Morrow County Books

LAND RECORDS

  • Epochs of American History Maps donated by D M Moore
  • Federal Land Series Vol 1 & 2
  • Morrow County Land Owners 1999
  • Original Land Owners Morrow County
  • Early Private Landowners in N Harmony Twp 1805-1840 by Vincent Brown
  • Original Land Owners, Alphabetical
  • Map Guide to US Federal Censuses 1790-1920
  • Plat Books Morrow County 1965, 73, 75, 78, 84, 89, 2000, 02, 03, 05
  • Plat Book Chester Twp North & South 1993
  • Morrow County Transfer Book 1848
  • Morrow County Ohio Historical Atlas 1857, 1871, 1901
  • Morrow County Plat Directory

DEATH and FUNERAL HOME RECORDS

  • Early Death Records 1856, 1857, 1867-1879 Chapter Book
  • Early Death Records 1880-1889 Chapter Book
  • Early Death Record 1890-1899 Chapter Book
  • Early Death Records 1900-1908 Chapter Book
  • Early Death Records 1908-2008 Chapter Book
  • Death Index 1908-2001 by Brenna Hobson Budd
  • Out -of-County Deaths for Morrow Co Residents 1968-2001 Chapter Book
  • Various Obituary Collections 1869 to 2008
  • Morrow County Funeral Home Books, Curl 1,2,3; Harry Jacobs 1; Craven 1,2 Chapter Books
  • Morrow County Craven Funeral Home Records 1938-1977 Microfilm Only
  • Morrow County Snyder Funeral Home Records 1973-1979 Microfilm Only
  • Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in Morrow County by Maxine Marshall
  • Morrow County Wills Index 1848-1926 Vol 1 – 10 Chapter Book
  • Canaan Twp Death Certificates 1908-1929
  • Obituaries 1900-1955 (Scrapbook of Cora Lewis, Johnsville, OH)

CEMETERIES/TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS

  • Morrow County Records of Registration War Veteran Graves 1841-1993 Chapter Book
  • Directory of Morrow County Cemeteries 1803-2003
  • Listing of Morrow County Cemeteries Including Burials
  • Clay Family Burials in Morrow County Cemeteries Map
  • Morrow County Veteran Tombstones Picture Book
  • Bloomfield District Cemetery Book by Erin Hall
  • S Bloomfield Twp Cemetery & History by DAR
  • Military Graves, Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
  • Shauck Cemetery Section 1 October 2002 by Ben Stanton
  • Cemetery Books, Tombstone Inscriptions Vol 1 – Vol 6 Chapter Book
  • Tombstone Inscriptions and Other Records of Delaware County Incl Morrow and Marion Cty by Powell
  • Old Presbyterian Cemetery Mt Gilead
  • Burial Reports in Local Newspapers
  • Morrow County Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions
  • Listing of All Known Veterans Buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Chesterville, Ohio
  • Alum Creek Friends Cemetery Records 1816-2004 by Wm Replogle

BIRTH RECORDS

  • Morrow County Births 1856-1857 and 1867-1879 Vol 1 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Births 1880-1895 Vol 2 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Births 1896-1908 Vol 3 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Recorded Birth Certificates 1908-1983 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Probate Court Birth Records 1867-1880
  • Morrow County Newspaper Birth Indexes
  • Morrow County Newspaper Babies 1996-2000; 2002-2008

MARRIAGE RECORDS

  • Morrow County Probate Marriage Records 1848-1853 and 1854-1855 Vol 1A and 1B Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Probate Marriage Records Vol 1-2 1856-1869 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Probate Marriage Records Vol 3-4 1870-1889 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Probate Marriage Records Vol 5-6 1890-1907 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Probate Marriage Records Vol 7 1907-1915 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Probate Marriage Records Vol 8 1915-1926 Chapter Book
  • Marriage Records Index Morrow County Sentinel 1869-1893 by Connie Conant
  • Marriage License Indexes in Morrow Sentinel 2006, 2007, 2008 donated by Warner

