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Guide to Jennings County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County, Indiana
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Location of Indiana in the U.S.
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Founded	December 27, 1816
County Seat	Vernon
Courthouse
Address	Jennings County Courthouse 24 N. Pike Street P.O. Box 383 Vernon, IN 47282 Phone: 812.346.5907 Website
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Historical Facts

Populated Places

Boundary Changes

1816--Jennings County was created 27 December 1816 from Jefferson and Jackson Counties.^[1]

Neighboring Counties

• Bartholomew
• Decatur
• Jackson
• Jefferson
• Ripley
• Scott

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business Records

Cemeteries

Census Records

For tips on accessing Jennings County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.

• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Jennings County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

• Directory of Businesses in Jennings County, Indiana (1858, 1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

Histories

Local Histories

• Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. (Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, 1972.) FHL US/CAN Film 934899 Item 4 FHL Collection  other libraries   INTERNET ARCHIVE
  

• Jennings County Historical Society (Ind.). 2005. Jennings County, Indiana, 1816-1999. (Paducah, KY: Turner Pub.)   other libraries   Google books
  

• History of Jennings County - Linkpendium

Land and Property

Maps

• Family Maps of Jennings County, Indiana (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
• Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military Records

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Jennings County, Indiana (Source: Internet Archive)
• African American Veterans in Jennings County, Indiana (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Jennings 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 Jennings County.

• 6th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B, and Reorganized Companies G, and I
• 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company D
• 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies C, and L
• 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K, and Reorganized Company A
• 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 26th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
• 27th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
• 37th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies I, and K
• 82nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, E, and K
• 93rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and H
• 132nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company D
• 137th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company A
• 140th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 145th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and H
• 28th US Colored Troops, Company F, and Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

World War I ( The Great War ), 1914-1918

• Gold Star Honor Roll (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Jennings County (Source: Explore Ancestry.com) ($)

World War II

• Jennings County, Indiana World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate Records

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Jennings County Indiana Courthouse.jpg

P.O. Box 383
Vernon, IN 47282
Phone: 812.346.5907

County Clerk has marriage and probate records
(in the court house as shown above).
County Recorder has land records.
County Health Department has birth and death records. ^[2]

The County Recorder and County Health Department are located at 200 Brown Street, Vernon, In 47282

County Recorder's phone number is 812-352-3053.

County Health Department's phone number 812-352-3053.

Archives

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• North Vernon Indiana Family History Center

School Records

Taxation

Vital Records

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

Birth Records

Marriage Records

• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con $
  

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992  - FamilySearch
  

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959  - FamilySearch
  

Death Records

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Voter Registration

• USGenWeb project for Jennings County. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
  
• Family History Library Catalog
• Jennings County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Jennings County, Indiana 214 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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