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History
Source:
A History of Scioto County, Ohio
together with a
PIONEER RECORD
of
SOUTHERN OHIO
by
NELSON W. EVANS, A. M.,
Life Member of The Ohio state Archaeological and Historical Society.
Member of the Virginia Historical Society, and of the
American Historical Association
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Published
Portsmouth, Ohio
by Nelson W. Evans
1903
PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I.
HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. |
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Page |
| CHAPTER I. -
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3 |
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- Outline Sketch of Scioto County,
Boundaries, Fauna, Flora, Geology, Etc. |
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| CHAPTER II. - |
25 |
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- Organization of the County
- The Courts 1803 to 1810
- County Commissioners' Journals
- Court Houses and Jails
- County Officers |
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| CHAPTER III. -
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53 |
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- The Courts Under the two
Constitutions
- Biographies of the Judges |
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| CHAPTER IV. - |
94 |
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- Scioto County in the Legislature
- the Senate, Terms, Districts and Politics, Biographies of
Senators
- The House, Sessions, Terms and Biographies of Members |
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| CHAPTER V. -
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164 |
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- Scioto County in Congress
- Apportionments
- Tables and Biographies of Members |
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| CHAPTER VI. -
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201 |
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- Military History
- Revolutionary Soldiers
- War of 1812
- Mexican War
- Civil War
- Morgan's raid
- Spanish War |
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| CHAPTER VII. - |
258 |
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- The Censuses and Tax Duplicates
of Scioto County |
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| CHAPTER VIII. -
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262 |
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- Special Legislation and Town
Plats |
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| CHAPTER IX. -
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272 |
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- The Bar of Scioto County
- Biographies of Members |
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| CHAPTER X. - |
329 |
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- Miscellaneous
- Early Conveyances
- Early Marriages
- The Ohio Canal
- Railroads
- County Elections, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XI. -
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258 |
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- Township Sketches of all the
Townships in the County |
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PART II.
THE CITY OF
PORTSMOUTH |
| CHAPTER I. - |
423 |
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- Abstracts of the Acts to
Incorporate the Town of Portsmouth
- The Council Journal
- Ordinances of the Town and City
- Society Events, 1872 - 1882
- Residents of Portsmouth, 1819 to 1821, from John G. Peebles' Manuscript
- Diary of John G. Peebles
- Personal Recollections of the late John G. Peebles, Written by Himself |
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| CHAPTER II. - |
454 |
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- Special Legislation
- City Plats
- Budgets
- Officers
- Post Office and Postmasters
- Floods
- Fires
- The Weather
- Temperatures
- Rainfall
- Star Shower of 1833
- Great Storm of 1860 |
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| CHAPTER III. - |
484 |
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- The Schools
- The Press
- The Churches
- The City Hospital
- The Park Hospital
- The Cemeteries
- Memorial Days |
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| CHAPTER IV. -
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541 |
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- Diseases in the Early History of
Portsmouth by G. S. B. Hempstead, M. D.
- The Physicians
- The Practice of Dentristry |
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| CHAPTER V. - |
582 |
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- The Lodges, Societies and Clubs
- Public Library
- Carnegie Library
- Children's Home
- Aged Women's Home
- The Board of Trade |
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| CHAPTER VI. -
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591 |
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- Hotels and Restaurants
- Banks and Bankers
- Building Associations
- Merchants
- Manufactories
- Twelfth United States Census of Manufactures
- The Portsmouth Telephone Company
- The Portsmouth Gas Company
- Insurance Agents |
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| CHAPTER VII. - |
612 |
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- Relics of Barbarism
- A Black Friday
- A Slave Coffle
- The First Conveyance of Lots
- Elections
- Early Reminiscences
- The Ohio River
- The Bonanza Bar
- Bridges across the Scioto at Its Mouth
- Military Affairs
- The Crusade
- Notable Dates |
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PART III.
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PIONEER SKETCHES |
645 |
PART IV.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
881 |
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PART V.
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PIONEER RECORD OF SOUTHERN OHIO |
1199 |
| CHAPTER I.
