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PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO
History & Genealogy

Source:
Historical Atlas
Paulding County, Ohio

ILLUSTRATED
Containing Maps of Paulding County, Townships, Towns and Villages,
Compiled by O. Morrow and F. W. Bashore
ALSO
Maps of the United States and State of Ohio.
Together with a Statement of the Settlement, Growth and Prosperity of the County,
Including a Personal and Family History of Many of its Prominent Citizens.
Illustrated
Madison, Wis.:
The Western Publishing Co.
1892

INDEX BY CHAPTER

CHAPTER I. -   13
CHAPTER II. - ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY- FINISHED 7/22/2018 14
CHAPTER III. - THE EARLY SETTLERS - FINISHED 11/19/2014 14
CHAPTER IV. - TOWNSHIP HISTORY, ORGANIZATION, EARLY SETTLERS, ETC.  - FINISHED 12/23/2022
 - Auglaize Twp. - FINISHED
 - Benton Twp. - Pg. 17 - FINISHED 12/23/2022
 - Blue Creek Twp.  - Pg. 17 - FINISHED 12/22/2022
 - Brown Twp. - pgs. 16 thru 18 - FINISHED - 12/22/2022
 - Carryall Twp. - Pg. 17 - FINISHED 12/22/202
 - Crane Twp.  - Pg. 17 - FINISHED 12/23/2022
 - Emerald Twp.  - FINISHED
 - Harrison Twp. - pg. 18 - FINISHED 7/22/2018
 - Jackson Twp. - pgs. 18 thru 19 - FINISHED 7/22/2018
 - Latty Twp. - pg. 19 - FINISHED 12/22/2022
 - Paulding Village pg. 19 - See Paulding Township
 - Paulding Twp. - pg. 19 - FINISHED 12/23/2022
 - Washington Twp. - pg. 19 - FINISHED 12/24/2022
15
CHAPTER V. - COUNTY SEATS, COUNTY BUILDINGS, ETC. - Not started 19
CHAPTER VI. - MANUFACTURERS INDUSTRY - Not started 23
CHAPTER VII. - CANALS AND RAILROADS. - Not started 24
CHAPTER VIII. - MILITARY HISTORY. - Not started 25
CHAPTER IX. - PUBLIC SCHOOLS - FINISHED 12/23/2022 29
CHAPTER X. - CHURCHES - Not started 29
CHAPTER XI. - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. - Not started 29
CHAPTER XII. - BENCH AND BAR. - FINISHED 12/23/2022 30
CHAPTER XIII. - NEWSPAPER HISTORY - Not started 31
CHAPTER XIV. - NATURAL GAS AND OIL - Not started 31
CHAPTER XV. - GEOLOGICAL TREATISE - Not started 31
CHAPTER XVI. - HISTORY OF PAULDING - FINISHED 12/24/2022 32
CHAPTER XVII. - HISTORY OF ANTWERP - Not started 33
CHAPTER XVIII. - HISTORY OF PAYNE - Not started 33

