PROBATE COURT 

To view a listing of Probate Judges from 1852 to the present Click Here

Under the Constitution of 1802, the probate duties were conducted through Associate Judges of the multi-county district Common Pleas Court who were appointed by the Ohio Legislature.  The Ohio Constitutional of 1851 authorized the removal of the probate matters from the Common Pleas Court and created a separate Probate Court for Delaware County and the other counties of Ohio.

With the passage of the Modern Courts Amendment to the Ohio Constitution in May 1968, Ohio’s Probate Courts became separate probate divisions of the Courts of Common Pleas. Ohio’s Juvenile Courts were created statewide around 1904 by legislation. For most counties the Juvenile Court is combined as a division with the probate division or a domestic relations division. In Delaware County, the Juvenile Court has been joined with the Probate Court and the combined courts are referred to as the Delaware County Probate/Juvenile Court, a division of the Court of Common Pleas.  When performing probate functions the judge is referred to as the Probate Judge and as the Juvenile Judge when exercising juvenile court duties. The initial term of office for the Probate Judge in 1852 was 3 years. That term was changed to 4 years and later 6 years by constitutional amendments, with the most recent change occurring in 1947.
 
(Source: Ohio County Records Manual, Revised Edition. Ohio History Society aka Ohio History Connection)
 

 
What are HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, LEGATEES AND DEVISEES Click Here
 
Accounts, Record of
(Includes Plaintiffs, Defendants, Dates, Estate Information, Estate Charges and Credits)

#35: 1914-1917
#36: 1917-1919
#37: 1919-1923
#38: 1923-1928
#39: 1926-1929
#40: 1929-1932
#41: 1928-1935
#42: 1935-1937
#43: 1937-1939
#44: 1939-1941

#45: 1941-1943
#46: 1943-1945
#47: 1945-1947
#48: 1947-1948
#49: 1948-1949
#50: 1949-1951
#51: 1950-1951
#52: 1951-1953
#53: 1953-1954
#54: 1952-1955

#55: 1955-1956
#56: 1955-1956
#57: 1956-1957
#58: 1949-1958
#59: 1954-1959
#60: 1959-1960
#61: 1960-1965
#62: 1963-1970
#63: 1970-1981

Adoption Records
Probate Judgement Entry Case No. 2401 0001 PMO. Per the judgement entry, Adoption records for the year 1900 and all years prior shall be open to the public. You may petition the Probate Court for the possible inspection and copying of the records for adoptions after 1900.
Access to adoption records is administered by the Ohio Department of Health. Information can be obtained through this link. https://www.odh.ohio.gov/vitalstatistics/vitalmisc/adoption.aspx.
 
Estates Settled Records
(Includes Dates, Names, Estates, Settlements, Amounts)

#4: 1853-1855

#5: 1856-1858

 

Estates Book
(Includes list of Estate and Executor)
1825
 
Administrator’s Bonds & Appointments, Record of
(For the Deceased without a Will and Final Testament…Includes Names of Deceased, Administrators of Estate, Personal Value of the Deceased, Dates, Attorney Information, Waivers of Administration, Bonds of Administration, Letters of Administration, Notices of Appointment, and Proof of Publication)

#1: 1894-1900
#2: 1900-1905
#3: 1904-1910
#4: 1910-1917
#5: 1917-1925
#6: 1923-1928

#7:   1928-1932
#8:   1932-1935
#9:   1935-1938
#10: 1938-1941
#11: 1941-1945
#12: 1945-1948

#13:  1948-1951
#14:  1951-1954
#15:  1954-1959
#16:  1957-1958
#17:  1958-1959

Administrators’ Bonds & Appointments, with Will Annexed
(Includes Names of Deceased, Administrators of Estate, Personal Value of the Deceased, Dates, Attorney Information, Waivers of Administration, Bonds of Administration, Letters of Administration, Notices of Appointment, and Proof of Publication)

#1: 1895-1922

#2: 1922-1950

#3: 1950-1960

Administrators’ & Executors’ Docket
(Includes Names of Deceased, Dates of Death, Dates and Fees for Applicable Papers Filed, Account and Deposit Information)

