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| CHAPTER I - ORGANIZATION
OF OHIO TERRITORY AND STATE |
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- Early Surveys
- Virginia Military Reservation
- Western Reserve
- United States Military Lands
- Refugee Lands
- Acts of Congress
- Ohio Made a State
- Boundary Survey of 1812 |
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| CHAPTER II - INDIAN
OCCUPANCY, TREATIES, ETC. |
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- After the Mound Builders, the
Indians
- Tribes of Ohio
- Treaty of 1785
- Origin of the Delawares
- Indians Trading at Mt. Vernon
- Killing of an Indian Squaw
- Indian Treaties |
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| CHAPTER III - NATURAL
FEATURES |
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- Boundary of Knox County
- Glacial Channels
- Geology
- timber
- Prospecting
- Neff Petroleum Company
- Mound Builders
- Mysterious Wells
- Streams
- Area |
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| CHARLES IV - ORGANIZATION
OF KNOX COUNTY |
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- The Organizing Act
- First Election
- First County Officers
- Original Knox County Territory
- Townships Detached
- Organization of Morrow County
- Bloomfield Township
- Franklin Township
- The County Seat Contest
- Some Funny Incidents |
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| CHAPTER V. EARLY
SETTLEMENT |
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- First Settlers in the Various
Townships
- Advent of the Whites
- James Smith
- Method of Indian Adoption
- Indian Captives
- Andrew Craig, the First White Settler
- Historian Norton's Account
- Quakers Come in |
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| CHAPTER VI - PIONEER
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS |
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- Origin of the Pioneers
- Early Methods of Cooking
- Pioneers and Rye Whisky
- Early Superstitions
- What Men and Women Wore
- How the Pioneer Women Dressed
- Pioneer Houses
- Household Furniture
- Hunting in Knox County
- Wolf Traps
- Great Occasions |
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| CHAPTER VIII - COUNTY,
STATE AND NATIONAL REPRESENTATION |
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- Governors
- Congressmen
- State Senators
- State Representatives
- Presidential Electors
- County Recorders
- Clerks of the Court
- County Auditors
- County Treasurers
- Sheriffs
- Prosecuting Attorneys
- Knox County Commissioners
- County Infirmary Directors
- County Surveyors
- District Judges
- Probate Judges
- Associate Judges |
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| CHAPTER IX - AGRICULTURE,
HORTICULTURE AND COUNTY FAIRS |
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- Importance of Agriculture
- Pioneer Farming Methods
- Horticulture
- Farm Products of 1910
- Fair of 1878
- Agricultural Societies
- Morris Agricultural Club
- Knox County Agricultural Society
- Teaching Agriculture |
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| CHAPTER X - RAILROADS,
TRANSPORTATION AND TELEGRAPHS |
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- Early Day Principal Towns
- Early Railroad Systems
- A Wooden Railroad
- Present Railroads in the County
- Telegraph Companies
- Express Companies |
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| CHAPTER XI - EDUCATIONAL
INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY |
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- Early Schools Inferior
- Spelling Schools
- First School Houses in the County
- First Teachers
- Establishment of Graded Schools
- Westminster Academy
- Mt. Vernon College
- Public Schools of Mt. Vernon
- Schools in General
- High Schools of the County
- Books in Libraries
- Colleges and Parochial Schools |
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| CHAPTER XII - HISTORY OF
KENYON COLLEGE |
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- Incorporation
- Philander Chase, the Founder of the College
- The Founding
- Bishop Chase's Trip to England
- English Donors
- Erection of the College, a Gigantic Task
- The College History from 1831 to 1912
- Literary Societies
- Property, 1911
- Distinctive Features
- Harcourt Place School |
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| CHAPTER XIII - NEWSPAPERS
OF THE COUNTY |
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- Knox County Journalism
- Ohio Register
- Knox County Gazette
- Western Watchman
- Family Cabinet
- Democrat and Knox Advertiser
- Looking Glass and Wig Reflector
- Knox County Republican
- Daily Republican-News
- Democratic Banner
- Western Home Visitor
- Knox County Express
- Knox County Advocate
- Knox County National
- Centerburg Gazette
- Knox County Herald
- Tri-County Leader
- Universalist Advocate
- Centerburg Mirror
- Fredericktown Independent
- The Free Press
- Literary Work |
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| CHAPTER XIV - CHURCHES OF
KNOX COUNTY |
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- Presbyterian Church
- United Presbyterian Church
- Free Presbyterian Church
- Methodist Episcopal Church
- Methodist Protestant Churches
- Wesleyan Methodists
- Free Methodists
- African Methodists
- Baptist Churches
- Colored Baptist Church
- Free-Will Baptist Church
- United Brethren Church
- Seventh-day Adventists
- Society of Friends
- Union Churches
- Congregational Churches
- Roman Catholic Churches
- St. Vincent de Paul School
- Catholic Cemeteries
- Church of Christ (Disciples)
- Brethren Churches
- Protestant Episcopal Church |
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| CHAPTER XV - CIVIC
SOCIETIES |
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- Free and Accepted Masons
- Mt. Zion Lodge No. 9
- Thrall Lodge No. 170
- Antioch Lodge No. 286
- Danville Lodge No. 456
- Bloomfield Lodge No. 422
- Clinton Chapter No. 26, R. A. M.
