Currently, the Genealogical Society holds the following research materials within its library. Access to these resources can be gained by visiting during public hours (free to members, $5 for non-members), setting up a mutually agreed-upon meeting date with a staff member outside public hours, or by requesting xerox copies of said pages or books for a minimum of .25-.50 cents per page donation. To enquire about the list of resources, please call 937-382-4684 or email info@clintoncountyhistory.org
Click here to view our PDF index of Clinton County Genealogical Society family photos. This A-Z index was created by volunteer Mary Lou Inwood and last updated in May 2025.
List last updated: 4/13/2023
- Clinton County Chancery / Common Pleas Records 1812-1818
- Clinton County Common Pleas Records
- County Probate Records
- County Testamentary Records
- Obituaries (A-Z)
- Marriages, 1810-1921
- Township Histories
- Delayed & Corrected Birth Records
- Birth Records 1867-1910
- Death Records 1867-1910
- County-wide Cemetery Records
- Clinton Co. Supreme Court Records
- Early Tax Records
- Early Atlases of Clinton County
- Federal Land Records
- Clinton Co. Histories (book format and topical files)
- Manumission Documents
- Family Histories – Clinton County (A-Z)
- Quaker Records (some on-loan from Wilmington College’s Watson Library)
- 1850-1880 Census; African-Americans
- Early Wilmington Directories
- Gist Settlement Cemetery Records
- Register of Black, Mulatto, and Poor Persons; 1791-1861
- Ohio’s Black Soldiers Who Served in the Civil War
- Underground Railroad
- Index of Militia; 1857- Clinton County
- Lineage Books (family genealogy)
- Veteran’s Grave Registrations – Clinton Co.
- WPA Cemetery Maps – Soldiers up to WWI
- Family Files
- Clinton Co. Newspaper Abstracts
- County Infirmary Records
- Clinton County Deeds; Books A-Z
- Death Records, GAR – Morris McMillan Post
- Medical Exemptions, 1864- Clinton County
- Hicksite Men’s Ledger Index; 1803-1843
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Rack 1
Shelf 1 Clinton County Newsletters
Clinton County Chronicle
History Center Newsletters
Shelf 2 Clinton County Supreme Court Records
Book # 1 – Book # 9
Clinton County Genealogical Society minutes
Shelf 3 (10) notebooks to resolve later – Bernie Quigley etc. – good information
- #1 – African Americans – misc. – Clinton County information
- #2 – Axt/Fisher Family by Charles M. “Mick” Lewis pub: 2014
- #3 – Blacks in Ohio 1880 – includes Clinton County
- #4 – Blacks in Ohio 1880 – Volume 2 – transcribed by Paul E. Nitchman
- #5 – Census Records: African American Ancestry 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Compiled 2003 - #6 – Gist’s Promised Land
- #7 – Gist Settlement Cemetery Records by Mary J. Burgess
- #8 – They Followed the North Star to Gist Settlement 1810 – 1985
- #9 – They Followed the North Star to Gist Settlement 1810 – 1985
- #10 – Clarence Jones – Jazz Musician
- #11 – Manumission Documents 1838 – 1861
- #12 – The Underground Railroad by Harry Ertel – 1989
Rack 1 continued
Shelf 4 Native American Information
#1 – American Indians of the Ohio Country
Paul R. & Sally E. Misencik – McFarland Co. -2020
#2 – Ancient Man in North America – H. M. Wormington
Denver Museum of Natural History -1957
#3 – Archaeology and Artifacts of Darke County by Elaine Holzapfel
Archaeology Investigation – 2004
#4 – Cherokee Proud 2nd Edition – Tony Mack McClure
Chunannee Books – 2003
#5 – Current Research in Indian Archaeology and Prehistory
R. Bertie Clay – 1990/1991
#6 – In Search of Ice Age Americans – Kenneth Tankersley
Pub: Gibbs Smith – 2002
#7 – In Search of the Wild Indian – Carl & Grace Moon, Tom Driebe
Monrose Publishing Company -1997
#8 – Indian Basketry – George Wharton James
Henry Malkan – 1901
#9 – Indian Before Columbus – Martin, Quimby, and Collier
University of Chicago Press – 1947
#10 – Indians of the Midwest – Linda Anderson
Museum of Anthropology, University of Missouri – 1970
#11 – Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley
Woodward and McDonald Publishing Company – 2002
#12 – Mammoth Coloring Album
Bridges Troubador Press – 1976
#13 – Native American Portraits – 1862 – 1918 Nancy Hathaway
Chronicle Books – 1990
#14 – Ohio Archaeology – Bradley T. Lepper
Voyager Media – 2005
#15 – Ohio Flint Types – Robert N. Converse
#16 – Ohio’s Indian Past – Lar Hothem
Hothem House – 1996
#17 – Ohio Slate Types – Robert N. Converse
Archaeological Society of Ohio – 1978
#18 – Ohio Stone Tools – Robert N. Converse
Archaeology Society of Ohio – 1973
#19 – Prehistoric Indians of the Ohio Valley – William Webb
Ohio Historical Society – 1957
#20 – Prehistoric Indians of the Ohio – William Webb
Ohio Historical Society – 1957
#21 – Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points – Noel D. Justice
Indiana University Press – 1987
#22 – The American Indian – Elijah M. Haines
The Mas-sin-Na-Gan Company – 1888
#23 – The Adena People, No. 2 – Webb and Baley
Ohio Historical Society – 1957
#24 – The American Indian from the Beginning – Denver O. Earls
Publish America – 2010
#25 – The Archaeology of Ohio – Robert N. Converse
Archaeological Society of Ohio – 2003
#26 – The Glacial Kame Indians – Robert N. Converse
Archaeological Society of Ohio – 1979
#27 – The Indians of Texas from Prehistoric to Modern Times – W. W. Newcomb Jr.
