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HISTORY OF THE
STATE OF OHIO |
Sharon's Note: There are so many
histories of the State of Ohio, I will not be
transcribing this part.
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HISTORY OF
COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO |
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CHAPTER XVII. - TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY -
Topography - General Geological Structure of the
County - Local Geology |
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CHAPTER XVIII. - ARCHAEOLOGY - Mound Builders
and Indians - 'Antiquities - The Different Classes
of Mounds, Effigies and Inclosures - Lessons Taught
by These Works - Implements used by the Mound
Builders and Indians |
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CHAPTER XIX. - INDIANS - Geographical
Location of the Various Tribes - The Delawares -
Their Towns in this County - Brief History of the
Tribes of Ohio - Captain Pipe - White Eyes -
Wingenund and Killbuck - Netawatwees - Mannes,
Customs, Feasts, etc. - Cabins, Wigwams, Food, etc.
- Amusements and Hunting - Removal Beyond the
Mississippi |
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CHAPTER XX - BOUQUET'S EXPEDITION - The
Causes Which led to the Expedition - The Pontiac War
- Bouquet Ordered to the Relief of Fort Pitt - His
March From Fort Pitt - Incidents of the March -
Indian Trails - March Down the Tuscarawas - Council
with the Chiefs - Bouquet's Camp at the Forks of the
Muskingum - The Treaty of Peace - The Recovery of
Prisoners - Sketch of Colonel Bouquet's Life - |
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CHAPTER XXI. - COLONEL BRODHEAD'S EXPEDITION
- Causes of the Expedition - The Objective Point -
March of the Army - Arrival at the Forks of the
Muskingum - Destruction of Indian Villages - Return
of the Army - War of Extermination - Col. Brodhead's
Official Report - Biographical Sketches of Col.
David Shepherd and Col. Daniel Brodhead |
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CHAPTER XXII. - WETZEL AND BRADY - Lewis
Wetzel - His Character - The Wetzel Family - The
Murder of Lewis' Father - Capture of Wetzel by the
Indians - His Adventures in the Muskingum Valley -
Tragedy at Indian Spring - The Expedition to the
Muskingum under McMahon - Wetzel takes a Scalp - The
Turkey Call - Various Adventures - Imprisoned -
Wetzel's Personal Appearance and Death.
Samuel Brady - His Expedition to Walhonding -
A Brief Sketch of his Life and Services |
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CHAPTER XXIII. - MORAVIAN MISSIONS -
Establishment of Lichtenau - Religious Services -
Moravian Towns on the Tuscarawas - Abandonment of
Lichtenau -
Biographical Sketches of Rev. David Zeisberger and
Rev. John Heckewelder. |
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CHAPTER XXIV. - FIRST WHITE OCCUPATION -
Mary Harris - Christopher Gist - George Croghan -
William Trent - James Smith - Bouquet's Army -
Chaplain Jones - David Duncan - Murder at White Eyes
- William Robinson - John Leeth - Brodhead's Army -
John Stilley - The Moravians - The Gertys and Others
- Heckewelder's Ride |
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CHAPTER XXV. - SCRAPS OF HISTORY - Name -
Formation - First Settlers and Settlements -
Population - Flora and Fauna - Early Roads and
Transportation - A Pioneer School-House - Prices for
Produce - Early Taverns - Starting a Town -
Character of the pioneers - Social Gatherings -
Trapping - Wild Pigeons |
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CHAPTER XXVI. - JOHN CHAPMAN |
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CHAPTER XXVII. - PIONEER TIMES - Where the
Pioneers Came From - Their Condition and Character -
What They Lived On - The "Truck Patch" - Hominy
Blocks - Mills - Cooking - Cultivation of Domestic
Animals - Wild Turkeys - Whisky - Superstitions -
Dress of the Men - The Flax Wheel and Loom - More
About Clothing - "Kicking Frolicks" - Dress of the
Women - White Kid Slippers - Dyeing - Fourth of July
and Militia Musters - Cabins and Their Construction
- Furniture of the Cabins - Hoosier Poem - Early
Land Laws - Tomahawk Rights - Hunting - Early
