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Muskingum County is located in the state of Ohio, United
States. Its county seat is Zanesville. Nearly bisected by the Muskingum
River, it is based on a Delaware
American Indian word translated as "town by the river" or "elk's
eye". Muskingum
County was created on January 7, 1804
and was formed from Fairfield
and Washington
Counties. Muskingum County is located about 50 miles east of Columbus.
Muskingum is an old Delaware Indian word meaning "a town by the
river". Zanesville was the state capital of Ohio from
1810-12 and is now the Muskingum county seat. In 1814, the first Y-bridges in
the world was constructed across the Licking and Muskingum Rivers. It is
possible to cross the Y-bridge and stay on the same side of the river.
Probate Court has birth & death records from 1867 to 1909, marriage &
probate records from 1851; Health Department has birth & death records
form 1909; Clerk of Common Pleas Courts has divorce & civil court records
from 1804, Supreme Court records 1805 to 1852; County Recorder has land
records form 1804. The following counties lie adjacent to Muskingum: Coshocton County
(north); Guernsey County (east); Noble County (southeast); Morgan County (south); Perry County (southwest); and Licking County (west). |
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Dennis McVicker was born in Pennsylvania about
1775. Like many of his contemporaries
he migrated west into Ohio
which was originally partitioned from the Northwest Territory, and the first admitted to
the Union under the Northwest Ordinance) on March 1, 1803. This move from
Pennsylvania probably occurred around 1817-18. The Dennis McVicker family is shown as
living in Muskingum County, Ohio in the both the 1820 and 1830 United States
Federal Censuses. The 1820 census
shows Dennis residing in Salem Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, with four
sons and three daughters. In the 1830
US Federal Census, the family is shown as residing in Monroe Twp, Muskingum
County, Ohio with their three sons and three youngest daughters, plus an
80-90 year old female. The History of
Muskingum County, Ohio cites the following regarding Dennis' son and wife,
"David and Elizabeth McVicker, withdrew from the Adamsville Church in
Salem Twp and joined the Otsego, Monroe Township Church". David's father and mother, (Dennis and
Catharine),probably did the same thing when they moved from Salem to Monroe
Township. Dennis McVicker died in 1831, and Docket
A, p. 267, Case #1052, Probate Court, Muskingum County OH shows that Letters
of Administration were filed for the small estate on 14 Nov 1831. No deed for
land was reported for Dennis and his wife in that county, and no other
records have been found there. Four of
Dennis’s seven adult children married in Monroe Township. James Blizzard and Maria McVicker married
here in 1833. Lurannah McVicker
married Samuel Lane here in 1827. David McVicker married Betsy McKee her in
1831. Agnes McVicker married Tillman
Wolverton her in 1834. The marriage
records are located in Muskingum County at the county courthouse at
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Monroe Township
LOCATION: Places: Marquand Mills; Maysville; Otsego |
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NAME /
DESCRIPTION: Monroe Township is
one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United
States. The 2000 census found 439 people in the township. Monroe township was named
in honor of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States. It is
located in the northeastern corner of Muskingum County, Ohio. Madison and Adams townships, on the south
by Highland township, on the east by Guernsey County and on the north by
Coshocton Co, bound it on the west. The Muskingum County
Commissioners set the township aside on July 2, 1819. Though some settlers
had come before this date, the area was not formerly recognized as Monroe
township before that date. Like it's neighboring townships, it was created
from the larger Highland township that existed prior to 1819. The largest
population center was Otsego, which was built on the site of an Indian
village. Wills creek runs through the northern part of the township and was
traversable by canoe to the Muskingum River in Adams Mills, up-river from
Dresden. Many settlers followed the creek to Monroe and the area was well
known among the early pioneers for it's game. Many of the early settlers had to carve their own trails to the township. Some came by canoe up the Wills Creek to White Eyes Creek. This being the end of their journey, the beginning starting in Marietta, up the Muskingum past Dresden to Wills Creek. Others would later disembark at Marquand Mills and follow what roads had by then been cut to whatever tract of land they had managed to obtain. Some came by covered wagon led by horses or oxen from Cambridge or via the Wheeling road through Union and Highland townships. It should be mentioned that these early settlers found the area heavily forested and had to clear their land before they could begin to farm it. The first few winters were tough as some crops failed and if it weren’t for the abundant game and their skills as hunters, they would have starved. At the same time they were clearing their land, hunting and starting their farms, they also had to deal with some Indians that remained hostile as well as some white