Granduncle Mark's Genealogy Parlor

Knox County,

Indiana





    Located on the Wabash River on the western side of southern Indiana, beautiful and historic Knox County, Indiana was one of the first settlements in the Indiana Territory.

    Vincennes is the largest city, and county seat of Knox County.

    A memorial is erected at the site of Fort Sackville, which was captured from the British by George Rogers Clark and is frontier fighters on 25 February 1779. This victory, which entailed a winter march on the Mississippi from Kaskaskia by the Americans was one of the most notable accomplishments of the American Revolutionary War.

    The Old Cathedral Library in Vincennes is the oldest library in Indiana. This library includes thousands of uncommon books, such as a Papal Bull issued by Pope John XXII in 1319, and a 13th century illuminated manuscript volume on vellum of the Officium Sanctae Mariae.

    Grouseland, the mansion of the 9th United States President, William Henry Harrison, is available for viewing at 3 West Scott Street, Vincennes, IN 47591.

    Also visit Fort Knox, and the governing building at First and Harrison Streets from when Vincennes was the first capital of the Indiana Territory.

    If you enjoy the arts, check out The Old Town Players and the Vincennes University Summer Theater, as well as performing arts that are brought to the Vincennes University campus.




Cities, Towns and Villages of Knox County, Indiana
          • Beal
          • Bicknell
          • Bloods Wood Crossing
          • Bruceville
          • Cantaloupe
          • Decker
          • Edwardsport
          • Emison
          • Five Points
          • Freelandville
          • Fritchton
          • Ilmer
          • Indian Creek Settlement
          • Iona
          • Little Rock
          • Monroe City
          • Oaktown
          • Orrville
          • Purcell
          • Ragsdale
          • Ridgleville
          • Sandborn
          • Sisson
          • Twin Bridges
          • Verne
          • Vincennes
          • Vollmer
          • Westphalia
          • Wheatland
          • Willis


Knox County, Indiana has the following townships
          • Busseron
          • Decker
          • Harrison
          • Johnson
          • Palmtra
          • Steen
          • Vigo
          • Vincennes
          • Washington
          • Wildner


5 Indiana Counties Border Knox County
          • Daviess County (to the east)
          • Gibson County (to the south)
          • Greene County (to the northeast)
          • Pike County (to the southeast)
          • Sullivan County (to the north)

            And, the Western border of Knox County is comprised of the Wabash River and the State of Illinois.


KNOX COUNTY LIST SERVER

    "Knox County, Indiana" has been added to the lists at Rootsweb.

    To subscribe, send a message to INKNOX-L-request@rootsweb.com. Be sure to put ONLY the word "subscribe" (without the quotation marks) in the body of the message and don't put anything on the subject line.


Marriage, Divorce, Tax, Military, Probate and Civil Court Records

Knox County Records Library

819 Broadway St.,
Vincennes, IN 47591


Telephone: (812) 885-2557

Web site: http://birch.palni.edu/~bspangle/reclib.htm


More Recent Marriage, Divorce, Probate and Civil Court Records

Knox County Courthouse

corner of 7th and Busseron
Vincennes, IN 47591


Birth and Death Records

Knox County Health Department

624 Broadway Street
Vincennes, IN 47591-2028
Health Dept. (812) 882-8080
FAX (812) 882-5625


Northwest Territory Genealogy Society

Lewis Historical Library -- LRC-22
Vincennes University
Vincennes, Indiana 47591. Phone: (812) 888-4330 Fax: (812) 888-5471


LDS Family History Center

3311 Old Highway 41 North
Vincennes, Indiana 47591.

Telephone: (812) 882-4022


Francis Vigo Chapter DAR Library

3 West Scott Street
Vincennes, Indiana 47591

Telephone: (812) 882-2096


Local History Room

Bicknell Public Library
201 West 2nd Street
Bicknell, Indiana 47512.


Knox County Public Library

502 North 7th Street
Vincennes, Indiana 47591.

Telephone: (812) 886-4380


Lewis Historical Library

1002 North 1st Street
Vincennes, Indiana 47591

Telephone: (812) 885-4330


Hoosier Historians

P. O. Box 36
Westphalia, Indiana 47596.


Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society

P. O. Box 487
Vincennes, Indiana 47591.


Old Cathedral Library and Museum

Old Cathedral
205 Church Street
Vincennes, Indiana 47591

Telephone: (812) 882-7016


Vincennes and Knox County Convention and Visitors Bureau

Telephone: (812) 886-0400
Telephone: 1-800-886-6443


My Knox County Surnames

            Ancestral Surnames

          • Crooks
          • Eddleman
          • Medley
          • Taylor
          • Timmons

            Collateral Surnames

          • Brothers
          • Bultman
          • Burke
          • Cooper
          • Daub
          • Elkins
          • Flake
          • Frederick
          • Frey
          • Fulford
          • Goss
          • Halter
          • Henry
          • Hollingsworth
          • Hollis
          • Holsher
          • Jones
          • Lane
          • Longest
          • Mansell
          • Miller
          • Muckinstorm
          • Nash
          • Patrick
          • Pittman
          • Robb
          • Rupple
          • Schuckman
          • Schultz
          • Snyder
          • Stinson
          • Theriac
          • Townsley
          • Wheeler












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