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Local Government Records
: Darke County, Ohio

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Darke County | Greenville | Versailles | Webster | Allen Twshp | Greenville Twshp
Jackson Twshp | Monroe Twshp | Neave Twshp | Patterson Twshp | Twin Twshp
Wabash Twshp | Wayne Twshp | Monroe School Recs | Neave School Recs
Wayne School Recs | Federal

Darke County

    Record Title Date Span Format
  Auditor
    Assessment Lists
1825-1850 10 volumes
    Assessment of Property Wabash Twp
1910 volume
    Auditor's Tax List - Real
1864 volume
    Blind Relief Commission
1908-1913 volume
    Blind Relief Record
1904-1936 2 volumes
    Fund Ledger
1855-1866 volume
    Industrial Appraisement
1949-1970 6 hollinger boxes
    Railroad Appraisement Record
1891-1895 volume
    Register of Blind
1904-1906 volume
    Register of Bonds
1892-1933 2 volumes
    School Enumeration
1925-1967 RC box & hollinger box
    School Fund Record
1855-1891 3 volumes
    Soldiers' Burial Record
1924-1938 volume
    Transfer Records
1870-1899 20 volumes
  Children's Home
   
    Admittance & Indentures
1889-1915 MFM
    Death Records
1888-1914 volume
    Indenture Records
1890-1914 volume
    Receipts & Expenditures (scattered)
1890-1966 5 volumes
    Register of Inmates
1889-1914 MFM
    Trustees' Minutes (scattered)
1889-1966 5 volumes
  Clerk of Courts
   
    Circuit Court Appearance Docket
1885-1913 3 volumes
    Circuit Court Minutes
1885-1912 3 volumes
    Circuit Court Record
1885-1913 5 volumes
    Common Pleas Civil & Chancery Records
1818-1853 3 MFM
    Common Pleas Civil Docket
1837-1856 MFM
    Common Pleas Civil Minutes
1817-1853 3 MFM
    Common Pleas General Index
1818-1853 MFM
    Common Pleas Judgement Index Direct and Reverse
1818-1853 MFM
    District Court Appearance Docket
1858-1885 3 volumes
    District Court Minutes
1852-1874 volume
    District Court Record (scattered)
1850-1884 5 volumes
    Election Abstracts of Votes
1824-1850 2 folders
    Election Abstracts of Votes
1843 3 folders
    Election Abstracts of Votes
1872-1892 volume
    Election Certificates & Misc. Papers
1849-1850 1 folder
    Hunters' License Record
1913-1927 volume
    Justice of Peace Commissions (scattered)
1870-1917 4 volumes
    Mayors' Certificates of Election
1880-1910 volume
    Naturalization Certificate Stubs
1919-1925 2 volumes
    Naturalizations 1st & 2nd Papers
1907-1925 volume
    Naturalizations 1st Papers
1856-1873 MFM
    Naturalizations 1st Papers
1908-1926 volume
    Naturalizations 2nd Papers
18563-1873 MFM
    Naturalizations 2nd Papers
1927-1928 volume
    Quadrennial Enumerations Adams Twp
1887 volume
    Quadrennial Enumerations Greenville
1887 2 volumes
    Quadrennial Enumerations Greenville 1st Ward
1887 volume
    Quadrennial Enumerations Harrison Twp
1887 volume
    Quadrennial Enumerations Monroe Twp
1887 volume
    Quadrennial Enumerations Twin Twp
1887 volume
    Quadrennial Enumerations Van Buren Twp
1887 volume
    Quadrennial Enumerations York Twp
1887 volume
    Special Police Commission
1894-1915 volume
    Stray Animal Record
1855-1903 volume
    Supreme Court Minutes
1820-1851 MFM
    Supreme Court Record
1817-1850 MFM
  County Home
   
