Hello, My early Belmont County ancestor owned land close to St. Clairsville in the early 1800's. After the death of my gr. gr. gr. grandfather in 1815, there are numerous legal records regarding the disposal of this land. However, where should I try to find the records that would tell about his acquisition of the land he owned? If he got this land in this time period where is it likely that his ownership would be recorded? Help and suggestions would be appreciated. Doris

Doris, 1. Ancestry.com on their main page lists databases. Their is one on Ohio land records and you plug in your surname and it will list them out with a year of purchase and list the district. 2. I learned that an ancestor had a small farm in Washington County, Ohio and the county tax assessor's office had records of all deeds dating back to the original purchase from the government. They provided me with a bunch of area landowner maps and, even plotted my ancestors farm on the map. All for $14 and that included shipping. So... So this helps. Don of Dallas