While Rockwood flourished, another small community steadily developed on the other side of Symmes Creek. The area once known as Lawrenceburg and Kounston became identified as the Central Land...
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Rockwood, Ohio
J. E. Wood thought it would be great to call the community Woodsville. But since there was already a Post Office with that name in Ohio, everyone decided to go with Rockwood instead, a name...
Isaac Frampton’s Scheme to Free the Burlington 37
1850 Isaac Frampton Buys and Sells Property for Burlington 37 You can read the deed from Isaac Frampton, naming James Twyman's slaves here. While not directly related to Chesapeake’s History, this...
Captain Morgan’s Marriage
May and December Wheeling Sunday Register, 21 May 1893, page 1 John Morgan's Brother Want the Money He Left to His Pretty Young Wife Special Telegram to the Sunday Register - Huntington, WV, May 20...
John W. Humphreys
JOHN W. HUMPHREYS I.R. August 1, 1895 - APOPLEXY - Mr. W. S. Humphreys was seized with an apoplectic fit last Sunday morning. He was at Col. Gray's, where he makes his home, and most of the family...
Pancake Family
Three sons and two daughters were originally from Germany and settled in Eastern Virginia. The exact location is unknown in Virginia. Abraham PANCAKE, the eldest of the three sons, was married to Lucinda DUNN in Virginia in the early Spring of 1759. Upon their journey west, the three brothers crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains into what is now known as West Virginia.
John Adkins and his wife Adelia
The matrimonial experience of John Adkins and his wife Adelia has not proven to be one of unalloyed bliss. It will be remembered by the readers of the News that on the 17th day of December last, John and his cousin Delia decided
Dr. John Fletcher White
Dr. John Fletcher White was born in Barboursville, West Virginia, on January 18, 1839. His parents are Samuel Lewis and Rebecca Wilson (Masterson) White. Mr. White was married in Centerville, Gallia County, Ohio, on August 14, 1862,
William G. Waller
William G. Waller and Eliza I. Mace were married in Lawrence County, Ohio, on April 15, 1871. He was born in Charlotte County, East Virginia, on July 28, 1825. She was born in this county, on December 29, 1848.
Absalom N. Stewart
Absalom N. Stewart was a native of Symmes township, where he was born on November 21, 1825. He was married in the same township on January 24, 1850, to Elizabeth M. Handley, who was born in Monroe County, Virginia, on December 3, 1831. was a native of Symmes township, where he was born on November 21, 1825. He was married in the same township on January 24, 1850, to Elizabeth M. Handley, who was born in Monroe County, Virginia, on December 3, 1831.
Griffon Sowards
Griffon Sowards has resided on his farm in Mason township for fifty years; he is a native of Monroe County, Virginia, born December 9, 1799. He was married on October 9, 1830, and the same year settled in the township.
William Smith
William Smith and Martha Burke were married in Lawrence County, Ohio, on August 5, 1866. They are parents of the following children: Elnora Belle,
born June 19, 1867;
John Russell
John Russell was born in Lawrence County on October 6, 1842. His father, Samuel Russell, was born in Greenbrier County, Virginia, on March 5, 1801. He came to Lawrence county in 1822,
Francis Russell
Francis Russell was born in Cabell County, West Virginia, on December 5, 1814. His parents were John and Patience Russell, the former who died in 1817. Francis Russel was married in this township, on February 28, 1836, to Lois Morrison,
James W. Romans
James W. Romans was a Virginian by birth, born in Wayne county, on March 27, 1843; his parents are James and Mary (Smith) Romans, who came to this county in 1864