#1: 1882-1885
#2: 1885-1892
#3: 1892-1899
#4: 1898-1903
#5: 1903-1910
#6: 1910-1916
#7: 1916-1921
#8: 1921-1926

#9:  1926-1930
#10: 1930-1934
#11: 1934-1938
#12: 1938-1942
#13: 1942-1945
#14: 1945-1949
#15: 1949-1952
#16: 1952-1955

#17: 1955-1958
#18: 1958-1961
#19: 1961-1964
#20: 1964-1967
#21: 1967-1970
#22: 1970-1974
#7: 1916-1921
#8: 1921-1926

Birth Record Registration & Correction

#1: 1872-1925
#2: 1880-1930
#3: 1875-1925

#4: 1876-1930
#5: 1870-1930

#6:  1880-1930
#7:  1890-1915

Civil Docket, Probate Court
(Includes Parties, Attorneys, Dates, Nature of Action, Titles of Action, Judgments, Orders, Findings, Names, Amount of Costs Made, Receipts for Fees, Pleadings Filed, Writs Issued and Returned)

#2: 1860-1868
#1: 1884-1901
#2: 1901-1908

#3: 1907-1916
#4: 1916-1924
#5: 1924-1931

#6:   1931-1942
#7:   1942-1956
#8:   1956-1978

Certificate of Transfer, Real Estate
#181:   No Entries
 
Correspondence Letters of Judge Norman F. Overturf, Probate Court
1888 – 1890
 
Epileptic Record
#1:   1894-1940
 
Feeble-Minded Youth, Record of
#3:   1905-1940
 
Executors, Administrators & Assignees’
(Includes Estate Names, Trustee Names, Dates, Items of Entry, Amounts, Judgments, Findings, Orders)
Docket A:  1852-1882
 
Executors’ Bonds & Appointments
(Includes Letters Testamentary, Notes of Appointment, Proof of Publication, Journal Entries)

#1: 1894-1905
#2: 1905-1907
#3: 1916-1924
#4: 1924-1931
#5: 1931-1932

#6:   1931-1938
#7:   1938-1944
#8:   1944-1951
#9:   1951-1955
#10: 1955-1956

#11:  1956-1957
#12:  1957-1958
#13:  1958-1959
#14:  1959-1960

Final Record, Trustees, Bonds & Appointments
(Includes Application for Appointment of Trustees, Trustee’s Bond, Letters of Authority to Trustees)
#1:   1904- 1959
 
Guardian Docket, Settlements, Fee Record
(Includes Names of Guardians and Wards, Papers Filed, Accounts, Accounts Due, Journal of Settlements, Record of Fees)
#1: 1882-1890
 
Guardians, Bonds & Appointments, Record of
(Includes Application for Appointment of Guardians, Dates, Personal Estate Values, Addresses, Guardians Bonds, Letters of Guardianship)

#1: 1897-1904
#2: 1904-1915

#3: 1915-1930
#4: 1930-1942

#5: 1942-1957

Guardians, Bonds & Appointments, Imbeciles, Record of
(Includes Application for Appointment of Guardian for the Mentally Ill, Journal Entries, Dates, Notices to Prospective Ward, Notices of Application for Appointment of Guardian, Sheriff’s Returns, Affidavits, Orders on Hearing, Finding, and Judgment, Applications to be Appointed Guardian, Guardians Bond, Letters of Guardianship)

#1: 1911-1930

#2:  1929-1941

 

Guardians Docket, Bonds Record of
(Includes Names, Ages, Parents, Dates, Papers Filed, Accounts, Payments, Journal Entries)

#2: 1890-1904
#6: 1957-1964

#3:  1904-1922
#7:  1976-1981

#4:  1923-1942

Guardians, Minors, Record of
(Includes Choices of Guardian, Applications for Appointment of and as Guardian, Attorney and Bond Information, Ages of Children, Journal Entries, Waivers of Notice, Bonds of Guardian, Letters of Guardianship, Notice of Hearings, Sheriff’s Returns, Affidavits)
#6:  1957-1964
 
