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Adams County was formed on July 12, 1797 from parts of Hamilton and Washington Counties, when the area was known as the Northwest Territory. Our county was named after John Adams, the second President of the United States. Portions of our county were used in forming Scioto County in 1803, Highland County in 1805, Pike County in 1815, and Brown County in 1818. Our neighbors to the south are Mason and Lewis Counties in Kentucky. The county seat is West Union, but other major towns include Manchester, Peebles, Seaman and Winchester.




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My name is Jan Cortez and I'm the county coordinator of Adams County. If you have anything you'd like to add to this website, please contact me. Everything I have on Adams County is online. Please consider contributing your information to be included here for other researchers.

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Articles and Stories


Biographies

Cemetery Records

Census Records


Death Certificates


Death Records


Education


Family Files & Photographs

Askren Baldridge
  • James Baldridge
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    b. abt 1740, d. Apr 12 1812 Westmoreland Co PA, m. in the 1760s Elizabeth Wilson. Children William, John, Samuel and Mary moved to Adams Co OH in the late 1790's and were heads of pioneer families.
Bentz Burwell Cole
  • Ephraim Cole
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    b. 1744 near Havre-de-Gras, Harford Co MD, d. abt 1833 Adams Co OH, buried Collings Cem, West Union OH, m. 1809 Sophia (Ada) Mitchell b. near Havre-de-Gras, Harford Co MD, d. aft 1836 Adams County OH.
Crawford Coryell Eakins Elmore Eubanks Foster Freeze Herdman & Associated Family
  • Seth Herdman 1824-1909. Also Samuel Edward Shoemaker 1861-1938; Henry Herdman II & Ruth Downing; Edson Herdman & Mary Copeland; Russell Herdman; John Herdman & Anna Downing; Masheck Herdman; James Herdman & Cienda Brown; Nettie Herdman & Vernon Potts; Richard Johnson & Mary Skowden; Jacob Johnson & Eva Herdman; John Chain & Zella Shoemaker; Samuel Shoemaker & Elizabeth Newman; Michael Shoemaker & Ruhama Cokonougher; William Chain & Harriet Carson; Hugh Brown & Margaret Newman; James Copeland & Mariah Simmons.
Hemphill Kemmeter
  • Frank Kemmeter Family

    • Frank Kemmeter Sr b. 1841 Lorsch, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, d. Aug 21 1926 Manchester OH.
Kirkpatrick McClanahan
  • John McClanahan
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    b. abt 1740 Ireland, d. abt 1820 Adams Co OH, m.1st unknown in Ireland, m.2nd Elizabeth Thompson in Ireland, b. Jun 1765, d. Aug 30 1842, buried Cherry Fork Cem, Cherry Fork, Adams Co OH.
McMillen
  • Thomas J McMillen
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    b. 1829, d. Feb 22 1902 Peebles OH, m. 1852 Sarah Jane Lynch b. Dec 22 1835, d. Nov 30 1911 Peebles OH, both buried Locust Grove Cem, Adams Co OH.
McCreight Moore Naylor Parker Plummer Rosselot Satterfield Seaman Shoemaker Skidmore Steward Taylor Tumbleson Wade Wilson Wright Yankie Zercher
  • Heinrich Zercher
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    b. Sep 25 1745 Switzerland, d. Mar 2 1805 Lancaster Co PA, m. 1780 Anna Hinterlasene b. Jun 10 1749, d. May 24 1837, both buried New Danville Mennonite Cem, Pequa PA. Descendant Jacob Zercher lived and died in Adams Co.

Adams County Family Group Sheets on our Website


Funeral Homes

  • Beam Funeral Home Inc
    216 West Mulberry Street
    West Union, OH  45693
    937-544-2133


  • Bradford-Sullivan Funeral Home
    19306 State Route 136
    Winchester, OH  45697
    937-695-0622

Genealogical & Historical Societies


Libraries

West Union Public Library
212 East Sparks Street
West Union, OH 45693
937-544-2591

Manchester Public Library
401 Pike Street
Manchester, OH 45144
937-549-3359

Seaman Library
17806 State Route 247
Seaman, OH 45679
937-386-2556

Peebles Free Public Library
157 High Street
Peebles, OH 45660
937-587-2085


Lookups

If you would like to be listed as a lookup volunteer, please contact me

Lookups are a great way to find that elusive ancestor. There are a few things I must ask of you before you ask for a lookup: Lookup requests should be limited to one name, or perhaps two if it is a married couple; if it is a cemetery lookup, the information will be the name of the cemetery and the dates on the headstone; please do not ask for "everybody with x surname".

  • I have a CD with marriage information for Adams County for 1798 to 1812. I am sure it is incomplete since so much data was lost or not recorded. The only information on the CD is the names of the bride & groom, the county and the date of marriage - Jean

  • I have all cemetery books, both marriage books, "History of Adams Co.", 1856 vital, and some birth and deaths - James Rivers


Adams County RootsWeb Mail List

Subscribing. Clicking on one of the links below should work, but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual instructions: to join OHADAMS-L, send mail to OHADAMS-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join OHADAMS-D, do the same thing with OHADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribing. To leave OHADAMS-L, send mail to OHADAMS-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave OHADAMS-D, do the same thing with OHADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com. Archives. You can search the archives for specific content in messages, or browse them going from one message to another.

Maps

Marriages

Military

Obituaries

Obituary Tools

Researchers for Hire

The County Coordinator does not endorse any researcher listed here. This is merely a list of who's available for research. If you do research in the Adams County area and would like to be listed here, please contact me

Family Matters Genealogy Research
P.O. Box 32
Ripley, OH 45167
E-mail: info@ohkygen.com

Yolanda Campbell Lifter
E-mail: ylifter@ohiofamilyresearchcom
http://www.ohiofamilyresearch.com


Queries


Research Tools

Software

Wills

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Contact Ohio Trails to the Past Adams County Administrator
Jan Cortez -- jicortez@gmail.com


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