Allen county, Indiana
- its area
- first officers
- list of Justices in 1872
- progress in population and wealth
- officers of the county in 1872 |
378-381 |
Allen county,
Ohio
- its formation, 1820 |
451 |
Altitudes
- Table of; [See Appendix "B" |
|
- pioneers, notes of |
452-459 |
- Officers in1872 - Mail building,
population, &c |
460-461 |
Arrowsmith Miller, personal sketch of |
593-594 |
Armstrong, Captain John
- his operations and escape near Fort Wayne in 1790 |
67-68 |
Auglaize river
- a night bivouac on |
141 |
- Military posts on |
154 |
- navigation of |
470 |
Auglaize county |
465 |
- its organization |
465 |
- first term of court |
472 |
- taxable basis - Federal Census |
474, 475 |
Barclay, (Captain of the British fleet on
Lake Erie) |
183 |
Bayless, Samuel - "Book of General
Orders" |
179-182 |
Bouquet and Bradstreet, campaigns of |
40, 41 |
Bowling Green in 1872 |
484 |
Bucyrus - plotted in 1822 |
477 |
Bucyrus in 1872 |
480 |
Canal systems of Ohio and Indiana |
329-347 |
Cass, General Lewis - letter from to the
Governor of Ohio |
134, 135 |
Clay, General Green |
160 |
Coffinberry, Andrew - reminiscences of |
306-310 |
Coffinberry, James M. - personal sketch
of |
317, 318 |
Conant, Horatio, Dr. - letter of, in 1822
- personal sketch of - 571, 572 |
427, 428 |
Combs, Leslie, General - letter from
- speech of - 213-217 |
205, 206 |
Couch, Joseph N. - letter from |
135, 136 |
Crawford county
- organization and origin of its name
- early history
- first Court
- first and present officers
- proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of 1831 |
475-480 |
Crawford county
- population, wealth, &c., in 1872-73 |
480, 481 |
Crawford's Expedition |
51-58 |
Croghan, Major, at Fort Stephenson |
183 |
- his answer to General Harrison |
184 |
- his heroic defence at Fort
Stephenson |
185, 186,
187, 188,
189 |
- promoted for his gallantry, and
complimented by General Harrison |
190 |
- at the battle of the Thames |
201 |
Croghan, George - his visit to the Maumee
Valley in 1765 |
46-49 |
- in command at Fort Meigs |
174 |
- receives instructions from
General Harrison |
176 |
- his desperate resolve |
177 |
- letter to General Harrison |
206-208 |
Daniels, Willard J. - personal sketch of |
559-561 |
De Coleron's expedition in 1749 |
21 |
Defiance county |
585 |
Defiance (fort) erected August, 1794 |
87 |
- troops to be collected at |
140 |
- General Harrison at |
141, 142 |
- revolt in a Kentucky regiment |
142-145 |
- Winchester at |
148 |
- Defiance threatened |
176 |
- Logan's death and burial |
215-466 |
- fort improved by General Wayne in
1794 |
355 |
- his march to Fort Wayne |
365 |
- Col. Johnson at Defiance in 1813 |
377 |
- early white history of |
582-593 |
Defiance, (town) - early history, when
laid out, its rapid growth, population, resources, &c. |
599-602 |
Delphos - population - 1850, 1860, 1870 |
461 |
- historical sketch of, and present
business |
462-465 |
Detroit |
10-37 |
Dickinson, Rodolphus - commissioner to
establish Crawford county seat |
478 |
- personal sketch of |
525, 526 |
Dudley, Colonel, at Fort Meigs |
161-170 |
Edgerton, Alfred P. - personal sketch of |
422-424 |
Edsall, Wm. S. - reminiscences of |
395-402 |
Elliott, (British Colonel) |
172 |
Evans, Dr. John, and S. Cory - personal
sketches of |
402-407 |
Ewing, Colonel, Geo. W. - personal sketch
of |
409-412 |
Findlay, (fort) - erection of |
611-612 |
Fort Adams erected in 1794 |
86 |
- besieged in April, 1813 |
159 |
- Pioneers of Findlay, population,
&c. |
612-615 |
Fort Industry (Toledo) |
93 |
Fort Dearborn, (at Chicago) |
133 |
Fort Jennings, (Putnam County) - erected
1812 |
141 |
Fort Stephenson - letters relating to
military situation of |
177-178 |
- Harrison at |
183 |
- heroic defence of |
185 |
Fort Meigs - military defences and
operations at in the spring and summer of 1813 |
115 |
