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CHAPTER I. - THE DAWN
OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
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- First White Men in the West - Joliet and Marquette -
Chevalier LaSalle the First White Man in the Ohio Valley -
Account of his Journey - Probable Exploration of the Muskingum -
Englishmen in the Ohio Valley, 1730-1751 - The Ohio Land Company
of Virginia - Its Unsuccessful attempt to Found a Settlement -
Colonel Bouquet's Military Expedition, 1764 - George Washington
on the Ohio, 1770 - The Massacre of Indians at Yellow Creek,
1774 - The County of Illinois - State Claims Ceded - Important
Treaties with the Indians. - pg. 17 |
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CHAPTER II. - INDIANS OF THE OHIO
VALLEY. |
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- Ohio Tribes in Ohio - The Iroquois and Their Conquest of
the country - The Delawares of the Tuscarawas and the Muskingum
- Noted Chieftains - The Shawnees and their History - Their
Hostility to the Whites - Other Indian Nations - The Manner of
Savage life - Life in the Wilderness - Hunting the Elk and the
Buffalo - War Songs and Dances - Courtship among the Savages -
pg. 33 |
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CHAPTER III. - TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT
AND PUBLIC LANDS |
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- An Act Providing for the Survey of Ohio Lands, 1785 -
Names of the Surveyors Chosen - List of Squatter Settlers in
Eastern Ohio in 1785 - Frontier Life - The Beginning of the
Survey - Particulars of the Experiences of the Surveyors, in
1785-6 - The Survey of the First Seven Ranges - The Moravian
Reservations - The Ohio Company's Purchase - Symmes' Purchase -
Donations of Ebenezer Zane - The Military District - Land
Offices Established - Later Land Legislation - The Ordinance of
1787. - pg. 46 |
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CHAPTER IV. - THE OHIO
COMPANY |
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- The Company Organized at a Meeting in Boston in 1786 -
Purchase of a Tract of Land on the Muskingum - The Ordinance of
Freedom - Dr. Cutter's Part in its Authorship - Measures
Respecting the Proposed City and Colony - Provisions to Settlers
- Embarrassment of the Company - The Purchase as Finally Made -
Its Boundaries - The Donation Tract. |
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CHAPTER V. - IMPORTANT EVENTS
IN TERRITORIAL HISTORY |
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- The plans and purposes of the Ohio Company - Dr.
Cutler's prediction Concerning the Ohio Country - The Journey
across the Mountains - Arrival of the Party at the Site of
Marietta, April 7, 1788 - Names of the First Settlers in Ohio -
Progress of the First Season - Governor St. Clair - Washington
County Established - Territorial Courts - The First Townships in
the Territory - First Territorial Legislature, 1779 - The
Convention of 1802 - The State Constitution Formed - The State
Admitted into the Union - Progress of the Settlements in
Washington County - pg. 77 |
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CHAPTER VI. - WAR WITH THE INDIANS |
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- 1790 to 1795 - The Rise of the War Cloud - Arrangements
for a Treaty - The Treaty of Fort Harmar, January 9, 1879 -
Renewal of Border Warfare - Surveyors Attacked - The Settlement
at Big Bottom - The Massacre - War Begins - Settlers Attacked -
The White Scouts and their Methods - Events of 1792 - 3 Begins -
Settlers Attacked - The White Scouts and their Methods - Events
of 1792 - 3 - Indian Atrocities - A Colony Formed at the Mouth
of Olive Green Creek, 1794 - Closing Events of the War - Wayne's
Victor - pg. 88 |
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CHAPTER VII. - PIONEER LIFE
IN NOBLE COUNTY |
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- The Western Pioneers - Description of their work -
Pioneer Gatherings - description of the Log Cabin and the Manner
of its Erection - The Kitchen Utensils of the Pioneer Household
- The Bill of Fare and How it was Prepared - Fish and Game -
Pioneer Agriculture - Rude Implements - Hard Work - Woman's Work
- The Spinning Wheels and the Looms - All Clothing of Home
Manufacture - The Kinds of Garments in Fashion Long Ago -
Literary, Religious and Educational Advantages - The Pioneer
Preachers - The Early Schools - Manner of Travel - Earliest
Settlers of the County - pg. 108 |
