Fayette County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Fayette County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Highland and Ross Counties 19 February 1810.
 * County Seat: Washington Court House
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Licking (north)·Hocking (south)·Franklin and Pickaway (west)·Perry (east)

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Fayette County boundary changes.

Cemeteries

 * Interment.net
 * Tombstone Transcription Project
 * The Ohio Genealogy Guide (rootsweb)
 * Find a Grave

Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Court Records
Click for the Fayette County Government Information Center.

History


The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834).

War of 1812
Gettys, Rober Clay, Fayette County Militia on the Ohio Frontier : War of 1812 (Belfast Northern Ireland, Gettys, 1985) pages 12 FHL Book 977.A1

Probate

 * 1828-1878Chancery and Commons Pleas Court Records, Fayette County, Ohio: 1828-1878 at Ancestry.com ($) Original data

Courthouse
Fayette County Courthouse 110 E Court Street Washington Court House, OH 43160-1355 Phone: 614.335.5910 Clerk Court has divorce records from 1853 and court records from 1828; Probate Judge has probate records; County recorder has land records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

 * Carnegie Public Libary

Societies
Fayette County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 342, Washington Court House, Ohio 43160. Publishes quarterly newsletter.

Fayette County Historical Society, 517 Columbus Avenue, Washington Court House, Ohio 43160.

Death

 * Fayette County Births 1909-1999 Fayette County Health Department records, searchable index.  Results list includes child's name, gender, year of birth, name of father and maiden name of mother.
 * Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch.org from the Ohio Department of Health via the Ohio Historical Society. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.
 * Fayette County Archive 1867-1908 Death Index Compiled by staff of the Carnegie Public Library, this index provides Book # and Page number information searchable by name.
 * St. Colman Church Death Records Patron-donated index of of the St. Colman Church. Searchable index. Search results include the name, address (city and state), date of death and burial, name of cemetery, name of minister.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.