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Ross County, Ohio
Map
Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Ross County Courthouse 2 N. Paint St. Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 Ross County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Adams, Hamilton and Washington Counties in 1798.
  
• County Seat: Chillicothe
   
• Neighboring Counties: Ross County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[1]Pickaway (north) · Pike (south) · Highland (west) · Fayette (northwest) · Vinton (east)  · Hocking (northeast)  · Jackson (southeast)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Ross County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries
• Cemetery Index
• Ross County Cemeteries
• The Tombstone Transcription Project
• The Political Graveyard
• Cemeteries of Ross County
• Many Cemetery Records for Ross 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 topic details.

Census and Directories

• Census
• Census Records
• Ross County Ohio Census
• U. S. City Directories (Chillicothe) $
• Canton, Ohio 1914 City Directory
• 1820 United States Census $
• 1830 United States Census $
• 1840 United States Census $
• United States Census (Mortality) 1850
• U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 $
• United States Census, 1850
• United States Census 1850
• United States Census, 1860
• United States Census 1860
• 1860 United States Census $
• United States Census, 1870
• United States Census 1870
• United States Census, 1880 (Index only)
• United States Census 1880
• 1880 United States Census $
• United States Census, 1900
• United States Census 1900
• 1910 United States Census $
• United States Census 1910
• United States Census, 1920
• United States Census 1920
• 1930 United States Census $
• 1930 Census of Merchant Seamen $
• The 1803 Census Records for Ross 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 topic details.
• Many City Directories Records for Ross 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 topic details.

Church Records

• Bible & Church Records
• Churches
• Ross County, Ohio Churches
• Topographic Map Church Features in Ross County, Ohio
• Many Church Records for Ross 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 topic details.

Court Records

• Gateways to the West $ (Includes Territorial Court Order Book, 1798-1799, 1799-1800, Index to Estates and Guardianships 1797-1820).
• Many Court Records for Ross 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 topic details.

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

• Many Minority Records for Ross 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 topic details.

Funeral Homes

• Funeral Homes in Ross County, Ohio

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Ross County, Ohio

Local Histories

• Articles & Stories
• Biographies
• Histories
• Biographies extracted from The County of Ross: by Henry Holcomb Bennett 1902
• The History of Ross County, Ohio
• County History
• A Standard History of Ross County, Ohio: an authenitc narrative
• Biographical Sketches
• Many History Records for Ross 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 topic details.

Land and Property

• Land Records
• Land Patent Search
• U. S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 $
• Many Land Records for Ross 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 topic details.

Maps

• Ross County Ohio Maps
• Map of Ross County Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels
• Many Maps for Ross 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 topic details.

Military

General

• Many Military Records for Ross 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 topic details.
• Military Records
• Military Records for Ohio Counties

Civil War

• Civil War service men from Ross 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 Ross County.

- 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company M

- 1st Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery, Company B

-106th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company F

World War I

• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 ($)
  

World War II

• United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
• U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 ($)
• Ross County, Ohio World War II Casualties Army and Air Force
  

Naturalization and Citizenships

• Naturalization
• Many Naturalization and Citizenship Records for Ross 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 topic details.

Newspapers

• Obituaries
• Chillicothe Gazette
• Bainbridge Banter $
• Obituary Collection: Chillicothe Gazette $
• Obituary Index, Ross County, Ohio

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

• Wills & Probate Records
• Many Probate Records for Ross 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 topic details.

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Ross County Courthouse
2 N Paint Street
Chillicothe, OH 45601
Phone: 740.702.3085

Probate Judge has birth, marriage, death and probate records;
Clerk Court has divorce records from late 1800’s and court records;
County Recorder has land records^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Chillicothe Ohio Family History Center

Libraries

• Ross County Libraries

Museums

Societies

• Ross County, Ohio Genealogical Society
• Ross County Heritage Center

Schools

• Schools
• Ross County School Districts

Taxation

• Ohio Tax Records 1816-1838

Vital Records

Birth

• Birth Records 1867-1908

Marriage

• Marriage Records
• Marriages 1798-1849
• Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 $

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.
• Many Divorce Records for Ross 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 topic details.
• Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 2002 $
• Death Records
• Gateway to the West $ (Marriages from 1798-1809)

• Many Vital Records for Ross 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 topic details.

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county. Search This Site
• Family History Library Catalog
• Ohio Genealogy Express
• Ross County, Ohio Chamber of Commerce
• Ross County, Ohio Genealogy Trails
• Ross County, Ohio Genealogy Forum
• Cyndi's List
• Records Project Ross County Public Record Information Online
• WikipediA Ross County, Ohio
• Profile for Ross County, Ohio

Places

Populated Places

• Chillicothe
• Histopolis (Details for Ross County, Cemeteries, Cities, Townships)
• Ross County, Ohio

Neighboring Counties

• Fayette
• Highland
• Hocking
• Jackson
• Pickaway
• Pike
• Vinton

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Mahoning County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoning_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Ross County, Ohio. Page 545 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.