Fulton County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Fulton County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Henry, Lucas, and Williams Counties in 1850.
 * County Seat: Wauseon
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Lenawee County, Michigan (north)·Henry (south)·Williams (west)·Lucas (east)

Ohio Digital Collections

Parent County
1850--Fulton County was created 28 February 1850 from Lucas, Henry and Williams Counties. County seat: Wauseon

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Fulton County boundary changes.

Record Loss
A courthouse fire in July 1864 destroyed many of the county records. Those saved were located in the Court of Common Pleas such as Chancery, Plaintiff and Defendant indexes, plus the court cases. Probate Court records such as the wills, estates, and guardianship's were lost. The Recorder's Office lost the land records, but those have been reconstructed using Barber's Abstracts.

Populated Places
Fayette

Neighboring Counties

 * Henry
 * Hillsdale County, Michigan
 * Lenawee County, Michigan
 * Lucas
 * Williams

Cemeteries

 * Archibold Cemetery, Archibold BillionGraves

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Fulton 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 Fulton County.


 * - 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies E and H
 * - 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Comapanies C and F

Vital Records

 * 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.
 * Ohio Deaths, 1954-Present Death certificates from 1954 to the present are held by the Ohio Department of Health. These records can be ordered in person or by mail.


 * Walk In Address: Ohio Department of Health Vital Statistics 225 Neilston Street Columbus, Ohio 43215


 * Mail your request to: Ohio Department of Health Vital Statistics P.O. Box 15098 Columbus, Ohio 43215-0098

Additionally, Ohio death records can be obtained from the city or county health department where the death occurred. Some cities and counties can issue all death certificates from the State of Ohio if that city or county has been granted statewide issuance access.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Wauseon Ohio Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.