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Local Government Records : Mercer County, Ohio

Records are arranged alphabetically by office of origin. County records are listed first, followed by municipalities, school districts and townships. Click here for information about access to these records.

Mercer County | Burkettsville | Celina | Jefferson Twshp | Recovery Twshp
St. Mary's Twshp | Burntwood School Recs | Celina School Recs | Center School Recs
Center City School Recs | Franklin School Recs | Gelhaus School Recs
Hopewell School Recs | Jefferson School Recs | Klosterman School Recs
Liberty School Recs | Montezuma School Recs | Puthoff School Recs
Washington School Recs | Federal

Mercer County

    Record Title Date Span Format
  Auditor
    Aid to Dependent Children
1936-1954 volume
    Blind Relief Record
1910-1957 2 volumes
    Cigarette Traffic Tax Settlement
1915-1933 hollinger box
    Docket of Infirmary Bills
1904-1959 3 volumes
    Estimates for Courthouse Construction
1863-1877 volume
    Infirmary Reports
1897-1901 3 folders
    Inspection of Treasury
1871-1906 volume
    Liquor Traffic Tax Notices
1895-1897 hollinger box
    Mothers' Pension Record
1914-1936 MFM
    Railroad Appraisement Record
1891-1910 2 volumes
    School Enumerations
1925-1961 RC box
    School Fund Settlement
1915-1929 hollinger box
    School Fund Settlement (scattered)
1837-1921 8 volumes
    School Section Records 1852-1904 2 volumes

    Soldiers' Applications/Statements
1953-1954 1 folder
    Soldiers' Burial Awards
1908-1955 7 folders
    Soldiers' Relief Commission Members
1941 1 folder
    Soldiers' Relief Commission Minutes
1887-1929 volume
    Soldiers' Relief Commission Reports
1953-1954 1 folder
    Soldiers' Relief Payment Record (scattered)
1887-1956 3 volumes
    State Audit Reports - Unprocessed
  1 hollinger box & 3 RC boxes
    Township Fund Record
1845-1905 5 volumes
    Wheat Records
1859-1861 volume
  Board of Education
   
    Attendance Officers Record
1921-1934 volume
    Common School Funds
1839-1903 5 volumes
    Common School Register
1853-1861 2 volumes
    Teachers' Institute Miscellaneous Papers
1924-1925 1 folder
  Clerk of Courts    
    Chancery Records
1837-1857 2 MFM
    Common Pleas Civil Docket/Fee Book
1824-1861 2 MFM
    Common Pleas Civil Minutes
1824-1852 2 MFM
    Common Pleas General Index
1826-1871 MFM
    Common Pleas Judgement Index
1824-1871 MFM
    District Court Appearance Docket
1870-1884 volume
    District Court Bond Record
1882-1884 2 volumes
    District Court Minutes
1868-1884 volume
    District Court Record
1852-1873 MFM
    District Court Record
1876-1884 volume
    Examination Record Pupils/Teachers (scattered)
1853-1935 8 volumes
    Teachers' Institute Minutes (scattered)
1892-1929 3 volumes
    Election Abstracts
1857 1 folder
    Election Certificates
1835-1879 1 folder
    Election Poll Books/Tally Sheets/Abstracts
1834-1863 hollinger box
    Embalmers' License Record
1908 volume
    Fisher's License Record
1920-1929 2 volumes
    Hunters' License Record (scattered)
1913-1958 volume
    Judicial Statistics
1922-1930 hollinger box
    Justice of Peace Commissions
1862-1956 3 volumes
    List of Colored Persons
1863 1 folder
    List of Deaf, Dumb, & Blind
1878, 1890 1 folders
    List of Jurors by Township
1849 1 folder
    Marriage Records
1824-1838 volume
    Marriage Records
1838 1 folder
    Militia Lists
1862-1864 MFM
    Militia Lists
1862-1864 14 folders
    Militia Rolls/Commutations
1838-1911 MFM
    Miscellaneous Records
1835-1911 1 folder
    Naturalizations
1838-1839 1 folder
    Naturalizations
1838-1860 MFM
    Naturalizations
1838-1860 MFM
    Poll Books & Tally Sheets (scattered)
1834-1863 1 box
    Quadrennial Enumerations
1837-1907 2 RC boxes
    Record of Certificates
1824-1841 volume
    Record of Licenses Issued
1825-1829 volume
    Special Police Commission
1921-1934 2 volumes
    Stray Animal Record
1824-1908 3 volumes
    Supreme & District Court Docket
1835-1880 2 volumes
    Supreme & District Court Law Record
1834-1873 2 volumes
    Supreme & District Court Minutes
1825-1867 volume
    Supreme Court Chancery Record
1847-1852 MFM
    Supreme Court Minutes
1825-1867 MFM
    Supreme Court Record
1834-1851 MFM
    Wolf Scalp Depositions 1824-1826 hollinger box
  County Home    
    Director's Minutes (scattered)
1878-1928 3 volumes
    Receipts & Expenditures
1908-1954 3 volumes
    Record of Inmates
1888-1938 MFM
    Register of Visitors
1902-1916 volume
  Health Department    
    Individual Migrant Labor Camp Records 1964-1975 1 1/2 hollinger boxes
    Migrant Labor Camp General Files Annual 1959-1975 1 1/2 hollinger boxes
    Migrant Labor Camp Subject Files
1959-1975 hollinger box
  Probate Court
   
