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HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO

History of Wayne County, Ohio:
from the days of the pioneers and first settlers to the present time
Indianapolis, Ind.: R. Douglass, 
1878, 
887 pgs.
(Contributed by Sharon Wick)

CONTENTS:
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CHAPTER I.                                              ----------------------------  
CHAPTER II. - The Northwestern Territory ------------------------------------------------------  
CHAPTER III. - ORIGINAL AND PRESENT WAYNE COUNTY. ------------------------  
CHAPTER IV. - WHY CALLED WAYNE COUNTY --------------------------------------------  
CHAPTER V. - TOPOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTY --------------------------------------------  
CHAPTER VI - A SYNOPSIS OF THE GEOLOGY OF OHIO. ------------------------------  
CHAPTER VII - GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE COUNTY -----------------------  
CHAPTER VIII - ARCHAEOLOGY - DEFENSIVE AND SACRED ENCLOSURES --  
CHAPTER IX. - INDIAN HISTORY AND ETHNOLOGY ------------------------------------  
CHAPTER X - THE FIRST FOUR SETTLEMENTS OF THE COUNTY ---- FINISHED 11/11/2022 176
CHAPTER XI - EARLY SETTLERS IN PROCESS 11/11/2022 178
CHAPTER XII - EARLY AGRICULTURE - REFUSE LANDS - MARKETS. ---------- 191
CHAPTER XIII. - JOHNNY APPLESEED ---------------------------- 196
CHAPTER XIV. - CRAWFORD'S CAMPAIGN THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY. ----- 208
CHAPTER XV. - BEALL'S CAMPAIGN - 1812 --------------------------------------------------- 223
CHAPTER XVI. - INDIAN CHIEF KILLBUCK. ------------------------------------------------- 228
CHAPTER XVII - ST. CLAIR'S DEFEAT, NOVEMBER 4, 1791 ---------------------------- 236
CHAPTER XVIII - WAYNE COUNTY - ITS ORGANIZATION - ELECTIONS - INSTITUTIONS, ETC. - --- 244
CHAPTER XIX - WOOSTER ----------------------------------------------  UPDATED 11/29/2022 281
CHAPTER XX - PAINT TOWNSHIP -----------------------------------  FINISHED 579
CHAPTER XXI - FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP ----------------------------  FINISHED 596
CHAPTER XXII - EAST UNION TOWNSHIP  ------------------------- FINISHED 11/9/2022 614
CHAPTER XXIII - MILTON TOWNSHIP -------------------------------- FINISHED 11/10/2022 627
CHAPTER XXIV - PLAIN TOWNSHIP  ----------------------------------- FINISHED 11/11/2022 639
CHAPTER XXV - BIRD'S-EYE AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF WAYNE COUNTY ----PARTIALLY FINISHED 657
CHAPTER XXVI - GREEN TOWNSHIP - --------------------------------  FINISHED 11/11/2022 677
      -- ORRVILLE ---------------------------------- FINISHED 11/11/2022 686
      -- BAUGHMAN TOWNSHIP ----------------- FINISHED 6/26/2022 698
CHAPTER XXVII - WAYNE TOWNSHIP  --------------------------------- FINISHED 11/4/2016 - 712
CHAPTER XXVIII. - WOOSTER TOWNSHIP -  --------------------------- UPDATED 10/6/2018 - 726
CHAPTER XXIX. - WAYNE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. ------ FINISHED 749
CHAPTER XXIX. - MEXICAN WAR SOLDIERS FROM WAYNE COUNTY - FINISHED 759
CHAPTER XXIX. - SOLDIERS IN 1812 -----------------------------------  FINISHED 10/6/2018 760
CHAPTER XXX - SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP  ------------------------  FINISHED 10/6/2018 762
CHAPTER XXXI. - CANAAN TOWNSHIP -------------------------------   772
CHAPTER XXXII. - CLINTON TOWNSHIP  -----------------------------  FINISHED 4/6/2015 783
CHAPTER XXXIII. - CONGRESS TOWNSHIP  --------------------------  FINISHED 11/11/2022 809
CHAPTER XXXIV - CHESTER TOWNSHIP  ----------------------------- FINISHED 11/5/2016 835
CHAPTER XXXV - SUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP ----------------------  FINISHED 843
CHAPTER XXXVI - CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP  ---------------------------  FINISHED 850
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX  
ILLUSTRATIONS -  
Battles, Wm. S. 802a
Downing, Jos. H. 444
Douglas, Ben. 656a
Jeffries, John T. Front
   
Jones, Benj. 730a
Lake, John S. 314
Pocock, Elijah 792a
Quinby, E., Jr. 465
   
Quinby, Samuel 344a
Spink, Cyrus 332
Warner, Charles J. 818a
   

 



 
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