Van Wert County

Established: February 12, 1820
County Seat: Van Wert

CAC Holdings

Board of Commissioners

1. Blind Relief Record, 1904-1906, 1r (#172)
2. Certification of Admission to County Hospital, 1919-1932, 1r (#80)
3. Commissioners' Journals, 1835-1987, 24r (#84-101; 140-143; 184-185)
4. Commissioners' Journals - Bridges/Roads/Ditches, 1838-1930, 1r (#82)
5. Index to Commissioners' Journals - Bills Allowed, 1865-1964, 2r (#82-83)
6. Index to Commissioners' Journals - County Home, 1930-1965, 2r (#83-84)

Board of Revision

1. Minutes, 1844-1888, 1r (#179)

Clerk of Courts

District Court

1. Chancery Records, 1852-1855, 1r (#71)
2. Complete Records, 1879-1883, 1r (#72)
3. Journals, 1842-1884, 1r (#72)

Supreme Court

1. Chancery Records, 1848-1855, 1r (#71)
2. Complete Records, 1843-1875, 1r (#71)
3. Journals, 1842-1851, 1r (#72)

County Auditor

1. Civil War Bounty Records, 1862-1864, 1r (#171)
2. Deed Records, 1829-1883, 1r (#79)
3. Enumerations of Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Idiotic, and Insane, 1910, 1r (#171)
4. Enumerations of Soldiers and Sailors, n.d., 1r (#79)
5. Enumerations of Voters, 1839, 1r (#106)
6. Reappraisements, 1853, 1r (#106)
7. School Land Records, 1844, 1r (#106)
8. Tax Lists, 1839-1841, 1845-1848, 1865, 1r (#106)
9. Transfer Records, 1820-1852, 1r (#106)

County Coroner

1. Inquests, 1861, 1r (#172)

County Engineer

1. Plat Records, c.1840s, 1r (#182)

County Home

1. Minutes, 1875-1902, 1r (#81)
2. Patient Account Record, 1888-1906, 1r (#105)
3. Payroll Records, 1901-1912, 1r (#107)
4. Records of Expenditures, 1862-1936, 2r (#104-105)
5. Registers, 1867-1990, 2r (#81, 177)
6. Semi-Annual Reports, 1876-1904, 1r (#107)

County Recorder

1. Deed Records, 1838-1886, 27r (#111-137)
2. Entry Records, 1824-1864, 1r (#79)
3. Index to Deed Records, n.d., 2r (#109-110)
4. Soldiers' Discharge Records, 1865-1953, 1r (#108)

County Sheriff

1. Jail Register, 1874-1912, 1r (#20)

County Treasurer

1. Officials' Bond Records, 1930-1973, 1r (#81)
2. Tax Duplicates, 1840-1841, 1r (#106)

Court of Common Pleas

Civil Division

1. Abstract of Votes, 1842, 1r (#179)
2. Appearance Dockets, 1838-1856, 1r (#139)
3. Appointments of Administrators, 1846-1859, 1r (#179)
4. Auctioneers' License Records (Peddlers), 1840, 1r (#179)
5. Canal Commissioners' Contract, 1843, 1r (#179)
6. Chancery Records, 1839-1855, 1r (#70)
7. Complete Records, 1838-1893, 23r (#30-52)
8. Coroner's Cost Bill, 1861, 1r (#179)
9. Federal Census Schedule, 1860, 1r (#179)
10. Journals (Volume A, 1837-1847, contains Rules of Practice for the Court; Marriage Licenses, 1831-1836; Justice of the Peace Commissions, 1837-1841; Marriage Records, 1837-1840), 1837-1907, 12r (#57-68)
11. Judgment Index - Direct, 1838-1912, 1921, 5r (#52-56)
12. Judgment Index - Reverse, 1838-1900, 3r (#53-55)
13. Jury Lists, 1834, 1845-1851, 1856-1859, 1862-1864, 1r (#179)
14. Jury Records, 1875-1892, 1r (#181)
15. Justice of the Peace Miscellaneous Papers, 1843, 1845-1847, 1856, 1r (#179)
16. List of Election of Judges and Clerks, 1862-1863, 1r (#179)
17. Officials' Bond Record, 1844-1861, 1r (#181)
18. Quadrennial Enumerations (Harrison Township only), 1887, 1r (#171)
19. Records of Estrays, 1827-1904 (scattered dates), 1r (#181)
20. Records of Justices' Oaths, 1849, 1862, 1r (#179)
21. Record of Railroad Policemen's Commissions, 1888-1939, 1r (#181)
22. Summonses, 1838-1867, 1r (#179)
23. Witness Records, 1843-1879 (scattered dates), 3r (#179; 181-182)
24. Witness Records - Grand Jury, 1857-1878, 1r (#181)

Criminal Division

1. Complete Records, 1838-1852, 1r (#30)
2. Coroners' Inquests, 1880-1938, 1r (#71)
3. Coroners' Record of Inquests, 1848-1855, 1r (#71)

