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مصر
PAST AND PRESENT
OF
KNOX COUNTY OHIO
ALBERT B. WILLIAMS Editor-in-Chief
ILLUSTRATED
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VOL. II
1912 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
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CONTENTS 1136361
CHAPTER I-ORGANIZATION OF OHIO TERRITORY AND STATE 25 Early Surveys-Virginia Military Reservation-Western Reserve-United States Military Lands-Refugee Lands-Acts of Congress-Ohio Made a State- Boundary Survey of 1812.
CHAPTER II-INDIAN OCCUPANCY, TREATIES, ETC. 29 After the Mound Builders, the Indians-Tribes of Ohio-Treaty of 1785-Origin of the Delawares-Indians Trading at Mt. Vernon-Killing of an Indian Squaw-Indian Treaties.
CHAPTER III-NATURAL FEATURES 34 Boundary of Knox County-Glacial Channels-Geology-Timber-Prospecting -Neff Petroleum Company-Mound Builders-Mysterious Wells-Streams- Area.
CHAPTER IV-ORGANIZATION OF KNOX COUNTY 44 The Organizing Act-First Election-First County Officers-Original Knox County Territory-Townships Detached-Organization of Morrow County- Bloomfield Township-Franklin Township-The County Seat Contest-Some Funny Incidents.
CHAPTER V-EARLY SETTLEMENT 52 First Settlers in the Various Townships-Advent of the Whites-James Smith -Method of Indian Adoption-Indian Captives-Andrew Craig, the First White Settler-Historian Norton's Account-Quakers Come In.
CHAPTER VI-PIONEER MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 59 Origin of the Pioneers-Early Methods of Cooking-Pioneers and Rye Whisky -Early Superstitions-What Men and Women Wore-How the Pioneer Women Dressed-Pioneer Houses-Household Furniture-Hunting in Knox County- Wolf Traps-Great Occasions.
CHAPTER VII-THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT 70 Meetings of County Commissioners-Another County Government-Commission- ers' Records-Public Buildings-Court Houses-County Jails-County Infirm- ary-Finances of Knox County-Financial Statement in 1911.
CHAPTER VIII-COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL REPRESENTATION. 83 Governors-Congressmen-State Senators-State Representatives-Presidential Electors-County Recorders-Clerks of the Court-County Auditors-County Treasurers-Sheriffs-Prosecuting Attorneys-Knox County Commissioners- County Infirmary Directors-County Surveyors-District Judges-Probate Judges-Associate Judges.
CHAPTER IX-AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND COUNTY FAIRS. 93 Importance of Agriculture-Pioneer Farming Methods-Horticulture-Farm Products in 1910-Fair of 1878-Agricultural Societies-Morris Agricultural Club-Knox County Agricultural Society-Teaching Agriculture.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER X-RAILROADS, TRANSPORTATION AND TELEGRAPHS 103 Early Day Principal Towns-Early Railroad Systems-A Wooden Railroad- Present Railroads in the County-Telegraph Companies-Express Companies.
CHAPTER XI-EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY 109 Early Schools Inferior-Spelling Schools-First School Houses in the County- First Teachers-Establishment of Graded Schools-Westminster Academy-Mt. Vernon College-Public Schools of Mt. Vernon-Schools in General-High Schools of the County-Books in Libraries-Colleges and Parochial Schools.
CHAPTER XII-HISTORY OF KENYON COLLEGE 122 Incorporation- Philander Chase, the Founder of the College-The Founding- Bishop Chase's Trip to England-English Donors-Erection of the College, a Gigantic Task-The College History from 1831 to 1912-Literary Societies- Property, 1911 -- Distinctive Features-Harcourt Place School.
CHAPTER XIII-NEWSPAPERS OF THE COUNTY 140
Knox County Journalism-Ohio Register-Knox County Gazette-Western Watchman-Family Cabinet-Democrat and Knox Advertiser-Looking Glass and Whig Reflector-Knox County Republican-Daily Republican-News-Demo- cratic Banner-Western Home Visitor-Knox County Express-Knox County Advocate-Knox County National-Centerburg Gazette-Knox County Herald -Tri-County Leader-Universalist Advocate-Centerburg Mirror-Frederick- town Independent-The Free Press-Literary Work.
