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United States

Ohio

Jackson County

Guide to Jackson County, Ohio ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Ohio Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Jackson Organized: March 1, 1816 Parent County(s): Athens, Gallia, Ross, Scioto Neighboring Counties Ross  • Pike  • Scioto  • Lawrence  • Gallia  • Vinton See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption This page is available for adoption

County Information

Description

The county is named after the War hero of 1812 Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) who became Seventh President of the United States in 1829. It is located in the South-central area of the state.

County Courthouse

Jackson County
275 Portsmouth Street
Jackson, Ohio 45640
Phone: 740-286-3301
Jackson County Website

Jackson County Courthouse
226 East Main Street
Jackson, OH 45630
Phone: 740-286-2006
Jackson County Courthouse

Probate Judge has birth, marriage and probate records
County Health Department has death and burial records;
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records; County
Recorder has land records

Jackson County, Ohio Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1867	1816	1867	1816	1816	1819	1820
Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1908. General compliance year is unknown.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

Parent Counties: Formed from Athens, Gallia, Ross, and Scioto Counties January 12, 1816. It was organized in March 1, 1816. County Seat: Jackson Jackson County Ohio Boundary Changes Interactive Map of Ohio County Formation History (1790-1897) - animated maps illustrating Ohio county boundary changes Ohio Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Jackson (county seat)	Wellston
Villages
Coalton	Oak Hill
Unincorporated communities
Altoona Banner Big Rock Blackfork Junction Brocks Corner Buckeye Buffalo Byer Camba Chapman Clay Comet Davisville Englishville Four Mile Garfield	Glade Glen Nell Glen Roy Goldsboro Horeb Ironton Junction Jackson Heights Jonestown Keystone Kitchen Leo Lesmil Limerick Mabee Corner Monroe Mulga	Oakland Orpheus Pattonsville Petersburg Petrea Pyro Ratchford Rempel Roads Rocky Hill Savageville Tom Corwin Wainwright Winchester Vega
Townships
Bloomfield Coal Franklin Hamilton	Jackson Jefferson Liberty Lick	Madison Milton Scioto Washington

Resources

Bible Records

For an extensive list of resources for Bible Records see Ohio Bible Records.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Jackson County, Ohio online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Find A Grave Interment.net Ohio Tombstone Transcription Project Billion Graves OHGenWeb Tombstone Photos Ohio Gravestones Jackson County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Find A Grave Ohio Genealogy Express
See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1820	3,746	—
1830	5,941	58.6%
1840	9,744	64.0%
1850	12,719	30.5%
1860	17,941	41.1%
1870	21,759	21.3%
1880	23,686	8.9%
1890	28,408	19.9%
1900	34,248	20.6%
1910	30,791	−10.1%
1920	27,342	−11.2%
1930	25,040	−8.4%
1940	27,004	7.8%
1950	27,767	2.8%
1960	29,372	5.8%
1970	27,174	−7.5%
1980	30,592	12.6%
1990	30,230	−1.2%
2000	32,641	8.0%
2010	33,225	1.8%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

• 1820 1820 Index to US Census for Jackson County Ohio at USGenWebsites
• 1850 United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
• 1850 United States Census 1850; has links to both FamilySearch and Ancestry
• 1870 United States Census 1870; has links to both FamilySearch and Ancestry
• 1880 United States Census 1880; has links to both FamilySearch and Ancestry
• 1890 United States Census 1890; has links to both FamilySearch and Ancestry
• 1900 United States Census 1900; has links to both FamilySearch and Ancestry
• 1900 Jackson County 1900 Census Enumeration Districts at USGenWebsites
• 1930 United States Census 1930; has links to both FamilySearch and Ancestry
• 1930 1930 Jackson County Rural Directory at USGenWebsites, Including Oak Hill, Coalton, Byer, Roads, Ray, Cove

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Ohio denominations, see Ohio Church Records.

• 1880-1920 Limerick RLDS Church Membership Records 1880-1920 at USGenWebsites
• Jackson County, Ohio Churches at OH HomeTownLocator

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

Wales

• The Wales-Ohio Project at Webarchives.org, digitizing the archive of the Welsh in Ohio

Funeral Homes

• Jackson County Funeral Homesat OHGenWeb

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Ohio Land and Property for additional information about early Ohio land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

• 1790-1907 Land Records at USGenWeb Ohio Archives
• Pre-1908 Ohio, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 at Ancestry ($)

Local Histories

Local histories are available for this county. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see Ohio Local Histories.

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• Jones, Romaine Aten, History of Jackson County, (Jackson, Ohio: Ohio Genealogical Society. Jackson County Chapter, 1953). FHL film 1320901 Item 2; book 977.185 H2j
• Williams, Daniel Williams, A History of Jackson County, Ohio, (Jackson, Ohio: 1900). Volume 1 online at Google Books Internet Archive FamilySearch Digital Library; excerpts from Ohio Genealogy Express
• Howe, Henry, History of Jackson County, Ohio: 1816-1889, (Knightstown, Indiana: Bookmark, 1977). FHL film 2409056 Item 1; book 977.185 H2hh; Excerpt online at Ohio Genealogical Society. Jackson County Chapter
• Howe, Henry, Historical Collections of Ohio 1896 edition at OHGenWeb
• Jackson County, Ohio Genealogical Society, Jackson County, Ohio: History and Families, 175th Anniversary ..., Volume 1, Excerpts online at Google Books
• Jackson County Genealogical Society, Jackson County, Ohio: History and Family Book, 176th Anniversary, 1816-1991, (Jackson, Ohio: Ohio Genealogical Society. Jackson County Chapter, 1991). FHL film 2409056 Item 1; book 977.185 H2jc
• Poe, Michael A., Jackson County, (Chicago, Illinois: Arcadia Publishing, 2008). Online at Google Books
• Jackson County, Ohio History Sources at OHGenWeb
• History of Lower Scioto Valley Ohio (Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co., 1884), partial at USGenWeb Archives

