Hamilton County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Hamilton County

Guide to Hamilton 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 8 January, 1823 from Delaware New Purchase
 * County Seat:  Decatur

Neighboring Counties
Clinton •  Tipton  •  Madison  •  Hancock  •  Marion  •  Boone

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
For a list of record loss in Indiana Counties see: Indiana Counties with Burned Courthouses

Cemeteries

 * Arcadia Cemetery: located in northern Hamilton County at lat: 40.1752° lon: -86.0080°.
 * Baker Cemetery: 40° 07' 55.67" N 86° 08' 16.48" W
 * Boxley Cemetery: located in northwestern Hamilton County at lat: 40.1632° lon: -86.1768°.
 * Chester Friends Cemetery: 40° 04' 18"N 86° 07' 43.09"W
 * Cicero Cemetery: 40° 07' 53.90" N 86° 01' 42.12" W
 * Crownland Cemetery: located in Noblesville, Indiana at lat: 40.0529° lon: -86.0025°.
 * Crown View Cemetery: 40° 08' 37.87" N 86° 13' 49.07" W
 * Mt Pleasant '(Pettyjohn) 'Cemetery: 40° 07' 47.02" N 86° 06' 28.30" W
 * Pleasant Grove Cemetery:  located at Broadway &amp; 106th St - Home Place, Clay Twp, Hamilton Co, IN
 * Prairie Baptist Cemetery: located in eastern Hamilton County at lat: 40.0881° lon: -85.9051°.
 * Spicewood Cemetery: 40° 07' 58.01" N 86° 09' 59.05" W
 * West Grove Cemetery: 40° 06' 50.55" N 86° 06' 51.55" W

Transcriptions and other data:

BillionGraves:


 * Crownland Cemetery, Noblesville
 * Farley Cemetery, Carmel
 * Zimmer Cemetery, Nobiesville

LDS Cemetery Records Vol. 21 page 70 - Daubenspeck Cemetery

Online Resources

Published Grave Transcripts can be found at FamilySearch.org and in the Indiana Room at the East Hamilton County Public Library.

Census Records

 * Index to Mortality Schedule (1860) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census (1880) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Residents of Hamilton County, Indiana (1874) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * History of Hamilton Linkpendium


 * Shirts, Augustus Finch. A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana, From the Year 1818 to the Close of the Civil War. 1901. 977.256 H2s FHL US/CAN Book  ; other library Google books Internet Archive


 * 1973).Portrait and biographical record of Madison and Hamilton counties, Indiana: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States. (Evansville, Ind, Unigraphic, Inc. ) other libraries ;INTERNET ARCHIVE

Bevelhimer, Susan. Abstracts of the will records of Hamilton County, Indiana1824-1901. Owensboro, Ky. : Cook &amp; McDowell, 1981. - Repository: HEPL 977.256 WILLS BEV LCCN: 02802310

Burgess, Joe H. Hamilton County and the Civil War. United States: 1968 - Repository: HEPL - Call# 977.256 Histroy BUR

Campbell, Frank S. The Story of Hamilton County Indiana. Noblesville, Indiana: Hudler Press, Inc, 1962.

Cline &amp; McHaffie. The People's Guide: a business, political and religious directory of Hamilton Co., Ind. . . .Indianapolis, Ind: Indianapolis Printing and Pub House, 1874. - Repository: HEPL 977.256 Directory 1874 LCCN: 02827329

Correll, James L &amp; Velma B. Hamilton County, Indiana, small cemeteries, Jackson Township. Kokomo, Indiana: Selby Pub &amp; Printing, c1986.

Evans, Nellie E, compiler. Hamilton County Cemeteries, Vol 1. Sheridan, Indiana: Nellie E Evans, nd.

