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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...
Jones Family of Athalia
LAWRENCE COUNTY YESTERYEARS (unknown newspaper article with picture) Sept. 11, 1976 (The following story of the Jones family settling in the Athalia area during the Civil War and establishment of the Baptist Church and the Jones Cemetery this was prepared by Virgil...
John Pigman Apprentice of William Miller 1829
James Pigman by the Overseers of the Poor of Fayette Township to William Miller, Master - Indenture Apprentice Lawrence County, Ohio, Deed 5, page 223 (typed as written) This Indenture made this 24 July 1929, between George Koons, John Bryan, overseers of the...
James Adkins Confessed to Murder in Missouri
Confessed and Denied MurderAn Ohio Man Claimed to Have Killed Preacher MooreBROUGHT BACK TO MISSOURI - NOW HE LAUGHS AT THE AUTHORITIESJames Adkins Says He Only Made the Claim in Order to Get Out of the Jail in Lawrence County, Ohio SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 25...
Old Mills of Long Ago
Mills of Long Ago Ironton Register 14. Nov. 1895 For the Register.B. F. C. has taken exception to some of my incidents and dates and discredits my wolf story. Well, for the benefit of B. F. C., I will say that the wolf story was related to me by the participant...