CHAPTER XIV-CHURCHES OF KNOX COUNTY 147
Presbyterian Church-United Presbyterian Church-Free Presbyterian Church -Methodist Episcopal Church-Methodist Protestant Churches-Wesleyan Methodists-Free Methodists-African Methodists-Baptist Churches-Colored Baptist Church-Free-Will Baptist Church-United Brethren Church-German Evangelical Churches-Lutheran Churches-Universalist Churches-Seventh- day Adventists-Society of Friends-Union Churches-Congregational Churches -Roman Catholic Churches-St. Vincent de Paul School-Catholic Cemeteries -Church of Christ (Disciples) -Brethren Churches-Protestant Episcopal Church.
CHAPTER XV-CIVIC SOCIETIES
198
Free and Accepted Masons-Mt. Zion Lodge No. 9-Thrall Lodge No. 170- Antioch Lodge No. 286 -- Danville Lodge No. 456-Bloomfield Lodge No. 422- Clinton Chapter No. 26, R. A. M .- Kinsman Council No. 76, R. & S. M .- Clinton Commandery No. 5, K. T .- Masonic Club-Independent Order of Odd Fellows -Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 20-Quindaro Lodge No. 316-Kokosing Encampment No. 38-Centerburg Lodge No. 666-Sycamore Valley Lodge No. 553-Ellicott Lodge No. 267-Knox Encampment No. 211-Bartholo Lodge No. 692-Brink- haven Lodge No. 905-Owl Creek Lodge No. 686-Kokosing Lodge No. 807- Knights of Pythias-Timon Lodge No. 45-Wayne Lodge No. 303-Colfax Lodge No. 688-Hawthorne Lodge No. 228-Kokosing Canton No. 71, U. R .- Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks-Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 140.
CHAPTER XVI-MILITARY HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY 208
War of 1812-Soldiers Rendezvous at Mt. Vernon-Erection of Block Houses- General Harrison's Famous Speech-The Texas and Mexican Wars-War Meet- ings at Mt. Vernon-The "Young Guards"-Wartime Incidents-Reunion of Mexican-War Veterans-The Muster Rolls-Knox County in the Civil War-
CONTENTS.
Mass Meetings-Resolutions Passed and Committees Appointed-Soldiers' Bounties-Ladies' Aid and Sanitary. Commission Societies-Early Civil War Incidents-Regiments in Which Knox County Men Served-A Touching Letter -The "Squirrel Hunters"-In Memoriam-Soldiers' Monument-Grand Army of the Republic-The Spanish-American War.
CHAPTER XVII-THE BENCH AND BAR OF KNOX COUNTY 236 Dignity and Usefulness of the Legal Profession-Notable Men Contributed by the Bar of Knox County-The First Court in Knox County-First Grand Jury -First Petit Jury-First Jury Trial-First and Last Public Whipping-Early Judges-First Resident Lawyers-Columbus Delano-Lawyers of 1880-Active Members of the Bar in 1911.
CHAPTER XVIII-PHYSICIANS OF KNOX COUNTY. 250 Doctors Early in the Field-Wonderful Advance in the Science of Medicine- Doctor Hilliar, the First Practicing Physician in Knox County-Other Early Doctors-Those of a Later Period-Present Physicians of the County- Knox County Medical Society-Hospitals of Mt. Vernon-Mt. Vernon Hospital-Sani- tarium-Mt. Vernon Medical and Surgical Sanitarium.
CHAPTER XIX- BANKS AND BANKING. 260 Early Scarcity of Money-Owl Creek Bank-A Bank Without a Charter- Resulting Failure-Knox County National Bank-First National Bank of Mt. Vernon-Knox County Savings Bank-Commercial and Savings Bank Company, Buckeye City --- Danville Bank-First National Bank, Centerburg-Howard Savings Bank-Centerburg Savings Bank-First National Bank of Frederick- town-Building and Loan Associations-Centerburg Building and Loan Asso- ciation-Knox Building and Loan Company-Home Building and Loan Com- pany-Citizens Building, Loan and Savings Association.