Haines, John F. History of Hamilton County, Indiana...... Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen, 1915. Repository: Hamilton East Public Library Call#: 977.256 - LCCN: 02829814

Helm, T B. History of Hamilton County, Indiana, Reprint. Chicago, Evansville, IN: Kingman Brothers, Unigraphic, 1880, 1976.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton Counties, Indiana. Chicago Illinois: Biographical Publishing Co, 1893. - Repository: Anderson Public Library - Call# 977.2578

Shirts, Augustus Finch. A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana, from the year 1818 to the close of the Civil War. 1901. - Repository: Archive.org - www.archive.org/stream/historyofformati00shir#page/n9/mode/2up

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Indiana
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military Records

 * African American Veterans in Hamilton County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War
Civil War service men from Hamilton 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 Hamilton County


 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies B, E, and I
 * 12th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized F, and K
 * 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 18th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 20th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 63rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Comapny F
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and I
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and D
 * 109th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and I
 * 111th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and K
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and H
 * 132nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
 * 136th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company B, D, G, and I
 * 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and F

Civil War Book


 * "The Record of Hamilton County in the Civil War" in Shirts, Augustus Finch. A History of the Formation, Settlement and Development of Hamilton County, Indiana, From the Year 1818 to the Close of the Civil War. 1901. (page 305-368 has Regiment, Companies, Name's) 977.256 H2s FHL US/CAN Book other library Google books Internet Archive


 * Indiana Genealogical Society (Fort Wayne, Indiana, Indiana veterans enrollment list, Hamilton County, 1890 ([S.l.] : Indiana Genealogical Society, 2006 ) CD-ROM no. 4177 Computer US/CAN Desktop 


 * Burgess, Joe H. 1968. Hamilton County and the Civil War.([S.l.: s.n.], 1967), 977.256 H2b FHL US/CAN Book other library

Obituaries
Index from Newspapers in Noblesville Southeastern Public Library (in Hamilton County) The Indiana Room has an Obituary File Index that indexes obituaries published in newspapers which they have on microfilm. This is kept current and as of Sep 2008 seems to be accessible only to patrons.

School Records

 * Alumni of Noblesville High School (1876-1894, 1924) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students of Noblesville High School (1924) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Teachers of Noblesville High School (1924) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Directory of Teachers for Hamilton County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Repositories
See also a List of Indiana Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Courthouse
Hamilton County, Indiana lies just to the north of Indianapolis. Two courthouses are located in the historic center of Noblesville. The older courthouse contains a variety of publicly available records.

Hamilton County Courthouse Public Square Noblesville, IN 46060 Phone: 317.776.9629 County Health Department has birth and death records. County Clerk has marriage, divoce, probate and court records from 1833 County Recorder has land records.

Family History Centers

 * Fishers Indiana Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the Family History Center directory.

Birth Records

 * WPA. Index to birth records, Hamilton County, Indiana, 1880-1920 inclusive. Indiana: WPA, 1941. 2 vol.

Marriage Records

 * WPA. Index to supplemental record, marriage transcript, Hamilton County, Indiana, 1880-1905. United States: Works Progress Administration, Indiana, 1941 - Repository: HEPL - Call# 977.256 MARRIAGE SUPPL LCCN: 02796658
 * Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con$
 * Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 - FamilySearch
 * Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959 - FamilySearch

Death Records

 * WPA. Index to death record, Hamilton County, Indiana, 1882-1920 inclusive. Indiana: WPA, 1942.
 * Woodard, Marian Cody, Copiler. Names in Hamilton County Death Notices: An Index to the Noblesville LedgerSept 11, 1874 to March 20, 1881. Noblesville, Indiana: Noblesville Public Library, 1978. - Repository: Hamilton East Public Library - 977.256 Deaths Woo
 * Indiana State Digital Achivesfor Death, E-Publication, Instiution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
 * Selected Deaths in Carmel, Hamilton County (1880s-1911) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Web Sites

 * Hamilton County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Hamilton County IN GenWeb Project, a member of The INGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * Hamilton County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Hamilton County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)