Genealogy Projects tagged with Harrison County on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Harrison County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harrison County, Kentucky. Harrison County was formed on December 21, 1793 and was named for Colonel Benjamin Harrison, an early settler in the area. The First Battle of Cynthiana was on July 17, 1862, part of Col. John Hunt Morgan's First Kentucky Raid. Morgan's Last Kentucky Raid included on June 11–12, 1864 the Civil War Second B...

  • Harrison County, Mississippi

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harrison County, Mississippi. Official Website The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison and was extensively damaged from both Hurricane Camille in 1969 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Adjacent Counties Hancock County Jackson County Stone County Cities & Communities Biloxi (County Seat) Cue...

  • Harrison County, West Virginia, USA

    This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to this County of West Virginia. Please feel free to add profiles of anyone who was born, lived or died in this county. Indigenous peoples lived in the area that would become Harrison County for thousands of years. The Oak Mounds outside Clarksburg were built by the Hopewell culture mound builders during the first millennium BC. Wh...

  • Stafford Cemetery, New Hampton, Missouri

    This project is for those buried in Stafford Cemetery, New Hampton, Harrison County, Missouri. It's also known as Jones Chapel Cemetery . Find a Grave

  • Harrison County, Missouri

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Harrison County, Missouri. The county was organized February 14, 1845 and named for U.S. Representative Albert G. Harrison of Missouri. Adjacent Counties Decatur County, Iowa Mercer County Ringgold County, Iowa Grundy County Daviess County Gentry County Worth County Cities & Villages

  • Harrison County, Iowa

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harrison County, Iowa. Official Website The county was formed in 1851. It was named for ninth US President William Henry Harrison. Adjacent Counties Crawford County Shelby County Monona County Burt County, Nebraska Pottawattamie County Washington County, Nebraska Cities Dunlap Little Sioux

  • Harrison County, Texas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harrison County, Texas. Official Website History Settlement by immigrants from the United States (US) began during the 1830s in the territory of present-day Harrison County. In 1835, the Mexican authorities granted a dozen land grants to US immigrants. After the Texas Revolution, the Congress of the Texas Republic established Harr...

  • Hughes Cemetery, Cainsville, Missouri

    Although the cemetery is located within Harrison County, it can no longer be reached directly from there, as the old road has not been used in far too many years. It can now only be reached from Mercer county, via the road that goes past the old Hiram Hughes farm (now owned by Mike Campbell, a close friend of the family). Find a Grave

  • Harrison County, Ohio

    Please add people who were born, lived or died in Harrison County, Ohio. Official Website Harrison County was formed in 1813 and was named after General William Henry Harrison, the hero of the battle of Tippecanoe in the War of 1812 (and later to become the 9th US President). Adjacent Counties Carroll County Jefferson County Tuscarawas County Belmont County Guernsey County ...

  • Harrison County, Indiana

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Harrison County, Indiana. Official Website History The area became part of the United States following its conquest during the American Revolutionary War. Veterans of the revolution received land grants in the eastern part of the county as part of Clark's Grant. Daniel Boone and his brother Squire Boone were early explorers of th...

  • Zoar Cemetery, Cainsville, Missouri

    This cemetery is located on 2103 McLain Street, Cainsville, Harrison County, Missouri. Find a Grave Roots Web

  • Grandview Cemetery, Scio, Ohio

    The cemetery is located on the south side of Grandview Road (Township Road 230) at its junction with Cemetery Road (Township Road 231), in Scio, Harrison County, Ohio. The cemetery was established in 1860 and is 10.89 acres in size. The cemetery is located in German Township, Harrison County, Ohio, and is # 5021 (Grandview Cemetery / Scio Methodist Episcopal Cemetery ) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803...

