Meigs County Reference Materials

This is a collection of reference materials for the Meigs County researcher. After each entry is a list of some institutions that have the item in their catalog. A list of institution abbreviations is at the end of the page. The symbol following an entry is a link to the entry's record in the WorldCat database, where detailed bibliographic information and a list of holding libraries can be found. Additions and corrections to this list are welcome.

CEMETERY RECORDS
CENSUS
CHURCH RECORDS
COURT RECORDS
GENEALOGIES
HISTORIES
MAPS
MILITARY RECORDS
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
NEWSPAPERS
VITAL RECORDS
INSTITUTIONAL ABBREVIATIONS

CEMETERY RECORDS

/ Alexander Cemetery (Meigs County, Ohio). / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989. / Notes: Alexander Cemetery established for Thornton Alexander Sr., a colored farmer who was born about 1780 in Culpepper Co., Virgina as a slave. He was set free in 1816 at age 36 and came to Meigs County, Ohio with his family and master Aloran Sellers. LDS

/ Cemetery and Grave Records [microform]. / 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. ACPL

/ Cemeteries of Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio (P.O. Box 236, Pomeroy 45769) : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1991. 68 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. ACPL CIN LDS SLO

/ Cemeteries of Chester Township, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1990. 93 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. Includes Chester, Cowdery, Biggs, Bashan, Geyer, Flatwood, Little Flatwoods, Frank, Hood, Cogar, Kennedy, Keno Christian Church, Genheimer/Schlagel, Massar, Meigs Memory Gardens, Mound, Mount Herman, Pine Grove, Rheinchild/Schatz, Ridenour, Smith Burial, Smith Family, Fell Family, St. John's Luthern, White, Will, Worthen, Lickskillet/Osborn/Johnson, Eastman/Robinson cemeteries. ACPL CIN COL LDS SLO

/ Cemeteries of Lebanon Township, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio (P.O. Box 236, Pomeroy 45769) : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1992. 87 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. / Notes: Includes index. Includes Bald Knob Cemetery, Bethlehem Church Cemetery, Bicknell Chapel Cemetery, Biram Family Cemetery (Hayman), Bogard Cemetery (Fitch), Browning Cemetery, Engle Cemetery, Fitch Cemetery (Bogard), Gale Cemetery, Hall Burial Grounds, Harris Family Cemetery, Hicks Cemetery (Rainbow Ridge), Martin Cemetery, McKay Cemetery (Wolfe), Middleswart Cemetery, Miller Cemetery, Morgan Raiders, Morse Chapel Cemetery, Ours Cemetery, Parsons Cemetery, Pioneer Cemetery, Rainbow Ridge Cemetery (Hicks), Shahan Cemetery, Stiversville Cemetery, Van Cooney Burial, Williamson Cemetery, Wolfe Cemetery. ACPL CIN LDS SLO

/ Cemeteries of Meigs County, Ohio, Sutton Township. / Racine, Ohio : Meigs County Chapter, OGS, 1990. / 120, [22] p. : maps. / Notes: Includes index. Contains cemetery inscriptions from various cemeteries in Sutton Township, copied by members of the Meigs County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. ACPL CIN COL LDS

/ Cemeteries of Olive Township, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1991. 75 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. / Notes: Includes Abandoned Graves/Monuments, Barringer-white Cemetery, Bicknell- Baker Cemetery, Coleman Family, Cottle Cemetery, Eden Cemetery, Flatwoods Cemetery, Friedenstein Plot, Heiney Cemetery, Joppa Cemetery, Kibble-Hetzer, Lowther Burial Plot, Masser Cemetery, Mount Olive Cemetery, Old Heiney Cemetery, Osborn-Post Cemetery, Our Lady of Loretta Catholic Church, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Home, Randolph Cemetery, Reedsville Cemetery, Rood Family Cemetery, Rushville Cemetery, Sand Hill Cemetery, Stewart Cemetery, Success Church of Christ Cemetery, Tilton Family Cemetery, Unnamed/Unknown (Tribbet), Webster-Hawley, Whites Chapel Cemetery, Wilson Cemetery. Includes index. ACPL CIN COL LDS SLO

/ Cemeteries of Orange Township, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio (P.O. Box 236, Pomeroy 45769) : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1991. 65 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. ACPL CIN SLO

/ Cemeteries of Rutland & Columbia townships, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1992. 56, 85 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. ACPL SLO

/ Cemeteries of Salem Township, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio (P.O. Box 236, Pomeroy 45769) : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1991. 61 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. / Notes: Includes index. Includes Abandoned Black Cemetery, Danville Cemetery, Dunbar Family, Coy Hill Cemetery, Folden Cemetery, Goff Cemetery, Gomer Cemetery, Carl Hill Cemetery, Oty, Hugg Cemetery (Aka Tyler Cemetery), Longstreth Cemetery, Mc Caskey Cemetery, Nelson Cemetery, Old Salem Cemetery, Pearsall, Piper Cemetery, Point Pleasant Cemetery, Salem Center Cemetery, Standish Cemetery, Swett-Leigh Cemetery, and Vonschriltz Cemetery. ACPL CIN LDS SLO

/ Cemeteries of Salisbury Township, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1990. 48 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. / Notes: Includes index. Includes Bradford Cemetery, Bunker Hill Cemetery, Geoglein Cemetery, Howell Hill Cemetery, Old Catholic Cemetery, Nye Cemetery, Rocksprings Cemetery, Seyfried Cemetery, Shuler Cemetery, Strider Cemetery, Naylors Run Cemetery, Wolf Pen Cemetery. ACPL CIN COL LDS SLO

/ Cemeteries of Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio (P.O. Box 236, Pomeroy 45769) : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1991. 65 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. / Notes: Includes index. Includes Abandoned Cemetery, Abandoned Family Plot, Burris Family Cemetery, Cuckler Family Cemetery, Douglas Cemetery, Downing Family Plot, French Cemetery, Horner Hill Cemetery, Huggins Cemetery, Mc Laughlin Cemetery, Page Cemetery, Pearlchapel Cemetery, Pickett Monument, Riggs Cemetery, Romine-Chase Cemetery, Shipment Cemetery, Snowville Cemetery, Stanley Family Cemetery, Warner Cemetery, Wells Cemetery, Welsh Cemetery, White Oak Cemetery, and Woodyard Cemetery. ACPL CIN LDS SLO

/ Letart Falls cemetery inscriptions, Meigs County, Ohio. / Notes: In Harrison County cemetery records. 71st cemetery on roll 0163928. Handwritten copy of basic information mostly on prepared forms. LDS

/ Meigs County, Ohio Letart Township cemetery records / Meigs County Genealogical Society, [Racine, Ohio] : [1985?] 101, [27] p. ; 28 cm. ACPL CIN COL HOU LDS

/ Miles Cemetery, Rutland Township, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer & Historical Society, 1992. 89 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. ACPL CIN SLO

/ Veteran's grave registration card file, ca. 1880 - ca. 2001 / Microfilm of original records at the Meigs County Museum, Pomeroy, Ohio. Includes name, certificate number, date of birth, state, branch, date of entry, date of discharge, type of discharge, date of death, date of burial, burial site (name of cemetery), section, lot and grave numbers, etc. LDS

Carl, Betty Jane / Lists of those buried in Bedford Township cemeteries, Meigs County, Ohio / Microreproduction of manuscript (photocopies of typescript material and printout) loaned by Betty Jane Carl of Dryden, Michigan. 17 leaves.Includes lists assembled from various sources. Some lists are alphabetical by surname. / 1 microfiche : ill., facsims. LDS