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1199 |
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- The Virginia Military District
and its Surveyors
- Congressional Lands in Southern Ohio
- Indian Trails, Towns Camps, and Pioneer Tavern in the Virginia Military
District in South-western Ohio, the Governor Lucas
Mansion in Pike County
- The Arcadian Mineral Springs in Adams County
- Revolutionary Soldiers |
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| CHAPTER II. - |
1220 |
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Sketches of
Families in Southern Ohio |
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| CHAPTER III. -
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1255 |
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-
Biographical
Sketches of Pioneers of Southern Ohio |
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| CHAPTER IV. - |
1297 |
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ADDENDA |
1330 |
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CORRIGENDA (Corrections to
book) |
1301 |
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
(List is hard to read and corrections to names will be
made when I do the biographies)
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| Anderson, George W. |
214 |
| Anderson, Richard
Clough, Gen. |
1209 |
| Ashley, John Clinton |
616 |
| Ashley, Gov. James M. |
288 |
| Bannon, James W., Judge |
81 |
| Barnes, John R. T. |
205 |
| Batterson, Abijah, Judge |
76 |
| Batterson, George A.,
Capt. |
450 |
| Bentley, Lynn |
136 |
| Bing, J. P., M. D. |
205 |
| Bolles, William M., Col. |
908 |
| Boynton, William L. |
656 |
| Briggs, Forrest |
256 |
| Briggs, Samuel C. |
656 |
| Brown, John , Jr., Major |
661 |
| Brown, Milton Wesley |
226, 915 |
| Brown, Wesley |
450 |
| Buchanan, Henry |
656 |
| Burr, Erastus, Rev. |
666, 879 |
| Cadot, Claudius |
656 |
| Campbell, Francis |
10 |
| Chapman, Horace L. |
928 |
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Cleveland, Francis,
Capt. |
676 |
| Clough, Nathan K. |
277 |
| Coates, Benjamin F.,
Gen. |
116 |
| Coles, Thomas Kip, Lt. |
252 |
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Cook, Hugh |
676 |
| Cook, John, Capt. |
248 |
| Cotton, D. B., M. D. |
562 |
| Crain, Martin |
106 |
| Cranston, Edward, Judge |
16 |
| Currie, Samuel A., Capt. |
252 |
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Damarin, Charles A. M. |
676 |
| Davis, John Frost |
947 |
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Damarin, Louis Charles |
945 |
| Deletombe, Edward |
1261 |
| Devacht, Joseph Winoux |
36 |
| Devacht, Joseph W., Sr. |
36 |
| Dillon, John William, Rev. |
951 |
| Dodge, Daniel H. |
256 |
| Dodds, William H. |
450 |
| Douglas, Richard |
10 |
| Draper, Edgar F. |
958 |
| Drew, Irving |
960 |
| Dronillard, Joseph |
53 |
| Duke, John K. |
962 |
| Duteil, Andrew J. |
964 |
| Eifort, Sebastian, Col. |
692 |
| Eifort, William H., Lt.
Col. |
248 |
| Emmitt, James, Hon. |
116 |
| Evans, Nelson W. - 1864 |
224 |
| Evans, Nelson W. |
302 |
| Ewing, Elmore Ellis |
973 |
| Farnham, H. W. |
106 |
| Feurt, John Davidson |
694 |
| Finney, Andrew J. Capt. |
43 |
| Finney, Frank B. |
321 |
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Fryer, Benjamin |
676 |
| Gaylord, Thomas G. |
686 |
| Gharky, David |
704 |
| Gilbert, Martin Beebe |
713 |
| Gillilan, Coleman, Capt. |
990 |
| Gilruth, William |
128 |
| Gifens, William, Judge |
76 |
| Glidden, Jefferson W. |
719 |
| Glover, Elijah B. |
116 |
| Goddard, Charles A.,
Sergeant |
266 |
| Goddard, Charles A. |
992 |
| Gould, Orin B., Sr. |
726 |
| Gould, Samuel |
725 |
| Gregory, John Belli |
997 |
| Gregory, Moses |
832 |
| Grimes, Harry S. |
998 |
| Hahn, David |
731 |
| Halderman, S. S., M. D. |
567 |
| Hayes, Thomas, Col. |
248 |
| Hayman, Richard H., Hon. |
156 |
| Hayward, Moses |
128 |
| Helfenstin, George W. |
136 |
| Henpstead, G. S. B., M.
D. |
548 |
| Herron, Joseph D., Rev. |
1007 |
| Holcomb, Anselm T., Hon |
160 |
| Huston, Samuel, Capt. |
144 |
| Huston, William |
732 |
| Hyatt, Cornelius C. |
686 |
| Irwin, Thomas, Judge |
62 |
| Jackson, William |
128 |
| Johnson, W. W., Hon. |
83 |
| Jones, Henry E.,Col. |
304 |
| Keller, Sylvester, Capt. |
266 |
| Ketter, Fred C. |
43 |
| Keyes, James |
750 |
