Monroe County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Monroe County

County Courthouse
Monroe County; 101 N Main St; Woodsfield, OH 43793; Ph. 740.472.0761 Details: (Clk Cts has div &amp; ct rec from early 1800’s Pro Judge has m &amp; pro rec; Co Rcdr has land rec)

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Belmont, Guernsey and Washington Counties in 29 January 1813.
 * County Seat: Woodsfield
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Belmont (north)·Washington (south)·Noble (west)·Marshall County, West Virginia and Wetzel County, West Virginia (east)· Ohio County, West Virginia (southeast)

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

Military

 * Civil War


 * - Civil War service men from Monroe 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 Monroe County.


 * - 116th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A, C, D, E, and F

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.