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COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO
History & Genealogy |
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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
of
COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO
1764-1876 by William E. Hunt.
Publ. Cincinnati - Robert Clarke & Co., Printers
1876 CONTENTS:
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PREFACE |
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CORRECTIONS.
Pg. 7, read capital for capitol
Pg. 16, reported for reputed.
Pg. 17, county for country.
Pg. 26, Joseph W. instead of John G.
Pg. 35, Micajah for Michael
Pg. 41, Weatherwax for Weatherwat.
Pg. 41, to list the earliest settlers in Jefferson township,
add: Henry Metham settled on about 500 acres of the Bell
Section in 1814, and remained until his death. He was
justice of the peace for many years: the father of Colonel
Pren. Metham.
Pg. 42, from Ireland instead of Eastern Ohio, etc.
Pg. 59, after railroads read have been projected.
Pg. 59, through for though.
Pg. 81, James for Jones.
Pg. 104, McNary for McNarry.
Pg. 105, E. T. Dudley for T. Dudley.
Pg. 110, E. Baker for C. Baker.
Pg. 118, to list of physicians, add: J. R. Gamble, of New
Castle, removed from county in 1876.
Pg. 123, Wm. K. for Wm. N.
Pg. 138, Thompson for Thomas
Pg. 240, found for founded.
Pg. 261, in notice of Charles S. Barnes, read whence
instead of when. |
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CHAPTER I
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Territorial LImits and
Subdivisions of the County
- Date of Organization of County
- Names and Date of Organization of Townships, Villages, etc. - 1 - 5 |
| CHAPTER II - |
Indian Occupancy, and Early
Military Expeditions
- The Prehistoric Race
- The French Rule
- The Delawares
- Their Towns in Coshocton County
- Netawatwees, or King Newcomer
- Killbuck, White Eyes, etc., Etc.
- Boquet's Expedition
- The Coshocton Campaign
- The Character of Indians, and subsequent whereabouts - - - - - - - - - -
- 6 - 15 |
| CHAPTER III - |
Notes on Settlement of County and
Growth in Population - - - - - - - - - - - 16 - 22 |
| CHAPTER IV - |
Notices of the Earliest Settlers,
and other Points of Interest pertaining to each Township - -
23 - 34 |
| CHAPTER V - |
Same Subject - continued - - - -
- - - 35 - 48 |
| CHAPTER VI - |
Advancement of County in Wealth,
Matters of Taxation, etc. - - - - - 49 - 51 |
| CHAPTER VII. - |
Something about Roads, Ferries,
Bridges, Canals, Steamboats, and Rail Roads - - - - - 52 -
59 |
| CHAPTER VIII - |
County Buildings and County
Officers - Complete lists of latter - - - 60 - 68 |
| CHAPTER IX. - |
Relations of State and National
Government
- Members of the Legislature, Congress, etc. - - - - - - 69 - 71 |
| CHAPTER X. - |
The Court of the Bar - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - -72 - 82 |
| CHAPTER XI. - |
Notes on Agriculture Affairs
- Extent of this interest
- Corn, Wheat, etc.
- Hogs, Fine Cattle, Blooded Horses, etc.
- County Agricultural Society
- County Fairs, etc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -83 - 94 |
| CHAPTER XII. - |
Notes on Manufacturing and Mining
- - - - - - - - 95 - 107 |
| CHAPTER XIII - |
Notes on Merchandizing, Banking,
Tavern-keeping
- Transportation Business, etc. - - - - - - - - - - -108 - 115 |
| CHAPTER XIV - |
Physicians
- Health Items
- Medical Remedies of the Pioneers - - - - - - - 116 - 122 |
| CHAPTER XV - |
Newspapers
- Coshocton County Authoresses, etc. - - - - - - 123 - 127 |
| CHAPTER XVI - |
School Matters - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - 128 - 138 |
| CHAPTER XVII - |
Military Affairs - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - 139 - 150 |
| CHAPTER XVIII - |
County Bible Society
- S. S. Association
- Temperance Movements
- Secret Orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 151 - 158 |
| CHAPTER XIX - |
Miscellaneous Matters
- 1. The Pre-Historic Race.
- 2.
Ancient Burial Grounds
- 3.
Meaning of the names Muskingum, Tuscarawas, and Walhonding
- 4.
Prose Legend of the Walhonding
- 5. Heckwelder's Famous Ride
- 6. Temperance Crusade among the Indians.
- 7. The Gnadenhutten Massacre
- 8. Curious Stories Touching Captives Reclaimed by Boquet
- 9. Description of the Hunting-Shirt
- 10. The Houses and Furniture of the Pioneers in Coshocton County
- 11. Louis Philippe at Coshocton
- 12. How to Raise a Large Family
- 13. Indian Stories
- 14. Backwoods Sports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 159 - 177 |
| CHAPTER XX. - |
Miscellaneous Matters
- 1. The Killing of Cartmill, the Post Boy.
- 2. Shocking Murders in Coshocton County
- 3. Colored People in Coshocton County
- 4. Fires in Roscoe - An Incident and a Joke
- 5. A Bundle of First Things.
- 6. Relics and Curiosities in Personal Possession.
- 7. Coshocton Wags in Early Days.
- 8. The Treasury Robbery.
- 9. Humors of the Crusade - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 178 - 191 |
| CHAPTER XXI. - |
The Churches
- General Statements
- Detailed Accounts of the Baptists, Christian, Catholic, and Lutheran
Churches - - - -192 - 204 |
| CHAPTER XXII. - |
The Churches
- Detailed Accounts of the Methodist Episcopal, Methodist (Protestant),Presbyterian,
United Presbyterian, Protestant Episcopal, Christian Union
Churches, etc. - - - - - - 205 - 231 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. - |
Brief Biographical
Sketches - - - - - 232 - 264
[Many scores of sketches, scarcely less
brief than many of these, will be found in other parts of
this work.] |
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