Domestic Relations

1. Complete Records - Divorce, 1902-1925, 3r (#68-70)

Juvenile Court

1. Mothers' Pension Docket and Records, 1916-1936, 1r (#80)

General Health District

1. Birth Certificates, 1908-1951, 9r (#157-165)
2. Death Certificates, 1908-1989, 13r (#144-157)
3. Index to Birth Certificates, 1908-1944, 3r (#168-170)
4. Index to Death Certificates, 1908-1951, 2r (#166-167)

Probate Court

1. Administration Dockets, 1862-1905, 3r (#73-75)
2. Asylum Reports - Toledo, 1891-1893, 1r (#183)
3. Birth Records, 1867-1908, 2r (#1-2)
4. Bonds and Letters, 1847-1856, 1r (#106)
5. Criminal Journals, 1854-1929, 2r (#182-183)
6. Death Records, 1867-1908, 2r (#2-3)
7. General Index to Births, 1867-1908, 1r (#1)
8. General Index to Deaths, 1867-1908, 1r (#2)
9. Guardians' Dockets, 1873-1896, 1r (#138)
10. Index to Estates - Assignments and Trusts, 1839-1933, 1r (#30)
11. Journals, 1852-1910, 8r (#13-20)
12. Land Sales Records, 1856-1910, 9r (#21-29)
13. Marriage Records, 1840-1985, 15r (#3-12, 171, 173-176)
14. Marriage Records, 1858-1876, 1r (#171)
15. Marriage Returns and Certificates, 1858, 1r (#183)
16. Mentally Ill Persons' Records, 1885, 1871, 1r (#183)
17. Naturalization Files, 1844, 1853-1878, 1881-1895, 1r(#102)
18. Naturalization Records, 1860-1892, 1896-1902, 2r (#72-73)
19. Naturalization Records - Declaration of Intention, 1852-1858, 1860-1904, 2r (#72-73)
20. Notice Records, 1846-1859, 1r (#106)
21. Records of Examination of the Treasury, 1858-1895 (scattered dates), 2r (#183-184)
22. Records of Ministers' Licenses, 1867, 1869-1873, 1878, 1r (#171)
23. Registers of Patents, 1868, 1r (#183)
24. Social Statistics, 1875, 1r (#183)
25. Statements of Births and Deaths, 1867-1869, 1875, 1899-1906, 3r (#102-104)
26. Will Records, 1840-1911, 1921, 5r (#75-79)
27. Witness Record, 1867-1899, 1r (#184)

Soldiers Relief Commission

1. Burial Records, 1866-1894, 1900-1926, 2r (#79-80)
2. Relief Record, 1888-1891, 1r (#171)

Municipalities

City of Van Wert

City Council

1. Indentures, 1870-1875, 1893, 1r (#1)

Townships

Townships

Pleasant Township

Board of Education

1. Minutes and School Fund Records, 1864-1894, 1r (#3)
2. Minutes, 1864-1894, 1r (#3)

Board of Trustees

1. Board of State Charities Report, 1897, 1r (#3)
2. Minutes/Account Books, 1839-1981, 3r (#1-3)
3. Records of Earmarks and Brands, 1837-1874, 1r (#3)
4. Woodland-Union Cemetery Records (Includes Records of Interments, Lot Records, Purchase Accounts,and Soldiers' Plots), 1859-1981, 8r (#1-8)
5. Minutes, 1839-1853;1875-1887; 1896-1905; 1935-1956; 1957-1966, 2r (#1-2)
6. Minutes and Account Book, 1854-1868; 1886-1896; 1905-1913; 1914-1934, 2r (#1-2)

Township Clerk

1. Liquor Blacklist, 1875-1887, 1r (#3)
2. Pauper Registers [1876-1897, 1900-1902 on mf], 1876-1902, 1r (#3)
3. Poor Relief Records, 1897, 1899-1902, 1938, 1r (#3)
4. Soldiers' Relief Records, 1863-1877, 1r (#3)
5. Pauperism Statistics, 1876-1897; 1900-1902, 1r (#3)
6. Record of Earmarks and Brands, 1837-1874, 1r (#3)
7. Record of Notices to Liquor Sellers, 1875-1887, 1r (#3)
8. Civil War Bounty Records, 1863-1877, 1r (#3)

Board of State Charities

1. Report, Aug. 31, 1897, 1r (#3)

Woodland Union Cemetery

1. Record of Internment, 1881-1903; 1881-1916; 1946-1981, 1r (#1a)
2. Lot Records, n.d., 1r (#2a)
3. Internment and Purchase Accounts, 1910-1930, 1r (#3a)
4. Internment and Lot Record-Potter’s Field, n.d., 1r (#3a)
5. Dix Cemetery Tombstone Inventory, 1859-1968, 1r (#3a)
6. Board of Trustees Minutes, 1933-1981, 1r (#3a)
7. Lot Owners, n.d., 2r, (#4-5)
8. Interment Record, n.d., 4r (#5-8)

Washington Township

Board of Trustees

1. Cemetery Record, 1860-1926, 1r (#1)

Other Resources

• An Index to History of Van Wert County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, T.S. Gilliland, 1906. CAC OG F497.V2G436 1984
• Van Wert County, Ohio, Cemetery Inscriptions. CAC OG F497.V2V36 198-