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Welcome to
Muskingum County, Ohio
History & Genealogy

Source:
BIOGRAPHICAL and HISTORICAL
MEMOIRS
Of
MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO
Embracing an
Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the
History of the County and a Record of the Lives of
Many of the Most Worthy Families and Individuals
ILLUSTRATED
Published
Chicago:
The Goodspeed Publishing Co.
1892
 
CHAPTER I. - Geology of the Country
 - The Streams and Drainage
 - The Soil
 - The Productions
 - The Great Coal Fields
 - Vertical Section of the Strata
 - Analysis of the Coals
 - Fire Clay
 - Stone and Gravel
 - Iron Ore
 - Salt and Other Mineral Springs
 - Petrolelum
 - Grades of Pottery
 - Railroads and Navigation.		 13
CHAPTER II. - Moundbuilders and Indians
 - Classifacation of the Earthworks of the Former People
 - A Description of the Most Noted Works of the State
 - Conclusions as to the Civilization of That People
 - The Indian Tribes
 - The Land Companies
 - The Moravians
 - Earliest Settlers
 - Statementsof Old Pioneers		 33
CHAPTER III - Era of Settlement
 - The French Courieurs du bois
 - Cession of the Soil by the Indians
 - Claims of the Old Colonies to the Territory
 - The Reserves
 - The Land Cmpanies
 - Military Tracts
 -Scouts and Squatters
 - First Settlers
 - Subsequent Pioneers
 - Customes of the Settlers
 - Game
 - First White Child		 42
CHAPTER IV. -  Formation of the County
 - Act of Creaton
 - First County Officers
 - First and Subsequent Meetings of the Board of Commissioners
 - Acts of the Board
 - Opening of Roads
 - Tavern, Ferry and Grocery Licenses
 - Petitions, etc.
 - Creation of the First Townships
 - Assessment of Taxes
 - Official Bonds
 - First County Buildings
 - Other Important Proceedings		 52
CHAPTER V. - Continued Acts of the County Board
 - General Improvements
 - Court House, Jail and Debtors' Prison Erected
 - Plans and Specifications
 - Other Important Interests
 - A List of the Officers of the County from the Earliest Period with Dates, etc.		 69
CHAPTER VI. - Boundary of the County
 - Disputed Districts and Boundaries
 - The State Capital at Zanesville
 - "Old 1809"
 - The Whipping Post
 - Subsequent Courthouses and Other Public Buildings
 - The Poorhouse
 - Will of John McIntire
 - Stock of the Canal and Manufacturing Company
 - The Children's Home.		 83
CHAPTER VII. - River Improvement and Navigation
 - The Keelboats and Pirogues
 - The Landings
 - The Canal
 - The First Steamboats
 - Boat Builders and Captains
 - Anecdotes
 - Improvements of the Rivers
 - Dams and Locks
 - Disasters on the Rivers
 - The Cargoes
 - Rivermen
 - Pilots
 - Explosion on the "Buckeye Belle."		 92
CHAPTER VIII. - Medical and Historic Societies
 - The Early Doctors and Their Methods
 - Vaccination Practiced for the First Time
 - Names of the Early Physicians
 - The First and Subsequent Medical Societies of the county.
 - The Pioneer and Historical Society
 - Its Articles of Incorporation and Its Laws
 - List of Members
 - Its Approval of the Historical Matter in This Volume.		 106
CHAPTER IX. - Military History of the County - IN PROCESS 11/9/2021
 - The Old Revolutionary Soldiers
 - War of 1812 in which were the Muskingum Men under Colonel Cass.
 - The War with Mexico
 - What the County did in this War
 - The Rebellion of 1861-65
 - Sketches  of the Regiments
 - Losses and Battles in Which This County's Volunteers Participated
 - Individual Record
 - Roll of Honor		 116
CHAPTER X. - Schools of the County
 - The Sixteenth Sections
 - Lease of the School Lands
 - Origin of the State and County School Fund
 - Laws on the Subject
 - Boards of Education
 - The Early and Later Methods of Teaching Compared
 - Revenue, Enrollment and Attendance
 - Houses, Cost and Other Statistics
 - Studies Pursued
 - Districts and Teachers.		 165
CHAPTER XI. - Schools of Zanesville
 - First Schools in the Town
 - Early Teachers and Methods
 - Seminaries and Academies
 - The Old Grammar and Classical Schools
 - Boards of Examiners
 - The Common school System
 - The Graded Schools
 - Teachers and Their Wages
 - Studies Pursued
 - Statistics of Cost, Attendance, etc.
 - Board of Education
 - Laws and Taxation
 - The Zanesville Athenaeum 		172
 