DAR. Jonathan Meigs Chapter (Pomeroy, Ohio) / Meigs County, Ohio cemeteries. / Pomeroy, Ohio : The Chapter, 1974. 18 leaves ; 29 cm. SLO

DAR. Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter (Pomeroy, Ohio) / Middleport Hill Cemetery, Middleport, Ohio, Meigs County / Pomeroy, Ohio : The Chapter, 1952. 8 leaves ; 28 cm. LDS COL

Fruth, Christine. / Austin cemetery, Naylors Run, Pomeroy, Ohio : St. John's cemetery, Spring Avenue, Pomeroy, Ohio : Sacred Heart cemetery, Mulberry Heights, Pomeroy, Ohio / [Racine, Ohio] : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1988. 18 p. ; 29 cm. ACPL CIN COL LDS SLO

Fruth, Christine. / Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Genealogical Society, Inc., 1988. 147 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. ACPL CIN COL LDS SLO

Fruth, Christine. / Cemeteries, Village of Middleport, Meigs County, Ohio / [Pomeroy, Ohio] : Meigs County Genealogical Society, Inc., 1989. ACPL COL

Greiner, Grace Jeffers. / Cemetery records of Athens and Meigs Counties / Guysville, Ohio : G.J. Greiner, c1986- v. ; 28 cm. / Contents: bk. 1. St. John's Catholic Cemetery ; Barnhill Cemetery ; Orange (Christian) Cemetery ; Vanderhoof (Baptist) Cemetery ; Hoffman Cemetery ; Pierce (?) Cemetery ; Asbury (Methodist) Cemetery ; Brick Cemetery ; Bentz Cemetery -- bk. 2. Cemetery records of Carthage, Lodi, and Rome Twps., Athens County, Ohio: Fairview Cemetery, Carthage Twp. ; Wyer Cemetery, Rome Twp. ; Carthage Cemetery, Carthage Twp. ; Bethany Cemetery, Rome Twp ; Buck Cemetery, Carthage Twp. ; South Canaan Cemetery, Lodi Twp. ; Lottridge Cemetery, Carthage Twp. ; Greiner Farms Cemetery, Carthage Twp. ; Cooley (Glazier) Cem., Carthage Twp. / compiled by Grace Jeffers Greiner and Robert & Shirley Harper. (Cont.) bk. no. 3. Cemeteries of Troy Township, Athens Co., Ohio: Torch Baptist Cemetery ; Hockingport Cemetery ; Stewart Cemetery ; "New" Ireland Community Church Cemetery ; Old Frost Cemetery / readings by Robert and Shirley Harper ; compiled, edited, and published by Grace Jeffers Greiner -- bk. no. 4. Cemeteries of Troy Township, Athens Co., Ohio: Torch Methodist Cemetery -- Weatherby Cemetery -- Bethel Methodist Cemetery -- Humphrey Cemetery -- White's Chapel Cemetery -- Troy Baptist Cemetery -- Frame Cemetery -- Cooley Cemetery-- Goebel Cemetery ACPL CIN COL HOU LDS NEW (Book 1) OU (Book 1) SLO

Holland, Bessie L. Bradshaw. / Miles Cemetery, Meigs County, Ohio, cemetery inscriptions / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989. / Notes: Microfilm of manuscript (225 p.). Also includes several small cemeteries in the area. LDS

Madson, Mabel Biram. / Old Biram Cemetery burials : Hazael, Lebanon Township, Meigs County, Ohio / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983. LDS

McVey, Owen. / Some tombstone inscriptions of Columbia Township, Meigs County, Ohio : Castor, Half Acre, Lebanon, Mt. Olive, Ogdin, Rawlings, School Lot and Temple / [Athens, Ohio?] : Alexander Local Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc., 1987. [35] leaves ; 22 x 28 cm. ACPL COL HOU LDS OHS OSU SLO

Rock Springs Cemetery (Pomeroy, Ohio). / Cemetery inscriptions. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989. / Notes: Microfilm of manuscript. LDS

Snyder, Altha / Index to Cemetery records / Athens, Ohio (65 N. Court St. 45701) : Athens County Historical Society & Museum ; Athens County Genealogical Chapter, O.G.S., 1995. / 66 p. ; 29 cm. Note: Indexes Cemetery records No. 1, Book 2, Book No. 3, No. 4, and Coolville cemetery records compiled by Grace Jeffers Greiner, Jennie Midkiff, and Robert & Shirley Harper. ACPL COL OSU OU SLO

Throckmorton, H. E. / Columbia Township cemeteries : copied 1976-1978 / [Pomeroy, Ohio] : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, 1989. 1 v. (unpaged) ; 29 cm. / Notes: Includes Castor Cemetery, Crossroads Cemetery, Half-Acre Cemetery, Lebanon Cemetery, Masheter Cemetery, McClellen Cemetery, McCully Cemetery, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Townhouse Cemetery, Rawlings Cemetery, School Lot Cemetery, Temple Cemetery. ACPL CIN COL LDS OHS

Tolson, Grace Crow. / Old gravestone readings, Letart Falls Cemetery, Letart Twp., Meigs County, Ohio / [Canton, Ohio : DAR?], 1958. 18 leaves ; 28 cm. LDS SLO SUT

Townsend, Sidney, Mrs. / Grave inscriptions, Meigs County, Ohio. / Westerville, O., 1977. / 19 l OSU


CENSUS

National Archives and Records Administration / U.S. Census Schedules /
     Year Series Roll
     1820 M33      88
     1830 M19     135
     1840 M704    413
     1850 M432    710
     1860 M653   1008
     1870 M593   1242
     1880 T9     1047 (EDs 1-111, sheet 6)
     1880 T9     1048 (cont'd ED 111, sheet 7-end)
     1890 (destroyed)
     1900 T623   1303
     1910 T624   1214
     1920 T625   1417 (EDs 123-126, 160, and 127-143)

Cochran, Wes. / Meigs County, Ohio 1850 census / 1988. MARU

Cochran, Wes. / Meigs County, Ohio 1860 census / 1989. MARU OU

Cochran, Wes. / Meigs County, Ohio 1900 census / Parkersburg, W. Va. (2515 10th Avenue, Parkersburg 26101-5829) : Order from Wes Cochran, 1989. / 133 p. ; 28 cm. CIN

[v. 1] Bedford & Sutton townships -- [v. 2.] Columbia & Salem townships -- [v. 3] Lebanon, Letart, Chester townships -- [v. 4] Olive & Orange townships -- [v. 5] Rutland & Scipio townships -- [v. 6] Salisbury township -- [v. 7] Town of Pomeroy

Nitchman, Paul E. / Blacks in Ohio, 1880 in the counties of Lucas, Madison, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Meigs, Mercer, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Morrow / [Decorah? Iowa] : P.E. Nitchman, c1985- / v. ; 29 cm. ACPL

Slaughter, Raymond D. / Surname index, 1870 census of Meigs County, Ohio / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, [1990?] 30 p. ; 29 cm. CIN COL LDS OHS SLO

Slaughter, Raymond D. / Surname index, 1900 census of Meigs County, Ohio / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, [1990?] 31 p. ; 29 cm. COL OHS SLO

United States Census Office / 4th census, 1820. 1820 census of Meigs County, Ohio / Minerva, Oh. : Pierce Enterprises, c1976. 52 p. : maps ; 28 cm. CIN COL LC MARU

