Licking County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio  Licking County

Parent County
1808--Licking County was created 30 January 1808 from Fairfield County. County seat: Newark

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

Record Loss
1875--The courthouse was on fire on 2 April 1875. Records in the Recorder’s, Sheriff’s, Auditors and Treasurer’s offices were saved. The marriage records between 1829-1839 were not available possibly lost completely in the fire. Some probate records also were burned in the fire. There are gaps in records for this county. See Burned Counties.

1879--The tower of the New Licking County Courthouse caught fire, 29 Mar 1879. No records were destroyed.

Populated Places
Granville

Johnstown

Pataskala

Neighboring Counties

 * Coshocton
 * Delaware
 * Fairfield
 * Franklin
 * Knox
 * Muskingum
 * Perry

Cemeteries
Green-Beard Cemetery

Military

 * Revolutionary War 


 * - Revolutionary War Veterans of Licking County, Ohio


 * Civil War Civil War service men from Licking County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Licking County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Companies D and F
 * -113th_Regiment,_Ohio_Infantry, Companies D and F

School Records
Jacksontown Alumni Book 1890-1959. Digitized book which includes the history of the school and numerous class photos.

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.

Societies and Libraries

 * Licking County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

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.