Putnam County

Established: February, 12 1820
County Seat: Ottawa

CAC Holdings

Board of Commissioners

1. Blind Relief Applications, 1905, ff/1r (#65)
2. Commissioners' Journals, 1852-1997, 28r (#1-17, 175-185)

Board of Education

1. Annual Statistical Reports, 1915-1928 1r (#25)
2. Class Register - Kalida Incorporated School, 1861-1864 1v/1r (#22)

County Auditor

1. Abstracts of Tax, 1870-1875, 1r (#94)
2. Account Book (Road Tax Receipts), 1839-1854, 1861-1874, 1r (#77)
3. Agricultural Statistics, 1909, 1912, 2r (#88-89)
4. Assessment Lists, 1880, 1r (#94)
5. Civil War Bounties, 1865-1873, 1r (#154)
6. Commutation Records, 1863-1867, 1r (#154)
7. Forfeited Lands, 1843-1845, 1r (#154)
8. Indigent Soldiers' Burial Records, 1885-1912, 1r (#81)
9. Quadrennial Enumerations, 1859,1863, 1880, 1891-1907, 6r (#77, 82-85, 174)
10. Reappraisements, 1846-1847, 1850, 1880, 1890, 1900, 6r (#94-99)
11. Soldiers' Relief Grants, 1862-1867, 1887-1912, 1r (#154)
12. Transfer Records, 1864-1870, 1873-1874, 2r (#77, 89)

County Coroner

1. Inquests, 1897, 1907, 1912, 1r (#65)

County Home

1. Minutes, 1869-1907, 1r (#22)
2. Registers, 1869-1927 2r (#22, 44)
3. Semi-Annual Reports, 1923-1925, 1r (#22)

County Recorder

1. Cemetery Plot Maps, 1939-1940, 1r (#78)
2. Deed Records, 1830-1903, 51r (#45-50; 100-144)
3. Index to Cemetery Lots, 1885-1969, 1r (#54)
4. Index to Soldiers' Discharge Records, 1944-1997, 1r (#167)
5. Index to Soldiers' Grave Records, 1943-1992, 1r (#54)
6. Soldiers' Discharge Records, 1861-1997, 7r (#52-53; 168-172)
7. Soldiers' Grave Record, 1860s-1976, 2r (#54, 64)
8. Veteran's Grave Registration Plot Book, 1939-1940 1r (#78)

County Treasurer

1. Orders for the Transfer of Funds, 1858-1869, 1r (#154)
2. Records of Officials' Bonds (includes Auditor's Receipts and Expenditures), 1834-1849, 1r (#89)
3. Records of Officials' Bonds, 1865-1885, 1r (#89)
4. Records of Officials' Bonds (includes Treasury Inspector's Certificates), 1885-1900, 1r (#89)

Court of Common Pleas

Civil Division

1. Annual Statistical Reports, 1892-1893, 1907 1r (#25)
2. Appearance Dockets, 1848-1861 1r (#41)
3. Chancery Records, 1850-1860 1r (#43)
4. Journals, 1834-1857 1r (#42)
5. Judgment Index - Direct, 1835-1867 1r (#43)
6. Judgment Index - Reverse, 1835-1867 1r (#43)
7. Naturalization Records - Declarations of Intention, 1833-1915, 1r (#86)
8. Quadrennial Enumerations, 1887, 1r (#77)
9. Record of Estrays, 1840-1908 1r (#78)

Criminal Division

1. Coroner's Inquests, 1895-1917, 1r (#173)

Juvenile Court

1. Mothers' Pension Records, 1914-1936 1r (#23)

General Health District

1. Board of Health. Minutes, 1920-2005, 3r (#193-195)
2. Burial Transit Permits (Monroe, Perry, and Van Buren Townships--scattered dates), 1924-1943, 3r (#156-158) *Restrictions apply
3. Death Certificates, 1909-1995, 9r (#145-148, 155-158, 187)
4. Physicians' Reports of Births, 1920-1923, 1925-1933, 1935-1939, 1r (#65)

