United States
Ohio Lawrence County
Guide to Lawrence County Ohio genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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| Address | Lawrence County Courthouse 1 Veterans Square Ironton, Ohio 45638 Lawrence County Website |
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Historical Facts
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- Parent Counties: Formed from Gallia and Sciota Counties 21 December 1815.[1]
- County Seat: Ironton
- Neighboring Counties: Lawrence County, Ohio Genealogy residents may also have records in [2]Jackson (north) · Cabell County, West Virginia (southeast) · Greenup County, Kentucky (southwest) · Gallia (northeast) · Scioto (northwest) · Wayne County, West Virginia (south) · Boyd County, Kentucky (southwest)
Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps" (1788-1888) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Ohio counties see: Ohio Counties with Burned Courthouses
Resources
Bible Records
Biography
Business Records and Commerce
Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records
Vol. 21
page 10 - Ironton
page 37 - Sugar Creek
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.
| Online Grave Transcripts | Published Grave Transcripts | County Cemetery Directories |
| Family History Library | ||
| WorldCat | ||
| Billion Graves | ||
See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.
Census
Church Records
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Ohio denominations, see Ohio Church Records.
Court Records
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Local histories are available for Lawrence County, Ohio Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Ohio Local Histories.
This county was named for Captain James Lawrence, commander of the frigate Chesapeake during the War of 1812 who said "Do not give up the ship".
Local Histories
- Lawrence County Historical Book Committee, History of Lawrence County, Ohio, (Waynesville, North Carolina: Don Mills, 1990). FHL book 977.188 H2h
- Ohio Genealogical Society, Lawrence County Chapter, History of Lawrence County, Ohio, (Waynesville, North Carolina: County Heritage, 2004). FHL book 977.188 H2hL v.2
- A Story About Lawrence County, Ohio: Historical Background, (Huntington, West Virginia: Paul Brown Publishing, 1966). FHL book 977.188 H2s
Land and Property
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
See Ohio Land and Property for additional information about early Ohio land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.
- 1790-1907 - Bureau of Land Management database Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives.
Maps
Military
Civil War
- Civil War service men from Lawrence County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that had many men from Lawrence County.
- - 4th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Companies G and I
- - George's Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry
Naturalization and Citizenship
Newspapers
Lawrence County, Ohio Genealogy newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.
To access newspapers, contact public libraries, Ohio Genealogical Society chapters, college or university libraries, the Library of Congress, Google News, or the Ohio Memory. The Ohio Genealogical Society Obituary Database is another source of newspaper information.
For more Ohio newspaper information see the Newspaper Guides on the wiki page Ohio Newspapers.
Online Newspapers
Online Newspaper Abstracts
- various years - community contributed newspaper articles Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives.
Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form
Obituaries
Periodicals
Probate
From 1797 or the creation of the county, probate records were held by the Court of Common Pleas. After 1852, records are held by the {{{1}}} County Probate Court. See Ohio Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.
- 1790–1967 - Ohio, Probate Records, 1790-1967 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.
- 1847-1941 - Will Index, 1847-1941 Courtesy OhioGenWeb and The Lawrence Register.
- 1863-1919 - Will Indexes Vols. 1-10. Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives.
- various years - community contributed wills Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- various years - community contributed wills Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives.
Finding More Probate Records
Additional probate records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Lawrence County, Ohio Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Public Records
Repositories
Lawrence County Health Department
2120 South 8th Street
Ironton, OH 45638
PHONE: 740-532-2172
HOURS: M-F 8:00 – 4:00
- The Health Department has county births and deaths certificates from 1909-present. The indexes are at Briggs Lawrence County Public Library, Hamner Room.
- You must obtain copies of certificates at the Health Dept.
- Copies are $18.00
Give staff the name of the person and the year of death/birth. You do not have to know the month and day.
Courthouse
Lawrence County Courthouse
111 North 4th Street
Ironton, OH 45638
Phone: 740.533.4300
Probate Court has birth records 1864-1908, marriage records
from 1900, death records1868-1933 and probate records from 1817;
County Health Department has birth and death records from 1908;
Clerk Court has court records from 1817 and divorce records from 1819;
County Recorder has land records from 1817[1]
Family History Centers
FamilySearch Centers are branches of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.
The main FamilySearch Center for Lawrence County, Ohio Genealogy is the
For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.
