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Guide to Noble 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 Guernsey, Monroe, Morgan, and Washington Counties 11 March 1851.
 * County Seat: Caldwell

Description
The county was named for either James Noble or Warren P. Noble, both of whom were early settlers in this region. It's county seat is Caldwell and was founded March 11, 1851. It is located in the South-Central area of the state.

Neighboring Counties
Guernsey County • Belmont County • Monroe County • Washington County • Morgan County • Muskingum 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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

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

Counties
Adams County Allen County Ashland County Ashtabula County Athens County Auglaize County

Belmont County Brown County Butler County

Court Records
Noble County was initially served by the Ohio District Court from the county's creation in 1851. On 10 Feb 1855, the court was divided into Northern and Southern districts, and Noble became part of the Southern District. On 3 Mar 1911, the court was further divided and Noble was subsequently part of the Southern Eastern District. District and Circuit Courts had the same jurisdictions. See Ohio District Court Jurisdictions for a chart of the Ohio counties and the district courts that served them.

Ohio District and Circuit Court Records from 1803-1961 are held at the National Archives at Chicago.

Local Histories

 * Pickenpaugh, Roger, A History of Noble County, Ohio, 1887-1987, (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1988).


 * History of Noble County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, (Chicago, Illinois: L.H. Watkins, 1887). Digital copy at Google Books Internet Archive Ancestry ($)(Indexed)


 * Martin, Frank M., The County of Noble: A History of Noble County, Ohio, from the Earliest Days, (Madison, Wisconsin: Selwyn A. Brant, 1904). Digital copy at Google Books


 * History of Noble County, Ohio, (L. H. Watkins, 1887). Google Books

Maps

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military

 * Civil War


 * - Civil War service men from Noble 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 Noble County.


 * - 116th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company H

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
Noble County Courthouse County Courthouse; Caldwell, OH 43724 Phone: 740.732.4408 Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1851; Probate Judge has marriage and probate records; County Recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Zanesville 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.

Taxation
Ohio tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses before 1820 or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information see the wiki page Ohio Taxation.

Finding Tax Records at Other Repositories

Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Noble County, Ohio Tax Records in online catalogs like:


 * WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).

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

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

Bible Records
For an extensive list of resources for Bible Records see Ohio Bible Records.

Biography
Adams County Biographies for more information.

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


 * Adams County Cemeteries (RootsWeb, some broken links but also some good info)
 * Adams County Cemeteries (web content preserved on Archive.org, volunteer transcriptions)
 * Famous Politicians buried in Adams County (PoliticalGraveyard.com)

Cemetery Listings (no burial information)


 * GPS Coordinates for Adams County Cemeteries (GenealogyTrails.com)

Census

 * Census Index Online
 * Census for Adams County
 * 1820 United States Federal Census $
 * 1830 United States Federal Census $
 * 1840 United States Federal Census $
 * United States Census 1850
 * United States Census Population Schedules, 1850 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * United States Census 1860
 * 1860 United States Federal Census $
 * United States Census 1870
 * United States Census 1880 (Index only)
 * 1880 United States Federal Census $
 * United States Census 1900
 * 1910 United States Federal Census $
 * United States Census 1920
 * 1930 United States Federal Census $
 * United States Census 1930

General

 * Adams County, Ohio Churches
 * Topographic Map Church Features in Adams County, Ohio

Court Records

 * Adams County Ohio Court Directory
 * Many Court and Guardianship Records for Adams County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see.

Emigration and Immigration
Adam County migration records

Funeral Homes

 * Funeral Homes Near Adams County, Ohio

History
Local Histories


 * Evans, Nelson Wiley, A history of Adams County, Ohio from its earliest settlement to the present time : including character sketches of the prominent persons… (West Union, Ohio : E.B. Stivers, 1900) Digital version at Internet Archives; Google Books; ; also available on microfilm at.
 * Thompson, Carl N., Thompson's Historical Collections of Adams County, Ohio (West Union, Ohio : Adams County Historical Society (Ohio), c1991).

Land and Property

 * 1797-1837 -Adams County Deeds Courtesy of OhioGenWeb Archives


 * Many Land Records for Adams County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see.

Maps



 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)
 * Adams County, Ohio 1895 U. S. Plat Map
 * Adams County, Ohio Map
 * Category: Maps of Adams County, Ohio
 * Map Showing Adams County, Ohio
 * Adams County, Ohio
 * Adams County Map
 * Many Maps for Adams County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see.

