Crawford County, Indiana Genealogy

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Parent County
1818--Crawford County was created 29 January 1818 from Orange,Harrison and Perry Counties. County seat: English 

Neighboring Counties

 * Dubois
 * Harrison
 * Meade County, Kentucky
 * Orange
 * Perry
 * Washington

Local Histories

 * Pleasant, Hazen Hayes. 1926. A history of Crawford County, Indiana. (Greenfield, Ind: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co.) 977.228 H2p FHL US/CAN Book    other libraies   ancestry.com$


 * 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  other libraries  INTERNET ARCHIVE


 * Crawford County, Indiana: History - Linkpendium

Military
Civil War

Civil War service men from Crawford County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Crawford County.


 * 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company E
 * 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company F
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company H
 * 13th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company I
 * 17th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
 * 23rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H
 * 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and K
 * 49th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and H
 * 51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
 * 52nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company D
 * 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
 * 66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
 * 81st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and H
 * 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
 * 144th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
 * 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops

Civil War Books


 * "Civil War" Chapter 14 in Pleasant, Hazen Hayes. 1926. A history of Crawford County, Indiana. (Greenfield, Ind: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co.), (page 229-306, Regiment, Companies, Name's, history of Knight of Golden Circle), 977.228 H2p FHL US/CAN Book    other libraies   ancestry.com$

Vital Records

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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