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Welcome to the Jim and Shirley Hayes Family Genealogy Center & Charles and Rita Levering Library!
The Genealogy Center and Library are happy to help you with your genealogical and historical research. If you are doing research that includes Athens and neighboring counties, we hope you find our resources informative and helpful.
HOURS
We welcome in-person visits during our hours of operation.  Call us to check our hours before you make your trip.
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 10 am - 2 pm
Thursday: Closed
Friday: 10 am - 2 pm
Saturday: Closed
Contact
library@southeastohiohistory.org
740-592-2280 ext. 106
24 W. State St., Athens, OH, 45701
Parking on Congress Street behind building
Genealogy Research
Our facility is staffed by volunteers with expertise in genealogical and historic research relating to Athens County and the surrounding area. We welcome in-person visits during our
hours of operation
.
Email inquiries may be sent at any time to
library@southeastohiohistory.org
. Please use the subject line: RESEARCH. The staff will respond during our hours of operation. You may also call us at
740-592-2280
(ext. 106), if you are unable to visit in person.
Inquiries requiring extensive research time may require a fee. Please see the
Research Assistance
section
.
Resources are not available to the public outside of library hours.
Items In Our Collection
The Levering Library houses the following resources:
More than 5,000 books, documents, pamphlets, etc. Please use our
online catalog search
to browse our collection.
Athens County Probate Court Estate Packets 1805 to 1914
Birth Records—abstracts and indexes of the Athens County Probate Birth Records
Marriage Records—indexes of microfilmed marriage records 1805 to 1947
Death Records—abstracts and indexes of the Athens County Probate Death Records
Obituaries 1900 to 2016 and select obituaries 1825 to 1900
Athens County Wills 1814 to 1915, microfilm
First Families of Athens County application documents
Local family genealogies
Surname files
Newspaper clipping files on local history topics
Local newspapers—microfilm
Local History Research
Our facility is staffed by volunteers with expertise in genealogical and historic research relating to Athens County and the surrounding area. We welcome in-person visits during our
hours of operation
.
Email inquiries may be sent at any time to
library@southeastohiohistory.org
. Please use the subject line: RESEARCH. The staff will respond during our hours of operation. You may also call us at
740-592-2280
(ext. 106), if you are unable to visit in person.
Inquiries requiring extensive research time may require a fee. Please see the
Research Assistance
section.
Items In Our Collection
More than 5,000 books, documents, pamphlets, etc. Please use our
online catalog search
to browse our collection.
Published histories of Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Lawrence, Meigs, Jackson, Perry, Washington and Vinton Counties
Original volumes of
Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1866
, published in 1893
Church histories
Newspapers on microfilm including
Athens Journal (1875 – 1909)
Athens Herald (1882 – 1893)
Athens County Gazette (1897-1909)
Athens News (1979 – 1990)
Nelsonville Tribune (1935 – 1971)
Glouster Press (1890 – 1971)
Vinton County Courier (1971 – 1990)
Morgan County Herald (1966 – 1990)
McArthur Republican Tribune (1931 – 1971)
Newspaper clipping files on local history topics
Historic inventory of homes and buildings in Athens city and county
County high school and Ohio University yearbooks
Athens City directories and telephone books
Resources are not available to the public outside of library hours.
Research Assistance
how we can help
We have a wonderful team of volunteers who are experienced with the collections of the Hayes Genealogy Center and Levering Library. If you choose to visit in person, they can point out resources in the Library, identify online resources and how to use them, help with the use of the online catalog, and suggest other ways to accomplish your goals. Our services are available in-person during our
hours of operation
, and many by
email or phone
.
You may decide you would like to have a volunteer conduct your search for you, in which case you will need to submit a
research request
(directions below).
An hourly fee is charged for services
, and all proceeds go toward the preservation and sharing of our collections.  If the Library volunteers conduct record searches the fee is $15/hour, non-refundable, and payable in advance (with a 1-hour minimum).  Photocopying and postage are additional costs. Copies are $0.25/page, and copies obtained from other sources will be additional.
how to enter a research request in 3 steps
Step One: Contact Us to Discuss Your Project
Discuss your project goals with a Library volunteer to establish an outline of expectations, the time that will be required to conduct the search, and to agree on the project product (including the estimated number of copies to be paid for upon delivery).
