Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center

Ottawa County, Ohio
Treasurer's Office

LG-MF

Introduction

Agency History

Scope and Content

Inventory

Introduction

The records of the Ottawa County, Ohio Treasurer's Office were microfilmed by the Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. The microfilm is located in the Library Reading Room.

Agency History

The county Treasurer's Office was created under the Northwest Ordinance and continued under Ohio's 1802 constitution. The treasurer of each county is charged with publicizing the semiannual tax duplicate throughout the county. He collects the taxes, filing a report with the Auditor's Office. After collection, he distributes all funds to county entities as well as the state of Ohio.

Scope and Content

The collection, although incomplete, includes a single year's tax duplicate for Ottawa County, Ohio. In addition to the county duplicate, the film also contains tax lists from the Auditor's Office.

Inventory

Ac. 5483

1. Roll #24: Treasurer's Tax Duplicate, 1841 (also contains Auditor's tax lists for 1840, 1841, 1844.

go to top of page