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CHAPTER I. - |
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- Introductory
- Topography
- Geology
- Primitive Races
- Antiquities
- Indian Tribes |
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CHAPTER II. - |
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- Early Explorations in the West |
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CHAPTER III. - |
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- English Explorations
- Traders
- French and Indian War in the West
- English Possession |
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CHAPTER IV. - |
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- Pontiac's Conspiracy
- Its Failure
- Bouquet's Expedition
- Occupation by the English |
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CHAPTER V. - |
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- American Explorations
- Dunmore's War
- Campaign of George Rogers Clark
- land Troubles
- Spain in the Revolution
- Murder of the Moravian Indians. |
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CHAPTER VI. - |
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- American Occupation
- Indian Claims
- Surveys
- Early Land Companies
- Compact of 1787
- Organization of the Territory
- Early American Settlements in the Ohio Valley
- First Territorial Officers
- Organization of Counties. |
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CHAPTER VII. - |
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- The Indian War of 1790
- Harmar's Campaign
- St. Clair's Campaign
- Wayne's Campaign
- Close of the War. |
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CHAPTER VIII. - |
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- Jay's Treaty
- The Question of State Rights and National Supremacy
- Extension of Ohio Settlements
- Land Claims
- Spanish Boundary Question |
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CHAPTER IX. - |
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- First Territorial Representative
in Congress
- Division of the Territory
- Formation of States
- Marietta Settlement
- Other Settlements
- Settlements in the Western Reserve
- Settlement of the Central Valleys
- Further Settlements in the Reserve and Elsewhere |
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CHAPTER X. - |
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- Formation of the State
Government
- Ohio a State
- The State Capitals
- Legislation
- The "Sweeping Resolutions"
- Territorial and State Governors |
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- The War of 1812
- Growth of the State
- Canal, Railroads and other Improvements
- Development of State Resources |
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- Mexican War
- Continued Growth of the State
- War of the Rebellion
- Ohio part in the Conflict |
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- Ohio in the Centennial
- Address of Edward D. Mansfield, LL. D., Philadelphia, August 9,
1876 |
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- Education
- Early School Laws
- Notes
- Institutes and Educational Journals
- School System
- School Funds
- Colleges and Universities |
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- Agriculture
- Area of the State
- Early Agriculture in the West
- Markets
- Live Stock
- Nurseries, Fruits, etc.
- Cereals
- Root and Cucurbitaceous Crops
- Agricultural Implements
- Agricultural Societies
- Pomological and Horticultural Societies |
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CHAPTER XVI. - |
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- Climatology
- Outline
- Variation in Ohio
- Estimate in Degrees
- Amount
- Variability |
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HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY.
CHAPTER XVII. - TOPOGRAPHY AND
GEOLOGY |
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- Location and Topography
- Pre-glacial Channels
- Oil Wells
- Timber
- Coal Measure Rocks
- Geological Structure
- Waverly Conglomerate
- Stone Quarries
- Petroleum and Gas
- Depth of Oil Wells
- Neff Petroleum Company |
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CHAPTER XVIII. - ARCHAEOLOGY - |
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- Mounds in the County
- Professor Roberts' Address
- Tracing the Mound Builders
- Mounds of Europe and America Compared
- Theories Regarding their Origin
- Man in a Savage State
- The Huns
- Character of their Earthworks and their Probable Use
- Different Classes of Mounds
- Their Antiquity
- Implements used by the Mound Builders and Indians
- Copper Mining
- 'Stone Relics |
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CHAPTER XIX. - INDIANS |
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- The Tribes Occupying this County
- Treaty of Fort McIntosh
- History of the Delaware Nation
- Bockinghelas
- Killbuck
- Captain Pipe
- Skin Currency
- Delaware Camps in Knox County
- Custaloga
- The Murder of the Squaw
- Block-Houses
- Greentown Indians and their Removal
- James Copus
- Burning of the Indian Village
- Captain Armstrong
- The Killing of an Indian by Morrison and McCulloch
- The Jones Tragedy
- The Killing of Ruffner and the Zimmers
- Murder of James Copus
- Removal of the Delawares from the County |
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CHAPTER XX. - THE FIRST WHITE MEN - |
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- Captivity of James
Smith
- Christian Fast, Sr.