CHIAPTER XX-CITY OF MOUNT VERNON 268 Mt. Vernon as the County Seat-Early Surroundings-Early Improvements at Mt. Vernon-Chief Armstrong- Early Taverns-First Illuminating Gas-Post- office-City Platted and Filed for Record-Comparative Statistics-Changes in Natural Features-Postoffice History-Municipal History-Mayors and Mar- shals of Mt. Vernon-Water Works-Paving-Population of the City-Street Railway-Electric Lighting Plant-Mound View Cemetery-Literary Societies -Thespian Society-Mt. Vernon Literary Society-Mt. Vernon Lyceum-Public Library-Home for the Aged-Young Men's Christian Association-Knox County Mutual Insurance Company-Eagle Mutual Fire Insurance Company- Ohio Mutual Aid Association-Business Men of Sixty Years Ago-Manufac- turing Industries-C. & G. Cooper Company-Cooper Manufacturing Company --- Mt. Vernon Bridge Company-Reeves Engine Company-Industries in 1911.
CHAPTER XXI-TOWNSHIP HISTORIES 292 Original Civil Subdivisions-Date of Organization and Area of Present Townships -Brown Township-Natural Features First Settlement-Early Settlers- Jelloway-First Mills-Jelloway Mutual Life Insurance Company-Population.
CHAPTER XXII-BUTLER TOWNSHIP 296 The Soil-Former Timber Conditions-Minerals-Pioneer Settlements-Signs of Former Indian Occupancy-Pioneer Features Preserved-First Settlers- Early Distilleries-"Johnny Appleseed"-Griffin Mill-Owl Creek Postoffice- Population.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXIII-BERLIN TOWNSHIP 301 Organization and First Election-Geographical Features Early Forests-First Settlement by White Men-Shaler's Mills-Village of Palmyra-Village of Ankenytown -- Population-Postoffice at Shaler's Mills.
CHAPTER XXIV-CLAY TOWNSHIP 305 Location and Name-Surface-First Settler-Other Pioneers-Population- Martinsburg Village Postoffice History-Business Interests-Churches-Physi- cians.
CHAPTER XXV-CLINTON TOWNSHIP 309 One of the Original Townships-Bonndary-First Settlement-Andrew Craig- Other Early Settlers-Population-Clinton Township Tragedies-An Incident of the Slavery Period-Religionsly Insane-An Indian Murder.
CHAPTER XXVI-COLLEGE TOWNSHIP 313 A Peculiar Subdivision-Originally a Dense Forest-Fertile Valley Lands- Bishop Chase and Kenyon College-Organization of the Township-Village of Gambier-A College Town-Postoffice-Newspapers-Religious History-Popu- lation-Business Interests.
CHAPTER XXVII-HARRISON TOWNSHIP 316 Organization-Boundary-Population-Natural Features-Former Indian Ocen- pancy-First Permanent White Settlers-Burlington Wind Storm-First Events -Wolfe's Postoffice.
CHAPTER XXVIII-HOWARD TOWNSHIP 320
Formation of Township-Location-Natural Features-Streams-Indian Field -Tom Jelloway-Early Hunters-Early Settlers-Distilleries in the Township -Village of Howard-Postoffice-Present Business Interests-Mills-School,
CHAPTER XXIX-HILLIAR TOWNSHIP 326
Creation of the Township-Change of Boundary Lines-Surface of the Land- Streams-Timber-First Settlement-First Road-Early-day Incidents-Early Agricultural Implements-First Elections-Mills-Population-Dr. Richard Hilliar-Village of Centerbnrg-Laying Out of the Town-Postoffice History- Incorporation History-Business Interests in 1911.
CHAPTER XXX-JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP 331 Organization of the Township-Name Interesting Geological Scenery and Formations-Mohican River-Ancient Mounds and Fortifications-First Settle- ment-Village of Greersville.
CHAPTER XXXI-JACKSON TOWNSHIP 334 Name-Organization-Minerals-Timber-Indian Relics-First Settlement- "Johnny Appleseed"-Bladensburg-First Business Interests-Bladensburg in 1911.
CHAPTER XXXII-LIBERTY TOWNSHIP 340 Organization-Bonndary-Surface Soil-Streams-Mound Builders-First Pio- neers-Early Hotels-Good Agricultural District-Village of Mt. Liberty- First Merchants Business Interests in 1911-Village of Bangs.