University of Texas Press – 1993
#28 – The Stone Age in North America – Warren K. Morehead
Riverside Press Cambridge – 1910
#29 – Surface Geology of Clinton County, Ohio – Dr. G. M. Austin
Wilmington College
#30 – Tecumtha – Old Chillicothe – William Albert Galloway
Greene County Historical Society – 1979
#31 – Trilobites of Thomas J. Johnson Collection – Johnson
Litho Print Inc. – 1985
Shelf 5 Assorted atlases and maps
Shelf 6 WPA Cemetery maps
Rack 2
Shelf 1 Probate Court card indexes
Shelf 2
- #1 – Account Journal – found near Maysville, Kentucky – 1864
- #2 – Chancery Court 1812 – 1818 & Naturalization Records 1880 – 1903
- #3 – Clerk of Courts – Inventory
- #4 – Children’s Home
- #5 – Deed Records/Real Estate Transfers
- #6 – Indenture Records
- #7 – Infirmary Records 1836 – 1917
- #8 – Infirmary Records 1917 – 1984
- #9 – Index of Naturalization – Clinton County
- #10 – Probate Court – Early Index
- #11 – Residents from Virginia
- #12 – Revolutionary War Land Warrants of Clinton County
- #13 – Will Book A 1811 – 1823
- #14 – Will Book B 1820’s to 1840’s
- #15 – Wills found in deed books 1794 – 1862
- #16 – Testamentary Book B 1824 – 1836
- #17 – Testamentary Estate Proceedings 1846 – 1851
- #18 – Testamentary Book F – Names in Record
Shelf 3 Township Information
- #1 – Adams
- #2 – Chester
- #3 – Clark
- #4 – Green
- #5 – Jefferson
- #6 – Photo album – Jefferson
- #7 – Photo album – Jefferson
- #8 – Photo album (small) – Jefferson
- #9 – Assorted information – Jefferson
- #10 – Liberty
- #11 – Port William and Liberty Township History
- #12 – Marion
- #13 – Richland
- #14 – Union
- #15 – Vernon
- #16 – Washington
- #17 – Youth Enumeration Records – Washington Township
- #18 – Wayne
- #19 – Wayne Township Public Schools – 1899
- #20 – Wilson
- #21 – Wilson Township Poll Book – 1915
- #22 – Bloomington School Register – 1905 – 1908
Shelf 4 Census Records
#1 – Reconstructed Census – Northwest Territory 1790 – 1800
#2 – 1820 and 1830
#3 – 1840
#4 – 1850
#5 – 1860
#6 – 1870
#7 – Census index 1870 and 1880
#8 – 1880
#9 – Index – 1900, 1910, 1920
#10 – 1930 – Index – Clinton County
Rack 3
Shelf 1
#1 – Clarksville WWII soldiers (gray box)
#2 – Clarksville history box
Contains:
1. Copy of the Breeders Gazette 1910 (in very bad shape)
2. 8 misc. copies promoting Clinton County Farmers Institute
February 1 & 2, 1907
3. Clarksville 1900’s – copy buggy shop (George Batten) and
Carlton Baugh (owner) also home of Mae Garland Ward
4. Letter and information regarding “token” found – inquiring about
history of same.
