Holmes County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Holmes County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Coshocton, Tuscarawas County, Ohio|Tuscarawas]], and Wayne Counties in 1824 (1825).
 * County Seat: Millersburg
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Wayne (north)·Coshocton (south)·Licking (southwest)·Stark (northeast)·Knox (west)·Tuscarawas (east)

Ohio Digital Collections

Parent County
1824--Holmes County was created 20 January 1824 from Coshocton, Wayne, and Tuscarawas Counties. County seat: Millersburg

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Ashland
 * Coshocton
 * Knox
 * Stark
 * Tuscarawas
 * Wayne

Cemeteries

 * Killbuck Cemetery

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Nashville

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.


 * - 102nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A and G
 * - 166th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National Guard), Companies A, I and K

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.