Tuscarawas County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Tuscarawas County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Muskingum County in 1808.
 * County Seat: New Philadelphia
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Stark (north)·Guernsey (south)·Holmes (northwest)· Coshocton (southwest)·Carroll (east)·Harrison (southeast)

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

Military

 * Civil War service men from Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County.


 * - 4th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (3 months, 1861), Company F (also known as Canton Zouaves) with 16 men from Tuscarawas County.
 * - 98th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company K
 * - 104th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company E
 * - 107th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company I

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.

Neighboring Counties

 * Carroll
 * Coshocton
 * Guernsey
 * Harrison
 * Holmes
 * Stark