Available On-Site Research Materials

The Genealogical Society maintains the following research materials in its library, and patrons may access these resources by visiting during public hours, scheduling an appointment with staff outside public hours, or requesting photocopies of select pages for a minimum donation of $0.25-$0.50 per page; for questions about available materials or to request the full list, please call (937) 382-4684 or email genealogy@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: March 2026

  • 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

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

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 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
    1 Jan 1821 – 31 Dec 1830 Vol I
  10. Oho Marriages Recorded County Courts – 01 Jan 1821 – 31 Dec 1830 Vol. 2
  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

 

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