Email:  library@southeastohiohistory.org
Phone:  740-592-2280
Step Two: Fill Out a Research Request Form
Complete and sign a research request form to indicate the hours agreed to, exactly what information you are looking for, the format of the project product, and the types of copies you desire (including a maximum without further consultation with you).  This form will include as much detail from you as possible to streamline the research process (eg., dates, relationships, townships, etc.)
Step 3: Purchase Your Request
Pay for your research request through the SOHC Museum Shop as instructed by the Library volunteer.
You will be contacted when the project is finished.
A copy of all research completed by our team of volunteers is kept by the Genealogy Center and Levering Library.
PURCHASE
Levering Library Catalog
Our searchable resources include yearbooks, family genealogies,
local histories, telephone and city directories, and books relevant
to the history of southeast Ohio.
You are also welcome to visit our collections during the Genealogy Center and Library’s
hours of operation.
SEARCH CATALOG
Resources are not available to the public outside of library hours.
Library Bookstore
Please browse the collection of books we have available for purchase from the genealogy & history library. These are also available in print at the Southeast Ohio History Center Museum store located inside the history center at 24 W. State Street, Athens, OH.
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First Families of Athens County, OH
The primary objectives of First Families of Athens County, Ohio are to identify the early persons in the area that is Athens County and to honor their lasting contributions to the history of the area by recognizing their descendants. The compilation of documents copied by descendants for their applications provides an invaluable resource for genealogical and historical research in Athens County.
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Requirements for Membership
Only members of the Southeast Ohio History Center may apply for membership in First Families of Athens County, Ohio.  Applicants must complete an application proving their ancestor’s presence within the boundaries of Athens County in or before 1830 and proving their descent from that ancestor. Admissible evidence must be supplied as proof. Applications must be accompanied by a processing fee. Multiple lines may require an additional application and fee-when several lines are attached to the same application, they are not only difficult to process, they are difficult for researchers to use. Fees are non-refundable.
Rules of Evidence
The nature and extent of evidence submitted for membership in First Families of Athens County must be sufficient to prove:
the presence by 1830 of the ancestor within the 1830 boundaries of Athens Co
that the applicant is directly descended from the early Athens Countian
differentiation between any two persons of the same name residing in the same area at the same time. DOCUMENTS USED AS PROOF MUST BY THEMSELVES OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER DOCUMENTS ACTUALLY STATE THE FACT TO BE PROVED. More than one document may be needed to prove one fact.
Admissible Evidence List
Evidence from vital statistics, court house or other government records, church and school records, etc… usually is considered to be beyond doubt and provides excellent proof. Census records, newspaper clippings, old letters, bible or other family records CONTEMPORARY TO THE FACTS REPORTED are also admissible.
Old letters, biographies, obituaries, death records, etc… can be accepted as proof for only the facts the informant could have known firsthand. They cannot be accepted as proof for facts the informant could have obtained only by hearsay from older generations or from other sources. Identification of the informant and the date of the record are necessary to evaluate this type of evidence.
A tax list of 1831 is usually a record of taxes levied in 1830, and, therefore, can prove residence during 1830 if the individual is shown as a resident and not as an absentee owner. Inclusion in the 1830 census for Athens County is admissible. Census records cannot establish 1830 or before residency for a female ancestor unless she was the head of a household. A record of a sale of land made during or before 1830 mentioning the wife by name can establish her residency. The birth of her child in Athens County during or before 1830 is proof of her presence in the county.
Female ancestors must be proved by their maiden name. Marriage, church, and divorce records, obituaries, and bible records sometimes show maiden names. The maiden name can sometimes be established from an estate settlement mentioning a daughter as the wife of a particular man. African-Americans who had no surname and Native Americans can be accepted without surnames provided their identity is clearly established.
Proven ancestor’s children born by 1830 cannot be accepted as first persons in Athens County on this basis alone. Some documentary evidence must be included to prove they actually were in the county by 1830. The 1830 census cannot be accepted as evidence alone in this respect since names and relationships are not given for household members.
Tombstones usually prove only dates of birth and death but sometimes do prove relationships. Tombstones erected by later generations long after the burial are not proof.
Inadmissible Evidence List
Circumstantial evidence or implied facts are not considered proof.
Hearsay is not admissible.
Oral, written, or published family traditions are often wrong and are inadmissible.
Printed or manuscript genealogies are not acceptable as proof. Family group sheets and unsupported information from an amateur or professional genealogist are also unacceptable.
Lineage papers from other pedigree societies are not acceptable.
Material authored by the applicant or family members is not proof unless it is first-hand knowledge.