CHAPTER XII. - Bench and Bar.
 - A Sketch of the Development of the Practice of Law at Zanesville, with Names of Professional Characteristics of the First and Subsequent Lawyers and the Great Jurists of the County, Together with a Description of the Districts and an Account of Legal affairs here Generally.		 187
CHAPTER XIII. - Agricultural and Kindred Societies
 - Mixed Husbandry
 - Old Farming Methods and Machinery Compared with the New- First Apple Trees
 - Recent Statistics of Fruit, Stock, and Grain Products
 - The County Fairs
 - Constitution of the Society
 - General Matters of Interest. 		200
CHAPTER XIV. - Political History
 - Men Who Have Served the County in an Official Capacity.
 - Incidents Connected with the Early Political Campaigns
 - Society for the Promotion of Freedom and Universal Rights
 - Constitutoinal Proceedings
 - Vote of the County, etc.		 204
CHAPTER XV - Miscellany
 - The Ohio and Erie Canal The Railways
 - The Manufacture of Salt
 - The Early Itinerant preachers
 - The Religious Circuits
 - Fourth of July, 1814
 - The Case of Jacob Lewis, 1816
 - Reminiscence of an Early Doctor
 - The Silver Excitement
 - Population of the County
 - Other Statistics.		 210
CHAPTER XVI. - Zanesville's Settlement and Early Business
 - The Old Zane Deed
 - Laying Out of the Town
 - Description of the Lots and Streets
 - The Town of Natchez
 - Mr. McIntire Described
 - His Death and Epitaph
 - First Settlers of Zanesville
 - First Merchants and Other Business Men
 - Later Manufactures.		 217
CHAPTER XVII - Zanesville Incorporated as a Borough and City
 - Its Officers
 - Municipal Institutions
 - Extensions and Development
- The Wards
 - Financial Statistics
 - The Water System
 - Bridges
 - Cemeteries
 - Market House
 - Police and Fire Departments
 - Workhouse
 - Boardof Education
 - Summary of Business Industries		 229
CHAPTER XVIII. - Manufactures and Commerce of Zanesville
 - Their Industries
 - Corporate and Individual Enterprises
 - Public Buildings and Halls
 - Board of Trae and the Newspaper Press
 - Scientific Enterprise
 - The Postoffice
 - Banks and Banking Institutions
 - Building Associations
 - Business Institutions		 243
CHAPTER XIX - Secret Social and Benevolent Associations
 - Building and Loan and Other Private and Beneficial Organizations
 - The Pioneer Society
 - The Zanesville City Hospital Association
 - The Board of Trustees
 - Bible Society		 265
CHAPTER XXV. - Churches of Zanesville
 - Organization of the First Societies of the Various Denominations Represented HEre
 - Names of Early Members and Ministers
 - The Old Circuit Riders
 - Sunday Schools and Bible Societies
 - The First Houses of Worship
 - Subsequent Buildings
 - Other Matters of Interst Connected with the Churches		 272
CHAPTER XXI. - Salt Creek Township 290
CHAPTER XXII. - Union Township 297
CHAPTER XXIII. - Adams Township 303
CHAPTER XXIV. - Harrison Township. 310
CHAPTER XXV. - Blue Rock Township. 313
CHAPTER XXVI. - Jackson Township. 316
CHAPTER XXVII. - Salem Township. 319
CHAPTER XXVIII. - Clay Township. 323
CHAPTER XXIX. - Brush Creek Township. 325
CHAPTER XXX. - Highland Township. 327
CHAPTER XXXI. - Hopewell Township. 329
CHAPTER XXXII. - Meigs Township. 331
CHAPTER XXXIII. - Perry Township. 333
CHAPTER XXXIV. - Springfield Township. 334
CHAPTER XXXV - Jefferson and Cass Townships. 336
CHAPTER XXXVI. - Madison Township. 342
CHAPTER XXXVII. - Licking Township. 344
CHAPTER XXXVIII - Washington Township 346
CHAPTER XXXIX. - Rich Hill Township. 351
CHAPTER XL. - Monroe Township 352
CHAPTER XLI. - Newton Township 357
CHAPTER XLII. - Falls Township. 359
CHAPTER XLIII. - Muskingum Township. 362
CHAPTER XLIV. - Wayne Township. 364
CHAPTER XLV. - Personal Memoirs 367


ILLUSTRATIONS & PORTRAITS
Cass, Geo.W. 79
Gaumer, D. H. 181
Granger, Moses M. 249
Hoge, John 113
Ross, A. C. 317
Winn, Simeon M. 199
Type of Pioneer Cabin 45
Map of Muskingum County and Vicinity 63
View on the Fair-Grounds, Zanesville 283
View of Zanesville 283
Tenth Ward School Building, Zanesville 349
Town Hall, New Concord 349
Courier Building, Zanesville 383
Residence of Moses Meyer, Zanesville 417
American Encaustic Tiling Company's Works, Zanesville 451

 

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