Madison County, Indiana Genealogy

Guide to Madison County, Indiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. Indiana Online Genealogy Records

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Delaware New Purchase and Marion County in 4 January 1823.
 * County Seat:  Anderson

Description
The county was named for James Madison, co-author of The Federalist Papers and the fourth President of the United States. The County Seat is Anderson and was founded 1818. It is located in the Central area 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
Grant •  Delaware  •  Henry  •  Hancock  •  Hamilton  •  Tipton

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
December 1880 -- 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

Biographies

 * Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton Counties, Indiana. 1893. Chicago, Biographical publishing co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.
 * Atlas and directory of Madison County, Indiana : including a directory of freeholders and official register of the county with illustrations
 * Historical sketches and reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Madison County - Linkpendium
 * Emment (Doty) Cemetery
 * Fausset Cemetery

Census Records

 * Index to Defective, Dependent Delinquent Census for Madison County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana. 1897. By John L. Forkner and Byron H. Dyson. Anderson, Indiana : J.L. Forkner. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books;.
 * History of Madison County, Indiana. 1971. By Thomas B. Helms. Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Google Books; . Reprint of the 1880 ed. published by Kingman Brothers, Chicago.
 * History of Madison County, Indiana; a Narrative Account of its Historical Progress. 1970. By J.L.R. Forkner. Evansville, Ind, Unigraphic. Online at: Vol. 1 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 2 - FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Vol. 1 - Internet Archive, Vol. 2 - Internet Archive; . Reprint of original published: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co., 1914.
 * History of Madison County, Indiana, from 1820 to 1874. 1874. By Samuel Harden. Markleville, Ind, n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive; Google Books;.

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Maps and Gazetteers-Linkpendium

Military Records

 * Veterans in Madison County (1886) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Military Records and Histories - Linkpendium

Civil War
Civil War service men from Madison County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Madison County.


 * 2nd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Companies A, and F
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies L, and M
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies A, and H
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies A, and K
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 18th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
 * 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, E, and F
 * 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 53rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 63rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and E
 * 105th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 110th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, G, and I
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and K
 * 140th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and F
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Company F and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * "Military History" Chapter 17 in Forkner, J. L. R. (1970). History of Madison County, Indiana; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests. Evansville, Ind, Unigraphic. Pages 283-308. (Regiment, Companies, Names). Online at: Internet Archive; Other Libraries

World War I

 * 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Occupations

 * Roster of Civilian Conservation Corps, Frankton, Madison County, Indiana (1938) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

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

School Records

 * Students, Teachers and Selected Alumni of Alexandria High School (1930) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Students of Anderson High School (1918, 1923) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Students and Teachers of Elwood High School (1921, 1927, 1931, 1933) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Alumni of Markleville High School (1917-1929) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Students of Markleville High School (1930) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Teachers and Trustees of Markleville High School (1930) - Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Students and Teachers of Pendleton Junior-Senior High School - 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.

County Courthouse
Madison County Courthouse 16 E 9th Anderson, IN 46016 Phone: 765-641-9457 Madison County Website County Health Department has birth records from 1891 and death records from 1895. County Clerk has marriage records from 1884, divorce, probate and court records from 1880. County Auditor has land records from 1867. County Board of Health has school records 1904-1932.

Family History Centers

 * Anderson Indiana Family History Center

Vital Records

 * Vital Records - Linkpendium
 * Indiana State Digital Archives

Marriage Records

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

Death Records

 * 1750-1993 at FamilySearch — index, some images
 * 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 Group on Facebook
 * INGenWeb, Madison County. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * USGenWeb, Madison County.
 * , Madison County.
 * Madison County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)