Ordering instructions: Orders for publications may be sent to the MCGS, P. O. Box 401, Mount Gilead, OH 43338. Please be sure to include the name and address to which the materials should be sent, along with your payment. If you are local and wish to pick up your order at the Genealogy Dept. of the Mt. Gilead Library, please so indicate on your order and include your telephone number. If you are ordering as a result of seeing this information here on our Web page, it would be helpful if you mention that too!
1848 Land Transfer Book
The Morrow County Genealogical Society has reproduced the Original 1848 Land Transfer Book. In order to preserve this book,
each page has been professional photographed. Faded lines/ names on each page have been read by magnifying glass and the name inserted in book by page number. Many resources have been added to the book to help in research such as: 1848 Map; history of old towns and townships,range, section information, road names, road numbers etc.
Morrow County was taken from parts of four other counties: Delaware, Knox, Marion and Richland Counties; thus, names and locations in the book were originally in another county.
This is a 167 page spiral bound book, printed on 11 x 17 paper. (Ledger paper size) It is twice the size of a normal book.
Morrow County Records of Registration – War Veteran Graves 1841 through 1993
78 pages; names and burial sites 2600+ records.
Morrow County Discharge Records
Note: Discharges are recorded in the time period the military person recorded them.
For Example: a person serving in 1914 may not have recorded his discharge until 1943 or 1945.
Volume 1 1861 – 1870
327 pages transcribed from microfilm of the Discharge Records. 529 + records.
Volume 2 July 1870 – 1924
177 pages transcribed from microfilm of the Discharge Records. 300 + records.
Volume 3 1919 – 1945
445 pages transcribed from microfilm of the Discharge Records. 366 records.
1850 Morrow County Census Records
Prior to 1848, Morrow County did not exist. Land was taken from four surrounding counties to create Morrow County. Thus the expression “From Four Came One”.
Through the efforts of Jane Peppler and Sandra Oty, the complete 1850 Census for Morrow County has been transcribed
and typed into a format for easy research. With their permission, and the additional assistance of
Sandra Oty, Nancy Heimlich, and Betty Meier, the Morrow County Genealogical Society has published these
transcriptions in four (4) volumes. Each volume covers one of the four parent counties and contains the
census data for the townships that were originally in that county.
Volume One
- Marion County
- Canaan Township
- Cardington Township
- Gilead Township
- Washington Township
Volume Two
- Richland County
- Congress Township
- North Bloomfield Township
- Perry Township
- Troy Township
Volume Three
- Delaware County
- Bennington Township
- Harmony Township
- Lincoln Township
- Peru Township
- Westfield Township
Volume Four
- Knox County
- Chester Township
- Franklin Township
- South Bloomfield Township
Morrow County Birth Records
The Early Morrow County Births Vol. 1
1856, 1857, and 1869 thru 1879
14,500+ names. Spiral bound.
The Early Morrow County Births Vol. 2
1880 to 1895
126 pages, 16,000+ names. Spiral bound.
The Early Morrow County Births Vol. 3
1896 to 1908
12,000+ names. Spiral bound.
Recorded Birth Certificates
1909 – 1983
Approximately 45,000 Names.
Morrow County Marriage Records
Probate Marriage Records:
- Vol. 1a and 1b February 1848 through December 1855
- Vol. 1 and 2 January 1856 through December 1869
- Vol. 3 and 4 January 1870 through October 1890*
- Vol. 5 October 1890 through January 1899*
- Vol. 6 January 1899 through January 1907*
- Vol. 7 January 1907 through September 1915*
- Vol. 8 September 1915 through December 1926
- Vols. 9-10-11 (all in one publ.) January 2, 1926 through September 8, 1951
Morrow County Ohio Will Index 1848 – 1926
Index of over 3,350 Morrow County Wills on 60 spiral-bound pages
Morrow County Death Records
Morrow County Early Death Records, Volume 1
1856, 1857, 1867 through 1879
52 Pages, 2,000+ Records, Spiral Bound
Morrow County Early Death Records, Volume 2
1880-1889
45 Pages, 2000+ Records, Spiral Bound
Morrow County Early Death Records, Volume 3
1890-1899
42 Pages, 2,000+ Records, Spiral Bound
Morrow County Early Death Records, Volume 4
1900-1908
40 Pages, 2000+ Records, Spiral Bound
Morrow County Recorded Death Index
1908-2008 UPDATED
Now includes recorded parents names when given.
375 Pages, over 21,000 Names, Spiral Bound
Morrow County Funeral Home Records
Records of the Craven Funeral Home – Volume 1
The Oldest Funeral Home in Mt. Gilead, Ohio
954 Records with over 3,000 Names — 1927 – 1940
190 Pages, Spiral Bound, Indexed
Records of the Craven Funeral Home – Vol. 2
902 Records from 1941 through 1953
177 Pages, Spiral Bound, Indexed
Records of the Curl Funeral Home, Cardington, OH, Volume 1
July 1924 – December 1938 (1,020 Records)
with Account Ledger Listings October 1890 – February 1893
Contains Complete Surname Index (nearly 3,500 entries)
Records of the Curl Funeral Home, Cardington, OH, Volume 2
January 4, 1939 – August 16, 1949 Indexed.
Records of the Curl Funeral Home, Cardington, OH, Volume 3
August 22, 1949 – December 25, 1959 Indexed
Records of the Harry Jacobs Funeral Home – Marengo, Ohio
January 2, 1929 through August 18, 1947 – Indexed
Morrow County County-Home Records 1871-1986
- 100 pages. 4000+ names.
- Sorted both alphabetically and chronologically by entrance date.
- In the chronological listing families are grouped together.
- Included are maps of the County Home cemetery and Sunfish Cemetery.
- Spiral bound.
It was thought by the compiler (Betty Meier), that these folks were lost during the census periods as this home was not only for the poor, but also the sick and afflicted. (It was almost a hospital). Often times the Morrow County Home was their last home. These records show where most of these folks moved upon their discharge, or where they were buried . For example: a father from Indiana brought his son, a child, to an orphanage in Cleveland.
Morrow County’s Earliest Churches – 1800’s through 1940’s
Works of Cecil Graham, and dedicated to him. This book contains the recordings he made in the 1930’s and 1940’s of these churches, complete with details of the churches and stories of that period.
A 173-page book with over 130 pictures of these churches as they looked then and (for those remaining) as they look now. Two foldout maps are included in the book: a 1930’s and a 2000; also includes a picture of our Bicentennial Barn.
Histories and Atlas
For more detailed information and a list of the families included in this history, check out the 1895 History book above.
1895 Delaware, Union and Morrow Counties Biographical History
This history reprint is 8-1/2 x 11 inches, beautifully hardbound in simulated brown leather with gold stamped cover. It contains illustrated biographical sketches of many Delaware, Union and Morrow Counties families. There are 553 pages in the original book, including an index to the biographical sketches—NOT to all the names within the sketches.
An every-name listing of the names found in this index of the 1895 biographical history can be found here.
A list of Families included in this biographical history can be found in the tables below:
Families – Index of Biographical Sketches
Families – ILLUSTRATIONS
INDEX: a valuable companion to the History is our Spiral-bound 127-page book
with EVERY surname and the page number on which each can be found.
INDEX ONLY for the History of Morrow County, Published in 1880 by O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers
1911 Morrow County History Index
Every-name index listed on 209 pages. 10,336 entries.
Published April 2010