Posey County
This page is under development and is NOT a complete listing of all Posey County family history resources available in the Genealogy Division at the Indiana State Library at this time. As new Posey County family history resources are added, this page will be updated.
Birth Records
Births
1882-1907
Microfilm, Second Floor
Delayed Birth Records
Sept. 1941 - Feb. 1976
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
WPA, Index to birth records, 1882-1920
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Death Records
Posey County, Indiana Coroner's inquest book, 1880-1938.
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WPA, Index to death records, 1882-1920
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Marriage Records
Marriage Affidavits
February 1876 - April 1905
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Applications
Vol. 1, June 1909 - Sept. 1921
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Records
Vol. 1 & 2, January 1815 - Vol. 17 April, 1923
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriage Returns
Vol. 1, March 1882 - December 1894
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Marriages
1815-1846
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR, Marriage records...1815-1825. 1949-53. 2 vols.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 P855 no. 2
...Marriage returns, 1899-1900.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 Puncat. no. 1
Cox, Carroll O., Marriage returns of northern of [sic] Posey County. 2000. 172 leaves.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855cm
Marriages, 1814-1831 (THG, vol. 11 #2, Apr.-June 1971).
Genealogy Division, 977.2 H789
Phillips, J. Oscar, ...Marriage records, 1814-1831. 1980. 70pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855phi
Slevin, Ruth M., ...Marriages...1832-1846. [1974?]. 36, 36pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855s
WPA, Index to marriage records, 1847-1920.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855u
WPA, Index to supplemental record, and marriage applications, 1850-1920
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WPA, Index to supplemental record marriage transcripts 1880-1920.
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Deed Records
Deed Records
Vol. A-Z, Jan. 1815 - Jan. 1864
Vol. 1-38, Mar. 1863 - Mar. 1902
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Indexes Grantor and Grantee
Vol 1-8, 1816-1908
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Deeds
1812-1832
Microfilm, Second Floor
Probate Records
Complete Order Books
Vol. A-E, Aug. 1826 - Aug. 1852
Vol. 1-3, Jan. 1853 - June 1859
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Order Books
Vol. A-G, Jan. 1815 - Aug. 1852
Vol. 1-33, Nov. 1852 - May 1918
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Partition Records
Vol. 1-3, Oct. 1853 - May 1869
Vol. 1-3, Nov. 1892 - Aug. 1907
Vol. 1-3, Nov. 1872 - Feb. 1962
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Probate order book
1815-1834
Microfilm, Second Floor
DAR, Index of ... probate records, Abbott to Allison. 8pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Puncat. no. 2
Cox, Carroll., Posey County Probate, Mt. Vernon, 2v. 1994.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855cp
Index to ...probate records boxes (1-1713)
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855i
Will Records
Will Records
Vol. A-B, Feb. 1816 - Nov. 1852
Vol. 1-4, Jan. 1852 - Dec. 1923
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Wills
1816-1852
Microfilm, Second Floor
Some Wills of Posey County
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855cow
Cemetery and Church Records
Bethel Baptist Church list of members taken from the book of minutes, 1820.... [5pp.]
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Puncat no. 3
Cemetery records. 1953
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Cox, Carroll B., [Cemetery records...]. 2pts. - 115, 121pp.
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Cox, Carroll O., ...Cemetery records, 1814-1979. 1979. 477, 106pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855cop
Cox, Carroll O., Posey and Gibson county...cemetery records (and a few scattered records from Daviess, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties....). n.d. 2pts.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 P855 no. 5
Cox, Carroll O., ...Cemetery records (Beech, Dixon, Greathouse, Johnson, Laurel Hill, Mt. Pleasant, Unnamed-Mt. Vernon). 1967. v.p.
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List of cemeteries.... [8pp.].
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Puncat. no. 4
Maple Hill cemetery....(From General. Ref. Builders Newsletter, vol 2). 1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Puncat. no. 11
Miller, Mrs. Don E. Smith cemetery, Smith township....1976. [3pp.]
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Puncat. no. 5
Persons buried in Harmonie on the Wabash [New Harmony...]. 1pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.202 Nuncat. no. 1
Cox, Gloria M., Additional ...cemetery records (with inscriptions from scattered cemeteries in Illinois, Kentucky, Warrick and Spencer counties, Indiana). 1976. [139pp.].
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Cemetery records Posey County burials, 2v.
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Census Records
Barrett, Lela M., 13 census of the U.S. ... Posey County, 1910.
