The graves are those of the Mound builders and not of the Indians. This region was never thickly populated by Indians. They did come here, and frequent
Stories
Among the Skeletons
Digging Into An Ancient Mound Crowded with the Bones of the Mound Builders Pottery, Beads, Shells, and Many Interesting Trinkets Unearthed Ironton Register, Thursday, March 17, 1892
Antiquities In Lawrence County, Ohio
Olive Furnace – 26 Jun 1858 – A human skeleton was found one day this week in one of the mounds which abound in this vicinity, similar to those in other parts of Ohio and of the West.
Cherokee National Council Citizenship Record of Hiram Wilson
Cherokee National Council Citizenship Record of Hiram Wilson, Wane County, WV 1894
The Burlington 37
The Burlington 37 are slaves who were set free, in 1849. They moved to just above our town of Burlington, Ohio on the farm purchased from Isaac Frampton. They were owned
Growth of Coal Grove Ohio 1891
IR Jan. 16, 1902 – Big fire – 22 families were rendered homeless: John Sherman, Jesse Runyan, John Fuggitt, Jon Ruggles, Arch Thompson, Robert
Letter from Burlington Ohio
LETTER FROM BURLINGTONAuthor: JOHN FRITZIronton Register, October 23, 1891Correspondence of the Register Lives there a man or child near or far around who has not heard of Burlington? The town was...
Anti-Bellum Pilots
Anti-Bellum Pilots – In memory I frequently go back to the old steamboat days in the Sunny South and this naturally calls to my mind the men who at that
Early Settlers and Pioneers
I believe Lawrence county was organized in 1816, though the townships were not named until later. Burlington was the first County Seat. David McLAUGHLIN (whose wife was my father’s sister, and who is now living in Proctorville, in her 91st year) helped to build the old court house in Burlington in 1817.
A Murder and a Wedding at Millersport
William Guthrie, a constable of Millersport, Lawrence county, Ohio shot John J. Nash, killing him instantly.
Blood Near Petersburg
BLOOD NEAR PETERSBURG Ironton Register, December 27, 1888 Note from editors: Petersburg is now known as Coal Grove, Ohio. Last Monday night, while the Memorial Church Sunday school, just below...
Texas Hollow Tragedy
Texas Hollow – About 12 o’clock, last Saturday night, W. E. Boothe shot himself dead, after shooting at, with attempt to kill, Mrs. Montgomery, his step mother-in-law and Mrs. Willis, her daughter. This tragedy occurred at Texas Hollow, near the Belfont scales.
James Ferguson* Emancipated Slaves 1849
James Ferguson [should be James Twyman-mm] Emancipated Slaves 1849 Lawrence County, Ohio. Isaac Frampton and wife Jane of Wayne Co., Va, for $6,000 paid by Simeon,
William A. Ferguson Emancipated Slaves
In this deed the emancipated slaves acknowledge receipt of monies ‘by the hands of William A. Ferguson’. Anthony Ferguson and William A. Ferguson, executors for the estate of James Ferguson, deceased, of Madison Co., Virginia. 1850
William D. Kelley Sells Land
William D. Kelley Sells Lawrence County Ohio Land 19 Sept. 1846 to George W. Kelley, Allen Kelly, Nathaniel Kelley, Mary Kelley, Thomas Kelley, James Richey,