PICKAWAY COUNTY, OH MILITARY RECORDS

If you have any Military Records you would like to contribute on individuals with a connection to Pickaway County, see "A Guide for contributing your material to share with others via the Pickaway County OHGenWeb site" All files are "as is" and I cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of the information contained in this database. I regret I cannot assist you in your personal research or prevent duplication of data. My goal is to provide these files to aid you in finding and/or correcting your family information.

Revolutionary War - 1775 to 1784

290,000 men participated in the American Revolutionary War. There were 4,435 deaths in service. Last Veteran: Daniel F. Bakeman, died 4/5/1869, age 109.

 

War of 1812 - 1812 to 1815

287,000 men participated in the War of 1812. There were 6,765 deaths in service. Last Veteran: Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/05, age 105.

• Roster of Pickaway County Soldiers, War of 1812
  
   

Indian Wars & French and Indian War (also known as the "Seven Years War")

106,000 men participated in the Indian Wars. There were 1,000 deaths in service. Last Veteran: Fredrak Fraske, died 6/18/73, age 101.
 

Offsite

• Native Americans Indian Wars – This web site is a representative survey of conflicts between Native Americans and Europeans over three centuries.

• A Brief History of The French & Indian War with Maps.

• Indian War Period Medals Of Honor

• Muster Roll of the field and Staff of a Regiment of Cherokees Commanded by Colo. Gideon Morgan in the division Commanded by Major General Cocke & Jackson in the Service of the United States against the Hostile Creeks.

• Pequot Indian War

• French and Indian War

• Seminole Wars

  • 1817

  • 1835-1842

  • 1855-1858

• Creek Wars

  • 1811

  • 1814

  • 1836

• Black Hawk War, 1832

• Black Hawk War, Utah, 1856 - 1857

REPUBLIC of TEXAS 1835 - 1845

13,000 Americans killed in battle or dead from disease.

 Offsite

• Rosters, Companies, and Participants hosted by USGenWeb Pension Project

• The Navy of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1845

• Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845 - Information about military service of individuals who served the Republic of Texas during this timeframe.

• Texas Army Roster (hosted at Early Texas History)

   

   

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• Republic Claims Search - The Audited Republic Claims series includes claims for payment, reimbursement, or restitution submitted by citizens to the Republic of Texas government from 1835 through 1846.

• USGenWeb Pensions Project - Comptroller's records includes claims for payment, reimbursement, or restitution submitted by citizens to the Republic of Texas government from 1835 through 1846. It also includes records relating to Republic pensions and claims against the Republic submitted as public debt claims after 1846.

• The US GenWeb Archives Pension Project - provides actual transcriptions of Pension related materials .  Very little information on Ohio, but check back often for additions.  
• Descendants of Mexican War Veterans - various information on the war. Includes documents and battle reports.  Site has search engine.
• Aztec Club of 1847 - Searchable Database. Original members of the Aztec Club came from both the Regular and Volunteer forces, but not from the militia.

Civil War - 1861 to 1865

Union participants were 2,213,000 in the Civil War. There were 364,000 Union deaths in service. Last Union Veteran: Albert Woolson, died 8/2/56, age 109. Confederate participants were 1,000,000*. There were 133,821* Confederate deaths in service. Last Confederate Veteran: Disputed.*

• Volunteer Infantry Rosters & POW

12 Ohio Volunteer Infantry Roster
13 Ohio Volunteer Infantry Roster
70 Ohio Volunteer Infantry Roster
71 Ohio Volunteer Infantry Roster
72 Ohio Volunteer Infantry Roster
73 Ohio Volunteer Infantry Roster

114th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

 

• Ohio Soldiers/Prisoners of War at Savannah GA (1864), from the New York Tribune

• Ohioans Buried at Rebel Prison of Andersonville, GA 
  Surnames Beginning A through E
  Surnames Beginning F through L
  Surnames Beginning M through Q
  Surnames Beginning R through Z
  Camp Chase, Franklin Co OH, c1863
   

