Tuscarawas County, Ohio Genealogy

United States

Ohio

Tuscarawas County

Guide to Tuscarawas 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: New Philadelphia Organized: March 15, 1808 Parent County(s): Muskingum Neighboring Counties Stark  • Carroll  • Harrison  • Guernsey  • Coshocton  • Holmes See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption This page is available for adoption

County Information

Description

The county was named is a Delaware Indian word variously translated as "old town" or "open mouth". It is located in the East-central area of the state.

County Courthouse

Tuscarawas County Courthouse
101 E High Ave
Public Square
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
Phone: 330-364-8811
Tuscarawas County Website

Probate Judge has birth, marriage, death and probate records;
Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1808 and naturalization records from 1907;
County Recorder has land records

Tuscarawas 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	1808	1867	1808	1809	1809	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 Muskingum County in March 15, 1808. County Seat: New Philadelphia 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
Dover	New Philadelphia (county seat)	Uhrichsville
Villages
Baltic Barnhill Bolivar Dennison Gnadenhutten Midvale	Mineral City Newcomerstown Parral Port Washington Roswell	Stone Creek Strasburg Sugarcreek Tuscarawas Zoar
Unincorporated communities
Barrs Mills Bernice Blackband Columbia Eastport Gilmore Glasgow Goshen Hartwood	Lock Seventeen Mount Tabor New Cumberland Newport Peoli Postboy Ragersville Rockford	Somerdale Stillwater Wainwright West Chester Winfield Wolf Yorktown Zoarville
Census-designated places
Dundee	Sandyville
Townships
Auburn Bucks Clay Dover Fairfield Franklin Goshen Jefferson	Lawrence Mill Oxford Perry Rush Salem Sandy	Sugar Creek Union Warren Warwick Washington Wayne York
Ghost towns
Three Legs Town

Resources

Bible Records

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

Biographies

• Portrait and biographical record of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, (Chicago: C.O. Owen & Co., 1895); Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive
• Biographies at USGenWeb Archives

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Tuscarawas County, Ohio online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Find A Grave Interment.net USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project Billion Graves OHGenWeb Tombstone Photo Project Ohio Gravestones
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Find A Grave
See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

 

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1810	3,045	—
1820	8,328	173.5%
1830	14,298	71.7%
1840	25,631	79.3%
1850	31,761	23.9%
1860	32,463	2.2%
1870	33,840	4.2%
1880	40,198	18.8%
1890	46,618	16.0%
1900	53,751	15.3%
1910	57,035	6.1%
1920	63,578	11.5%
1930	68,193	7.3%
1940	68,816	0.9%
1950	70,320	2.2%
1960	76,789	9.2%
1970	77,211	0.5%
1980	84,614	9.6%
1990	84,090	−0.6%
2000	90,914	8.1%
2010	92,582	1.8%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

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.

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.

• Land Records at USGenWeb Archives

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.

• Mansfield, John Brainard, A History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; its Townships, Towns, Churches, and Schools, (Chicago, Illinois: Warner, Beers and Co., 1884). Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books.
• Richardson, J.M., A Brief History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, (Canal Dover, Ohio: The Bixler Printing Co., 1896). Online at FamilySearch Digital Library; abbreviated version online at Rootsweb.
• Hagloch, Henry C., The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, (Dover, Ohio: Dover Historical Society, 1956). FHL book 977.166 H2hh
• Ohio Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county.

Maps and Gazetteers

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• 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; index and images.

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

World War I

• 1914-1918 Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1914-1919 Ohio, World War I Statement of Service Cards, 1914-1919 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1916-1920 Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.

Naturalization and Citizenship

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

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

Newspapers

Tuscarawas 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.

• 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.

Obituaries

• Obituaries at USGenWeb 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 Tuscarawas 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.

Online Probate Indexes and 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; index and images.

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.

Online Tax Indexes and Records

• 1800-1850 Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 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.

Birth

• 1841-2003 Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1959-1998 Ohio, Birth Index, 1959-1998 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Marriage

• 1789-2013 Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1800-1942 Ohio Marriages, 1800-1942 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index.
• 1800-1958 Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; 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; index and images.
• 1908-1932, 1938–1944, and 1958–2007 Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 at FamilySearch – How to Use this Collection; Index.
• 1908-1932, 1938-2018 Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
• 1913-1944, 1954-1963 Ohio Death Index, 1913-1944, 1954-1963 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Divorce

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

Research Facilities

Archives

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

Family History Centers

Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• 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.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Canton Ohio Family History Center
• Wooster Ohio Family History Center
• Holmes County District Public Library - an affiliate library
• Carroll County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society - an affiliate library
• Stark County District Library - an affiliate library

Libraries

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

Tuscarawas County Public Library System
Main Library
121 Fair Ave NW
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
330-364-4474
Website

Claymont Public Library
215 E Third St
Uhrichsville, OH 44683
740-922-3626
Website

Dover Public Library
525 N Walnut St
Dover, OH 44622-2851
330-343-6123
Website

Gnadenhutten Public Library
160 N Walnut St
PO Box 216
Gnadenhutten, OH 44629-0216
740-254-9224
Website

Newcomerstown Public Library
123 E Main St
Newcomerstown, OH 43832-1093
740-498-8228
Website

Museums

Reeves Victorian Home & Carriage House Museum
325 E Iron Ave
Dover, OH 44622
330-343-7040 or 800-815-2794
Website

Schoenbrunn Village
1984 E High Ave
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
800-752-2711 or 740-9226776
Email:rayaw@dennisondepot.org
Website

Societies

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

Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society
307 Center St
Dennison, OH 44621
740-922-0531
Email:tcgslibrary@gmail.com
Website

The Ragersville Historical Society, Inc.
8800 Crooked Run Rd
Sugarcreek, OH 44681
330-897-9204
E-mail:ragersville@gmail.com
Website

Tuscarawas County Historical Society
PO Box 462
​New Philadelphia, OH 44663
330-308-7494 or 330-339-3391 ext. 47494
Website

Dover Historical Society
325 E Iron Ave
Dover, OH 44622-2105
800-815-2794
E-mail:director@reevesmuseum.org
Website

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
• Tuscarawas County OH Genealogy at LDS Genealogy
• Tuscarawas County USGenWeb Archives
• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• 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.