Washington County Chapter
Ohio Genealogical Society

PO Box 2174

Marietta, OH  45750-7174

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Washington County relative to state of Ohio
www.WashOGS.org

 

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SEARCH THIS SITE OR THE WEB FOR YOUR WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO, ANCESTOR.  
JUST ENTER A NAME OR KEYWORD.
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        Graves               
Burials        
5,275 Burials in Washington County, Ohio, Cemeteries
compiled by Emory Parker,
former President of Washington County Chapter of OGS

 

Cemeteries
 Locations of Cemeteries in Washington County, Ohio, listed by township,
compiled by Jean McCreery, Louise Zimmer, and Ernie Thode

Cemetery Locations (from GNIS)
Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates and map links for many cemeteries in Washington County, Ohio

Census
Links to Northwest Territory and early Washington County, Ohio, censuses.
Other sites say they don't exist, but they do!

(For 1810 map of Washington County, see Geography page)

Washington County, Ohio, Census Index 1810 abstracted by Monty Johnson, from USGenWeb

Washington County, Ohio, Census Index 1810 notes by Monty Johnson, from USGenWeb

Washington County, Ohio, census description 1800 and 1803

Debbie Noland Nitsche's 1790, 1800, 1810 alphabetical census extractions

Washington County, Ohio, 1820 census Images from US GenWeb

Waterford Township, Washington County, Ohio, 1820 census transcription by Sherri Siebold from US GenWeb

Ward 1, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, 1850 census transcription by Forrest G. Plumstead from US GenWeb


Ward 2, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, 1850 census transcription by Forrest G. Plumstead from US GenWeb

Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio, 1850 census 
enumerated by Forrest G. Plumstead from USGenWeb

Census clerk

Marietta and Harmar City Directory, 1871-72, from Wiggins & Weaver's Ohio River Directory


Frontier cabin
Click here for a map of Donation Lands
First owners of the 1,000 100-acre lots in the Donation Lands, based on early tax records of Washington County, Ohio, listing original owners.
Allotments
Grantees A-K
Grantees L-Z
Digital Collections at Marietta College
Marietta College Digital Collections Ohio Company Donation Lands
Index by Owner

Flood
Floods
List of Ohio River flood crests at Marietta, Ohio.
Current Ohio River Level at Marietta

Newspaper
Marietta, Ohio, Newspapers

Ballot Box
Marietta, Ohio, Registered Voters, October 1928
From printed voter registration booklets
provided by Hugh Coffman.
Wards 1 & 2 are online now, other wards coming.

Digital Collections at Marietta College
(Digital Images of original Ohio Company materials)

Ohio Company
Ohio Company Lands
Shareholders of the Ohio Company of Associates with shareholder numbers, lot numbers, origins, partners, and agency.
Columns indicate Shareholder number drawn, Last Name, First Name, Origin, 8-acre lot numbers drawn, 3-acre, city/town, 160-acre, 100-acre, 640-acre Range, Township, and Section, 262-acre Range, Township, Section, any Additional Sections, Partner(s), and Agency from whom purchased.  This compilation is based on a list kept by David Putnam, a compilation by the late Ralph Schroeder, Hulbert's history of the Ohio Company of Associates, and Dyar's First Owners of Ohio Lands.


Bureau of Land Management land patents
For actual patents of first owners of land in eastern Washington County, Ohio, in the Seven Ranges, see the
US Bureau of Land Management General Land Office records.
(You may be asked for your ZIP code.)

Marietta photographer Thomas D Biscoe from Washington County Public Library collection
Photographers
List of photographers of Washington County, Ohio, with biographical information,
compiled by Donna Meek Cunningham

Post Office
Post Offices
List of post offices of Washington County, Ohio, compiled by the late Jerry B. Devol, postal historian.

School
Schools
List of schools of Washington County, Ohio,
compiled by Norman Cummings, Lillian Sarah Michaelis, Hugh Coffman, and Lisa Knowles-Maciag.
Alphabetical list of schools compiled by Claude Davis, the Washington County Board of Education, and Pat Peoples.
Look for lists of pupils and teachers in 1928-29  published in issues of our newsletter, the Washington.

Calendar
Timeline

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Latest updates

10 Aug 2008, added items to Reunions page
8 Aug 2008, added Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress and The St. Clair Papers to Books page
7 Aug 2008, added Educational History of Ohio to Books page
6 Aug 2008, added items to Reunions page
5 Aug 2008, added items to Reunions page
30 Jul 2008, added items to Reunions page
29 Jul 2008, added items to Reunions page
26 Jul 2008, added items to Reunions page
25 Jul 2008, added items to Reunions page
24 Jul 2008, added items to Reunions page, census transcriptions, link to US GenWeb for Washington County, Ohio
19 Jul 2008, added item to Reunions page
18 Jul 2008, added items to Reunions page, link to Ohio Colony of Mayflower Descendants
16 Jul 2008, added items to Books page and Reunions page
14 Jul 2008, added item to Families page (Varnum)
13 Jul 2008, added items to Reunions page
11 Jul 2008, added items to Reunions page
10 Jul 2008, added items to Books page, fixed links on Books page
9 Jul 2008, added items to Reunions page
8 Jul 2008, added items to Books and Reunions pages