COUNTY HISTORY Directory of Old Burlington Court - The First Marriage No. 7 Ironton Register, Jan. 15, 1902 Hammond Howe finished the Burlington courthouse and received his pay on August 6, 1839, at...
Pioneers & Profiles
Ye Olden Times 1819
Ye Olden Times – In a recent issue of the Register, a correspondent from West Virginia spoke of the early settler Ventraux. I find in looking over my “Notes of Early Settlers of Lawrence County” this statement: “In 1819 the first above Two Mile was Ventraux.
Early Furnace History
LAWRENCE COUNTY, OHIO, THE CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY OF EARLY TIMES. The Early Furnaces - The First Use of Hot Blast and its Success, Familiar Names. Thomas A. Walton Ironton Register, August 25,...
Walton Letter from Victoria Texas
INTERESTING LETTER FROM Thomas A. WALTON Ironton Register, March 30, 1905 Victoria, Texas, March 15. Editor Register: Little did I think when I talked with Capts. Wm. Wilson and Frank Payne about...
Walton Writes of Ohio People
Mr. Thomas Walton Writes of Ohio People He Has Met In the Far West. Ironton Register, January 4, 1906. The following letter from our old friend, T. A. Walton, who resided for years at La...
Mound Builders on Austin Farm
Notes of the early settlers of Lawrence county, Ohio,” and in it find the following: the Austin farm appeared to have been a battle ground, many large
Daniel Brubaker’s Second Generation
Captain John D. Brubaker of the Steamer Reville was married February 17, 1885, Olive Alice Shute near Burlington, Ohio. Recorded in the Ironton Register.
Daniel Brubaker’s Descendants
Daniel Brubaker came west from the Shenandoah Valley on horseback with a bag of money hidden in his bed roll, to buy land in Perry Township, at the
Commodore William F. Davidson
Sketch of Commodore William F. Davidson - From a copy of the Northwest, we take the following sketch of an old Lawrence County BoyIronton Register, April 22, 1886 Commodore William F. Davidson,...
Gilruth on Early Settlers 18 July 1872
Note: The Rev. James Gilruth died before July 12, 1873, a year after publishing these stories, in Davenport, Iowa. He was an abolitionist and preacher of the Gospel. More on him later. July 18, 1872...
Gilruth on Early Settlers 27 June 1872
The Rev. James Gilruth died before July 12, 1873, a year after publishing these stories, in Davenport, Iowa. He was an abolitionist and preacher of the Gospel. More on him later. June 27, 1872 Next,...
Gilruth on Early Settlers 20 June 1872
The Rev. James Gilruth died before July 12, 1873, a year after publishing these stories, in Davenport, Iowa. He was an abolitionist and preacher of the Gospel. More on him later. June 20, 1872 In my...
Gilruth on Early Settlers 16 May 1872
The Rev. James Gilruth died before July 12, 1873, a year after publishing these stories, in Davenport, Iowa. He was an abolitionist and preacher of the Gospel. More on him later. May 16, 1872 The...
Gilruth on Early Settlers 9 May 1872
The Rev. James Gilruth died before July 12, 1873, a year after publishing these stories, in Davenport, Iowa. He was an abolitionist and preacher. This article was published in the Ironton Register...
Gilruth on Early Settlers 4 April 1872
The Rev. James Gilruth died before July 12, 1873, a year after publishing these stories, in Davenport, Iowa. He was an abolitionist and preacher of the Gospel. This article was published in the...