Pickaway County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Pickaway County, Ohio ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Fairfield, Franklin, and Ross Counties 12 January 1810.
 * County Seat: Circleville

Description
The county was named derives from the Pekowi band of Shawnee Indians, who inhabited the area. It's county seat is Circleville and was founded March 1, 1810. It is located in the Central area of the state.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties
Franklin County • Fairfield County • Hocking County • Ross County • Fayette County • Madison County

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Ohio County Boundary Maps" (1788-1940) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

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

Census and Directories

 * Pickaway County, Ohio Directories

Church Records

 * Church and Bible Records

Court Records

 * Pickaway County, Ohio Court Records

Local Histories

 * Van Cleaf, Aaron R., History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, (Chicago, Illinois: Biographical Publishing Co., 1906).


 * Pickaway County Historical and Genealogical Society, Pickaway County, Ohio: History and Families, 1810-2005, (Evansville, Indiana: M.T. Pub. Co., 2005).


 * A Brief History of Pickaway County, Ohio, (Circleville, Ohio: Scott and Teesdale's Press). Digital copy at Internet Archive


 * Pickaway County, Ohio History

Land and Property

 * Land and Deed Records

Maps

 * Maps of Ohio (1788-1940)
 * [sites.rootsweb.com/~ohpickaw/maps.htm Maps of PIckaway County, Ohio]
 * Map of Pickaway County Cemetery Locations by Township

Multiple Wars

 * 1888-1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Pickaway County, Ohio Military Records has information about Pickaway County and its citizens in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, and many other wars.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Stark 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 Stark County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company C, also known as "Pope's Escort" and "Shield's Body Guard" and Company E
 * - 24th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company A
 * - 114th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A, B, C, E, F, and K

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800-1977 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Declarations of Intention for Naturalization(1860)

Newspapers
Online Newspapers Online Newspaper Abstracts


 * Pickaway County, Ohio Obituaries
 * Pickaway County, Ohio Newspapers

Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1786 - 1998 Ohio Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1789 - 1996 at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 1790–1967 - at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.


 * Index of Wills 1810-1837; Books A and B
 * Will Abstracts 1810-1820

Courthouse
Pickaway County Courthouse 207 S Court Street Circleville, OH 43113 Phone: 740.474.5231 County Recorder has land records from 1810; Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and probate records

Family History Centers

 * Chillicothe Ohio Family History Center

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.

Online Genealogy Research Groups

 * U.S. Midwest Genealogy Research Community - FamilySearch Facebook Research Group
 * Ohio Ancestors - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
 * U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join
 * U.S. and Canada Genealogy Research - FamilySearch Community group, must have a free FamilySearch account to join

Schools

 * Pickaway County Schools

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * Births

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * 1789-2013 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1800-1958 - at FamilySearch — free; Index.
 * 1800-1942 - at FamilySearch — index
 * Marriages for PIckaway County, Ohio

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * Pickaway County, Ohio Death Records
 * 1840-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1908-1953 - 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.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Websites

 * Pickaway County, OH History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Ohio Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Pickaway County OH Genealogy
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.