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DATABASES

 

• The Belmont County, Ohio tax records for the year, 1811, have been recorded and made available by Dr. Shirley A. Harmon on a companion web site. On January 29, 1813 Monroe County became a separate county using parts of three other counties including Belmont County, Ohio to form the new county. (Click here for details of the organization of Monroe County.) For direct access to these Belmont County, Ohio tax records for the year 1811, please visit http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~saharmon

 

• The Belmont County, Ohio tax records for the year, 1812, have been recorded and made available by Dr. Shirley A. Harmon on a companion web site. On January 29, 1813 Monroe County became a separate county using parts of three other counties including Belmont County, Ohio to form the new county. (Click here for details of the organization of Monroe County.) For direct access to these Belmont County, Ohio tax records for the year 1812, please visit http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~saharmon

 

• The Monroe County, Ohio tax records for the year, 1821 -- The names of the taxed citizens are now available for 1821 by clicking on Monroe County, Ohio Tax Records.

 

• A database of the latitude and longitude coordinates of selected locations in Monroe County is available.  These coordinates are based on measurements made with Global Positioning System (GPS) units and can locate specific locations to within just a few feet.  Read more about the GPS database or go directly to the database.  If you would like to add data to this database, click here.

 

• Data on Specific Cemeteries -- This site has a large section devoted to information on the more than 225 cemeteries that are known to exist in Monroe County.  This cemetery-database can be accessed by going to the Home page and clicking on the "Cemetery" button or by clicking on Cemeteries here or below.  In addition, initial data for newly found cemeteries and cemeteries that have not been previously inventoried an be accessed by clicking on one of the following names:  Free Cemetery in Miltonsburg, OH; Schell Cemetery near Miltonsburg, OH; Un-named Cemetery near Miltonsburg, OH -- this cemetery has several Schell family members

 

• 1890 Veterans Census, Monroe County, Ohio -- Along with the 1890 census, schedules were made of Union Civil War veterans or their widows.  These are the Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. 

 

• A listing of Monroe Countians in the 7^th WV Infantry

 

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