Johnson County, Indiana Genealogy

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Parent County
1822--Johnson County was created 31 December 1822 from unorganized territory. County seat: Franklin

Record Loss
May 1849 and December 1874 -- 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

 * Bartholomew
 * Brown
 * Marion
 * Morgan
 * Shelby

Local Histories

 * Banta, D. D. 1970. History of Johnson County Indiana: from the earliest time to the present with biographical sketches, notes, etc. together with a short history of the Northwest, the Indiana territory and the state of Indiana. (Evansville, In: Unigraphic.)  977.2 H2hj FHL US/CAN Book    other libraries   INTERNET ACHIVE  Google books


 * Branigin, Elba L. 1913. History of Johnson County, (Indiana. Indianapolis, In: B.F. Bowen &amp; Co.) other libraries INTERNET ARCHIVE

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Johnson 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 Johnson County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Companies L, and M
 * 3rd Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G
 * 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company F
 * 7th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies F, and H
 * 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and I
 * 13th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and F
 * 18th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
 * 19th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Companies G, and I
 * 26th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 27th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 70th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies I, and K
 * 114th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, all of Companies A-D
 * 132nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company G
 * 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, D, E, H, and K
 * 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * "Johnson County And Civil War" Chapter 14 in Branigin, Elba L. 1913. History of Johnson County, (Indiana. Indianapolis, In: B.F. Bowen &amp; Co.), ( page 420-485; diaries and letter written from the front) other libraries INTERNET ARCHIVE

Web Sites

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