A bible record written long after an event by a person not in a position to have known the facts first-hand is not proof.
When a father/mother are above or below the normal age for having children, parentage is suspect and must be proved beyond all doubt.
The expressions “heirs” or “heirs-at-law” are used in some estate settlements. These expressions mean different things in different states at different times. Ohio’s laws on inheritance have changed many times through its history and what is true at one period is not true at another. It is possible that a document using the expression “heirs” might be supplemented with a copy of the state inheritance law showing that at the date the document was written “heir” meant in the blood-line and the nature of the kinship.
Census records which show the name of the head of the household only and which list others in the household by age groupings do not prove the residence of the wife or children of the head of the household. Next door or close neighbors are not proved as related by their closeness in the census.’
Census records which do name all the members of a household but which do not indicate relationships cannot be used to prove relationships but can be used to prove residence.
Descent is not proved by owning the same land as an earlier owner of the same name.
Land transactions (deeds, warrants, grants, etc.) only can be accepted as evidence of settlement in Athens County, Ohio by 1830 if the record actually states that the grantee or grantor was a resident of Athens County. There were many absentee land owners in early Ohio.
How to Prepare & Footnote Your Documentation for Submission
NEVER SUBMIT AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT: SUBMIT ONLY PHOTOCOPIES. Original photographs of tombstones may be submitted.
Typed, hand-written or printed copies of original DOCUMENTS MUST BE CERTIFIED AS A “TRUE COPY” BY A LIBRARIAN, COURT HOUSE OFFICIAL OR SOME OTHER AUTHORITY. An applicant cannot certify his own copies as true.
Married female applicants must include a copy of their marriage license or a record to prove their married name.
Bible records must be submitted with their title page showing publication date.
Newspaper clippings must be identified by the name of the newspaper and date of the clipping.
All documents must indicate their source and date, e.g. a will should be identified by county court, volume and page numbers.
Copies of pages of all appropriate INDEXES TO THE FEDERAL CENSUSES for OHIO showing the ancestors surname MUST be submitted. In order to evaluate your application the committee must be able to know how many persons of the same name were in the area during the relevant period of time. Alternate spellings MUST be included.
If more than two ancestral lines are submitted, an ancestral chart showing the interconnections should be included.
Do not “correct” or otherwise change photocopies of original documents. The committee will not consider evidence that appears to have been altered.
Footnoting
In order to evaluate your application the committee needs to know how the claims about your ancestors are proven. You must submit with your application photocopies of the documents which prove EACH claim. (Certified transcriptions may be accepted.) The claims and documents must be cross-referenced so the committee can find in your envelope the particular document(s) which prove each claim. Footnote lines are provided on the inside back page of the application so you can make the necessary references.
FIRST, number all documents being submitted.
SECOND, on the corresponding footnote line write a description of the document (e.g. bible record of Morris Murphy)
THIRD, note in the box at the end of the line on which you have made a claim about your family members in the application the number of the document which proves the claim. If more than one document is needed to prove a claim, you may add boxes or you may staple the documents together and reference them under one footnote number.
Appreciated Additions (But Not Requirements)
The easiest to accomplish and most wanted item we would like in addition to your documentation is a 5-generation chart filled in as much and as accurately as you can.
Secondly, we would appreciate if you can manage it, a narrative summary of your data emphasizing your Athens County ancestor(s). This would include such information as where they came from, their settlement date, all children, etc…. Here is a chance for you to include data which you may not have documented in your application. Please be sure, however, to indicate what support you have for believing such undocumented data to be true. This narrative will help make your Athens County ancestors “live,” and it will help researchers put the documents into perspective. We might like to publish your narrative in our Bulletin if you indicate your permission to do so.
ALL APPLICATIONS BECOME THE PROPERTY OF ACHS&M
PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF A COPY BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
Thank you for submitting an application to First Families of Athens County.
Current List of First Families
First Family names used by applicants to establish their eligibility for membership and the year recorded in Athens County.
