The portion of the Ohio River that borders Belmont County belongs to the state of West Virginia and the two WV counties that border the river there are Marshall and Ohio Counties. Les At 11:22 PM 4/29/2007, you wrote: >Does anyone know if someone drown on the Ohio River between 1910 and 1920 >would the death be recorded in Ohio or Kentucky? I am thinking this would >be around Belmont County, Ohio. I am trying to find a drowning of Ella M. >HOWE who was the daughter of Alexander J. EDDY and Lydia J. WILLIAMS. Ella >had two brothers also that were raised by the ROSE family and went by the >ROSE surname in lieu of the EDDY surname as their parents split when they >were young and they were raised by the ROSE family. One son was Benjamin >EDDY/ROSE the other was William EDDY/Rose.

I believe you'll find that the State of WV owns the Ohio River for the entire area that it forms the border...and, there are many WV counties that border the river....from top to bottom; Hancock, Brook (both appear just north of Ohio Co, in the northern panhandle), Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Wood, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, and Cabell. " The portion of the Ohio River that borders Belmont County belongs to the state of West Virginia and the two WV counties that border the river there are Marshall and Ohio Counties.