Formed December 29, 1817 from parts of Muskingum, Washington, and Guernsey counties — named for Gen. Daniel Morgan · county seat McConnelsville. Repository addresses, online record links, and a free printable record checklist below.
Short episodes that walk through Morgan County's records, one record type at a time.
Formation · Settlers & Migration · Probate · Land · Tax · Churches · Newspapers · Where to Look
Watch on YouTube19 E. Main St., McConnelsville, OH 43756 · (740) 962-2861
morgancounty-oh.gov/commonpleascourt
Wills, estates, guardianships, adoptions, marriage licenses/records, and name changes.
Riecker Building, 155 E. Main St., Room 160, McConnelsville, OH 43756 · (740) 962-4051
Deeds and land records, indexed online from 1994 forward.
19 E. Main Street, McConnelsville, OH 43756 · (740) 962-4752
morgancounty-oh.gov/clerkofcourts.html
Divorces, civil suits (including partition suits that divide land among heirs), and Common Pleas journals. Before 1852, this court also handled wills and estates.
155 E. Main Street, Room 217, McConnelsville, OH 43756 · (740) 962-4475
Current tax lists and property transfer records. Early tax duplicates are on FamilySearch and at the Ohio History Connection.
19 E. Main St., McConnelsville, OH 43756 · Thursdays only
A dedicated county-run genealogy room, separate from the library's genealogy collection below.
358 E. Main St., McConnelsville, OH 43756 · (740) 962-2533
Houses the Morgan County Chapter OGS collection — family histories, newspaper microfilm, and Ohio county histories.
PO Box 413, McConnelsville, OH 43756
mocoogs.org · meets 1st Sat of Feb/May/Aug/Nov
Founded 1981. Runs a "First Families of Morgan County" lineage program; housed inside the library above.
142 E. Main St., McConnelsville, OH 43756 · (740) 962-4785
A different organization from the OGS chapter above. A multi-building museum campus; confirm current address and hours by phone before visiting.
4275 N. State Route 376, McConnelsville, OH 43756 · (740) 962-4572
morganpublichealth.org/vital-statistics-records
Certified birth/death certificates for Morgan County events. Older/historical records: Ohio Dept. of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics and the Probate Court above.
Find A Grave — Morgan County and OhioGravestones.org — Morgan County.
Not sure which office has what? See Which County Office Holds What.
Many Morgan County record books are filmed and free to view at FamilySearch (free account required).
In Full-Text Search, add Morgan County, Ohio as the place to find names inside handwritten deeds, wills, and court books. How to use it.
Morgan County was formed in 1817 from Washington, Guernsey, and Muskingum Counties. For records made before then, search the parent counties:
Part of Morgan 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 Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan County Democrat | 1886-1943 | Chronicling America (full run digitized) |
| The M'Connelsville Herald / Weekly Herald | 1869-1936 | Chronicling America (digitized) |
| The Morgan County Herald | 1861-1868; 1943-present | Chronicling America (1861-1868); microfilm — Morgan County District Public Library |
| The Democrat | 1871-1886 | Chronicling America (digitized) |
| Morgan County Independent (Malta) | 1871-1874 | Chronicling America (digitized) |
| Morgan Sentinel, and M'Connelsville Gazette | 1827-1829 | Chronicling America (earliest county paper, digitized) |
Fill in what you're looking for, print it, and take it with you to the courthouse or library.
Brick Walls & Buckeyes
brickwallsbuckeyes.com · Morgan County, Ohio
Addresses and links last checked October 2026.
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