HISTORY BOOKS

  • History of Morrow County and Ohio 1880
  • History of Morrow County Ohio 1911 Vol 1 and 2 by Baughman
  • History of Morrow County, Ohio 1989
  • Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and Morrow Ohio 1895
  • Biographical Sketches from the 1880 Morrow County History Vol 1 and 2
  • Index of Morrow County History 1880 Chapter Book
  • Index of Morrow County History 1911 Chapter Book
  • Index to Biographical Sketches 1880 by Conant
  • Index to Biographical History of Delaware, Union & Morrow Counties by Ruhl
  • Ohio Historical Review featuring the Presidents Edition (Delaware, Marion, Morrow Union Cty)
  • Henry Howe’s Historical Collections of Ohio 1886
  • Morrow County Home Records 1871-1986 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Discharge Records Vol 1 1861-1870 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Discharge Records Vol 2 1870-1924 Chapter Book
  • Morrow County Discharge Records Vol 3 1919-1945 Chapter Book
  • Personal War Sketches Presented to James St John Post No 82 Cardington, Ohio 1899 Grand Army of the Republic
  • Various Newspaper Clippings 1915-1925 compiled by Connie Conant
  • Various Newspaper Clippings Regarding Genealogy Research from 70’s and 80’s
  • Morrow County Flood July 1987 by Ramona Littell
  • Sentinel’s Graphic Past Index 1957-1987 and Inventory of Historic Homes in Cardington 1981 / Newspaper Index of Historical Morrow County Churches / Index of Newspaper Veteran Records / Index of Misc Newspaper Articles about People and Places in Morrow County
  • Copies of Monument Newsletter 1976 – current
  • Historical Society Calendars 1993-current Including Photo Index
  • Ohio Ghost Towns No 34 Morrow County
  • Lexington Circle Ohio – The Origin of Pioneers Who Homesteaded in Southern Sauk County, Wisconsin / Complied by James R Carpenter

SLAVERY RECORDS

  • Night Train on the Freedom Line Vol 1 and 2
  • A Quaker Section of the Underground Railway in Northern Ohio by Wm Siebert