Libraries
Briggs Lawrence County Public Library- Hamner Room
Local History and Genealogy Department
321 South Fourth Street
Ironton, OH 45638
PHONE: 740.532.1124
FAX: 740.532.4948
genealogy@briggslibrary.org
www.briggslibrary.com/hamner/aboutus.htm
Hours: Mon-Thurs 9am – 8:30pm; Fri-Sat 9am – 5:30pm
Summer Hours: Mon-Thurs 9am – 8:30pm; Fri 9am – 5:30pm Saturday 10am-3pm
Closed Sundays
Area Records on Microfilm
- Federal Census 1820-1880 (surrounding counties)
- Wills 1847 – present
- 1890 Special Census (surrounding counties)
- Births & Deaths1868 – 1938
- Federal Census 1900-1930 (surrounding counties)
- Marriages1817 – present
- Early Court Records (Incomplete)
- Newspapers 1850 – present
- Sanborn Insurance Maps
- Some Early Furnace Records
- Some Early Court Records
- Tax Duplicate Records 1817 & 1822
- Death Indexes from Ohio Department of Health 1908-1944, excluding 1933-1937
Special Collections
- First Families of Lawrence County
- Woodland Cemetery Records
- Tombstone readings from area cemeteries
- Family History Center
- Some early Church Records
- Vertical Files of area History
- Ironton City Directories (Incomplete)
- Yearbooks (incomplete)
- Birth Indexes 1909-present
- Death Indexes 1909-present
Briggs Lawrence County Public Library does not perform genealogical research, which is requested by phone, letter or e-mail. We will return all such requests to the sender, and will respond with a list of the names of local researchers obtained from the Lawrence County Genealogical Society, who can perform those services.
The staff at Briggs Lawrence County Public Library will continue to assist all persons who visit the Phyllis Hamner Local History and Genealogy Room located at the Main Library in Ironton, Ohio.
Museums
The Lawrence County Museum has certification by the Ohio Association of Historical Societies Museums. It is operated by the Lawrence County Historical Society, a corporation since 1925. The building in which the Museum is housed is referred to, in the Registry of Historical Homes of the Rankin District, as the Colonel George N. Gray House. In 1988, the Lawrence County Historical Society acquired the property, using funds raised through contributions of community-minded individuals, members, and businesses.
The Museum features several permanent exhibits, while some areas have exhibits that change four or five times a year. Annual events are:
Ice Cream Social First Sunday of July
Apple Butter Day First Saturday of October
Christmas Exhibit Opens First Sunday of December
A very special event in Ironton is the Museum's Candlelight Church Walk on the first Saturday evening of December.
Victorian Teas are being added to the schedule.
Societies
Lawrence County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1035
Proctorville, Ohio 45669-1035
Contact person:
Donald R.Clark
740-886-7230 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Lawcoloreman@aol.com
The following organizations are under the umbrella of the Ohio Genealogical Society:
- First Families of Lawrence County
- Civil War Veterans of Lawrence County
- Settlers and Builders of Lawrence County
- Lineage Society
Application forms for these organizations are at the following URL: http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/gensoc/gensoc.htm
Lawrence County Historical Society
506 South 6th St
Ironton, Ohio 45638
740-532-1222
Taxation
- 1818 and 1821 - Lawrence County Tax Lists Courtesy OhioGenWeb and The Lawrence Register.
Finding More Tax Records
Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Lawrence County, Ohio Genealogy Tax Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Vital Records
Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Marriages were usually recorded from the formation of the county and are held at the office of the County Probate Court. Divorce records are located with the county Clerk of Courts.
Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the County Probate Court. The Ohio Department of Health has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954, while the Ohio History Connection houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953.
View birth, marriage, and death indexes and more online at The Lawrence Register.
Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records
- 1867-1868 - births from Probate records Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- 1867-1938 - Selected early birth records by surname taken from the Probate records. Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- 1850-1900 - Birth Announcements index of birth announcements taken from Ohio newspapers. Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- 1909-1950 - Index of Births from the city Health Department, Ironton, Ohio. Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- Jan-Jul 1927 - Births from the Ironton Tribune Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- various years - visitor submitted birth information Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- various years - community contributed birth records Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives.
Original Birth Records on Microfilm
Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records
- 1817-1860 - Lawrence County Marriage Books Courtesy OhioGenWeb Archives.
- 1824-1878 - Abstracted marriage records Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- various years - community contributed marriage records Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
Original Marriage Records on Microfilm
Death
Online Death Indexes and Records
- 1867-1870 - Lawrence County deaths from Probate Courtesy OhioGenWeb and Lawrence Register.
- 1867-1938 - Lawrence County Death Records Courtesy OhioGenWeb
- 1908-1953 - 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.
- 1909-1945 - Death Index from the city Health Department, Ironton, Ohio Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- 1915-1917 - Historical Society Deaths for Lawrence County, Ohio Courtesy OhioGenWeb and The Lawrence Register.
- various years - Selected early death records Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- various years - visitor contributed death records Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
- various years - community contributed death records Courtesy OhioGenWeb.
Finding More Vital Records
Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Lawrence County, Ohio Genealogy Vital Records in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Original Death Records on Microfilm
Divorce
Web Sites
- The Lawrence County OH GenWeb Project, a member of The OHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
- Family History Library Catalog.
- Lawrence County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
Places
Populated Places
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002]. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "HBG" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lawrence County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Ohio (accessed 27 June 2013).