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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Walton Letter from Victoria Texas
INTERESTING LETTER FROM Thomas A. WALTON Ironton Register, March 30, 1905 Victoria, Texas, March 15. Editor Register: Little did I think when I...
Walton Writes of Ohio People
Mr. Thomas Walton Writes of Ohio People He Has Met In the Far West. Ironton Register, January 4, 1906. The following letter from our old...
Mound Builders on Austin Farm
Mound Builders Written by Thomas A. Walton No. 19. Ironton Register, Thursday, May 5, 1892 EDITOR REGISTER. - I read your article some time since...
Daniel Brubaker’s Second Generation
Submitted by Pam McGirr, 2005 See also Daniel Brubaker's Descendants Generation 1 Generation No. 2 2. JOHN DANIEL10 BRUBAKER (DANIEL9, ABRAHAM8,...
Daniel Brubaker’s Descendants
Descendants of Daniel Brubaker Generation No. 1 See also: Daniel Brubaker Descendants Generation 2 Submitted by Pam McGirr, 2005 1. DANIEL9...
Commodore William F. Davidson
Sketch of Commodore William F. Davidson - From a copy of the Northwest, we take the following sketch of an old Lawrence County BoyIronton Register,...
Gilruth on Early Settlers 18 July 1872
Note: The Rev. James Gilruth died before July 12, 1873, a year after publishing these stories, in Davenport, Iowa. He was an abolitionist and...
Gilruth on Early Settlers 27 June 1872
The Rev. James Gilruth died before July 12, 1873, a year after publishing these stories, in Davenport, Iowa. He was an abolitionist and preacher of...
Gilruth on Early Settlers 20 June 1872
The Rev. James Gilruth died before July 12, 1873, a year after publishing these stories, in Davenport, Iowa. He was an abolitionist and preacher of...