United States Census Office / 5th census, 1830. 1830 census of Meigs County, Ohio / Minerva, Oh. : Pierce Enterprises, c1976. 72 p. : maps ; 28 cm. CIN COL LC MARU

United States Census Office / 6th census, 1840. 1840 census of Meigs County, Ohio / Minerva, Oh. : Pierce Enterprises, c1976. 114 p. : maps ; 28 cm. CIN COL LC MARU


CHURCH RECORDS

/ Index to the records of the Church of Christ : also called, Freewill Baptist Church, Meigs County, Ohio. / [S.l. : s.n.], 1984. [24] leaves ; 28 cm. SLO

Carlton Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Kingsbury, Ohio). / Treasurers' records, 1898-1899. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. LDS

Clough Valley Chapter, DAR / Freewill Baptist Church, Meigs County, Ohio / Terrace Park, Ohio : The Committee, 1975. 131 leaves ; 28 cm. SLO

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Syracuse Welsh Branch (Syracuse, Ohio) / Church records, 1860-1890 / Microreproduction of originals housed in the RLDS Library Archives, Independence, Missouri. LDS

St. John's Evangelical Church (Chester Township, Ohio). / Church book, 1822-1924. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987. / Notes: Microfilm of originals at the Eden Archives in St. Louis, Missouri. Text in German and English. LDS


COURT RECORDS

Meigs County (Ohio). Clerk of Courts. / Court records, 1819-1853. / Columbus : Filmed by the Ohio Historical Society, 1981. / Notes: Microfilm of records located in the Meigs County Court House, Pomeroy, Ohio. Most volumes include surname index. Contains minutes and records from Meigs County Common Pleas, Supreme, and District courts.

Term record (journal) v.3, 1826-1834 Term record (journal) v.4, 1834-1839 Term record (journal) v.5, 1839-1843 Term record (journal) v.6, 1843-1846 Term record (journal) v.7, 1846-1849 Term record (journal) v.8, 1850-1853 Complete record (Chancery), 1819-1825 Chancery records v.A, 1826-1837 Chancery records v.C, 1846-1852 Clerk of Courts general index, 1819-1853 Supreme Court records v.A, 1821-1838 Supreme Court records v.2, 1840-1851 District Court record, 1852 Clerk's docket (Appearance) v.3, 1839-1848 Clerk's docket (Appearance) v.4, 1848-1854

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Ohio. Probate Court (Meigs County). / Administrators, executors and guardians journal, 1874-1882. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Meigs County courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio. Includes index. LDS

Ohio. Probate Court (Meigs County). / Court and probate records, 1820-1928; general index, 1824-1972. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. / Notes: Microfilm of records in the Meigs County courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio. Dockets also index records of the probate court. Includes additional indexes at the beginning of each volume. LDS

Ohio. Probate Court (Meigs County). / Naturalization index, 1847-1862. / Columbus : Filmed by the Ohio Historical Society, 1981. / Notes: Microfilm of records located in the Meigs County Court House, Pomeroy, Ohio. Contains an index to the naturalizations declared in the Meigs County Probate Court. LDS OHS

Ohio. Probate Court (Meigs County). / Naturalization records 1880-1900, 1908-1959 / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Meigs County courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio. Includes index at the beginning of the volume. LDS

Ohio. Probate Court (Meigs County). / Wills, 1822-1881. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Meigs County courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio. Includes indexes. LDS


GENEALOGIES

Barton, T. H. (Thomas H.) / Autobiography of Dr. Thomas H. Barton of Syracuse, Ohio, including a history of the Fourth regt. West Va. vol. inf'y, with an account of Col. Lightburn's retreat down the Kanawaha Valley, Gen. Grant's Vicksburg and Chattanooga campaigns, together with the several battles in which the Fourth regiment was engaged, and its losses by disease, desertion and in battle. / Charleston, West Virginia printing co., 1890. / viii, 340 p. front. (port.) 22 cm. ACPL CWRU OBR OSU OU SLO TOL

Blackwood, Lloyd / Some descendants of Enoch Dean : 1806-2002, Morgan and Meigs counties / 26 leaves ; 28 cm. KLS

Carl, Betty Jane Carr / Wilson Carl 1817-abt 1898 & Elizabeth Swickard 1816-1900 : of Jefferson and Meigs counties, Ohio and their sixteen children / 1 v. (unfoliated) : chiefly facsims. ; 29 cm. ACPL

Carl, Betty Jane Carr / The family of Leroy Carl and Margaret Michael : who married 23 July 1870 in Meigs county, Ohio and settled there / 1 v. (unfoliated) : chiefly facsims. ; 29 cm. ACPL

Cleland, Anna Circle. com. / Gandee family history / [Ohio : Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution], 1992. / 1 v. (various foliations) : ill., coats of arms, ports. ; 29 cm. Gandy family, Buffington family, Gilliland family, Zirkle family. ACPL SLO

Colton, Barbara Snyder. / The Mc(G)Laughlin family : early settlers of Meigs, Vinton, and Athens Counties, Ohio / Salt Lake City : B.S. Colton, c1993. / vi, 181p. : ill., ports ; 28 cm. OU

DAR. Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter (Pomeroy, Ohio) / The Pfarr, Priode, Duerr and Windon families / Pomeroy, Ohio : The Chapter, [1975?] / 5 leaves ; 29 cm. SLO

Haning, James Leslie. / Matthew Haning (c. 1730-1807) and descendants / Baltimore : Gateway Press, 1987. 158 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. LC OU

Hayes, Sonja J. / The family of John and Sarah (Ward) Hayes of Meigs County, Ohio / S.J. Hayes, Addison, IL : [1989]. 55, [8] leaves ; 28 cm. ACPL

Howell, Clara Hortense Fowler / Fowlers and kindred families of Meigs & Mason counties / Middleport, Ohio, Quality Print Shop [1964] / 92 p. illus., ports. 21 cm. ACPL LC SLO

Jewett, Harriet / Nease family / Pomeroy, Ohio : Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [1931?] / [9] leaves ; 29 cm. SLO

Johnson, Eric E. / The ancestors and descendants of Timothy Smith of Meigs County, Ohio / Avon Lake, OH : E.E. Johnson, [2006]. / 65, 4 p. ; 29 cm. ACPL

Kahn, Edythe T. / Our von Schriltzs in America, 1790-1988 / LaSalle, Mich. (12710 N. Lakeshore Dr., LaSalle 48145) : E.T. Kahn, [1988] / xvii, 783 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Note: Includes index. LC OU

Owens, Robert Percy / Genealogy of John W. & Mary Jones Owens of Pomeroy, Ohio, and associates / R.J. Owens, [Canon City, CO : c1977.] 133 p. : ill., geneal. tables, ports. ; 30 cm. ACPL LC

Parker, Margaret / Nelson Story : pioneer in a new land / [Ohio] : Meigs County Historical Society, c1999. / 27 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ACPL

Schwarz-Sprik, Barbara. / Barstow, Chevalier, Hetzer, Reed : pioneer families of Washington, Athens, Meigs counties, Ohio / Wayland, Mich. (532 North Main St., Wayland 49348) : B. Schwarz- Sprik, c1994. 111, [5] p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm. OU

