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Guide to Boone County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The county was named in honor of Daniel Boone. Its county seat is Lebanon and was founded April 1, 1830. It is located in the Mid-central area of the state. For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

County Courthouse
 Boone County Courthouse] 212 Courthouse Square Lebanon, IN 46052-2150 Phone: 765.482.3510 County Website Boone County Courthouse 212 Courthouse Square Lebanon, IN 46052-2150 Phone: 765.482.3510 County Clerk has marriage records from 1831, divorce, probate and court records from 1830. County Health Department has birth and death records. County recorder has land records.

Cemeteries

 * Mts. Run Baptist Cemetery is near Labanon, Boone, Indiana, USA.
 * Cemeteries for Boone County - Linkpendium
 * Obituaries and Funeral Home Records - Linkpendium
 * The following cemeteries have indexes courtesy of the Lebanon Public Library:
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 * Beck Cemetery
 * Bethel Cemetery
 * Cason Cemetery
 * Dover Cemetery - Veterans
 * Moore Cemetery
 * Jones-Parr Cemetery
 * Old Eagle/Cox Cemetery
 * Pitzer Cemetery
 * Pleasant View Cemetery
 * Richardson (Big Spings) Cemetery
 * Pitzer Cemetery
 * Pleasant View Cemetery
 * Richardson (Big Spings) Cemetery

Census Records

 * Index to Defective, Dependent &amp; Delinquent Census (1880), Indiana Genealogical Society $
 * Index to Mortality Schedule (1860, 1870, 1880), Indiana Genealogical Society $
 * Settlers of Boone County (1823-4), Indiana Genealogical Society $
 * Index to Census of Males for Boone County (1907), Indiana Genealogical Society $

Church Records

 * Church Histories - INGenWeb
 * Early Members of Baptist Churches in Boone County, Indiana (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Directories

 * Directory of Businesses in Boone County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * Directory of Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana (1937, 1940, 1961) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * City directories at Lebanon Public Library:
 * The Businesses of Boone County, 1865
 * The City of Lebanon, Indiana: A Directory of Its Businesses, 1887

Land and Property Records

 * Boone County Land Records &amp; Maps - Boone County Genealogy (INGenWeb)
 * Boone County Land Records (Linkpendium)

Local Histories
Local Histories
 * History of Boone County - Linkpendium
 * WPA Index of Names of Persons and Firms: Boone County, Indiana (in various local histories and legal documents) at Lebanon Public Library (links to some digital books and documents are included as well as the index)

Online County Histories


 * Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana. By Samuel Harden, Spahr. 1887. Indianapolis : Carlon & Hollenbeck. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Hathitrust; Internet Archive; Google Books; Ancestry ($); . Index to Biographies in "Early Life and Times of Boone County, Indiana." (1887) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
 * History of Boone County, Indiana. 2 Vols. By Leander Mead Crist. 1914. Indianapolis, Ind : A.W. Bowen. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 1, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 2, Internet Archive - Vol. 1,  Internet Archive - Vol. 2;.
 * The People's Guide ... of Boone Co., Ind. 1874. Indianapolis : Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House. Online at: Internet Archive; Ancestry ($).

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Indiana
 * Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military Records

 * Boone County Military - Boone County Genealogy (INGenWeb)
 * Boone County Pensioners from Mexican and Civil Wars - Boone County Soldiers' Pension Rolls—1890-1894
 * Military Records and Histories - Linkpendium
 * Boone County Veterans at State Soldiers Home, Lafayette, Indiana (1906) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War Civil War service men from Boone County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Boone County.