• Civil War Soldier & Sailor System - is a computerized database containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War.
• Other Ohio Volunteer Infantry Rosters
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
• National Graves Registration Database -  Online Database free to public which contains the final resting place of Civil War Veterans.  The database is ongoing and updated frequently with new information.
• Ohio in the Civil War – Website maintained by Larry Stevens gives history on the Regiments organized in Ohio.  Also includes histories on Prisons, photos, bibliographies and miscellaneous items.  This is not a Ohio Roster Database - This is a database of historical information.
• Civil War Burials Database Project – Civil War Center website (USCWC)
• The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies - 60 volumes - (scanned) Series I:   Contains the formal reports, both Union and Confederate. Series II:   Contains the correspondence, orders, reports, and returns, Union and Confederate, relating to prisoners of war, and (so far as the military authorities were concerned) to State or political prisoners.
• Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (1894 - 1922) Series I, vols. 1-27; Series II, vols 1-3 (1894 - 1922).
• Medal of Honor Recipients U. S. Civil War Index - Presented here are Medal of Honor recipients who earned their awards in the American Civil War.
• US Civil War Center Cemetery Listings
• Civil War Battle Summaries for Ohio   and    Kentucky (our southern neighbor)
• American Civil War: OH: Muskingum Co: Company F, 122d Ohio Volunteer Infantry  from Rootsweb
• OH: 26th Regiment Ohio Infantry, American Civil War  from Rootsweb
• Union Regimental Rosters - Ohio    and   Regimental History from the Civil War Archive
• Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (transcribed).
• National Park Service Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is a computerized database containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War.
• 26th OHIO VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY " The Ground Hog Regiment"

Spanish-American War 1898 to 1902

392,000 participated in the Spanish-American War. There were 11,000 deaths in service. Last Veteran: Nathan E. Cook, died 9/10/92, age 106.

Offsite

• Ohio Spanish-American War Pension Applications – Part of the USGenWeb Archives Pension Project. Very little information, but check back often for updates.

• Theodore Roosevelt - 1858–1919, Muster Out Rolls (hosted at Bartleby.com)

   

  • Field, Staff and Band

  • Troop A

  • Troop B

  • Troop C

  • Troop D

  • Troop E

  • Troop F

  • Troop G

  • Troop H

  • Troop I

  • Troop K

  • Troop L

  • Troop M

• 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Troop B

• 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry

• 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Troop B

• 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry

• Surname Roster of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F (hosted at Spanish American War Centenial Web Site)

• 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

• 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

• 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

• 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

• 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

 War I 1917 to 1918

4,743,826 participated in WWI. There were 116,708 deaths in service. There were 3,350 POW/MIA.

World War II 1940 to 1947

16,353,659 participated in WWII. There were 407,316 deaths in service. There were 78,777 POW/MIA.
 

Korean War 1950 to 1955

5,764,143 participated in Korean War. There were 33,651 deaths in service. There were 7,190 POWs [4,428 repatriated]; 8177 MIAs

Offsite

• Ohio Residents Casualties in the Korean Conflict -  U.S. Military Personnel who died as a result of the Korean conflict including those who resided in Pickaway County, Ohio.

• Search the Korean War Casualty List

• Servicemen POW/KIA DNA Testing Assistance Needed

Vietnam War 1964 to 1975                 

8,744,000 participated in Vietnam War. There were 58,168 deaths in service. There were 2,459 POW/MIAs.  

Offsite

• Ohio Residents Casualties in the Vietnam War - U.S. Military Personnel who died as a result of the Vietnam conflict from the Combat Area Casualties Current File Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330. Includes those who resided in Pickaway County, Ohio.

Persian Gulf War Era 1990 to To Be Decided

467,539 participated in the first Persian Gulf War I and there were 378 deaths in service. There were 2 Missing, Presumed Dead and 1 MIA. There were 23 POWs and all were returned. 

• Gulf War Veterans Memorial

• The Gulf War KIA/MIA List

• POW/MIA's of the Persian Gulf War 1991 - Current Status 1991 Persian Gulf POW/MIAs As of 9/2/2000

• WWII/Korean/Cold War remains returned – this is a list of Americans Identified since 1989 who were MIA during WWII, KOREA, COLD WAR

• Remains Returned which include Vietnam Conflict, Mayaguez, Glomar Java Seam, and Bay of Pigs.

• Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients  - State of Ohio

Statistical Sources: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, July 1998

* Authoritative statistics for Confederate Forces are not available. An estimated 28,000 Confederate soldiers died in Union prisons. In the VA press release, the last Confederate veteran is listed as John Salling. But it is disputed. http://www.omalco.com/salling.htm

Note: Figures on the number of deaths in service include all of those Killed in Action, by natural causes, accidents etc.