I am a member of the Lenawee County Family Researchers, our local genealogy group up here in Lenawee Co, MI just north of the state line from your neighbor county of Fulton Co, OH. I write genealogical research articles for the LCFR newsletter, and this summer I wrote one on my ancestors William & Catherine (Cole) Walker, which I intended to attach, but your contact format will not permit me to do so. William & Catherine were married in 1851 in Bedford, MI, just north of the state line from Toledo. Both were shown as residents of Toledo at that time. In the 1860 Federal Census, they were shown as residents of Washington Twp, Henry Co, OH. (The death record for one of their sons states that he was born in Colton, which is in the NW corner of Washington Twp). By the 1870 Federal Census, they were living up here in Seneca Twp, Lenawee Co, MI. The assumption is that sometime between 1851 and 1860, they bought a farm in the Colton area, which they in turn sold between 1860 and 1870. My question is, how would I go about getting the land record – either a transcription or a photocopy of the original record – for the purchase and sale of their farm in Colton? By the way, you can add William Walker to your list of Henry Co soldiers who served in the Civil War if he is not already on it, as he served in Co. A of the 192nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Hancock’s Vet. A.C. Any response on how to access the old land records would be appreciated. Await comment, closing with,
Best regards – Gary Bartlett
All the land records can be found in the Recorder’s Office (http://www.henrycountyohio.com/recorder.htm). There is a number on that page that you can call. They’re very helpful. Just give them the information, and if there are records for the 1851-1860 time period, they will track them down for you. I don’t know what they charge these days, but when I live in Napoleon it was about $1 per page, and the early deeds were seldom more than two pages.