Pioneers & Profiles
Explore the lives of Lawrence County, Ohio's early pioneers, families, and notable residents through historical biographies, family histories, and genealogical research. Located where Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia meet, the county became a crossroads for settlers traveling along the Ohio River and surrounding waterways. Some families established permanent roots, while others continued their journeys elsewhere.
For decades, The Lawrence Register and its dedicated volunteers have collected and preserved family histories, biographies, and personal accounts. Drawing upon courthouse records, cemetery readings, oral histories, and other historical sources, these collections reveal the accomplishments, hardships, and everyday lives of the people who shaped Lawrence County.
Do you have a family history, biography, photograph, or historical story to share? We welcome contributions that help preserve Lawrence County's history and genealogical heritage. Please email us with information you would like to share.
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Photos of Brumfield Family
Photos of the early Brumfield Family from Lawrence County, Ohio, courtesy of Drena Arroyo, 2011. Photo courtesy of Drena Arroyo, 2011, and was...
Hankins Family From Lawrence County Ohio
I would like you to have this data to go along with the Hankins corrections I made to your Hankins marriages web page. Thanks, Georgie Ann Hankins...
Henry Haney
Howard Haney, Photo courtesy of F.K. Brown Photo Courtesy of Lori Hogan Posted on Facebook Group The Lawrence Register July 18, 2018. My Great...
Fred Thompson Photo
Photo Courtesy of Patricia McCarty from Facebook Group The Lawrence Register December 27, 2017 The above picture of my father, Fred Thompson b....
John Asbury
Photo Courtesy of Patricia McCarty posted on Facebook group The Lawrence Register December 27, 2017I thought if someone is researching John Herman...
Don Rist Collector of Pig Iron
If you'd like to develop the hobby of collecting and If you have a large storage space, preferably a four-car garage or a small warehouse, you may...
Missing People of the 1800s
Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY 11 June 1845 p2 To the Friends of Humanity. - Truman Guthrie, a tailor by trade, left his widowed mother in...
Simeon Sumpter Old River Boat Captain
Photo provided by F. Kay Brown Your old book mentioned them being related to Rev. War Sumpter. It took me until a couple of years ago when I could...
Captain Abraham Smith
The Hero of a Forgotten HorrorA Summer Resort of the Ante-Bellum AristocracySwept Out of Existence By a Fearful StormThe Awful Awakening of the...