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CHAPTER VIII. - THE FORMATION
OF NOBLE COUNTY |
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- Guernsey County Erected in 1810 - Erection of Monroe
County in 1813 - Its Organization in 1815 - Morgan County
Formed, 1819 - A New County Proposed - Origin of the Name - The
Matter Before the Legislature - Copy of a Petition Presented in
1849 - Noble County Erected, March 11, 1851 - The Act as Finally
Passed - Sarahsville, the County Seat - First County Elections -
Doings of the County Commissioners - Erection of a Public
Building - pg. 120 |
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CHAPTER IX. - CIVIL HISTORY
OF NOBLE COUNTY |
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- The County Seat Controversy - Its Beginning - The
Question of Re-location - The Rival Sites - Sarahsville and the
Caldwell Farm - The Advocates of a Change Successful - A Legal
Contest - History of Litigation - Building of the Court House in
Caldwell - Removal of the County Officers, 1858 - Civil List -
County Officers from 1851 - 1887. - pg. 133 |
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CHAPTER X. - INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS |
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- Early Roads - The First Route of Travel in Noble County
- The Summerfield and Batesville Turnpike - Postoffices and
Mails - Railroads - The Sharon Railroad Projected in 1849 - The
"Calico" Railroad - The Cincinnati, Wheeling & New York - The
Cleveland & Marietta Railroad - Its inception and Progress -
Completion of the Road in 1871-2 - What Noble County Did toward
Building It - The Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati Narrow Gauge
- pg. 143 |
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CHAPTER XI. - PHYSICAL FEATURES
AND NATURAL RESOURCES
OF NOBLE COUNTY. |
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PHYSICAL FEATURES AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF NOBLE COUNTY -
Topography - Surface, Soil and Streams - The Importance of the
Coa Area - Possibility of Future Mining Wealth - Salt - The
Pioneer Saltmakers - The Olive Salt Works Established in 1814 -
Description of the Primitive Apparatus - The Decline of the
Industry - Gas and Petroleum - The Oldest Oil Well in Ohio -
"Seneca Oil" - Old time Gas and Oil Wells in Noble County -
History of Petroleum Production in the Duck Creek Valley - The
Excitement of 1860 - The First Producing Wells - pg. 152 |
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CHAPTER XII. - THE LEGAL
PROFESSION |
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- First Term of Common Pleas Court in Noble County - Held
at Olive in April, 1851 - Other Early Terms of Court - Associate
Judges - Courts at Sarahsville and Caldwell - Noble County Bar -
The Lawyers Prior to 1851 - Lawyers of Later Years - Hon. Isaac
Parrish - Jabez Belford - Edward A. Bratton and Other
Sarahsville Lawyers - William Priestly - Irwin G. Dudley - Hon.
William H. Frazier - William C. Okey - Biographies and Sketches
- Benjamin F. Spriggs -
D. S. Spriggs -
James S. Foreman - Judge
D. S. Gibbs - Hon. J. M. Dalzell -
William Chambers -
John M.
Amos - McGinnis & Weems -
C. M. Watson - Young Lawyers. |
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CHAPTER XIII. - THE MEDICAL
PROFESSION |
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- Remarks Upon the Physician's Vocation - Early Medical
Practitioners in Noble County -
Dr. Ziba Lindley, of Brookfield,
1815 - Dr. David McGarry, the Pioneer Physician -
Dr. William
McKee - Mr. James F. Capell and Other Physicians of Sarahsville
- Medical History of Sharon, Summerfield and Batesville - The
Physicians of Caldwell, Early and Late - The Profession in Other
Towns and Villages. - pg. 187 |
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CHAPTER XIV. - THE COUNTY
PRESS |
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- Growth and Influence of Modern Journalism - History of
the Whig and Republican Papers in Noble County - "The
Investigator" published at Olive in 1851 - Description of an
Early Copy - Advertisers and Items - "The Noble County Patriot"
at Sarahsville - "The Chrisitan Harbinger" - "The Republican"
and the "Consolidated Republican" - " The Noble County
Republican" at Caldwell - Successive Owners - The "Caldwell
Journal" - Democratic Papers of the County - The Democratic
Courier at Sarahsville in 1851 - Removal to Caldwell - "The
Spectator" - "The Citizen's Press" - "The Caldwell Press" - "The
Noble County Democrat" - Brief Notices of Former Editors - pg.
