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Early maps

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered collections of, and works on, early maps in general. Individual early maps and atlases are entered under the appropriate subject with subdivision Maps--Early works to 1800.

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Atlas of Greene County

 Item — Accession 30081
Identifier: ENG-30081
Scope and Contents

Includes maps of all Greene County Townships, Villages, and Municipalities. May include property owner names, buildings, schools, businesses, and cemeteries.

Dates: 1874

Drawings of City and Village Additions

 Item — Accession 20074
Identifier: ENG-20074

Fairfield Survey, Bath Twp 1816

 Collection — Accession 32199
Identifier: ENG-32199
Scope and Contents

Survey map of Fairfield Village.

Dates: 1816

Greene County Atlas

 Item — Accession 20519
Identifier: ENG-20519
Dates: 1874 - 1875

Greene County Atlas Maps

 Collection — Accession 32118
Identifier: ENG-32118

Index to Surveyors Records Volumes 3-6

 Series — Accession 30270
Identifier: ENG-30270
Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by road and/or property owner. Indexes survey record showing name and number of survey, date surveyed, and surveyor.

Dates: 1850 - 1907

New Plat Index, Volume 1

 Collection — Accession 16592
Identifier: RCDR-16592
Scope and Contents

Includes hand drawn maps and plat records for various properties, villages, municpalities within Greene County. Includes a loose 1874 map of the City of Xenia.

Dates: 1850 - 1902

Photographs

 Collection — Accession 32841
Identifier: BOCC-32841
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of Historical Society buildings pre-April 3, 1974 tornado along with description of said buildings. Also include photographs taken of the damage sustained to said buildings by the tornado. Also includes photographs of the Greene County Courthouse and phtaking taken at a Commissioners' meeting.

Dates: 1970 - 2011

Plat Records

 Collection
Identifier: RCDR-16590
Scope and Contents

Arranged chronologically by filing. Contains plats of land within the county, from its settlement , showing streets, roads, and alleys as laid out, including subdivision of existing lots and annexations to municipal corporations within the county. Shows full name and address of deed holder, description of original property, surveyor, county commissioners and engineer approving, and date recorded.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850 - 1951

Section Record (also known as Section-Township-Range)

 File — Accession 20095
Identifier: ENG-20095
Dates: 1817; 1871 - 1908

Survey Maps and Field Notes

 Collection — Accession 32532
Identifier: ENG-32532
Dates: 1917 - 1965

Township Map Boards

 Collection
Identifier: ENG-30410
Scope and Contents

Original map boards for the 1896 Greene County Atlas.

Dates: 1896

Virginia Military Survey and Plat of Federal Lands in Greene County

 Series — Area 03
Identifier: RCDR-16461
Scope and Contents

Map of the Military Survey lands or Federal Lands within Greene County, Ohio.

Dates: 1792 - 1847

Virginia Military Survey Record

 Item — Accession 20094
Identifier: ENG-20094
Scope and Contents Warrants were given for service in the Revolutionary War and were needed for land to be surveyed. After land was surveyed and approved by the Federal Government, a patent (deed) was sent to the Chillicothe land office for pickup. Often warrants were sold for money, and the first purchaser would be considered the assignee. The warrant number will connect the person (warrantee or assignee) to the survey number to the land received. When interested in researching land ownership in the Virginia...
Dates: 1792 - 1847

War Veterans' Graves Maps

 Series — Accession 16612
Identifier: RCDR-16612
Scope and Contents

Cemetary plat maps showing veteran's graves in Greene County.

Dates: 1939

Washington Galloway Survey Maps, Greene County Ohio, 1832-1882

 Collection — Accession 31399
Identifier: ENG-31399
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a variety hand-drawn surveys by Greene County Surveyors from 1832-1882. Most were created by Washington Galloway.

Dates: 1832 - 1882

Xenia City Wards

 Collection — Accession 22703
Identifier: ENG-22703
Scope and Contents

Maps drawn by Washington Galloway of the Xenia City Wards.

Dates: 1873