Guardians, Adults, Record of
(Includes Applications for Appointment of and as Guardian of Incompetent or Confused Person, Dates, Addresses, Personal Property and Values, Journal Entries, Guardian Appointees, Consent by Prospective Ward, Waiver of Notice, Notices of Hearing, Sheriff’s Returns, Affidavits, Bonds of Guardians, Property Statements of Sureties, Letters of Guardianship)
#6: 1951-1959
 
Guardians & Trustees
(Includes Estate and Trustee Names, Dates, Items of Entry, Amounts, Journal Locations, Judgments, Findings, Orders)
Docket A:   1853-1877
 
General Index to Probate
1850 – 1951
 
General Index to Probate, A-Z (partial, A-C only)
1850-1960
 A-K
1993-2002
General Index to Files

#3: 1952-1960

#4: (A-K) 1961-1992

#4: (L-Z) 1961-1992

Inheritance Tax Record
(Includes Names of the Deceased, Dates of Death, Executors of Will, Values of Personal and Real Property, Total Indebtedness, Net Value of Estates and other Properties, Heirs and their Inheritances, and Taxes Paid on Inheritances).
Per Ohio Revised Code Section 5731.90 this information is confidential. You may petition the Probate Court for the possible inspection and copying of the records.

#1: 1919-1926
#2: 1926-1938

#3: 1938-1948
#4: 1948-1955

#5: 1952-1960

Inventory & Appraisement Record
(Includes Names of the Deceased, Appraisers, Descriptions and Values of Articles Appraised, Totals of all Money, Stocks, and Securities, Accounts and Debts, Recapitulation of the Assets Belonging to said Estate, Certificates, and Affidavits)

#35: 1923-1925
#40: 1933-1944
#42: 1934-1936
#44: 1936-1938
#45: 1938-1939
#46: 1939-1941
#48: 1942-1944
#49: 1944-1945

#50: 1945-1947
#51: 1947-1949
#52: 1949-1950
#53: 1950-1952
#54: 1952-1952
#56: 1953-1954
#57: 1954-1955
#58: 1955-1956

#59: 1955-1957
#60: 1956-1957
#61: 1957-1958
#62: 1958-1958
#63: 1958-1960
#64: 1960-1961

Inventory & Appraisement Record
(With Widow & without Widow)
(Includes Properties Given to Widow, Oath of Appraisers, Allowances for Annual Support, Personal Goods and Chattels, Total money, Bonds, Mortgages, Notes and other Securities for the Payment of Money Belonging to the Decedents, all Debts Belonging to the Decedent, and Recapitulation of all Assets Belonging to said Estate)
#36: 1926-1928
 
Inventory & Estates Record
(Includes Complete Inventory of Estates, Including Quantities and Approximate Values for all Relevant Possessions Owned)
#2: 1850-1853
 
Record of Inventory Sale Bills
(Includes Records for Inventories and Individual Sale Bills, along with Quantities and Prices of Individual Items Sold)
#3: 1853-1856
 
Inventory Record, Short Form & Long Form
(Includes Orders to Appraisers, Itemized Inventory and Appraisements, Recapitulation of Assets, and Appraiser’s Certificates)
#33: 1923-1925
 
Inventory & Sale Bill Record
(Includes Inventory Appraisements, Notices of Appraisement, Oaths of Appraiser, Affidavits, Descriptions, and Value of Items Inventoried and Sold) 

#21: 1897-1899
#22: 1899-1900
#23: 1900-1902
#24: 1902-1904
#25: 1904-1906
#26: 1906-1908

#27:  1908-1911
#28:  1910-1913
#28:  1911-1921
#29:  1913-1916
#30:  1917-1919
#31:  1919-1921

#32:  1921-1923
#34:  1924-1929
#37:  1927-1931
#38:  1929-1932
#39:  1931-1935
#41:  1941-1949
#42:  1941-1949

Law Record
(Includes Indexes, Motions, Plaintiffs, Defendants, Dates, In-Depth Case Details)