Maps and Gazetteers

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• 1875 Jackson County, Ohio Township Maps at OHGenWeb - This atlas show property owners.
• 1877 1877 Jackson County Map from Military History of Ohio at OHGenWeb
• Southeast Ohio Map from U. S. Geological Survey at OHGenWeb
• Maps of Ohio (1788-1940) at MapofUS.org

Military Records

• 1888-1919 Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• Military History Of Ohio-Jackson County Edition at OHGenWeb

Revolutionary War

• Veterans of the Revolution at Ohio Genealogy Express - excerpt from History of Jackson County, Ohio Vol. 1, by D.W. Williams

Civil War
Civil War service men from Jackson 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 Jackson County.

- 1st Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery, Companies A and H

- 56th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies A, C, E, and K

World War I

• 1914-1918 Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1914-1919 Ohio, World War I Statement of Service Cards, 1914-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection
• 1916-1920 Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1917-1918 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 at Ancestry ($)

World War II

• 1938-1946 U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 at Ancestry ($)

Naturalization and Citizenship

• 1800-1977 Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.

Newspapers

Jackson County newspapers often contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.

For more Ohio newspaper information see Ohio Newspapers and Obituaries.

• 1793-late 1900s Newspapers at Ohio History Connection — Select county .
• Early-late 1900s Newspapers at Ohio Memory — sort by County, City, Time Period, and more.
• Newspaper Articles at OHGenWeb Archives

Probate Records

From 1797 or the creation of the county, probate records were held by the Court of Common Pleas. After 1852, records are held by the Jackson County Probate Court. Records include wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (1867-1908 only). The records may give the decedent's date of death, name of spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

See Ohio Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.

• 1786-1998 Ohio, Wills and Probate Records 1786-1998 at Ancestry ($) — index and images.
• 1789-1996 Ohio Probate Records 1789-1996 at FamilySearch.org — How to Use this Collection.
• 1819-1871 Index to Will Book "A" at OHGenWeb - this is for the entire alphabet (not just the letter "A")

School Records

• Jackson County Schools at Old Ohio Schools

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

Ohio tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses before 1820 or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties.

• 1800-1850 Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1800-1850 Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Marriages were usually recorded from the formation of the county and are held at the office of the County Probate Court. Divorce records are located with the county Clerk of Courts.

Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the County Probate Court. The Ohio Department of Health has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954, while the Ohio History Connection houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953.

• Vital Records at OHGenWeb Archives

Birth

• 1800-1962 Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 at Ancestry ($) — Index
• 1841-2003 Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1908-1998 Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998 at Ancestry ($) — Index

Marriage

• 1789-2013 Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1791-1898 Jackson County, Ohio Marriages 1791-1898 at Ohio Genealogy Express
• 1800-1942 Ohio Marriages, 1800-1942 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1800-1958 Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1803-1900 Ohio, Compiled Marriage Index, 1803-1900 at Ancestry ($) — Index.
• 1970-2003 Ohio, Marriages, 1970 - 2003 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

• 1840-2001 Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection.
• 1867-1908 Jackson County Death Records Index at OHGenWeb
• 1908-1932, 1938–1944, and 1958–2007 Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 at FamilySearch – How to Use this Collection
• 1908-1932, 1938-2018 Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
• 1909 Jackson County, Ohio 1909 death index at Genealogy Trails History Group
• 1913-1944 Online Ohio Death Records & Indexes at OHGenWeb
• 1913-1944, 1954-1963 Ohio Death Index, 1913-1944, 1954-1963 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• 20th Century Jackson County, Ohio Deaths mostly 1900s at Ohio Genealogical Society, Jackson County

Divorce

• 1962-2007 Ohio, Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 at Ancestry ($)
  

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Jackson County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Ohio Archives and Libraries.

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.

• Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Chillicothe Ohio Family History Center
• Portsmouth Public Library - an affiliate library

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Jackson County. For state-wide library facilities, see Ohio Archives and Libraries.

Jackson City Library
21 Broadway St
Jackson, OH 45640-1695
740-286-4111
Website

Oak Hill Public Library
226 S Front St
Oak Hill, OH 45656
740-682-6457
Website

Sylvester Memorial Wellston Public Library
135 E Second St
Wellston, OH 45692
740-384-6660
Website

Museums

Lillian E. Jones Museum
75 Broadway St
Jackson, OH 45640
740-286-2556
E-mail:info@jonesmuseum.com
Website

Jackson Township Historical Society
7756 Fulton Dr NW
Massillon OH 44646
330-830-8622
E-mail:Jackson.historical@gmail.com
Website

Welsh-American Heritage Museum
412 Main St
Oak Hill, OH 45656
740-418-5572
Facebook
Website

Societies

Listed below are societies in Jackson County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Ohio Societies.

Jackson County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 807
Jackson, OH 45640
E-mail:OGS.Jackson@gmail.com
Website

Publication-The Jackson County Genealogical Resource Guide

Websites

• Local Gov't Records by County at Ohio History Connection — Browse their list; records are not online.
• Custom Browse of Historical Collections at Ohio Memory — Use map or alpha bar to select county or place, then browse search options in left sidebar.
• Ohio Genealogical Society ($) — online databases
• OHGenWeb Archives
• USGenWeb project
• Ohio Genealogy Express
• Genealogy Trails
• Jackson County OH Genealogy at LDS Genealogy
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

This website requires a paid subscription for full access.

FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a family history center.