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Edward Miller
Edward Miller was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, in February 1752. In 1779, at the age of 27, he enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Augusta County, Virginia. He was captured and held as a Prisoner of War from the Spring of 1780 until June 1781, when the...
Burlington, Ohio, Locks and Dams
The following photos were first posted on the Facebook Group Vintage Chesapeake Proctorville South Point by Jason Sloan. Permission was granted for The Lawrence Register. He writes: "From the photo library of Captain Joe McKee, who I’m told was the first lockmaster at...
Kounston
1877 Map of Kounston Photo Courtesy of Dave Rumsey Historical Map CollectionAfter the Civil War ended, ferries and steamboats along the Ohio River were in constant motion between Lawrence County, Ohio, and the new town of Huntington, WV. But progress was changing the...
Albert Ellison Apprentice
Albert Ellison by the Trustees of Fayette Township to Joseph DavidsonDeed Book 6, pages 13 - 14[typed as written, please check original record for corrections-mjmk] Indenture Apprentice This Indenture made this 5th day of March 1832, between Elisha B. Greene, John...
Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg was an early name chosen for the area east of the mouth of Symmes Creek and the Ohio River, located in Section 32. In 1819, the first account of this property was found. Edward Miller produced his Treasurer’s Receipt for his Tavern License at ‘his stand’...
Early Names of Chesapeake
Isaacs, D. (1915). The above photo was retrieved from Facebook Group: Huntington WV You Grew Up In H-Town If... https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4522072481150719&set=gm.2885255305031867Chesapeake Was Called Many Names Chesapeake is one of the youngest villages...
Union Township Early History
The above is the original Ohio River Survey Twp. 1, Range 16, Sections 1 - 33Surveyed by Levi Whipple, Nov. 1793Subdivided by Joseph Fletcher 1805 Union Township, which would eventually become Ohio, was surveyed as part of a large region of Washington County,...
Highland Memorial Gardens
Highland Memorial Garden is a cemetery located in South Point, Ohio. Even though researchers have tried, this cemetery has never been read or photographed for genealogical purposes. The layout may be helpful to those looking for a particular lot number or section....
Wesley Chapel Ironton Ohio
Submitted by Roger Malone The Wesley Church was founded by a group of Welsh immigrants who had come to Ironton to mine iron ore. The Ohio Iron and Coal Company also gave land to this group in the winter of 1852. A chapel was completed there in August 1853. John Ellis...
Lieutenant Fleming William Suiter (1922-1946)
Written and researched by Sharon Erickson Harman © June 2023Fleming William Suiter was born on August 26, 1922, in Chesapeake, Lawrence County, Ohio. He was the second surviving child of Roscoe William and Blanche (Bruner) Suiter. Fleming’s oldest brother died as an...
Remembering John Campbell
I Knew John Campbell Many Local and Former Ironton People Knew the City's Founder. John Campbell Accomplished Much Before Organizing the City of Ironton in the Year 1849 John Campbell, the founder of Ironton, was born in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, on January 14,...
Russell’s Place
Hardesty's Atlas 1877 Russell's Place - Some Chips Gathered in Old Windsor by StantonIronton Register, Thursday, August 21, 1890 EDITOR REGISTER. Russell's Place - Thirty or forty years ago, the caption of this article was the proper name for this place, for then it...
Experience With a Panther
INTERESTING SKETCHExperience With a Panther Ironton Register, August 9, 1888. (The following sketch was prepared by Mr. W. B. G. Hatcher for Mr. John Campbell to keep the facts from being lost. Mr. Campbell kindly allows us to publish the sketch - Editor Register.)...
Henry Horn Recalls Early Ironton
IRONTON "NONAGENARIAN" HENRY C. HORN VIVIDLY RECALLS THE DAYSBY: Min Grimes Staff Writer. Submitted by Edith Fields for The Lawrence RegisterNo Source Given When Henry C. Horn observes his ninetieth birthday on Sept. 2, 1976, his family and friends will join...
Stewart Family
The Stewart Family This was written by the late R.C. Hall, Ph. D., who was writing a complete series covering Lawrence County and Ironton but was claimed by death before completing the work. His mother found the Symmes township series after his death and submitted...