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County Courthouse

Tipton County Courthouse
101 E Jefferson
Tipton, IN 46072
Phone: 765.675.2795

County Clerk has marriage records from 1844,
divorce, probate, and court house records from 1850. ^[1]

History

• Marvin W. Pershing , Tipton County, Indiana history, 1914 Facsim. of History of Tipton County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions --Indianapolis, Indiana : B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914,( Kokomo, Indiana : Selby Publishing & Printing, c1985) 977.255 H2p v.1&v.2 FHL Collection Other Libary
  

• Blanchard, Charles. 2010. Counties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana: historical and biographical. (Salem, Mass: Higginson Book Co.)  977.2 H2bL FHL US/CAN Book  FHL Collection  other libraries    FamilySearch Books Online    INTERNET ARCHIVE
  

• History of Tipton County, Indiana - Linkpendium

Parent County

1844--Tipton County was created 15 January 1844 from Hamilton, Cass and Miami Counties.
County seat: Tipton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Clinton
• Grant
• Hamilton
• Howard
• Madison

Resources

Cemeteries

• A cemetery index of Tipton County can be found at http://tiptongenealogy.blogspot.com/.  The index was compiled from 1978-1980, so any burials after that are not listed.

Census

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

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

Church

Court

Directories

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

Land

Local Histories

• Pershing, M. W. History of Tipton County, Indiana, 1914. ( [Kokomo, Ind.] (3405 Zartman Rd., Kokomo 46902): Selby Pub. & Print, 1985.),  977.255 H2p  FHL Collection   other libraries   Google books
  

• Biographical and Genealogical History of Cass, Miami, Howard and Tipton Counties, Indiana. (La Crosse WI: Brookhaven Press, 2003.)  other library   Hathi Trust Digital Library

Maps

• Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Marriages

• A marriage index of Tipton County can be found at http://tiptongenealogy.blogspot.com/. The index contains marriages from 1844 - 1930.

Military

• See Military Records and Histories - Linkpendium

Civil War

Civil War service men from Tipton 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 Tipton County.

• 1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery, Company L
• 8th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies G, L, and M
• 11th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company F
• 26th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 47th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
• 101st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 132nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F
• 140th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 153rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K

• A list of Civil War soldiers buried in Tipton County can be found at http://www.tiptonpl.lib.in.us/pages/cwburied.pdf

Civil War Book

• "Military," Chaper 17 in Pershing, M. W. History of Tipton County, Indiana, 1914. ( [Kokomo, Ind.] (3405 Zartman Rd., Kokomo 46902): Selby Pub. & Print, 1985.), (page 141-165), 977.255 H2p  FHL Collection   other libraries

Newspapers

• The Tipton Daily Tribune is available online at tiptonpl.newspaperarchive.com.  It is has all available issues through 1971. 

Pictures

• A collection of over 400 images of Tipton County can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiptongenealogy.  The originals are archived at the Tipton County Public Library.

Probate

School Records

• Directory of Teachers for Tipton County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Alumni of Tipton High School (1876-1907) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
  

Taxation

Vital Records

• A full index of Cemetery, Marriage, and Obituary records can be found online at the Tipton County Public Library webpage.

• 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

Societies and Libraries 

• Tipton County Public Library contains an extensive local genealogy collection and will scan and email obituaries for free.
• Tipton County Historical Society

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.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Tipton County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Tipton County Public Library Genealogy - Digitized Newspapers, Cemeteries, Marriages, Obituaries, and Pictures

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tipton County, Indiana 217 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).