Formed April 1, 1819 from Gallia and Athens counties · county seat Pomeroy. Repository addresses, online record links, and a free printable record checklist below.
Short episodes that walk through Meigs County's records, one record type at a time.
Formation · Settlers & Migration · Probate · Land · Tax · Churches · Newspapers · Where to Look
Watch on YouTube100 E. Second St., Room 203, Pomeroy, OH 45769 · (740) 992-3096
Wills (1857–present), estate/probate records, and historic marriage records (1819–1930).
100 E. Second St., Room 205, Pomeroy, OH 45769 · (740) 992-3806
Deed and land records.
100 E. Second Street, Suite 303, Pomeroy, OH 45769 · (740) 992-5290
Divorces, civil suits (including partition suits that divide land among heirs), and Common Pleas journals. Before 1852, this court also handled wills and estates.
100 E. Second Street, Room 201, Pomeroy, OH 45769 · (740) 992-2698
Current tax lists and property transfer records. Early tax duplicates are on FamilySearch and at the Ohio History Connection.
216 W. Main St., Pomeroy, OH 45769 · (740) 992-5813
[email protected] · meigslibrary.org/localhistory
Census, marriage records (1819–1913), death records (1897–1908), township cemetery records, family histories, digitized yearbooks and newspapers, Ohio Obituary Index access.
P.O. Box 145, Pomeroy, OH 45769 · (740) 992-3810 · [email protected]
meigschs.org · Open Wed–Sat 12–4pm
Genealogical library: birth/death records 1867–1908, marriage records 1819–1930, wills to 1856, cemetery/census records, photos, manuscripts.
Street address listed on the society's own site (399 S. 3rd Ave., Middleport) conflicts with older aggregator listings — confirm by phone before a research trip.
34465 Crew Rd., Pomeroy, OH 45769 · (740) 992-7874
Meets 2nd Tuesday, Sept–May, at the Meigs County Museum. Publishes township cemetery record booklets and genealogical compilations.
112 E. Memorial Dr., Pomeroy, OH 45769 · (740) 992-6626
Certified birth and death certificates (1909–present) for Meigs County events; also issues Ohio certificates statewide.
Find A Grave — Meigs County, Interment.net — Meigs County, and township cemetery booklets from the Genealogical Society.
Not sure which office has what? See Which County Office Holds What.
Many Meigs County record books are filmed and free to view at FamilySearch (free account required).
In Full-Text Search, add Meigs County, Ohio as the place to find names inside handwritten deeds, wills, and court books. How to use it.
Meigs County was formed in 1819 from Gallia and Athens Counties. For records made before then, search the parent counties:
Part of Meigs County lies in the Ohio Company Purchase, land bought by the Ohio Company of Associates, the New England veterans who founded Marietta in 1788. The first titles came from the company, so start with the earliest deeds at the county Recorder (or the parent county's).
Other parts of the county were federal Congress Lands or smaller special tracts. Where land was sold by the federal government, the first purchase appears as a federal patent.
Titles that covered Meigs County, historic and current, with where to search each one. Not every historic title has been digitized — several survive only on microfilm.
| Title | Years | Where to Search |
|---|---|---|
| Meigs County Times | 1843-1848 | Chronicling America (Library of Congress) |
| Meigs County Telegraph | 1848-1894 | Chronicling America (1848-1878); microfilm — Meigs Co. District Library |
| Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph | 1860-1866 | Chronicling America (Library of Congress) |
| Pomeroy Sun | 1866-1885 | Microfilm only — Meigs County District Public Library |
| Middleport Meigs County Republican | 1876-1917 | Microfilm only — Meigs County District Public Library |
| The Daily Sentinel (Pomeroy) | 1954-present | Newspapers.com (recent years); current at thedailysentinel.net |
Fill in what you're looking for, print it, and take it with you to the courthouse or library.
Brick Walls & Buckeyes
brickwallsbuckeyes.com · Meigs County, Ohio
Addresses and links last checked October 2026.
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