CHURCH RECORDS AND DIRECTORIES

  • Meeting minutes of the Woman’s Missionary Federation of Congress, Perry and Franklin Twps of Morrow County Vol 1-1915-1962; Vol 2-1963-1978
  • History and directory of the Cardington First United Methodist Church 1976
  • Directory of the First Baptist Church, Mt Gilead 1925, 1981, 1988 donated by Wilma Lepore
  • The History of the Baptist Church, Mt Gilead, Ohio donated by Wilma Lepore 1907
  • Directory of the First Baptist Church, Mt Gilead Jan 1, 1925
  • First Baptist Church, Mt Gilead 75th Anniversary Program
  • First Baptist Church, Mt Gilead 100th Anniversary Program 1953
  • First Baptist Church, Mt Gilead, Resident Membership List April 1963
  • First Baptist Church, Mt Gilead 100th Building Anniversary 2008
  • Denmark Methodist Episcopal Church History Donated by Betty Bennington 1953
  • Denmark United Methodist Church 100th Anniversary Directory Donated by Betty Bennington
  • Edison United Methodist Charge – Boundary, Denmark, Edison Directory 1978
  • Morrow County Earliest Churches 1800’s-1949’s
  • History of Blooming Grove United Methodist Church Vol 1 (1835-1998) and 2 (1835-1985)
  • Recordings of Chester Baptist 1819-1850 by Marguerite Davis
  • Chesterville United Methodist Church Sesquicentennial Celebration 1833-1983
  • Chesterville Charge Directory 1963
  • Chesterville/Harmony Chapel United Methodist Charge Directory 1973
  • Chesterville/Harmony Chapel United Methodist Charge Directory 1983
  • Chesterville/Harmony Chapel United Methodist Charge Directory 150th Anniversary
  • Chesterville/Harmony Chapel United Methodist Charge Directory 2005
  • Chesterville/Harmony Chapel United Methodist Charge Directory 2009
  • Lutheran Memorial Camp Dedication Program 1948
  • History of St John’s Lutheran Church, North Woodbury, Ohio by Daniel Rhodebeck 1973
  • Quarterly Conference Book for Mt Gilead Missions, Sandusky Conference (Possibly Fairview E.U.B.) 1850-1862
  • History of Peace Evangelical & Reformed Church, North Bloomfield, Morrow County 1957
  • Baptismal Records Peace United Church of Christ of Morrow County 1841-1856
  • History of First United Presbyterian Church, Mt Gilead, Ohio Incl 150th Anniversary Celebration 1831-1981
  • Mt Gilead Church of Christ History 1960
  • History of Westfield United Methodist Church, Morrow County (Early History)
  • History of Westfield United Methodist Church 1972
  • Westfield Methodist Church Centennial History 1853-1953
  • St John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cardington, OH 150th Anniversary 1836-1986
  • Harmony United Methodist Church 125th Anniversary
  • Directory of the Trinity Methodist Church, Mt Gilead, OH 1962
  • Directory of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Mt Gilead, OH 1972
  • Trinity United Methodist Church, Mt Gilead, OH Sesquicentennial Program 1829-1979
  • Mennonites in Ohio, History of the Mennonite Church
  • Mennonite Selected Keys to Study the Old Testament by Reuben Harvey
  • Transcript of Record Book/Scrapbook Belonging to Rev Mary E Howell Sipe 1861-1945 by Vincent Brown
  • Baptist Church Resources (Peru and Edison Churches)
  • History of the Marion Presbytery Including Mt Gilead Churches 1908
  • Alum Creek Friends Meeting Sesquicentennial Observance 1967
  • Blowing in the Wind, The Life and Ministry of Rev Harry J Young
  • Buckeye Presbyterianism by E.B. Welsh
  • Transcript of Old Harmony Presbyterian Church Record Book, prepared and edited by Vincent J Brown

OIL BOOKS

  • The Oil Boom in Morrow County and The Advantages of Investments in Oil
  • Ohio Oil Field Guide Featuring Morrow County “Oil Capital of Ohio”
  • Morrow County Oil Guide / Map for Prospectors and Tourists
  • Geological Report Cochran Prospect, Canaan Twp, Morrow County, OH by M.L. Vance
  • Well Report by M.L. Vance
  • Morrow County, Ohio “Oil Boom”; 1961-1967 and The Cambro-Ordovician Reservoir of Central Ohio by The Ohio Geological Society Anthology
  • The History of the Morrow County Oil Boom by Myron A Sage

WARREN G HARDING BOOKS

  • The Life of Warren G Harding by Willis Fletcher Johnson
  • The Shadow of Blooming Grove Warren G Harding in His Times by Francis Russell
  • The Warren G Harding Papers, an Inventory to the Micorfilm Edition
  • The President’s Daughter by Nan Britton Donated by Steve Bloir
  • The Ohio Historical Review featuring The Presidents Edition

