Warren County, Indiana Genealogy

United States

Indiana

Warren County

Guide to Warren County, Indiana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Indiana Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Williamsport Organized: March 1, 1827 Parent County(s): Fountain Neighboring Counties Benton • Tippecanoe • Fountain • Vermillion • Iroquois (IL) • Vermilion (IL) See County Maps Courthouse Location Map

County Information

Description

Warren County was named for Dr. Joseph Warren, who was killed in 1775 at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The county is located in the west-central part of the state.

County Courthouse

Warren County Courthouse
125 N Monroe Street
Williamsport, IN 47993
Phone: 765-762-3510
County Website

Fountain-Warren County Health Department
113 W Sycamore St
Attica, IN 47918
Health Officer: Sean Sharma, MD
Phone: 877-339-9567
Fax: 765-762-6520
Email: fwhealthdept@gmail.com
Fountain County Health Department

County Clerk has marriage and divorce records from 1827, probate records from 1829 and court records from 1828.
County Recorder has land records from 1827.
County Health Department has birth and death records from 1882.
Health Department has birth records and death records.
Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Warren County, Indiana Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1882	1827	1882	1828	1827	1829	1807
*Statewide registration for births in 1907 and deaths in Oct 1899. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss

January 20, 1907 -- The Courthouse at Williamsport was destroyed by fire on Sunday, January 20, 1907. All the records but those of the commissioners were saved. For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see: Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle. When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog. Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki. List of counties in the United States with Record Loss

Boundary Changes

Parent Counties: Formed 19 January 1827 from Fountain County. County seat: Williamsport Indiana Individual County Chronologies - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county Indiana Historical Borders - Map at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; Also at: mapofus.org - animated maps illustrating Indiana county boundary changes

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Towns
Pine Village State Line City	West Lebanon	Williamsport
Unincorporated communities
Carbondale Foster Green Hill Hedrick Independence	Johnsonville Judyville Kramer Marshfield Pence	Rainsville Stewart Tab Winthrop
Townships
Adams Jordan Kent Liberty	Medina Mound Pike Pine	Prairie Steuben Warren Washington
Ghost towns
Baltimore Banning Corner Black Rock Brisco Chatterton Chesapeake Dresser	Five Points Glen Cliff Hooker Corner Kickapoo Locust Grove Mudlavia Springs Old Town	Point Pleasant Romine Corner Sloan Sycamore Corner Walnut Grove Warrenton

Resources

Bible Records

• Bible Records at INGenWeb

Biographies

• Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Warren County, Indiana online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	BillionGraves Find a Grave INGenWeb Archives RecordAGrave Index
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	FamilySearch Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	FamilySearch Places Find a Grave
See Indiana Cemeteries for more information.

Census Records

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

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1830	2,861	—
1840	5,656	97.7%
1850	7,387	30.6%
1860	10,057	36.1%
1870	10,204	1.5%
1880	11,497	12.7%
1890	10,955	−4.7%
1900	11,371	3.8%
1910	10,899	−4.2%
1920	9,699	−11.0%
1930	9,167	−5.5%
1940	9,055	−1.2%
1950	8,535	−5.7%
1960	8,545	0.1%
1970	8,705	1.9%
1980	8,976	3.1%
1990	8,176	−8.9%
2000	8,419	3.0%
2010	8,508	1.1%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

• Early Settlers of Warren County at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Warren County, Indiana (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Church Records

Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Indiana Church Records.
List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Johnsonville

Court Records

• 1818-1954 Indiana Court Cases at MyHeritage — index ($)
• 1827-1920 Warren County Circuit Court Civil Order Book, 1827-1920(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1828-1912 Warren County Circuit Court Complete Record, 1828-1912(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1828-1975 Index to Disposal of Cases in Warren Circuit Court, 1828-1975(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1853-1881 Common Pleas Court Complete Record, 1853-1881, and Civil Causes Order Books, 1853-1873(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Directories

• 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary

• Directory of Businesses in Warren County, Indiana (1868) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Funeral Homes

• Grady Funeral Home in Williamsport.

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. See Indiana Land and Property for additional information about early Indiana land grants and patents.

After land was transferred from the government to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded at the Warren County courthouse, where records are currently housed.

Online Land Indexes and Records

• Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Warren County. County histories may include biographies; church, school and government histories; and military information. For more information about local histories, see Indiana Local Histories.

• Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. 1883. Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($); At various libraries (WorldCat).
• Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties, Indiana. 1913. By Thomas A. Clifton. Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen. Online at: Vol. 1 - Internet Archive, Vol. 2 - Internet Archive; At various libraries (WorldCat). Vol. 1 contains historical material; vol. 2 contains biographical material.

Maps and Gazetteers

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for more resources

• Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Indiana
• Historic Indiana Maps at IUPUI University Library
• FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

• Military Record Series Index at Indiana Digital Archives

Civil War
Civil War service men from Warren 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 Warren County.

• 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
• 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
• 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
• 33rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and I
• 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and E
• 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 116th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company H
• 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company B
• 150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, G, and H
• 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, E, and G

Civil War Book:

• Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey Co, 2008.) also (Digital images of original published: Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1994. viii, 810 p.: ill., ports. 28 cm. The original is a reprint. It was originally published: Chicago: F.A. Battey, 1883.) Available at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive

Databases

• Residents of Warren County who Died in the Civil War (1861-1865) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

World War I

• 1919 Indiana, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

• Naturalization Record Series (for this county) at Indiana Digital Archives. Search by names.

Newspapers

Indiana newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.

For more Indiana newspaper information see the wiki page Indiana Newspapers.

• 1800s-Current Indiana, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)

Probate Records

In most counties in Indiana, probate records have been kept by the county clerk of the circuit court. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the Warren County courthouse. For more information, see Indiana Probate Records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records 1798-1999 at Ancestry ($)
• 1820-1878 Index to Disposal of Cases, Warren County Common Pleas Court, ca. 1820-1878(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1820-1920 Common Pleas Probate Court Order Book and Complete Record, 1831-1920 ; General Index, 1820-1878(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1829-1852 Probate Record, Order Book, 1829-1852(*); Probate Court (Warren County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1830-1858 Warren County, Indiana, Wills Abstracts, 1830-1858. By Leath, Wilbur T., Mrs. Danville, Illinois : Heritage House, n.d. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• 1830-1928 Will Records, 1830-1928(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1850-1899 Probate Records, 1850-1899(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1853-1912 Records of Accounts Current, and Reports of Administrators, Executors and Guardians(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1901-1908 Index to Disposed-of Administrations and Guardianships, 1901-1908(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

School Records

• Directory of Teachers for Warren County (1936) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

Indiana tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Indiana Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Indiana law in 1882 required registration of births and deaths in counties. The Indiana Department of Health has birth records filed after October 1907 and death records filed after January 1900 for deaths. Copies may be obtained from the county health department or the Indiana State Division of Vital Records.

Marriage

• 1780-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Also at: MyHeritage ($)
• 1800-2007 Indiana, United States Marriages at Findmypast ($)
• 1802-1892 Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892 at Ancestry ($)
• 1811-1959 Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
• 1811-2007 Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Death

• Pre-1882 WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 at Ancestry - index, (Free collection)
• 1750-1993 Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
  
• 1882-1920 Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
  
• 1899-2011 Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 at Ancestry ($)

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Warren County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.

FamilySearch Centers

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Crawfordsville Indiana FamilySearch Center
• Danville Illinois FamilySearch Center
• West Lafayette Indiana FamilySearch Center
• Danville Public Library (Illinois) - an affiliate library.
• Otterbein Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Warren County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.

West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library
200 N High St
PO 277
West Lebanon, IN 47991-0277
Phone: 765-893-4605
Email: westleblibrary@hotmail.com
Website

Williamsport-Washington Township Public Library
Indiana Room
28 E 2nd St
Williamsport, IN 47993
Phone: 765-762-6555
Email: cbrown@wwtpl.lib.in.us
Website

Societies

Listed below are societies in Warren County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Indiana Societies.

Warren County Indiana Historical Society
12 Midway St
PO Box 176
Williamsport, IN 47993
Phone: 765-893-4605
Email: wargoterri@gmail.com
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Websites

• Warren County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Indiana Digital Archives Search by name in all records or specific collections
• Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections Extensive - keyword searches suggested
• Indiana Memory Click the map or select a statewide collection
• List of indexes and databases at Indiana State Library
• Indiana Genealogical Society Databases Select a county
• USGenWeb, Warren County
• INGenWeb, Warren County
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