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Cox, Gloria M., Genealogical data on men in 1820 census... 1972. n.p.
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Free inhabitants in Harmony township in Harmony township in the county...enumerated...[August...1850...]. (From IMH, vol. 42, 1946). 30pp.
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McConnell, Darlene., ....1870 U.S. census index. 1994. 421 pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855mcc
McConnell, Darlene., ....1920 U.S. census index. 1996. 116 pp.
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Court Records
Circuit court order book
1815-1829
Microfilm, Second Floor
Commissioners record, 1817-1855
Microfilm, Second Floor
Notation from volume 3 of the Posey county Recorder's book relating to the "Farmer's Elevator Co. of Mt. Vernon, Indiana". [3pp].
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Puncat. no. 7
Cox, Gloria M., ...Court record. 1974. 1 vol.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855co
Cox, Gloria M., Miscellaneous...court records. 1976. 290, [116pp.].
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Cox, Gloria M., Probate docket... 1815-1818.
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Index to ...civil records, 2v., 1987?
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Name of persons granting "power of attorney" to Frederick Rapp, May 1, 1824. Trans. by Harry O. Garman...1940. 13pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855n
WPA, Commissioners' record...1820-1829....2vols.
Indiana Historical Society Library
Family Records
Bloomfield, Tom., Posey County, Indiana index of names of persons...
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855b
History
Cox, Carroll O. & Gloria M., ... A documented history, 1815-1900. 1982. 2 vols. (Contains probate records, divorce records, tax lists, poor farm inmates for 1900 etc.).
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855capc
Cox, Carroll O., Some early settlers.... 36pp.
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 P855 no. 6
Cox, Gloria M., History of Robb, Smith, Harmony, Center townships....1955. 12pp.
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Cox, Gloria M., History of Robb, Smith, Harmony, Center townships....1955. 12pp.
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Young, Otis E., Personnel of the Rappite community of Harmony... in... 1824 (From IMH, vol. 47, 1951).
Genealogy Division, p.f.977.201 Puncat. no. 1
Cox, Carroll O. & Gloria M., ...A documented history, 1815-1900. 1982. 2 vols.(Contains probate records, divorce records, tax lists, poor farm inmates for 1900, etc.).
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855capc
Land Records
Cox, Gloria M., Some...first land purchases. 1981. v.p.
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Sectional map of Rob township... showing landowners
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Sectional map of Smith township, Posey County... showing boundaries.
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Military Records
Military history....[18pp.].
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Roberts, Sharon. Revolutionary War ancestors...
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Mortuary and Obituary Records
Cox, Carroll O., Poseyville, Indiana newspaper obituaries, 1884-1960.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855c
Murphy, Thelma M., Obituaries and local news from the Poseyville (Indiana) News, October 27, 1944 to December 27, 1946. 1981?. [51pp.]
Genealogy Division, 977.202 P855m
Naturalization Records
Naturalization Records
April 1854 - July 1924
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
Newspapers
Cox, Gloria M., New Harmony, Indiana, newspaper gleanings. [1980?]. 3 vols. (1825-1943). (also 1980 ed. of 268pp.)
Genealogy Division, 977.202 N5325c
"It was written" [extracts from newspapers 1800-1932].
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855it
McConnell, Darlene., Newspaper clippings...Vol. 1, 1868 - 1957. 2003. 328pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855mn
School Records
....School petitions, 1833. [35pp].
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Puncat. no. 6
Tax Records
Darlington, Jane E., ...Tax duplicate list, 1842. [1982]. 99pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855d
Miscellaneous Records
Notation from volume 3 of the Posey county Recorder's book relating to the "Farmer's Elevator Company of Mt. Vernon, Indiana". [3pp.]
Genealogy Division, p.f. 977.201 Puncat. no. 7
Cox, Carroll O., We the people of north central..., 1993. 321pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855cc
[Cox, Gloria M.], Misc.... information. [1980?]. [98pp.]
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855m
Posey County, Indiana Miscellaneous records, 1986. 10pp.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855pc
Posey County, Indiana, Orphans listings found in commissioner records 1898-1946.
Genealogy Division, 977.201 P855poo
Register of Negroes and Mulattoes
Aug. 1853 - May 1855
MiCrofilm, Second Floor
WPA, Commissioners' record... 1820-1829....2vols.
Indiana Historical Society Library
Many of the records identified on this page were initially selected by Carolynne L. Wendel Miller in her book, Indiana Sources for Genealogical Research in the Indiana State Library, published in 1984 by the Indiana Historical Society.
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