MISCELLANEOUS MORROW COUNTY BOOKS

  • The Historian, A Publication for Delaware, Marion and Morrow Counties
  • Maple Dell Farm Cookbook
  • This I Remember….the Merwin Sisters, Maple Dell farm
  • Ohio Ghost Towns No 34 Morrow County
  • Stories I Tell Me Granddaughter From My Front Porch Vol One and Two by Charles D Mosher
  • History of Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio 1897
  • Lest We Forget, Vignettes of Morrow County, Ohio by Charles d Mosher
  • Grandma’s Clippings Collected by Shirley Frazier Looker Vol 1 and 2
  • Morrow County Football 6-Man and 8-Man M-M League 1947-61
  • Morrow County Communities, Neighborhoods and Post Offices 19th and Early 20th Centuries by Stan Sipe
  • Writings of Emma Jane Shauck, A Journal 1879
  • Morrow County Ohio Reprinted From Henry Howe’s “Historical Collections of Ohio”
  • Vietnam War, A Vietnam Soldier’s Life True Story of Wayne B Huvler 1943-2016
  • Ebenezer Burt, Justice of the Peace: Notes on his family and other early residents of Canaan Twp by Jane Peppler
  • Depression Drought Tuberculosis by Marilyn Sipe Tharp
  • Historical Program Morrow County Centennial 1848-1948
  • Morrow County Centennials September 8-15, 1974
  • History of a Small-Town Newspaper, Morrow County Sentinel
  • The Ohio Guide, Compiled by Workers of the Writers’ Program of the WPA in the State of Ohio
  • Long Ago…But Not Too Far by Geneva Kunze Brown
  • Stories We Tell Our Children About Iberia by Dorothy Predmore
  • Collection of Morrow County Stories donated by Dr William Lyon
  • Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians, NFL’s Most Colorful Franchise by Robert Whitman
  • Background Studies and Planning Proposals for Mt Gilead, Ohio / A 10 Year Plan
  • The Story of Perry Township by O.E.Brenneman
  • History of Johnsville by Velva Merwin Morgan 1982
  • Now and Then by Patrick N Grosh
  • Granddad’s Wit, Humor and Wisdom by Richard Jagger
  • Marengo, My Hometown by Alex R Fuller
  • The Life and Labors of Rev Henry Shedd, D.D. Compiled and Written by Himself 1886
  • Marengo on Gahanna by George Watson
  • 75 Years of Progress The Hydraulic Press Mfg Co
  • 1948 Morrow County Centennial Celebration
  • Indian History
  • The Buckeye Hat Story in Pictures by Kenneth I Lea
  • Know Your County Officials by Morrow County Township Association 1970, 1972,1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
  • Robinson Directories 1960, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1994
  • Directory of Rural Residents 1978 Published by Ohio Farmer Magazine
  • Business Directories 1921, 1922, 1948, 1953
  • School Directory 1930
  • Morrow County Farm Directory Circa 1940
  • The Morrow County Telephone Company Directory June 1921
  • Ohio Central Telephone Directory May 1948, May 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
  • United Telephone Directory 1976-1991
  • Sprint Telephone Directory 1992-1999, 2001-2005
  • Embarq Telephone Directory 2006 – 2008
  • Century Link Telephone Directory 2009-2014, 2016-2017
  • Independent Telephone Directories 1995-2018
  • The Morrow County Ohio World War II Honor Roll by Virginia Coning Manning
  • Morrow County Voter Registration Lists 1995
  • “All Aboard, America” The American Freedom Train 1975-1976 Commemorative Program
  • Humor for Children and for their parents, grandparents and some not so grand by Charles D Mosher

SCHOOL RECORDS

  • Westfield’s Board of Education Subdistrict No 7 Years 1885-1891 Including Teachers Contracts
  • Cabineers Historical Collections Old School District No 8, Gilead Township by John D Foye
  • Transcript of School Register from Chestnut Hall (Chestnut Grove) One-Room School Harmony Twp, Morrow County, Ohio Covering Various School Terms from 1878-1885 Original Document and Transcript Compiled by Vincent Brown
  • The Silent Bell, A History of the One-Room Schools in Morrow County, Ohio by Charles D Mosher
  • Mizpah Yearbook Index of Names 1907-1950
  • Cardington Lincoln Alumni Directory 1877-2020
  • The Schools of Chesterville
  • Looking Back, A History of the Johnsville Community and One Room School Memories by Velva Merwine Morgan
  • Johnsville School History 1885-1985
  • Mt Gilead Schools 100 Years 1973
  • History Cardington High School 1868-1910
  • 70th Anniversary of Sparta School 1923-1993 and History of South Bloomfield Twp, Sparta, Ohio
  • I Fell in Love Every September by Dorothy Scott with Kay Goodwillie
  • Ohio Retired Teachers Association 1947-1997
  • History of Education in Morrow County Compiled by Stan Sipe
  • Mt Gilead Public School Course of Study, Rules, Regulations 1911 by Superintendent and Board of Education Including 1911 Commencement Program
  • The Kodak Newsletter, Mt Gilead High School October, November, December 1912; 1913; 1914
  • Mickadoo 1905,1907 Mt Gilead Yearbook
  • Mizpah Various years 1915–2016
  • Mt Gilead Christian School Yearsbooks Various Years
  • Yearbooks Cardington, Highland, Northmor Various Years
  • Yearbooks Marengoian Various Years
  • Yearbooks Washington Twp High School (Iberia) Various Years
  • Yearbooks Edisonians Various Years