- John Leeth and his Adventures
- John Stilley
- The Moravians
- Captain Samuel Brady and his Scouts
- The Prisoners Delivered to General Boquet
- Simon Girty and other Renegades |
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CHAPTER XXI. - SETTLEMENT AND
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY - |
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- Area
- Primitive Condition
- Settlement on the Licking
- Andy Craig
- Character of the Pioneers
- Military Lands
- Nathaniel M. Young
- First Settles and Settlements
- The Quakers
- First Roads
- Transportation
- The Produce of the County
- Mills
- The Act Creating Knox County
- First Elections
- Davison into Four Townships
- Commissioners' Record
- Seeley Simpkins' Race |
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CHAPTER XXII. - PIONEER TIMES - |
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- Where the Pioneers Came From
- Their Condition and Character
- What They Lived On
- Truck Patch
- Hominy Blocks
- Mills
- Cooking
- Cultivation of Domestic Animals
- Wild Turkeys
- Whiskey
- Superstitions
- Dress
- The Flax Wheel and Loom
- Kicking Frolics
- Dyeing
- Fourth of July and Militia Musters
- Cabins and Their Construction
- Furniture
- Hoosier Poem
- Early Land Laws
- Tomahawk Rights
- Hunting
- Weddings
- Dancing and House Warmings
- Schools and Teachers
- Spelling Schools, etc., etc. |
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CHAPTER XXIII. - JOHN CHAPMAN |
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CHAPTER XXIV. - RAILROADS,
TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS COMPANIES - |
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- Sandusky
- Mannsfield & Newark Railroad
- First Trains
- Agents
- Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Delaware Road
- First Through Train
- The Ohio Central
- Telegraph
- Express Companies |
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CHAPTER XXV. - KNOX COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. - |
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- Formation of the Society
- General Progress
- Reports of the Fairs from the First to the Present Time |
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CHAPTER XXVI. - BENCH AND BAR - |
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- First Court in the County
- The Whipping Post
- First Prosecuting Attorney
- Proceedings of the Court
- First Practicing Lawyers
- A Brief Notice of Each of the Members of the Mt. Vernon Bar |
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CHAPTER XXVII. - PUBLIC BUILDINGS
OF THE COUNTY - |
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- Four Court Houses
- Three Jails
- Two Infirmary Buildings
- Matters of Interest Connected with these Buildings |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. - A CHAPTER OF
STATISTICS. - |
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CHAPTER XXIX. - WAR OF 1812 - |
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- Condition of Knox County
- Samuel Kratzer
- Joseph Walker
- Muster Roll of Walker's Company
- John H. Medford
- R. M. Brown
- March of Captain Walker's Company
- Captain John Greer
- The Scalping of Three Persons on Owl Creek
- Condition of the Northern Frontier of Knox
- Disposition of Troops
- Erection of Block Houses
- Sketch of General Beall's Life
- Organization of His Army
- Scarcity of Supplies
- Beall's March
- Camp Council
- Mutiny among the Troops
- General Harrison Arrives
- His Speech
- General Beall's Difficulty with
General Wadsworth
- Arrested, Court-marshalled and Acquitted
- His Brigade Disbanded
- The Expedition of General Crooks and Colonel Anderson |
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CHAPTER XXX. - KNOX COUNTY IN THE
MEXICAN WAR - |
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- The Texas War
- Colrick's Company
- Beginning of the War with Mexico
- Organization of Ohio Regiments
- Organization of a Company at Mt. Vernon
- The Operations of the Troops in Mexico
- General Morgan's Address
- Muster Rolls |
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CHAPTER XXXI. - WAR OF THE
REBELLION. - |
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- Preparations for the Conflict
- Number of Soldiers from Knox County
- War Meeting and Resolutions
- Committees Appointed
- Home Guards
- Sketch of the Life of C. P. Buckingham
- Bounty Money for the Volunteers of 1862
- Address of the Military Committee
- Methods of Securing Volunteers
- Drafting
- War Fund
- Knox County Militia
- Ladies' Aid Societies
- Ladies' Union League
- The Monument |
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CHAPTER XXXII. - WAR OF THE
REBELLION CONTINUED - FINISHED
8/17/2017 |
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Companies A and B, Fourth Ohio
- Excitement of Mt. Vernon
- First Volunteers in Knox County
- How Lorin Andrews Became Colonel
- Organization of Companies A and B
- Departure of Troops
- Composition of the Fourth Ohio
- Lorin Andrews
- H. B. Banning
- Organization of the Fourth Ohio
- Three Months' Service
