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County Courthouse

Green County Courthouse
 PO Box 229;
Bloomfield, IN 47424;
Phone: 812.384.8532

County Clerk has marriage, divorce and court records from 821
probate records from 1823 and naturalization records 1854-1906.
County Recorder has land records from 1824, military records
and some cemetery records. County Health Department has.
birth records from 1885 and death records from 1893. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1821--Greene County was created 5 January 1821 from Daviess and Sullivan Counties.
County seat: Bloomfield ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Clay
• Daviess
• Knox
• Lawrence
• Martin
• Monroe
• Owen
• Sullivan

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

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

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Linton

Court

Directories

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

Land

Local Histories

• Caperton, Neda.Index of Names in the Sullivan County Section of History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, Indiana, 1884.( [Indianapolis]: Indiana Historical Society Library, 1972.)  977.242 H2hi FHL US/CAN  FamilySearch Books Online (History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, Indiana, 1884); FHL Collection  other library  

• "The History of Greene County Indiana 1884" 
  

Maps

Military

• African American Veterans in Greene County, Indiana (1890) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Civil War

Civil War service men from Greene 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 Greene County

• 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company I
• 2nd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company B
• 13th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company F
• 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C, and Reorganized Company H
• 29th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 31st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and H
• 43rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companied A, D, and E
• 80th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K 
• 85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Compank K
• 97th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, C, E, F, G, and I
• 115th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company A
• 133rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company I
• 140th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 145th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, and I
• 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
• 149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, F, G, and K
• 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
  

Civil War Book

• "Military History of Greence County" Chaper 8, 9, 10, in Caperton, Neda.Index of Names in the Sullivan County Section of History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, Indiana, 1884. ( [Indianapolis]: Indiana Historical Society Library, 1972.) (page 115-181, Regiment, Companies, Names),  977.242 H2hi FHL US/CAN  FamilySearch Books Online (History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, Indiana, 1884); FHL Collection  other lirary

Newspapers

Occupations

• Roster of Civilian Conservation Corps, Jasonville, Greene County, Indiana (1938) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Probate

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)
  

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

• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992  - FamilySearch
  

• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959  - FamilySearch
  

• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Other Records

• Roster of Civilian Conservation Corps, Worthington, Greene County, Indiana (1938) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers 

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Linton Indiana Family History Center

Web Sites

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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Greene County, Indiana 213 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).