MORROW COUNTY QUAKER RECORDS

  • Early History of Alum Creek Settlement by Hannah Benedict Gidley
  • Photo Album of Homes, Buildings, People in Alum Creek Quaker Settlement
  • Alum Creek Friends Church Photos
  • Alum Creek Friends Meeting Sesquicentennial Observance October 15, 1967
  • Quakertown History Day, State of Ohio Bicentennial Celebration
  • Quakertown Exhibit
  • Quakertown Stories
  • Quakertown, the Book – Aaron Benedict Stories
  • Quakertown Ohio A Rich Heritage by W Replogle June 2012
  • Aaron Benedict Family in Stories and Pictures
  • Reuben Benedict House National Register of Historic Places
  • Buck, Martin, Green Family History and Photos
  • Benedict, DeVol, Peru Twp
  • Benedict Genealogy
  • History of Peru Township, Reminiscences by Aaron Benedict and Others
  • Osborn and Williams Family History
  • Wood Family History in Words and Pictures
  • Mount Pleasant and The Early Quakers of Ohio – The Ohio Historical Society
  • The Quaker Sweet Corn Company, Peru Township
  • A Quaker Section of the Underground Railway in Northern Ohio by Wilbur H Siebert
  • Berlin Twp and Delaware County History – Church Records Incl Alum Creek Monthly Meetings, Jan 1818-June 1835
  • Tombstone Inscriptions and Other Records of Delaware County Incl Portions of Morrow and Marion Counties

TOWNSHIP RECORDS

  • North Bloomfield Twp Records October 1847- April 1869 (Original and 1 Copy); March 1868 – April 1887; April 1887- March 1904
  • North Bloomfield Twp Record of Officer Bonds by Sharon Ling
  • North Bloomfield Twp Justice Dockets April 1858 Vol 1 and 2 (Original and 1 Copy)
  • Franklin Twp Zoning Resolutions 1986
  • Perry Twp Trustee Minutes and Board of Education Minutes 1862-1866
  • Chester Twp Knox/Morrow Counties Early 1800 Historical Papers Vol 1,2,3 Edited by Betty Meier

SCRAPBOOKS

  • History of Electa Shrine No 63, Historian Mildred Lantz
  • The Friendly Mothers Club of Morrow County donated by Faith Creswell
  • Junior and/or Beta Progress 1947-1948; 1948-1968; 1972-1998; 2008
  • Junior Progress Programs 1943-1987
  • Senior Progress Club Various Books
  • Beta Progress Programs 1987-2001
  • Beta Progress Club 1939-2011 Inventory, History, Membership, Officers, Budgets
  • Sorosis Club Program Books 1949-1968
  • Lend A Hand Circle of The Kings Daughters & Sons 1950, 1960’s
  • Farm Bureau Advisory Council Minute Book 1944-1950
  • Morrow County W.C.T.U. Records 1928-1940’s
  • Morrow County W.C.T.U. Expense Book 1935-1973
  • Mt Gilead Cub Scout Pack 56 Scrapbook 1970’s; 2002-2007
  • Boy Scouts of America, Harding Area Council Scrapbook
  • Historical Remnants of Sorosis II Donated by Marilyn A Schnippel
  • Historical Articles of South Bloomfield Twp and Sparta Ohio by Carry Mitchel and Virginia Kinney
  • Mother’s Forum of Child Conservation League Programs 1947-1990 donated by Barbara Brewer

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