#2:   1862-1884
#5:   1825-1832
#5:   1825-1833
#6:   1833-1838
#7:   1838-1860
#8:   1840-1843
#9:   1843-1845
#10: 1845-1847
#11: 1847-1850
#12: 1850-1853
#13: 1853-1855
#14: 1855-1857
#15: 1857-1858
#16: 1858-1859

#17: 1859-1861
#18: 1861-1865
#19: 1865-1868
#20: 1868-1870
#21: 1870-1871
#22: 1871-1873
#23: 1873-1873
#24: 1873-1876
#25: 1874-1876
#26: 1876-1877
#27: 1877-1880
#28: 1878-1881
#29: 1880-1883
#30: 1883-1884

#31: 1884-1885
#32: 1885-1887
#33: 1886-1887
#34: 1888-1889

Lunacy Record

#2:  1876-1902
#3:  1902-1911

#4:  1908-1914
#5:  1914-1919

#6:  1919-1931
#7:  1931-1942

Mental Illness Record

#8:   1939-1948
#9:   1948-1953

#10: 1952-1960
#11: 1957-1960

#12:  No Entries

Miscellaneous Cases, Record of
(Includes Case Names, Case Dates, Case Applications, Entries, Judge and Attorney Information, Case Outcomes)

#1: 1871-1908
#2: 1908-1916
#3: 1914-1926
#4: 1926-1933
#5: 1933-1937
#6: 1937-1937

#7:   1936-1942
#8:   1942-1944
#9:   1944-1946
#10: 1946-1947
#11: 1947-1949
#12: 1949-1951

#13: 1949-1952
#14: 1952-1954
#15: 1954-1955
#16: 1955-1957
#17: 1957-1960
#18: 1960-1972

Ministers’ License Record
#1: 1882-1968                                                    #2: 1968-1976
 
No Tax Record; No Administration
#1:   1931-1957
 
Odd Cases, Record of
(Includes Records of Miscellaneous Cases, Case Summaries, Names, and Dates)
1848-1897
 
Entertainment Permits
1925-1941
 
Birth Records
Vol 1: 1867-1879
Vol 2: 1879-1886
Vol 3: 1886-1900
Vol 4: 1900-1909
After 1909, contact the Health Department.
 
When State Birth Records Started and Required, Click Here
 
Accessors Return Report of Births / Deaths
1875-1906
 
Marriage Record Applications
1863 – 1869
 
Marriage Records
One Index for Vols. 1,2,3,4: 1835-1875
Vol. 19 through Vol. 59 can be viewed below and printed.
 
*If a Marriage Record needs Corrected, Please Contact Probate Court

Vol. 1:  1835-1845
Vol. 2:  1846-1858
Vol. 3: 1858-1869
Vol. 4:  1869-1875
Vol. 5:  1875-1880
Vol. 6:  1880-1886
Vol. 7:  1886-1892
Vol. 8:  1892-1898
Vol. 9:  1899-1903
Vol. 10: 1903-1906
Vol. 11: 1906-1910
Vol. 12: 1910-1913
Vol. 13: 1913-1919
Vol. 14: 1919-1924
Vol. 15: 1924-1929
Vol. 16: 1929-1937
Vol. 17: 1937-1943
Vol. 18: 1943-1949
Vol. 19: 1950-1951
Vol. 20: 1951-1957

Vol.21: 1957-1962
Vol.22: 1962-1966
Vol.23: 1966-1969
Vol.24: 1969-1972
Vol.25: 1972-1975
Vol.26: 1975-1978
Vol.27: 1978-1980
Vol.28: 1980-1983
Vol.29: 1983-1985
Vol.30: 1985-1988
Vol.31: 1988-1990
Vol.32: 1990-1992
Vol. 33: 1992-1994
Vol. 34: 1994-1995
Vol. 35: 1996 1997
Vol. 36: 19971998
Vol. 37: 19981999
Vol. 38: 1999 2000
Vol. 39: 20002001
Vol. 40: 2001

Vol.41: 2002
Vol.42: 2003
Vol.43: 2004
Vol.44: 2005
Vol.45: 2006
Vol.46: 2007
Vol.47: 2008
Vol.48: 2009
Vol.49: 2010
Vol.50: 2011
Vol. 51: 2012
Vol. 52: 2013 2014
Vol. 53: 2014
Vol. 54: 2015
Vol. 55: 2016
Vol. 56: 2017
Vol. 57: 2018
Vol. 58: 2019
Vol. 59: 2020

Death Records
Vol 1 & 2: 1867-1886
Vol 3: 1886-1909
After 1909, contact the Health Department.
 
