Williams County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio  Williams County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Darke, Shelby, and Wood Counties in 1820 (1824).
 * County Seat: Bryan
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Hillsdale County, Michigan (north)·Defiance (south)·Steuben County, Indiana (northwest)· DeKalb County, Indiana (southwest)·Henry (southeast)·Fulton (east)

Parent County
1820--Williams County was created 12 February 1820 from Darke County. County seat: Bryan

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

Neighboring Counties

 * DeKalb County, Indiana
 * Defiance
 * Fulton
 * Henry
 * Hillsdale County, Michigan
 * Steuben County, Indiana

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Fountain Grove Cemetery, Bryan
 * Lash Cemetery, Montpelier
 * Shiffler Cemetery, Bryan

Military

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


 * - 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company C
 * - 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company C

Newspapers
The Williams County Public Library has an online obit index to the local Williams County newspapers. Email them your index information and your snail mail address to obtain a copy of the obit.

The Bryan Times 11,650 issues Jan 23, 1800 - Dec 31, 2007 is online for free through news.google.com/newspapers.

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.

Societies and Libraries
William County Public Library 107 E. High Street Bryan, OH 43506

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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