Indiana

Indiana Prisons & Convicts

Indiana State Archives
Databases – Index to Life Prisoners’ Statements: State Prison at Michigan City

Indiana Southern Prison, Listing of Greene County Inhabitants
1824-1896

Indiana Outlaws & Criminals

Sam Bass
Bass was born on July 21, 1851 near Mitchell, Indiana. His mother, Jane, died in 1861. His father died in 1864. He had two brothers and four sisters. All were raised by their maternal uncle David L. Sheeks. Sam hated school but loved horses, hunting, and cards. He ran away from home about 1869.

Johnny Ringo
Biography on the outlaw born at Green’s Fork Indiana.

Zip Wyatt
One of the most well known outlaws of the Territory of Oklahoma was Zip Wyatt, also known as Dick Yeager and Wild Charlie. The outlaw was born Nathaniel Ellsworth Wyatt in the year of 1864 or 1868.

Dillinger Gang

Indiana Court Records

Clark County Death Penalty Cases

Hendricks County Index to the Judicial Books
The Judicial Books date from 1825. They are also called Probate Order Books. The Computer Center has scanned these books and made the images available on this internet site. These books contain court records from the Hendricks County Courts

State Supreme Court Cases
History
The Project
Tips for Searching the Database
The Supreme Court Database

Posey County Circuit Court Historical Records at the Indiana State Archives
An introduction to Posey County, its history and its court records
How to use the Posey County court records database
Search the court records database

Delaware County
Court records and cases search

Montgomery County
Historical court records

Court, Government, & Criminal Records
Court records are an often overlooked, yet very valuable tool for finding information to assist you in your research. Land records, such as deeds, allow you to tie an ancestor to a specific place at a point in time. Other court records like those dealing with finances and estates often list related family members or give interesting details like the total value of property owned by your ancestors to add interest to your family history.

Indiana Executions

Executions in Indiana,
1814 – 1981

Indiana Death Row
1977 – 2004

Indiana Executions Since 1900
Description of crime for some inmates