men who saw an opportunity to prey on the poorly defended settlers. It was a hard life and through it all, many of these early settlers lived very long lives. A few early pioneers such as Charles Marquand and James Sprague lived into their nineties. These were sturdy men well deserving of the name pioneer. Otsego, the largest populated area of Monroe township, was built on the sight of an old Indian village. It has never been incorporated but has served as the only trading center in Monroe since 1838. James Sprague first owned the land the village was built on. He had later sold parts of the land to Francis Wires and Moses Abbott. James Boyle laid out the town when he was a surveyor for Muskingum County. The eastern half of the village was from the Moses Abbot's land and the eastern portion was taken from the tract of Francis Wires. The name Otsego was taken from a town by the same name in New York by Dr. Alonzo Delameter who had built a store there in 1837 with his brother Ralph. David Richardson built the first hotel in the township in Otsego in 1837. Otsego saw much traffic as
it stood on the crossroads of two of the widely used roads of the day. Route
93 and Route 83 converge in the village and also White Eyes Creek flows past
it and was used for transportation in the early years before the roads were
built. James Sprague and his sons built the first road in 1811-1812 to travel
to Dresden. The first road to be surveyed, by Charles Roberts, was cut in
1815 from James Lindley's mill on Crooked Creek in Union township to the
mouth of Wills Creek. The next road was cut in 1817 from Col. John Reynolds’s
store on the Wheeling road in Union township to James Sprague's land in
Otsego. The surveyor for that road was Joseph K. McCune. A road was later cut
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Blizzard; Lane;
McKee; McVicker; Wolverton. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(S): Monroe Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio; Monroe Twp. Detailed Profile; |
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Salem Township
LOCATION: Places: Adamsville; Spencer (u.p.) |
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NAME / DESCRIPTION: Salem Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The
2000 census found 830
people in the township, 703 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of
the township.
The Muskingum County Commissioners created Salem Township from Highland
Township in July 1819. It is found in
the north eastern part of Muskingum County between Highland Twp. to the east,
Madison and Washington Twps. to the west, Adams Twp. to the north and Perry
Twp. to the south. It is found in Range 6W in an area known as "The
Military District" which was originally laid out following the
Revolutionary War. The name "Salem" was taken from Salem,
Massachusetts where some of it's early inhabitants had come from. The major
town is Adamsville which once was a prospering community but has of late
fallen the way of many towns bypassed by major highways. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(S): Salem Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio; Salem Twp., Muskingum Co., OH (Histopolis); Salem Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio - Wikipedia |
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Zanesville
LOCATION: Coordinates/Map: 39.946111, -82.012222; |
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NAME / DESCRIPTION: Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County. The population was 25,586 at the 2000 census.
Zanesville was named after Ebenezer
Zane, who
had constructed Zane's
Trace, a
pioneer road through present-day Ohio. He settled in the area in 1797 with
his son-in-law, John McIntire, at the point where Zane's Trace met
the Muskingum
River. From
1810-1812, the city was the second state capital of Ohio. The National
Road runs
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INTERNET WEB LINK(S): City
of Zanesville's official website; Zanesville
and Muskingum County, Ohio;
Zanesville Ohio Community
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The list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of
your ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this
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Profiles for 43 cities, towns
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Muskingum County Physical, Cultural &
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Muskingum County ZIP Codes |
Area Codes Muskingum County Land - Property, Farms
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Conducting
genealogical research in the United States requires an understanding of
county boundaries. As the population
grew more counties were created to meet the public’s need for localized
governments. This phenomena was common
in all states during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. As such you must be sure that you are not
looking for records in the wrong county or state. The web-site for the Atlas of Historical County Boundary Project provides interactive maps for all states. This Atlas is meant to be a
resource for people seeking records of past events, and people trying to analyze, interpret and display
county-based historical data like Land Records, Probate Records, Court Records, Tax Records,
and Vital Records
that document birth, death, and marriage.