 * 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
 * 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I, and Reorganized A, F, and I
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company H
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company K
 * 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company A
 * 16th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized C
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
 * 30th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
 * 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and K
 * 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
 * 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and F
 * 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
 * 102nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, All of Companies A-K
 * 116th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Companies B, and G
 * 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies B, C, E, and H
 * 139th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company A
 * 150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, E, and K
 * 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, G, and H
 * 156th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and B
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
 * Wilder Battery, Indiana Light Artillery

Boone County men in The Civil War:


 * "Military History", Chapter 8 in Crist, L. M., History of Boone County, Indiana: With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. Indianapolis, Ind: A.W. Bowen, 2008. Internet Archive; FHL US/CAN Film 934898 Items 3-4.
 * -Commissioned Officers, pages 179-80: Internet Archive
 * -List of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, pages 181-202: Internet Archive
 * -Roll Of Honor, pages 208-209: Internet Archive


 * Civil War Soldiers, Officers &amp; Regiment - Boone County Genealogy (INGenWeb)

Civil War Books:


 * "Military History", Chapter 8 in Crist, L. M. History of Boone County, Indiana: With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families. Indianapolis, Ind: A.W. Bowen, 2008. Pages 175-211. Name, Regiment, Company listed. FHL US/CAN Film 934898 Items 3-4 ; Internet Archive; Other Libraries.
 * Boone County Biographies of Civil War Veterans - Genealogy Trails History Group

World War I


 * 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Newspapers

 * Selected Extracts from Newspapers in Boone County, Indiana (1885-1907) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Obituaries

 * 1870-1873 Online Index of Obituaries and Death Notices from 1870–73
 * 1945-2011 Online Index of Obituaries and Death Notices from 1945-2011

Probate Records

 * 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at

School Records

 * Students of Lebanon High School, Boone County, Indiana (1915), Indiana Genealogical Society $
 * Teachers of Lebanon High School, Boone County, Indiana (1915), Indiana Genealogical Society $
 * Directory of Teachers for Boone County (1936), Indiana Genealogical Society $
 * Boone County Teachers: 1883-1885 (Lebanon Public Library)

Tax Records

 * Delinquent Tax Record 1856-1880 - (Lebanon Public Library)
 * Online Index of Personal and Real Estate Sale Notices from 1870–73 - (Lebanon Public Library)

Vital Records

 * Boone County Vital Records (Linkpendium)

Marriage

 * 1800s-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at FindMyPast  $
 * 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1870-1873  Bride and Groom Online Indices of Marriage Notices from 1870–73 - Lebanon Public Library
 * 1930-1936 Boone County Marriage Index, Books 22 and 23, 1930-1936 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * Boone County Marriages, Boone County Genealogy (INGenWeb)

The following Marriage Notices are courtesy of the Lebanon Public Library (from the Lebanon Reporter Indices):


 * 1940-1999 Online Index of Vital Records (Including Obituaries) from 1940-1999

Death

 * 1750-1993 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1882-1920 Boone County Death Index (WPA) (INGenWeb)
 * 1882-1920 at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection
 * 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry - ($)

Divorce

 * 1830-1879 Boone County Divorce Records Divorces of Boone County, IN 1830-1879 - Lebanon Public Library
 * 1870  Boone County Divorce Notices Online Index of Divorce Notices appearing in 1870 - Lebanon Public Library
 * 1940-1999 Online Index of Vital Records (Including Obituaries) from 1940-1999 - Lebanon Public Library

Family History Centers

 * Brownsburg Indiana Family History Center

Libraries

 * Lebanon Public Library Heritage Center 104 East Washington Street Lebanon, IN 46052 Phone: 765-482-3460 Website: Heritage Center

Societies

 * Boone County Historical Society 404 W. Main Street PO Box 141 Lebanon, IN 46052-941 Website
 * Boone County Genealogical Society PO Box 83 Thorntown, IN 46071
 * Sullivan Museum and Genealogy Library 225 West Hawthorne Street Zionsville, IN Website
 * Jackson Township Historical Society PO Box 297 41 W. Main St. Jamestown, IN 46147 Phone: 765-676-5114
 * Sugar Creek Historical Society PO Box 23 Thorntown, IN 46071-0023 Phone: 765-436-2202
 * Zionsville Historical Society 635 W. Pine St. Zionsville, IN 46077-1637 Phone: 317-873-2547

Websites

 * Boone County Genealogy. Part of USGenWeb and INGenWeb projects.
 * Boone County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Boone County, Indiana History, Records, Facts and Genealogy - N2genealogy
 * Indiana State Digital Archives
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.