5. Essay: The Effect of Location Etc. by Myra Helton
written November 30, 1987
6. 17 typed pages entitled “Clarksville’s Yesterdays”
No author – {Wonderful information}
7. Laminated copy – Clarksville Township Hall – link with fading past.
8. Laminated copy – Clarksville dated 1959 – Helen Wills donor
9. 24 pages “History of Clarksville and Vicinity” articles written for
Newspaper by Fielder B. Harris
10. 2 plat maps of Clarksville – 1876
11. File folders – many articles – copy of Clarksville Herald
March 18, 1914 (Much valuable information on Clarksville
12. Plat map – Clarksville
13. 3 calendars 1999, 2000, 2001 – pictures are important
14. Laminated copy – “Thanksgiving 1966” Helen Wills
15. Clarksville plat map – 1859
16. Numerous clippings – much valuable information
17. Articles pasted in book – on front- History of Clarksville, Ohio by
Fielder Harris
18. Clarksville Old Timers Association – 1932 – great information
19. Booklet – “Shorthorn Cattle” – written on front – Wm. Villars
20. Postcard advertisement – equipment for sale at Campbell and
Hamile – Clarksville, Ohio
21. Community pictures – local buildings etc. donated by Helen Wills
22. Two envelopes – commemorative postcards – early pictures –
Clarksville
23. Two small photo albums – black covers – post cards – Clarksville
#3 – 1858 tax records – 13 townships – 3 boxes
#4 – 1870 tax records – 13 townships – 3 boxes
#5 – 1880 tax records – 13 townships
Shelf 2 Clinton County Histories and Information:
#1 – History of Clinton County – notebook for copies
#2 – History of Clinton County – notebook for copies
#3 – History of Clinton County – Beers 1882 (blue cover)
#4 – History of Clinton County – Beers 1882
#5 – Index – History of Clinton County – 1882
#6 – History of Clinton County – 1915 – pub. B. F. Bowen & Co.
#7 – History of Clinton County – 1915 – pub. B. F. Bowen & Co.
#8 – History of Clinton County – 1915 – pub. B. F. Bowen & Co.
#9 – Index – History of Clinton County – 1915 – pub. B. F. Bowen & Co.
#10 – Real Estate Values – 1916 – by Harry Gaskill, Auditor
#11 – 1920 – 1925 Commitment to Community – Clinton County
pub. Brown Publishing Co. – 1995
#12 – 1920 – 1925 Commitment to Community – Clinton County
pub. Brown Publishing Co. – 1995
#13 – Clinton County Ohio 1982 – pub. Clinton County Historical Society – 1982
#14 – Clinton County Ohio 1982 – pub. Clinton County Historical Society – 1982
#15 – Gateway to the West – Volume 1 by Ruth Bowers & Anita Short
pub. Genealogy Publishing Co. 1989
#16 – Gateway to the West – Volume 2 by Ruth Bowers & Anita Short
pub. Genealogy Publishing Co. 1989
Shelf 3 Clinton County Communities /histories/clippings:
#1 – A Place Called Home – pub. Orange Frazer Press – 2006
#2 – History of Blanchester Ohio by J. C. Carnahan pub Unigraphics Inc. – 1978
#3 – Clarksville – Opera House capsule
#4 – Kingman
#5 – The Civil War Period Journals by Paulena Stevens Janney
pub. Gateway Press – 2007
#6 – Midland Newsletters #1
#7 – Midland Newsletter #2
#8 – The Golden Years of New Antioch – info by Louis Vandervort Lieurance
1950 – 1960 Transcribed by Susan Henry pub. 2012
#9 – New Burlington – The Life and Death of an American Village by John Baskin
pub. W.W. Norton & Co. – 1976
#10 – History of New Burlington, Ohio – compliments of Chester Township
Volunteer Fire Department
#11 – Historical Facts of New Vienna, Ohio by Josephine Williams
#12 – A Sketch of Oakland Settlement told by John Harlan published in
Wilmington Journal – August 22, 1872
#13 – History of Port William and Liberty Township – various authors – 2000
#14 – History of Port William and Liberty Township – various authors – 2000
#15 – Memories of a One Room School by Betty Beam of Port William
#16 – The Story of the Waynesville, Port William and Jeffersonville Railroad
