Jackson County, Ohio Genealogy

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Parent County
1816--Jackson County was created 12 January 1816 from Scioto, Gallia, Athens, and Ross Counties. County seat: Jackson

Boundary Changes

 * Jackson County Ohio Boundary Changes

Populated Places

 * U. S. Geological Survey - National Mapping Information
 * Origins of Jackson County Place Names

Neighboring Counties

 * Gallia
 * Lawrence
 * Pike
 * Ross
 * Scioto
 * Vinton

Cemeteries

 * Jackson County Cemeteries
 * Jackson County Ohio Cemetery Map
 * The Tombstone Transcription Project, Jackson County
 * Find A Grave
 * Bundy-Paine Cemetery Index
 * Fairmount Cemetery Burial List as of January 31st, 2007
 * James Cemetery Burials, Jackson, Ohio
 * Limerick Cemetery, (Jackson) Section 1 Section 2  Section 3  Section 4  Limerick Cemetery Index
 * "Old" Mt. Zion Cemetery, Jackson County, Ohio Transcription
 * Ridgewood Cemetery Burials
 * Index to Cemetery Inscriptions of Jackson County, Ohio
 * The Political Graveyard
 * Jackson County, Ohio Cemetery Index

Census and Directories

 * 1820 Index to U. S. Census for Jackson County, Ohio
 * United States Census, 1830 $
 * United States Census, 1840 $
 * United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850
 * United States Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 $
 * United States Census, 1850
 * United States Census, 1860 $
 * United States Census, 1870
 * United States Census, 1880 (Index only)
 * United States Census, 1880 $
 * United States Census, 1890 Veterans Schedule$
 * United States Census, 1900
 * Jackson County 1900 Census Enumeration Districts
 * United States Census, 1910 $
 * United States Census, 1920
 * United States Census, 1930 $
 * United States Census, 1930 Merchant Seamen $
 * 1930 Jackson County Rural Directory, Including Oak Hill, Coalton, Byer, Roads, Ray, Cove

Church

 * Catholic Record Society of the Diocese of Columbus
 * Limerick RLDS Church Membership Records 1880-1920

Ethnic Groups

 * The Wales-Ohio Project, digitzing the archive of the Welsh in Ohio

Funeral Homes

 * Jackson County Funeral Homes

Land

 * For Land Information, Deeds, Mortgages, Mapes, Early Surveys
 * Land Records Bureau of Land Management Database

Local Histories

 * Excerpts of History of Jackson County, (1816-1889)
 * Jackson County, Ohio History Sources
 * Historical Collections of Ohioby Henry Howe 1896 edition
 * The History of Jackson County, Ohio(1900)
 * History of Lower Scioto Valley Ohio Chicago Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884
 * A Brief Look at Our Local History

Maps

 * 1875 Jackson County, Ohio Township Maps (This atlas show property owners)
 * 1877 Jackson County Map from Military History of Ohio
 * Southeast Ohio Map from U. S. Geological Survey

Military

 * Miltary History Of Ohio-Jackson County Edition
 * Veterans of the Revolution

Newspapers

 * The Telegram
 * The Times-Journal
 * Newspapers available for Jackson County, Ohio

Probate

 * Index to Will Book "A" of Jackson County, Ohio

Resource Guide

 * The Jackson County Genealogical Resource Guide
 * The Ohio Historical Society Resources

Schools

 * Jackson County Schools

Taxation

 * Ohio Tax Records 1816-1838

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.
 * Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1844, and 1958-2002 $
 * Jackson County, Ohio Deaths
 * Jackson County, Ohio Death Certificates
 * Jackson County, Birth, Death and Marriage Records
 * Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 $
 * Jackson County, Ohio Marriages 1791-1898
 * Ohio Death Records &amp; Indexes
 * Jackson County Local Government Information

Societies and Libraries

 * Jackson City Library
 * Oak Hill Public Library
 * Sylvester Memorial Wellston Public Library
 * Lillian E. Jones Museum &amp; The Carriage House Genealogy Center
 * Welsh-American Heritage Museum
 * Jackson 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