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ERATTA:
On page 357, line 15, for anti, read ante
Page 938, line 3, for McGruder, read
McGruder.
On page 938, add the name of C. L. Spencer,
prosecuting attorney for 1881.
For page 334, read 354. |
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| CHAPTER I. - |
THE GREAT LAKES, AND THE
COUNTRY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY |
11 |
| CHAPTER II. - |
JOLIET AND MARQUETTE'S
VOYAGE
- They leave Mackinaw May 17, 1673
- They proceed, by way of Green Bay and the Wisconsin,
as far as the mouth of the Arkansas.
- Return by way of the Illinois and Chicago Creek
- Father Marquette's journal, descriptive of the journey
and the country through which they traveled
- Biographical sketches of Marquette and Joliet. |
16 |
| CHAPTER III. - |
LA SALLE'S VOYAGE
- Biographical sketch of La Salle
- His concessions and titles of nobility
- Preparations for his explorations
- Sketch of Father Hennepin and the merit of his
writings -
- La Salle reaches the Niagara River in December, 1678,
builds the ship Griffin, and proceeds up Lake Erie, and
reaches Mackinaw in August, 1679 |
26 |
| CHAPTER IV. - |
LA SALLE'S VOYAGE
CONTINUED
- Mackinaw the headquarters of the Indian trade
- The Griffin starts back to Niagara River with a cargo
of furs, and is lost upon the lake
- La Salle resumes
his voyage in birch canoes, south along the west shore
of Lake Michigan, and around its southern extremity to
the mouth of the St. Joseph, where he erects Fort Miamis |
33 |
| CHAPTER V. - |
THE SEVERAL RIVERS
CALLED THE MIAMIS
- La Salle's route down the Illinois
- Kankakee Marshes
- The French and Indian names of the Kankakee and Des
Plaines
- The Illinois
-
Fort Crevecoeur"
- La Salle goes back to Canada
- Destruction of his forts by deserters
- His return to Fort Miamis, and the successful
prosecution of his exploration to the mouth of the
Mississippi
- The whole valley of the great river taken possession
of in the name of the king of France |
42 |
| CHAPTER VI. - |
THE MIAMIS
- The Miami, Piankeshaw, and Wea bands
- They are kindred to the Illinois, originally from the
west of the Mississippi
- Their superiority and their military disposition
- Their subdivisions and various names
- Their trade and difficulties with the French and the
English
- Their migrations
- They are upon the Maumee and Wabash
- Their villages
- From their position between the French and English
they suffer at the hands of both
- They defeat the Iroquois
- They trade with the English, and incur the anger of
the French
- Their bravery
- Their decline
- Destructive effects of intemperance
- Cession of their lands in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
- Their removal westward, and present condition. |
57 |
| CHAPTER VII. - |
THE SHAWNEES AND
DELAWARES
- Originally east of the Alleghany Mountains
- Are subdued and driven out by the Iroquois
- Marquette finds the Shawnees on the Tennessee in 1673
- At one time in Florida
- In 1744 they are in Ohio
- They war on the American settlements
- Their villages on the Big and Little Miamis, the St.
Marys, the Auglaize, Maumee, and Wabash
- The Delawares
- Made women of by the Iroquois
- Their country on White River, Indiana, and eastward,
defined
- Become friendly to the United States after Wayne's
victory at Maumee Rapids, in 1794.
- They, with the Shawnees, sent west of the Mississippi
- They furnish soldiers in the war for the Union
- Adopting ways of the white people |
72 |
| CHAPTER VIII. - |
THE INDIANS
- Their implements, utensils, fortifications, mounds,
manners, and customs. |
81 |
| CHAPTER IX. - |
THE WAR FOR THE FUR
TRADE
- Former abundance of wild animals and water fowl in the
Northwest
- The buffalo; their range, their numbers, and final
disappearance
- Value of the fur trade; its importance to Canada
- The coureurs de bois; their food and
peculiarities
- Goods for Indian trade
- The distant parts to which the fur trade was carried,
and the manner in which it was conducted
- Competition between French and English for control of
the fur trade
- It results in broils
- French traders killed on the Vermillion
- The French and Indians attack Fort Pickawillany
- War |
95 |
| CHAPTER X. - |
THE WAR FOR THE EMPIRE.
ITS LOSS TO THE FRENCH.
