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Scioto County, Ohio
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Location of Ohio in the U.S.
Courthouse
Address	Scioto County Courthouse 607 7th St. Portsmouth, Ohio 45662-3948 Scioto County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent Counties: Formed from Adams County in 1803.
  
• County Seat: Portsmouth
   
• Neighboring Counties: Scioto County, Ohio residents may also have records in ^[1]Pike (north) · Greenup County, Kentucky and Lewis County, Kentucky (south) · Adams (west) · Jackson (northeast) · Lawrence (southeast)

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Scioto County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• The Tombstone Transcription Project
• Scioto County Cemeteries
• Scioto County Ohio Cemeteries
• The Political Graveyard
• Greenlawn Cemetery-Scioto County, Ohio- 1800 Burials
• Greenlawn Cemetery-Scioto County, Ohio- 1900 Burials
• Virtual Cemetery Index- Scioto County, Ohio
• Cemeteries
• Linkpendium Cemeteries
• Ohio Gravestones, Scioto County
• Many Cemetery Records for Scioto 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 topic details.

Census and Directories

• Scioto County, Ohio links to Online Census Records
• Scioto County, Ohio Census
• 1820 United States Federal Census $
• 1830 United States Federal Census $
• 1840 United States Federal Census $
• U. S. Fedreral Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 $
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850
• United States Census, 1850
• United States Census 1850
• United States Census, 1860
• 1860 United States Federal Census
• 1860 United States Federal Census $
• United States Census, 1870
• United States Census 1870
• United States Census, 1880 (Index only)
• United States Census 1880
• 1880 United States Federal Census $
• 1890 Veterans Schedule $
• United States Census, 1900
• United States Census 1900
• 1910 United States Federal Census $
• United States Census, 1920 (No images)
• United States Census 1920
• 1920 United States Federal Census $
• 1930 Census of Merchant Seamen $
• 1930 United States Federal Census $
• U. S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• Many Directories for Scioto 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 topic details.

Church Records

• Church Records
• Scioto County, Ohio Churches
• Topographic Map Church Features in Scioto County, Ohio

Court Records

• Scioto County, Ohio Free Public Records Directory
• Scioto County, Ohio Court Directory
• Scioto County Clerk of Common Pleas Court
• Many Court Records for Scioto 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 topic details.

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Funeral Homes

• D. W. Davis Funeral Home
• D. W. Swick Funeral Home: Obituaries
• Obituary Index Scioto County, Ohio
• Roger W. Davis Funeral Home
• Swick-Bussa-Chamberlin Funeral Home

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Local Histories

• Scioto County History, includes Biographical Sketches of Portsmouth
• Historical Collections of Ohio by Henty Howe Vol. II 1888
• Family History Holdings of SCCOGS, Pioneer Applications.
• Biographies
• Articles and Stories
• History
• Portsmouth Ohio
• Scioto County Ohio History
• Many Histories for Scioto 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 topic details.

Land and Property

• Land Patent Search
• Bureau of Land Management Database
• Many Land Records for Scioto 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 topic details.

Maps

• Scioto County And Its Neighbors
• 1895 Scioto County Ohio U. S. Atlas
• Map of Scioto County Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels
• Scioto County Map
• Maps of Scioto County, Ohio
• Many Maps for Scioto 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 topic details.

Military

• General
  Many Military Records for Scioto 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 topic details.

-Scioto County, Ohio Military Records

• Civil War
  Civil War service men from Scioto 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 Scioto County.

- 1st Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery,  Companies A, D, and F

- 1st Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company G, also known as the Portsmouth Guards

-Civil War Reserach Database $
-8th Independent Company Ohio Volunteer Sharp Shooters
-91st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Field and Staff
-"Final Roll Call" First Ohio Light Artillery, Battery L
-Fifth Independent Ohio Sharpshooters

• World War I
  -World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 $
  

• World War II
  -United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
  

• Korean War
  -U. S. Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Korean War
  -Scioto County, Ohio Military Resources

Naturalization and Citizenship

• Many Naturalization and Citizenship Records for Scioto 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 topic details.

Newspapers

• Obituaries
• Portsmouth Daily Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) $
• Portsmouth Times (Portsmouth, Ohio) $
• Newspapers Abstracts
• Obituary Search Engine Scioto County, Ohio
• Historic Newspapers Online
• Many Newspapers for Scioto 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 topic details.

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

• Many Probate Records for Scioto 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 topic details.

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Scioto County Courthouse
602 7th Street
Portsmouth, OH 45662-3948
Phone: 740.355.8313

Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1817;
Probate Judge has marriage and probate records;
County Recorder has land records^[2]

• Scioto County, Ohio
• Courthouse Information
• History of Scioto County Courthouses

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

• Portsmouth Public Libarary

Museums

Societies

• Scioto County Chapter, OGS
• Ohio Historical Society

• Catholic Record Society of the Diocese of Columbus

Schools

• U. S. School Yearbooks Portsmouth High School, 1930 $

Taxation

• Index to Scioto County Tax Records Book-1807
• Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850

Vital Records

Birth

• Scioto County, Ohio Birth Records

Marriage

• Marriage Records 1800-1900, 1901-1945 Misc.
• Marriage Records of Scioto County, Ohio, 1803-1860 $
• Marriage Records of Scioto County, Ohio, 1803-1860 $
• Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 $

Death

• Scioto County, Ohio Death 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.
• Ohio Death Certificate Index
• Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 $
• Death Information
• Death Records of Scioto County 1803-1860
• Ohio Death Records and Obituaries

Divorce

• Scioto County, Ohio Divorce Information

General

• Ohio Vital Record Batch Numbers by County
• Many Vital Records for Scioto 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 topic details.

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Scioto County History and Information
• Ohio Genealogy Databases, Progenealogist

Places

Populated Places

• Scioto County, Ohio WikipediA
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Scioto County, Ohio
• Scioto County Township History
• Scioto County, Ohio Histopolis, includes details, cemeteries, cities, townships.
• Scioto County, Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Adams
• Greenup County, Kentucky
• Jackson
• Lawrence
• Lewis County, Kentucky
• Pike

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Scioto County, Ohio" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scioto_County,_Ohio (accessed 10 May 2012).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Scioto County, Ohio. Page 545 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.