- the post besieged |
589 |
Fort Miami at Fort Wayne |
14 |
- rebuilt in 1748 by the French,
under Lieut. Dubuisson |
18-30 |
Fort Wayne - in 1680 |
65-68 |
- Indian towns at |
65-68 |
- the town in 1812 |
133 |
- the post railroad |
140 |
- opening of canal navigation at |
346-347 |
- early history of |
348 |
- La Balm's unfortunate expedition
to |
351-353 |
- its military importance in the
view of Generals Washington, St. Clair, Wayne and Knox in 1790-'91,
'94 |
353-355 |
Little Turtle and Gen. Wayne |
355-358 |
Little Turtle buried at |
361 |
Indian treaty at Fort Wayne in 1803 |
359-361 |
John B. Richardville - his birth and
death at Fort Wayne |
362-364 |
General Wayne reaches the town Sept.,
1794, and determines the location of the new garrison |
365 |
- fort completed and named |
366 |
Fort Wayne from 17984 to 1811 |
367, 168 |
- the old Council House |
369 |
Major William Oliver and Logan at |
36_-372 |
- the fort besieged - Harrison
marches to its relief - his arrival and flight of the ___ |
3_5 |
- situation of the fort |
376 |
- Colonel Johnson again at the fort |
376 |
- com_____ of the fort |
___ |
- land office established at in
1822 |
3__ |
- municipal officers - 1810-1872 |
380 |
- churches, newspapers, schools,
benevolent institutions |
382,383 |
- the town in 1834 |
384-38_ |
- business of the city in 1872 |
387-395 |
- pioneers of the Valley,
non-residents of |
378-395
424 |
- being threatened by the Indians,
prompts the expedition against Missinsinewa |
46_ |
- Proctor demands its surrender -
Harrison's reply |
160 |
- narrowly escapes destruction |
167 |
- second siege of |
174 |
- saved from a great peril |
177 |
- camp lite at |
179-182 |
- the second siege abandoned |
181 |
- importance of the post |
191 |
- the fort again threatened |
377 |
Foot of the Rapids - capture of Captain
John A. Clark, a British officer |
146-147 |
- Winchester at |
148 |
- Harrison at |
152-159 |
- British erect batteries on left
bank |
166 |
Foster, Charles W., personal sketch of |
503-504 |
Fostoria |
503-505 |
Fulton county |
578 |
French posts - surrender of in 1761, by
the French |
33 |
Frontenac, (Count) |
10 |
Gano, General John S. - letter of |
210, 211 |
Girty, Simon, his family |
58, 59, 60 |
- a poet's view of his character |
579-580 |
Gladwyn, commandant at Detroit |
36, 37 |
Godfrey, Dr. Charles M. |
609 |
Hancock County
- Early history of pioneers, present resources, &c. |
61-616 |
Hardin, Colonel - operations near Fort
Wayne |
67-70 |
Harmar's campaign |
62-72 |
Harrison, General William HEnry
- appointment of as commander-in chief of the north-western army, Sept.
17, 1812
- instructions from the war department |
139, 140 |
- his defence of Fort Meigs |
158-161 |
- invades Canada |
198 |
- his official report of the battle
of the Thames |
198-203 |
Henry county |
578-582 |
Hoagland, Pliny, personal sketch of |
413-415 |
Holgate, Wm. C., personal sketch of |
597-599 |
Holmes, ensign, his death at Fort Wayne |
35 |
Hull, General -
- appointed to command of north-western army
- his incapacity and misfortunes
- terms of his surrender at Detroit, and his trial for treason |
126-132 |
Hunt, John E., reminiscences and personal
sketch of |
562-568 |
Indian naval engagement |
44 |
Indians
- at moral and religious condition of in 1862 |
1_3-12_ |
- at treaties at Fort McIntosh,
21st of January, 1785 |
218, 219 |
- at Fort Harmar, Jan. 9, 1789 |
219-220 |
- at Fort Greenville, Aug. 3, 1795 |
220-226 |
- at Fort Industry (Toledo) July 4,
1805 |
227 |
- at Detroit, 17th November, 1807 |
227-228 |
- at Brownstown, Nov. 25, 1808 |
228, 229 |
- at the foot of the Maumee Rapids,
Sept. 29, 1817 |
229-234 |
- St. Mary's Sept. 17, 1818 |
234-238 |
- at Saganaw, Sept. 24, 1819 |
238 |
- at Fort Wayne, in 1803 |
359-361 |
- last treaty with the Ohio Indians |
239 |
Johnson, Colonel Richard M.