- Three Years' Service
- Muster Rolls of Companies A and B
- A sketch of the Operations of the Regiment to the Date of Muster-Out
- Return of Regiment
- Inscriptions of its Flag
- Roster of the Officers and Muster Roll of the Companies |
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CHAPTER XXXIII. - WAR OF THE
REBELLION CONTINUED - FINISHED
8/18/2017 |
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Companies A, E, and G, Twentieth
Ohio Regiment
- Organization of Three Companies of Knox County
- Roster of the Officers and Muster Rolls of the Companies
- Expedition to Warsaw, Kentucky
- Operations of the Regiment during the War, Muster-Out and Return
- Inscriptions on its Banners
- Medals Awarded |
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CHAPTER XXXIV. - WAR OF THE
REBELLION CONTINUED - |
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- Company A, Thirtieth Regiment
- Company C, Thirty-second Regiment
- Company K, and Fractions of Other Companies, Forty-third Regiment
- Companies A and F, Sixty-fifth Regiment |
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CHAPTER XXXV. - WAR OF THE
REBELLION - CONTINUED |
319 |
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- Companies A and B, Ninety-sixth
Regiment
- Organization
- Field Officers
- Muster Rolls
- Outline History of the Regiment while in Service
- Colonel J. W. Vance
- Muster Out |
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CHAPTER XXXVI. - WAR OF THE
REBELLION CONTINUED. - |
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- Organization of Company F, One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth Regiment
- Muster Roll
- Operations of the Regiment in the Field
- Second Ohio Heavy Artillery
- Eighteenth United States Regulars
- Captain Coe's Sharpshooters
- List of Regiments in which Knox County was Represented
- One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio National Guard
- Muster Rolls
- "Squirrel Hunters"
- Close of the War |
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. - MT. VERNON |
348 |
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- The Proprietors
- Name
- First House
- First Tavern
- The Butlers
- Town Plat
- Tornado
- The First Doctor
- Commissioners for Selecting the County Seat
- Their Report
- The Struggle for the County Seat
- Ben. Butler's "Trick"
- The Riot
- An Indenture of Apprenticeship
- The Hatters
- James Craig
- Joseph Walker
- Fighting and Other Amusements
- Endeavors to change the County Seat
- What the Living Pioneers Say |
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CHAPTER XXXIX. - MT. VERNON
CONTINUED - |
358 |
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- Extracts from the Ohio Register
and Norton's History Concerning the Early Days of Mt.
Vernon, 1814 to 1830
- Growth of the City
- Its Boundaries
- Population
- A Picture of Mt. Vernon in 1830 |
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CHAPTER XL. - MT. VERNON -
CONTINUED - |
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- The Polemic Society
- Mt. Vernon Literary Society
- Mt. Vernon Lyceum
- Dramatic Association
- Mechanics' Society
- The Franklin
- Knox County Historical Society
- Later Literary and Other Associations
- Masons
- Odd Fellows
- Knights of Pythias
- Knights of Honor
- Royal Aranum
- Knights of the Red Cross
- Pennsylvanians in Knox County |
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CHAPTER XLII. - MT. VERNON -
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- The Business of the City
- The Owl Creek Bank
- The Knox County Bank
- First National and Savings Banks
- The Knox County Mutual Insurance Company
- The Eagle Mutual
- The Mutual Aid Association
- The Business Men of 1850
- The Manufacturing Business of the City
- List of Aged Men |
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CHAPTER XLIII. - MT. VERNON -
CONCLUDED - |
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- The City Churches
- The Presbyterian
- Methodist Episcopal
- Methodist Protestant
- First Baptist
- St. Paul Episcopal
- St. Vincent DePaul
- Congregational
- Disciple
- Lutheran
- United Presbyterian
- African Methodist |
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CHAPTER XLIV. - BERLIN TOWNSHIP - |
421 |
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- Name and Organization
- First Election
- Topography
- Primitive Condition
- Mound Builders
- Indians
- First Settlers and Settlements
- The Markleys
- A. H. Royce
- The Leedys
- Richard Roberts
- "Celestial Light"
- The Old Harter Tavern
- Shaler's Mill
- Other Mills
- Palmyra
- Anknytown
- School-Houses and Teachers
- Churches
- Population
- Justice of the Peace |
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CHAPTER XLV. - BROWN TOWNSHIP - |
426 |
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- List of Justices of the Peace
- Topography
- Hunting Grounds
- Pigeon Roost
- Bear Story
- First Settlers and Settlements
- Mills
- Schools
- Churches
- Jelloway
- Insurance |
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CHAPTER XLVI. - BUTLER TOWNSHIP -