Revolutionary War

 * Adams County Military in the Revolutionary War
 * Revolutionary Veterans living in Adams County Ohio and Revolutionary Veterans Service Information

War of 1812
War of 1812 Adams County Ohio Veterans

Civil War

 * Civl War Research Database $
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
 * Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

World War I

 * World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 $

World War II

 * U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 $
 * U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 $
 * United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Collection Description: Images of cards for men, age 45-64 (born 1877-1897), included in the fourth draft conducted on Arpil 27, 1942.

Newspapers
Online Newspapers


 * The People's Defender

Online Newspaper Abstracts


 * Obituaries and Death Notices
 * Newspaper Articles Courtesy of OhioGenWeb

Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1786 - 1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $


 * 1789 - 1996 at FamilySearch.org — images


 * Early to 1910 - Adams County Ohio Will Index prior to 1910
 * 1883-1924 Wills - Adams County. Courtesy of OhioGenWeb Archives

Schools

 * Adams County Schools
 * School Records
 * Many School Records for Adams County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see.

Courthouse
Adams County Courthouse 110 W. Main St. West Union, Ohio 45693-1347 Adams County Courthouse (Wikipedia) Phone: 937–544–5547


 * Probate Court has births and deaths 1888-1893, marriages 1803-1853 and from 1910, probate records 1849-1860 and from 1910.
 * Court Clerk has divorces and court records from 1910.
 * County Recorder has land records from 1797.
 * Board of Health has births and deaths from 1908.

Libraries

 * Libraries

Societies
The Adams County Historical Society 507 N. Cherry St. West Union, Ohio 45693 Phone: 937-544-8522


 * Adams County Genealogy Genealogical Society West Union, Ohio
 * Ohio Historical Society

Taxation

 * 1810 - Index to Tax List Courtesy of Ohio GenWeb Pages
 * 1816 - 1838 Tax RecordsAbout this collection

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * Recordings of Births The Adams County, OH Courthouse was destroyed by fire on February 25,1910. All official Probate Court Birth Records were destroyed. Births may be found in the "Adams County,OH Probate Court Assessor Books," (1879 thru 1895) and the "Restored Adams County, OH Board of Health Birth Records," (1857 to 1909).
 * 1800-1962 - Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 at ancestry.com ($)
 * 1821–1962 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This is an incomplete index of extractions of original records and of patron-submitted records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. Information may have been previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.
 * 1856–1909 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. The collection includes a name index and images of county birth records in Ohio. The time period and type of record varies by county.
 * 1908-1964 - Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964 at ancestry.com ($)
 * 1856-1893 - Township birth records Courtesy of OhioGenWeb

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
FamilySearch has a large collection of Ohio marriage records digitized and on microfilm. To see the coverage map for this county, go to the FamilySearch Ohio Marriage Collection coverage map. An explanation of how to understand these maps is found here.

Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * 1789-2013 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images;
 * 1800-1945 - Marriages of Adams County, Ohio and Marriage Data - Adams County Ohio 1800-1945
 * 1800–1958 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free; Index. Name index to marriage records from the state of Ohio. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and FamilySearch Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.
 * 1800-1942 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1803-1900 - Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 at ancestry.com ($)
 * 1896 - 1896 Marriage License Issued
 * 1898-1912 - Ohio Marriages at ancestry.com ($)
 * 1970-2007 - Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007 at ancestry.com ($)
 * 1803-1999 - Ohio Marriage Records Courtesy of OhioGenWeb

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 1840-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1889 - Adams County Adult Deaths: 1889 Courtesy OhioGenWeb
 * 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.
 * 1908-1932, 1938-1944, 1958-2002 - Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932-, 1938-1944, 1958-2002 - Ancestry ($)
 * 1909 - Adams County Deaths 1909 Courtesy Genealogy Trails
 * 1913-1937 - Adams County Death Index 1913-1937 Courtesy OhioGenWeb
 * Adams County Social Security Index Rootsweb

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Web Sites

 * Adams County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Ohio Digital Collections statewide database links
 * Adams County OH Genealogy
 * OHGenWeb - Adams County
 * UsGenWeb - -Adams County
 * Genealogy Trails, Adams County, Ohio
 * Ohio Genealogy Express
 * Ohio Genealogy Express

Populated Places

 * Place Names