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Ohio Baptist Church History
One of the oldest churches in Ohio Baptist Church, located at Union Landing. The church was organized on 2 Oct 1804, with the first services held in different homes.
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 church where they could come together with their families to worship. They...
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 1820. I have no record of any trouble in this church until 1872 when Dan...
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 government for serving in the Civil War. I.R. Oct. 8, 1885 - Pensions:...
Symmes Township
Symmes Township Pioneers Having received so many favorable comments upon our recent articles about some of the pioneers of various townships in Lawrence
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 uncertainty of this transitory life, I do constitute and appoint this my last...
Waterloo Ohio and the Wright Brothers
When the famous Wright brothers – Orville and Wilbur – agreed to perform at a country fair near their Kitty Hawk, N.C. airplane testing grounds a year after their first flight in 1903, they didn’t know that a man who now resides near Waterloo would play a major role in their earning $300.
Waterloo, Ohio News
These are clippings were gleaned from the Ironton Register newspaper that are on microfilm at the Ohio Historical Society by Maxine Marshall. Most of
Theodore Wilson
Theodore Wilson was born in slavery, denied the advantages of modern schooling, persecuted by bigoted Negro haters, seriously injured in his youth, he
Spanish American Veteran Obit
Don E. Sumpter, 88 of Chesapeake, Ohio died late Monday night at his home. Born 12 April 1878 in Lawrence County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Captain Simeon and Mary Duncan Sumpter.
Obituary of James Caulley (Colley)
James Caulley was born near Waterloo in Lawrence County, Ohio, and spent all his life in Lawrence, Scioto and Jackson counties with the exception of his army life and the time he spent at Dayton, which was not very long. In 1861 he enlisted
Union Township
Union township, Lawrence County, Ohio, lies on the Ohio River just below the Ohio Company’s Purchase. It belonged originally – that is, originally
Decatur Township
In 1850, most of the 550 male settlers of Decatur Township in Lawrence County were engaged in farming or laboring in the two iron ore furnaces in the
The Buffington House
The history of the Buffington House begins with the farm being bought by James Buffington in 1815 and a log house was built first, then the barn and finally
Upper Township
Upper Township is the southernmost one of Range Eighteen although it is not a full sized township according to public land standards.