Townsend, Hollis L. / The genealogy and history of the Solomon Townsend family, 1754-1962 : concerning Solomon Townsend and his wife Rachel Howell, Virginia born children of Revolutionary War soldiers; their forbears and progeny; the settlement founded by them in Columbia Township, Meigs County, Ohio, in 1819; and including a genealogical chart of eight generations of their family covering the period 1754 to 1962 / Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio : copy preparation by R.F. Plummer Company, 1962. / 202 p. : ill., col. coat of arms, maps, ports. ; 24 cm. LC SUT

Walters, Robert B. / John Ralph : pioneer of early Meigs and Gallia counties, Ohio : and allied families of French, Gardner, Grandstaff, Guy, Hughes, Walters, Wilcox, and many others / Cary, NC : The Author, 1999. / 141, 17 p. ; 28 cm ACPL


HISTORIES

/ Biographical index of Meigs Co., Ohio : taken from Pioneer history of Meigs Co. by Edgar Ervin / compiled and typed for the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. / [2] leaves LDS

/ Hardesty's historical and geographical encyclopedia, illustrated. / Chicago : H.H. Hardesty & Co., 1883. xxiv, 296, 40 p. : ill., maps, ports ; 37 cm. ACPL BGU LC LDS MIA SUT

/ Illustrated historical and business review of Meigs and Gallia counties [sic], Ohio, for the year 1891 : recording their commercial, professional, and industrial interests; also, synoptical of their churches, schools, societies and organizations, secret orders, public and private improvements, progressive sciences and arts, natural resources, etc. / s.n., [Ohio : 1992? [15]-178 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. / Notes: Reprint. Excerpted from Illustrated historical and business review of Meigs and Gallia counties, Ohio : Coshocton, Ohio : Union Publishing Co., 1891. ACPL COL LDS

/ Meigs County, Ohio : from Hardesty's historical and geographical encyclopedia, 1883, containing outline map and history of Meigs County, Ohio... ; plus property owners as shown by maps of Meigs County, c. 1867 / reprinted for the Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, Inc., Meigs County Genealogical Society by the Hubbard Co. ; Defiance, Ohio : 1982. 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 37 cm. / Notes: Reprint of a portion of the original work by James M. Evans, 1883. ACPL CIN COL LDS MARU

/ Meigs County, Ohio, from Hardesty's historical and geographical encyclopedia, 1883 : containing outline map and history of Meigs County, Ohio ... / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society : Meigs County Genealogical Society, c1982. vi, 267]-295, 40 p., D-O p. of plates : ill., maps ; 38 cm. LC SUT

/ Meigs County, Ohio, history book. / 1st ed. Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, c1979- v. : ill., map (on lining paper) ; 31 cm. ACPL CBD CIN CLV COL HOU LC LDS MARU NEW NYPL OHS

/ Portland, Ohio : a pictorial history / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, c1998. / 117 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. ACPL

The Railway reflector : (Pomeroy and Middleport, Ohio) : sights and scenes along the Buckeye route / Originally published: Gallipolis, Ohio : [s.n., 1897]. / 39 p. : ill., map, ports. LDS

Brown, Victor L. (Victor L'Berger) / Collections of bits & pieces of Sutton Township history / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer & Historical Society, [1987]21 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. Typescript. ACPL COL LDS OHS

Ervin, Edgar, 1874- / Pioneer history of Meigs County, Ohio, to 1949; including Masonic history of the same period / n.p., 1949? 514 p. illus. 24 cm. ACPL BGU CIN CLV COL HOU LC LDS MARU MIA OSU OU SLO SUT WM

Fruth, Christine / Wilderness - pioneer days - slavery / [Ohio? : The Society?], 1993. / 108 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ACPL

Gerlach, Michael. / A study of the history of Meigs County, Ohio. / Meigs County Pioneer & Historical Society, Inc., Pomeroy, OH : [between 1977 and 1993] 72 p. ; 28 cm. / Notes: "Prepared for the schools of Meigs County as a part of the Bicentennial Project of the Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, Inc. January l977." ACPL COL

Harris, Charles H. (Charles Henry) / The Harris history : a collection of tales of long ago of southeastern Ohio and adjoining territories / Athens, Ohio : Athens Messenger, 1957. 329 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. ACPL COL OU

Hart, Tom / PT squadron 16 / Pomeroy, OH : Meigs County Historical Society, 1999 / 126 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ACPL

Hildreth, Samuel P. / Biographical and historical memoirs of the early pioneer settlers of Ohio : with narratives of incidents and occurrences in 1775 / H. W. Derby, Cincinnati : 1852. 539 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. / Publications Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio ; v. 2 ACPL MARU

Hill, Agnes C. / Tuppers Plains and the surrounding area of Olive & Orange Townships : stories and pictures of the yesterdays! / A.C. Hill, [Tuppers Plains, Ohio] : c1985. 184 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. ACPL CIN LDS

Howe, Henry / History of Meigs County, Ohio, 1819-1889 / Knightstown, Ind. : The Bookmark, 1977. / p. 213-221 : ill., 1 map. / Notes: Reprint of original published in 1898. "Excerpted from 1898 edition of Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio by Henry Howe and illustrated with Howe's sketches from 1846 to 1890" -- T.p. LDS

Koppel, Kenneth, ed. / The Book of Bedford II, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of Bedford, March 15, 1837 : celebration August 22 to 29, 1987 / Bedford, Ohio : Bedford Sesquicentennial Committee, 1987. / 96 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ACPL

Larkin, Stillman Carter / The pioneer history of Meigs County. / Pomeroy, Ohio (144 Butternut Ave., Pomeroy 45769) : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1982. 225 p., 1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. (Also reprinted 1982) ACPL CIN CLV COL HOU LC LDS NEW OSU SUT

Lewis, Thomas W. / History of southeastern Ohio and the Muskingum Valley, 1788-1928; covering Athens, Belmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry and Washington counties. / Chicago, S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1928. / 3 v. illus., ports. 27 cm. / Note: Vol. 3: Biographical. ACPL BGU HOU MIA OBR OU SLO SUT

Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society. / Thru the years in picture : a pictorial history of Meigs County, Ohio / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, c1991. 168 p. : chiefly ill., ports. ; 29 cm. CIN OHS

Middleswarth, William / Log cabin reminiscences / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, 1992 / 119, 13 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. ACPL

Middleswarth, William. com. / Log cabin reminiscences. Volume II ; and, Some profiles of early citizens / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, 1995. 44, 11, 54, 18 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm. / Note: "This publication is taken from The Leader, Pomeroy, Ohio beginning in December 1901 and ending in April 1915"--T.p. verso. ACPL COL SLO

Middleswarth, William / The camp fire ; letters written by former soldiers about their experiences in the civil or any other war / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, 1995. / 2 v. in 1 ; 29 cm. ACPL

Middleswarth, William / Teacher reminiscences : actual newspaper articles copied from the Leader, Pomeroy, Ohio and Meigs County Museum archival souvenir booklets and school programs / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Historical Society, 1996. / 100, 20, 1 p. ; 28 cm. ACPL

Parker, Margaret / The underground railroad of Meigs County, Ohio / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Historical Society, c2007 / 96 p. LDS

Price, Gayle H. / Morgan's Raid and the battle of Buffington Island / Ohio] : Meigs County Historical Society, 1997. / 31 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ACPL LDS

Sines, Walter. / Sines history of Meigs County, Ohio : an exact photo-copy of articles / Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, Pomeroy, Ohio : 1990. 55, [20] p. ; 28 cm. / Notes: "This publication is an exact photo-copy of the Daily Sentinel newspaper articles written by Walter Sines." Includes index. ACPL LDS

