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Coshocton County, Ohio
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Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	349 1/2 Main Street Coshocton, Ohio 43812 Coshocton County Website Phone: 740.622.1456

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Muskingum and Tuscarawas counties 31 January 1810.^[1]
• County Seat: Coshocton
  
• Neighboring Counties: Coshocton County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[2]Homes (north) · Tuscarawas (east) · Guernsey (southeast) · Knox (west) · Licking (southwest) · Muskingum (south)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Coshocton County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

• Coshocton County, Ohio Biograhical Sketches.

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• Coshocton County Cemetery Inscriptions and photos.
• Coshocton County, Ohio Cemetery lists.
• Coshocton County, Ohio Tombstone Transcription Project
• Many cemetery records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Census

Coshocton County, Ohio

• United States Census 1850.
• United States Census 1860.
• United States Census 1870.
• United States Census 1880.
• United States Census 1900.
• United States Census 1910.
• United States Census 1920.
• United States Census 1930.

Church Records

• Coshocton County, Ohio Churches.
• Trinity Church

Court Records

• Many Court records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
• Many guardianship records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

• Ohio History Central, Coshocton County

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Coshocton County, Ohio

Local Histories

• Many Local History records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
  
• History of Coshocton County Ohio Its Past and Present. 1740-1881. Comprehensive history of Ohio; A complete history of Coshocton County; It's townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, societies, industries, statistics, etc.
• Centennial History of Coshocton County Ohio, by William J. Bahlmer.
• Historical Collections of Coshocton County Ohio. A complete panorama of the county, from the time of the earliest known occupants of the territory unto the present time.
• Coshocton County Ohio Timeline.

Land and Property

• BLM General Land Office Records.
• Many land records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Maps

• Coshocton County, Ohio Maps.
• Coshocton County, Ohio Boundary Map.
• Many map records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
  

Military

• Civil War in Coshocton County Ohio. Includes histories of regiments, many with regiment flags.
• Civil War service men from Coshocton 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 Coshocton County.

- 97th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies F, H, and I.

• Coshocton County, Ohio World War II Casualties Army and Air Force.
• United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. More information at Georgia, World War II, Draft Registration Cards (FamilySearch Historical Records).

Naturalization and Citizenship

• Many Naturalization records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.
• Many Naturalization and Citizenship records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Newspapers

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

To access newspapers, contact public libraries, Ohio Genealogical Society chapters, college or university libraries, the Library of Congress, Google News, or the Ohio Historical Society. The Ohio Genealogical Society Obituary Database is another source of newspaper information.

For more Ohio newspaper information see the Newspaper Guides on the wiki page Ohio Newspapers.

Online Newspapers

• Coshocton Tribune.
• The Commentator. $
• The Coshocton Age. $
• The Coshocton County Democrat. $
• Coshocton Daily Age. $
• Coshocton Daily Times. $
• Coshocton Daily Tribune. $
• The Coshocton Democrat. $
• Coshocton Morning Tribune. $
• The Coshocton News. $
• Coshocton Times. $
• Coshocton Tribune. $
• Coshocton Weekly Times. $
• The Democrat and Standard. $
• Democratic Standard. $
• The Progressive Age. $
• Semi Weekly Age. $

Online Newspaper Abstracts

• Obituary Index  (about this index)
• Coshocton County, Ohio 1907 Burials.

Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

Obituaries

• Coshocton County, Ohio Obituaries.
• Many Obituary records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic detailsfrom their catalog.

Periodicals

Probate

• Many Probate records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Coshocton County Courthouse
318 Main Street
Coschocton, OH 43812
Phone: 740.622.1456 

Probate Court has marriage and probate records from 1811, some naturalizations from 1862.
County Health Department has birth and death records 1867-1909.
Common Pleas Court has divorce and court records.
County Auditor has land records.
Court Clerk has civil and criminal cases from 1811, and naturalizations from 1811.^[1]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

Museums

Societies

• Coshocton County, Ohio Genealogical Society.
• Coshocton County, Ohio Historical Society.

Schools

• Coshocton County, Ohio Schools.

Taxation

• Ohio Death Tax Records 1816-1838.

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Ohio enacted a statute in 1856 -1857 requiring registration of births, deaths and marriages, many counties did not comply. A second law was written in 1867 but, again, was not always followed. By 1908, the law was more clearly defined and kept. Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the Coshocton County, Ohio 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 Historical Society houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953.

Original marriage records are held at the office of the Coshocton County, Ohio Probate Court with divorce records located with the Coshocton County, Ohio Clerk of Courts.

Birth

• Coshocton County, Ohio Birth Records- 1867-1879.
• Coshocton County, Ohio Birth Records- Surname Letter "C" only 1882-1916.

Marriage

• Coshocton County, Ohio Marriages 1811-1930.

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.
• Many Vital records for Coshocton County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the topic details from their catalog.

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Ohio Genealogy Forum
• Coshocton County, Ohio Profile
• The Political Graveyard, Coshocton County, Ohio
• Coshocton County, Ohio Genealogy Forum
• Coshocton County, Ohio WikipediA
• Coshocton County, Ohio Chamber of Commerce
• Coshocton County, Ohio Convention and Visitor Bureau
• Coshocton County, Ohio

Places / Localities

Populated Places

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 541, Coshocton County, Ohio. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Coshocton County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coshocton_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).

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