The late Martha Hennagin started this project, but unfortunately, she passed away before completing the entire file. As a tribute to her love for Lawrence County, Ohio, and her devoted passion for helping others, I am adding her incredible work to our website. She worked on the Lawrence County, Ohio, Deed Indexes for many years.
When she found out she had a terminal illness, she asked me to share any information she had done in her many years working with the Ballard family and Lawrence County, Ohio.
I am slowly getting some of her material online, as we had been friends for over 25 years. I am sure she is having a great time in Heaven, talking to all her ancestors.
INTRODUCTION TO THE LAWRENCE CO., OHIO DEED INDEX
Updated November 1, 2013
PLEASE READ THIS FIRST.
An index of the deeds is available on microfilm through the Family History Centers, film number 317698. Using this index, I have created one that can be available online.
If a name appeared incomplete or unclear, I opened the deed and added the complete name to the index. Be creative when looking for your ancestor's surname. Finding a name spelled three different ways in just one deed is not unusual.
I opened the deed to extract all the names if a deed index included the phrase heirs of, exec, trust, or others.
Once you have a book and page number, you can go to the Lawrence Co., Ohio Recorders Office website: https://lawrencecountyohiorecorder.org/
On the first page, select the yellow box on the upper right of the page that says "GO TO RECORD SEARCH."
On the second page, go to the upper menu and select BOOK/PAGE.
On the third page, from the drop-down menu, select DEEDS, then enter your book and page number, then select SEARCH.
When the page comes up, you will want the one that has DEEDS.
- To view this and other land records, please visit familysearch.org
View the file here in PDF Format. To search, do a "Ctrl F" function within the pdf document. Hold down the ctrl button and press the f button. This will bring up a search bar.
Thank you! Your comment means a lot to us.
Martha
What a great resource! Thank you all so much for your effort. Direct descendant of Reuben Kelley, son of Luke Kelley.
To: Martha Hennagin and whoever wrote the piece in blue (above) and to all who have contributed to this site.
It is just an incredible wealth of information and I remain curious for more every time I come back to this site. My ancestors lived in Mason Township – Greasy Ridge/Rappsburg and I am just so thankful to all of the hard work that I know has gone into this site.
Thank you all so very much.
Sina M. Rusk (Harmon/Dement/Earles & Ellis Families)