Monroe County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Monroe County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Belmont, Guernsey and Washington Counties in 1813 (1815).
 * County Seat: Woodsfield
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Belmont (north)·Washington (south)·Noble (west)·Marshall County, West Virginia and Wetzel County, West Virginia (east)· Ohio County, West Virginia (southeast)

Parent County
1813--Monroe County was created 29 January 1813 from Belmont, Washington, and Guernsey Counties.County seat: Woodsfield

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Belmont
 * Marshall County, West Virginia
 * Noble
 * Tyler County, West Virginia
 * Washington
 * Wetzel County, West Virginia

Military

 * Civil War


 * - Civil War service men from Monroe 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 Monroe County.


 * - 116th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A, C, D, E, 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.

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.