- at the battle of the Thames |
199 |
- he kills Tecumseh |
201-208 |
J__caire on the Maumee in 1753 |
26 |
Knaggs, Captain James -
- his testimony regarding the death of Tecumseh |
201-203 |
Lawyers in practice in 1872 & 1873; [see
Appendix "A" |
|
L___ Allen county -
- notes regarding its early and later history |
453-461 |
- Little Turtle and General Wayne |
355-358 |
- - Little Turtle a diplomatist as
well as warrior |
359-361 |
Logan, the Indian chief,) and Major Wm.
Oliver |
2_5 |
- - Logan's family and death |
465-466 |
L__mie, Peter, his station and his death,
&c. |
25, 26 |
L__iel, Moravian missionary |
33 |
Lower Sandusky
- suggestion of name for the town, in 1816 |
427 |
Lower Sandusky |
140 |
- General Harrison at |
151 |
- military situation at |
153 |
- " operations at in 1813 |
158 |
- " general orders," at 14 and 22,
1813 |
177, 178 |
- Proctor at |
183 |
- a bad military position |
192 |
- petition for relief to Gov. Meigs,
from citizens of |
209-210 |
- letter from Gen. Gano |
210, 211 |
Lucas county
- its early history, pioneers, &c. |
532-536 |
- its history resumed |
616 |
Mackinac, surrender of |
35 |
Maumee Valley - first white settlement in
1680 |
9-14 |
Maumee river in 1748 known as "River a la
Roche" |
20 |
- as a military route in 1759 |
30 |
- military importance of, and of
Lake Erie, as viewed by the French in 1761 |
33 |
Maumee river
- its importance to the army in the war of 1812, as a channel of
transportation |
212 |
McArthur, Gen. Duncan
- letter to Governor Worthington |
212 |
Mercer county
- when formed
- origin of its name
- St. Clair's battle
- Wayne's trace
- Simon Girty
- the fort at St. Mary's
- letter from Gen. Wayne
- earliest white settlement at Fort Recovery
- the slain of St. Clair's army |
438-411 |
- first session of the
commissioners |
441 |
- first Court term |
442 |
- pioneers |
442, 443 |
- reservoir troubles |
443-445 |
- pioneer notes |
445-450 |
- county administration
- county officers for 1781-72
- valuation of property and population
- Celina &c. |
450-4_1 |
Metcalf, Judge Ben
- anecdote by |
3_1 |
Miller, Colonel John, at the siege of
Fort Meigs |
_61 |
Miami, (Fort Wayne,) passes under control
of English in 1761 |
32 |
- captured under Pontiac in 1764 |
35 |
Miami villages at and near Fort Wayne
- their military importance in the view of General Washington |
72 |
Miner, Byrum D.
- a public spirited citizen of Fort Wayne, who represented Allen county in
the legislature of Indiana, and also held other responsible official
and fiduciary (not, as printed, "Judiciary") positions |
412 |
" Mohickon," John's Town |
232 |
Moravian Missions in Ohio |
49, 50, 51 |
Morris, his reception and maltreatment at
Fort Wayne |
42-44 |
Morrison, John H.