    Assessors' Reports of Births
1855-1887 hollinger box
    Assessors' Reports of Deaths
1876-1888 hollinger box
    Criminal Record 1907-1938 3 volumes
    Estate Records 1867 hollinger box
    Inspection of the Treasury
1874-1906 volume
    Liquor Deal Bonds
1882 volume
    Marriage Consent Records
1829-1928 16 hollinger boxes
    Marriage Consent Records
1829-1928 3 MFM
    Marriage Records
1824-1984 14 hollinger boxes
    Miscellaneous Records
1837-1911 1 folder
    Mothers' Pension Record
1914-1936 2 volumes
    Naturalizations
1885-1906 MFM
    Naturalizations - Reports on Foreigners
1838-1838 1 folder
    Naturalizations 1st Papers
1885-1902 volume
    Naturalizations 1st Papers (scattered)
1852-1906 4 volumes
    Naturalizations 2nd Papers
1859-1900 4 volumes
    Nurses/LTD. Practitioners Certificates
1916-1956 volume
    Patent Right Affidavits
1868-1869 volume
    Power of Attorney
1952-1962 hollinger box
    Township Officers Bonds
1894-1900 volume
  Recorder    
    Limited Partnership Record
1881-1887 2 volumes
    Stallion Service Index
1887-1889 volume
  Treasurer    
    Examination of Treasury
1877-1883 volume
    Liquor Tax Duplicates (scattered)
1883-1901 2 volumes

Burkettsville

   
  Clerk of Council    
    Minutes
1902-1976 MFM
    Minutes
1902-1976 MFM
    Ordinances
1902-1978 MFM
    Ordinances
1902-1978 MFM
    Resolutions
1955-1977 MFM
    Resolutions
1955-1977 MFM

Celina

   
  Clerk of Commission    
    Council Minutes
1861-1988 5 MFM
    Ordinances
1861-1988 4 MFM
    Resolutions
1901-1988 2 MFM

Jefferson Township

   
  Clerk of Trustees    
    Proceedings of Trustees
1923-1926 volume
    Stray Animal Record
1847-1862 volume
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1848-1851 volume

Recovery Township

   
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1862-1878 volume

St. Mary's Township

   
  Clerk of Trustees
   
    Accounts
1835-1838 volume
    Stray Animal Record
1847-1862 volume
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1835-1847, 1842-1843 2 volumes

Burntwood - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Minutes
1922-1943 3 volumes

Celina - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Annual Statistical Reports
1913-1957 2 folders
    Audit Reports
1920-1956 1 folder
    Budgets
1917-1956 1 folder
    Burntwood Rural School District Audit Report
1948 1 folder
    Financial Reports
1925-1957 4 folders
    Teachers' Annual Reports
1927 1 folder

Center - School Records

   
  Board of Education    
    Account of School Funds (scattered)
1903-1967 5 volumes
    Minutes
1917-1967 5 volumes

Center City - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Unprocessed
  2 RC boxes

Franklin - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Account of School Funds
1933-1940 volume
    Minutes (scattered)
1897-1955 3 volumes

Gelhaus - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Account of School Funds
1926-1944 volume

Hopewell - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Minutes
1901-1939 4 volumes

Jefferson - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Minutes
1853-1941 3 volumes
    Teacher Contracts
1897-1918 2 volumes

Klosterman - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Account of School Funds
1915-1919 volume
    Minutes
1922-1940 2 volumes

Liberty - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Account of School Funds
1936-1939 volume
    Minutes
1924-1936 volume

Montezuma - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Account of School Funds
1915-1921 volume
    Minutes
1925-1940 volume

Puthoff - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Minutes
1897-1947 3 volumes

Washington - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Minutes
1924-1939 2 volumes
    Resolutions/Scattered Papers
1926-1935 2 folders

Federal

   
    U.S. Census for Ohio - Mercer County 1820-1930 11 MFM