Montgomery County, Indiana Genealogy

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Parent County
1822--Montgomery County was created 21 December 1822 from Parke and Putnam Counties. County seat: Crawfordsville

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone
 * Clinton
 * Fountain
 * Hendricks
 * Parke
 * Putnam
 * Tippecanoe

Cemeteries
An online searchable database, www.cdpl.lib.in.us (Crawfordsville District Public Library), contains transcriptions of Montgomery County cemetery tombstones dating from the early 1800s to 1981. It also references the same readings found in the CDPL and DAR cemetery record books

Local Histories

 * Thompson, Stephen J. History of Montgomery County, Indiana: With Personal Sketches of Representative Citizens. (Indianapolis, Ind: A.W. Bowen, 1978.), FHL US/CAN Film 934916 Items 1-2   other library    INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * "History of Montgomery County " in Beckwith, H. W., P. S. Kennedy, and Thomas Fleming Davidson. 1970. History of Fountain County, together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley: gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic sources. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic), (second book )  977.247 H2b FHL US/CAN Book     other libraries     INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Portrait and biographical record of Montgomery, Parke and Fountain Counties, Indiana containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States. (1893. Chicago: Chapman Bros.)   other libraries     INTERNET ARCHIVE

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Montgomery 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 Montgomery County.


 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G, Reorganized Company B
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies K, and M
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G, and Reorganized Companies G, and H
 * 15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 20th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, E, G, H, and I
 * 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and E
 * 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 108th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 111th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and C
 * 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies C, F, H, and I
 * 150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, E, F, and K
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Companies D, G, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * "The Military History Of The County" Chapter 6 in Thompson, Stephen J. History of Montgomery County, Indiana: With Personal Sketches of Representative Citizens. (Indianapolis, Ind: A.W. Bowen, 1978.), page 87-180, FHL US/CAN Film 934916 Items 1-2    other library       ancestry.com$


 * "Montgomery County In The War Of The Rebellion" in "History Of Montgomery County" of Beckwith, H. W., P. S. Kennedy, and Thomas Fleming Davidson. 1970. History of Fountain County, together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley: gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic sources. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic), (second book, page 30-110, Regiment, Companies, Roll of Officers and then Enlisted Men.)  977.247 H2b FHL US/CAN Book     other libraries     INTERNET ARCHIVE

Newspapers
The Crawfordsville District Public Library (cdpl.lib.in.us) has an online index of local newspaper articles or notices of births, marriages, obituaries and other items of vital records interest. This online index is searchable and covers the period 1834-1899 (partial) and 1900-present.

Vital Records
The Crawfordsville District Public Library (cdpl.lib.in.us) online database leads to images (.pdf) of actual pages for marriage affidavits for period September, 1883 to February, 1905 and marriage records for period December, 1888 to June, 1941. Also, index only (no images) for marriage licenses for period October, 1867 to Jun, 2001.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Crawfordsville Indiana Family History Center

Web Sites

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