Martin County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Martin County

County Courthouse
Martin County Courthouse Capitol Street PO Box 120 Shoals, IN 47581-0170 Phone: 812.247.3651

County Health Department has birth and death records. County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1820, divorce and court records from 1842. County Recorder has land records.

Parent County
1820--Martin County was created 17 January 1820 from Daviess and Dubois Counties. County seat: Shoals

Neighboring Counties

 * Daviess
 * Dubois
 * Greene
 * Lawrence
 * Orange

Cemeteries

 * Martin County, Indiana Cemeteries USGenWeb Project
 * Cemeteries of Martin County Linkpendium

Census

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

Local Histories

 * Living Leaders, an Encyclopedia of Biography: Special Edition for Daviess and Martin Counties, Indiana. ([New York?]: American Pub. Co, 1897.) 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. (Chicago: Chapman Bros, 1893.) other libraries   INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

 * Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military

 * Military Records and Histories  Linkpendium
 * African American Veterans in Martin County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Veterans in Martin County, Indiana (1913) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Martin 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 Martin County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company F
 * 2nd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 13th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company F
 * 14th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 18th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and D
 * 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and K
 * 120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 136th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company H
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company G
 * 143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Vital Records

 * Vital Record of Martin County Linkpendium


 * Baker, Natalie Montgomery. Martin County, Indiana, Birth Records. Indiana (?: s.n, 1900.)  other libraries Vol. 1-2  INTERNET ARCHIVE  vol. 2-3 INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Martin County Genealogical Society (Ind.). Martin County, Indiana Will Book "C.". Shoals, Ind.?: (Martin County Genealogical Society?, 2000.)  other libraries   INTERNET ARCHIVE


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


 * Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con$


 * Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


 * Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959 - FamilySearch


 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

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.
 * Martin County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Martin County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)