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Welcome to
Pike County, Ohio
History & Genealogy

 

Source:
History of Pike County, Ohio
Author:
Mrs. Harold McCormick
Published by
The Commissioners of Pike County
1858

 

THE STORY OF PIKE COUNTY, OHIO

CHAPTER INDEX:

   
CHAPTER 1 -
- The Indians
1
CHAPTER 2 -
- Ohio a State -
- Organization of Pike County
- County Seat
- Piketon
- Early Settlers
3
CHAPTER 3 - Partially finished
- Arrival of the Abram Stanford and George Emmitt Families From Pennsylvania
- Early Life in the Wilderness
5
CHAPTER 4 -
- Blacksmithing
- Conestoga Wagons
- William Hewitt
8
CHAPTER 5 -
- Henry Jefferds and
James Emmitt Store
11
CHAPTER 6 -
- First Mill In This Section
- James Emmitt and Louisa Martin Courtship
11
CHAPTER 7 -
- First Lot Sold In Uniontown
- First House Built
- Canal Legislation
- Wagoning of Silver
13
CHAPTER 8 -
- Canal Boats
- Broad Horns
- 1832 Opening Of Canal For Transportation
- First Postmaster In Waverly
14
CHAPTER 9 -
- Canal Day Stories
17
CHAPTER 10 -
- Another Chapter of Early Waverly and Canal Days
- Names of Villages and Hamlets
23
CHAPTER 12 -
- Turnpikes And County Seat Agitation
24
CHAPTER 13 -
- Trip To New York City By John I. Vanmeter, Esquire, of Chillicothe
- Milton Hall and Bob Montgomery of Portsmouth - James Emmitt, of Waverly and Tom Burton, Champion Of Hard Money, of Missouri -
- Old Landmarks
27
CHAPTER 14 -
- Trip Abroad And Pike County Is Known By Old Timers On the Isle of Capri.
28
CHAPTER 15 -
- Deed To Court House In 1866
30
CHAPTER 16 -
- Wonder Healer Of The Age
30
CHAPTER 17 -
- Railroads
- Business And People
31
CHAPTER 18 -
- Lake White
- Modern Waverly
- Clubs, Lodges, Churches, etc.,
- The Atomic Era
41
Dedicated to my parents, J. Nott and Edith Emmitt Hoffman, and to my husband, the late Harold McCormick former Pike County and State Highway Engineer, who was a kind and understanding father for our three children.

Printed by Pike County Publishers
1958

 

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