- English claims to the Northwest
- Deeds from the Iroquois to a large part of the country
- Military expeditions of Major Grant, Mons. Aubry, and
M. de Ligneris
- Aubry attempts to retake Fort Du Quesne
- His expedition up the Wabash
- Goes to the relief of Fort Niagara
- Is defeated by Sir William Johnson
- The fall of Quebec and Montreal
- Surrender of the Northwest to Great Britain
- The territory west of the Mississippi ceded to Spain. |
107 |
| CHAPTER XI. - |
GENERAL CLARK'S CONQUEST
OF THE ILLINOIS
- The Revolutionary War
- Indian depredations upon the settlements of Kentucky
- The savages are supplied with arms and ammunition from
the English posts at Detroit, Vincennes, and Kaskaskia
- General Clark applies to Governor Henry, of Virginia,
for aid in an enterprise to capture Kaskaskia and
Vincennes - Sketch of General Clark
- His manuscript memoir of his march to the Illinois
- He captures Kaskaskia
- The surrender of Vincennes
- He treats with the Indians, who agree to quite their
warfare on the Big Knife
- Governor Hamilton, of Detroit, recaptures Vincennes
- Clark's march to Vincennes
- He retakes Vincennes, and makes the English forces
prisoners of war
- Captain Helm surprises a convoy of English boats at
the mouth of the Vermillion Rover
- Organization of the Northwest Territory into Illinois
County of Virginia
- Clark holds the northwest until the conclusion of the
Revolutionary War
- For this reason only it became a part of the United
States |
116 |
| CHAPTER XII. - |
THE TITLE OF VIRGINIA,
AND HER DEED OF CESSION.
- Probable number and characteristics of the population
in 1787
- Organization of the Ohio Land Company
- The first settlement under the ordinance of 1787
- Survey and grants of the public lands
- Treaties made with the Indians
- First officers of the Territory Local courts and court
officers
- Organization of counties
- Early Territorial villages and towns
- Territorial officers
- The Indian tribes of the Upper Ohio
- Titles to Ohio
- By whom held
- When and how acquired and relinquished
- Early time white men in Ohio
- The earliest English military expeditions on Lake Erie
- Moravian missionary stations
- Subsequent military movements upon Ohio soil
- Colonel Bradstreet's expedition
- Colonel Bouquet's expedition
- An act of the British Parliament
- Colonel McDonald's expedition
- Lord Dunmore's war
- Organization of Illinois County
- Expedition of General McIntosh
- Erection of Fort Laurens, in 1778
- General Daniel Broadhead's expedition
- Colonel Archibald Lochry's expedition
- Colonel Williamson's expedition
- Colonel Crawford's Sandusky campaign
- General George Rogers Clark's expedition
- Colonel Logan's expedition
- First treaties establishing boundaries
- The first white child born in Ohio
- Organization of the second grade of Territorial
government
- Members of the Territorial Legislature of 1799-1800
- First Council and House of Representatives
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130 |
| CHAPTER XIII. - |
ADMISSION OF OHIO INTO
THE UNION
- Political History
- Early laws of Ohio |
183 |
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INTRODUCTION.
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HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY
- VIRGINIA
- Virginia military survey
- County organization
- Townships
- Commissioner's act
- The judiciary
- Court of the associate judges
- First court house
- Court in Course
- Court of Common Pleas
- Supreme Court
- Jails
- Court houses
- Greene Street
- Broken bank notes in the treasury
- Uncurrent money
- Renting a stove
- Exempt from taxation
- Pavement around the public square
- First agricultural society
- Fencing the public square
- First maps of surveys
- Taxing lawyers and physicians
- Imprisonment for debt
- Politics |
191 |
|
INDIAN WARS. |
| From their
origin to the Treaty of Greenville, with incidents |
240 |
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EARLY SETTLEMENT IN GREENE COUNTY. |
Letter from
Samuel Freeman
- Tecumseh
- The old cabin and pioneer church |
259 |
|
TRAILS OF EMIGRATION. |
Frederick
Bonner, sen.
- Nimrod Haddox
- Pioneers
- Pioneer girls
- The old school house |
274 |
|
THE WAR OF 1812. |
Causes of war
- Tecumseh, Harrison, Proctor
- The deserter
- Josiah Hunt
- Effects of the war |
285 |
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THE OLD MUSTER.