by Mike Mason and Roger Starnes pub. Braughler Books – 2017
#17 – Quinna Mills – research by Bernie Quigley – 2011
#18 – Sabina Remembered II – compiled by Joy Dun Shoemaker – signed in 2010
#19 – A Short History of Sabina Camp Grounds by Richard G. Coleman – pub. 1983
#20 – Our Contribution to Ohio Sesquicentennial 1803 – 1953
#21 – Our Contribution to Ohio Sesquicentennial 1803 – 1953
#22 – Our Contribution to Ohio Sesquicentennial 1803 – 1953
#23 – Westboro United Methodist Church 1854 – 1989
A history of the church and members
#24 – Westboro – Midland City – assorted history and information
Picture of pre – 1912 on cover
#25 – Wilmington 1961 – compiled by Chamber of Commerce
#26 – Early Wilmington – writings of Mrs. Louis Lieurance
Published in Wilmington News Journal
Shelf 4 Marriages/Births:
- #1 – Marriage Records of Clinton County 1810 – 1900
Compiled by Joyce Pinkerton - #2 – Marriage Records of Clinton County 1810 – 1900
Compiled by Joyce Pinkerton - #3 – Marriage Records of Clinton County Probate Court 1901 – 1900
pub. 2002 - #4 – Marriage Records 1810 – 1900 Abbet to Gulick
#5 – Marriage Records 1800 – 1900 Gulkey to Oxley
#6 – Marriage Records 1800 – 1900 Oxley to Zutavern - #7 – Marriage Records 1901 – 1925
- #8 – Ohio Marriages Recorded in County Courts Through 1820: an Index
- #9 – Ohio Marriages Recorded in County Courts – 01 Jan 1821 – 31 Dec 1830 Vol I
- #10 – Oho Marriages Recorded County Courts – 01 Jan 1821 – 31 Dec 1830 Vol. 2
Rack 3 continued - #11 – Clinton County Births – 1867 – 1880
- #12 – Clinton County Births – 1880 – 1889
- #13 – Clinton County Births – 1889 – 1900
- #14 – Clinton County Births – 1900 – 1908
- #15 – Delayed and Corrected Birth Records (required by Social Security)
Rack 4
Shelf 1 Tax Records:
1890 tax records – 13 books
1900 tax records – Wilmington separate
1910 tax records – towns separate
Shelf 2 Cemetery Records:
- #1 – Blanchester I.O.O.F. Book 1
- #2 – Blanchester – Book 2
- #3 – Blanchester – Book 3
- #4 – Blanchester and Marion Township Supplemental
- #5 – Clarksville Friends
- #6 – Cowan Creek Cemetery
- #7 – Littleton Funeral Home Records
- #8 – Martinsville/Baptist Sherrick/Centerville
- #9 – New Antioch – Part 1
- #10 – New Antioch – Part 2
- #11 – Springfield Friends
- #12 – Sugar Grove Records 1999 – 2011
- #13 – Sugar Grove Cemetery Abell – Kine
- #14 – Sugar Grove Cemetery King – Zurface
- #15 – Sugar Grove Cemetery – Potter’s Field
- #16 – Westboro Friends and I.O.O. F.
Shelf 3 Cemetery Records:
#1 – Clinton County Cemetery names – indexed
#2 – Cemetery Records of Clinton County – (blue book)
#3 – Cemetery Records of Clinton County – (blue book)
#4 – Cemetery Records – Clinton County (green book) 1798 – 1973
#5 – Cemetery Records – Clinton County (green book) 1798 – 1973
#6 – Clarksville Obituaries from Chuck Muchmore
#7 – Clinton County Obituaries 1867 – 1875 – also genealogy notes
#8 – Death and Obituary Abstracts 1837 – 1867
#9 – Death Records – Volume 1 1867 – 1880
#10 – Death Records – Volume 2 1880 – 1889
#11 – Death Records – Volume 3 1889 – 1900
#12 – Death Records – Volume 4 1900 – 1908
#13 – Clinton County Deaths – 2000 – 2008
#14 – Clinton County Deaths – 2009 – 2011
#15 – Ohio Cemeteries
Shelf 4 Early newspaper info/abstracts
#1 – Legal notices from Clinton County newspapers
#2 – Newspaper Abstracts 1835 – 1875 and 1876 – 1885
#3 – Newspaper Abstracts 1884 – 1892 and 1852 – 1867
#4 – Newspaper Abstracts 1889 – 1894
#5 – Newspaper Abstracts 1880 – 1903
#6 – Newspaper Abstracts 1886 – 1889
#7 – Newspaper Abstracts 1895 – 1899
#8 – Newspaper Abstracts 1900 – 1914
#9 – Newspaper Abstracts 1915 – 1921
#10 – Newspaper Abstracts 1924 – 1928
#11 – Newspaper Abstracts 1929 – 1932
Shelf 5 Assorted county atlases
Shelf 6 Tax records