Muskingum County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Muskingum County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Fairfield and Washington Counties in 1804.
 * County Seat: Zanesville
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Coshocton (north)·Morgan (south)·Licking (west)·Guernsey (east) · Perry (southwest)· Noble (southeast)

County Courthouse
Muskingum County 401 Main Street Zanesville, OH 43701 Phone: (740) 455-7138

History
Home of the "Y" Bridge which crosses the Muskingum and Licking Rivers. The Ohio government authorized the creation of Muskingum County on January 7, 1804 and the County of Muskingum was established on 1 March 1804. Muskingum County was named from the Delaware Indian word meaning “a town near the river”.

Parent County
1804--Muskingum County was created 7 January 1804 from Washington and Fairfield Counties. County seat: Zanesville

Boundary Changes

 * A part of the county was returned to Fairfield County 1817.
 * Parts set off to create Coshocton 1810, Guernsey 1810, Morgan 1817.

See an interactive map of Muskingum County boundary changes.

City

 * Zanesville, Ohio

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records (rural or uncertain specific location) Vol. 1, page 139 - South Adamsville


 * Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery, Dresden BillionGraves
 * Sherrods Chapel Cemetery, Muskingum BillionGraves

Roman Catholic

 * The Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio Archives 6616 Beechmont Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45230 Tel: 513-231-0810 website: Archives Genealogy Research


 * St. Nicholas Catholic Church 925 E. Main St. Zanesville, OH 43701

Lutheran

 * Records kept by Carl Louis Wagner, Lutheran minister, 1920-1965 Contains baptisms, confirmations, funerals and weddings in the following locations.
 * Brandywine and Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia
 * Zanesville and Philo, Muskingum County, Ohio
 * Eagleport, Morgan County, Ohio
 * Lake Township, Fort Wayne, Indiana
 * Dixon and Amboy, Lee County, Illinois
 * Muskingum County OHGenWeb Project has additional information about various church groups and their records.

Market Street Baptist Church

 * 105 South 6th Street
 * Zanesville, Ohio 43701-3608
 * Phone: (740) 452-1620

Prospect United Methodist Church
On Prospect Church Road (County Road 99). Has cemetery beside it, see 'Cemeteries' below for link with Google map, headstone images.

Gazetteers

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Muskingum County (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Biographies

 * Pioneers of Muskingum County, Ohio

Maps

 * 1866 Atlas of Muskingum County Ohio.

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Muskingum 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 Muskingum County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry, Company B, also known as "Laughlin's Cavalry"
 * - 1st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company H, also known as the Zanesville Guards
 * - 97th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies E, F, G, and K

Current

 * The Zanesville Times Recorder 34 S. Fourth St. Zanesville, OH 43701 Tel: (740) 452-4561
 * Coshocton Tribune 550 Main Street Coshocton, OH 43812 Tel: (740) 622-1122

Online obituaries since 27 Dec 2001

Historical
Muskingum County Libraries, Ohio State University Library, and the Ohio Historical Society are all resources for historical newspapers. Over the years Zanesville has had it's newspaper change names many times. This Historical Newspapers article lists the names of early newspapers for Adamsville, Dresden, New Concord, and Zanesville.

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
 * Zanesville Ohio Family History Center

Web Sites

 * The Muskingum County OHGenWeb Project, an member of The OHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Muskingum County.