Hocking County, Ohio Genealogy

United States &gt; Ohio &gt; Hocking County

Parent County
1818--Hocking County was created 3 January 1818 from Athens, Ross, and Fairfield Counties. County seat: Logan

Neighboring Counties

 * Athens
 * Fairfield
 * Perry
 * Pickaway
 * Ross
 * Vinton

Census and Directories

 * 1820 United States Federal Census $
 * 1830 United States Federal Census $
 * 1840 United States Federal Census $
 * United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850 (About this Collection)
 * U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 $
 * United States Census, 1850
 * United States Census, 1860
 * 1860 United States Federal Census$
 * United States Census, 1870
 * United States Census, 1880 (index only)
 * 1880 United States Federal Census $
 * 1890 Veterans Schedule $
 * United States Census, 1900
 * 1910 United States Federal Census $
 * 1920 United States Federal Census $
 * 1930 United States Federal Census $

Local Histories

 * History of Hocking Valley Ohio, Together with sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens...Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co.. 1883.
 * Historical Collections of Ohioby Henry Howe Vol. 1 1888, Hocking County

Military

 * Civil War Research Database $
 * Civil War Pension Index: General Indes to Pension Files, 1861-1934 $
 * World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918$
 * U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 $
 * United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Newspapers

 * The Logan Daily News

Taxation

 * Ohio Tax Records 1816-1838, About this Collection

Vital Records

 * Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch – Pilot. 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, 1913-1944
 * Hocking County Marriages 1818-1885

Societies and Libraries

 * Logan-Hocking County District Library

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Dust in the Attic Under History, click on Hocking County for cemeteries and other records.
 * Family History Library Catalog