List last updated 9-15-2013
ABBOTT, CLARISSA CROOK
1812
ALDERMAN, JANE
1822
ALLEN, JONATHAN
1820
ALLEN, WILMARTH
1823
ANDERSON, DANIEL
1819
ANDERSON, RACHEL
1819
ARMITAGE, JOHN, SR
1820
ARMITAGE, NANCY
1817
ARNOLD, ABIGAIL
1825
ARNOLD, NANCY
1819
ARNOLD, RUTH FULFORD
1812
AUSTIN, RUTH
1811
BAKER, CLARISSA
1828
BARKER, ISAAC [Capt]
1798
BARKER, ISAAC [Judge]
1798
BARKER, MARIA CRAWFORD
1829
BARROWS, EBENEZER, JR
1800
BARROWS, EBENEZER, SR
1798
BARROWS, GEORGE
1797
BARROWS, HENRY
1797
BARROWS, JAMES PERRY
1822
BARROWS, LUCY C
1815
BARROWS, SALOMA
1810
BARROWS, SUSAN
1804
BARROWS, SUSANNAH
1800
BARTLETT, MARY MALINDA
1820
BATES, NICHOLAS
1821
BEAN, NANCY ANN
1827
BECKLER, PETER
1826
BECKLER, PETER JEFFERSON
1828
BEEBE, HARRIET
1824
BEEBE, HOPSON
1803
BEEBE, PETER
1807
BEEBE, REXAVILLA
1826
BENJAMIN, ELIZABETH
1818
BENJAMIN, NATHAN
1830
BENJAMIN, REBECCA
1819
BENTLEY, RACHEL
1829
BICKNELL, ZIMRODE
1818
BIGGERSTAFF, HARRIET
1820
BIGGERSTAFF, JOHN
1802
BIGGERSTAFF, WILLIAM, II
1821
BINGHAM, HANNAH
1827
BINGHAM, SILAS, JR
1800
BINGHAM, SILAS, SR
1800
BLACK, SARAH
1802
BLACKSTONE, EBENEZER
1816
BLACKSTONE, SYLVESTER
1816
BOBO, GABRIEL
1808
BOBO, HENRY
1800
BOBO, ISRAEL
1803
BOBO, JEMIMA
1819
BOBO, JOSEPH
1802
BOLIN, JAMES
1820
BOLIN, SAMUEL
1820
BOWMAN, JOHN
1820
BOYLES, CHARITY
1819
BOYLES, JACOB
1800
BOYLES, MARY
1820
BRAWLEY, MARGARET
1817
BRIDGE, BEZELEEL, JR
1817
BROOKHART, ABRAHAM
1811
BROOKS, ELIZABETH
1815
BROOKS, GERTRUDE
1813
BROOKS, JOHN
1798
BROOKS, JOSEPH
1818
BROOKS, MARGARET
1826
BROOKS, MARY ANN (POLLY)
1820
BROOKS, MATTHEW
1802
BROOKS, MOSES
1829
BROWN, BENJAMIN [Capt]
1799
BROWN, CHARLES (d 1817)
1817
BROWN, CHARLES (d 1879)
1816
BROWN, EPHRAIM CUTLER
1805
BROWN, FANNY CONNOR
1830
BROWN, JOHN
1802
BROWN, JOHN BALDWIN
1803
BROWN, MARIA
1801
BROWN, POLLY LEONARD
1800
BROWN, REBECCA
1804
BROWN, SAMUEL
1801
BROWN, SENECA
1824
BROWN, WILLIAM
1800
BRYSON, ARCHIBALD
1817
BRYSON, DAVID
1817
BRYSON, MORRIS
1826
BRYSON, SARAH (SALLY)
1824
BURLEY, MARTHA
1829
BURLEY, WILLIAM
1815
BURNHAM, FRANKLIN
1829
BURNHAM, JEREMIAH
1820
BUTTS, AARON
1813
CABLE, JAMES
1818
CABLE, JAMES RANSOM
1826
CABLE, MARTHA
1811
CAMBY, HANNAH
1825
CAMBY, NANCY
1818
CAMBY, SAMUEL
1820
CAMBY, SARAH L
1826
CAMBY, THOMAS
1825
CARPENTER, EMILY
1819
CARPENTER, EUNICE
1829
CARPENTER, FREDERICK PARKER
1829
CARPENTER, HARVEY
1818
CARPENTER, LAURA
1828
CARPENTER, OLIVER
1827
CARPENTER, PARKER
1818
CARTER, HARLEY
1818
CASS, JEREMIAH
1816
CASS, RUTH I
1830
CHASE, GARDNER F
1817
CHASE, JOHN M
1817
CLEVELAND, LEURA
1824
COATES, JAMES
1827
COE, EBENEZER
1830
COE, JAMES
1822
COE, JOHN
1817
COE, JOSIAH
1805
COE, JULIA
1814
CONANT, JEREMIAH
1829
CONE, ALBERT B
1820
CONN, MARGARET
1826
CONNOR, SOPHIA HULBERT
1810
COOK, BLANFORD
1820
COOK, EDMUND
1820
COOK, PHEBE
1803
COOLEY, RUFUS P