Story, D. B. / A brief history of Bedford Township. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer & Historical Society, [1989?] [ii], 84, [1] p. ; 28 cm. Orig. pub. 1894. ACPL CIN COL LC LDS OHS OSU SLO

Taylor, Charles B. / Early history and war record of Wilkesville and Salem / [S.l : s.n., 197-?]. / Notes: Transcript of original published: Cincinnati, Ohio : Elm Street Printing, 1874. LDS

Welch, M. E., Mrs. / Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio : some historical facts / Rutland, Ohio : Mrs. M.E. Welch, [1948?] / 138 leaves ; 29 cm. SLO

Whiteman, Jane. / Every name index to A brief history of Bedford Township (Meigs County, Ohio) : together with a directory of its leading business citizens, by D. B. Story, 1984 / [Tulsa, Ok.] : J. Whiteman, c1983. / [14] p. LDS

Whiteman, Jane / Every name index to History of Meigs County, Ohio / Tulsa, OK] (4742 S. Tacoma, Tulsa 74107) : J. Whiteman, c1982. 52] p. ; 28 cm. CIN LC LDS MARU

Whiteman, Jane / Surname index to History of Meigs County, Ohio / Tulsa, Okla. (4742 S. Tacoma, Tulsa 74107) : J. Whiteman, 1982?, c1978] 8] leaves ; 28 cm. LC MARU NEW

Whiteman, Jane / Surname index to Personal history department of History of Meigs County, Ohio, in Hardesty's historical & geographical encyclopedia, 1883 / : index Tulsa, OK (4742 S. Tacoma, Tulsa 74107) : J. Whiteman, c1982. 7] leaves ; 28 cm. LC


MAPS

/ Maps for Geological survey of Ohio, 1873 / [Ohio : s.n., 1873] / maps ; 66 x 76 cm. folded to 24 cm. / Note: Title from container. Title on individual maps: Map no. ... of grouped sections / E.B. Andrews and W.B. Gilbert. no. 6. Gallia County -- no. 7. Meigs County -- no. 8. Athens County. BG

/ Meigs Co. / [S.l. : s.n., 1990?] / Scale [1:63,360] ; [Polyconic proj.] 1 map ; 92 x 118 cm. / Note: Base map from USGS topographic series. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. OU

Great Mid-Western Publishing Company. / Meigs County, plat directory .. / Dayton, Ohio : The Company, c1982. 56 p. : chiefly maps ; 28 cm. COL OU Great Mid-Western Publishing Company. / Meigs County, plat directory .. / Dayton, Ohio : The Company, c1996. COL

Hayes, E. L. / Third & fourth wards of Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio / [Philadelphia : Titus, Simmons & Titus, 1877] / Scale [1:4,800] 1 map : hand col. ; 79 x 53 cm. / Note: Shows land ownership. From: Illustrated atlas of the upper Ohio River and Valley. Philadelphia. 1877. Inset: Mason City. OHS

Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division / Gallia and Meigs counties (portion), Ohio land ownership map, 1885 / Microfiche of original. LDS

Ohio. Dept. of Highways. / General highway map Meigs County, Ohio / [Columbus] : The Dept., 1940. OHS OSU

Ohio. Dept. of Highways / Ohio highway map, Meigs County [Ohio]. [Columbus, Ohio?] : Ohio Dept. of Highways, [1969?] 1 map ; 17 x 20 in. UCB

Ohio. Division of Geological Survey / Meigs County / [Columbus] : The Survey, 1974. Scale 1:63,360. / 1 map ; 64 x 92 cm. OU

Mercury Publishing Company / Plat book & land atlas 2000 Meigs County, Ohio / Clayton, Ohio : Mercury Pub. Co., ; Pomeroy, Ohio / 1 atlas (58 p.) : maps ; 28 cm ACPL

Rockford Map Publishers / 1969 Meigs County atlas and plat book / Rockford : Rockford Map Publishers, c1969] 38 p. : maps ; 29 cm. ACPL CIN CLV LC LDS NYPL OSU


MILITARY RECORDS

/ Meigs County, Ohio World War II soldiers / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer & Historical Society, c1992. / 151, "11! leaves : ports. ; 29 cm. / Includes index. ACPL CIN

/ Ohio WW I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 [microform]. / 238 microfilm reels ; 16mm. / Contents: Medina (S-Z) - Meigs (A-V) Counties; Meigs (W-Z) - Mercer Counties ACPL

/ "Those who gave all" Meigs County, Ohio World War II soldiers killed in the war / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer & Historical Society, c1992. / 54 p. : ports. ; 29 cm / Includes index. ACPL CIN

Ashley, June. / Veterans of the Civil War, taken from The Tribune Telegraph, Pomeroy, Ohio, 1905 / Racine, Ohio : Meigs County Chapter, OGS, 1987. / 36 p. / Notes: Lists of veterans are arranged according to township, and alphabetically by surname. Includes name of veteran; branch, rank, and outfit of service, and place of residence. ACPL CIN COL LDS

Bowman, Mary L. / Meigs County, Ohio enrollment of Militia, 1864 / Mansfield, Ohio : Ohio Genealogical Society, 1995. / [63] leaves ; 29 cm. ACPL OU

Jackson, Oscar Lawrence / The colonel's diary; journals kept before and during t he civil war by the late Colonel Oscar L. Jackson...sometime commander of the 63 rd regiment O. V. I. / [Sharon? Pa., 1922] / 3 p. l., 232 p., 1 l., 233-262 p. f ront, ports. 23 cm. [Many members of the Sixty Third Regiment were from Meigs County.] CWRU OBR OSU UCB UCSB

McKnight, William, Donald C. Maness, and H J. Combs / Do They Miss Me at Home?: The Civil War Letters of William Mcknight, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry / Athens: Ohio University Press, 2010 CIN CLV COL LC OSU OU WM

Meigs County (Ohio). Auditor. / Military records, 1863-1864. / Athens, Ohio : Microfilming by Ohio University Library, 1990. / Notes: Microfilm of original records at Ohio University Library, Athens, Ohio. Includes Military fund record 1863-1864, and Militia enrollment record 1864. LDS

Meigs County (Ohio). Recorder / Record of soldiers discharge, 1865-1945 / Microfilm of original records at the Meigs County Museum, Pomeroy, Ohio. LDS

Smith, Charles H. / The history of Fuller's Ohio brigade, 1861-1865 : its great march, with roster, portraits, battle maps, and biographies / Washington, D.C. : Microfilmed [by] Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988. / Notes: Microfilm of original published: Cleveland, Ohio : A.J. Watts, 1909. 623 p. The soldiers of the Twenty-seventh, Thirty-ninth, Forty-third and Sixty Third Regiments of Ohio Infantry, were known officially and designated in the field as Fuller's Ohio Brigade. [Many members of the Sixty Third Regiment were from Meigs County.] CRL CSL LDS OSU UCSB

Taylor, Charles B. / Early history and war record of Wilkesville and Salem / [S.l : s.n., 197-?]. / Notes: Transcript of original published: Cincinnati, Ohio : Elm Street Printing, 1874. LDS

Trowbridge, Michael L. / Meigs County, Ohio, soldier discharge book : volumes 1 and 2 / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Genealogical Society, 1988. 127 p. ; 28 cm. Note: "These discharges are only a partial listing of those that served from and/or lived in Meigs County, Ohio in the armed forces... from the Civil War to including... World War I"--Preface. ACPL CIN COL LDS SLO


MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

There is an extensive collection of Meigs County records in the Archives and Special Collections Department of the Ohio University Library in Athens, Ohio. They publish a list of records. However, the University is in the process of transferring these records to the Ohio Historical Society, so check with them before visiting to make sure the records you need are still there.