    Day Book
1856-1889 volume
    Director's Minutes
1879-1891 volume
    Director's Minutes
1891-1913 3 volumes
    Ledger of Accounts
1856-1872 volume
    Paupers' Register
1856-1951 2 volumes
    Record of Inmates
1856-1951 MFM
    Superintendent's Journal
1913-1927 volume
  Health Department
   
    Annual Reports (scattered)
1964-1972 5 volumes
    Migrant Labor Camp Records
1960-1975 6 hollinger boxes
  Probate Court
   
    Birth Records
1863-1908 2 MFM
    Civil Journal 1852-1887 7 MFM
    Civil Record
1852-1887 4 MFM
    Death Records
1876-1905 MFM
    Death Records
1900-1907 1 folder
    General Index Wills/Estates/Civil Cases
1818-1925 2 MFM
    Marriage Records
1817-1911 6 MFM
    Mothers' Pension Record
1915-1922 volume
    Naturalization of Minors
1879-1894 MFM
    Naturalizations 1st & 2nd Papers (scattered)
1872-1927 volume & 1 folder
    Naturalizations 1st Papers
1876-1906 MFM
    Naturalizations 2nd Papers
1880-1906 MFM
    Naturalizations 2nd Papers (scattered)
1859-1906 4 volumes
    Naturalizations 2nd Papers of Aliens & Minors
1902-1903 MFM
    Register of Nurses/Limited Practitioners
1916-1946 volume
    Register of Worthy Blind
1904-1906 volume
    Will Records
1818-1910 4 MFM
  Sheriff
   
    Appearance Docket
1872-1878 volume
    Domestic Execution Docket
1876-1913 6 volumes
    Foreign Execution Docket
1876-1913 3 volumes
    Register of Prisoners
1915-1928 volume
  Veterans' Services
   
    Soldiers' Relief Commission Minutes
1886-1932 2 volumes

Greenville

   
  Board of Health
   
    Minutes
1892-1903 volume
    Record of Births Reported
1893-1905 volume
    Record of Patients Treated
1892-1920 volume
  Clerk of Council
   
    Cemetery Trust Minutes
1914-1917 MFM
    Codification of Ordinances-Draft
1922 2 volumes
    Minutes
1863-1976 4 MFM
    Ordinances & Resolutions
1857-1976 4 MFM
    Ordinances for Payment of Bills
1886-1912 MFM
    Ordinances for Payment of Bills
1894-1900 volume
  Planning Commission
   
    Minutes
1960-1976 MFM
  Zoning Board of Appeals
   
    Minutes
1968-1976 MFM

Versailles

   
  Board of Health
   
    Constitution/By-Laws
1893 MFM
    Embalmers' Registration
1902-1913 MFM
    Record of Births
1893-1908 MFM
    Record of Infectious Diseases
1911-1920 MFM
    Register of Deaths
1893-1908 MFM
  Board of Waterworks
   
    Trustees' Minutes
1899-1904 MFM
  Clerk of Council
   
    Minutes
1855-1897 MFM
    Ordinances
1866-1907 MFM

Webster

   
  Clerk of Council
   
    Minutes
1887-1907 MFM

Allen Township

   
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket (scattered)
1859-1876 2 volumes
    Criminal Docket
1870-1885 volume
    Record of Strays
1880-1884 volume
  Brown Township
   
    Civil Docket
1883-1888 volume
    Civil Docket (scattered)
1852-1883 7 volumes
    Criminal Docket
1856-1891 volume

