Crawford County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company E
 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company H
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 23rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and K
 * 49th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and H (A-K see "Civil War Military Records" below)
 * 51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
 * 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 81st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and H
 * 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops


 * Crawford Co, Indiana Civil War Soldiers
 * Civil War Military Records - INGenWeb
 * Military Persons (Who served from Crawford Co., IN or are buried in the county.) INGenWeb

Civil War Books


 * "Civil War" Chapter 14 in Pleasant, Hazen Hayes. 1926. A history of Crawford County, Indiana. (Greenfield, Ind: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co.), (page 229-306, Regiment, Companies, Names, history of Knight of Golden Circle), 977.228 H2p FHL US/CAN Book; Ancestry.com; Other Libraries

World War I (The Great War), 1914-1918

 * 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

 * Selected Extracts from Newspapers in English (1900) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Probate Records
Online Records
 * 1798 – 1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry.com ($) — index and images


 * Index to Will Records (1818-1973) - Indiana Genealogical Society (free)

School Records

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

Courthouse
Crawford County Courthouse 316 S Court English, IN 47118-0375 Phone: 812.338.2565

County Clerk has marriage records from 1818, divorce, probate and court records from 1860. County Health Department has birth and death records. County Recorder has land records.

Libraries

 * Crawford County Public Library 203 S. Indiana Avenue English, IN 47118-0375 Phone: 812-338-2606 Website Family histories and files, cemetery files, newspapers on microfilm, census transcripts.

Societies

 * Crawford County Historical and Genealogical Society 310 Oak Hill Drive Leavenworth, IN 47118 Mailing address: PO Box 162 Leavenworth, IN 47137 Email: [mailto:billgpiper@hotmail.com billgpiper@hotmail.com] Website
 * Southern Indiana Genealogical Society 180 West Spring Street PO Box 665 New Albany, IN 47151 Website

Family History Centers

 * Brandenburg Kentucky Family History Center

Vital Records

 * Vital Records - INGenWeb

Marriage Records

 * 1800s-2007 - Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index ($)
 * 1802-1892 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1780-1992 at FamilySearch
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death Records

 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch Historical Records - Index only
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry ($), index and images
 * Indiana State Digital Archives

Websites

 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Crawford County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Crawford County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)