Morrow County, Ohio Genealogy

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

United States Ohio Morrow County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Delaware, Knox, Marion, and Richland Counties 24 February 1848.
 * County Seat: Mount Gilead

Neighboring Counties
Marion County • Crawford County • Richland County • Knox County • Delaware County

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
For a list of record loss in Ohio counties see: Ohio Counties with Burned Courthouses

Cemeteries
Tombstone Transcription Project

LDS Cemetery Records Vol. 21 page 24 - unidentified cemetery

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

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Local Histories

 * History of Morrow County and Ohio: Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... a History of Morrow County ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc., (Chicago, Illinois: O. L. Baskin, 1880). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive Ancestry ($)(Indexed)


 * Baughman, A.J., History of Morrow County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interest, (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1911). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive


 * Morrow County History Book Committee, History of Morrow County, Ohio, (Salem, West Virginia: Don Mills, 1989).

Maps

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)

Military

 * Civil War service men from Morrow 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 Morrow County.


 * 96th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
 * Company C, roster
 * Company D (both Morrow and Marion Counties), roster

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

Probate

 * 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.

Repositories
See also a List of Ohio Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Courthouse
Morrow County Courthouse 48 East High Street Mount Gilead, OH 43338 419.947.2085 Probate Court has birth and death records 1856-1857 and 1867-1908, marriage and probate records from 1848 and naturalization records 1848-1894;

County Health Department has birth and death records from 1908. County Recorder has land records from 1848 and military records. Common Pleas Court has divorce and court records.

Family History Centers

 * Clear Fork Ohio Family History Center

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

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * 1800-1962 - Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 at ancestry.com ($)
 * 1830-`1893 - Morrow County, Ohio Vital Records at ancestry.com ($)
 * 1908-1964 - Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964 at ancestry.com ($)

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * 1830-`1893 - Morrow County, Ohio Vital Records at ancestry.com ($

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 1830-`1893 - Morrow County, Ohio Vital Records at ancestry.com ($


 * Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 (FamilySearch.org) Index and images of Ohio death certificates. You must have a FamilySearch account and be logged in to view images.
 * Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (FamilySearch.org) Free index. Provides death certificate number. Order originals through the Ohio History Store ($).
 * Ohio, Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 (FamilySearch.org) Index.  Provides FHL Film number of original death certificate.
 * Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913 - 1944 (Ohio Historical Society) Free index. Search by county and timeframe. Order originals through the Ohio History Store ($).

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Web Sites

 * Morrow County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Morrow County OH GenWeb Project, a member of The OHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project

Places
The Townships that came from Delaware County are: Westfield, Lincoln, Harmony, Peru and Bennington.

The Townships that came from Knox County are: Franklin, Chester and South Bloomfield.

The Townships that came from Marion County are: Canaan, Cardington, Gilead (some of what is now Gilead was in Knox County) and Washington. Morven Township lands, Marion County, were ceded to Morrow County, but did not continue to exist by that name.

The Townships that came from Richland County are: North Bloomfield, Troy, Congress and Perry.

Populated Places
Map: The Townships of Morrow County