Holmes County property transfers Feb. 18-24 show rural sales, estate activity

The Wooster Daily Record’s Weekly Property Transfers roundup, republished via aggregation services, lists recent deeds recorded Feb. 18-24 that underscore small-scale rural sales and estate activity across Holmes County, including references to a long-held 160-acre parcel once in the Combs family. The countywide roundup (March 7 — source text incomplete) frames most filings as routine conveyances, but the presence of older indexed entries ties present-day transfers to century‑old land patents.

Genealogical and recorder transcriptions in county indexes link the parcel consistently to the legal description SW Section 35, Township 18, Range 14 and to a sequence of early transactions. One index entry records: "08 March 1819 (Wayne Co. OH) Joseph COMBS of Fayette Co PA was granted land in that part of Wayne which became Holmes Co. in 1824-5 (SW1/4 of Sec 35, Twp. 18, R14)." A Wayne County Recorder transcription of the 1822 conveyance appears in the files as: "11 Jan - 29 Mar 1822 (Wayne Co., OH Recorders Office) Joseph COMBS, Sen. & Ellener his wife to Joseph COMBS, Jr., both of Wayne Co, OH. Indent. Consideration: $200 US. Land: ¼ section, 160 a., of No. 35 Twp. No. 18 of Range 14. [...] | | |"

The chain continues in county indexes with an 1840 entry, "1840 - Holmes Co OH General Index to DEEDS. Joseph B. COMBS to Marshall HUDNUT, Vol 7, p. 257, 160 acres, SW Sec 35, Twp 18, Range 14 (Combs Researcher Bob Combs who adds that this is the tract of land patented by Joseph COMBS, Sr. and deeded to son, Joseph COMBS, Jr. in 1822)." Index material cited as "Vol Trans, p. 275" and recordings extracted from FHL Microfilm 432,025 by Combs researcher Connie Sheets appear repeatedly in the compiled indexes; contributor attributions include Thom Carlson and submitter Matthew Combs for the 1819 index line.

Those historical entries reflect the jurisdictional history of the area: "Holmes County was established from Coshocton, Wayne and Tuscarawas in 1824-5 (no descendant counties)," which explains why early patents and deeds for parcels now in Holmes County are found in Wayne County records and later transferred into the Holmes County General Index to Deeds. The repeated land description and the recorded 1822 consideration of $200 US tie the present-day parcel to the early Combs conveyances.

Contemporary county context included in the property‑records overview lists seven villages and 14 townships in Holmes County and offers a snapshot of local housing economics: median home value $185,250.00, median rent $764.00, median household income $62,041.50, and a county property tax rate averaging 1.15% of assessed fair market value. The county recorder’s public access details are also on file: Holmes County Recorder’s Office, 75 E. Clinton Street, Suite 101, Millersburg, OH 44654; phone 330-674-5916; hours Monday–Friday 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM. The recorder makes records available through AVA and Laredo, and the summary notes that "the AVA search system emerges as a convenient option, devoid of the necessity for a username and password. However, this database does not provide visibility to document images."

For reporters and title researchers, the archives cited in the indexes point to specific primary documents to obtain: the 1819 patent and the 1822 indenture (indexed Vol Trans p. 275), and the 1840 deed (Vol 7, p. 257), held in Wayne County records or in Holmes County deed books and in FHL Microfilm 432,025. Tracing the SW 1/4, Sec. 35, Twp. 18, R14 parcel from those early entries into modern tax parcels will clarify whether recent Feb. 18-24 filings represent continuing family estate transfers or market turnover among small rural holdings. These files illustrate how routine weekly transfers recorded in Millersburg intersect with long-run land titles that still shape ownership across Holmes County.