Naturalization Records
 
 
Trial Docket
(Includes Case Numbers, Attorneys, Parties, Actions, Dates of Filed Petitions and Pleadings, and Orders of the Court)
March Term 1838      June Term  1843-1846
 
Administrators and Executors Docket
(Includes Estate Information, Papers Filed, Account Information, Deposits on Accounts, Dates)
Vol: #12 – Vol: #22
 
Power of Attorney and Agreement Microfilm
Vol: #1 – Vol: #34
 
Partnership Records Microfilm
Vols: #1 – #9
 
Miscellaneous Records
Microfilm
Vol: #1 – Vol: #10
 
Probate Court Journal
(Includes Information Concerning Executors of Wills of the Deceased, Court Dates, Bond Amounts, Case Numbers and Judge Names)  
There will be redactions throughout the journals. The redaction is due to Ohio Revised Code Section 5731.90 and Probate Judgement Entry Case No. 2401 0001 PMO. Per the judgement entry, Adoption records for the year 1900 and all years prior shall be open to the public. You may petition the Probate Court for the possible inspection and copying of the records.

#1:   1852-1859
#2:   1859-1867
#3:   1868-1873
#4:   1873-1877
#5:   1877-1880
#6:   1880-1882
#7:   1882-1884
#8:   1884-1885
#9:   1886-1887
#10: 1887-1888
#11: 1888-1889
#12: 1889-1890
#13: 1891-1892
#14: 1892-1893
#15: 1893-1894
#16: 1894-1895
#17: 1895-1896
#18: 1896-1897
#19: 1897-1898
#20: 1898-1899
#21: 1899-1900
#22: 1900-1901

#23: 1901-1902
#24: 1902-1904
#25: 1904-1905
#26: 1905-1906
#27: 1906-1908
#28: 1908-1910
#29: 1910-1911
#30: 1911-1913
#31: 1913-1915
#32: 1915-1916
#33: 1916-1918
#34: 1918-1920
#35: 1920-1922
#36: 1922-1924
#37: 1924-1926
#38: 1926-1927
#39: 1927-1929
#40: 1929-1930
#41: 1930-1932
#42: 1932-1933
#43: 1933-1935
#44:1935-1936

#45: 1936-1937
#46: 1937-1938
#47: 1938-1939
#48: 1939-1940
#49: 1940-1941
#50: 1941-1942
#51: 1942-1943
#52: 1943-1944
#53: 1944-1945
#54: 1945-1946
#55: 1946-1947
#56: 1947-1948
#57: 1948-1949
#58: 1949-1951
#59: 1951-1952
#60: 1952-1953
#61: 1953-1955
#62: 1955-1956
#63: 1956-1957
#64: 1957-1959
#65: 1959-1960
#66: 1960-1967

Registered Nurses’ Certificates:
1946-1955 and 1977 (1 entry)
 
Real Estate, Executors
(Includes Sales of Real Estate of the Deceased to Cover Outstanding Debts, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Executors, Reports of Sale, and Case Outcomes)

#1:   1852-1855
#2:   1855-1861
#3:   1861-1865
#4:   1866-1871
#5:   1871-1876
#6:   1875-1879
#7:   1878-1883
#8:   1880-1884
#9:   1884-1886
#10: 1885-1887
#11: 1887-1889
#12: 1889-1990
#13: 1890-1891
#14: 1887-1893