/ Bedford Township, Meigs County, OH : road tax, 1897; teacher's term report to the township clerk, 1877-1888; school register, 1905-1907. / Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, [Pomeroy, Ohio] : 1989. 1 v. (unpaged) : facsims. ; 29 cm. ACPL COL LDS

/ Histories of Athens, Gallia, Meigs and Vinton Counties, Ohio : newspapers clippings from the Dye collection. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1959. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Ohio State Library, DAR Collection, Columbus, Ohio. LDS

/ Abel Larkin family papers, 1790-1895. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. Contains Minute and roll book of the Methodist Protestant Church, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1857-1868; Court record book, Gallia and Meigs Counties, 1818-1822; Newspaper clippings including obituaries, hisories [sic], etc. from Meigs County; Miscellaneous family sketches. LDS

/ Megaphone. -- Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1981). / [Ohio] : Meigs County Geneal. Society, 1981-1989 / v. Irregular. / Includes queries from members. LDS

/ Meigs county rural address directory. / [Pomeroy, Ohio] : Meigs County Board o f Commissioners, 1978. / i, 1-34 p. ; 28 cm. Note: "Authorized by Board of Coun ty Commissioners ... in cooperation with Meigs County Engineer ..." "Directory p repared in May, 1978." OU

/ Mutchler Bible records. / Columbus, Ohio : Mary Patricia Rhynard Eal, [1991] 1 v. (various foliations) : facsims., geneal. tables ; 30 cm. Note: surnames include Mutchler, Slack, Crossland, Derry, Musser, Powell. COL

/ Ohio Land Office Records: Meigs County [microform]. / 7 microfilm reels ; 35mm. ACPL

/ Poll records of Meigs County / Columbus, OH (1212 Hudson St., Columbus) : Inskeep Brothers, c1985. 134 p. ; 28 cm. ACPL CIN COL LC LDS NEW NYPL OHS OSU OU SLO

/ Pomeroy, Meigs County, OH 1846 (see The East Business Directory - sheet # 446.7) [microform] ACPL

/ Sheppard's Pomeroy & Middleport directory. / Cincinnati [Ohio] : J.S. Sheppard & Co., [1874? or 1875?] 88, 72, [15] p. ; 23 cm. / Sheppard's Pomeroy directory for 1874 and 1875 -- Sheppard's Middleport directory for 1874 and 1875. / Photocopy. [Athens, Ohio? : Catherine McQuaid Steiner?, 1990?] 28 cm. OHS

/ Tax List, 1820-1838 [microform] / 3 microfilm reels ; 35mm. / Reel 3. Tax List, 1820-1829. / Reel 4. Tax List, 1830-1836. / Reel 5. Tax List, 1837-1838. ACPL

/ Think it over. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Pomeroy Bend Chamber of Commerce, [192-?] / 22 cm. : ill., map ; 21 x 22 cm. / Note: Cover title. Running title: A locality worthy of your inspection. OSU OU

/ Wiggins and Weaver's Ohio River directory for 1871-1872 : embracing a full alphabetical record of the names of the inhabitants, and business directories of Wheeling, Parkersburg, Marietta, Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Ironton, Portsmouth, Ripley, Bellaire, Bridgeport, Harmar, Middleport, Martins Ferry, Maysville, Owensboro, Paducah, Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Madison, Cairo, Chester, Cape Girardeau. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973. / Notes: Microreproduction of original published: Cleveland, Ohio : Wiggins and Weaver, 1872. 419 p. With: Bible records of the Raleigh family of Kentucky, and Reuben Saunders and Rebecca Locketts, married April 1858 LDS

Cross, Waid. / Catalogue of the Big Store, Racine / Waid Cross. Roberts & Cross, hardware and implements. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Race & Dawson, 1897. [60 p.] : ill. ; 22 cm. OHS

Davis, Isaac B. / Syracuse Coal and Salt Company : report of the agent of the company, Isaac B. Davis : Hartford, August 28th, 1856. / Hartford [Conn.?] : Calhoun Steam Printing Company, 1856. 12 p. ; 21 cm. OHS OSU

Engel, Brian V. / Religious organications [sic] in Meigs county, January 16, 1969 : a comprehensive statistical study of religious organizations and changes in Meigs county, Ohio / [Pomeroy, Ohio?] : B.V. Engel, 1969. / 107 leaves : ill., maps ; 29 cm. Bibliography: l. 105-107. OU

Kocher, L. Richard. / A listing of entrymen on lands in Meigs Co., Ohio / [Columbus, OH] (459 Ross Rd., Columbus 43213-1953) : [Woolkoch Pub.,] 1995. / v, 21, 21 p. : maps ; 28 cm. ACPL COL LC

Martin family. / Papers ca. 1700-1976. / Bibliography and genealogy materials of the Martin family beginning with Christopher Martin (d. 1605). Includes Revolutionary War Muster Rolls, material on Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio. OHS OSU

Meigs County Infirmary (Ohio). Superintendent. / County Home register of inmates, 1871, 1901-1981. / Columbus : Filmed by the Ohio Historical Society, 1981. / Notes: Microfilm of records located in the Meigs County Court House, Pomeroy, Ohio. Includes surname index. LDS

Meigs County (Ohio). Auditor. / Tax duplicates, 1820-1838. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967-68. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Ohio Historical Society Library, Columbus, Ohio. LDS

Meigs County (Ohio). Board of County Commissioners. / Indigent soldiers burial record, 1884-1921. / Athens, Ohio : Microfilming by Ohio University Library, 1990. / Notes: Microfilm of original records at Ohio University Library, Athens, Ohio. Includes index. LDS

Meigs County (Ohio). Recorder. / Deeds, 1820-1901; index to deeds, 1820-1902 / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Meigs County courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio. LDS

Meigs County (Ohio). Recorder. / Deeds, Washington, Gallia & Athens counties. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Meigs County courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio. Meigs was formed from Washington, Gallia and Athens counties in 1820. Includes index. LDS

Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society / Publications. / Pomeroy, O. / nos. / No. 1- ; 1970- OSU

Mora, Maye Crary. / Meigs County's early religious heritage / Middleport-Pomeroy, Ohio : Printed by Quality Print Shop, 1975. / 97 leaves ; 29 cm. SLO

Parrott, Charles. / Papers (1879?) / 1 item, 20 p. / Report, (1879?), of statistics collected at Pomeroy, Gallipolis, and from Gallipolis to Logan on the Ohio and Western Virginia Railroad describing especially the mineral and agricultural resources and industries. OHS

Peoples, E. W. / Ordinances and franchises of the Village of Pomeroy in force August 2, 1909 / revised and compiled by E.W. Peoples under supervision of Ordinance Committee consisting of Wm. Andrews, M. Blaettnar, Jr., and Geo. Schlaegel. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Democrat Printing, 1909. / 168 p. ; 23 cm. / Note: Published by authority of the village council. Pp. 145-160 are blank. OU

