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CHAPTER I. -
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- The First White Men
- Missions
- Trading Posts
- A Leaden Plate
- French and English Claims
- Ohio Land Company
- Explorations
- French Ports
- Washington's Mission
- French and Indian War
- English Gain Possession
- First Survey
- Squatters
- Indian Treaties
- Land Bounties to Revolutionary Soldiers
- The Ohio Company Formed
- Gets a Grant of Land From Congress
- Rules For Settlements
- Marietta Settled
- First Court
- First Land Patents
- Progress of the Settlements |
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CHAPTER II. - |
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- First White Men in Noble County
- Joseph Reeves
- John Vories
- Conflicting Stories
- The Enochs Settlement
- The Dye Settlement
- Section Lines
- Buffalo Township
- First School House
- Land Entries
- Where Caldwell Now Stands
- Salt Kettles
- Early Mills
- Aaron Hughes in Hickson Township
- His Strenuous Career
- Reasoner the Trapper
- Ales Tavern
- English Immigrants
- Bell Making
- The Irish Settlement
- Hugh O'Neill's School
- Scotch Pioneers
- Squatters' Rights
- First Grave in Sharon Cemetery
- German Families
- Pioneer Life
- The Log Cabin
- Frontier Advantages
- Amusements
- Early Schools
- The Itinerant Preacher |
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CHAPTER III - |
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- Indian Relations
- Last Act or Hostility
- Early Roads
- The Federal Trail
- Road to Thompson's Mill
- The Center Road
- First Road to Caldwell
- State Roads
- Post Offices
- Olive
- Wharton
- Bates' Mill
- Summerfield
- Sharon
- Hoskinsville
- Early Mail Carriers
- Sarahsville
- Hiramsburg
- Carlisle
- Mount Ephraim
- "Moss Tavern"
- Batesville
- Harriettsville
- Rochester
- Middleburg
- Whigville
- Matrom or Socum
- Lexington
- A Novel Marriage Ceremony
- A Harvesting Incident |
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CHAPTER IV. - |
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- First Counties in Ohio
- Admission Into the Union
- Formation of Guernsey County
- Monroe
- Morgan
- Early Township Organizations
- A County Seat War
- Agitation for a New County Begun
- Whig Sentiment
- First Petition to the Legislature
- How the County was Named
- Memorial of 1849
- Passage of the Organic Act
- First Election
- Location of the County Seat
- Sarahsville Selected by the Commissioners
- First Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners |
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CHAPTER V. - |
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- Early Civil Institutions
- First Courts
- New Officers Installed
- Reorganization of Townships
- Election for Justices of the Peace
- Successful Candidates
- First Newspapers
- An Echo With the Contractor
- A County Seat War Inaugurated
- Sectional Differences in Politics
- Act of 1854
- Plat of Caldwell Surveyed
- Town Named
- Contract for Court House
- Temporary Quarters
- First Sale of Lots
- First Newspaper in Caldwell
- Order to Remove County Offices
- New Jail
- Another Newspaper
- Early Churches
- County Infirmary Established |
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CHAPTER VI. - |
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- First Troops from Noble
- Muster Roll of Companies
- Names of Volunteers
- Engagements
- Movements of the Regiments
- In Virginia
- Part of National Guard
- One Battalion From Noble
- Muster Rolls
- Last Call for Troops
- Noble Responds
- Miscellaneous Enlistments
- The Hoskinsville Rebellion |
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CHAPTER VII. - |
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- Progress Since the War
- The Oil Fields
- A Confidence Game
- Railroad Agitation
- The Old Calico Road
- Marietta & Pittsburg Company Incorporated
- The Narrow Gauge
- Zanesville & Southeastern
- Two Companies Consolidated
- New Towns in Noble County
- Dexter City
- South Olive
- Dudley
- Ava
- Belle Valley
- East Union
- Moundsville
- Fulda
- Growth of Caldwell
- Newspapers
- Village of the Second Class
- List of City Officials
- Banks
- Fair Association
- Building and Loan Association
- Water-Works
- Soldiers' Reunions
- Mound Builders Relics
- Australian Ballot Law
- New Judicial Circuit
- Spanish-American War
- Militia
- Medical Society Organized
- The Great Snow Storm
- Centennial Ode |
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CHAPTER VIII. - |
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- Boundaries of the County
- Area
- Surface
- Soil
- Crops
- Mineral Products
- Sandstone
- Coal
- Iron
- Salt
- Natural Gas
- Mortgages
- Churches
- Educational Growth
- School Statistics
- Fraternal Organizations
- Civil Government
- List of Officials Since the Organization of the County
- Politics
- Election Statistics
- Census Reports
- General Reflections |
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