Flax was raised for lint and clothing. When the seed was ripe the flax was pulled up by the roots and spread on the ground to rot. The rottings were done by the rain and the dew. It did not impair the strength of the lint, it only made the straw brittle and loosened it from the lint so that it might be separated from the lint. It was then broken by hand; then scattered to separate the lint from the stalk. This was done by driving a board into the ground and sharpening the other end.
Walton
Thomas Walton Writes a Letter to England
Mr. Thomas A. Walton, of Quaker Bottom, Lawrence County, Ohio, thinking that he could give some useful information to intending emigrants who read the York Herald which frequently comes into his (the Virginian’s) hands and greatly interests him – sends us the following communication
Lawrence County Gazette
Thomas A. Walton of Oklahoma, sends the Register a copy of the Lawrence County Gazette, published at Burlington, Ohio, and bearing the date of October
Early Marriages
A HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, OHIO. Thomas A. Walton. No. 9 Ironton Register, January 29, 1902 Following is a continuation of the list of early marriages in Lawrence county, Ohio: July 10, 1819. ...
Walton Early History 15 Jan 1902
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...
Walton Early History 8 Jan 1902
COUNTY HISTORY. Interesting Items Gleaned From the Old Records. No. 6. (Continued.) Ironton Register, January 8, 1902. Following is a list of some of the payments made to the county for...
Walton Early History 18 Dec 1902
COUNTY HISTORY. More Extracts From Records of First Board of Commissioners. No. 5 (note he had two No. 5’s - smk) (To be continued.) Ironton Register, December 18, 1902. The records of...
Commissioner’s Board 1817
COUNTY HISTORY. Additional Notes of Commissioners’ Doings in 1817. No. 5. (To be continued.) Ironton Register, December 11, 1902. On Wednesday, June 4, 1817, the Commissioner's Board met under...
Commissioners Minutes 1817
COUNTY HISTORY. Record of Contract Awarded for the Burlington “Jail House.” No. 4. (Continued from last week.) Believed to be by Thomas A. Walton Ironton Register, December 4, 1902. The second...
1820 Rules of the Court
LAWRENCE COUNTY Its Early History as Told by an Old Resident (believed to be the series of T. A. Walton - smk) No. 3 (Continued from last week.) Ironton Register, November 27, 1902 (check date -...
Early Marriages 1821-1923
A HISTORY OF LAWRENCE CO. Thos. A. Walton. No. 10 Ironton Register, February 5, 1902 A continuation of the list of early marriages with one certificate where the humorous and the serious are...
Early Marriages 1819-1821
A HISTORY OF LAWRENCE CO. Copyrighted by Thos. A. Walton. No. 9 Ironton Register, January 29, 1902 Following is a continuation of the list of early marriages in Lawrence county: July 10, 1819. ...
Walton Early Marriages
A HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, OHIO Thomas A. Walton No. 8 Ironton Register, January 22, 1902 I hereby give a list of the marriage returns with the date of and by whom they married: June...
First Sunday School
About 1825 or 1826, at Haskellville, as near as I can ascertain, the first Sunday School or class was taught by Thomas Walton. He, in 1831, moved to the Rome farm, and there taught a class on Sundays, during the Summer time, and about 1840 or 1842
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.