INDEX BY SUBJECT

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Antwerp, special history of 35
Appleseed, Johnny 17
Army song, fragment of an old 13
Associate Judge anecdote 30
Associate judge, office abolished 30
Attorneys, past and present 30
Auglaize township history 15
Battalion, Forty-second O. N. G. 26
Battle of Fallen Timber 13
Bear Hunt 15
Bench and bar 30
Benton township history 17
Bethel church 29
Blue Creek township history 17
"Brick Row" 20
Bridges, county 23
Brown township history 16
Camp Dynamite established 29
Canals and railroads 24
Canal land grants 24
Carousal song 30
Canal legislation, early 24
Carryall township history 17
Chaplain's reported text, a 29
Christianity, growth and development of 29
Church history 29
Circuit rider, the 29
Commercial importance 24
Company, first enrolled 25
Company, history of first 25
Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-second O. V. I. 26
Company C, Sixty-eighth O. V. I. 25
Company F, Thirty-eighth O. V. I. 25
Company G, Fourteenth O. V. I. 25
Company G, its terrible loss at Chickamauga 25
Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-second O. V. I. 26
Company I, One Hundredth O. V. I. 26
Cooperage company, Leeson 24
County buildings 20
County seats 19
County seat removed to Charloe 20
County seat removed to Paulding 20
Court, first in county 30
Court, first in Paulding 30
Court house, first 20
Court house, second 20
Court house, third 20
Court house, present 20
Crane township history 17
Death of Capt. J. H. Adams 25
Decoration day 26
Diseases prevailing among pioneers 30
Dismal swamp 26
Drafts in the county 26
Drummer boy of Shiloh 26
Dynamiters, supposed organization of 26
Dynamiters - who were they? 29
Elm hoop and stave era 24
Emerald township history 18
Enlistments in companies out of county 26
Exports, first cargo of 24
Exports, present 24
Finances, county 23
Fort Winchester, the building of 15
Garb of the pioneers 15
Gatling gun 29
Gen. Winchester's march down the Maumee 15
Gov. Foraker's proclamation 26
Grand army posts 26
Grand jollification at Antwerp 29
Habits of pioneers 15
Harrison township history 18
Holcombe cooperage company 24
Hoop mill, destroyed by fire 24
Hoop mill, first 24
Hoop mill, Saylor 24
Hub and Spoke company, Antwerp 24
Indians dispose of their lands 14
Indian history 13
Indian history, conclusion of 14
Indian skirmish in Emerald township in 1812 15
Infirmary, county 23
Iron Furnaces 23
Introductory and pre-historic 13
Jackson township history 18
Jails 23
Jail, History of present 23
John Paulding Song 14
Judge Bowersox, sketch of 30
Judge Carey's speech at a pioneer picnic 15
Judge Latty, sketch of 30
Judge Owen, sketch of 30
Judge Sutphen, sketch of 30
Latty township history 19
Lawyer, first in county 30
Lawyer, first in county 30
Lawyers, none resident in the county 30
Ledger entry of Dr. John Kingery 30
Legion at Cincinnati 13
Legion at Fort Recovery 13
Legion at Greenville 13
Legion in Paulding county 13
Log rollings 15
Manufacturing industries 23
Manufactured products of the county, first 23
Manufactories, Weidmann 24
March of a detachment of Harrison's army down the Auglaize 15
Medical profession, the 29
Miami and Erie canal, completion of 24
Military history 25
Natural gas and oil 31
New country song 15
New Rochester 19
Newspaper history 31
"No compromise" - the black banner 29
Official roll of county 23
Oldest house in the county 14-15
Old-time doctor shop 30
One hundred days' military service 26
Oquanoxa's reserve 20
Organization of Defiance county 14
Organization of Northwest territory 14
Organization of Ohio 14
Organization of Paulding county 14
Packet lines, old-time 24
Paulding village, special history of 32
Paulding township history 19
Payne, special history of 35
Physician, oldest in the county 30
Physicians, past and present 30
Pioneer associations 15
Pioneer hardships 15
Pioneer physicians 30
Pioneer physicians, charges made by 30
Pioneer physicians, medicines used by 30
Pioneer school house 29
Political tribute to first court house 20
Presiding Elder Elnathan C. Gavitt, sketch of 29
Public schools 29
Pupils, county enrollment in June, 1891 29
Railroads and canals 24
Railroad, first 24
Railroad, Mackinaw 25
Railroad, Mahoning 25
Railroad, Nickel Plate 25
Railroad, Paulding & Cecil 25
Railroad, Wabash 24
Reservoir abandonment bill, passage of 29
Reservoir bank and canal locks blown up 26
Reservoir, bill for its abandonment defeated 26
Reservoir, Gov. Foraker's visit to the 29
Reservoir, midnight march to 29
Reservoir, troops recalled 29
Reservoir war, the 26
Reservoir war, causes which led to it 26
Reservoir war's only victim 29
Reservoir war, state troops ordered out 26
School development 29
School examiners, past and present 29
Scouts near Oakwood 13
Settlers, early 14
Settlements along Blue creek, first 14
Settlements along Flat Rock, first 14
Settlements along Little Auglaize, first 14
Settlements along the Maumee, first 14
Ship timber period 23
"Sleep, old pioneer" 15
Spinning wheel, the old 15
Square miles in Paulding county 14
Statistics 36
Staves and hoop poles of the pioneers 23
Sunday in camp 29
Survey of Miami 24
Survey of Wabash canal 24
Teacher, first in county 29
Teachers' institutes 29
Timber, the largest stick in the county 23
Township histories, introduction to 15
Township lines, establishment of 15
Townships, range and number of 14
Treasurer's report of 1858 23
Treasurer's report of 1888 23
Treaty at Greenville 14
Tribute to Pioneers 14
Troops arrive at Cecil 26
Upas of Antwerp, the 26
U. V. U., and S. of V., posts 26
Veterans in the county

 

26
Wabash & Erie canal, abandoned 24
Wabash & Erie canal, first ground broke 24
Wabash & Erie canal, completion of 24
Washington township history 19
Wayne's legion 13
Wayne's return to Defiance and Fort Wayne 14
Wayne's scouts 13
White child, first born in the county 14
White settlers in the county, first 14
Youngest soldier in the rebellion 26



PERSONAL SKETCHES

Auglaize township 37
Benton township 39
Blue Creek township 42
Brown township 45
Carryall township 52
Crane township 55
Emerald township 57
Harrison township 61
Jackson township 63
Latty township 65
Paulding village 68
Paulding township 76
Washington township 80



PORTRAITS AND VIEW

Boyd, J. A. 48
Carrey, D. C. 48
Carey, Mrs. Sarah 48
Dewitt, F. B. 28
Doering, P. P. 34
Freede, C. J. 48
Geyer, J. L. 22
Gordan, L. S. 34
Harris, H. 34
McClure, J. 48
Paulding Court House -   on frontispiece.  
Staley, Ed. 74
White, B. J. 34



MAPS AND PLATS

Antwerp village 102
Auglaize township 101
Benton township 98
Blue Creek township 94
Briceton village 108
Broughton village 110
Brown township 93
Carryall township 99
Cecil village 109
Charloe village 101
Crane township 90
Dague village 101
Emerald township 96
Grover Hill village 112
Hamer village 109
Harrison township 92
Hedges village 108
Jackson township 97
Junction village 108
Latty township 95
Latty village 109
Mandale village 111
Melrose village 111
Oakwood village 112
Ohio state 86-87
Paulding county 89
Paulding township 91
Paulding village 104-105
Payne village 107
Scott village 110
United States 8-9
Washington township 100
Worstville village 102

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