Territory Northwest of the River Ohio (territory) -- Belmont (county)


ADVERTISEMENT
 

County Quick Reference

County Seat: St. Clairsville

County Name: Named for the French words for "beautiful mountain"


Boundary Changes
(click on the name of a change to see more information)
 
Date
Area
Change
07 SEP 1801804The county was created from Jefferson and Washington counties
   

 

 

Authority
(click on a title below to view laws involved in the formation or governance of the area)
Background
(general information on the Territory to put it in the context of history)

Belmont County was created from land from Jefferson and Washington counties. The pictured borders were in place until 28 February 1803. The map below shows the historical borders on top of a current map.



Belmont County in 1801

 

Bibliography
(click on the title of the following works to learn more about life in the area;for those items not available online, check with your local library for availability)


  • Directory of All Business and Professional Men and Official Guide of Belmont County, Ohio : Together with a Complete Map. 1 vols. Conneaut, Ohio: D.R. Watson, 1897.
  • Belmont County, Ohio : History of Facts and Traditions. S.l.: s.n., 1976.
  • Diamond Jubilee : Sacred Heart Parish : 1905-1980. Ohio: s.n., 1980.
  • Historical and Pictorial Barnesville. Barnesville, Ohio: Barnesville Jr. Women's Club, 1983.
  • Belmont County Bicentennial, 1801-2001 : A Publication Of. Martins Ferry, Ohio: Times leader, 2000.
  • Shamrock Legends. Volume 1. 1 vols. Ohio: J. Phillips, 2011.
  • A Historical Sketch of Belmont County (Ohio). New Albany, Ohio: Carol Montrose, 2012.
  • Barnesville (Ohio). Centennial Souvenir : 1808-1908 : Belmont County, Ohio. 1 vols. Barnesville,, 1908.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). 1973 Supplement -- Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions. St. Clairsville, Ohio: The Council, 1973.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). 1975 Supplement -- Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions. St. Clairsville, Ohio: The Council, 1975.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). 1979 Supplement -- Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions. St. Clairsville, Ohio?: The Council, 1979.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). 1981 Supplement -- Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions. St. Clairsville, Ohio?: The Council, 1981.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions, 1983. St. Clairsville, Ohio: The Council, 1983.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions, 1985. St. Clairsville, Ohio: Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council, 1985.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). The 1987 Issue of the Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions. St. Clairsville, Ohio: Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council, 1987.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). Belmont County Facts and Traditions, 1991. St. Clairsville, O.?: Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council, 1991.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). Citizens Committee. Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions. St. Clairsville, Ohio?: The Committee, 1966.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). Citizens Committee. 1967 Supplement to Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions. St. Clairsville, Ohio?: The Committee, 1967.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). Citizens Committee. 1969 Supplement -- Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions. St. Clairsville, Ohio?: The Committee, 1969.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). Citizens Committee. 1971 Supplement -- Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions. St. Clairsville, Ohio?: The Committee, 1971.
  • Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). Citizens Committee. Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions, 1965-1989. Belmont County, Ohio: The Council, 1990.
  • Benline, Paula. The History of Grace Presbyterian Church of Martins Ferry, Ohio. Martins Ferry, Ohio: Paula Benline, 2001.
  • Board of Trade (Shadyside Ohio). Shadyside City Directory, 1949. Shadyside, Ohio: Board of Trade, 1949.
  • Brokaw, W. M. and E. B. Welch. Crab Apple Presbyterian Church, 1800-1948 : Belmont County, Ohio, Wheeling Twp. S.l.: s.n., 1948.
