The earliest estate records that I know about start in the 1820's. There are 2 books. The administrator's docket has cases in 1829. The inventories/will book has inventories from 1826. These books were at one time owned by the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, & probably still are (today, by the probate division). They may have been turned over to the county genealogical society. You can get film of them from the LDS FHC libraries. There may be other records that I don't know about (I would like to hear about other possibilities). I don't know what the situation is for earlier records. If I were you I would study the history of that period carefully & try to identify towns or areas that were fairly advanced then & also look there (for example, Marietta).
Hi, I am compiling a book on Marylanders to Ohio Prior to 1820. If you would like to have any information included in this book you are welcome to. Please provide information about the ancestor from MD that moved to Ohio prior to or during the year 1820. Who they married and their childrens names and who they married that is all... Please provide sources.. Those sources may help me find more Marylanders that went to OH.. I am currently abstracting names from Hinshaw's Quaker Book Vol. 4 & 5 of Marylanders listed from Maryland from Minutes of the different Meetings from Maryland. And from the Maryland end abstracts of all Monthly Meeting Houses in Maryland of Marylanders requesting certificates of Removal to goto a OH Monthly Meeting. Also abstracts of Rev War Pensions of Marylanders to Ohio recieving pensions... Also information from the Pension Lists I have been working hard on this project for 2 years and hope to get it completed soon. Again if you would like to include information on your Maryland ancestor that migrated to Ohio prior to 1820 you are welcome to e-mail me privately at wsmithso@erols.com and please include your name, mailing address and e-mail address in your message. Sincerely, Christopher T. Smithson Maryland Genealogist 4219 Paddrick Road Darlington, MD 21034-1034 (410) 836-3433 wsmithso@erols.com http://www.genealogypro.com/csmithson.html