Henry County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Henry County

Parent County
1820--Henry County was created 12 February 1820 from Shelby County. County seat: Napoleon

Record Loss
The courthouse burned down in 1847.

Neighboring Counties

 * Defiance
 * Fulton
 * Hancock
 * Lucas
 * Putnam
 * Williams
 * Wood

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Henry 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 Henry County.


 * - 100th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company B

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. 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.

Societies and Libraries
Henry County Genealogical Society

Web Sites

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