GEORGE KOUNS – died June 7, 1848, George Kouns, Senior in the 64th year of his age. Father Kouns was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, and in his
Virginia
Andrew Dempsey
We invite the special attention of candid men of all parties to the following letter written by the Hon. Andrew Dempsey, of Hanging Rock, Lawrence
Brammer Lawrence County Ohio
Early Brammer Biographies from Lawrence County, Ohio Hardesty Atlas 1888
James Allen
JAMES ALLEN – was born in Franklin county, Virginia, October 7, 1807, and he came to this county in 1816. He was married twice.
Robert McCorkle
Robert McCorkle – Revolutionary War Soldier Lawrence County, Ohio
Abraham Brubaker
Abraham Brubaker was born on 14 Jun 1761 in Near Luray, Page County, Virginia. He died while on a trip to Ohio while traveling with two brother-in-laws. This information was obtained from a death notice published in the Scioto Gazette (Ohio) of April 29, 1805.
Hans John Brubaker
John Brubaker, the eldest son, after having grown to manhood, desired to go to Switzerland to seek a wife, but his parents were dissuaded from consenting. However, he went after his father’s death.
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
Finley Family
Mrs. Flossie Copney, the great-great-granddaughter of a slave owner from Va, celebrated her 89th birthday recently. It was a beautiful Thursday
John Davisson
Judge John Davisson was born in Maryland in 1777, came to Ohio and about 1801 settled on a tract of land beginning with the south bank of Storms Creek,
Before the beginning
Lawrence County Ohio History starts with the early Bounty lands that were granted to the hardy officers and soldiers of Virginia, who had been engaged in the Revolutionary war on Continental establishment.