Licking County, Ohio Genealogy

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Parent County
1808--Licking County was created 30 January 1808 from Fairfield County. County seat: Newark

Record Loss
The courthouse was on fire on 2 April 1875. The marriage records between 1829-1839 were not available possibly lost completely in the fire. Some probate records also were burned in the fire. There are gaps in records for this county. See Burned Counties.

Populated Places
Granville

Johnstown

Pataskala

Neighboring Counties

 * Coshocton
 * Delaware
 * Fairfield
 * Franklin
 * Knox
 * Muskingum
 * Perry

Cemeteries
Green-Beard Cemetery

Military
Revolutionary War Veterans of Licking County, Ohio


 * Civil War service men from Licking County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment)&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Licking County.


 * -113th_Regiment,_Ohio_Infantry
 * Company D
 * Company F

School Records
Jacksontown Alumni Book 1890-1959. Digitized book which includes the history of the school and numerous class photos.

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. 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.

Societies and Libraries

 * Licking County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

Web Sites

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