#15: 1892-1894
#16: 1894-1895
#17: 1894-1896
#18: 1896-1897
#19: 1898-1900
#20: 1898-1900
#21: 1897-1901
#22: 1901-1903
#23: 1903-1905
#24: 1905-1908
#25: 1908-1913
#26: 1912-1916
#27: 1915-1918
#28: 1918-1922

#29: 1922-1927
#30: 1925-1930
#31: 1930-1934
#32: 1933-1936
#33: 1936-1938
#34: 1938-1941
#35: 1940-1944
#36: 1944-1947
#37: 1947-1951
#38: 1950-1953
#39: 1953-1955
#40: 1954-1967
#41: 1959-1961

Record of Settlements
(Includes Account Information, Settlement Figures, Account Recapitulation, and Affidavits)

#6:   1861-1866
#7:   1866-1869
#8:   1869-1873
#9:   1873-1876
#10: 1876-1879
#11: 1879-1881
#12: 1881-1882
#13: 1878-1883
#14: 1883-1886
#15: 1886-1888

#16: 1887-1889
#17: 1888-1890
#18: 1890-1891
#19: 1890-1892
#21: 1893-1899
#22: 1895-1896
#23: 1895-1896
#24: 1897-1898
#25: 1898-1899

#26: 1899-1900
#27: 1900-1902
#28: 1902-1903
#29: 1903-1905
#30: 1905-1906
#31: 1906-1908
#32: 1908-1910
#33: 1910-1913
#34: 1913-1914

Sale of Personal Property
(Includes Petitions to Sell Personal Property, Waiver and Consent of Surviving Spouses, Journal Entries, Orders of Private Sales, Returns and Reports of Private Sales, and Affidavits of Private Sales)

#1: 1944-1950

#2: 1949-1958

#3: 1958-1961

Sale of Personal Property – Private Sale
(Includes List of all Personal Properties, Waiver and Consent of Surviving Spouses, Journal Entries, Order of Personal Property Private Sales, Returns, and Bill of Sales)
#43: 1935-1944
 
Schedule of Claims
(Includes Names and Addresses of Claimants, Amounts Claimed, Dates of Claims, Result of Claims, Dates of Allowance or Rejection of Claims, Journal Entries)

#4: 1943-1946
#5: 1946-1954

#6: 1954-1969
#7: 1957-1963

#8: No entries

Schedule of Debts
(Includes Schedule of Claims, Debts, and Liabilities for Estates, Notice on Filing Schedule of Debts, Journal Entries, and Proof of Publication)

#1: 1932-1937

#2: 1937-1941

#3: 1940-1943

Transfer Record
(Includes Applications for Transfer of Real Estate, Descriptions of all Real Estate to be Transferred, Inheritors of Real Estate)

#1: 1932-1937
#2: 1937-1943

#3: 1943-1948
#4: 1948-1954

#5: 1954-1962
#6: 1959-1979

Witness Book
(Includes Index and Receipts for Wills Deposited 1800s to 1960s)
#6: 1875-1876
 
Index to Wills
1790 – 1890 (Fragmented Entries)
 
Will Records

#1:   1812-1835
#2:   1835-1850
#3:   1850-1859
#4:   1859-1869
#5:   1869-1876
#6:   1876-1883
#7:   1883-1887
#8:   1887-1890
#9:   1890-1893
#10: 1893-1895
#11: 1895-1898
#12: 1898-1901
#13: 1901-1903

#14: 1903-1906
#15: 1906-1909
#16: 1910-1913
#17: 1912-1915
#18: 1915-1917
#19: 1917-1920
#20: 1920-1922
#21: 1922-1924
#22: 1924-1927
#23: 1927-1929
#24: 1929-1932
#25: 1932-1934
#26: 1934-1936

#27: 1936-1939
#28: 1939-1941
#29: 1941-1944
#30: 1944-1947
#31: 1947-1949
#32: 1949-1952
#33: 1942-1953
#34: 1953-1955
#35: 1955-1957
#36: 1957-1958
#37: 1958-1959
#38: 1959

Chancery Records
(Divorce, Civil, and Criminal)
 
The information is listed under the Clerk of Courts page.