Source:
Caldwell's Atlas of Monroe County, Ohio
from actual Surveys by and under the direction of J. A. Caldwell, C. E.
Published by
Atlas Publishing Company,
Mount Vernon, Ohio
1898

SHARON WICK'S NOTE:  Some of these pages are finished (green), some are partially finished and some have not been started.

CONTENTS: PREFACE   HISTORICAL SKETCH of MONROE COUNTY, OHIO   OHIO, AS IT EMERGED ABOVE THE WATERS. 7  - Geological Formations  - Primitive Races  - Mound Buildings  - Titles to Ohio  - Indians  - Ohio Without Inhabitants  - French Title  - English Title  - The Title of the United States  - A. L. Tubaugh, Furniture Dealer - portrait & sketch  - CLAIMS OF VIRGINIA      and other States to the Territory Northwest of the Ohio River,      and the Cession of their Titles to the General Government.    - Land Grants 8  - Congress Lands 8 J. M. BOUGNER, Recorder - Portrait & Sketch 8  - United States Military Lands 8  - Western Reserve 8  - Fire Lands 8  - Ohio Company's Land 8  - The Donation Tract 8  - Symmes' Purchase 8  - Refugee Tract 8  - French Grant 8  - Dohrman's Grant 8  - Moravian Lands 8  - Zane's Tracts 8 MILES OKEY, Auditor - Portrait 8 MAP OF  THE ORIGINAL SURVEYS OF OHIO     made from Actual Surveys by U. S. Government - from 1790 to 1809     of all the different land grants of Ohio with history connected 9-10  - The Maumee Road Lands 11  - Turnpike Lands 11  - Ohio Canal Lands 11  - School Lands 11  - LOCAL COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS 11 HON. JOHN P. SPRIGGS - Portrait & Sketch 11 ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES     Wayne County - Its Boundaries - Topography - Soil -     Productions - County Seat Creation 11 ORGANIZATION - Continued 12 REFUSED LANDS, CONDITION OF EARLY AGRICULTURE,     THE OPENING OF MARKETS, ETC. 12 THE SETTLEMENT OF NORTHERN OHIO BY INDIANS 12 GEORGE WINLAND, County Commissions - Portrait & Sketch 12 WAYNE COUNTY PREVIOUS TO ITS SETTLEMENT BY     WHITE INHABITANTS 12 THE PIONEERS AND THEIR TIMES 12  - Pioneer Life in Monroe County 12 JOHN OKEY, County Surveyor - Portrait & Sketch 13  - College Townships 13  - Ministerial Lands 13  - Salt Sections 13 VIRGINIA MILITARY LANDS 13 THE PROSPECT BEFORE THE FIRST SETTLERS     ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRITORY  - FIRST OFFICERS  - SECOND GRADE OF TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT  - EARLY LAWS  - COURTS  - EARLY SETTLEMENTS 13 ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRITORY 13 WIRE HAMILTON, Attorney - Portrait and Sketch 13  - First Officers of the Territory 13  - Early Laws of the Territory 14  - The Early History of Monroe Co. 14  - The First Settlement of Monroe 14 BERNHARD ZITZMANN, Editor & Manater - Portrait & Sketch 14 MONROE COUNTY CHILDREN'S HOME, WOODSFIELD, O     Photo 14  - How They had a Social Good Time with the Early Settlers 14  - Second Grade of Territorial Government 14 WOODSFIELD 14  - First Layout of Woodsfield 15 BIRDSEYE VIEW OF WOODSFIELD, OHIO (PHOTO) 15 TOWNSHIPS 15  - Members of Congress from Monroe 15  - State Candidates 15  - Monroe in the Legislature 15 HON. ALBERT J. PEARSON - Portrait & Sketch 15  - Common Pleas Judges 15  - County Officers 16 L. E. MATZ, Attorney - Portrait & Sketch 16 W. W.(V.) WALTON, Attorney - Portrait & Sketch 16 SPECIAL MERCHANTS BUSINESS DIRECTORY 17 ZENIGER, J. W.   WOODSFIELD SCHOOL BUILDING (PICTURE) 17  - School by Subscription in the Pioneer Times of Monroe 17 JOHN PFALZGRAF - Portrait & Sketch 17 PATRONS BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF MONROE COUNTY 18 BLANK 19 MAP OF MONROE COUNTY 20 INDEX TO STATE MAP OF OHIO (to hard to read in my copy ~ SWick) 22 MAPS Antioch 90 Adams Township 75 Barresville 138-139 Beallsville 134 Bethel Township 124 Brownsville 84 Benton Township 89 Clarington 142-43 Cameron 50 Cochrensville 76 Center Township 91-92 Franklin Township 119 Green Township 79-80 Graysville 138 Jackson Township 41-42 Jerusalem 135 Lee Township 49 Lebanon 50 Lewisville 109 Monroe County 20 Miltonsburg 76 Maraga Township 97 Malaga 119 Mechanicsburg 79 New Castle 79 Ohio Map 22 Ohio Township 53 Perry Township 83 Summit Township 108 Sardis 59 Section 22 54 String Town 105 Salem Township 60 Switzerland Township 64 Sunbury Tp. 70 Seneca Township 105  - - Calais 115 Safford 105 Texas 41 United States Map 36 Wayne Township 114 Washington Township 129 Woodsfield 40 DIRECTORY OF LANDOWNERS for areas listed below.   Adams - FINISHED 76 Bethel - FINISHED 125 Benton - FINISHED 87 Center - FINISHED 94 Franklin - FINISHED 117 Green - FINISHED 77 Jackson - FINISHED 46 Lee - FINISHED 47 Malaga - FINISHED 95 Ohio - not started - Ordered new copy of page 56 Perry - FINISHED 86 Salem - not started - Ordered new copy of page 57 Seneca - FINISHED 106 Summit - FINISHED 106-1/2 Sunsbury - FINISHED 67 Switzerland - FINISHED 66 Wayne - FINISHED 116-1/2 Washington - FINISHED 126 Special Merchant's Business Directory of Monroe County 77 Patron's Business Directory 10, 16 or 18 PORTRAITS   Birds Eye View of Woodsfield 15 Boughner, J. M. 8 Hamilton, Wire, Atty. 13 Jeffers, F. A., Attorney 14 Little, Charles O. 7 Matz, L. E. 16 Monroe County Children's Home 14 Okey, John 13 Okey, Miles 8 Pearson, Albert J. 15 Pfalzgraf, John 17 Spriggs, John P., Hon. 11 Tubaugh, A. J. 7 Winland, George 12 Woodsfield School Building 17 Wright, R. I. 16 Walton, W. W. 16 Zesiger, J. W. 17 Zitzmann, Bernhard, Editor & Manager 14