Ohio, Carroll County, Veteran Grave Registrations - FamilySearch Historical Records

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This project will contain grave registrations from Carroll County, Ohio pertaining to soldiers who served in various conflicts including WWI, WWII, Civil War, War of 1812, and others.

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Grave registrations of soldiers buried in Ohio
 * Carroll County, Ohio, veteran grave registrations, 1817-1980
 * compiled by Violet Nign,Carroll County, Ohio Civil War men of valor : 1861-1865 Carrollton, Ohio : Ohio Genealogical Society. Carroll County Chapter, 200-? FHL 977.167 M2n]
 * Carroll County, Ohio, soldier discharges, 1864-1945
 * Carroll County, Ohio, Armed Services index, 1864-2004

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Ohio, Grave Registrations of Soldiers, 1810-1955
 * Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919
 * Ohio, Athens County, Deceased Veteran Grave Registration Card File Index, 1819-1936
 * Ohio, Summit County, Veteran Burial Cards, 1700-1941

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * under the editorial supervision of Judge H.J. Eckley, for Carroll county, and Judge Wm. T. Perry, for Harrison county; assisted by a board of advisory editors, History of Carroll and Harrison counties, Ohio 2 volumes. Chicago, Illinois : Lewis Pub. Co., 1921

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