  • First & Second Battles of Cynthiana (1862 & 1864), US Civil War

    During the early summer of 1862, John H. Morgan led his small cavalry force of Kentuckians, Georgians, and Texans on a raid that later had a direct impact on the Kentucky Campaign that same summer and fall. Morgan led his men to Cynthiana in mid-July, the town called later as the “best Rebel town of our Native State.” Indeed, in 1861 and 1862 nine companies of infantry were raised in Harrison C...

  • Conotton Cemetery, Harrison County, Ohio

    This project is for those buried in Conotton Cemetery, Harrison County, Ohio. Find a Grave

  • Coalville Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi

    Coalville Cemetery is located in the Community of Woolmarket, in Harrison County, on the Lorraine Road and is located across the road from Coalville Methodist Church, which both were established in 1852 by the coal burner families (Pioneer Families) in the community. The area where the Coalville Cemetery lies is the spot where coal burners made charcoal for home use and bound by schooners to th...

  • Biloxi,Harrison County, Mississippi

    This project is for those that were born,lived, and died in Harrison County, Mississippi. Official Website In 1699 French colonists formed the first, permanent, European settlement in French Louisiana, at Fort Maurepas, now in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and referred to as "Old Biloxi". They were under the direction of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. La Louisiane was separated from Spanish Flori...

  • Biloxi City Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi

    The City of Biloxi has a city-maintained cemetery that stretches from U.S. 90 on the southern end to the north of the CSX railway off Irish Hill, east of White Avenue. It is located west of the former site of Fort Louis, which indicates it may have been the burial place for early French settlers. The oldest existing tombstone is French-inscribed and bears an 1811 death date. The cemetery featur...

  • Bear Creek Cemetery, Benton County, Iowa

    This project is for those buried in Bear Creek Cemetery, Harrison Township, Benton County, Iowa. Find a Grave Interment.net

  • Battle of Corydon (July 09, 1863), US Civil War

    The Battle of Corydon was a minor engagement that took place July 9, 1863, just south of Corydon, which had been the original capital of Indiana until 1825, and was the county seat of Harrison County . The attack occurred during Morgan's Raid in the American Civil War as a force of 2,500 cavalry invaded the North in support of the Tullahoma Campaign . It was the only pitched battle of the Civil...

  • Mitchell Cemetery, Melbourne, Missouri

    Located in Harrison County; S26-T62N-R24W. It is approximately 1 3/4 mile west of the border of Grundy County, immediately southwest of Melbourne, MO, and is important to Grundy County records because of those families from Grundy County buried there; also, because of the number of service men buried there. MO GenWeb Find a Grave RootsWeb

  • Wesley Chapel United Methodist Cemetery, Mauckport, Indiana

    This project is for those buried in Wesley Chapel UMC Cemetery, Mauckport, Harrison County, Indiana. A fence is established around the perimeter of the cemetery, and normally accessed through a large metal gate on the south-end of the cemetery, although years ago the cemetery was likely accessed in front along the road. The cemetery is separated from Wesley Methodist Chapel by a small patch of...

  • Biloxi National Cemetery

    Wikipedia Biloxi National Cemetery is a U.S. National Cemetery that is located in Biloxi, Mississippi on the grounds of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), near Keesler Air Force Base. Find a Grave

  • Ridgeview Cemetery, Scio, Ohio

    This project is for those buried in Ridgeview Cemetery, Scio, Harrison County, Ohio. The cemetery is located on west side of Hanover Ridge Road (County Road 17) at its intersection with Keyser Road (Township Road 239). It was established in 1818, is 2.02 acres in size and is also known as Ridge Church Cemetery . The cemetery is maintained by the Archer Township Trustees. The cemetery is locat...

  • Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio

    Franklin College (founded 1818) was a college in New Athens, Ohio, founded by abolitionist John Walker, a Presbyterian minister. The college was called Alma college from 1818 until 1825, when the name was changed to Franklin College. The college ceased operation in 1919, and became associated with Muskingum College until 1927. The college building houses the Franklin Museum which showcases the ...