R. L. Polk and Company. / East Liverpool, Ohio, city directory : including Chester and Newell, West Virginia; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory. -- 1921-****. / Pittsburgh : R.L. Polk, 1921-****. / v. : ill. / Notes: Title varies. Place of publisher varies. Includes index. Library has: 1921/1922 (film only), 1931 (film only), 1980. [This is catalogued under Chester, Meigs County, but this may be incorrect.] LDS

Salem Association (Ohio) / Minutes of a convention of Baptist churches by their delegates, held by appointment at ... Salem, Meigs County, Ohio, on the 22d of October, 1819.... Gallipolis [Ohio] : J. Cushing, printer, [1819] / 8 p. / Not e: Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex Microprint, courtesy of A.A.S., 1983. 1 microopaque ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 47129). UCB UCD

Steiner, Catherine McQuaid. / Ornate & simple forms : Pomeroy furniture & fashion, 1840-1880 / [Athens, Ohio?] : C.M. Steiner, S.E. Cone, c1990. / 49 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. / Notes: Catalog of an exhibition celebrating the Sesquicentennial of Pomeroy, Ohio. Includes "The craftsmen: biographical sketches." Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49) OHS

Watkins, Morton Hayes / Diaries, 1889-1890. / 2 v. (92, 92 p.) ; 15 x 9 cm. / Diaries containing almanac, followed by entries for the year 1889 and 1890 respectively, accounting daily life, jobs worked and income received and spent. Note: Ohio University Library. Dept. of Archives & Special Collections. Student at Ohio University, graduated class of 1878 with Bachelor of Science degree. He was from Harrisonville, Ohio. OU

Werry, Karen; et al. / Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society presents annual meeting reports from the past 110 years compiled from Meigs County newspapers / [Pomeroy, Ohio] : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, c1987. 123 p. : ports. ; 28 cm. ACPL CIN LDS OHS OSU SLO


NEWSPAPERS

Banner, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio / (Aug. 8, 1867)-(Dec. 18, 1868) OHS

Crescent, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio / (Jan. 7, 1870)-(Dec. 28, 1871) OHS

Daily sentinel, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Ohio Valley sentinel, 1954- / Vol. 6, no. 138 (Sept. 27, 1954)- OHS OU

Democrat, The. / Pomeroy, O. [Ohio] : C.E. Peoples, 1891-1941. / Vol. 3, no. 25 (Mar. 12, 1891)-v. 53, no. 34 (Aug. 21, 1941) / Continues: Pomeroy Democrat. Cont'd by: Sentinel (Pomeroy, Ohio) OHS OU

Gallipolis weekly journal and Gallia and Meigs public advertiser. / Vol. 2, no. 27 (Nov. 15, 1832)-v. 4, no. 3 (Aug. 21, 1834) / Microform: Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1976. 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm. OHS

Herald, The. / Middleport, Ohio : F.C. Russell, 1885-1894. / Vol. 9, no. 38 (Feb. 20, 1885)-v. 18, no. 40 (Feb. 23, 1894) / Microform. Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1981. 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. OHS

Herald Tribune, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio / (Dec. 12, 1946)-(Jul. 8, 1948) OHS

Independent, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio / (Jul. 3, 1908)-(Dec. 21, 1910) OHS

Journal, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio / (Jan. 3, 1880)-(Dec. 29, 1881) OHS

Leader, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio / (Aug. 1, 1895)-(Dec. 27, 1917) OHS

Meigs County News, The. / Middleport, Ohio : Eli S. Branch, 1871-1876. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 22, 1871)-v. 5, no. 16 (Mar. 8, 1876) / Microform. Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1981. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. OHS

Meigs County Republican. / Middleport, Ohio : Jos. W. Dumble, 1876-1894. / Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 15, 1876)-v. 18, no. 52 (Feb. 21, 1894) / Microform. Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1981. 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. OHS

Meigs County telegraph. / Pomeroy, Ohio : L.G. Thrall & Co., 1867-1884. / v. : ill. (chiefly advertisements) ; 48-54 cm. / Vol. 10, no. 1 (Jan. 3, 1867)-v. 36, no. 48 (Dec. 3, 1884) / Note: "Republican." Cf. Gutgesell, S. Guide to Ohio newspapers, 1974. Editor: O.B. Chapman, 1867-1882; E.S. Trussell, 1882-1884. "An independent family journal, devoted to politics, general and local news, literature, agriculture, commerce, etc." / Continues: Pomeroy weekly telegraph. Cont'd by: Telegraph (Pomeroy, Ohio) OHS OU

Meigs County Times. / Feb. 7, 1844 - Apr. 3, 1844 (4 issues). OU

People's Fountain, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio / (Jul. 7, 1854)-(Jul. 7, 1854) OHS

Pomeroy weekly telegraph. / Pomeroy, Ohio : T.A. Plants & A.E. McLaughlin, 1860-1866. / Vol. 3, no. 1 (Jan. 3, 1860)-v. 9, no. 52 (Dec. 27, 1866) / Microform: Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1978. 3 microfilm reels. 35 mm. OHS

Republican-herald. / Middleport, Ohio : Union Printing Company, 1894-1902. / Mar. 2, 1894-Jan. 21, 1902. / Microform. Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1981. 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. OHS

Sentinel, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio : News-Sentinel Pub. Co., 1941-1954. / Vol. 53, no. 35 (Aug. 28, 1941)-v. 6, no. 137 (Sept. 25, 1954) / Note: Absorbed: Herald-tribune (Pomeroy, Ohio), and: Middleport review, June 1948. Continues: Democrat (Pomeroy, Ohio); Middleport review.; Herald tribune (Pomeroy, Ohio) Cont'd by: Daily sentinel (Pomeroy, Ohio) OHS OU

Star Spangled Banner, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio / (May. 16, 1867)-(Aug. 1, 1867) OHS

Telegraph, The. / Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio : E.S. Trussell, 1884- / Dec. 10, 1884- Ceased with Feb. 20, 1894 issue. Cf. Gutgesell, S. Guide to Ohio newspapers, 1974. / Note: "Republican." Cf. Gutgesell, S. Guide to Ohio newspapers, 1974. Editor: E.S. Trussell, 1884-1894. OHS OU

Tribune, The. / Racine, Ohio : W.G. Sibley, 1887-1890. / Apr. 13, 1887-Nov. 5, 1890. / Microform: Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1978. 2 microfilm reels. 35 mm. OHS

Tribune, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Hartley & Huntley, 1890-1894. / Nov. 19, 1890-Feb. 21, 1894. / Microform: Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1978. 2 microfilm reels. 35 mm. OHS

Tribune and telegraph, The. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Union Printing Company, 1894. / Feb. 28-Apr. 11, 1894. / Microform: Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1978. 1 microfilm reel. 35 mm. OHS

Tribune-telegraph. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Union Printing Company, 1894-1941. / Apr. 18, 1894-Jan. 15, 1941. / Microform: Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1978. 22 microfilm reels. 35 mm. OHS

Tribune-telegraph. / Pomeroy, Ohio : [s.n.], 1941-1942. / Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 19, 1941)-v. 2, no. 184 (Aug. 18, 1942) / Microform: Columbus : Ohio Historical Society, 1978. 4 microfilm reels. 35 mm. OHS


VITAL RECORDS

/ Birth records of Meigs County, Ohio : an exact photo-copy of the records in probate court / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, 1991 / Vol.I. 1865-1882--Vol.II. 1882-1897--Vol.III. 1897-1906--Vol.IV. 1906-1908.