  • Buckley, Tom and Ohio Valley Civil War Roundtable (Bellaire Ohio). Civil War Soldiers of Belmont County, Ohio : Dedicated to the Memory of the Civil War Soldiers of Belmont County, Ohio. S.l.: Ohio Valley Civil War Roundtable?, 2001.
  • Burrell, George, Mary Donaldson Sinclair, Ohio Genealogical Society. Stark County Chapter. and Jefferson County Historical Association (Ohio). Index of Names : History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio and Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley by J.A. Caldwell. Ohio?: Stark County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society : Jefferson County Historical Association, 1974.
  • Caldwell, J. A. and J. H. Newton. History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley. Wheeling, W.V.,: Historical Pub. Co., 1880.
  • Colerain Junior Women's Club (Colerain Township Ohio). Welcome to Colerain : Its History from 1800-1976. Colerain, Ohio: Colerain Junior Women's Club, 1976.
  • Conway, J. Roy, Kathy McLeish and Bellaire Public Library. Bellaire : A Brief History of the Town of Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio. 1 vols. Bellaire, OH: Bellaire Public Library, 2006.
  • Cranmer, Gibson L., Samuel L. Jepson, John H. S. Trainer, William Morrison Trainer, R. H. Taneyhill, Joseph Beatty Doyle, Orlin Mead Sanford, Christian L. Poorman, A. T. McKelvey and Brant & Fuller. History of the Upper Ohio Valley with Family History and Biographical Sketches. A Statement of Its Resources, Industrial Growth and Commercial Advantages. Volume I. Madison, Wis.,: Brant & Fuller, 1890.
  • Cranmer, Gibson L., Samuel L. Jepson, John H. S. Trainer, William Morrison Trainer, R. H. Taneyhill, Joseph Beatty Doyle, Orlin Mead Sanford, Christian L. Poorman, A. T. McKelvey and Brant & Fuller. History of the Upper Ohio Valley with Family History and Biographical Sketches. A Statement of Its Resources, Industrial Growth and Commercial Advantages. Volume II. Madison, Wis.,: Brant & Fuller, 1890.
  • Day, Sandra Hudnall and Henry Howe. Index to "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio", Part 1 : Referencing the Following Counties: Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, and Jefferson. Wintersville, Ohio (109 Meadow Road, Wintersville 43952): S.H. Day, 1987.
  • First Presbyterian Church (St. Clairsville Ohio). One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary, 1798-1948 : First Presbyterian Church, Marietta at Woodrow, St. Clairsville, Ohio. St. Clairsville, OH: First Presbyterian Church, 1948.
  • Fry, Charles. The Generals of Belmont County, Ohio. St. Clairsville, Ohio (66790 Graham Rd., St. Clairsville, 43950-9230): R & M's Home Office, 1995.
  • Gazette Press St. Clairsville Ohio. St. Clairsville and Belmont County in History. St. Clairsville, Ohio: Gazette Press, 1910.
  • Goins, Robert H. An Abstract of the Family History and Genealogy of Michael and Verlinda Payne-Goins. Columbus, Ohio?: R.H. Goins, 2010.
  • Gossett, Gerald A. and Walter J. Gossett. A History of the Belmont Co. Gossetts. 1 vols. Belmont, Ohio: G.A. Gossett, 1988.
  • Hankins, Dorothy. [Belmont County, Ohio and Jefferson County, Ohio Marriages. S.l.: D. Hankins, 1962.
  • Hanlon, John A. Family History : [a Pause Along the Way]. Florida: J.A. Hanlon, 2002.
  • Hanna, Charles A. Ohio Valley Genealogies Relating Chiefly to Families in Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, and Washington, Westmoreland, and Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania. microformMicrofiche. New York: Priv. print., 1900.
  • Historical Records Survey (Ohio) and United States. Work Projects Administration. Service Division. Inventory of the County Archives of Ohio. No. 7, Belmont County (St. Clairsville). Columbus: Ohio Historical Records Survey Project, 1942.
  • Howe, Henry and Bookmark (Firm). History of Belmont County, Ohio, 1801-1889 : Excerpted from 1898 Edition of Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio. Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977.
  • Johnson, Charles A. 1890 Census, Belmont County : Who Serve [I.E. Served] in All Wars, Man and Woman, before 1890. 1 vols. St. Clairsville, Ohio: C.A. Johnson.
  • Johnson, Charles A. Belmont Co. Military Burial Records ;[and], Civil War Soldiers of the 1890 Census. 1 vols. Bellaire, Ohio: C.A. Johnson, 1992.
  • Kerson, Paul E. The Common Origins of Flushing, Ohio and Flushing, New York. Forest Hills, NY: Paul E. Kerson, 2007.
  • Kilgallen, Marian J. Kowalski. Index to Belmont County, Ohio, 1890 Census of Veterans and Widows. S.l.: M.J.K. Kilgallen, 1980.
