Finding aid for the Newburgh, Ohio, Records
Title:
Newburgh, Ohio, Records
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Newburgh, Ohio
Dates:
1815-1915
Quantity:
5.00 linear feet (4 containers and 9 oversize volumes)
Abstract:
 Newburgh Township was organized in 1814, near Cleveland, Ohio. Between 1823 and 1914 portions of Newburgh were annexed to Cleveland, East Cleveland, Independence, Garfield Heights and Newburgh Heights. The collection consists of town books containing minutes of meetings of electors and trustees, election results, court dockets, copies of receipts and petitions; school fund records (1883-1889); treasurers' books (1839-1890); election pollbooks and tally sheets (1843-1866, 1893-1915); township clerks' records; petitions, mortgages, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, bonds, receipts; and notes on the political history of Newburgh compiled by Henry H. Bohning, township clerk at the turn of the century.
Identification:
MS 3058
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Newburgh, Ohio, Records, 1815-1915, consist of town books containing minutes of meetings of electors and trustees, election results, court dockets, copies of receipts and petitions; school fund records (1883-1889); treasurers' books (1839-1890); election poll books and tally sheets (1843-1866, 1893-1915); township clerks' records; petitions, mortgages, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, bonds, receipts; and notes on the political history of Newburgh compiled by Henry H. Bohning, township clerk at the turn of the century.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Newburgh, Ohio, and local governance in the Western Reserve during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Genealogists might find this collection useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Court calendars -- Ohio -- Newburgh.
Elections -- Ohio -- Newburgh.
Newburgh (Ohio)
Newburgh (Ohio) -- Politics and government.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3058 Newburgh, Ohio, Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Carl Ruhe in 1948.