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PREFACE |
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HISTORY OF THE
STATE OF OHIO
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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. |
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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
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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
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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
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Close of the War. |
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CHAPTER XXXV. - WAR OF THE REBELLION
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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
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Twenty-fourth and Thirty-second at Cheat Mountain
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Twenty-fourth in the Field and Mustered out
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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
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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
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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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CHAPTER XLIII. - WAR OF THE REBELLION, CONTINUED
- Sixty-ninth Battalion, or One Hundred and
Forty-second O. N. G. and One Hundred and
Forty-third O. N. G.
- Review of the Sixty-ninth
Battalion
- Rosters of Five Companies
- Record of
the One Hundred and Forty-second and One Hundred and
Forty-third
- Correspondence from the Front. |
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CHAPTER XLIV. - WAR OF THE REBELLION, CONCLUDED.
- Cavalry and Artillery
- History of the Ninth
Ohio Cavalry
- Roster of Company M.
- Correspondence
from the Front
- History of The Twenty-sixth Battery
- Its Organization from the Thirty-second Infantry
-
Petition of Veterans, And endorsement of Coshocton
County
- Military Committee for New Organization. |
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CHAPTER XLV. - EARLY HISTORY OF COSHOCTON
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Its Site an Indian Village
- Early Settlement
-
Colonel Charles Williams
- Ebenezer Buckingham
- Dr.
Samuel Lee
- Tradition of Louis Phillippe
- The Cold
Plague
- A Lost Child
- The Cold Plague
- A Lost
Child
- The Whoo-whoo Society
- The Journal of
Colonel Williams |
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CHAPTER XLVI. - GROWTH OF COSHOCTON - PRESS -
FRATERNITIES
- Location of Tuscarawa
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Description of Original Plat
- Additions to
Coshocton
- Increase of Population
- Incorporation
-
List of Mayors
- Postmasters
- City Hall
- The Press
- The Coshocton Republican
- Spy
- Democratic Whig. |
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CHAPTER XLVII. - MERCANTILE AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL
INTERESTS.
- Early Taverns
- Present Hotels
-
First Store
- Early Merchants
- James Calder
- Hedge
and Hammond
- James Renfrew
- Benjamin Ricketts
-
Robert Hay
- Present Business Directory
- Banking
-
The Johnson Brothers
- Rickets Bank
- First National
Bank
- Commercial Bank
- Savings and Building and
Loan Association
- Ferries
- Coshocton Iron and
Steel Works
- Paper Mill
- Various Other Industries
- Past and Present. |
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