1823
COTTRILL, MARY
1830
COURTNEY, ALANSON
1809
COURTNEY, NEIL
1809
COURTNEY, RUFUS C
1829
COWELL, JANE
1819
CRANSTON, JAMES
1811
CRANSTON, MARGARET
1811
CRANSTON, MARTHA
1811
CRANSTON, MARY (POLLY)
1811
CRIPPEN, ARTEMUS S
1810
CROSS, RUTH
1820
CROSSEN, JANE
1823
CULVER, CLARINDA
1814
DAILEY, BENONA H, JR
1829
DAILEY, BENONA H, SR
1820
DAILEY, DAVID
1803
DAILEY, MARY M
1820
DAILEY, SAMANTHA
1830
DALBEY, ELIJAH
1818
DAVIS, NEHEMIAH
1808
DEAN, JOHN NICHOLSON
1815
DEAN, MARY EMILY
1815
DEAN, NATHAN 1762-1830
1815
DEAN, NATHAN 1788-1837
1820
DEAN, NATHAN W
1820
DEVOL, PRISCILLA
1820
DEWEY, HANNAH
1827
DEWITT, CATHERINE
1823
DEWITT, JAMES
1818
DOBSON, JAMES
1819
DONALDSON, WILLIAM
1817
DONALDSON, WILLIAM, JR
1818
DONLEY, JOHN
1830
DORR, MATTHEW [Capt]
1798
DORR, MATTHEW 1807-1882
1807
DORR, WILLIAM
1797
DOUGLAS, JOHN, SR
1804
DOWLER, JOHN
1830
DUNLAP, GRACE
1828
FIERCE, MARY
1827
FINSTERWALD, JOHN [father]
1819
FINSTERWALD, JOHN [son]
1820
FOSTER, HULL, SR
1809
FOSTER, MARIA
1823
FOSTER, WILLIAM BROWN
1830
FOSTER, ZADOC
1809
FROST, ABNER
1806
FROST, BENJAMIN
1810
FROST, CYNTHIA
1827
FROST, ELINDA
1816
FROST, HEMAN
1818
FROST, JABEZ
1812
FROST, JULIA
1815
FROST, MARCUS
1814
FROST, MARION
1825
FROST, MIRANDA
1820
FROST, ROSANNA
1829
FROST, SAMUEL
1829
FROST, THEODOSIA H
1814
FROST, WILLIAM
1810
FROST, WORTHY
1814
FULLER, AUSTIN
1814
FULLER, RESOLVED
1815
GARDNER, ELIZABETH ANN
1826
GARDNER, THOMAS, SR
1820
GILLETT, ELIZA
1830
GILLETT, GEORGE
1822
GILLETT, SAMUEL
1820
GLAZIER, LAVINA
1826
GOLDEN, WILLIAM
1823
GOODRICH, BINGHAM
1815
GOODSPEED, ALLEN
1820
GOODSPEED, DAVID
1818
GOODSPEED, JOSEPH
1818
GRAHAM, MARGARET
1803
GRAY, JEREMIAH, JR
1827
GRAY, JEREMIAH, SR
1826
GREEN, EZRA
1807
GREEN, POLLY
1802
GREEN, STEPHEN WASHINGTON
1814
GUTHRIE, JOSEPH 1733-1808
1803
GUTHRIE, JOSEPH 1773-1854
1803
GUTHRIE, JOSEPH 1818-1890
1818
HALBIRT, HARRISON
1826
HALBIRT, SAMUEL
1830
HALL, MARGARET
1830
HANDBERRY, MARY JANE
1803
HANING, ELI
1826
HANING, ISAAC
1820
HANING, ISAAC, JR
1822
HANING, JAMES, JR
1823
HANING, JAMES, SR
1812
HANING, MARY MAGDALENE
1798
HANING, MATTHEW, JR
1803
HANING, MATTHEW, SR
1798
HANING, MOSES
1809
HANING, SARAH
1814
HARPER, ALBERT
1828
HARPER, CHRISTIANA
1804
HARPER, JOHN
1828
HARPER, WILLIAM
1797
HATCH, ELIJAH, JR
1800
HATCH, ELIJAH, SR
1801
HATCH, JAMES E
1800
HATCH, KEZIA
1800
HENRY, CHARLES
1821
HENRY, JOHN
1816
HENRY, MARTHA
1819
HENRY, ROBERT
1817
HENRY, WILLIAM
1820
HERROLD, BARBARA
1825
HERROLD, CHRISTOPHER
1800
HERROLD, NANCY
1811
HERROLD, WILLIAM H, SR
1825
HEWITT, BETHIAH
1799
HEWITT, HENRY NEWTON
1828
HEWITT, MOSES
1800
HEWITT, PARDON COOK
1803
HIGGINS, ANDREW
1800
HIGGINS, MARY
1824
HIGGINS, MICHAEL
1819
HILL, JONATHAN
1819
HILL, MARY ANN
1820
HOLDREN, GEORGE
1829
HOPKINS, JAMES H
1822
HOPKINS, TIMOTHY
1820
HOSKINSON, JOSHUA
