Finding aid for the Canfield Township, Ohio, Records


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Canfield Township, Ohio
Title: Canfield Township, Ohio, Records
Dates: 1802-1915
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: Canfield, Ohio is a township located seven miles southwest of Youngstown, in Mahoning County. It was surveyed in 1798. The collection consists of quarterly reports of accounts with the general post office, 1802-1804, minutes of trustee and elector meetings, record of earmarks (cattle), financial accounts, 1805-1809, tax lists, 1807-1809, resolutions and agreements, 1909-1915.
MS Number MS 1250
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Canfield Township, Ohio, Records, 1802-1809 and 1909-1915 and undated, consist of quarterly reports of accounts with the general post office, 1802-1804, minutes of trustee and elector meetings, record of earmarks (cattle), financial accounts, 1805-1809, tax lists, 1807-1809, and resolutions and agreements, 1909-1915.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Canfield Township in Mahoning County, Ohio in the early eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Those studying the administration of local government during these time periods in Canfield Township will find this collection useful. Genealogists might find the tax lists useful. Those studying the regulation of livestock in the early nineteenth century will find this collection useful.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

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

Subjects:

Canfield (Ohio : Township)
Canfield (Ohio : Township) -- Genealogy.
Canfield (Ohio : Township) -- History -- Sources.
Canfield (Ohio : Township) -- Politics and government.
Livestock brands -- Ohio -- Canfield (Township)
Taxation -- Ohio -- Canfield (Township) -- Lists.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 1250 Canfield Township, Ohio, Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection

Canfield Township, Ohio, Records 1802-1809 1909-1915 undated

Box Folder
1 1 Trustee minutes 1905-1809
1 2 Land tax bills 1808-1809
1 3 Postal records 1802-1804 undated
1 4 Trustee minutes 1909-1915