- Kinsman Council No. 76, R. & S. M.
- Clinton Commandery No. 5, K. T.
- Masonic Club
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 20
- Quindaro Lodge No. 316
- Kokosing Encampment No. 38
- Centerburg Lodge No. 666
- Sycamore Valley Lodge No. 553
- Ellicott Lodge No. 267
- Knox Encampment No. 211
- Bartholo Lodge No. 692
- Brankhaven Lodge No. 905
- Owl Creek Lodge No. 686
- Kokosing Lodge No. 807
- Knights of Pythias
- Timon Lodge No.45
- Wayne Lodge No. 303
- Colfax Lodge No. 688
- Hawthorn Lodge No. 228
- Kokosing Canton No. 71, U. R.
- Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
- Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 140 |
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| CHAPTER XVI - MILITARY
HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY |
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- War of 1812
- Soldiers Rendezvous at Mt. Vernon
- Erection of Block Houses
- General Harrison's Famous Speech
- The Texas and Mexican Wars
- war Meetings at Mt. Vernon
- The "Young Guards"
- Wartime Incidents
- Reunion of Mexican-War Veterans
- The Muster Rolls
- Knox County in the Civil War
- Mass Meetings
- Resolutions Passed and Committees Appointed
- Early Civil War Incidents
- Regiments in Which Knox County Men Served
- A Touching Letter
- The "Squirrel Hunters"
- In Memoriam
- Soldiers' Monument
- Grand Army of the Republic
- The Spanish American War. |
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| CHAPTER XVII - THE BENCH
AND BAR OF KNOX COUNTY |
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- Dignity and Usefulness of the
Legal Profession
- Notable Men Contributed by the Bar of Knox County
- The First Court in Knox County
- First Grand Jury
- First Petit Jury
- First Jury Trial
- First and Last Public Whipping
- Early Judges
- First Resident Lawyers
- Columbus Delano
- Lawyers of 1880
- Active Members of the Bar in 1911 |
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| CHAPTER XVIII -
PHYSICIANS OF KNOX COUNTY |
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- Doctors Early in the Field
- Wonderful Advance in the Science of Medicine
- Doctor Hilliar, the First Practicing Physician in Knox County
- Other Early Doctor Hilliar, the First Practicing Physician in Knox
County
- Other Early Doctors
- Those of a Later Period
- Present Physicians of the County
- Knox County Medical Society
- Hospitals of Mt. Vernon
- Mt. Vernon Hospital-Sanitarium
- Mt. Vernon Medical and Surgical Sanitarium |
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| CHAPTER XIX - BANKS AND
BANKING |
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- Early Scarcity of Money
- Owl Creek Bank
- A Bank Without a Charter
- Resulting Failure
- Knox County National Bank
- First National Bank of Mt. Vernon
- Knox County Savings Bank
- Commercial and Savings Bank Company, Buckeye City
- Danville Bank
- First National Bank, Centerburg
- Howard Savings Bank
- Centerburg Savings Bank
- First National Bank of Fredericktown
- Building and Loan Associations
- Centerburg Building and Loan Association
- Knox Building and Loan Company
- Home Building and Loan Company
- Citizens Building, Loan and Savings Association |
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| CHAPTER XX - CITY OF
MOUNT VERNON |
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- Mt. Vernon as the County Seat
- Early Surroundings
- Early Improvements at Mt. Vernon
- Chief Armstrong
- Early Taverns
- First Illuminating Gas
- Postoffice
- City Platted and Filed for Record
- Comparative Statistics
- Changes in Natural Features
- Postoffice History
- Municipal History
- Mayors and Marshals of Mt. Vernon
- Water Works
- Paving
- Population of the City
- Street Railway
- Electric Lighting Plant
- Mound View Cemetery
- Literary Societies
- Thespian Society
- Mt. Vernon Literary Society
- Mt. Vernon Lyceum
- Public Library
- Home for the Aged
- Young Men's Christian Association
- Knox County Mutual Insurance Company
- Eagle Mutual Fire Insurance Company
- Ohio Mutual Aid Association
- Business Men of Sixty Years Ago
- Manufacturing Industries
- C. & G. Cooper Company
- Cooper Manufacturing Company
- Mt. Vernon Bridge Company
- Reeves Engine Company
- Industries in 1911 |