  • Laughlin, Emma E. A Study of the Origin of Place Names of Belmont County, Ohio : With Some Early History. Barnesville, Ohio: Printed by Barnesville Whetstone, 1941.
  • Leonard, Thomas and Thomas Leonard. A History of Fairpoint, Ohio : The Coal Mines, the Town, the People. 1 vols. Ohio: T. Leonard Sr. & T. Leonard Jr., 2008.
  • Matusek, Amelia and Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council (Belmont County Ohio). Belmont County General Index, 1985. St. Clairsville, Ohio: Belmont County Extension Homemakers Council, 1985.
  • McKelvey, A. T. Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Chicago,: Biographical Pub. Co., 1903.
  • McKelvey, A. T. and Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society. Index to Mckelvey's Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio : (1801 to 1901). St. Clairsville, Ohio: Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society, 2001.
  • Michael, C. Richard. Belmont County and the Civil War. St. Clairsville, Ohio: Cumberland Trail Genealogical Society, 2009.
  • Morgan, Rebecca Steadman and Pipe Creek Historical Society. Still Here So Far : 200 Outrageous Years in Pipe Creek and Dilles Bottom. Ohio?: R.S. Morgan : Pipe Creek Historical Society, 1993.
  • Nalley, Hazel White. Shadyside-Mead Township, Belmont County, Ohio. Shadyside, O.,, 1976.
  • Ochsenbein, Irene Mount and Catherine Hester Foreaker Fedorchak. Belmont County, Ohio before 1830. Chesterton, Ind.: Fedorchak, 1977.
  • Ohio Extension Homemakers Council. Belmont County History, 1988. Belmont County, Ohio: Ohio Extension Homemakers Belmont County, 1988.
  • Ohio Extension Homemakers Council. and Ohio State University. Cooperative Extension Service. Belmont County Office. Belmont County History of Facts and Traditions. S.l.: s.n., 1989.
  • Padyjasek, Peter. St. Mary Parish Fifty Year Celebration : The Beginning Years, 1920-1935 : The Mission Years, 1935-1946 : The Parish Year, 1946-1996. Shadyside, Ohio?: St. Mary's Church?, 1996.
  • Pickenpaugh, Roger. Flood of Tears : Wegee Creek, Pipe Creek, and Beyond, June 14, 1990. Baltimore, MD Caldwell, OH (501 Oaklawn, Caldwell 43724): Gateway Press ;Book orders to R. Pickenpaugh, 2004.
  • Sauerbrey, Eleanor, 4-H Clubs. Ohio. and Eastern Ohio Extension Camps. Board of Directors. The History of Camp Piedmont, 1922-1980. Piedmont, Ohio: Board of Directors Eastern Ohio Extension Camps, 1986.
  • Shepherd, Samuel. William H. White : A Biography of the Times. Kingwood, TX: Hazmaco Pub., 1991.
  • Simpson, Floyd. Documentation of the History of the James Kinney Farmstead, Also Known as Part of Country Mile Farm, Smith Township, Belmont County, Ohio. 1 vols. Ohio?: F. Simpson, 1999.
  • St. Stanislaus Church (Maynard Ohio). Centennial 1888-1988, St. Stanislaus Church, Maynard, Ohio. Maynard, Ohio: St. Stanislaus Church, 1989.
  • Sunset Heights Bicentennial Historical Committee. Sunset Heights Bicentennial History (1776-1976). Bridgeport, Ohio: Sunset Heights Bicentennial Historical Committee, 1976.
  • Vincent, William R. and Richard V. Moore. Crab Apple Church, 1853-1866 ;and, Teachers' Institutes of Belmont County, Ohio, 1907-1924. 2 vols. Ohio: R.V. Moore, 2003.
  • Walters, Charlotte, Gladys McGaughy and Carol Helms. Those Were the Days : Smith Township, 1819-1976. S.l.: s.n., 1976.
  • Watt Center for History & the Arts (Barnesville Ohio). Barnesville's 200 Years : A Pictorial History. 1st ed. Nashport, Ohio: New Concord Press, 2008.
  • Wyeth, Jeffrey M. The Bunting Family History. Barnesville, Ohio?: J.M. Wyeth, 1989.
  • Yarnall, Bruce A. Somerton Area Heritage : A History of Somerset and Wayne Townships, Belmont County, Ohio, Including the Villages of Boston, New Castle, Somerton, and Temperanceville. Cullman, Ala. (P.O. Box 1045, Cullman 35056-1045): Gregath Co., 1986.


 

Related Content
(the links below contain information related to this area)

  

Belmont County Proclamation, 1801

Beginning on the Ohio river, at the middle of the fourth township of the second range of townships, in the seven ranges, and running with the line between the third and fourth sections of that township north, to the western boundary of the said seven ranges;thence south with the said western boundary, to the middle of the fifth township, in the seventh range of townships;thence east, with the line between the third and fourth sections of the said fifth township, to the Ohio river, and from thence with the Ohio river, to the place of beginning.

 

Spacer for Taxonomy