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Joel Sartain
Joel Sartain, a Revolutionary War veteran residing in Gallia County, Ohio on the 21st July 1836. He appeared in open court as a resident of Gallia
Samuel Layne
Samuel Layne personally declared in open court in Lawrence County, Ohio 29 Aug 1832 that he served in Revolutionary War for 13 months from Fluvanna
Humphrey Brumfield
Humphrey Brumfield, 81 years old, filed certificate with Gallia County Ohio Court of Common Pleas 16 July 1833. He swore that sometime in the month of
Henry Anderson
Henry Anderson, 76 years old, filed certificate with Lawrence County Ohio Court of Common Pleas 9 August 1820. He sworn that he was a resident of
Robert Adams
Robert Adams aged 64 years old, filed certificate with Lawrence County Ohio Court of Common Pleas 9 August 1820.
John Overstreet
John Overstreet – Revolutionary War Soldier from Lawrence County, Ohio
Naturalization Index 1903 -1906
Lawrence County, Ohio Naturalization Index 1903 -1906
General William H. Powell
William H. Powell was born in South Wales, Great Britain, on the 10th of May 1825. When only five years old (in March 1830), he was brought to this
Obituary of Commodore W. F. Davidson
Commodore Davidson was born February 4, 1825, in Lawrence County, Ohio, his father being employed on the Ohio Canal, also giving a portion of his time to duties as a local Baptist preacher. The boy had scant opportunities for education, but took to his father’s avocation,
Jenny Prater Female Civil War Veteran
A private in the Second Virginia Cavalry turns out to be a woman named Jenny Prater, hailing from Lawrence county, in Ohio. She has been arrested and
Massies and Corns Family
THE CORN AND MASSIE FAMILIES' RECOLLECTIONS Jackson Standard, Jackson, Ohio, 20 Feb 1873 A couple of weeks ago, the Ironton Register stated that there were four men in one family in Lawrence County: Big Jep, Little Jep, Old Jep, and Young Jep. Also, men named Green...
Major John McMahon
Major John McMahon, of this city, who has only recently passed his eighty-second birthday, is probably the only Mexican War pension in this section of
Story of Old Iron Works
Interesting Chapter in the Development of Ohio Industries The following article from the Semi-weekly Sun of Jackson, Ohio, will be interesting here, for parts of it concern Chillicothe men whose descendants and relatives still live here. The late John H. Bennett,...
Hanging Rock Strike 1904
Two men were shot at Hanging Rock, a village just below here on the Ohio River, this afternoon as the result of the strike at the plant of the Hanging
Index of Declarations of Intention, 1877-1888
Some of the early Naturalizations and Declarations of Intent were recorded in the Clerk of Courts and Clerk of Common Pleas Books. To do a through investigation into your family's history, take the time to search the Journals, Complete Records and Chancery Books....