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CHAPTER XV. - NOBLE COUNTY
IN THE WAR |
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. - Introductory - Old Time Musters - The "Cornstalk" Militia -
The First Response from Noble County -
Company I, of the
Twenty-fifth Regiment, Raised at Summerfield -
The Twenty-sixth
Regiment - Thirteenth Regiment -
Thirty-sixth Regiment
- Twentieth
Regiment (Reorganized) -
Forth-second Regiment
- Garfield's Old Command -
Sixty-second Regiment
- Sixty-third Regiment
- Seventy-eighth
Regiment -
Ninety-second Regiment -
One Hundred and
Sixteenth Regiment -
One Hundred and
Sixty-first Regiment -
One Hundred and
Seventy-sixth Regiment -
Miscellaneous List -
The
Hoskinsville Rebellion - Both Sides of the Matter -
Biographies of
Military Men from Noble County -
Soldier's
Reunions. - pg. 215 |
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CHAPTER XVI. - CALDWELL. - pg. 294 |
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- The Origin of the Town - The Selection of its Site as
the County Seat in 1854 - Donation by Samuel Caldwell - Survey
of the Town Plat - Additions - Sale of Lots in 1857 - The
Erection of the Court House - First Buildings Erected - The
First Stores - First Settlers - Mercantile and Industrial
Interests - List of Inhabitants in 1862 - The Village in Its
Early Years - Improvements - Business - The Noble County Bank -
Caldwell Building and Loan Association - The Caldwell Woolen
Factory - Flouring Mill - The Public School Building - Business
Men of Today - Incorporation, and Village Officers - Churches
and Societies - Caldwell Fair Association - Personal Sketches. -
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CHAPTER XVII. - OLIVE. - pg. 314 |
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Its Organization as a Township of Morgan County, 1819 -
Reorganization in 1851 - Names of Taxpayers in 1826 - New
England Settlers - The Pioneers - Their Names, Nativities, and
Characteristics - Robert Caldwell and Others - Samuel Alien, the
Pioneer Miller of the Valley - Judge Clark - Captain Blake -
Squire Free - Early and Prominent Families - Early Industries -
Distilleries - Old time Farming Implements - Reminiscences of an
Early Settler - An Early School - Olive, the Oldest Village -
Its Origin, Growth and Decline - Other Villages - "Socum,"
Moundsville, South Olive and Dudley - Churches - pg. 314 |
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CHAPTER XVIII. - CENTER. - pg. 354 |
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- Organization of the Township, 1851 - First Election -
Pioneer Settlers - First Entry of Land - Bates' Mill - Horse
Mills - Further Account of the Early Settlers - Union Township
Organized in 1822 - Taxpayers in 1833 - Old Time Hunters - Oxen
as Whisky drinkers - Corn Huskings and Family Sketches - The
Township War Record - The Tobacco Industry - Sarahsville, the
Old County Seat - Founded in 1829 - Origin of the Name - The
Growth of the Town - Mercantile and Industrial - Schools -
Churches - Lodges. - pg. 354 |
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CHAPTER XIX. - SHARON. - pg. 359 |
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- Organization of the Township - Samuel Sailor, the
Hunter, an Early Pioneer - the Archibald Family make a
Settlement in 1815 - Anecdotes of Sailor - How He Defended His
Neighbor's House - How He arrived Late at a Raising - Hunting -
The Wileys, Longs and Others - Attempt to Locate the County Seat
of Morgan near Sharon - Reminiscences of Early Days - The Horse
Hills - The post-Boy - County Officers. - pg. 359 |
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CHAPTER XX. - MARION. - pg. 381 |
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- Taxpayers in 1833 - Marion Township Erected in 1851 -
Early Settlers - The Pioneers from the Delaware - Old Settlers
Still Living - The Irish Settlement - Names of the Pioneer Irish
and Scotch Settlers - Prominent Early Families - Moses Horton,
the Founder of Summerfield - Early Schools - Lexington, an
Extinct Village - Ginseng Digging - Deer Hunting - A Novel
Marriage Ceremony - Personal Mention - The "Dutch Indians" - An
Amusing Trial - The Village of Freedom - Summerfield - Its Early
Settlers - Industries - Merchants - Churches |
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CHAPTER XXI - BROOKFIELD - pg. 419 |
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- Original Extent - New England Influence - A Permanent
Population - The "Federal Trail" - First Settlement Made in 1805
by the Dye Family - Judge William Rannells and Other Pioneers -
Settlement Progresses Slowly - Experiences of an Early Family -
A Peculiar Industry - The Manufacture of Castor Oil - Land
Schools - A Novel Saw Mill - the Settlers on Bates' Branch - The
First Postoffice - Family Sketches - Brookfield Church |
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CHAPTER XXII - STOCK. - pg. 439 |
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- Its Boundaries - Early Settlements on the East Fork -
The Enochs, Crows, Grandons, Morrises and Archers - The Crow
Family and the Indians - Other Early Pioneers - The Last Indian
