Williams County is named for David Williams, who was the captor of spy John Andre during the America Revolutionary War.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Hillsdale County, Michigan
E – Fulton County and Henry County
S – Defiance County
W – DeKalb County, Indiana and Steuben County, Indiana
Created: April 1, 1820 
County Seat:
Bryan 1820 – present
County Courthouse – Bryan
Location: 1 Courthouse Square / High Street
Built: 1889 – 1890
Style: French Baroque and Romanesque
Architect: Edward O Fallis & Company of Toledo
Contractor: Malone Brothers & Earhart of Toledo
Description: The building faces south and is a three story red colored brick and Bera and Amherst limestone structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Bryan. The south front has a stone framed entrance on the first story with small round towers on either side with red colored domes. The third story has a columned front with steep green colored roof. Round towers are at each corner of the building. On the center of the roof is a large square red colored brick tower with clock and sloped roof. The building houses the County Court of Common Pleas, County Juvenile Court and County Probate Court.
See: The architect, Edward Oscar Fallis & Company of Toledo, also designed the courthouses in Paulding County; and in Indiana in Noble County, in Kansas in Montgomery County; and in Michigan in Lenawee County and Monroe County.
See: Ohio Court of Appeals – Toledo ( 6th Appellate District )
History: The county was created in 1820 and Defiance was selected as county seat in 1824 when the county was organized. The first courthouse was a frame structure built in 1824 at Wayne Avenue and Second Street. The county seat was moved to Bryan in 1841 and the second courthouse was a log structure built by Giles Tomlinson on the south side of the square in 1841 to 1842. The third and present courthouse was constructed in 1889 to 1890 at a cost of $185,000.
County Courthouse – Bryan
Photos taken 2010