Defiance County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Defiance County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Henry, Paulding and Williams Counties in 1845.
 * County Seat: Defiance
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Williams (north)·Henry (east)·Paulding (south)·Putnam (southeast)·Allen County, Indiana (west)

Ohio Digital Collections

Parent County
1845--Defiance County was created 4 March 1845 from Williams, Henry, Paulding Counties. County seat: Defiance

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Allen County, Indiana
 * DeKalb County, Indiana
 * Henry
 * Paulding
 * Putnam
 * Williams

Cemeteries
BillionGraves (Headstone photos, Google map, transcriptions, searchable database, both by individual cemetery and the entire site):


 * Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Defiance
 * Evansport Cemetery, Defiance
 * Hire Cemetery, Defiance
 * Independence Cemetery, Defiance
 * Marysdale Catholic Cemetery, Ney
 * New Saint Johns Methodist Cemetery, Defiance
 * Ney Cemetery, Ney
 * Old Saint Johns Methodist Cemetery, Defiance
 * Pleasant Bend and Ayersville Cemetery, Defiance
 * Riverview Memory Gardens, Defiance
 * Saint Michaels Catholic Cemetery, Defiance
 * Taylor Cemetery, Defiance

Military

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


 * - 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company D
 * - 111th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies 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