Camp on Sailor's Run in 1812 - Religion of the Pioneers - Large
Families - Early Mills - First Brick Houses - Hunting Adventure
- The Yankee Settlers - First Orchards in the Township -
Hardships of the Year 1816 - Taxpayers of 1833 - Asa Barton -
Early Schools - German Settlers - Villages - Carlisle - East
Union - Churches |
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CHAPTER XXIII. - SENECA. - pg. 465 |
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- Seneca as a Township of Guernsey County - Richland
Township - Real Estate Owners in 1830 - Pioneer Settlers -
Timothy Bates - His Mill and Distillery - How the Distillery
Served as a Meeting House - An Early School - How a Wheat Field
Was Harvested by Moonlight - Wolf Scalps - School Section -
First Store - Sketches of the Pioneers - Hunting and Going to
Mill - Adventures of Abraham Rich - Family Sketches - Mount
Ephraim - "Moss Tavern" - Churches of the Township. |
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CHAPTER XXIV. - NOBLE - pg. 483 |
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- Early Elections and Electors - Poll Book List for 1820 -
Taxes in 1822 - An Early Indian Trail - Formerly a Part of
Buffalo Township - The Memorable Election of 1816 - The Family
of John Noble, Senior - Mention of Early and Prominent Families
- Joseph Lippitt - An Irishman's Trick - A Bear Story - Early
Schools - Personal Sketches |
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CHAPTER XXV - WAYNE - pg. 507 |
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- Election - Its Boundaries Described - Taxpayers of 1830
- Joseph Reeves - John Vorhies - The First Permanent Resident of
the Township - The Wards - Bryans - Bursons - Yohos - Carpenters
- Laws - Richeys - Lowreys - Mendenhalls and other Early
Settlers - Thompson's Mill - Early Religious Meetings. |
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CHAPTER XXVI. - ELK - pg. 513 |
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- Elk Township in 1822 - Taxes in Early Years - Original
Extent of Territory - Alteration of Boundaries in 1851 -
Property Holders in 1833 - Pioneer Settlers - The Davis Family -
Frederick Miller - His Eccentricities - The Pryors - The Enochs
- Matthew Gray - The Crums - Other Early Settlers - First German
Settlers, 1836 - Thrift and Enterprise - Crumtown -
Harriettsville - The Village Founded by Moses T. Spence in 1839
- Its Progress and Present Status - Societies - Churches. |
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CHAPTER XXVII - JEFFERSON. - pg. 531 |
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- Erection of the Township - Originally Included in Enoch
and Aurelius Townships - Pioneer Settlers - David Ales' Tavern -
The Cholera Epidemic - Reminiscences of an Old Settler - Family
Sketches - Dexter City - Its Origin and Growth - A Neat and
Enterprising Town - Business Men, Societies, Churches, etc.,
Middleburg - Account of its Early Industries - Site of the
Village in 1834 - Middleburg Schools. |
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CHAPTER XXVIII - JACKSON - pg. 544 |
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- Olive Green Township - Organized in 1819 - Change of
Name - First Justices of the Peace - Taxpayers in 1826 - Aaron
Hughes the First Settler - Hunting Adventures, and other Details
of Pioneer Life - Reasoner's Run - Slow Progress of Settlement -
An English Colony Arrives in 1817 and Doubles the Population -
Their Adventures - Seventeen Inmates of One Cabin - The Earliest
Families - Early Schools - Politics in Early Years - Bell making
by the Keiths - Wilbur Sprague's Narrow Escape - Shot by an
Indian - Stores and Business Interests - Churches. |
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CHAPTER XXIX - ENOCH
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- Organized as a Township of Monroe County in 1822 -
Property Holders in 1833 - Reorganization of the Township in
1851 - Change of Boundary - Derivation of the Name - The Pioneer
Settlers - Hunters and Hunting - Anecdotes - The German
Settlement - The Pioneer Germans - How They Managed to Pay for
Lands - Later German Settlers - Newburg - Its Rise and Decline -
Fulda - Mercantile - Schools - Churches - St. Mary's Roman
Catholic Church |
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CHAPTER XXX. - BEAVER - pg. 576 |
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- Pioneer Settlers - Largely from Maryland - Their
Condition and Characteristics - Adventures with Bears and
Panthers - How "Whisky Run" got its Name - "Frolics" - John
House's Mill - Mention of Early Settlers - Anecdotes -
Organization of Beaver Township, 1816 - Tax List is 1830 - The
Boundaries of the Township as Established in 1851 - Change of
Boundary - Early Merchants - Family Sketches - Early Schools -
Batesville - Its Origin and Growth - A Neat and Thrifty Town -
Churches, Schools, Lodges, etc. |
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CHAPTER XXXI. - BUFFALO - pg. 592 |
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Erection - Early Settlers - Owners of Real Estate in 1830 -
Abram Rich - The Mileys - Jacob Gregg - John
Drake - Other Early Settlers - Religious |
