Howard County, Indiana Genealogy

Guide to Howard 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 from unorganized territory (Carroll/Cass/Miami) in 1844. Named changed from Richardville to Howard in 1846.
 * County Seat:  Kokomo

Neighboring Counties
Carroll •  Cass  •  Miami  •  Grant  •  Tipton  •  Clinton

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Howard County, Indiana


 * Cemeteries of Howard County - Linkpendium

Census Records

 * Index to Mortality Schedule (1860) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent Delinquent Census (1880) Indiana Genealogical Society)

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses (1858) Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

 * Biographical and Genealogical History of Cass, Miami, Howard and Tipton Counties, Indiana. (La Crosse WI: Brookhaven Press, 2003.) other library   Hathi Trust Digital Library


 * Blanchard, Charles. 2010. Counties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana: historical and biographical. (Salem, Mass: Higginson Book Co.)977.2 H2bL FHL US/CAN Book  other libraries Digital copy at INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Morrow, Jackson. 1909. History of Howard County, Indiana. (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen) other libraries vol.1 INTERNET ARCHIVE vol. 2 INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * History in Howard County - Linkpendium

Maps

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

Military Records

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

Civil War

Civil War service men from Howard 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 Howard County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy ArtilleryCompanies K, and L
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company A
 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 8th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company D
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies E, and F
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E, and Reorganized Company E
 * 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company G
 * 34th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 106th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 108th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies G, and I
 * 111th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 118th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company D
 * 130th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
 * 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company C
 * 142nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and I
 * 155th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Company F, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * Howard in The Civil War" in Morrow, Jackson. 1909. History of Howard County, Indiana. (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen), (page 130-196, Regiment; "Soldiers Who Died In The Serive" page 188-196) other libraries vol.1 INTERNET ARCHIVE vol. 2 INTERNET ARCHIVE
 * Smith, Kent A.Russiaville in the Civil War:a Civil War history of Honey Creek Township, Howard County, Indiana and its residents FHL book 977.285/R1 m2s

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

School Records

 * Students of Greentown High School (1921) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Teachers of Greentown High School (1921) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Students of Kokomo High School (1931-1933) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Teachers of Kokomo High School (1931-1933) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Repositories
Indiana Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical Genealogical Societies

County Courthouse
Howard County; 104 N Buckeye St; PO Box 9004; Kokomo, IN 46904; Ph. 765.456.2204 Details: (Formerly Richardville Co. Name changed to Howard 28 Dec 1846) (Co Clk has m, div, pro &amp; ct rec from 1844; Co Redr has land rec; Co Hlth dept has b, d bur rec)

Libraries
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library 220 North Union Street, Kokomo, IN 46901-4614 Phone: 765-457-3242 Email: [mailto:info@khcpl.org info@khcpl.org] Genealogy and Local History Department Website

Societies
Howard County Historical Society and Museum / Seiberling Mansion 1200 W. Sycamore St. Kokomo, IN 46901-4386 Telephone Number: 765-452-4314 Website

Howard County Genealogical Society 220 N Union Kokomo 46901 Website

Greentown Historical Society PO Box 313 Greentown, IN 46936 Telephone Number: 765-628-3800 E-mail: [mailto:greentownhistory@comcast.net greentownhistory@comcast.net] Website

Family History Centers

 * Kokomo Indiana Family History Center

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

Vital Records

 * Vital Records for Howard County - Linkpendium
 * Indiana State Digital Archives
 * The Howard County Memory Project website has digitized collections, such as marriage records, newspaper collections, etc. for genealogy and local history researchers.

Marriage Records

 * 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


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


 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death Records

 * Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 FamilySearch


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

Places

 * Kokomo
 * Greentown
 * Russiaville
 * Indian Heights

Townships


 * Center
 * Clay
 * Ervin
 * Harrison
 * Honey Creek
 * Howard
 * Jackson
 * Liberty
 * Monroe
 * Taylor
 * Union

Other places


 * Alto
 * Cassville
 * Center
 * Hemlock
 * New London
 * Oakford
 * Phlox
 * West Middleton

Web Sites

 * Howard County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook