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This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Clark County family history resources available at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Clark County family history resources by county are added, this page will be updated.

Birth Records

Births, 1882-1893, 1897-1907
Microfilm, Second Floor

WPA. Index to Birth Records, 1882-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C593u

Death Records

WPA. Index to Death records, 1882-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C593u

Marriage Records

Marriage Indexes
Volumes 1-6, 1815-1821
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Marriage Index
Vol. 7-14
1921-1952
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Marriage Records
Volumes A-X, Volumes 1-52, 1801-1920
Microfilm, Second Floor

Marriage Records
Vol. 54-181, 1921-1951
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Marriages, 1808-1901
Microfilm, Second Floor

Marriages, 1807-1824
Indiana Magazine of History (1945-1947), vols. 41, 42, 43
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Cuncat. no. 10
also Indiana Division, 977.2 I39

Burtt, Lora J. Marriage record "A" of Clark County, State of Indiana, for years 1808-1820, pages 1 to 41 incl. and marriage record "B" (incomplete) of Clark County, State of Indiana, for years 1820-1822, pages 41 to 50 incl. [and] index, pages 51 to 99, incl. 1956. 99 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592b

Slevin, Ruth M. Clark County ... marriage records (1825-1897). 1971-1973. 4 volumes.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C593s

WPA. Index to marriage records, 1905-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C593u

Deed Records

Deed Indexes, 1801-1900
Microfilm, Second Floor

Deed Record
Volume 1-92, 1801-1901
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Indexes (Grantee), 1801-1910
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Indexes (Grantor)
Volumes A-G, 1801-1910
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Probate Records

Partitions, 1853-1867, 1880-1949
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Probate Indexes, 1852-1892 (incomplete)
Microfilm, Second Floor

Probate Records
Volumes C-Z, Volumes 1-8 (part), 1835-1897
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Probate Records
Volumes 11-30, 1899-1919
Microfilm, Second Floor

Probate Order Book
Volume E, 1843-1852
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Probates, 1815-1825
Microfilm, Second Floor

Will Records

Will Records
Volumes E-K, 1865-1907
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Wills, 1801-1833, 1852-1855, 1877-1895
Microfilm, Second Floor

Wills, 1801-1833 (abstracts)
Indiana Magazine of History (1939-1940), vols. 35, 36
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Cuncat. no. 9
also Indiana Division, 977.2 I39

Riker, Dorothy. Abstracts of wills and executors' records, 1801-1833, and marriage records, 1807-1824. 1969. 57, X pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592r

Cemetery and Church Records

Atkinson, Mr. & Mrs. Charles O. Smith cemetery, Silver Creek township. 4 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Cuncat. no. 6

Bower, Mrs. Buford E. "Cemetery marker is memorial to Bowyers." 1974. 1 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Cuncat. no. 7

Greear, William R. [cemetery records]. (Part 1, Staples Cemetery, 1971, [2 pp.]).
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 C596 no. 6

Hudson, Roy D. "Barnes Community House" cemetery ... 2 miles east of Nabb. 1949. 2 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Cuncat. no. 3

Indiana Historical Society. [cemetery records]. 34 parts.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 C596 no. 1

Indiana Junior Historical Society. cemetery records. (Part 1, Old Borden Town, Pleasant Ridge, Mt. Moriah, Mt. Lebanon, Mountain Grove, Ebenezer, Swayback, Bowery, Forest Grave or Wiley's Chapel, Johnson family (Borden), McKinley-Packwood, Hosea family). 1971.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 C596 no. 7

Kiser, W. H. List of cemeteries. n.d. 8 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 C596 no. 3

Noe, Ada M. Salem Methodist Church Cemetery. [4 pp.]
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 C596 no. 2

St. Clair, James O. Inscriptions on remaining gravestones in private cemetery known as St. Clair graveyard, Henryville. 1954. 4 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Cuncat. no. 11

Van Hook, James M. cemetery records of soldiers. 1947. 9 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Cuncat. no. 1

Van Hook, James M. cemetery records (Silver Creek, Mt. Zion, Sylvester family, Hale family and Stewart family). 9 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Cuncat. no. 2

Aldridge, Alvin Mather. town of Utica Cemetery, Clark Co. Indiana : also the Burtt Cemetery. 1979? 21 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592a

Southern Indiana Genealogical Society. Clark County Cemetery and church records. 1998. 72 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592cc

Zuverink, Vicky Thresher. Ross Cemetery, Bethlehem Township, Clark County, Indiana. 1985. [16] leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592z

Census Records

Henley, Diane Eden. Clark County 1860 census.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592h

Court Records

Alien Record, 1845-1852
Microfilm, Second Floor

Appraisals and Estates of Jonathan Jennings (1833-1840)
Microfilm, Second Floor

Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas Records, 1801-1820, 1824-1831
Microfilm, Second Floor

Circuit Court General Index of Civil Order Books
A-1 (Plaintiffs)
R-Z (Plaintiffs)
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Commissioners Records, 1785-1820, 1817-1828, 1832-1852
Microfilm, Second Floor

Common Pleas Court General Index of Order Books
Vol. 1-6
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Court of Common Pleas Civil Order Books
Vol. 1-89, 1853-1921
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Court of Quarterly Sessions, Minute Book, 1801-1808
Microfilm, Second Floor

Court Order Book, 1807-1813
Microfilm, Second Floor

Court Records, Jeffersonville, Indiana: July 4th, 1803 - July 4th, 1808.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592co

DAR. Index to court records of Clark County, Indiana, 1801-1805, 1808-1820, 1832-1835. 63 leaves. 1996.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592i

History

McCoy, W.H. The Pioneer Families of Clark County, 1885. 1967. [10] pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 C596 no. 5

DAR. Historical and Genealogical Records. Collected by Mrs. Julia D. Waugh. 1929. 39, [12] pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592da

Land Records

Gibson, Thomas W. Clark's Grant, abstracts for each grant, purchases, and sales, up to about 1849.
Microfilm, Second Floor

Clark, William. Official Plat of Clark's Grant ... 1789-1810. 1925. n.p. Index, 65 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C593c

Naturalization Records

Declaration of Intention, 1853-1888
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

Record, 1888-1928
MiCrofilm, Second Floor

School Records

Seminary Record (Charlestown), 1830-1851.
Microfilm, Second Floor

Cook, Claude E. School Enumeration ... (1884 Monroe Township). 1 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 C596 no. 5

Voter Records

A list of voters of Clark County, Indiana territory, 1802.
National Genealogical Society Quarterly (1915), vol. 111, no. 4
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Cuncat. no. 8

Voters, 1802
Indiana Magazine of History (1915), vol. 11
Genealogy Division, 977.2 I39

Voters, 1809
The Hoosier Genealogist (Jan.-Feb., Mar.-Apr. 1962)
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789

Miscellaneous

Estray Book, 1802-1818
Microfilm, Second Floor

Memorial to the U.S. Congress ... from militia serving for the expedition to Tippecanoe, Sept. 11, 1811 ... seeking compensation for the loss of provisions and property. 3 pp.
Genealogy Division, p. f. 977.201 Cuncat. no. 5

Estray Book, 1801-1817
The Hoosier Genealogist (Jan.-Mar. 1975) vol. 15, no. 1
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789

DAR. Bible Records ... 1956. 89 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592db

DAR. Miscellaneous records, Clark County, Fountain County, Jefferson County, Indiana. 1986. 225, 114 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592mi

Darlington, Jane E. Clark County [Estray records, 1813-1817, 1817-1818, 1822-1832].
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592d

McCoy, W. H. Early families of Clark County, 1886.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592mc

Negro Slaves, 1805-1810.
The Hoosier Genealogist (Sept. 1977) vol. 17, no. 3
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789

Walker, David Caldwell. New Washington and surrounding townships, Clark County, Indiana, births, marriages, deaths, and happenings about 1880-1962. 1992. 89, 9 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 C592w

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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