Sullivan County
This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Sullivan County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Sullivan County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.
"On February 7, 1850, a fire destroyed the court house of Sullivan County and virtually all it's records. Only one record of high genealogical value, a Complete Record Probate, 1845-1857, survived, with reference to estates dating from 1819"
Birth Records
Delayed birth records issued 1941-1959
Microfilm, Second Floor
WPA, Index to birth records, 1882-1920
Microfilm, Second Floor
Index to birth record, Sullivan County, Indiana, 1921-1941. [1989].
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952i
Death Records
Coroners inquests, 1901-1906
Microfilm, Second Floor
WPA, Index to death records, 1880-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952u
Marriage Records
Circuit Court Marriage Records
Vol. 29-30 1951-1957
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Applications
1905-1921
Microfilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records
1850-1908, 1915-1923
Microfilm, Second Floor
Marriage Returns
1882-1899, and index
Microfilm, Second Floor
Record of Marriages
1891-1899
Microfilm, Second Floor
Zerfas, Mrs. L.G., ...Marriage records, 1850-1852. 6pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 1
Franklin, Charles M.,...early marriage records, 1815-1857. c1984. 38 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952fr
Sullivan County Historical Society., Marriage records...1850-1902. [1982?]. 112, 6pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952mr
WPA, Index to marriage records, 1850-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952u
WPA, Index to supplemental record, marriage applications, 1880-1920 [?].
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952u
WPA, Index to supplemental record, marriage transcript, 1880-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952u
Deed Records
Deed Indexes
1850-1901(books 2-3 missing)
Microfilm, Second Floor
Deed Indexes
1850-1887
Microfilm, Second Floor
Deed Records
1850-1886
Record destroyed deeds [1853-1904] (re-recorded deeds)
Microfilm, Second Floor
Relief Deed Records
1851-1980 (shows testimony regarding deeds pre 2/1850)
Microfilm
Probate Records
Complete Records
1950-1953
Microfilm, Second Floor
Final Records
1845-1857; predates fire; includes reference to estates dating from 1819
Microfilm, Second Floor
General Index Probate Causes
1850-1917
Microfilm, Second Floor
Partition Records
1853-1940
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probate Indexes
1860-1901
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probate Order Books
[1853]-1919
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probate Records
Vol. 23 1919-1921 adds to order books 1853-1919?
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Will Records
Will Records
1850-1922
Microfilm, Second Floor
Wills
1846-1901
Microfilm, Second Floor
Franklin, Charles M., ... Will abstracts, 1844-1864.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952f
Will Abstracts, July 1844 - April 1855 (THG, vol. 21 #2, June 1981)
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
Cemetery and Church Records
Aydelotte, Mrs., Farnsworth cemetery....(From Sullivan Co. Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 4 #4, 1977). [2pp.]
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat no. 9
Buckley family plot in the town cemetery of Carlisle....1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 19
Burials in McClellan-Snyder cemetery....3pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 18
Burnett cemetery, Gill township... [8pp.].
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 15
Cooper, Marjore B., Hail-Hale cemetery. 1981. [4pp.].
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 16
Halberstadt, L.C., et al., Cemetery record of the old Harris cemetery located southeast of Fairbanks....2pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 5
Hoyt, Mrs. Leo, Cemetery records....1, Mt. Moriah cemetery. [1957]. 6pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 S952 no. 2
Indiana Historical Society., Cemetery records....17pts.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 S952 no. 1
Jeffers, Phoebe, Friendship cemetery, Farmersburg....2pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 3
Jewell, Mrs. Denver., Pirtle graveyard [also Lund cemetery of Greene Co. and Clayton of Sullivan]. [4pp.]
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 S952 no. 3
Johnson (Haddon township), Johnson (Turman township), and Paxton (Neal) cemeteries... (from Sycamore Leaves, vol. 5-6, 1974, 1975, 1976). [9pp.]
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 10
Johnson, Harold W., Letter to the editor concerning Walls cemetery....(From Sullivan Daily Times, July 21, 1978). 1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 13
List of soldiers in various graveyards near Carlisle. 3pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 17
Mt. Zion cemetery, Gill twp....[30pp.]
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 14
Morgan, Chloe S., A Minute book for the Christian Church on Busseron Creek record of the Christian Church at Palmers Prairie, Sullivan county....(From IMH, vol 47, 1951). [18pp.].
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.202 Puncat. no. 1
A Neglected graveyard. (From Sullivan Co. Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 4 #5, 1977). 1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat no. 11
Patterson, Leafy D., Tombstone inscriptions [incomplete] of Deckard cemetery....1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 6
Sole, Mrs. H.M., Grave markers, old town cemetery, Carlisle....[1968]. 7pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 S952 no. 4
Turman, Robert E., Church in the Wildwood (article on the Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Sullivan, Indiana Union, April 22, 1954). 1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. Suncat. no. 4
DAR, History of Carlisle Methodist Church, Carlisle....[1968]. 23, [31]pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.202 C283d
DAR, Old cemeteries....1954. [4pp.]
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952d
Maple, James B., Cemetery records of pioneer families buried in southern part of Sullivan County....1957. 29pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952m
Maple, Dr. J. B., Old cemetery records in southern Sullivan County...from the research notes of Mr. & Mrs. Geo. R. Miles. 58pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952o
Maple, James B., The Sullivan Methodist Church: the events leading to its origin and the church itself through the years.
[1981?]. 47 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952ms
Smallwood, Irene. Long's Chapel, 1891-1992. 47 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952sm
Some Wabash Valley cemeteries in Park, Sullivan and Vigo Counties, index.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 V689s
Sullivan County Historical Society., ....Cemetery records. 1983
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S592sc
Willis, Sharon, Cemeteries of Haddon township....[197-]. [12] leaves
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952w
Court Records
Court of Common Pleas, Civil Order Books
Vol. 1 1853-1860
Vol. B-G 1856-1873
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Circuit Court Civil Order Books
Vol. A-Z 1850-1886
Vol. 27-94 1886-1921
Vol. A 1850-1900
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Census Records
Miller, Ann., 1860 Federal census...1986.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952mi
History
Sullivan County Historical Society Newsletter. Volumes 1-9, 1974-1982.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 7
DAR, Historical data reported on the admission of Indiana to the Union from the files of the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, December 14, 1950, marking the 134 years of admittance also interesting items of descendants of pioneers of that time. 1958. 38pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952s
Land Records
Land record
1849-1933
Microfilm
Mortuary and Obituary Records
Obituaries, obsequies, and notices of deaths,.. 1870-1879. [1989?].
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952mo
Naturalization Records
Naturalization records, 1864-1906
Microfilm, Second Floor
Miscellaneous Records
Col. Dames of XVII Century, Abstracted from leading citizens and farmers' directory, Sullivan county....1986. 1977. 64pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 12
Curtis Gilbert's list for marks and brands on stock [taken from his account books at Fort Harrison...]. From Leaves of Thyme, vol. 20, 1969). 1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.202 Funcat. no. 1
"....The Names of men living in Sullivan county who have passed the 70th mile-stone". (Article from the Sullivan Democrat, Sullivan, vol. 28 #22, January 16, 1902). 2pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat no. 8
Poll list for Fairbanks township...for the year, 1934. 1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Suncat. no. 2
Pirtle, Judy. ... Index of names of persons and of firms...1981. 296 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 S952p
Many of the records identified on this page were initially selected by Carolynne L. Wendel Miller in her book, Indiana Sources for Genealogical Research in the Indiana State Library, published in 1984 by the Indiana Historical Society.
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