Probate Court

1. Birth Records, 1857-1920, 2r (#28-29)
2. Bonds and Letters, 1843-1850, 1v/1r (#25)
3. Criminal Journals, 1853-1855, 1866-1871, 1892-1915, 3v/1r (#24)
4. Death Records, 1867-1920, 1r (#51)
5. Guardians' Dockets, 1880-1943, 1r (#38)
6. Index to Birth Records, 1854-1920, 1r (#26)
7. Index to Birth Registrations and Corrections, 11876-1825, 1r (#27)
8. Index to Death Records, 1867-1920, 2r (#38, 51)
9. Index to Marriage Records, 1834-1927, 1r (#30)
10. Index to Will Records, 1837-1996, 1r (#87)
11. Journals, 1853-1889, 7v/4r (#18-21)
12. Marriage Records and Index, 1834-1951, 14r (#30-37, 86, 188-192)
13. Miscellaneous Records, 1852-1861, 1885-1912, 1r (#24)
14. Naturalization Records - Declaration of Intention, 1861-1902, 2r (#39-40)
15. Naturalization Records, 1861-1907, 4r (#40, 151-153)
16. Nurses Record, 1916-1957, 1v/1r (#25)
17. Record of Birth Registration and Correction, 1941-1964, 11r (#66-76)
18. Record of Estrays, 1840-1908, 1r (#78)
19. Records of Ministers' Licenses, 1839-1920, 1v/1r (#22,32)
20. Records of Birth Registration, 1941-1964, 11r (#66-76)
21. Statement of Births and Deaths, 1880-1883, 1907-1908, 2r (#18, 166)
22. Vital and Social Statistics [1873-1875, 1877-1908 on mf], 1873-1875, 1877-1908, 1910-1911, 1916 1r (#25)
23. Will Records, 1837-1941, 13r (#38-39; #55-63; 92-93)
24. Witness Records, 1892-1897, 1r (#24)

Soldiers Relief Commission

1. Case Files, 1895-1904, 1906-1912, 2r (#79-80)
2. Relief Orders (includes Forfeited Lands and Lots, 1843-1847), 1862-1867, 1r (#89)

Municipalities

Village of Columbus

1. Council Minutes, 1864-1901, 1r (#1)
2. Minutes (Board of Health), 1894-1902, 1r (#2)
3. Ordinances, 1910, 1r (#2)
4. Ordinances, December 11, 1896, 1r (#2)
5. Ordinances and Resolutions, 1902-1937, 1r (#2)

Townships

Palmer Township

1. Civil Docket, 1877-1946, 2r (#1-2)
2. Criminal Docket, 1874-1919, 1r (#2)

Pleasant Township

Board of Education

1. Class Registers, 1901-1904, 1r (#1)
2. Enumerations of School Age Youth, 1881-1912, .25cf/1r (#1)
3. Minutes, 1871-1895, 1r (#8)

Board of Trustees

1. Minutes, 1876-1956, 1957-1988, 3r (#6-8)
2. Truro Cemetery Burial Records, 1941-1998, 1r (#5)
3. Truro Cemetery Deed Records, 1922-1987, 1r (#3)
4. Truro Cemetery Interment Records, 1922-1985, 2r (#3-4)
5. Truro Cemetery Lot Record, 1941-1998, 1r (#5)
6. Truro Cemetery Accountants Records, 1921-1928, 1r (#19)
   

Township Clerk

1. Certificates of Application for Relief, 1908-1912, 1r (#2)
2. Road Improvement Records, 1880-1885; 1895-1896, 1r (#9)

Van Buren Township

Board of Trustees

1. Cemetery Lot Sales Record, 1873-1939, 1r (#1)
2. Cemetery Reports, 1920-1949, 1r (#1)
3. Grave Digging Account Record, 1907, 1r (#1)
4. Leipsic Cemetery Lot Sales Record, 1873-1882; 1891-1902, 1r (#1)
5. Sugar Ridge Cemetery Lot Records, n.d., 1r (#1)
6. Sugar Ridge Cemetery Tombstones, 1872-1986, 1r (#1)
7. Sugar Ridge Cemetery Interment Records, 1909-1965, 1r (#1)
8. West Belmore Cemetery Lot Records, n.d., 1r (#1)
9. West Belmore Cemetery Tombstones, 1874-1977, 1r (#1)

Township Clerk

1. Death Certificates, 1909-1911; 1921-1926, 1r (#1)

Other Resources

Putnam County Cemeteries. Evansville, IN : Whipporwill Publications, 1986- (CAC F497 .P96 P88 v1-7)