Meigs County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Meigs County, Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Athens and Gallia Counties 21 January 1819.
 * County Seat: Pomeroy

Description
The county was named for Return J. Meigs, Jr., the 4th Governor of Ohio. It's county seat is Pomeroy and was founded April 1, 1819. It is located in the South-Central area of the state.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties
Athens County • Vinton County • Gallia County • Mason County, West Virginia • Jackson County, West Virginia • Wood County, West Virginia

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps" (1788-1940) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Local Histories

 * Larkin, Stillman Carter, The Pioneer History of Meigs County, (Columbus, Ohio: Berlin Print. Co., 1908). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive


 * Howe, Henry, History of Meigs County, Ohio, 1819-1889, (Knightstown, Indiana: Bookmark, 1977).


 * Ervin, Edgar, Pioneer History of Meigs County, Ohio to 1949, (Meigs County Pioneer Society, 1949).

Maps

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)

Military

 * 1888-1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War
The following Civil War battle was fought in Meigs County.


 * July 19, 1863 = Buffington Island, also known as St. Georges Creek


 * Map showing Civil War battles in Ohio.


 * - Civil War service men from Meigs County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Meigs County.


 * - 116th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies B and G

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800-1977 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
Online Newspapers Online Newspaper Abstracts Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1786 - 1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1789 - 1996 at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 1790–1967 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.

Courthouse
Meigs County Courthouse 100 E 2nd Street Pomeroy, OH 45769 Phone: 740.992.5290 Probate Judge has birth, marriage, death and probate records; Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1819; County Recorder has land rec

Family History Centers

 * Parkersburg West Virginia Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.

Societies
Meigs County Historical Society 144 Butternut Avenue PO Box 145 Pomeroy, Ohio 45769 Telephone: 740-992-3810 Email:[malto:info@meigschs.org info@meigschs.org] Website House of operation: Wednesday-Friday 1-5pm and Saturday, 12-4pm.

Online Genealogy Research Groups

 * U.S. Midwest Genealogy Research Community - FamilySearch Facebook Research Group
 * Ohio Ancestors - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
 * U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
 * U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage

 * 1789-2013 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1800-1958 - at FamilySearch — free; Index.
 * 1800-1942 - at FamilySearch — index

Online Marriage Indexes and Records Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 1840-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1908-1953 - Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953. Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Websites

 * Meigs County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Meigs County OH Genealogy
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county. USGenWeb Meigs County