It is our intention to publish, in each issue, a Sketch of one or more of the Pioneers of Scioto county, Ohio. Our desire is to present a brief
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Hanging Rock, Ohio in the 1800’s
Hanging Rock, Ohio in the 1800’s, before Ashland was, and when Ironton was called Hill’s Landing, and consisted of one store, a wood yard and three families
Paddy Creek News
Paddy Creek is located in Lawrence County, Ohio in the Rome Township area. It was named after “Paddy” Brown, a physician who lived in that area in the early 1820’s.
Athalia, Ohio
Athalia – Rome Tp. – John Tierman laid out a town above the mouth of Two Mile Creek and named it Athalia, in honor of his daughter of that name. – The petition of people of Athalia for incorporation of that village was acted upon (by the Commissioners) and the village was incorporated. Ironton Register, June 9, 1887.
Belle Wilks Missing from Athalia, Ohio 1892
It is almost a settled fact that the missing girl, Miss Belle Wilks whose remarkably mysterious disappearance from her home in Lawrence County was chronicled in yesterday’s Enquirer, is not in this city. 11 May 1892
Duel of Amazons in Athalia Ohio 1889
News has just reached here of a terrible duel between two young women near Athalia a village twenty miles from here, last Sunday night. Bettie Bower and Julia Rucker got into a dispute
Powellsville, Lawrence County Ohio
Powellsville, Lawrence County, Ohio is situated on Poplar Fork, a branch of Pine Creek, by which it is flanked on the west, and on the east by a range of
Pine Creek News
Pine Creek – Elizabeth, Decatur and Rome Townships. Pine Creek was named for Capt. John Pine who had his camp at the forks of the creek in the edge of Lawrence County.
Booker Smith and Daniel Hankins Jr. Fisticuffs
Booker Smith & Daniel Hankins Jr. were found guilty of the crime of fighting in Lawrence County, Ohio 3 Sept. 1828. Send to jail for 5 days and pay costs.
Researching Various Names
This article suggests that the traces are often in plain view. If you are looking for that needle in a haystack, it helps to know what it looks like. And if figuratively, you’re holding your name in one hand and looking through the records for names like it. You notice there is a problem.
FBI Holds 47 In Ironton, Ohio
FBI agents swept up 47 prisoners in a sudden smash late last night at what it called far-flung white slavery operations centering at Ironton, Ohio.
Incidents of Pioneer Life in Burlington, Ohio
Many years ago when Ohio was neutral ground, claimed by the rival parties, the English, French and the Indians, a man by the name of Lynd lived over the
Burlington, Ohio Once an Urban Center 1800’s
The 1850 census recorded a total of 1,111 residents in the bustling township. Unlike the townships we have covered thus far in our series, Fayette
Burlington, Ohio Jail
Shortly after Lawrence County was organized by Capt. James LAWRENCE of Burlington, N.J., in 1816, a courthouse and jail were erected and a park laid out
Letter from Burlington, Ohio 1891
Lives there a man or child near or far around, who has not heard of Burlington, [Ohio]? The town which was once the abode of greatness, and the