History Ohio
became a territory in 1799 out of the
Northwest
Territory and all of the
Western
Reserve. It became a state in 1803. Before Ohio
became a state, most of it was surveyed into townships which were
grouped into counties. Most of those counties were very
large and have been divided into many smaller counties
today. A few of those old counties included land outside
what is now Ohio. After statehood, Ohio routinely divided
counties and moved their boundaries around well into the 19
th
Century. These changes to county boundaries resulted in some
survey townships being moved or divided among the counties, and
resulted in some political townships with different boundaries
from their survey townships. Thus, there are old Ohio
communities in the records behind this genealogy that do not align
with modern names or boundaries. These issues are annotated
and cross-referenced throughout this genealogy, where known.
In 1867, Ohio passed legislation requiring the recording of births
and deaths. Some communities started keeping public records
earlier and some of those were later designated official state
records. State-wide requirement for recording marriages came
later.
Counties Butler,
Clinton,
Cuyahoga,
Darke,
Erie,
Fairfield,
Franklin,
Geauga,
Hamilton,
Holmes,
Knox,
Lorain,
Mahoning,
Medina,
Miami,
Montgomery,
Morrow,
Portage,
Putnam,
Ottawa,
Seneca,
Stark,
Summit,
Trumbull,
Tuscarawas,
Van Wert,
Warren,
Wyandot; See also
Trumbull County for notes on
formation of Jefferson County, Portage County, Washington County
and Wayne County.
Families Binge,
Frazee,
Ryan,
Perlee/Perlier