Pioneers & Profiles

Vintage black-and-white family portrait showing adults and children gathered outside a house.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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Samuel C. Wurts

INTERESTING GREENUP HISTORY REVEALED IN AN OLD Obituary of Samuel C. Wurts(reprinted years after his death) Ironton Sunday Tribune, March 16, 1930...

Rev. James Mays

Rev. James Mays is a native of Pike County, Kentucky, born January 5, 1828.  His father, James Mays, died on March 28, 1859.  His mother’s name is...

Davidson Mays

Davidson Mays was born in Pike County, Kentucky, on September 13, 1823.  His parents, James and Elizabeth (Rowe) Mays, came to this county in 1845. ...

Peras R. Polly

Pera R. Polly was a Judge of the Probate Court of Lawrence County, Ohio, who was born in Otsego County, New York, on May 5th, 1815. He was the third...

Stephen A. Massie

Stephen A. Massie was the seventh child of Jonathan and Margaret (Roach) Massie.  He was born in Mason Township on January 1, 1840.  He lived with...

Squire Massie

Squire Massie and Rebecca Carnes were married on May 8, 1845.  He was born on April 22, 1822, and she August 26, 1824. The following comprise their...

Patten Massie

Patten Massie came to this county with his parents on 25 December 1830.  They settled on a farm of eighty acres. Patten lived with his parents until...

Joseph Massie

Joseph Massie was born in Monroe County, Virginia; his parents are Jonathan and Mary (Gore) Massie, who settled in this county, on December 25,...

Irvin L. Magee

Irvin L. Magee was born in Proctorville, on December 11, 1859.  His father, Luther E. Magee, came to this county in 1835, and his mother, Rebecca...