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- Organization
- Topography
- Indians
- First Settlers
- Mills
- Schools
- Church |
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CHAPTER XLVII. - CLAY TOWNSHIP |
437 |
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- Organization
- First Settlers
- Indians
- Township Records
- Mounds
- Martinsburgh Schools
- Martinsburgh Academy
- Churches
- Rev. Henry Hervey
- Fires |
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CHAPTER XLVIII. - CLINTON TOWNSHIP
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- Original Divisions of the County
- Later Modifications
- Mounds
- Andrew Craig
- A Tragedy
- Butler's Visit
- Henry Haine's Insanity
- John Mills
- Other Early Settlers
- The Pioneer Mill
- Other Mills
- Roads
- An Indian Tragedy
- Township Officers
- Justices of the Peace |
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CHAPTER XLIX. - COLLEGE TOWNSHIP -
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- Topography
- Distillery
- Organization
- Election
- Roads
- The Condition of 1829
- The Mill-Race
- The Village and Its Business
- Justices of the Peace
- The Press of Gambier
- The Dwarfs
- Churches |
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CHAPTER L. - KENYON COLLEGE - |
454 |
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- Its Locatoin
- Tour of Inspection
- The North Section
- The South Section
- College Hill
- First View from the Top
- "Well, this will do do~"
- The Purchase of Eight Thousand Acres
- The Site of Old Kenyon
- Obtaining Subscriptions
- Report of the Bishop
- The Ladies' Society
- Minor Professorship
- Description of the Ground
- Laying the Corner-Stone
- An Incident in the Building of the College
- History of the College by President Bodine
- The Blake School |
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CHAPTER LI. - HARRISON TOWNSHIP -
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470 |
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- Name
- Topography
- Indians
- First Settlers and Settlements
- Sketches of the Pioneers
- Burlington Storm
- Roads
- Mills
- Post Offices
- Schools
- Churches |
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CHAPTER LII. - HOWARD TOWNSHIP -
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474 |
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- Location
- First Officers
- Topography
- Indians
- Early Settlers and Settlements
- Hunting
- Sketches of the Pioneers
- Distilleries
- Mills
- Schools
- Churches
- Kinderhook |
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CHAPTER LIII. - HILLIAR TOWNSHIP -
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- Location
- Erection
- Name
- Topography
- Settlement
- Pioneer Anecdotes
- James Houck
- Dr. Hilliar
- Early 'Farming
- First Election
- Township Officers
- Mills
- Churches
- Schools
- Roads
- Villages
- Newspapers
- Postmasters
- Statistics |
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CHAPTER LIV. - JACKSON TOWNSHIP -
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487 |
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- Topography
- Organization
- Streams - Timber
- Early Settlers
- Mills
- Distilleries
- Schools
- Churches
- Villages |
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CHAPTER LV. - JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP -
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- Organization
- Election
- Justices of the Peace
- Topography
- Relics
- First Settlers
- Grand Hunt
- Mills
- Schools
- Churches
- Greersville |
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CHAPTER LVI. - LIBERTY TOWNSHIP -
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497 |
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- Location
- Erection
- Topography
- Mounds
- Settlement
- Roads
- Mills
- Election
- Officers
- Villages
- Stores
- Schools
- Churches
- Cemeteries
- Orders
- Statistics |
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CHAPTER LVII. - MIDDLEBURY TOWNSHIP
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504 |
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- Formation
- Boundaries
- Topography
- First Settlers
- "Friends"
- Daniel Levering
- Truman Strong
- Batemans
- Sarah Stellwell
- Later Settlers of Prominence
- Roads
- Mills
- Elections
- Justices
- Present Officers
- Waterford
- "Leverings" Post Office
- "Friends" Meeting House
- Other Churches
- Odd Fellows
- Schools
- Noted Men
- Population
- Production |
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CHAPTER LVIII. - MILFORD TOWNSHIP -
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- Topography
- Timber
- Wild Animals
- Organization
- Name
- First Settlers and Settlements
- The Whereabouts of the Pioneers
- The Great Wolf Hunt
- First Roads
- Prominent Citizens
- The Giant
- The Band
- The First Volunteer Company
- The Railroad Swindle
- The Soldier's Monument Fund
- Political
- Five Corners
- Lock
- Schools
- Churches |
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CHAPTER LIX. - MILLER TOWNSHIP -
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521 |