Weddings - Dancing and "House Warming" - Schooling,
School Teachers, etc. - Spelling Schools -
Conclusion |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. - THE CANALS - A Great Work -
Celebration of the Opening of the Ohio Canal at
Licking Summit - Work on the Canal - First Boat -
Walhonding Canal - Length, Capacity and Business of
the Canals |
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CHAPTER XXIX. - RAILROADS - River
Transportation - The Pan Handle - Extracts from
Hunt's History and the Zanesville Courier. |
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CHAPTER XXX. - AGRICULTURE - Agricultural
Features of the County - Present Condition - Crops -
Corn, Wheat, etc. - Fruit Culture - Stock Raising -
Sheep - Cattle - Hogs - Horses - County Agricultural
Society |
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CHAPTER XXXI. - COUNTY BUILDINGS AND OFFICERS -
First Jail - First Court House - The Present
Court House - Other Public Buildings - List of
County Officers - Commissioners - Auditors - Clerks
- Treasurers - Recorders - Sheriffs - Prosecuting
Attorneys - Surveyors - Coroners - Infirmary
Directors - Representatives - Congressmen, etc. |
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CHAPTER XXXII. - BENCH AND BAR. - First
Courts - Early Judges - Associate Judges - Judge
Sample - Early Bar - First Lawyers - David Spangler
- Present Members. |
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CHAPTER XXXIII. - WAR OF 1812 - Companies
Raised in Coshocton County - Hull's Surrender -
Muster Roll of Johnston's Riflemen - March of
Colonel Williams' Command - Their Services on the
Frontier - Defense of Fort Meigs - Rev. H. Calhoun's
Communication. |
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CHAPTER XXXIV. - WAR WITH MEXICO - Causes of
the War - Muster Roll of Captain Meredith's Company
- The Third Ohio Regiment - Its Operations in the
Field - The Fourth Ohio Regiment and its Services -
Close of the War. |
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CHAPTER XXXV. - WAR OF THE REBELLION -
Preparations in Coshocton - Three Months' Men -
Muster Rolls - Operations of the Sixteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. |
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CHAPTER XXXVI. - WAR OF THE REBELLION, CONTINUED
- Organization of "Given's Rangers" - Their
Assignment to the Twenty-fourth Ohio, and Departure
to the Field - Sketch of Josiah Given - Organization
- Captain W. M. Stanley's Assignment to the
Thirty-second Ohio, and Departure for the Field -
Twenty-fourth and Thirty-second at Cheat Mountain -
Twenty-fourth in the Field and Mustered out -
Thirty-second in the Field and Mustered out. |
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CHAPTER XXXVII. - WAR OF THE REBELLION, CONTINUED
- Fifty-first Regiment - Muster Rolls - Its
Operations in the Field. |
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. - WAR OF THE REBELLION CONTINUED
- Eightieth Ohio - Time of Enlistment - Muster
Rolls of Coshocton Companies - Paducah and Corinth -
On to Vicksburg - Resignation of Captain Mathews -
Battles of Jackson and Mission Ridge - Defense of
Resaca - Sherman's March to the Sea - Closing Scenes
of the Eightieth's History. |
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CHAPTER XXXIX. - WAR OF THE REBELLION, CONTINUED.
- Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry - Muster
Roll - Services in the Field - Seventy-sixth Ohio -
Muster Roll and Record |
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CHAPTER XL - WAR OF THE REBELLION, CONTINUED -
One Ninety-seventh - Rosters of Companies H. and
I - Review by John M. Compton - Historical Record of
the Regiment - Correspondence and Reminiscences. |
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CHAPTER XLI. - WAR OF THE REBELLION, CONTINUED -
One Hundred and Twenty-second - Muster Rolls -
Record of its Services - Seventy-eighth Regiment -
Its Services in the Field |
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CHAPTER XLII - WAR OF THE REBELLION, CONTINUED -
Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry - Its
Operations in the Field - Thirty-seventh Ohio - A
Record of its Services |
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