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HISTORY OF
BELMONT and JEFFERSON COUNTIES,
OHIO,
AND
INCIDENTALLY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
PERTAINING TO
BORDER WARFARE AND THE EARLY SETTLEMENT
of the
ADJACENT PORTION OF THE OHIO VALLEY,
By J. A. Caldwell
with Illustrations
Assistant, G. G. Nichols
Managing Editor, J. H. Newton
(Assistant, A. G. Sprankle.
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WHEELING, W. VA.
PUBLISHED BY THE HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
1880
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CONTENTS
HISTORY
of
THE COUNTIES
of
BELMONT AND JEFFERSON,
OHIO |
CHAPTER I. -
- Early Discoveries of the Western Continent
- Christopher Columbus
- Other Noted Discoveries
- Outlines of History
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- The First Colony and Chartered Rights of Virginia
- The Colony's Growth and Advance of Civilization Westward. |
9-17 |
CHAPTER II. -
- The Original People
- Indian Nations
- The Iroquois Supremacy
- Rapid Decline of the Tribes in Virginia
- Nations Identified with the Ohio
- Summary |
17-22 |
CHAPTER III -
- Indian Character and Peculiarities
- Normal Aborigines Contrasted with the Present Horde on the Frontiers
- Indian Food and Cookery
- Dress and Ornaments
- Courting and Marriage
- Treatment of Wives |
22-24 |
CHAPTER IV -
- Indian Warfare, Hunting and Oratory
- LOgan, Cornstalk, and other Chiefs
- Legend of Cornstalk at Gnadenhutten
- Legend of Slaughter at the Seneca Capital in the Tuscarawas Valley. |
24-27 |
CHAPTER V -
- Indian Respect for the Aged
- Adoption of Children
- Reverence for the Dead |
27-28 |
CHAPTER VI -
- Indian Superstition. |
28-29 |
CHAPTER VII -
- Early Settlements and Explorations by the French
- The Jesuit Missions
- Marquette, La Salle and Others
- French Movements on the Lakes and the Ohio
- Virginiaa's Jealousy of French Designs
- English Efforts to Explore and Settle the Ohio Valley
- The Ohio Company
- Continuation of the French Designs |
29-36 |
CHAPTER VIII -
- De Celoron's Expedition to the Ohio in 1749
- Burial of the Leaden Plates
- The Inscription
- One of the Plates Deposited with Ceremonies at the Mouth of Wheeling
Creek
- The Ancient Name of this Stream |
36-42 |
CHAPTER IX. -
- Counter Efforts of the French and English to
Establish Claim to the Region of the Ohio Valley, 1749
to1760
- Explorations by the Ohio Company
- French Erect a Chain of Forts From the Lakes to the Ohio
- Approach of the French and Indian War
- Washington Sent on a Mission to the French Posts
- Alarm at the French Movements
- Prompt Action and Leading Part of Virginia in the Struggle
- Washington's First Campaign
- Christopher Gist
- Braddock's Defeat
- Continuation of the Struggle and Final Defeat of the French |
42-48 |
CHAPTER X.
- Indian Outbreak of 1763
- Pontiac's Conspiracy
- Boquet's Expedition
- His Treaty with the Indians in 1764
- Journal of George Croghan, who was Sent to Explore the Ohio Valley in
1765
- Washington's Journal of his tour to the Ohio in 1770. |
48-59 |
CHAPTER XI. -
1764-1774
- Tranquilty Succeeds the Treaty of 1764
- Induces Emigration
- Movements for Settlement on the Monongahela by Cresap and Others
- Final Settlement at Wheeling by Col. Zanein 1769.
- Emigration of David Sherrard, M'Collochs and Others in 1770
- Settlements at Short Creek, West Liberty, Yellow Creek, Baker's Bottom,
Buffalo, Grave Creek and Captina
- Gospel Preached on Wheeling Creek in 1772
- Growth of Settlement at Wheeling
- Emigration of John Caldwell and Capt. Michael Cresap in 1774
- Precursory Events of the Dunmore War
- Indians Killed Near Wheeling
- Massacre of Indians at Baker's Bottom by Greathouse, Including Logan's
Family
- Crawford's Letter to Washington Concerning these Events
- Murder of Bald Eagle
- Contemporaneous Accounts
- Expectations of War
- Settlers Fly From the Border |
59-69 |
CHAPTER XII -
- Logan, the Mingo Chief
- Murder of his Family
- Retaliation of the Savages Against the Whites
- Logan's Warfare and Kindness to Prisoners
- His Speech
- His Later Career and Death
- Discussion and Documents in Reference to the Speech of Logan, the Murder
of his Family, and the Alleged Connection of Cresap
- The Papers from Jefferson's Notes on Virginia
- Other Evidence, Letters, and Documents
- The Tomb of Michael Cresap. |
69-85 |
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CHAPTER XIII -
- Lord Dunmore's War
- Crawford Descends the Ohio to Wheeling and Grave Creek to Watch the
Savages
- Makes a Second Expedition to Wheeling
- Erection of Fort Fincastle
- Arrival of Major Angus M'Donald
- A Force of 700 Men at Wheeling
- The Wakatomica Expedition
- The Dummore Campaign
- Battle of Point Pleasant
- Arrival fo Dunmore and Crawford at Wheeling with 1,200 Men
- Dunmore's conduct
- Receives Advices from Great Britain at Wheeling and Displays Treachery
Toward the Colonists
- Captain Stuart's Narrative of General Lewis' Expedition
- Dunmore's Treachery
- Murder of Cornstalk, and Other Events |
85-92 |
REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD |
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CHAPTER XIV. - 1774-1782 -
- Wheeling in the Revolutionary War
- Measures of Defence Against Inroads of Savages
- Building of the Fort
- Wakatomica Campaign
- Dunmore War
- Arrest of Connolly at Fort Pitt
- Imprisonment of Pennsylvania Magistrates at Wheeling
- Exchange of Prisoners
- Incipient Stages of the Revolution
- Meeting of the Continental Congress
- Flight of Lord Dunmore
- Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point
- Bunker Hill
- Washington Appointed Commander-in-Chief
- Acts of Virginia Assembly for Protection of Frontier
- American Independence
- Formation of Ohio County
- Fort Henry and Military Organization
- Indian Murders and Aggressions
- General Hand Commands Western Department
- Expedition Against Pluggys Town
- Siege of Fort Henry in 1777
- Broadhead's Campaign
- Raid on Wheeling in 1781
- The Moravian Massacre |
92-115 |
CHAPTER XV -
- Crawford's Expedition Against Sandusky
- Condition of the Frontier in the Spring of 1872
- Expedition Planned Against the Indian Towns
- Its Object
-- Assembles at Mingo Bottom, Jefferson County Ohio
- The March from Mingo Bottom to Sandusky
- Jonathan Zane and John Slover Guides the Indian and British Forces
- Battle of Sandusky
- Crawford's Retreat, and Escape of the Main Body Under the Command of
Williamson, Piloted by Jonathan Zane
- Capture and Death of Col. Crawford
- Escape of Dr. Knight and John Slover
- Slover's Return to Wheeling and Report of the Designs Against the
Frontier
- Col. Zane's Requisition on Gen. Irvine for Powder
- Siege of Fort Henry, Sept. 11th, 1782
- Military Report of Col. Zane to Gen. Irvine of the Siege
- Letter of James Marshall |
115-123 |
CHAPTER XVI -
- Indian Pursuit of Fugitives From the Crawford
Expedition
- Adventure of Lewis Wetzel |
123-131 |
CHAPTER XVII -
- Noted Characters of the Frontier Settlement and Events of Border
Warfare
- Ebenezer Zane
- Jonathan Zane
- Silas and Andrew Zane
- Isaac Zane
- The M'Colloch Family
- Abram M'Colloch
- John M'Colloch
- The Wetzels
- Lewis Wetzel
- Prisoners and Their Escape
- Learns to Load his Gun while Running, and it's Advantage in the First
Fight
- Adventure at Indian Springs, Belmont County
- The Gobler Indian
- Wetzel's Skill as a Hunter
- Wins a Reward for an Indian Scalp
- Another Version of the "Gobbler Indian" Story
- Attacks an Indian Camp of Four
- Lewis Wetzel's Trouble with General Harmar
- Wetzel's Subsequent History
- Rescue of a Girl Captured by the Indians
- John Wetzel
- Martin Wetzel
- Jacob Wetzel and Simon Kenton
- Andrew and Adam Poe - The Fight with the Big Indian
- The Original Story of Adam Poe and "Big Foot."
- Subsequent History of the Poes.
- Captain Samuel Brady
- Simon Girty
- Thomas Girty
- George Girty
- James Girty
- Sketch of Isaac Williams |
131-152 |
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THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY |
CHAPTER XVIII -
- Organization of Illinois County
- Trading Posts
- Moravian Missions
- Forts
- Cession by Virginia to the United States
- First White Births
- Premature Settlements
- 1779-1885
- Prevented by the Government |
153 |
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- Survey of the Public
Lands
- First Land Sales
- Indian Wars
- Civil Government
- First Officers
- Territorial Legislation
- First Courts
- Organization of Counties
- First Towns
- Organization of the State |
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HISTORY OF BELMONT COUNTY |
CHAPTER XIX -
- Original Boundary of Belmont County
- Changes Affecting the Original Limits of Belmont County
- Boundary of Guernsey County, Organized January 31, 1810 - Took Effect
March 1, Same Year
- Boundary of Monroe County, Organized January 29, 1813.
- Primitive Settlements and Border Incidents
- Indian Attack on Kirkwood's Cabin
- On Glen's Run
- On Wheeling Creek
- On Captina Creek
- On McMachon's Creek
- On Short Creek
- On Stillwater
- Battle of Captina
- Killing of Six Men by the Indians - McArthur's Escape From a Volley of
Bullets
- Erection of Belmont County - Nine and Description
- A Proclamation
- First Surveys
- Land Sales
- Primitive Justice
- The Primitive Seat of Justice
- Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
- First Roads - Their Condition
- Pioneer Times and Reminiscences
- Williams' Account of Pioneer Life - Western Emigration - Early Settlers
- The Log Cabin - Advantages and Disadvantages of the
Wilderness
- The Journey
- The Log Cabin
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Life in the Wilderness
- Early Marriages |
163 |
EARLY JUDICIARY
- First Division into Townships
- Election Districts
- Constables Appointed
- Appointment of Supervisors
- First Court House
- "Goal"
- Pounds for Estrays
- Division of Kirkwood
- Removal of the Seat of Justice
- First Session in St. Clairsville
- Killing of John Holtz by Sunderland
- Trial, Branding & c.
- First Meeting of Commissioners in St. Clairsville |
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MISCELLANEOUS REMINISCENCES.
- "Long Bullet"
- The First Four-Horse Team That Crossed the Ohio River
- Wasn't Suited With the Appearance
- Hand Mills
- Indians Return to Visit Their Old Homes
- An Early Tour Down the Ohio and Through Belmont County
- Hand Mills
- Indians Return to Visit Their Old Homes
- An Early Tour Down the Ohio and Through Belmont County
- The Pumpkin Flood
- Sick or Blasted Wheat
- The Memorable Hail Storm
- Hardesty Flood
- The First Stage
- Project to Erect the New County of Cumberland |
175 |
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LIST OF PUBLIC OFFICERS.
- Representatives in Congress
- List of State Senators
- Representatives
- Constitutional Conventions
- Sheriffs
- Treasurers
- Clerks of the Court
- Commissioners
- Auditors
- Prosecuting Attorneys
- Probate Judges
- Recorders
- Coroners
- Infirmary Directors
- Official Vote for Governor in Belmont County
- The National Road
- The Court Hosue Bell
- Ill Treatment Toward a Revolutionary Soldier
- List of Attorneys and Doctors in 1828
- Attorneys
- Physicians
- Pauperism
- Organization of Teachers' Institute
- Population
- Value of Real Estate
- Agricultural Statistics
- Horticultural Statistics
- Tobacco Growing
- Dairy Products
- Belmont Agricultural Society |
178 |
FRIENDS' CHURCHES
- Joseph Garretson's Memoranda |
186 |
BIOGRAPHICAL
- Hon. Wilson Shannon - 187
- John Shannon - 189
- Thomas Shannon - 189
- Benjamin Lundy - 189
- Johnny Appleseed - 190 |
187 |
MILITARY RECORD of BELMONT
COUNTY
- War of 1812 - 193
- The Mexican War - 195
- Belmont County in the War of the Rebellion.
- Rosters of Its Companies and Regiments - 195-213 |
193 |
CHAPTER XX -
GEOLOGICAL SKETCH of BELMONT COUNTY
- General Principles
- Kinds of Rocks
- Kinds of Plants Which Have Entered into the Formation of Coal
- The Earth's Crust
- The Geology of Belmont County
- Curious Phenomena |
213 |
CHAPTER XXI. -
HISTORY OF THE TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS of BELMONT COUNTY |
224 |
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CHAPTER
XXI.
TOWNSHIPS. |
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE
- partial |
224 |
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- St. Clair, Gen. |
224 |
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- built in the woods, first property holders |
225 |
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- incorporated |
226 |
- letters of incorporation
- officers for 1879,
- early
merchants
- first tavern keepers,
- early physicians
- miscellaneous vocations
-
St. Clairsville in 1808
- extinct
church associations
- initial attorneys
- schools
- old
seminaries
- colored schools
- Union cemetery
- M. E. burial
ground
- Friends or Quakers graveyard
- old buildings
- horse mills and distilleries
- early members of the Belmont county
bar and present members
- Belmont Lodge, No. 16, F. and A.
M.
- light guards
- cornet band
- summary of business for 1879,
journalism |
226 |
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- ecclesiastical history |
233 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES & NOTES |
239 |
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RICHLAND TOWNSHIP
- partial |
248 |
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- its formation and early settlers |
248 |
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- reminiscences |
249 |
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- last wolf seen in the township |
250 |
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- wild bear chase |
250 |
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- old Baptist church |
250 |
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- first burial ground |
250 |
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- second cabin church |
250 |
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- taxables in 1807 |
250 |
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- elections |
250 |
- supervisors for the year 1809, and
overseers of the poor
for 1809 |
250 |
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- vote for 1810 |
251 |
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- schools, township officers for 1879 |
251 |
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- first grafted orchard |
251 |
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- railroads |
251 |
- villages - Glencoe, Lloydsville and
Stewartsville |
251 |
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- Mellor Bros. floral work and nursery |
251 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
252 |
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BELLAIRE |
257 |
|
- original town |
257 |
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- 1832 fright of cholera |
257 |
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- number of houses and business in 1832 |
257 |
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- postal matters and first postmaster |
258 |
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- Joseph Gorbey's ledger |
258 |
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- Bel Air changed to Bellaire |
258 |
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- enlargement |
258 |
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- early physicians |
258 |
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- first steam engine |
258 |
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- cholera excitement of 1849 |
258 |
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- incorporated |
258 |
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- city officers |
259 |
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- street directory |
259 |
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- memorable blow |
260 |
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- Stephen A. Douglas' first war speech |
260 |
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- sinking of the steamboat "Star" |
260 |
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- Bellaire's most augmentive years |
260 |
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- banking |
260 |
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- Bellaire market |
261 |
- market house
- city hall wards
- water works
- Bellaire gas
light and coke company
- Bellaire street railroad |
261 |
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- history of Central Ohio R. R. |
263 |
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- bridge over the Ohio |
264 |
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- Bellaire and Southwestern R. R. |
265 |
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- schools |
265 |
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- churches - Presbyterian |
266 |
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- Trinity Episcopal Chapel |
266 |
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- Disciples of Christ |
266 |
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- St. John's Catholic church |
268 |
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- German Evangelical church |
269 |
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- First African M. E. church |
269 |
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- Second Methodist church |
269 |
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- societies |
269 |
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- early burial place |
271 |
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- Greenwood cemetery |
271 |
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- German cemetery |
271 |
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- journalism |
271 |
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- county seat question |
272 |
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- population |
272 |
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- summary of Bellaire |
272 |
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- Patron's record of Bellaire |
272 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
272 |
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PULTNEY TOWNSHIP
- Started 4/1/2021 |
279 |
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- early settlers |
280 |
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- mills |
280 |
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- curiosities |
280 |
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- cemetery |
280 |
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- Pittsburgh coal works |
280 |
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- Kidd mines |
280 |
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- Presbyterian church of Rockhill |
280 |
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- villages |
280 |
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- Patrons record |
281 |
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BRIDGEPORT |
283 |
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- improvements |
284 |
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- in 1807 |
283 |
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- in 1810 |
283 |
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- in 1820 |
283 |
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- incorporated limits |
284 |
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- toll bridge |
284 |
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- first bridge across Wheeling creek |
284 |
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- National road |
284 |
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- first postmaster |
284 |
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- railroads |
285 |
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- summary in 1858 |
285 |
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- schools |
285 |
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- journalism |
285 |
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- on tax duplicate |
286 |
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- Union cemetery |
286 |
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- first National bank |
286 |
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- manufactories |
286 |
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- ecclesiastical history - |
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- First Presbyterian church, of Kirkwood |
288 |
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- Kirkwood M. E. church |
288 |
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- West End M. E. church |
288 |
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- First Colored Baptist church |
288 |
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- secret societies |
288 |
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- summary for 1870 |
289 |
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of
Martins Ferry,
Bridgeport and
Pease
township |
301 |
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MARTIN'S FERRY
- Started 4/1/2021 |
289 |
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- the ferry |
291 |
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- office established |
291 |
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- among the early merchants |
291 |
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- when incorporated |
291 |
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- officers |
291 |
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- cemetery |
292 |
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- materials for building |
292 |
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- antiquities |
292 |
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- water |
292 |
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- newspaper enterprise |
293 |
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- manufacturing interests |
293 |
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- population |
295 |
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- schools |
295 |
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- ecclesiastical history |
296 |
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- First Presbyterian church |
293 |
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- Baptist church |
297 |
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- Catholic church |
298 |
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- German Lutheran church |
298 |
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- Limited Presbyterian church |
298 |
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- secret orders |
299 |
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PEASE TOWNSHIP
- finished |
299 |
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- early mills |
300 |
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- topography |
300 |
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- schools |
300 |
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- Scott M. E. Church |
300 |
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- coal |
300 |
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- fruits |
300 |
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- grapes |
300-301 |
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BARNESVILLE
- partial |
308 |
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- old Pultney road |
308 |
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- old town well |
310 |
- measures taken to form a new county,
with the seat of
justice of Barnesville |
310 |
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- the petition |
310 |
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- first burial |
311 |
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- old log church |
311 |
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- old brick church |
311 |
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- literary institutions |
311 |
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- lawyers |
311 |
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- literature |
312 |
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- Tom Young Guards |
312 |
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- Friendship Lodge, F. and A. Masons |
312 |
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- tobacco trade |
313 |
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- temperance societies |
314 |
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- church history |
314 |
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- notable men of Barnesville |
316 |
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- M. E. Sunday school |
318 |
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- Green Mount cemetery associations |
319 |
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- South cemetery |
319 |
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- education |
319 |
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- colored schools |
319 |
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- postoffice and officers |
320 |
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- fair association |
320 |
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- fires and accidents |
320 |
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- gas works |
322 |
- foundry, Buckeye burial manufactory,
nail factory, drug
stores |
322 |
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- municipal organization |
323 |
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- societies |
323 |
|
- First National bank |
324 |
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- city hall |
324 |
|
- business notes |
324 |
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- Barnesville at present |
325 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
325 |
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WARREN TOWNSHIP
-
Started 4/1/2021 |
335 |
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- first settlers |
335 |
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- meeting house |
336 |
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- first mills |
336 |
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- first children |
337 |
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- first school house |
337 |
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- when organized |
337 |
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- first justices of the peace |
337 |
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- old residence |
337 |
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- wild game |
337 |
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- the first cultivation of tobacco |
337 |
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- Bethel church |
338 |
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- Zane's ridge, Shannon's run, an escape |
338 |
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- Ohio French |
339 |
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- hunting |
339 |
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- a strange story |
339 |
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- bears |
339 |
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- oil mill |
340 |
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- national curiosities |
340 |
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- mounds and forts |
341 |
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- Friends Stillwater meeting house |
342 |
- Friends' boarding school house at
Stillwater |
346 |
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- churches |
347 |
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- berry cuilture &c. |
348 |
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- military |
349 |
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- pioneer life |
350 |
- "The Leatherwood God." or the religious
imposter of 1828 |
351 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
352 |
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KIRKWOOD TOWNSHIP
-
Started 5/22/2021 |
361 |
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- early settlement |
361 |
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- incidents |
361 |
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- lodges of Hendrysburg |
361 |
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- justices of the peace |
362 |
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- SCHOOLS |
362 |
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-
Hendrysburg |
362 |
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-
Egypt |
363 |
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-
Sewellsville |
363 |
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- churches |
364 |
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- murder of Louisa C. Fox |
365 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
368 |
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UNION TOWNSHIP |
368 |
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- early settlers |
368 |
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- reminiscences |
369 |
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- early taverns |
369 |
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- second camp-meeting |
369 |
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- mills |
369 |
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- Plainfield church |
369 |
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- first schools |
369 |
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- soldiers of 812 |
369 |
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- population |
369 |
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- township officers for 1879 |
369 |
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-
Morristown |
370 |
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- miscellaneous |
370 |
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- schools and churches |
370 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
373 |
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FLUSHING TOWNSHIP |
377 |
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- the topography |
377 |
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- township officers |
377 |
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- reminiscences of early settlers |
377 |
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- early settlers |
377 |
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- churches |
377 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
379 |
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WHEELING TOWNSHIP |
382 |
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-
Topography |
382 |
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- soil |
382 |
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- water |
382 |
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- products |
382 |
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- improvements |
382 |
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- early settlers |
382 |
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- elections |
382 |
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- natural curiosities |
383 |
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- churches |
383 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
384 |
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COLERAIN TOWNSHIP |
386 |
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- first voting place |
386 |
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- township expenses for 1818 |
386 |
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- expenditures for 1878-9 |
387 |
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- first house |
387 |
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- early incident - killed by Indians |
387 |
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- Improvements |
387 |
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- Gambletown |
387 |
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- Farmington |
387 |
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- Pleasant Grove |
387 |
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- church organization |
387 |
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- education |
387 |
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- literary societies |
388 |
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- anti-slavery society |
388 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
388 |
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MEAD TOWNSHIP |
390 |
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- settlement |
390 |
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- reminiscences |
391 |
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- school houses |
391 |
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- grist mills |
391 |
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- largest land owner |
391 |
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- productions and population |
391 |
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- coal works |
392 |
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- ecclesiastical history |
392 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
392 |
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SMITH TOWNSHIP |
392 |
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- early settlers |
394 |
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- early ministers |
395 |
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- early justices |
395 |
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- primitive schools and
teachers |
395 |
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- soldiers of 1812 |
395 |
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- first saw ill |
395 |
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- first woolen factory |
395 |
|
- Lewis' mills |
395 |
|
- Warnock's Station |
395 |
|
- Centreville |
395 |
|
- Jacobsburg |
395 |
|
- ecclesiastical history |
396 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
398 |
|
|
|
|
GOSHEN TOWNSHIP |
402 |
|
- mineral resources |
402 |
|
- soil and productions |
402 |
|
- condition of the early settlers |
403 |
|
- first settlers |
403 |
|
- Belmont |
403 |
|
- Fairmount - Burr's Mills |
404 |
|
- churches |
404 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
405 |
|
|
|
|
SOMERSET TOWNSHIP |
406 |
|
- topography |
406 |
|
- settlement |
406 |
|
- improvements |
407 |
|
- villages |
407 |
|
- the Belmont Bank of Somerton |
407 |
|
- Boston and Temperanceville |
407 |
|
- products |
407 |
|
- religious history |
407 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
408 |
|
|
|
|
WAYNE TOWNSHIP |
410 |
|
- erection and description |
410 |
|
-
settlement |
410 |
|
-
hunters |
410 |
|
-
chased by wolves |
410 |
|
-
mode of capturing wolves |
410 |
|
-
Last wolf seen in the township |
411 |
|
-
Mineral resources |
411 |
|
-
Raven and Alum Rocks |
411 |
|
-
Oldest building |
411 |
|
-
First Levy |
411 |
|
-
Schools and School Houses |
411 |
|
-
Fulling Mill |
411 |
|
-
Friends Church |
411 |
|
-
First Township Trustee |
411 |
|
-
Early Justices |
411 |
|
-
Early Ministers |
411 |
|
-
Cultivation of Tobacco |
411 |
|
-
Grist Mills |
411 |
|
-
Largest Farms |
411 |
|
-
The numeration for 1879 |
411 |
|
-
Officers for 1878 |
411 |
|
- Village of New
Castle |
411 |
|
- Village of Hunter |
411 |
|
-
The Disciples' Church |
411 |
|
-
The Pleasant Ridge M. E. Church |
412 |
|
-
The Horeb Church |
412 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
412 |
|
|
|
|
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP |
412 |
- settlement &c., the Danfords, Perkins
and other pioneers |
412 |
|
- captina creek |
415 |
|
- mounds and Indian hieroglyphics |
415 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
415 |
|
|
|
|
YORK TOWNSHIP |
417 |
|
- settlement |
417 |
|
- mounds |
418 |
- the ancient Indian village called
Grapevine town, Indian
relics,
inscriptions on the rocks |
418 |
|
- the first supervisors |
418 |
|
- township officers for 1808 |
418 |
|
- largest land owners, |
418 |
|
- first mills |
418 |
|
- distilleries |
419 |
|
- curiosities |
419 |
|
- church history |
419 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
420 |
ILLUSTRATIONS |
|
|
INDEX
BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO
Note: Jefferson County, Ohio will appear in Jefferson
County pages. |
|
ERRATA |
|
|
Organization of Belmont county |
162 |
|
Boundary of Belmont county |
163 |
Boundary of Guernsey county, organized
Jan. 31, 1810 |
163 |
Boundary of Monroe county, organized
Jan. 29, 1813 |
163 |
Changes affecting the original limits of
Belmont county |
163 |
|
Original boundary of Belmont county |
163 |
|
Primitive settlements and border incidents |
163 |
|
Indians attack Kirkwood's cabin |
164 |
|
Kirkwood's cabin attacked by the Indians |
164 |
|
Battle of Captina |
165 |
|
Erection of Belmont county, name and description |
165 |
|
Delegates to the first constitutional convention |
166 |
|
Early set of justice |
166 |
|
First surveys |
166 |
|
First constitutional convention |
166 |
|
First roads - their condition |
166 |
|
Land sales |
166 |
|
Primitive justice |
166 |
|
Pioneer times and reminiscences |
166 |
|
Sale of lands |
166 |
Williams' account of pioneer life, western
emigration, early settlers, the log cabin,
advantages and disadvantages of the
wilderness |
167 |
|
Early marriages |
171 |
|
Courts, first |
172 |
|
Constables appointed |
172 |
|
Early judiciary |
172 |
|
Election districts |
172 |
|
First division into
townships |
172 |
|
Judiciary, early |
172 |
Division of Kirkwood - change of election
places, |
173 |
|
First court house |
173 |
|
First court in St. Clairsville |
173 |
|
First murder trial |
173 |
|
"Goal" |
173 |
|
Killing of John Holtz by Sunderland |
173 |
|
Pound for estrays |
173 |
|
Removal of the seat of justice |
173 |
|
Supervisors appointed |
173 |
Early commissioners - for session in
St. Clairsville |
174 |
|
First deeds recorded |
174 |
|
First will recorded |
174 |
|
Lottery, public |
174 |
|
Negro "Cuff", |
174 |
|
Penitentiary - first convict sent |
174 |
|
Public lottery |
174 |
|
Scalps, bounty for |
174 |
|
County officers |
175 |
|
Jails |
175 |
|
Market house, old |
175 |
|
Miscellaneous reminiscences |
175 |
- "long bullet;" first four horse team that
crossed the Ohio in the county; wasn't suited
with the appearance; hand mills; Indians
return to visit their old homes; an early tour
down the Ohio and through Belmont county;
pumpkin flood; sick or blasted wheat;
memorable hail storm; Hardesty flood; first
stage from pages |
175 |
|
Present court house |
175 |
|
Standard half bushel |
175 |
|
Unfortunate shot |
175 |
|
Wild turkey hunt, unfortunate shot |
175 |
|
List of public officers |
178 |
|
Project to erect the new county of Cumberland |
178 |
|
Public officers |
178 |
|
Official vote for governor in Belmont county |
180 |
|
List of Attorneys and Doctors in 1828 |
182 |
|
Court house bell |
182 |
|
List of Doctors and attorneys in 1828 |
182 |
|
|
Ill treatment toward a revolutionary soldier |
182 |
|
National Road |
182 |
|
Organization of teachers institute |
183 |
|
Pauperism |
183 |
|
Population |
183 |
|
Real estate, value of |
183 |
|
Teachers institute, organization of |
183 |
|
Value of real estate |
183 |
|
Agricultural statistics |
184 |
|
Early civil suits |
184 |
|
Horticultural statistics |
184 |
|
Tobacco growing |
184 |
|
Agricultural society |
185 |
|
Belmont county agricultural society |
185 |
|
Forests |
185 |
|
Friends churches |
186 |
|
Shannon, Wilson, Hon. |
187 |
|
Lundy, Benjamin |
189 |
|
Shannon, John |
189 |
|
Shannon, Thomas |
189 |
|
Appleseed, Johnny |
191 |
|
Military record of Belmont county |
193 |
|
Soldiers of the war of 1812 |
193 |
|
War of 1812 |
193 |
|
Mexican war |
195 |
|
Rebellion |
195 |
|
Soldiers of the Mexican War |
195 |
|
Soldiers of the rebellion |
195 |
|
Geological sketch of Belmont county |
213 |
- general principles, kinds of rock,
sandstone
and clay |
213 |
|
Geological sketch of Belmont county, |
213 |
|
- limestone |
214 |
|
- analyses of cement rocks, coal |
215 |
- kinds of plants which have entered into
the
formation of coal |
216 |
|
- the earth's crust |
218 |
|
- geology of Belmont county |
219 |
|
- economic geology |
221 |
|
- coal and iron products of Ohio |
221 |
|
- curious phenomena |
223 |
|
- conclusion |
224 |
Towns and townships, history of
St. Clairsville |
224 |
|
Alexander, James, Hon. |
230 |
|
Ruggles, Benjamin, Hon. |
239 |
|
Thompson, Thomas, Major |
239 |
|
Danford, Lorenzo, Hon. |
240 |
|
Johnston, J. B., Rev. |
240 |
|
Cowen, Judge Daniel D. T. |
241 |
|
Kennon, W. S., Hon. |
241 |
|
Mitchell, J. R., Col. |
242 |
|
Wilday, Henry C. |
242 |
|
Hoge, George W., Gen. |
243 |
|
Swaney, Oliver J. |
244 |
|
Chambers, Robert F., Col. |
248 |
|
Township of Richland |
248 |
|
Township of Pultney |
279 |
|
- limestone |
314 |
|
Township of Warren |
335 |
|
Township of Kirkwood |
361 |
|
Township of Union |
368 |
|
Township of Flushing |
377 |
|
Township of Wheeling |
385 |
|
Township of Colerain |
386 |
|
Township of Mead |
390 |
|
Township of Smith |
394 |
|
Township of Goshen |
402 |
|
Township of Somerset |
406 |
|
Township of Wayne |
410 |
|
Township of Washington |
412 |
|
Township of York |
417 |
|
Belmont county elections for 1879 |
422 |
|
Elections in Belmont county for 1879 |
422 |
|
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