Madison County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Madison County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Franklin County in 1810.
 * County Seat: London
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Union (north)·Champaign (northwest)·Fayette (south)·Pickaway (southeast)· Clark (west)· Franklin (southwest)

Parent County
1810--Madison County was created 16 February 1810 from Franklin County. County seat: London

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Champaign
 * Clark
 * Fayette
 * Franklin
 * Greene
 * Pickaway
 * Union

Military

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


 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company K
 * - 113th Regiment, Companies A and G

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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