1810
HOSKINSON, ZIBA WATSON
1818
HUDNALL, ELIZABETH
1830
HUDNALL, JOSEPH
1820
HUDNALL, MARY ANN (POLLY)
1820
HUDNALL, THOMAS
1820
HUMPHREY, JACOB
1805
HUMPHREY, SHEPHERD
1823
HUNT, CLARINDA
1800
HURLBERT, CATHERINE
1822
JACKAWAY/JACKSON, ELIZA
1813
JACKSON, LYDIA JANE
1822
JACKSON, SARAH
1805
JAMES, SAMUEL
1818
JEFFERS, ASA PATTERSON
1813
JEFFERS, GEORGE
1818
JEFFERS, ROBERT W
1814
JEFFERS, WILLIAM
1813
JEFFERS, WILLIAM I
1819
JOHNSON, AZEL, JR
1804
JOHNSON, CALEB
1818
JOHNSON, JOHN 1779-1865
1807
JOHNSON, JOHN B
1820
JOHNSON, JOHN J
1818
JOHNSON, MARY WYATT
1809
JOHNSON, PLEASANT
1818
JUNOD, FREDERICK L
1826
KASLER, AMANDA
1820
KASLER, FREEMAN MILES
1827
KASLER, KELION
1820
KASLER, MAHLON
1820
KEARNS, ELIZABETH
1817
KEETON, VIOLETTA (added 2013)
1830
KEIRNS, SALLY A
1830
KELLER, HANNAH
1800
KENNEY, NATHAN
1808
KENNEY, SAMUEL HOWARD
1825
KING, HANNAH
1817
LANE, FANNY
1820
LATHEY, JOHN TAYLOR
1822
LATHEY, WILLIAM
1820
LATIMORE, ELEANOR
1826
LAWRENCE, DEBORAH
1813
LEWIS, ELSIE
1809
LEWIS, MARY
1802
LICHTIE, MARY ANNE
1830
LINDLEY, ZIBA, JR
1820
LINDLEY, ZIBA, SR
1829
LINSCOTT, GEORGE
1812
LINSCOTT, ISAAC, SR
1800
LINSCOTT, ISRAEL
1800
LINSCOTT, JEDEDIAH
1830
LINSCOTT, SUSANNAH
1826
LITTELL, FANNY
1828
LOGAN, JOHN
1802
LOGAN, LURANY
1828
LORD, ORPHA
1829
LOWRY, RACHEL
1827
LOWRY, RICHARD
1825
LOWRY, WILLIAM
1797
LUCKY, JAMES
1803
LUCKY, WILLIAM NELSON
1807
LYON, JOHN F [father]
1829
LYON, JOHN F [son]
1830
LYONS, JANE
1806
MANSFIELD, ANNA
1825
MANSFIELD, JAMES
1816
MANSFIELD, PETER
1816
MANSFIELD, SAMUEL
1819
MARTIN, JOSEPH C
1820
MARTIN, MARY
1823
MATHENY, FREDERICK
1814
MATHENY, JOHN
1819
MATHENY, MARY
1820
MCCLINTOCK, MARY (POLLY)
1819
MCCUNE, JOHN
1800
MCCUNE, SARAH
1820
MCKEE, ALLEN
1816
MCKEE, ALLEN, SR
1810
MCKEE, ELIZABETH (BETSEY)
1816
MCKEE, THOMAS
1812
MCKINSTRY, ELIZABETH
1809
MCKINSTRY, JOHN [b 1827]
1827
MCKINSTRY, JOHN [b c1792]
1815
MCKINSTRY, MATTHEW
1826
MCKINSTRY, ROBERT
1811
MCLAINE, MARY (POLLY)
1809
MCNUTT, MARGARET
1816
MCVAY, STEPHEN
1817
MCVAY, ZIBA
1820
MILES, ESTHER
1829
MILLER, ABIGAIL
1818
MINER, BETSY
1820
MINER, JOSEPH K
1830
MINER, LYDIA
1817
MINER, NATHAN L
1818
MINTUN, JOHN
1820
MINTUN, THOMAS L
1830
MITCHELL, ELIZA ANN
1821
MITCHELL, JAMES
1817
MOORE, HANNAH
1823
MOORE, SARAH (SALLY) A
1815
MUNS, MARY (POLLY)
1829
MYRICK, ELIAS
1822
NASH, ELIZABETH
1814
NELSON, DANIEL
1814
NULTON, MARY
1810
NULTON, SARAH NANCY
1812
NYE, GEORGE
1817
NYE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS
1824
NYE, SARAH C
1822
OGDIN, ALVIN
1800
OGDIN, MARY (POLLY)
1815
OGDIN, SABIRT
1801
ORME, AARON
1828
ORME, ELIZABETH
1813
ORME, THOMAS
1813
PARMETER, JAMES
1830
PARSONS, HORACE
1799
PARSONS, LUCY
1824
PARSONS, MARGARET
1816
PARSONS, VIRGIL H
1803
PAULK, EUNICE
1814
PAULK, SARAH
1799
PAULK, VASHTI
1810
PEMBER, MANDANA
