Martha J. Martin

Soldiers

The list has been compiled by Mr. Hamilton after several months of research in the records of the G. A. R. Post, at the several cemeteries and among friends and relatives of departed veterans. Its value as a local military record will be appreciated by the residents of this community.

Ironton’s Early Churches 1872

The churches are among the most vital and important of the community’s interests. Their influence is widely extended and their benefits like the blessings of light, air, and water, are so common that scarcely any notice is taken of them. We speak from a Second Street Standpoint. Churches are good in themselves. Commerce, Manufacture and Society partake of their advantages and hardly an idle recognition of their sources of how their dissemination is maintained.

Bethel United Methodist Church

The History of the Bethel United Methodist Church Submitted by John Smith for The Lawrence Register website Back in the early 1870s, a group of pioneer Methodists felt the need for a community...

First Methodist Preacher

The First Methodist preacher in Lawrence County was the Rev. Mr. SHINN from Baltimore. He was in charge of the chapel near the mouth of Federal Creek – the first chapel built in Burlington – in...

Veterans Pensions

This material was taken from articles in area newspapers, mostly the Ironton Register from Ironton, Ohio. The newspapers would publish the names of veterans who had an increase in payment from the...

Micajah Ballard Will

Will of Micajah Ballard typed as written from Lawrence County, OhioWill Book 1 Page 146 Submitted by Lesli Christian Being weak in body but of sound and perfect memory, and considering the...

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