Greenville Township

   
  Clerk of Trustees
   
    Board of Employees and Contracts
1890-1929 hollinger box
    Board of Health Minutes
1893-1919 volume
    Cemetery Deed Record
1929 MFM
    Civil War Bounty Records
1864-1898 6 folders
    Election Abstract of Votes
1893-1915 2 folders
    Enumeration of Youths
1930-1939 2 folders
    Fence Record
1927-1939 volume
    Financial Records - Unprocessed
n.d. 1 RC box
    General Relief Records
1930-1939 hollinger box
    Index to Minutes
1864-1896 MFM
    Military Aid
1862-1866 3 folders
    Minutes
1849-1975 4 MFM
    Oaths & Bonds of Employees/Officials (scattered)
1871-1916 5 volumes
    Record of Ditches (scattered)
1878-1919 2 volumes
    Record of Health Doctor Notices
1885-1906 2 volumes
    Record of Infirmary Notices
1892-1898 volume
    Record of Liquor Notices
1875-1902 2 volumes
    Record of Orders Issued
1850-1873 volume
    Record of Relief (scattered)
1897-1941 4 volumes
    Record of Strays
1894-1907 volume
    Road Tax Records
1882-1888 10 folders
    Road/Ditch/Fence/Cemetery Records
1862-1939 1 RC box & 26 folders
    Soldiers' Relief Record
1887-1896 volume
    Soldiers' Relief Record,
1891-1906 1930 16 folders
    Treasurer's Fund Accounts
1864-1883 2 volumes
    Unprocessed n.d. RC box
   
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1913-1915 volume
    Civil Docket (scattered)
1857-1913 37 volume
    Criminal Docket (scattered)
1878-1917 4 volumes

Jackson Township

   
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1862-1895 7 volumes
    Criminal Docket
1856-1872 1 folder

Monroe Township

   
  Board of Health
   
    Minutes
1893-1919 volume
    Reports 1900-1907 1 folder
  Clerk of Trustees
   
    Chattel Mortgages
1867-1896 2 volumes
    Ditch Journal
1877-1888 volume
    Election Files
1896-1907 2 folders
    Indenture Records
1855-1872 volume
    Index Record of Chattel Mortgage
1878-1895 volume
    Poll Books & Tally Sheets/Certificates
1886-1913 15 folders & 2 hollinger boxes
    Receipts & Expenditures
1917-1950 hollinger box

Monroe Township

   
  Clerk of Trustees
   
    Record of Poor Warrants
1837-1855 volume
    Register of Voters 1877 2 volumes
    School Fund Record
1861-1865 volume
    Soldiers' Relief Record
1887-1902 volume
    Stray Animal Record
1838-1895 volume

Neave Township

   
  Clerk of Trustees
   
    Proceedings of Trustees
1860-1884 volume
  Treasurer
   
    School Fund Accounts
1865-1884 volume

Patterson Township

   
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1864-1889 6 volumes
    Criminal Docket
1860-1916 2 volumes

Twin Township

   
  Clerk of Trustees
   
    Election Tally Sheets
1917 1 folder
    Indentures/Bonds/Chattel Mortgages
1872-1877 volume
    Minutes
1872-1880 volume
    Stray Animal Record
1838-1872 volume
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1854-1914 8 volumes
    Civil Docket
1909-1913 volume
    Criminal Docket
1874-1913 2 volumes

Wabash Township

   
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Docket
1857-1896 9 volumes

Wayne Township

   
  Clerk of Trustees
   
    Account Record
1889-1895 MFM
    Minutes
1857-1906 MFM
    Voters' Registry
1877 MFM
  Justice of Peace
   
    Civil Action Docket
1878-1940 2 MFM
    Criminal Docket
1854-1890 volume
  Treasurer
   
    Treasurer's Account Record
1881-1895 MFM

Monroe - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Account of School Funds
1865-1903 3 volumes
    Administrative Files
1881-1912 18 folders
    Enumeration of School Youth
1895-1911 hollinger box
    Minutes
1864-1900 2 volumes
    Record of Contracts
1893-1903 volume
    Record of School Subdistrict 1
1905-1914 volume
    School Account Book
1903-1915 2 volumes
    Subdistrict 1 School Library Record
1856-1861 volume
    Teachers' Monthly Reports
1900-1913 17 folders

Neave - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Bonds of School Officials
1871-1873 volume
    Minutes 1853-1865 volume

Wayne - School Records

   
  Board of Education
   
    Minutes
1861-1882 MFM

Federal

   
    U.S. Census for Ohio - Darke County
1820-1930 12 MFM

 

 

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