1820
PHILLIPS, ASA
1827
PICKETT, HEATHCOAT
1818
PORTER, SARAH (SALLY)
1809
PRATT, AZARIAH
1822
PRATT, EBENEZER
1822
PROCTOR, SALLY
1814
PRUDEN, SAMUEL BALDWIN
1815
PRUDEN, SILAS
1815
RATHBURN, DAVID
1809
RATHBURN, LEWIS
1809
READ, LUCY
1823
REEVES, JOHN
1811
REEVES, RICHARD
1803
REMNENT, HARRIET
1821
RICE, JAMES (added 2013)
1830
RICHARDSON, ABRAHAM
1810
RICHARDSON, THOMAS
1811
ROBINETT, MARGARET
1829
ROBINETTE, MARY (POLLY)
1821
ROBINSON, JOHN C
1816
ROSE, WILLIAM
1823
ROSS, JOHN
1825
RUSH, PETER
1826
SANBORN, MEHETABLE
1820
SEAMONS, SUSANNAH
1808
SECOY, JOHN
1830
SECOY, LAZARUS
1815
SHAW, ELIZABETH
1800
SHEPHERD, ELEANOR
1804
SICKLES, WILLIAM
1826
SIMMONS, ELEANOR
1809
SIMMONS, JANE
1820
SIMMONS, JOSEPH
1797
SIMMONS, RICHARD
1816
SIMONTON, MARTHA (MATTIE)
1816
SMITH, MARGARET
1820
SMITH, SARAH
1825
SNOWDEN, MARY (POLLY)
1816
SOUTHERTON, JAMES
1821
SOUTHERTON, JAMES P
1821
SOUTHERTON, RHODA A
1828
SPACHT, MARY (POLLY)
1810
SPEED, NANCY
1803
STACY, SAMUEL (added 2013)
1811
STALDER, ANDREW
1819
STALDER, CATHERINE
1819
STALDER, FREDERICK
1819
STALDER, JACOB
1819
STALDER, ROSENA
1819
STARR, PHILLIP MORTIMOR
1801
STEVENS, CHRISTIAN
1798
STEVENS, HESTER
1820
STEVENS, JAMES
1820
STEVENS, JAMES D
1798
STEWART, DANIEL
1802
STEWART, DANIEL B
1812
SWETT, MILLY
1818
THAYER, LYDIA
1801
THAYER, MARY
1815
THOMPSON, JEREMIAH
1829
THOMPSON, JOHN
1828
TINKER, SARAH ADALINE
1830
TIPPIE, JOHN, SR
1808
TIPPIE, JOSEPH 1809-1894
1809
TIPPIE, MICHAEL
1803
TIPPIE, REASON
1820
TIPPIE, URIAH
1803
TRUE, AUSTIN
1818
TRUE, JOSIAH
1800
TUCKER, AARON
1829
TUTTLE, ALMIRA
1804
TUTTLE, SOLOMON
1800
VAUGHN, BETSEY
1822
VEITS, ELIZA
1823
WARREN, NEHEMIAH
1827
WARREN, NEHEMIAH OLNEY
1827
WARREN, SAMUEL
1820
WARTHMAN, MATHIAS
1806
WASHBURN, ELEAZER
1805
WASHBURN, ROSWELL
1824
WEBB, REBECCA
1820
WEISS, FREDERICK
1826
WEISS, JACOB
1819
WEISS, MAGDALENA
1822
WHITE, JOHN
1820
WHITE, SOPHIA
1816
WICKHAM, JOHN
1812
WICKHAM, JOSEPH
1805
WICKHAM, SAMANTHA
1827
WICKHAM, WARREN WILLIAM
1814
WILKINS, ANNA
1830
WILLIAMS, ABRAHAM
1826
WILLIAMS, ABRAHAM M
1829
WILLIS, STEPHEN HAMILTON
1829
WILSON, TRAVIS
1830
WISE, MARY ELIZABETH
1798
WOLFE, JACOB
1824
WOOD, JOSHUA [d 1827]
1827
WOOD, JOSHUA [d 1859]
1815
WOOD, WILLIAM
1826
WOODBURY, ELIZABETH (BETSEY)
1823
WOODYARD, ANNA MARIE
1829
WRIGHT, SARAH
1816
WYATT, CHARLES H
1830
WYATT, FREDERICK C
1823
WYATT, GEORGE
1821
WYATT, JOHN
1800
WYATT, JOSHUA
1800
WYATT, SALLY
1807
YOUNG, ALEXANDER
1825
YOUNG, JOHN
1812
YOUNG, MARY
1827
YOUNG, SAMUEL
1828
YOUNG, WESLEY
1829
YOUNG, WILLIAM
1825
About the Genealogy Center & Library
OUR HISTORY
The Levering Library is a result of a generous donation by siblings Rita & Charles Levering in 1993. It was updated and renovated in 2017 through substantial funds donated by Brent & Cindy Hayes in honor of Brent’s parents, Jim & Shirley Hayes.
