This page is intended to contain a collection of deeds for parcels of
land within the current boundaries of Meigs County. Some of them are
from the time before the creation of the county when the land was part
of Gallia or Athens County. These deeds were transcribed from microfilm
copies of the original deed books by Sharon Bickle Rickerson, and appear
here by her gracious permission. The entries in the following list
give the surnames that appear in each deed, including non-official
witnesses, along with the date of the deed.
Further contributions would be most welcome.
PUTNAM, CUTLER, GREENE, OLIVER, RUSSELL, SPROAT, CHAPMAN, TAPPER/TUPPER, DWOL, STORY, MEIGS; 1794
RASSER, RUSSELL, WHITE; 1795
CONVERSE, RUSSELL, CUTLER, PLIMPTON; 1796
CORY, RUSSELL, PUTNAM, MEIGS, MUNRO; 1796
STANLEY, SKINNER, STORY, FEARING; 1796
WHIPPLE, RUSSELL, PUTNAM, GREENE, MANNEY; 1796
NORTHRUP, PAINTER, PHILIPS, BUREAU, MILLS; 1804
NISWONGER, HYSELL, THOMAS; 1808
RUSSELL, BATES, CAMP, DUDLEY; 1809
ABBOTT, SKINNER, CUTLER, CHAMBERS; 1810
CAMP, RUSSELL, MILLER, BATES, SCRANTOM?, MERRELL, DENISON; 1811
SKINNER, JOHNSTON, MUNSON, WHITE, CHAMBERS; 1811
SKINNER, WILLIAMS, ROBISON, LAFFORD, ALSHIRE, LECLERG, EVENS, CHAMBERS; 1811
SKINNER, DEAN, HITCHBURN, CHAMBERS; 1811
HYSELL, THOMAS, LARKIN; 1812
CAMPBELL, BICKLE, PLACE; 1813
HYSELL, THOMAS, COOK; 1813
MITCHELL, RUSSELL, HILL; 1814
CARVER, WRIGHT, HILDRETH; 1816
MCNAUGHTON, HYSLE, RATHBURN; 1816
HOLLAND, RUSSELL; 1817
RUSSELL, MITCHEL, CONVERSE, GOODNA, KIMBLE; 1817
HYSEL, BINGHAM, THOMAS, MCNORTEN, SIGLAR, EVERETT; 1818
HYSEL, EVERETT, KERR, DOUGHTY, HISLE; 1819
HYSEL, EVERETT, KERR, MEIGS; 1819
HYSELL, PHELPS, THOMAS, HANKS, MCNAUGHTON; 1819
SKINNER, WELDON, WHITE, MUNROE; 1819
VONSCHRILTZ, WANINER, TUPPERS; 1819
LYMAN, WRIGHT, VINING, WHITMORE, WHITNEY; 1820
MCNAUGHTON, HYSELL, CLOUGH, ASBORN; 1820
WARRINER, VONSCHRILTZ, TUPPER; 1821
HYSEL, COOK; 1822
HYSEL, MCNAUGHTON, WHITNEY, FILKINS; 1822
GRAHAM, MARK; 1822
GRAHAM, BLACK, BUNA; 1822
SKINNER, CHAPMAN, NYE, FEARING; 1824
MCNAUGHTON, HYSELL, FILKINS, WHITNEY; 1825
SKINNER, HOIT, HITCHBURN, DOWN; 1825
HYSEL, NICHOLSON, LYON, LARKIN; 1826
VINING, WRIGHT, BAILEY/BALEY, ROGERS; 1826
HYSAL, BAILEY, HIGLEY, SMITH; 1827
GRAHAM, ALEXANDER, HAMAN, STANFORD; 1828
HILDRETH, HYSAL, WARDWELL, KEYES; 1828
STRONG, GRAHAM, WELDON, PUTNAM, NEWMAN, BISHIP, EVERTS; 1828
SKINNER, WELDON, PUKERING; 1829
BLACK, GRAHAM, DOWNING, SYLVESTER; 1829
GRAHAM, BLACK, EVERTON, MUNCIE, DOWNING, SYLVESTER; 1829
HUDSON, HYSELL; 1831
RICKERSON, EVERTON, GRAHAM, PARKER, MERALD, HOVEY; 1831
SKINNER, MURRAY, BARBER, WHITMORE, GREEN, EASTMAN; 1831
BIRTHESEL, POMEROY, HORTON; 1832
GRAHAM, WHITE, MARSHALL, CHAPMAN; 1832
GRAHAM, HUBBELL, DOWNING; 1832
PUTNAM, HYSELL, BEALL, DUSKY; 1832
RALPH, WRIGHT, SAVAGE, GILMORE; 1832
WARD, BING, CREMA, SNOW; 1832
MILES, WRIGHT, JOHNSON; 1833
SKINNER, MCLAUGHLIN, EASTMAN; 1833
WRIGHT, RALPH, SWAVY; 1833
GRANT, HOPPAS, RUSSELL; 1834
GRANT, HYSELL, RUSSELL; 1834
RICKERSON, EVERTON, GRAHAM, PARKER, MERRELL; 1834
STOUT, HYSELL, THOMAS, PAINE; 1834
VONSCHRILZ, RATHBURN, BUNAU; 1834
HYSELL, SMITH, BAILEY, RUSSELL; 1835
ANDERSON, SHANNON; 1839
BICKLE, STANSBURY; 1851
BICKLE, STANSBURY; 1851
HYSELL, BICKLE, PARKER, ARCHER, RUSSELL; 1851
BICKLE, WHITE, PARKER, ARCHER, CLARK; 1852
BICKLE, STANSBURY, WRIGHT; 1853
BICKLE, HULL, GILES, BARRETT; 1856
STEEL, BICKLE, STANSBURY, RATHBURN; 1857