Boone County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Boone County

County Courthouse
Boone County Courthouse 212 Courthouse Squqre Lebanon, IN 46052-2150 Phone: 765.482.3510 County Clerk has marriage records from 1831, divorce, probate and court records from 1830. County Health Department has birth and death records. County recorder has land records.

Parent County
1830--Boone County was created 29 January 1830 from Hendricks and Marion Counties. County seat: Lebanon 

Record Loss
October 1856 -- 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

 * Clinton
 * Hamilton
 * Hendricks
 * Marion
 * Montgomery

Cemeteries
Mts. Run Baptist Cemetery is near Labanon, Boone, Indiana, USA.


 * Cemeteries for Boone County - Linkpendium
 * Obituaries and Funeral Home Records - Linkpendium
 * Boone County Cemeteries &amp; Burials - INGenweb
 * Obituary Index - INGenWeb

The following cemeteries have indexes courtesy of the Lebanon Public Library:


 * Beck Cemetery
 * Bethel Cemetery
 * Cason Cemetery
 * Dover Cemetery - Veterans
 * Moore Cemetery
 * Jones-Parr Cemetery
 * Old Eagle/Cox Cemetery
 * Pitzer Cemetery
 * Richardson (Big Spings) Cemetery

Census

 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Boone County (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Settlers of Boone County (1823-4) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index to Census of Males for Boone County (1907) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church

 * Church Histories - INGenWeb
 * Early Members of Baptist Churches in Boone County, Indiana (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Boone County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Directory of Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana (1937, 1940, 1961) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Land

 * Boone County Land Records &amp; Maps - INGenWeb
 * see - Land Records - Linkpendium

Local Histories

 * History of Boone County - Linkpendium


 * History - Towns &amp; County - INGenWeb


 * Crist, L. M. History of Boone County, Indiana: With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. (Indianapolis, Ind: A.W. Bowen, 2008.) FHL US/CAN Film 934898 Items 3-4   other library    INTERNET ARCHIVE
 * Index to Biographies in "Early Life and Times of Boone County, Indiana" (1887) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military

 * Boone County Military - INGenWeb


 * see - Military Records and Histories - Linkpendium
 * Boone County Veterans at State Soldiers Home, Lafayette, Indiana (1906) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Boone 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 Boone County.


 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I, and Reorganized A, F, and I
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company H
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company K
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company A
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized C
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
 * 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and K
 * 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and F
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 102nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-K
 * 116th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Companies B, and G
 * 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, C, E, and H
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company A
 * 150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, E, and K
 * 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, G, and H
 * 156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and B
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
 * Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery

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Boone County men in The Civil War


 * Commissioned Office on page 179 Internet Archive
 * List of Non-Commissioned Office and Privates on page 181-202 Internet Archive [2]
 * Roll Of Honor - page 208-209 Internet Archive [2]
 * Civil War Soldiers, Officers &amp; Regiment - INGenWeb

Civil War Books


 * "Military History" Chapter 8 in Crist, L. M. History of Boone County, Indiana: With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. (Indianapolis, Ind: A.W. Bowen, 2008.), (page 175-211; Name's, Regiment, Company), FHL US/CAN Film 934898 Items 3-4    other library    INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Boone County Biographies of Civil War Veterans - Genealogy Trails History Group

Newspapers

 * Selected Extracts from Newspapers in Boone County, Indiana (1885-1907) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

School Records

 * Students of Lebanon High School, Boone County, Indiana (1915) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Teachers of Lebanon High School, Boone County, Indiana (1915) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Directory of Teachers for Boone County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)


 * Boone County Teachers: 1883-1885 (Lebanon Public Library)

Vital Records

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


 * Boone County Death Index 1882-1920 - INGenWeb


 * Boone County Marriages - INGenWeb


 * see - Vital Record - Linkpendium

The following Marriage Notices are courtesy of the Lebanon Public Library:

From the Lebanan Reporter Indexes:


 * Grooms:1945-1959
 * Brides: 1945-1959
 * Online Index of Divorce Notices from 1945-1959
 * Online Index of Obituaries and Death Notices from 1945-2011

From the Lebanon Patriot &amp; Weekly Patriot Indexes:


 * Online Index of Divorce Notices appearing in 1870
 * Grooms Online Index of Marriage Notices from 1870–73
 * Brides Online Index of Marriage Notices from 1870–73
 * Online Index of Obituaries and Death Notices from 1870–73
 * Online Index of Personal and Real Estate Sale Notices from 1870–73
 * Divorces of Boone County, IN 1830-1879

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Database provided by the Lebanan Public Library


 * Boone County Lodge: Roster of Sojourning Members 1917-1925

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.




 * Boone County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)


 * Boone County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - N2genealogy