Genealogy Trails, Hocking County, Ohio National Site Your best source for FREE Genealogy data Always updating, always free! These pages are updated often.  Please  refresh your browser each time you visit!. Ohio Site History Ross, Athens and Fairfield counties were split to create Hocking county and on March 1, 1818, by an Act of the Ohio General Assembly, Hocking county became official.  Hocking County derived its name from the Indian word "Hoc-Hock-ing" which means "a bottle". The Hocking River flows through the county, which was once claimed by the Wyandot Indians. Logan is the county seat of Hocking County, Ohio. Residents named the town in honor of Chief Logan of the Mingo Indian tribe. Hocking County Courthouse One East Main Street Logan, OH  43138 River Bridge, Logan, 1926 Welcome!  My name is Sandie Cummins and I'm your Hocking County host here at Genealogy Trails. Genealogy Trails is a volunteer-based project dedicated to  transcribing historical and genealogical data. Our goal is to post as much data online as possible in order to make it freely available to all. We gratefully accept your contributions of data such as census information, marriage/birth/death records, old photos, obituaries, family histories, biographies, old newspaper items - anything that would help someone build their family tree! We consider every nugget of data an important piece of the genealogy puzzle. If you have information to donate, please email me with your contributions.  Thanks and Happy Trails! Hocking County Ohio Flag If you've been here before, don't forget to refresh your browser to see the updates! Hocking County Clerk of Probate Court has Marriage Records from 1818-present, Birth/Death/Probate Records from 1867-1908. Located on second floor of the courthouse. Phone 740-385-3022  Hocking County Clerk of Court of Common Pleas has Court records from 1818-present. Phone 740-385-4027 Hocking County Recorder has Land Records from 1818-present. Phone 740-385-2031 or 740-385-2031; Fax: 740-385-0377 Email:  shunt@co.hocking.oh.us Hocking County Health Department has Birth & Death records from 1908-Present.  Phone 740-385-3030 or 740-385-2252 Hocking County Chapter Ohio Genealogical Society P.O. Box 115, Rockbridge, OH 43149-0015 Hocking County Public Library 230 E. Main Street Logan, OH 43138 Phone 740-385-2348 Lake Logan State Park HOCKING  COUNTY  RESEARCH The Civil War   Queries Obituaries Old News Marriages Payne's Crossing Biographies Genealogys Sanborn Maps Townships Hocking Canal   County History   Bible Records Postal History Cemeteries Postcards from the Past   Vintage Recipes   Hocking Vets 1908 Logan Souvenir Book   Chief Logan 1963 Logan Squaws Cookbook WW11 American Patriots 1941 - 1945 Hocking County Census   1905 Physician, and Dentist Directory Hocking, Athens, Perry Death Information   Hocking Valley Coal Mines Hocking Deaths 1908-32, 1938-44, and 1958-2002 Benton High School 1950   WWII Army Enlistment Records 1938-46 58th Ohio Infantry Regiment 1876 Atlas & Twp. Indexes Jolly Nellie Lane 63rd Ohio Infantry Regiment   Notable Natives and Residents of Hocking County, Ohio Katie Smith, Women's National Basketball Association player Estel Crabtree , Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals Tessa Sweazy Webb , author, educator and founder of Ohio Poetry Day John Corby, Columbus, Ohio radio personality Don Robertson , prize-winning novelist, wrote a steamy, cynical, realistic historical novel, "Paradise Falls," based on Logan, Ohio. Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson , basketball coach for the University of Pittsburgh from 1922 to 1958. Harry Armstrong, former State Senator from Hocking county.        Wanted Old photos of your Ancestors & your Hocking County community. Pictures help us make the connection to those who have gone before us. There is something very moving about being able to look back through time, with the help of an old photo, to see the ancient face of a grandparent or other relative you never knew.  It's just as exciting to be able to see how and where your ancestors lived so long ago.  With your help, those searching for their ancestors will be able to  access your photos, here on this webiste,  free of charge.  The photos you share will remain your copyright property and your name will be added as "submitter." Please consider sharing those old photos.  EMAIL ME   here. I'd love to hear from you!    Would you like to host a website?  These local Genealogy Trails sites are up for adoption: Fairfield County Adopt Me! 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