Listed below are the boundary changes for this county, the dates they
occurred, as well as the government statute that decreed the change. To see actual changes in a mapping format
follow this link to the Atlas of Historical
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Map of 1804 County Boundaries (in
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01 Mar 1804 - MUSKINGUM
created from FAIRFIELD, WASHINGTON, and a small piece of COLUMBIANA. 15 Mar 1808 - MUSKINGUM lost to creation of
TUSCARAWAS. 01 Mar 1810 - MUSKINGUM
lost to creation of COSHOCTON and GUERNSEY; COSHOCTON not fully organized, attached to MUSKINGUM
for administrative and judicial purposes. 01 Apr 1811 - COSHOCTON fully organized,
detached from MUSKINGUM. 29 Dec 1817 - MUSKINGUM
lost to creation of MORGAN; MORGAN not fully organized, part attached to MUSKINGUM
for administrative and judicial purposes. 01 Mar 1818 - MUSKINGUM lost to creation of
PERRY. 01 Mar 1819 - MORGAN fully organized, detached
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Our “Gen-Tool Kit” has been primarily designed for those researchers who may be traveling to this location to perform on-site studies of their family history, or to just visit some of the interesting historical sites located in the area. It can be very satisfying to mix research with sightseeing at historical and scenic spots. Such activity not only gives you an understanding of the land but a needed break from intense research sessions. When visiting an ancestral county for genealogical research we’ve found that the three most important places to visit are the county courthouse; the county library; and the county historical and/or genealogical societies. It is also good to plan ahead by contacting any site you intend visiting in order to ascertain where it is and when it will be open. This is especially true with regard to historical and genealogical societies. We hope that the following information will provide you with a better idea of what resources are available, within this county, to the family historian. |
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Cemeteries of Muskingum
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Muskingum
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Muskingum County Cemetery
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Muskingum
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History of Muskingum County, Ohio
1882 ·
Muskingum County 1888 ·
Muskingum County 1854 ·
Muskingum County Bibliography |
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Family
History Library Holdings ·
Genealogy
Library Muskingum
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National Ceramic Museum &
Heritage Center ·
National
Road/Zane Grey Museum ·
PERiodical
Source Index Search Muskingum Co., OH ·
Putnam
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Muskingum
County, Ohio 1872 ·
Muskingum
County.1895 ·
Muskingum
County Land Ownership Atlas 1866 ·
Muskingum
County Land Ownership Atlas 1916 ·
Muskingum
County Post Offices ·
Muskingum
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Tiger Map
Server Browser Muskingum Co, OH |
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Quad List of
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Quad List of
Brush Creek, Ohio ·
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All Departments below are in the Muskingum County Courthouse
401 Main Street, Zanesville, OH 43701; Phone: +1-614-455-7107, unless
otherwise noted below. The Official County website is located at http://www.muskingumcounty.org
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Muskingum County Clerk of Probate Court has Marriage
Records from 1804, Birth / Death Records
from 1867-1908
and Probate
Records from 1804 and is located at the
courthouse. Phone Number: 740-455-7113 ·
Muskingum County
Recorder has
Land Records
from 1800
and is located at the courthouse. Phone Number: (740) 455-7107 ·
Muskingum
County Clerk of Court of Common Pleas has Court Records
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Muskingum Co.
Census Records ·
Muskingum
County Census Records ·
Muskingum
County Federal Census Index ·
Census Search Muskingum Co. 1880 ·
Muskingum County on Reel 1858 – 1930 U.S. Census ·
Muskingum County on Reel 1859 – 1930 U.S. Census ·
Livingston's
Law Register, 1851 Muskingum
Co. Lawyers ·
Muskingum County, Ohio Will Testators Index 1804-1891, A-D ·
Muskingum County, Ohio Will Testators Index 1804-1891, E-K ·
Muskingum County, Ohio Will Testators Index 1804-1891, L-R ·
Muskingum County, Ohio Will Testators Index 1804-1891, S-Z ·
Muskingum County Land Records ·
List of
Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 ·
Muskingum
County Military Records ·
Camp Goddard- Civil War ·
Civil War Data
for Muskingum County ·
Company F, 122d Ohio Volunteer Infantry
– Civil War ·
Zanesville
Guards – Civil War |
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Muskingum County, Ohio World War II Casualties ·
Migrations through Muskingum County ·
Muskingum County Miscellaneous Records ·
Muskingum County Public Records Links ·
Chronicling America Muskingum County ·
Muskingum County – Newspaper Abstracts ·
Muskingum County Newspaper Articles ·
DeLong-Baker & Lanning Funeral Home ·
Obituary Index Individuals born in Muskingum County ·
Old Muskingum County, Ohio Schools ·
Early Marriage
Bonds 1835-1848,
some C and K ·
Early Marriage
Bonds 1804-1818,
N-R ·
Muskingum
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Muskingum
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