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- Topography
- Animals
- Organization
- Name
- First Settlements and Settlers
- Population
- Pioneer Matters
- Roads
- Brandon
- Post Office
- Storm
- Churches
- Schools
- Military Matters
- Justices of the Peace |
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CHAPTER LX. - MONROE TOWNSHIP - |
530 |
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- Erection
- Topography
- Timber
- Early Settlers
- Later Residents of Prominence
- Roads
- Mills
- Churches
- Elections
- List of Justices
- Township Officers
- Area
- Population
- Production
- Valuation |
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CHAPTER LXI. - MORGAN TOWNSHIP -
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534 |
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- Locaton
- Name
- Topography
- Ancient Works
- Agriculture
- First Settlers and Settlements
- Sketches of the Pioneers
- Schools
- Churches |
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CHAPTER LXII. - MORRIS TOWNSHIP -
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338 |
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- Situation
- William Douglass
- Douglass' Mill
- Samuel H. Smith
- Clinton Laid Out
- The Ohio Register
- James Loveridge
- Colonel Alexander Enos
- Other Early Settlers
- Roads
- Stores
- Distilleries
- Schools
- Churches
- Mills
- Tanneries
- Clinton
- Elections
- Justices |
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CHAPTER LXIII. - PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
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545 |
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- Situation
- Boundaries
- Topography
- Pioneers
- Mills
- Breweries
- Roads
- Churches
- First Things
- Organization
- Present Officers
- Mt. Vernon Nursery
- Population and Production
- Justices of the Peace |
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CHAPTR LXIV - UNION TOWNSHIP - |
550 |
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- Boundaries
- Topography
- First Settlers
- First Election
- First Birth
- Sketches of the First Settlers
- Mills
- Roads
- Schools
- Churches
- Danville
- Millwood
- Gann Station
- Rossville
- Buckeye City
- Cavallo |
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CHAPTER LXV. - WAYNE TOWNSHIP - |
556 |
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- Organization and Dimensions
- Topography
- Mound Builders and Their Works
- The Indians
- Killing of the Indian Horse Thieves by Hughes and Ratliff
- Remains of Indians thus Killed
- First Settlers
- Nathaniel Mitchell Young
- The "Jersey Settlement"
- Trapping Wolves
- The Quakers
- October Election of 1808
- Roads
- Mills
- Lucerne
- The Lewis Block-House
- Green Valley
- Churches
- Justices of the Peace
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CHAPTER LXVI - FREDERICKTOWN - |
563 |
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- Location
- Lucas Sullivant
- Laying out the Town
- First Cabin and First Brick House
- The Quakers
- Names of the Earliest Settlers
- The Ayres
- Appearance of the Town in 1812
- Garrison and his Store
- Nicholas McCarty
- The Business and Whereabouts of a few of the
Settlers
- Captain Williams
- First Fourth of July Celebration
- The Block Houses and Incidents Connected with Them
- "Uncle Abner" and his "Tavern"
- Hotels of Fredericktown
- The Mills around the Town
- Produce Dealers
- Banks
- Newspapers
- Mayors
- A Summary of the Business
- Schools
- Churches |
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CHAPTER LXVII. - TERRITORY DETACHED
FROM KNOX COUNTY - |
572 |
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- Madison, Greene, Chester,
Bloomfield, and Franklin Township |
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CHAPTER LXVIII. - PIKE TOWNSHIP |
575 |
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- Erection
- Boundaries
- Topography
- First Settlers
- Election
- Present Officers
- Justices
- Mills
- Schools
- Churches
- Amity
- Odd Fellows
- Knights of Honor
- North Liberty
- Statistics |
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BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES |
583 |
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ADDENDA |
846 |
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- Election, Mt. Vernon, 1880
- The Dunkard Church, Berlin Township
- - Includes names:
- - - Ackerman, L. B.
- - - Adams, John
- - - Banning, Anthony
- - - Banning, General Henry B.
- - - Blake, William
- - - Bostwick, Nathan
- - - Condon, David W.
- - - Donahey, P. N.
- - - Hollibaugh, John F.
- - - Horn, Abraham
- - - Horn, Martin C.
- - - Hyatt, R.
- - - Johnston, Samuel K.
- - - Knight, John
- - - Walter, George A.
- - - Alverson, Thomas
- - - Fidler, Thomas
- - - Lewis, John and Hannah
- - - Philo, George J.
- - - Rinehart, George
- - - Neff Petroleum Company
- NOTES OF WORK BY STUDENTS OF PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY IN THE LABORATORY OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA |
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