INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF OHIO
NO. 40.  JACKSON COUNTY (JACKSON)
Prepared by 
The Ohio Historical Records Survey Project
Division of Community and Service Programs
Work Projects Administration
Columbus, Ohio
The Ohio Historical Records Survey Project
1942
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Excerpts of portions dealing with Infirmary (poorhouse) Records

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   All of the records of the county home are in the office of the superintendent on the first floor of the institution, a two-story brick building three miles southeast of Jackson on State Route 75. The records are kept in a fireproof safe, and are in good condition. Accommodations for the public are adequate.
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    The Jackson county Home was projected on June 3, 1872 ; when the county commissioners purchased for $9,000.00 a 160-acres farm , three miles southeast of Jackson on State Route 75. Construction of a three-story brick building with a capacity for accommodation of 80 indigents was started early in 1873 and completed in January 1874 at a cost of $16,000.00 . This building was occupied until 1905 when it was condemned by the state inspector of public buildings.  It became necessary to provide temporary  quarters for the inmates who were moved to a farm known as “The Maples” , two miles from Jackson  while a new home was being built. In May 1906 , the commissioners passed a resolution to levy a tax and issue bonds to the total  amount of $40,000.00 for the purpose of rebuilding the home on the site of the old one. The new home, a two-story , 53” by 83”  brick building with a basement, was completed in 1907 and is still in use.
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In Jackson County the average number of inmates in the home in 1939 was 40, and the per capita cost of operation and maintenance was $ 222.19.
     All the records are located in the Superintendent’s office in the county home, State Route 75, Jackson.
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  254. Infirmary Records,  1877 -----. 1 vol.
Record of admissions to county infirmary , showing date admitted, name , age, sex, nativity, physical and mental condition of inmate, from what township, town, and county admitted, date of birth , place of birth, and previous habits.  Arr. chron. by dates of admissions. Indexed alphabetically by name of inmates.
Hdw.  500 pp.11 x 18 x 3. 

   255. Receipts of County Home, 1907 ----. 2 vols.
Records of receipts  of county home, showing date of receipt, source, including auditor’s  warrant for current expenses, boarding inmates, private accounts, gifts, sale of stock and produce, and all other sources, totals, and remarks.   Arr. chron. by dates of receipts. No index. Hdw. Aver. 200 pp.
17 x 5 x 1 1/2 . 

   256. Records of Expenditures of County Home, 1907 ---- 2 vols.
Records of expenditures classified as provisions, groceries, drugs, whiskey,  wines,  liquors,  tobacco, clothing, bedding, dry goods, laundry, fuel, light, water, postage, books, stationary, insurance, furniture, lumber, burials, transportation, escapes and return of inmates, farm supplies, livestock, miscellaneous, wages  of superintendent, matron, physician and employees, director’s expenses, repairs, and new buildings, all show date of warrant, name of payee, warrant number,  amount, totals, and remarks. Arr. chron. by dates of warrants. No index. Hdw. Aver. 200 pp. 17 x 19 x 2.
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