Morgan County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Morgan County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Guernsey, Muskingum, and Washington Counties 29 December 1817.
 * County Seat: McConnelsville
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Muskingum (north)·Athens (south)·Perry (west)·Noble (east) · Washington (southeast)

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

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Morgan 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 in Morgan County.


 * - 97th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies C and D

Courthouse
Morgan County Courthouse 19 East Main Street McConnelsville, OH 43756-1198 Phone: 740.962.4752 County Recorder has land records; Probate Judge has birth, marriage, death, probate and naturalization records and naturalization records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Death
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.

Web Sites

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