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| CHAPTER XXI - TOWNSHIP
HISTORIES |
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- Original Civil Subdivisions
- Date of Organization and Area of Present Townships
- Brown Township
- Natural Features
- First Settlement
- Early Settlers
- Jelloway
- First Mills
- Jelloway Mutual Life Insurance Company
- Population. |
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| CHAPTER XXII - BUTLER
TOWNSHIP |
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- The Soil
- Former Timber Conditions
- Minerals
- Pioneer Settlements
- Signs of Former Indian Occupancy
- Pioneer Features Preserved
- First Settlers
- Early Distilleries
- "Johnny Appleseed"
- Griffin Mill
- Owl Creek Postoffice
- Population |
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| CHAPTER XXIII - BERLIN
TOWNSHIP |
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- Organization and First Election
- Geographical Features
- Early Forests
- First Settlement by White Men
- Shaler's Mills
- Village of Palmyra
- Village of Ankenytown
- Population
- Postoffice at Shaler's Mills |
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| CHAPTER XXIV - CLAY
TOWNSHIP |
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- Location and Name
- Surface
- First Settler
- Other Pioneers
- Population
- Martinsburg Village
- Postoffice History
- Business Interests
- Churches
- Physicians |
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| CHAPTER XXV - CLINTON
TOWNSHIP |
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- One of the Original Townships
- Boundary
- First Settlement
- Andrew Craig
- Other Early Settlers
- Population
- Clinton Township Tragedies
- An Incident of the Slavery Period
- Religiously Insane
- An Indian Murder |
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| CHAPTER XXVI - COLLEGE
TOWNSHIP |
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- A Peculiar Subdivision
- Originally a Dense Forest
- Fertile Valley Lands
- Bishop Chase and Kenyon College
- Organization of the Township
- Village Gambier
- A College Town
- Postoffice
- Newspapers
- Religious History
- Population
- Business Interests |
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| CHAPTER XXVII - HARRISON
TOWNSHIP |
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- Organization
- Boundary
- Population
- Natural Features
- Former Indian Occupancy
- First Permanent White Settlers
- Burlington Wind Storm
- First Events
- Wolfe's Postoffice |
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| CHAPTER XXVIII - HOWARD
TOWNSHIP |
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- Formation of Township
- Location
- Natural Features
- Streams
- Indian Field
- Tom Jelloway
- Early Hunters
- Early Settlers
- Distilleries in the Township
- Village of Howard
- Postoffice
- Present Business Interests
- Mills
- School |
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| CHAPTER XXIV - HILLIAR
TOWNSHIP |
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- Creation of the Township
- Change of Boundary Lines
- Surface of the Land
- Streams
- Timber
- First Settlement
- First Road
- Early-day Incidents
- Early Agricultural Implements
- First Elections
- Mills
- Population
- Dr. Richard Hilliar
- Village of Centerburg
- Laying Out of the Town
- Postoffice History
- Incorporation History
- Business Interests in 1911 |
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| CHAPTER XXX - JEFFERSON
TOWNSHIP |
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- Organization of the Township
- Name
- Interesting Geological Scenery and Formations
- Mohican River
- Ancient Mounds and Fortifications
- First Settlement
- Village of Greersville |
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| CHAPTER XXXI - JACKSON
TOWNSHIP |
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- Name
- Organization
- Minerals
- Timber
- Indian Relics
- First Settlement
- "Johnny Appleseed"
- Bladensburg
- First Business Interests
- Bladensburg in 1911 |
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| CHAPTER XXXII - LIBERTY
TOWNSHIP |
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- Organization
- Boundary
- Surface
- Soil
- Streams
- Mound Builders
- First Pioneers
- Early Hotels
