Warrick County, Indiana Genealogy

United States

Indiana

Warrick County

Guide to Warrick 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: Boonville Organized: April 30, 1813 Parent County(s): Knox Neighboring Counties Spencer • Dubois • Pike • Gibson • Vanderburgh • Henderson (KY) • Daviess (KY) See County Maps Courthouse Location Map

County Information

Description

Warrick County was named for Captain Jacob Warrick, an Indiana militia company commander killed in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. The county is located in the southwestern area of the state.

County Courthouse

Warrick County Courthouse
107 W Locust St
Boonville, IN 47601
Phone: 812-897-6160
County Website

Warrick County Health Department
107 W Locust St, Suite 204
Boonville, IN, 47601
Health Officer: Ricky Yeager, DO
Phone: 812-897-6105
Fax: 812-897-6104
Health Department

County Health Department has birth, death and burial records.
County Clerk has marriage records from 1819, divorce, court and probate records from 1813.
County Records has land records.
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.

Warrick 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	1819	1882	1813	1813	1813	1807
*Statewide registration for births in 1907 and deaths in Oct 1899. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

Parent Counties: Formed 9 March 1813 from Knox County. County Seat: Boonville 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:

Cities
Boonville
Towns
Chandler Elberfeld	Lynnville Newburgh	Tennyson
Unincorporated communities
Ash Iron Springs Baugh City Bullocktown Camp Brosend Castle Garden Center Dayville De Gonia Springs Dickeyville Eames Eby Fisherville Folsomville	Graham Valley Greenbrier Heilman Hemenway Hillcrest Terrace Jarretts Jockey Loafers Station Millersburg New Hope Paradise Pelzer Red Bush	Rolling Acres Rosebud Rustic Hills Saint John Scalesville Selvin Stanley Stevenson Turpin Hill Vanada Victoria Wheatonville Yankeetown
Townships
Anderson Boon Campbell Greer	Hart Lane Ohio Owen	Pigeon Skelton

Resources

Bible Records

• Bible and Family Records of Warrick County, Indiana(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images; Also at: WorldCat
• Bible Records Collection(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• Condict Family Bible Records at Indiana State Library Digital Collections
• Warrick County Indiana, Family Bibles - Records at Genealogy Trails

Biographies

• History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present : together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. Chicago, IL, Goodspeed Bros & Co, Publishing. 1885. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Warrick County, Indiana Family Biographies at My Genealogy Hound.
• Indiana Biography Index at Indiana State Library

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Warrick County, Indiana online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	BillionGraves Find a Grave INGenWeb Indiana Interment RecordAGrave Index USGenWeb Archives USGW Tombstone Project
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 Warrick County census records online, see: Indiana Census.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1820	9,039	—
1830	13,064	44.5%
1840	15,269	16.9%
1850	17,040	11.6%
1860	17,909	5.1%
1870	18,495	3.3%
1880	18,955	2.5%
1890	18,619	−1.8%
1900	19,409	4.2%
1910	17,445	−10.1%
1920	16,645	−4.6%
1930	16,285	−2.2%
1940	17,008	4.4%
1950	16,520	−2.9%
1960	17,819	7.9%
1970	19,278	8.2%
1980	21,932	13.8%
1990	23,717	8.1%
2000	27,223	14.8%
2010	28,262	3.8%
Source: "Wikipedia.org"

• African American Veterans in Warrick County, Indiana (1890) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($) The schedules list veterans and their widows who served as Union soldiers in the Civil War. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see Union Census Records.
• Index to Mortality Schedule for Warrick County (1860, 1870) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Warrick County (1880) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)
• Selected Residents of Warrick County (1880, 1881) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

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
  

Court Records

• 1813 Record, 1813(*); Court of Nisi, Pruis and General Jail Delivery at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1813-1838 Order Books, 1813-1838(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index &
• 1818-1954 Indiana Court Cases at MyHeritage — index ($)
• 1839-1913 Civil Order Books, 1839-1913(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1853-1873 Civil Order Books, 1853-1873(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1875-1895 Fee Books, 1875-1895(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Directories

• 1870 The Farmers' Record of Gibson, Vanderburgh, Posey, and Warrick Counties : Containing an Alphabetically Arranged List of the Land Owners, With a Description of Their Lands, and Number of Acres Owned by Each, With Other Valuable Statistics, 1870(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary

• County Officials of Warrick County (1813-1884) at Indiana Genealogical Society ($)

Funeral Homes

• 1908-1919 Record of Billups Funeral Home, Tennyson, Warrick County, Indiana [1908-1919](*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• Alexander Funeral Home-Newburgh Chapel in Newburgh.
• Bradley's Colonial Funeral Chapel in Boonville and Lynnville.
• Koehler Funeral Home in Boonville and Chandler.
• Titzer Family Funeral Homes in Elberfeld and Newburgh.

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

• History of Warrick and its Prominent People. 1909. By Monte M. Katterjohn. Boonville, Indiana : Crescent Publishing Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive; At various libraries (WorldCat).
• History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties, Indiana. 1885. Chicago, Illinois : Goodspeed. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive; At various libraries (WorldCat).

Maps and Gazetteers

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• 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 Warrick 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 Warrick County.

• 1st Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company G
• 4th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
• 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies F, and M
• 25th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies H, and I
• 42nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 53rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies E, and H
• 91st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B and F
• 120th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and E
• 136th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company F
• 143rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and F
• 146th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
  

Civil War Books:

• Haas, Garland A. 1997. To the mountain of fire and beyond: the Fifty-Third Indiana Regiment from Corinth to glory. (Carmel, Ind: Guild Press of Indiana.) 977.23 M2h FS Library US/CAN Book, FS Library Collection, Other Libraries
  
• History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present : together with interesting biographical sketches, reminiscences, notes, etc. Chicago, IL, Goodspeed Bros & Co, Publishing. 1885. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Internet Archive

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 Warrick 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 ($)
• 1813-1834 Deed Records, 1813-1834(*); County Recorder at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1814 Letters of Administration, 1814(*); County Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1817-1831 Probate Order Book 1817-1831(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1831-1859 Will Book. By Indiana County Court (Warrick County). Warrick County, Indiana : Warrick County, Indiana, n.d. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• 1831-1859 Will Records, 1831-1859(*); County Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1831-1934 Will Records and Probate Order Books, 1831-1934(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1853-1872 Probate Order Books, 1853-1872(*); Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• 1881-1941 Partition Record, Apr. 1881-Mar. 1941 ; Administrators and Commissioners Deed Records, June 1881-June 1901(*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
• Warrick County; Indiana File Boxes in Office of County Clerk. By Phillips, Opal Barton. Boonville, Indiana : DAR Captain Jacob Warrick Chapter (Boonville, Indiana), 1950. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• 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 Warrick 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 Warrick County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Indiana Archives and Libraries.

FamilySearch Centers

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• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Evansville Indiana FamilySearch Center
• Owensboro Kentucky FamilySearch Center
• Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Henderson County Kentucky Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Perry County Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries

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

Museums

Warrick County Museum, Inc.
217 S First St
Boonville, IN 47601
Phone: 812-897-3100
Email: wcmuseum@wowway.biz
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Website

Societies

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

Warrick County Historical Society
PO Box 581
Boonville, IN 47601-0581
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Websites

• Warrick 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
• Every Name Index.com Online indexes for county histories. Select a county
• USGenWeb, Warrick County
• INGenWeb, Warrick County
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

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