The collection includes original Probate Court estate packets, family histories, county histories, surname files, obituaries, First Families of Athens applications, microfilms of newspapers and county court records, copies of research completed for patrons, and more.
Item Donations to the Library
The Genealogy Center and Levering Library benefit from generous donations of materials to our collection. We consider item donations based on their enhancement of our current collection, usefulness to research about southeast Ohio and southeast Ohio families. If we are not able to take your donation, we may direct you to the SOHC Museum collections department or to other organizations. Items we accept become the property of the Southeast Ohio History Center.
We are not able to accept gifts if they contain mold or mildew that can damage our existing collection or other damage that limits the use of the item. We also do not commit to restoration, unique storage, or donor restrictions on the use of the material.
Contact us!
To find out if we can use your donation of a piece of southeast Ohio history, please
contact the Genealogy Center and Levering Library
by email or by phone.
Thank you for thinking of us!
Items Considered for Donation
Family histories (well organized with title, author and publication date)
Published historical books about our area such as local and county histories
Published genealogical books about our area
Periodicals that document local history
Directories about our area (ie., Telephone Books, City Directories, etc.)
Yearbooks
Family bibles containing genealogical information – *
Biographies and autobiographies of area people (without living people)
Maps of the area
Local structure history
Local business and industry history
Local photographs
Other genealogy resources
We are lucky to live in a region with so many organizations and projects devoted to our state and local history. Here you will find several links to other valuable resources outside the Southeast Ohio History Center.
Athens County GenWeb
Chronicling America Newspaper Collection
County Atlases
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
Family Search
Findagrave
Gallia County, Ohio Historical & Genealogical Society
Gallia County, Ohio GenWeb
History of Athens County, Ohio by Charles M. Walker
Hocking County GenWeb
Jackson County Ohio Atlas
Marietta College Digital Collections
Marietta College Special Collections
Military Records
Monroe County OGS
Morgan County Ohio GenWeb
Ohio Counties Rootsweb
Ohio History Connection
Ohio GenWeb
Ohio University Mahn Archives
Rootsweb Obituary Times
Scioto County Ohio GenWeb
Soldiers and Sailors Database
Vinton County Roots
1950 Census Online
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