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Local Government Records : Darke County, Ohio

Records are arranged alphabetically by office of origin. County records are listed first, followed by municipalities, school districts and townships. For records located off-site, please call 937-775-2092 at least one week in advance to allow time for retrieval. Location and parking information is available.

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 Location
  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 off-site
    Blind Relief Record
 1904-1936 2 volumes off-site
    Fund Ledger
1855-1866 volume off-site
    Industrial Appraisement
1949-1970 6 hollinger boxes  
    Railroad Appraisement Record
1891-1895 volume off-site
    Register of Blind
1904-1906 volume off-site
    Register of Bonds
 1892-1933 2 volumes  
    School Enumeration
1925-1967 RC box & hollinger box  
    School Fund Record
1855-1891 3 volumes off-site
    Soldiers' Burial Record
1924-1938 volume  
    Transfer Records
1870-1899 20 volumes off-site
  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 off-site
    Register of Inmates
1889-1914 MFM  
    Trustees' Minutes (scattered)
1889-1966 5 volumes off-site
  Clerk of Courts
      
    Circuit Court Appearance Docket
1885-1913 3 volumes off-site
    Circuit Court Minutes
 1885-1912 3 volumes off-site
    Circuit Court Record
1885-1913 5 volumes off-site
    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 off-site
    District Court Minutes
1852-1874 volume  
    District Court Record (scattered)
1850-1884 5 volumes off-site
    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 off-site
    Justice of Peace Commissions (scattered)
1870-1917 4 volumes off-site
    Mayors' Certificates of Election
1880-1910 volume off-site
    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 off-site
    Stray Animal Record
1855-1903 volume off-site
    Supreme Court Minutes
1820-1851 MFM  
    Supreme Court Record
1817-1850 MFM  
  County Home
      
    Day Book
1856-1889 volume off-site
    Director's Minutes
1879-1891 volume off-site
    Director's Minutes
1891-1913 3 volumes off-site
    Ledger of Accounts
1856-1872 volume off-site
    Paupers' Register
1856-1951 2 volumes off-site
    Record of Inmates
1856-1951 MFM  
    Superintendent's Journal
1913-1927 volume off-site
  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 off-site
    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 off-site
    Register of Worthy Blind
1904-1906 volume off-site
    Will Records
1818-1910 4 MFM  
  Sheriff
      
    Appearance Docket
1872-1878 volume off-site
    Domestic Execution Docket
 1876-1913 6 volumes off-site
    Foreign Execution Docket
1876-1913 3 volumes off-site
    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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