Boone County, Indiana Genealogy

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Parent County
1830--Boone County was created 29 January 1830 from Hendricks and Marion Counties. County seat: Lebanon 

Record Loss
October 1856 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Clinton
 * Hamilton
 * Hendricks
 * Marion
 * Montgomery

Cemeteries
Mts. Run Baptist Cemetery is near Labanon, Boone, Indiana, USA.

Local Histories

 * 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.) FHL US/CAN Film 934898 Items 3-4   other library    INTERNET ARCHIVE

Military
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

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Boone County men in The Civil War


 * Commissioned Office on page 179 Internet Archive
 * List of Non-Commissioned Office and Privates on page 181-202 Internet Archive [2]
 * Roll Of Honor - page 208-209 Internet Archive [2]

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.), (page 175-211; Name's, Regiment, Company), FHL US/CAN Film 934898 Items 3-4    other library    INTERNET ARCHIVE

Vital Records

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

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Boone 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