Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Conditions Governing Access

Part of this collection is stored offsite; microfilm is accessible onsite. Please make an appointment prior to visiting.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ohio County Archives, A&M 0031, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Court case papers, 1776-1930; court and county record books; birth and death records, 1887-1888; and account and minute books of individuals, companies, and organizations, 1772-1935. The bound volumes include records of brand registrations, deeds, estrays, land entries, marriages, military service, surveys, and wills. The private account books relate to general merchandising, coal sales, dental practice, a debating society, distilling, carriage manufacturing, hotels, steamboat freighting, the Ohio County Centennial Association, Ohio Valley Glass Company, Wheeling Masonic Hall Association, West Virginia Exposition and Fair Association, and the settlement of the Ebenezer Zane trust. Researchers can access this collection through microfilm user copies. There are 812 reels; an index to reels 1-247 is located on our website under "public records"; alphabetical, chronological, and subject indexes to reels 248-812 (565 reels, arranged by envelope number) are located in "Ohio County (WV) index / compiled by Kenneth Fischer Craft, Jr." at "929.375414 C843oh", available in our reading room.

A&M 1245, Ohio County, Archives, was merged into this collection; contents include forty-one order books, 1777-1881; birth and death records, 1887-1888; miscellaneous court record volumes; and a bound court record volume, ALIENS DECLARATION 1, ca. 1855-1860.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• Birth, marriage, and death records.
• Coal mining.
• Court records
• Estate settlements.
• General stores
• Glass manufacture
• Hotels
• Land.
• Ohio County - archives.
• Ohio County - court records.
• Ohio County Centennial Association
• Ohio Valley Glass Company
• Steamboats
• Surveyors and surveying.
• Transportation
• West Virginia. State Exposition and Fair Association
• Wheeling (W. Va.)
• Wheeling Masonic Hall Association
• Zane, Ebenezer, 1747-1812