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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Photos of Brumfield Family

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...

Henry Haney

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

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

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

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

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

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...