- Finished 1/20/2019 |
Early laws
establishing the militia
- The parade
- Whisky
- List of officers |
298 |
|
COUNTY IMPROVEMENTS. |
Railroads
- Woolen factories
- Infirmary
- Description of the Infirmary
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home; a history of the
same
- The law organizing it
- Description of the buildings
- The home school building
- Administration building
- School department
- Home officials |
303 |
|
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. |
| History of its
organization, and officers |
330 |
|
NEWSPAPERS. |
The Gazette
- The Xenia Torchlight
- The Xenia Weekly Sunlight |
341 |
|
GREENE COUNTY IN THE REBELLION. |
Seventy-Fourth
Regiment
- One Hundred and Tenth Regiment
- Ninety-Fourth Regiment |
350 |
|
SUMMARY. |
| Retrospect. |
367 |
|
GEOLOGY. |
Topography
- Geological Series
- Clinton and Niagara limestone
- Sub-division of the Niagara Group
- Drift
- Soils
- Analyses
- Water Supply |
370 |
|
XENIA TOWNSHIP. |
Boundary and
history
- Captain Bullet
- Simon Kenton
- Daniel Boone
- Early Settlers
- Location of Xenia
- Original surveys
- Houses
- Game
- Cold Friday
- Oldtown
- Improvements
- Powder mills
- Miscellaneous
- Banks
- Secret societies
- Churches
- Union schools
- Wilberforce University
- Old citizens of Xenia
- County census |
408
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|
BIOGRAPHICAL
- Xenia Township |
462 |
|
CEDARVILLE TOWNSHIP. |
Township
officers
- Old settlers
- Cedarville village
- Newspaper
- Physicians
- Manufactories
- Schools
- Churches
- Secret societies
- Soldiers |
536 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL - Cedarville Township |
559 |
|
BEAVER CREEK TOWNSHIP. |
Big Beaver
valley
- Population and industries
- Railroads
- Turnpikes and roads
- Mills
- Schools
- Churches
- Secret societies
- Early settlements
- Cemeteries
- Villages
- Homicides
- Incidents |
575 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL - Beaver Creek Township |
588 |
|
SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP. |
The Virginia
military reservation
- First settlement
- Incidents
- Early settlement at Bellbrook
- Pinkney road
- Bellbrook
- Incidents
- Schools
- Religious denominations
- Mills
- Limestone quarrie
- Cemeteries
- Indian relics
- Sleepy Tom |
626 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL
- Sugar Creek Township |
644 |
|
MIAMI TOWNSHIP. |
Present
condition
- Yellow Springs and Neff House
- Springs
- Antioch College
- Clifton
- Antioch bone cave |
661 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL
- Miami Township |
700 |
|
BATH TOWNSHIP. |
Early
settlement
- War of 1812
- Indians
- Games
- Incidents
- Early customs
- Churches
- Schools
- Osborn corporation
- Fairfield |
709 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL
- Bath Township |
721 |
|
ROSS TOWNSHIP. |
Grape Grove
-
Early settlers
- Manufactures
- Schools
- Churches
-
Cemeteries |
739 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL
- Ross Township |
754 |
|
SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP. |
Introduction
- Present boundary
- Early settlers
- Indians
- Township organization |
765 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL - Silver Creek Township |
786 |
|
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP. |
Early
settlement
- Pioneer times
- Schools
- Churches
- Secret societies
- Railroad
- Bowersville
- Post-office, etc. |
815 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL - Jefferson Township |
830 |
|
SPRING VALLEY TOWNSHIP. |
Organization
- Officers
- Spring Valley village
- Churches |
850 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL
- Spring Valley Township |
854 |
|
NEW JASPER TOWNSHIP.
- FINISHED |
Early settlers
-
Schools
-
Churches
-
Organization
-
Villages |
881 |
|
CAESAR'S CREEK TOWNSHIP |
Boundaries
- Early settlers
- Schools
- Churches
- Mills
- Pantersville |
885 |
|
BIOGRAPHICAL
- Caeser's Creek Township |
889 |
|
SUPPLEMENT. |
| OHIO - Address
by E. D. Mansfield |
895 |
| ORDINANCE OF
1787 |
916 |
| XENIA PAPER
MILL. |
924 |
| GREENE COUNTY
OFFICIALS |
926 |
| GREENE COUNTY
IN THE LEGISLATURE |
939 |
| XENIA COLLEGE |
943 |
|
BIOGRAPHIES -
Xenia Township |
946 |
|
BIOGRAPHIES -
Beaver Township |
950 |