| King, Edward |
10 |
| Kinney, Aaron |
752 |
| Kinney, The Seven
Sisters |
362 |
| Kinney, Washington |
686 |
| Kirker, Thomas, Gov. |
97 |
| Kline, P. J., M. D. |
568 |
| Knitted, Albert |
460 |
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| Lantz, Henry, Capt. |
214 |
| LeClercq, Maria Louise
Cadot |
53 |
| Leete, Horace |
214 |
| Livingstone, Duncan |
369 |
| Lloyd, Charles P. |
136 |
| Lloyd, Thomas G. |
765 |
| McDermott Stone Company,
Directors of |
400 |
| McFarland, Daniel |
146 |
| McIntyre, Henry, Lt. |
252 |
| McKinney, Lorenzo Dow |
870 |
| Malone, John C., Capt. |
154 |
| Marting, Henry Adam,
Col. |
1066 |
| Massie, henry, Major |
777 |
| Mead, Jonathan, Sergeant |
266 |
| Melcher, Benjamin |
685 |
| Menager, C. R. |
36 |
| Millar, John W. |
128 |
| Miller, John T. |
1072 |
| Moore, Joseph, Judge |
76 |
| Morgan, Moses |
1296 |
| Morrison, Albert R. |
1079 |
| Morrison, Henry M. |
256 |
| Morrison, James H. |
1080 |
| Moulton, Chandler J.,
Hon. |
163 |
| Musser, Filmore |
460 |
| Nash, George K., Gov. |
1270 |
| Nash, William H., Gen. |
1084 |
| Neill, John |
1085 |
| Newsom, Lewis, Gen. |
53 |
| Noel, Aaron |
870 |
| Noel, P. W. |
214 |
| Nonnen, Aloysius, Rev. |
528 |
| Norton, A. L., M.D. |
116 |
| Oldfield, William, Col. |
141 |
| Patterson, Elbert |
256 |
| Patterson, Thomas M. |
460 |
| Peck, William Virgil,
Judge |
64 |
| Peebles, John |
802 |
| Peebles, John G. |
804 |
| Power, Ezekiel, Sr. |
808 |
| Preston, Ira M., Rev. |
808 |
| Raynor, William H., Gen. |
1107 |
| Reed, Joseph G. |
136 |
| Reed, Samuel |
1109 |
| Reed, Samuel, Judge |
68 |
| Reilly, William W.,
Capt. |
1110 |
| Ricketts, Edwin S., M.D. |
558 |
| Rickey, James S. |
1114 |
| Robey, C. F. |
450 |
| Robinson, J. V., Major |
248 |
| Robinson, J. V., Sr. |
832 |
| Ross, George K. |
1119 |
| Ross, Samuel Randall |
821 |
| Russell, William, Hon. |
175 |
| Ryan, Daniel J., Hon. |
158 |
| Safford, Robert, Col. |
53 |
| Salladay, George |
808 |
| Salladay, John Miller |
823 |
| Selby, George D. |
1128 |
| Sheppard, George W. |
43 |
| Shumway, Jilton H. |
43 |
| Sill, Joshua W. Gen. |
246 |
| Sikes, Frank Lee |
1133 |
| Skelton, James, Capt. |
205 |
| Smith, Jacob H., Gen. |
1140 |
| Spry, Robert N. |
205 |
| Stanton, Michael |
410 |
| Stevenson, George |
832 |
| Stimson, Rodney M., Hon. |
410 |
| Taylor, James L., M. D. |
1154 |
| Taylor, Lafayette |
1156 |
| Taylor, Martyn, M. D. |
410 |
| Terry, John P. |
832 |
| Terry, Thomas W., Lt. |
252 |
| Thomas, James S. |
324 |
| Thomas, Samuel R., Gen. |
1274 |
| Thompson, Albert C.,
Hon. |
195 |
| Thompson, Moses |
844 |
| Towne, Henry A., Hon. |
85 |
| Tracy, Samuel Miles |
283 |
| Tripp, James, Hon. |
106 |
| Tripp, James M., Hon. |
106 |
| Turner, Charles W. |
1165 |
| Turner, John R. |
846 |
| Vance, John Luther, Gen. |
191 |
| Veach, William |
870 |
| Vinton, Samuel F., Hon. |
10 |
| Waller, Charles C. |
1173 |
| Waller, Clark W. |
1173 |
| Waller, Francis M. |
1173 |
| Waller, George Allen |
858 |
| Ward, John L. |
860 |
| Wheeler, William H. |
1179 |
| White, Emerson E., LL.D |
410 |
| Williamson, George |
1158 |
| Wood, Oliver, Gen. |
1192 |
| Wood, Simeon |
870 |
| Zoellner, Philip |
460 |
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VIEWS
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| All Saints' Church,
Interior of |
524 |
| Bigelow Church, Old -
1834 |
521 |
| Children's Home |
590 |
| Court House and Jail,
The Scioto County |
644 |
| Geological Section of
Scioto County |
880 |
| Government Building, The |
422 |
| Indian Trails, Map of |
1215 |
| Lucas Mansion. The
Gov., East View |
1254 |
| Lucas Mansion. The
Gov., Front View |
1276 |
| Map of the Mounds About
Portsmouth |
355 |
| McDermott Stone 'Quarry,
The |
336 |
| McDermott Stone Mill,
The |
346 |
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| Nourse Home, The Old
Rebecca, at Danvers, Mass. |
1239 |
| Original Map of Scioto
County - 1803 |
26 |
| Park Hospital |
536 |
| Portsmouth Council
Chamber |
1200 |
| Portsmouth, Plat of 1803 |
424 |
| Portsmouth Public
Library |
420 |
| Soldiers' Monument, The
Tracy Park |
419 |
| Taylor Stone Saw Mill at
Rarden, Ohio |
396 |
| Township No. 2 and Frac.
No. 1, A Sketch of |
882 |
| Water Works, The City |
611 |
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