- reminiscences of |
326-327 |
Mott, Richard, recollections of,
regarding Toledo |
544-559 |
Nichols, Francis L., personal sketch of |
577-578 |
Nicholas - his conspiracy in 1745 |
14-19 |
Ohio, United States and Michigan
territory
- boundary controversy
- origin of the constitutional provision in 1802
- letters from Amos Spafford and Dr. H. Conant
- the agitation renewed in 1835
- legislative hostilities between Ohio and Michigan
- efforts at compromise
- Gov. Mason, of Michigan, rejects the peace officers
- the surveying expedition
- explanation of a Michigan prisoner
- Major Stickney and N. Goodsell, prisoners; their letters
- letter from Andrew Palmer
- meeting at Toledo
- Gov. Lucas calls an extra session; his message
- attempt to arrest Two Stickney
- Noah H. Swayne, Wm. Allen and David T. Disney, Ohio commissioners to
Washington
- close of the controversy
- peace jubilee at Toledo |
240-264 |
Oliver, Major William
- letter refering to siege at Fort Findlay |
159-160 |
- reaches Fort Meigs with message
to Harrison |
160 |
- at Upper Sandusky |
209 |
- at Waupaukonnetta and Fort Wayne |
215 |
- again at Fort Wayne |
269-372 |
Onatanon, (fort near Lafayette, Indiana) |
35 |
Ottawa county |
531, 532 |
Paulding County
- when organized, population, &c, notes by Gen. Curtis. |
602-604 |
- notes by Gen. Curtis. |
603 |
Paully, ensign, commandant at Fort
Sandusky
- his capture, romantic narrative, divorce and escape |
35-37 |
Perkins, General Ohio Militia, assigned
to command of the right wing of the army, by General Harrison |
145 |
Perry, Commodore
- his naval victory upon Lake Erie |
193-198 |
- at the battle of the Thames |
201 |
Perrysburg (see Fort Meigs)
- post office established at in 1810, and in 1816 the only (not, as
printed, "old") post office between the river Raisin and Lower
Sandusky, and between the Maumee bay and Chicago |
425 |
- suggestion that originated the
name |
427 |
- the town in 1833 |
432 |
- the town in 1838 |
433, 434 |
- the town in 1872 |
434, 435 |
Pickawillany
- its destruction |
22-26 |
Pioneers
- others in the Maumee Valley; [see Appendix marked "D."] |
|
Political campaign of 1840
- monster meeting at Fort Meigs |
265-269 |
- humors of later conflicts |
269-273 |
Pontiac
- his speech to Alexander Henry |
32, 33 |
- besieges Detroit |
38 |
- his craft fails |
39 |
- his financial scheme |
40 |
- his character and death |
44 |
Pests
- French, surrender of |
33 |
Potter, Emery D., personal sketch of |
285-288 |
Proctor, (British General) |
158, 165,
183 |
Prentice, Frederick - personal sketch of |
561-563 |
Presbyterian Mission on the Maumee;
[Appendix "C"
Putnam County
- Early history, pioneers, first lawyers first physicians, |
606-609 |
- Population |
611 |
Reah, Captain J. |
98, 133, 184 |
Rice, Clark H., personal sketch of |
609-610 |
Rice, Gen. A. V., milistary record of |
610-611 |
Richardville, John B. - his character and
death |
362-364 |
Rogers, Major Robert, expedition of, in
1760
- his trip from Detroit via Maumee river to Pittsburg |
31-32 |
Rudisill, Henry |
407, 408 |
Sandusky county
- early history, present resources, &c. |
505-531 |
Sandusky (fort), surrender of under
Pontiac, in 1764 |
35, 36 |
Scott, Jesup W., personal sketch of |
572-577 |
Seneca county
- organization
- early history, present resources, &c |
589-505 |
Seneca (fort)
- Pleasant township, Seneca county |
183 |
Sessions Horace, personal sketch of |
594-597 |
Spink, John C. - reminiscences of |
314-316 |
St. Clair, General Arthur - succeeds
Harmar |
71 |
- instructions to |
72, 73,
74, 75 |
- his army in motion - his defeat,
and explanations |
77, 78,
79, 80,
81, 82 |
- personal sketch of |
572 |
St. Mary's
- its military importannce during the war of 1812 |
140, 141 |
- war transports for army |
212 |
- first settlements at |
468 |
- early settlers - old block house,
&c. |
470, 471 |
- the town and its prospects in
1872 |
471, 472 |
- formerly known as Girty's town -
its situation in 1814 |
468 |
- as a depot for army supplies |
469 |
- the town in 1824 and 1872 |
474 |
Suttenfield, Mrs. Laura - |
408, 409 |
Tecumseh at the siege of Fort Meigs |
163-172 |
- his magnanimity |
163-172 |
- in peril |
165 |
- at Fort Stephenson |
183, 192,
193 |
- killed by Colonel Johnson at the
battle of the Thames |
199, 202,
203 |
- his character and generous
qualities |
204, 205,
206 |
The old Bench and Bar
- first Court north-west of the river Ohio
- the territorial judiciary
- attorneys admitted in 1802
- Supreme Bench, 1802-1872
- reminiscences of Judge David Higgins;
- his views regarding the boundary controversy
- Indian murder trial at Fremont
- judicial circuits in North-Western Ohio under the first Constitution
- Common Pleas Judges under the Constitution of 1802
- the old Bar members, Judge Emery D. Potter, Judge John Fitch, and others
- reminiscences of Hon. Thos. W. Powell; his recollections of Perrysburg
and Maumee city in 1820; of the old lawyers; murder trial; trip to
Defiance; notes regarding Maj. Stickney, John C. Spink, etc., etc.
- |
274-306 |
Toledo (Fort Industry) |
93 |
- prisoners and exhibition of
scalps at, in 1813 |
172 |
- General Combs' experience at |
206 |
- Indian treaty, July 4, 1805 held
at |
227 |
- something of its past and present
- Progress in taxable wealth and population
- Imports and exports
- railways, &c. |
620-637 |
- recollections of Sanford L.
Collins |
616-619 |
- recollections of J. W. Scott |
537-544 |
- recollections of Richard Mott |
544-559 |
- recollections of Major Stickney |
536 |
(see "boundary controversy") - public
meeting at in 1835 |
256 |
- Toledo in 1836 and in 1816 |
263, 264 |
- other notes relating to history
of |
536-562 |
Treaties - (see Indian treaties) |
|
Upper Sandusky - Crawford's expedition) |
50-58 |
- (war of 1812) |
140 |
- right wing of the army at |
148 |
- General Harrison at |
151 |
- military situation at |
153 |
- Harrison's principal stores at |
183 |
- military importance of the place |
191 |
- letter from J. C. Bartlett, Q. M>
G., to Gen. Lewis Cass |
209 |
- exodus of the Indians from Upper
Sandusky, July, 1843 |
239 |
- the town in 1872 |
488 |
Urbana |
140 |
Van Wert
- when formed and organized,
- population, early history, pioneers first and present county officers
- notes on the existing resources of the town & c. |
604-606 |
Waite, Morrison R., personal sketch of |
586-571 |
War of 1812, declared June 12th
- the imperilled north-western frontier
- causes that led to the war
- letter from General Solomon Sibley |
122-126 |
Washington, George, President
- his Indian policy |
60, 61 |
Way, Willard V.
- his reminiscences of the old bench and bar |
313-318 |
- personal sketch of, &c. |
437 |
Wayne, Anthony
- commenced his north-western campaign in 1792 |
83 |
- erects Fort Greenville and
Recovery in 1793 |
85 |
- his march and victory |
86-93 |
- his death |
94 |
- General Hull in command - on the
Maumee in June, 1812 - incapableness of Hull and the administration
- complaint of army contractors - difficulty in transporting
supplies - his surrender at Detroit |
128-132 |
Waupaukonnetta - "the town of Tecumseh
and of Logan" |
214-215 |
- Tecumseh, Logan, Bright Horn, and
Capt. John |
465-457 |
- Col. Richard M. Johnson, Anthony
Shane, D. M. Workman, David Robb, and Robert J. Skinner. |
467-468 |
- early history of and original
proprietors |
468-473 |
Wells, Captain William |
88-100 |
Winchester, General J. - letter from |
137, 138, 139 |
- assigned, at Defiance, by General
Harrison, to the command of the left wing of the army |
145 |
- at Defiance, at the close of 1812 |
148 |
- at the foot of the Rapids,
January, 1813 |
14_ |
- at Frenchtown, (river Raisin) -
his mistake, defeat, and massacre of troops. |
149-158,
151 |
- public opinion regarding his
defeat |
156 |
Wood County
- in 1790, 1810 adn 1816 |
425 |
- in 1812-15 |
426 |
- session of the commissioners in
1820-23 |
428-430 |
- progress in population and wealth |
430-432 |
- pioneer notes - Capt. David
Wilkinson, Willard V. Way, William Ewing, and Aaron S. Dresser |
435-437 |
Worthington, Gov. Thomas
- letter to Gen. McArthur and confidential communicaiton to the lower
branch of the legislature |
2_3 |
Wyandotte County
- formation
- Kenton, Girty, Logan, &c. |
483-484 |
- Methodist Mission, early
settlers, taable wealth, population, &c. |
484-488 |
- Wyandot Indians |
33, 34, 35 |