Clinton County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Clinton County

County Courthouse
Clinton County Courthouse 265 Courthouse Square Frankfort IN 46041 Phone: 765.659.6335

County Health Department has birth and death records. County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1830, divorce and court records from 1888. County Recorder has has land records.

Parent County
1830--Clinton County was created 29 January 1830 from Tippecanoe County.  County seat: Frankfort 

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone
 * Carroll
 * Hamilton
 * Howard
 * Montgomery
 * Tippecanoe
 * Tipton

Cemeteries

 * -see- Cemeteries - Linkpendium

Census

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

Local Histories

 * History of Clinton County - Linkpendium


 * History of Clinton County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Indiana. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, Inc, 1977.) 977.2553 H2h FHL US/CAN Book other libraries INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Clinton 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 Clinton County.


 * 3rd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company E
 * 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C, and Reorganized Company C
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company M
 * 12th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
 * 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and E
 * 51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies G, and H
 * 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, C, F, and H
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, C F, and H
 * 150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, F, I, and K
 * 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, F, I, K
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Book


 * "Slavery, And Indiana In The War Of The Rebellion" and "The Civil War" Chapter 9 in History of Clinton County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens : Also a Condensed History of Indiana. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, Inc, 1977.) page 144-198; 373-393;  977.2553 H2h FHL US/CAN Book  other libraries   INTERNET ARCHIVE

School Records

 * Graduates of Kirklin High School, Clinton County, Indiana (1901-1927) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students and Teachers of Frankfort High School (1922) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Directory of Teachers (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

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)
 * Marriage records Book H-7 (1882-1888) - INGenWeb
 * Death Records - INGenWeb

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Clinton County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Clinton County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)