- Good Agriculture District
- Village of Mt. Liberty
- First Merchants
- Business Interests in 1911
- Village of Bangs |
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| CHAPTER XXXIII - MILFORD
TOWNSHIP |
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- Creation of the Township
- Topography
- Streams
- Timber
- Pioneer Settlers
- Character of Early Settlers
- Wolves
- Railroads
- Five Corners
- Village of Lock
- Population |
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| CHAPTER XXXIV - MORGAN
TOWNSHIP |
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- Creation
- Name
- Streams
- Timber
- Earliest Settlers
- Milling Interests
- Other Industries
- Population of Township |
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| CHAPTER XXXV - MONROE
TOWNSHIP |
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- Creation
- Name
- Streams
- Timber
- Earliest Settlers
- Milling Interests
- Other Industries
- Population of Township |
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| CHAPTER XXXVI -
MIDDLEBURY TOWNSHIP |
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- Creation and Location
- Boundaries
- Area
- Settlement
- The Friends, or Quakers
- Early Mills
- Waterford
- Postoffice
- Township's Men of Note
- Hon. Columbus Delano
- Hon. William Windom |
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| CHAPTER XXXVII - MILLER
TOWNSHIP |
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- Formerly a Part of Morgan
Township
- "Sychamore"
- A Novel Election
- Separation of the Township
- The Settlement
- John Vance
- Population of the Township
- Early Hardships
- Village of Brandon
- Civil war Enlistment in Miller Township |
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| CHAPTER XXXVIII - MORRIS
TOWNSHIP |
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- Geographical Features
- Ancient Mounds
- The Township's Settlement
- William Douglass
- Other Early Settlers
- Distilleries
- Old Village of Clinton
- Once a Contestant for the County Seat
- Its Early Business Interests |
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| CHAPTER XXIV - PIKE
TOWNSHIP |
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- Situation
- Surface
- Settlement of the Township
- First Events
- Village of Amity
- Early Merchants
- North Liberty
- Post office
- Democracy Postoffice |
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| CHAPTER XL - PLEASANT
TOWNSHIP |
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- Location and Name
- Steams
- Population
- First Settlement
- Distilleries
- Mills
- Nurseries |
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| CHAPTER XLI - UNION
TOWNSHIP |
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- Organization
- Surface
- Variety of Soil
- Railroad
- Settlement
- First Things
- Villages of the Township
- Danville
- Incorporation and Mayors
- Present Officers
- Churches
- Schools
- Present Business Interests
- Millwood
- Roseville
- Buckeye City
- Its Laying Out
- Incorporation
- Present Municipal Officers
- Postoffice
- Cavallo
- Brinkhaven (Gann)
- Incorporation
- Present Officers
- Mayors and Clerks
- Business Directory |
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| CHAPTER XLII - WAYNE
TOWNSHIP |
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- Its Creation
- Population
- Name
- Natural Features
- Streams
- Early Settlement
- Green Valley
- Jersey Settlement
- Fredericktown
- Population
- Platting
- First Stores
- First Events in the Village
- First Events
- The Block-house
- Incorporation
- Mayors
- Water Works
- Business Directory of 1911
- Postoffice History |
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| CHAPTER XLIII -
MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS |
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- Population of Ohio
- Knox County's Population from 1800
- Detailed U. S. Census Report of Knox County
- Village Plats in Knox County
- The Ohio Sanitarium
- First Mill in Knox County
- Postoffices of Knox County, 1911
- Old Style Apprenticeship
- Violent Storms
- Judge William H. West, "Blind Man Eloquent"
- John Chapman, "Johnny Appleseed"
- Daniel Decatur Emmett, Author of "Dixie." |
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