Gibson County, Indiana Genealogy

United States Indiana  Gibson County

County Courthouse
Gibson County Courthouse 101 N Main Street Princeton, IN 47670 Phone: 812.386.8401

County Health Deparetment has birth and death records. County Clerk has marriage records from 1813, divorce, probate and court records from 1820.

History of the county courthouse

Gibson County Free Public Records Directory

Parent County
1813--Gibson County was created 9 March 1813 from Knox County. County seat: Princeton

Neighboring Counties

 * Knox
 * Pike
 * Posey
 * Vanderburgh
 * Wabash County, Illinois
 * Warrick
 * White County, Illinois

Cemeteries

 * Gibson County Cemeteries - Linkpendium
 * Index of Shiloh Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana (free, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Cemetery Records - INGenWeb

Census

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


 * Partial Census for Gibson County - INGenWeb

Church

 * Gibson County Churches - INGenWeb

Land

 * Index to Documents Proving Land Titles for Gibson County - INGenWeb

Local Histories

 * Jas. T. Tartt &amp; Co. 1978. History of Gibson County, Indiana: with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic.) 977.235 H2ga FHL US/CAN Book     other libraries


 * Stormont, Gil R. 2008. History of Gibson County, Indiana: her people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen.)  FHL US/CAN Film 934905 Item 1    other libraries     INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Tartt, James T., History of Gibson County, Indiana  (Digital images of original published: Edwardsville, Ill., 1884. 244 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 31 cm.)  


 * Cunningham, Leland S. 1975. Early Hazleton, Indiana. S.l: s.n.]. other libraries   INGenWeb


 * Gibson County, Indiana: History - Linkpendium

Maps

 * Gibson County Townships - INGenWeb
 * Gibson County, Indiana: Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military

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

Civil War

Civil War service men from Gibson 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 Gibson County


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies A, and B
 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies B, and F
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company K
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and H
 * 24th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 33rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 42nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and F
 * 58th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, C, and D
 * 60th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 63rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and C
 * 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, B, and G
 * 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, E, and F
 * 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A, D, E. and F
 * 120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, F, and G
 * 136th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company E
 * 143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies G, H, and I
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
 * Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery

Civil War Books


 * "The War For The Union" in "Patrictish" Chapter 11 of Jas. T. Tartt &amp; Co. 1978. History of Gibson County, Indiana: with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic.), (page 104-135, Regiment, Companies, Name's), 977.235 H2ga FHL US/CAN Book   other libraries


 * "Civil War" in "Military History of Gibsob County" Chapter 15 of Stormont, Gil R. 2008. History of Gibson County, Indiana: her people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen.), (pagr 209-223, Regiment, Companies) FHL US/CAN Film 934905 Item 1    other libraries   INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Gibson County in the civil war; an address by Col. Gil. R. Stormont, at the dedication of the Gibson County soldiers monument at Princeton, Indiana, on Nov. 12, 1913 [i.e. 1912] History of other monuments in Gibson County. other library INTERNET ARCHIVE

Vital Records

 * Gibson County Vital Record


 * 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

Other Records

 * African Americans in Civilian Conservation Corps, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana (1938) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Societies and Libraries

 * The principal library in Gibson county is the Princeton Public Library, in the county seat. It is located at 124 S. Hart St., Princeton, IN 47670; its phone number is (812) 385-4464. Older property and other records are located there.

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.
 * Gibson County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Boone County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - N2genealogy
 * Boone County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - N2genealogy