HISTORY
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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CHAPTER I.
- A BRIEF CHAPTER EXPLANATORY OF THIS VOLUME AND ITS
SUBDIVISIONS
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CHAPTER II.
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- Commencement of the
Indian Occupation of the Country East of the
Mississippi
- Original Occupants
- The Lenni Lenapes
- The Mengwe
- The Allegwi
- Ancient Tradition
- The Conflict
- The Lenapes and Mengwe Victorious
- Their Occupation of the Whole Eastern Country
CHAPTER III.
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- From the close of the Revolution Down to the Time of the Removal of the
Last of the Indian Tribes from the Valley
- Names and
Characteristics of the Tribes of the Valley
- The Part Taken
by Them in the Wars
- Their Final Removal
- Incidents
CHAPTER IV. - HISTORY OF
THE SOIL AND JURISDICTION -
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- Province of Louisiana
- French Claim - British Claim
- Cession of France
to England
- Cession by England to the Colonies
- Cession by the States to the United States
- Extinguishment of Indian Tribes
- Organization as to Territory
- Admission as a State - Organization of Counties
- Township Organization
CHAPTER V -
HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES, INVASION, IMMIGRATION AND
SETTLEMENT BY THE WHITES -
- Early Settlers of the Maumee Valley Recalled
- The Names of Many of
Them, and Some Incidents Concerning Them.
CHAPTER VII.
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- Erection of Henry County
- The Act of Creating It
- Other Counties
Erected at the Same Time
- Original Boundaries
- Subsequent
Reductions to Form Other Counties
- Geographical Location
and Present Boundaries
- Events Incident to Its Complete
Organization
- Locating the County Seat
- Napoleon
Designated
- First County Officers
- First Court
- The Old
Log Court-House
- The First Frame Court-House
- Its Burning
- The Records Destroyed
- The First Brick Court-House
- Its Destruction
- The Present Court-House and Jail
- County Civil List
CHAPTER VIII.
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- Historical Incidents and Localities Connected with Henry County
- Simon Girty
- A Tale of the Early War
- Logan's Fidelity Proved
-
The Black Swamp
- Killing of Four Indians.
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CHAPTER IX - A GENERAL
TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF HENRY COUNTY; ITS
CIVIL DIVISIONS.
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CHAPTER X -
GEOLOGY OF HENRY COUNTY
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CHAPTER XI.
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- The Titles to Lands of Ohio
- Original Claimants
- Extinguishment of
Indian Titles
- Surveys in this Region.
