Jennings County

Jennings County was created in 1817 from Jackson and Jefferson Counties.  It is located in southeast Indiana.  The county seat is Vernon.

Selected Holdings at the Indiana State Library

The following list is not complete.  Further resources may be found by searching the Indiana State Library online catalog.

Print Materials from the Genealogy Division

Court Records

Court Records, 1818-1850
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Immigration

Naturalization Record, 1850-1856
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Land Records

Early Landowners
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Marriage Records

Early Marriage Records, 1818-1840
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Marriage Records, 1818-1837
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Marriage Records, 1818-1903
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Marriage Records
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Marriage Records
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Marriages, 1837-1866
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Marriages, 1866-1887
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Vital Records

Death Record Index, 1882-1899
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Wills and Probates

Will Records, 1822-1913
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Other Library Materials

• County Records on Microfilm
• Newspapers on Microfilm
• County Histories
• City Directories (There are no Jennings County directories in our collection.)
• County Maps

Online Resources

Cemeteries and Obituaries 

• Cemetery Index

Marriage Records 

• Marriages, 1818-1830

Military

• Military Index

Wills and Probates

• Will and Probate Abstracts, various years

Locating Original Records

• Jennings County Clerk of Court: marriage, divorce, and court records
• Jennings County Health Department: birth and death records

For Further Research

• Jennings County Historical Society

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