Morgan County, Indiana Genealogy

Guide to Morgan 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 31 December 1821 from Delaware New Purchase and Wabash New Purchase.
 * County Seat:  Martinsville

Neighboring Counties
Putnam •  Hendricks  •  Marion  •  Johnson  •  Brown  •  Monroe  •  Owen

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
March 1876 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

Census Records

 * Index to Mortality Schedule for Morgan County (1860, 1870, 1880), Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census for Morgan County (1880), Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Residents of Morgan County, Indiana (1874), Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Directories

 * Early Settlers and County Officials of Morgan County, Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Local Histories

 * Blanchard, Charles. Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey Co, 1884.) 977.2 H2b FHL US/CAN Book, Other Libraries, INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

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

Military Records
Civil War

Civil War service men from Morgan 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 Morgan County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Companies B, and L
 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company F
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company H
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company E
 * 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 27th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 33rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and C
 * 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 70th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, H, and I
 * 117th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company C
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
 * 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, H, and K
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * "Military History" in Blanchard, Charles. Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey &amp; Co, 1884.) page 50-80, 977.2 H2b FHL US/CAN Book, Other Libraries, INTERNET ARCHIVE

World War I

World War II

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

School Records

 * Teachers of Morgan County (1907), Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
 * Directory of Teachers for Morgan County (1936), Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

County Courthouse
Morgan County Courthouse PO Box 1556 Martinsville, IN 46151 Phone: 765-342-1025 County Clerk has marriage, probate and court records. County Recorder has land records. Board of Health has birth and death records.

Vital Records

 * Indiana State Digital Archives

Marriage Records

 * 1780-1992 - FamilySearch


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


 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death Records

 * 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Societies and Libraries
Morgan County Historic Preservation Society PO Box 1377 Martinsville, IN 46151

Morgan County History and Genealogy Association PO Box 1012 Martinsville, IN 46151-0012 Telephone Number: 765-342-0391 Fax: 765-342-7322 E-mail: [mailto:s.m.mills@comcast.net s.m.mills@comcast.net]

Family History Centers

 * Martinsville Indiana Family History Center

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

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb, Morgan County
 * INGenWeb, Morgan County
 * , Morgan County
 * Morgan County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Morgan County, IN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Indiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook