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HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN AND LOGAN COUNTIES
from their First Settlements
by Joshua Antrim.
BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO
PRESS PRINTING CO.
1872

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History of
Champaign and Logan Counties
by Joshua Antrim
Published at Bellefontaine, Ohio
by Press Printing Co.
1872

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
At  the Yearly Meeting of the "Western Pioneer Association: held at Bellefontaine, Sept. 7, 1871, Dr. B. S. Brown, Joshua Antrim and Dr. Thomas Cowgill were appointed a Publishing Committee, to collate, arrange and prepare the material for our Pioneer History.  Subsequently the Committee appointed Joshua Antrim to arrange the work.  We have examined his proceedings in regard to the arrangement thereof and entirely approve the same, and advise that the work be published in book form.
BENJAMIN S. BROWN, Chairman}                     
THOMAS COWGILL,                      } Committee.

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PREFACE.
  HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY 005
  SIMON KENTON 009
  TECUMSEH 010


HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY

  
CHAPTER I. - CHARACTER AND HARDSHIPS of the PIONEERS of OHIO 013
CHAPTER II. - BUILDING THE LOG CABIN - IN PROCESS 015
CHAPTER III. - LOG CABIN CONTINUED 026
CHAPTER IV. - LOG CABIN Continued 032
   - Public Square
 - South Main Street
 - North Main Street
 - East Main or Scioto Street
 - West Main or Miami Street
 - East Market Street
 - West Market Street
 - East Water Street
 - West Water Street
 - East Reynolds Street
 - West Reynolds Street
 - East Court Street
 - West Court Street
 - East Church Street
 - West Church Street		  
CHAPTER V. - SCHOOLS 042
CHAPTER VI. - CIVIL POLITY - MEDICAL MEN - CALAMITIES AVERTED, ETC. 045
CHAPTER VII. - EARLY POPUOATION 050
CHAPTER VIII. - MILITARY OPERATIONS IN WAR OF 1812 054
CHAPTER IX. - SIMON KENTON 060
CHAPTER X. - JOHN HAMILTON 063
CHAPTER XI. - ADDITIONAL PIONEER SETTLERS 069
  HULL'S TRACE 073
  PHENOMENAL 074
  TORNADO AT BELLEFONTAINE 076
  THE LOST CHILD 077
  ANDREW HELLMAN, alias ADAM HORN, His life, Character and Crimes 079
   - His birth -
 - Travels in Europe
 - Arrival in this country
 - His opinion of women
 - Good character
 - His courtship and marriage
 - Jealousy
 - Charged with attempting to poison his wife
 - Sudden death of his two children
 - Charged with poisoning them
 - Murders his wife
 - Is committed to prison
 - Breaks jail and eludes pursuit
 - Evidence on his trial for the murder of his second wife
 - Conviction		  
   - Evidences of Witnesses 097
  MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE  
  A REVIEW OF ADAM HORN'S CONFESSION, showing its Falsehoods, Omissions and Prevarications 111
  ANDREW HELLMAN in OHIO 120
  EXECUTION of ANDREW HELLMAN 124
  THE LOST CHILD By John Garwood 128
    - An Account of the Extraordinary Sufferings of John Curl, Son of James Curl, of Champaign County, (now Logan County) Ohio, Aged Seven Years, who was Lost Eight Days in the Woods  
  The Lost Child (Poem) 134
  CONCORD MILLS - by M. Arrowsmith 135
   - A Fortification in Mad-River Township  
  ZANE TOWNSHIP, LOGAN COUNTY  - PARTIALLY FINISHED 140
   - Names of Electors
 - Candidates Voted for in 1806 in Zane Township, the Champaign County, now Logan County
 - Names of First Settlers
 - First Settlers in Jefferson Township		  
  Monroe Township 142
  Liberty Township 143
  Bokescreek Township 144
  Rush Township, Champaign County 144
  Perry Township 145
  JOHN ENOCH 146
  JOHN SHELBY 147
  RIDDLE & RUTAN 147
  NOAH Z. McCOLLOCH 148
  JOHNNY APPLESEED 148
  LORENZO DOW 161
   - His Visit in 1826  
  REV. DAVID MERRILL 164
  REV. GEORGE WALKER 166
  REV. JOSEPH THOMAS 167
  Lines (Poem) 168
  THE FIRST CHURCHES - PARTIALLY FINISHED 169
   - Organization of the King's Creek Regular Baptist Church in the year 1805
 - Meeting House
 - The Methodist Episcopal Church
 - Mount Tabor Church
 - Quaker Church at Darby
 - Tharp's Run Baptist Church
 - Methodist Church
 - Universalist Church
 - Spain's Run Methodist Church		  
  THE FIRST MERCHANT 174
  JAMES McPHERSON 174
  JOHN GUNN 174
  WILLIAM HUBBARD by Hon. William Lawrence 175
  At the Grave of Simon Kenton (Poem) 176
  ABRAM S. PIATT 178
  The Dainty Bee (Poem) 179

 ISTORY OF
LOGAN COUNTY
Page 181

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  JONATHAN ALDER 204
  REMARK OF JOSHUA ANTRIM
   at the Pioneer's Picnic at the Logan County Fair Grounds - September 10, 1870		 211
  THE NEW COURT-HOUSE 216
   - A Sketch of the Early Civil History of Logan County, Delivered by Dr. B. S. Brownk, at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the New Court House.  
  PIONEER SKETCHES by William Haller 220
  AARON GUTRIDGE 233
  EARLY RECOLLECTIONS by Mrs. Sarah M. Moore 237
   - Raising Hogs
 - Blackbirds and Pigeons
 - Making Hominy
 - Frolicks
 - The War of 1812		  
  WILLIAM BOGGS 243
  WILLIAM JOHNSON 243
  JACOB JOHNSON 244
  WILLIAM H. BALDWIN 244
  HENRY COWGILL 244
  THOMAS COWGILL, Senior 245
  ARCHIBALD STEWART 245
  SIMEON MORECRAFT 245
  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH by F. M. Thomas 246
   - Colonel John Thomas  
  SALEM TOWNSHIP, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO by Edward L. Morgan 248
  GOVERNOR VANCE (Joseph) 255
  MARRIAGE RECORD. -Champaign County 261
   - List of Marriages in Champaign County, Beginning in 1805  
   - Logan County 263
  POLL BOOKS
 - of the Several Townships of Champaign County, Giving a Record of the Names of Electors at First Election, October 8, 1811		  
   - Urbana Township
 - Number and name of Electors
 - Madriver Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Union Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Concord Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Salem Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Wayne Township
 - Number and Name of Electors		  
  POLL BOOKS
 - of Townships of Logan County, Giving the Names of Their Respective Electors at their First Elections.		 278
   - Zane Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Harrison Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Lake Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Zane Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Lake Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Jefferson Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Union Township
 - Number and Name of Electors
 - Miami Township
 - Number and Name of Electors		  
  CONCORD TOWNSHIP - by T. S. McFarland 294
  "SPOTTY." by Wm. Hubbard 302
  REMINISCENCES of the BAR of LOGAN COUNTY by Hon. Wm. Lawrence 306
  KA-LOS-I-TAH by Thomas Hubbard 321
  PIONEER HISTORY by Judge N. Z. M'Colloch 324
  EARLY RECOLLECTIONS of NANCY STEWART by Mrs. S. M. Moore 327
  BELLEFONTAINE FORTY YEARS AGO by William Hubbard 329
  PIONEER RECOLLECTIONS 335
   - Hull's Surrender at Detroit
 -  Who Killed Tecumseh?		  
  THE PIONEERS. 339
   - Remarks by Dr. B. S. Brown at a Meeting of the Pioneer Association of Champaign and Logan Counties, in 1871.  
  AN OLD BURYING GROUND 344
  OUR SOLDIERS BROTHERS - Paper by Mrs. Sallie Moore 345
   - The Uniform
 - Vance's Block House		  
  FIFTY YEARS AGO 347
   - Sabbath School at Mt. Tabor - By Thomas Cowgill, M. D.  
  WESTERN PIONEER ASSOCIATION 349
   - Relics Exhibited  
   - Remarks by Thomas Cowgill, M. D.  
  PIONEER INCIDENTS 356
   - Address by Archibald Hopkins  
  THE PIONEERS 360
   - First Quarterly Meeting
 - Remarks by Dr. B. S. Brown
 - Third Quarterly Meeting
 - At The Old Home (Poem)
 - Oh, Give Them Back ((Poem)		  
  PIONEER SKETCHES of LOGAN COUNTY by Jesse Roberts 378
   - Rushcreek Lake
 - "Lazy Hollow"		  
  RECOLLECTIONS of MY CHILDHOOD 397
  * POLLY LATTY - NEWS FOR MR. ANTRIM 399
  HIDDEN TREASURE by Ed. L. Morgan 401
  "PIONEER POLLY." by Ed. L. Morgan 404
  PIONEER PRACTICE of MEDICINE in LOGAN COUNTY by B. S. Brown, M. D. 408
  The Old Pioneer; or, Forty Years Ago (Poem)  by E. Larkin Brown 414
  MY FIRST VISIT to WEST LIBERTY by Thomas Cowgill, M. D. 416
  FIFTY YEARS AGO. by Thomas Cowgill, M. D. 419
  TORNADO FORTY YEARS AGO. by Wm. Patrick 421
  PERE DUGAN by Ed. L. Morgan 425
  FIFTY YEARS AGO by Thomas Cowgill, M. D. 428
  SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF *MRS. MARY MADDEN by Ed. L. Morgan 433
  JOHN CHESHER 435
  * HENRY WEAVER 437
  THE*PIONEER MEETING 439
  THE LOGAN COUNTY *TORNADO. 441
   - The Property Destroyed - 443
 - Incidents - 445		  
  HOW KINGS CREEK GOT ITS NAME by Ed. L. Morgan 448
  * DEATH OF HON. MOSES B CORWIN. 450
  THE LUDLOW ROAD - HOW IT GOT ITS NAME - by Ed. L. Morgan 453
  EX-GOVERNOR VANCE'S FAMILY 456
  ERATTA.
     In the heading of the Poll Books of Champaign and Logan counties for 1811 it is said, "The first election."  This is a mistake of the printer.  The first election held in Champaign county was the same year the county was organized, 1805.  The first in Logan, then Champaign, was in the year 1806.  I selected the year 1811 because the vote was fuller, and the names of voters come within the memory of many now living.
  Page 173, eight lines from bottom, for 1872 read 1822
  Page 217, last line, for North-East read North-West
  Page 140, for Fillis read Tillis
  Page 229, sixteen lines from bottom, for Rupel Bigalow read Russel Bigalow
  Page 230, twenty-two lines from top, for Marly read Mally
  Page 137, for Thomas Runkle Taner read William Runke Taner.
  Page 253, for Lidders read Siders, and for Parker read Parks
  Page 230, six lines from top, for John Long read John S. range.		 456
 

 

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