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Gallia County, Ohio
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Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Gallia County Courthouse 18 Locust St. Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 Gallia County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Washington County 25 March 1803.^[1]
• County Seat: Gallipolis
• Neighboring Counties: Gallia County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[2]Vinton (north) · Cabell County, West Virginia (south) · Lawrence (southwest) · Meigs (northeast) · Jackson (west) · Mason County, West Virginia (east)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Gallia County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• Gallia County Cemeteries, 163 cemeteries listed.
• Gallia County Cemetery Records.
• Cemeteries of Gallia County.
• The Tombstone Transcription Project.
• Gallia County Cemeteries.

Census

• United States Census 1850.
• United States Census Mortality Schedules, 1850 (FamilySearch Historical Records).
• United States Census Slave Schedule, 1850 (FamilySearch Historical Records).
• United States Census 1860.
• United States Census 1870.
• United States Census 1880.
• United States Census 1900.
• United States Census 1910.
• United States Census 1920.
• United States Census 1930.

Church Records

• Gallia County Churches.

Court Records

• Many Court records for Gallia County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Directories

• Wiggins and Weaver's Ohio River Directory for 1871-1872, including Gallipolis.

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Local Histories

• Index to Hardesty's History of Gallia County. Printed in 1882. It contains a condensed history of the county, biographical sketches, general statistics and miscellaneous matters.
• History of Gallia County Containg A condensed History of the County; Biographical Sketches; General Statistics; Miscellaneous Matters, &c.
• Gallia County Ohio History Sources.
• First Settlers of Huntington Township.
• Gallia County Ohio Memory Digital Collection.
• Biographical Index.
• Gallia County, Ohio Pioneer Families.
• Many History records for Gallia County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Land and Property

• Land Records Bureau of Land Management Database.
• Land Patent Search.
• Many Land records for Gallia County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Maps

• Gallia County Google Satellite Map.
• Gallia County and its Neighbors Maps.
• 1887 Gallia County map from Military History of Ohio, Illustrated.
• U. S. Geological Survey - National Mapping Information Geographic Names
• Many Map records for Gallia County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Military

• General

-Gallia County Military Records.

• Civil War
  Civil War service men from Knox 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 Knox County.

- 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company E

- George's Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry

-Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System.

-Gallia History Web, during the Civil War.

Many Military Civil War 1861-1865 records for Gallia County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

• World War II

-Gallia County, Ohio World War II Casualties Army and Air Force.

-United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942.

Many Military records for Gallia County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Naturalization and Citizenship

• Many Naturalization and Citizenship records for Gallia County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Newspapers

• Gallia County Newspaper Obituaries.
• Gallia County Newspaper Obituaries for Civil War Veterans.
• Gallipolis Daily Tribune.
• Gallia County, Ohio Genealogy and History News Articles.

Probate

• Many Probate records for Gallia County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Gallia County Courthouse
18 Locust Street
Gallipolis, OH 45631-1251
Phone: 740.446.4374 

Probate Judge has birth, marriage, death and probate records;
County Health Department has burial records; Clerk Court has
divorce and court records from 1850; County Recorder has
land records^[1]

• Gallia County, Ohio Courthouse.
• County Records for Gallia County.

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

Museums

Societies

• Gallia County Genealogical Society.
• Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library.

Schools

• Gallia County Schools.

Taxation

• Ohio Tax Records 1816-1838.
• Delinquent Tax List for 1860. Transcribed by Henry Evans
• Many Probate records for Gallia County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog

Vital Records

Birth

• Birth Records of Gallia County 1894-1903. These records are transcribed from Volume 3. The birth records are housed in Gallia County Probate Court in Gallipolis, Ohio.

Marriage

Death

• 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.
• Deaths 1887-1888, Gallipolis, Part 1.
• Deaths 1887-1888, Gallipolis, Part 2.
• Deaths 1887-1888, Cheshire Township.
• Deaths 1887-1888, Huntington Township.
• Gallia County Death Register 1888
• Gallia County, Ohio Death Records.
• Many Vital records for Gallia County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Gallia County, Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
• Post Offices of Gallia County.
• Gallia County Funeral Homes.
• Gallia County, Ohio Genealogy and History.
• Genealogical & Historical Information for Gallia County, Ohio.
• Linkpendium Gallia County Genealogy and Family History.

Places

Populated Places

• Gallia County Populated Places.
• Orgins of Gallia County Place Names.

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Gallia County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallia_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).

Gallia County Reference Books and Lookup Volunteers.