/ Death records ... Meigs County, Ohio, Probate Court. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, 1989 - v. ; 28 cm. / Note: "...an exact photocopy of the death records of the Probate Court of the Meigs County, Ohio Courthouse"--T.p. / Contents: v. 1. 1867-1897 -- v. 2. 1897-1908. COL SLO

/ Hardesty's history / [n.p., n.d.] / 59 l. 28 cm. / Note: A chronological list of marriages in Meigs County, Ohio, from 1819 to 1840. The caption title is apparently meaningless as the information does not seem to appear in the Hardesty work. Reproduced from typewritten copy. OSU

/ Index ... birth records, ... Meigs County, Ohio. / [Pomeroy, Ohio] : Copied and published by Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, Inc., 1991- v. (unpaged) : facsisms. ; 28 cm. / Note: Photocopy Vol. I. 1865-1882. ACPL SLO

/ Index to volume I and II, death records, Meigs County, Ohio. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, Inc., c1989. 1 v. (unpaged) ; 28 cm. "A complete photocopy of the Meigs County death records volume I and II are at the Meigs County Museum, 144 Butternut Avenue, Pomeroy, OH 45769"--T.p. verso. Facsim. reprint. ACPL COL LDS OHS OSU SLO

/ Marriage license records copied from original court records in the Meigs County Clerk of Courts, 1838-1847, 1852-1855. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society, [1990?] 1 v. (unpaged) ; 28 cm. / Note: Also includes records from 1828-1832. OHS OSU

/ Marriages in Meigs County, Ohio. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. / Notes: Microfilm of manuscript in the Ohio State Library, D.A.R. Collection, Columbus, Ohio. Records are arranged in alphabetial order: Brides, A-Z; Grooms, A-Z. LDS

/ Marriage Records, 1812-1866 [microform]. / 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. ACPL

/ Obituaries 1872, 1873, 1876 & 1877 : copied from Meigs County News, Middleport, 1872, 1873 & 1876 and Meigs County Telegraph, Pomeroy 1877 / Handcopying from newspaper by Christine Fruth ; Indexed and typed by Margaret Parker. / Pomeroy, Ohio : Meigs County Historical Society, 1995. / 23 p, [77] leaves ; 28 cm. Note: Includes index. ACPL OU

Ashley, Keith D. / Marriages of Meigs County Ohio, volume 3, 1862-1866 / copied, proofread, typed, and researched by Keith D. Ashley. / Racine, Ohio : Meigs County Chapter, OGS, 1989. / 25 p. / Notes: Contains an every name index to brides and grooms; list of officials or ministers, and index to marriage records giving page number, names of grooms and brides, date of marriage and number reference to minister or official who performed the marriage. ACPL CIN COL LDS

Bedford-Lodi Genealogy Group / Meigs County, Ohio death certificate information for the years 1909 thru 1914 / Pomeroy, Ohio: Bedford-Lodi Genealogy Group.

Bedford-Lodi Genealogy Group / Meigs County, Ohio Death Certificate Information for the Years 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 / Pomeroy, Ohio: Bedford-Lodi Genealogy Group, 2000.

Bedford-Lodi Genealogy Group / Meigs County, Ohio Death Certificate Information for the Years 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 / Pomeroy, Ohio: Bedford-Lodi Genealogy Group, 2000.

Bedford-Lodi Genealogy Group. Meigs County, Ohio Death Certificate Information for the Years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928. Pomeroy, Ohio: Bedford-Lodi Genealogy Group, 2002.

Cochran, Wes, 1946- / Meigs County, Ohio marriages, 1819-1913 / Parkersburg, WV (2515 10th Ave., Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829) : Wes Cochran, 1991. 712 p. ; 28 cm. ACPL HOU SLO

DAR. Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter (Pomeroy, Ohio) / Marriages in Meigs County, Ohio, 1812-1866 / [Pomeroy, Ohio : the Chapter, 1936?] 2 v. ; 28 cm. SLO

Hill, Agnes C. / Meigs County, Ohio births, deaths, and marriages 1857-1858 / Tuppers Plains, Ohio: A.C. Hill, 1976.

Holland, Bessie L. Bradshaw / Obituaries from the Daily Sentinel (Pomeroy, Ohio) / Microfilm of original manuscript: [198--?]. [234] p. This is a collection of newspaper clippings. LDS

Norris, Harold E. / Meigs County, Ohio, probate court record of deaths / [S.l. : s.n., 19--]- / v. ; 29 cm. / Incomplete contents: 1897-1908. ACPL LDS

Ohio. Probate Court (Meigs County). / Birth record card file index, 1876-1908 / Microfilm of original records at the Meigs County Museum, Pomeroy, Ohio.Includes name, place of birth, date of birth, name of father, maiden name of mother, color, sex, date recorded, volume number and page number. LDS

Ohio. Probate Court (Meigs County). / Birth records, 1867-1908. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Meigs County courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio. V. 3-4 are arranged in alphabetical order. Includes indexes in some volumes. LDS

Ohio. Probate Court (Meigs County). / Death records, 1867-1908. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Meigs County courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio. Includes index. LDS

Ohio. Probate Court (Meigs County). / Marriage records, 1819-1950. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Meigs County courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio and the Meigs County Museum. Includes indexes. LDS

Ohio. Probate Court (Meigs County). / Registration and correction of birth records, 1941-1963. / Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963. / Notes: Microfilm of original records in the Meigs County courthouse, Pomeroy, Ohio. Includes indexes. LDS

Pierce, Homer C. / Meigs County marriage records, books 1 & 2 / Minerva, Ohio : Pierce Enterprises, c1977. 136 p. ; 28 cm. ACPL CBD CIN COL HOU LC MARU NYPL OU SLO

Pierson, Merry Anne / Meigs County, OH, Death Records: Extracted from FHL Microfilm 313460 : 1867-31 March 1880 / S.l: M.A. Pierson, 2005. OHS

Wood, Paula / Meigs County, Ohio marriages volume 14 : September 1913-October 1918, v. 15. October 1918 - July 1924. / [Pomeroy, Ohio] : Meigs County Pioneer & Historical Society, 2001 / 53 p. ; 28 cm ACPL LDS

Wood, Paula / Meigs County, Ohio probate records 1857-1858 : births, deaths, and marriages / [Pomeroy, Ohio?] : Meigs County Pioneer & Historical Society, 2001 / 35, 13, 15 p. ; 28 cm. ACPL LDS


INSTITUTIONAL ABBREVIATIONS
ACPL   Allen County (Indiana) Public Library
AKR    University of Akron
BGU    Bowling Green University
CBD    Carlsbad Public Library, Carlsbad, CA
CIN    Cincinnati Public Library
CLV    Cleveland Public Library
COL    Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH
CRL    Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, IL
CWRU   Case Western Reserve University
HOCK   Hocking College
HOU    Houston (Texas) Public Library
KLS    Kate Love Simpson-Morgan County Library
KSU    Kent State University
LC     Library of Congress
LDS    LDS Family History Library
MARU   Marshall University
MIA    Miami University of Ohio
NEW    Newberry Library
NYPL   New York City Public Library
OBR    Oberlin College
OHS    Ohio Historical Society
OSU    Ohio State University
OU     Ohio University
SLO    State Library of Ohio
SUT    California State Library, Sutro
TOL    University of Toledo
UCB    University of California, Berkeley
UCD    University of California, Davis
UCSB   University of California, Santa Barbara
WM     College of William and Mary
WSU    Wright State University
YSU    Youngstown State University