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following information was Nov 2006. Please let the
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addresses, phone numbers and/or websites need updated. |
This page lists several sources of information about this county's history. This particular page is not intended as a source of genealogical records although some of the books may contain information about some people in the county. It is most probably not a complete list. If anyone knows of additional sources that contain significant historical information (not just a passing mention of the county), please let the county coordinator know and it will added. Also include where a copy of the source can be found for viewing or purchase. |
Charcoal Furnaces of the Hanging Rock Iron Region, by Virgil and Marguerite Ramsey. Pictures and general information about charcoal furnaces in Southeastern Ohio. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St., Jackson Ohio 45640. Phone (740) 286-4111. |
French Five-Hundred and Other Papers, by William G. Sibley, 1901, 303p. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
2. Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis Ohio 45631. Phone (740) 446-7323, Fax (740) 446-1701. |
The French Five-Hundred, by William G. Sibley, 1933, 108p. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
2. For sale by Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society (see my page about them). |
3. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio www.kent.edu (not a reference book, might be available by interlibrary loan). |
Gallia County, Ohio, People in History to 1980, by Gallia County Historical Society, 1980. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
2. Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis Ohio 45631. Phone (740) 446-7323, Fax (740) 446-1701. |
Gallia County One Room Schools: The Cradle Years, by Estivaun Matthews, Charles A. Murray, and Pauline Rife, Gallia County Historical Society, 1993. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis Ohio 45631. Phone (740) 446-7323, Fax (740) 446-1701. |
2. The Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St., Jackson Ohio 45640. Phone (740) 286-4111. |
3. Many other libraries, especially in southeastern Ohio. |
4. For sale by Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society. |
Gallipolis, by Writer's Program, 1940, 47p. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
Gallipolis, Ohio: A Pictorial History, by Henrietta Evans, John Lester, and Mary Woods, 1990. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis Ohio 45631. Phone (740) 446-7323, Fax (740) 446-1701. |
Geology of Southern Ohio, by Wilbur Stout, 1916. A geological survey. |
1. The Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St., Jackson Ohio 45640. Phone (740) 286-4111. |
Haning-Atwood Vision: History of Rio Grande College, by Anna C. Pabst, 1989. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St., Jackson Ohio 45640. Phone (740) 286-4111. |
The Harris Story, by Charles H. Harris, 1957, 329p., indexed separately. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
Historical Hand Atlas of Gallia and Lawrence Counties, by H. H. Hardesty, 1882, indexed separately. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
History of the Early French Settlers, by Naret and Bureau. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. For sale by Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society (see my page about them). |
History of Gallia County, Ohio, by H. H. Hardesty, 1882 (reprinted 1976). |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
2. Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis Ohio 45631. Phone (740) 446-7323, Fax (740) 446-1701. |
3. The Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St., Jackson Ohio 45640. Phone (740) 286-4111. |
4. Many other libraries, especially in southeastern Ohio. |
5. For sale by Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society (see my page about them). |
History of Gallia County Courthouses, by Hill. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. For sale by Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society (see my page about them). |
History of the Settlement of Gallipolis, Ohio in 1790, by Mary LeClercq-Ford, 1890 |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis Ohio 45631. Phone (740) 446-7323, Fax (740) 446-1701. |
History of Welsh Settlements in Jackson and Gallia Counties of Ohio, by William R. Evans, 1896 (reprinted 1988), 72p., indexed. Covers 1818-1850. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
2. The Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St., Jackson Ohio 45640. Phone (740) 286-4111. |
3. Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis Ohio 45631. Phone (740) 446-7323, Fax (740) 446-1701. |
Index to Gallipolis, Ohio, History of the Establishment of Five-Hundred French in the Ohio Valley..., by Helene Foure-Selter, 1939, (index is English, text of book is French). |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
Index to Hardesty's 1882 History of Gallia County, Ohio, by Mary Ann Wood ed., 1988, 67p. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis Ohio 45631. Phone (740) 446-7323, Fax (740) 446-1701. |
2. The Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St., Jackson Ohio 45640. Phone (740) 286-4111. |
3. Many other libraries, especially in southeastern Ohio. |
4. For sale by Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society (see my page about them). |
In Faith, In Hope, In Charity, With Fidelity, by Charles A. Murray, 1991. About Eno Grange #2080, 1916-1991. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis Ohio 45631. Phone (740) 446-7323, Fax (740) 446-1701. |
Lamp of the Hills: The Authorized Centennial History of Rio Grande College, by James Sherman Porter, 1977. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St., Jackson Ohio 45640. Phone (740) 286-4111. |
The Railway Reflector: Gallipolis, Ohio, by ?, April 1897 (reprinted 1986). |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
2. Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, 7 Spruce St., Gallipolis Ohio 45631. Phone (740) 446-7323, Fax (740) 446-1701. |
3. For sale by Gallia County Historical/Genealogical Society (see my page about them). |
Symmes Creek: Historical Events and Stories of "The Symmes Valley" (including Jackson, Gallia, and Lawrence Counties, Ohio), by Wayne B. Ingles, 1976 |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
Standard History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio, by E. B. Willard, 1916 (reprinted 1983), 1356p., 2 vols., indexed |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The State Library of Ohio, 274 East First Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43201. Phone (614) 644-7061. |
2. The Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St., Jackson Ohio 45640. Phone (740) 286-4111. |
3. Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library, 120 North Market St., McArthur Ohio 45651. Phone (740) 596-5691, Fax (740) 596-2477. |
4. Many other libraries, especially in southeastern Ohio. |
Then and Now in Centreville-Thurman Ohio, compiled by Olwen Williams. |
Where can I find a copy?: |
1. The Jackson City Library, 21 Broadway St., Jackson Ohio 45640. Phone (740) 286-4111. |