Harrison County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Harrison County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Jefferson and Tuscarawas Counties 2 January 1813.
 * County Seat: Cadiz
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Carroll (north)·Belmont (south)·Guernsey (southwest)·Jefferson (east)·Tuscarawas (west)

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Harrison 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.


 * - 98th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies C and F

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.