Federal Land Sales

Dearborn County, Indiana lands were originally sold at the Cincinnati Land Office. Learn more about land records in Indiana’s Gore on the Federal Land Records page.

Dearborn County Land Records

Dearborn County, Indiana suffered a courthouse fire on 6 March 1826 that destroyed all records. See Dearborn County Reconstructed Records for more details.

Online Databases:

• Dearborn County Deed Book Indexes (Books AA-Y)
• Dearborn County Partitions, 1881-1899
• Land notices (1820-1826)
• Tax records

Microfilm:

• Indiana State Library
  • Deeds, 1821-1878
  • Surveyor’s Books, 1799-1805
• Family History Library
  • Surveyor’s Field Notes, 1799-1805
  • Deed Records, 1805-1982
  • Deed Partitions, Jan. 1881-Nov. 1899
  • Index to Deeds, 1805-1936