CHAPTER XXXIII-MILFORD TOWNSHIP 343 Creation of the Township-Topography-Streams-Timber-Pioneer Settlers- Character of Early Settlers-Wolves-Railroads-Five Corners-Village of Lock-Population.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXXIV-MORGAN TOWNSHIP 348
Location-Organization-Indian Mounds-An Agricultural District-Origin of Early Pioneers-First White Settler-Later Pioneers-Early Incidents-First Events.
CHAPTER XXXV-MONROE TOWNSHIP 351
Creation-Name-Streams-Timber-Earliest Settlers-Milling Interests
Other Industries-Population of Township.
CHAPTER XXXVI-MIDDLEBURY TOWNSHIP
354
Creation and Location-Boundaries-Area-Settlement-The Friends, Quakers-Early Mills-Waterford-Postoffice-Township's Men of Note-Hon. Columbus Delano-Hon. William Windom.
CHAPTER XXXVII-MILLER TOWNSHIP 360 Formerly a Part of Morgan Township-"Sychamore"-A Novel Election- -Separation of the Township-The Settlement- John Vance-Population of the Township-Early Hardships-Village of Brandon-Civil-war Enlistment in Miller Township.
CHAPTER XXXVIII-MORRIS TOWNSHIP 363 Geographical Features-Ancient Mounds-The Township's Settlement-William Douglass-Other Early Settlers-Distilleries-Old Village of Clinton-Once a Contestant for the County Seat-Its Early Business Interests.
CHAPTER XXXIX-PIKE TOWNSHIP 368 Situation-Surface-Settlement of the Township-First Events-Village of Amity-Early Merchants-North Liberty-Postoffice-Democracy Postoffice.
CHAPTER XL-PLEASANT TOWNSHIP 371
Location and Name-Streams-Population-First Settlement-Distilleries
Mills-Nurseries.
CHAPTER XLI-UNION TOWNSHIP 374
Organization-Surface-Variety of Soil-Railroad-Settlement-First Things -Villages of the Township-Danville-Incorporation and Mayors-Present Officers-Churches-Schools-Present Business Interests-Millwood-Rossville -Buckeye City-Its Laying Out-Incorporation-Present Municipal Officers- Postoffice-Cavallo-Brinkhaven (Gann)-Incorporation-Present Officers- Mayors and Clerks-Business Directory.
CHAPTER XLII-WAYNE TOWNSHIP 381
Its Creation-Population-Name-Natural Features-Streams-Early Settle- ment-Green Valley-Jersey Settlement-Fredericktown-Population-Platting -First Stores-First Events in the Village First Events-The Block-house- Incorporation-Mayors-Water Works-Business Directory of 1911-Postoffice History.
CHAPTER XLIII-MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS 391 Population of Ohio-Knox County's Population from 1800-Detailed U. S. Cen- sus Report of Knox County-Village Plats in Knox County-The Ohio Sani- torium-First Mill in Knox County-Postoffices of Knox County, 1911-Old Style Apprenticeship-Violent Storms-Judge William H. West, "Blind Man Eloquent"-John Chapman, "Johnny Appleseed"-Daniel Decatur Emmett, Author of "Dixie."
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HISTORICAL INDEX
A
Acts of Congress.
26, 27
Advent of Quakers
58
Advent of the Whites 53
African Methodists
169
Agricultural Societies
97
Agriculture
94
A Legal Whipping.
238
Amity
369
Amity Baptist Church
173
Ankenytown
303
Another County Government
71
Antioch Lodge No. 286, F. & A. M. 200
Area of Knox County
42
Associate Judges
93
A Touching Letter
227
Auditors
86
B
Banks
342
Banks and Banking 260
Baptist Churches
170
Bar of Knox County
236
Bartholo Lodge No. 692, I. O. O. F ._ 204
Bench and Bar
236
B. P. O. E.
207
Berlin Township
301
Beulah M. P. Church 168
Bladensburg
337
"Blind Man Eloquent"
399
Bloomfield Lodge No. 422, F. & A. M. 200
Bloomfield Township. 47
Boundaries of Knox County.
34
Boundary Survey of 1812.
28
Bounties
221
Brandon
362
Brandon M. E. Church
157
Brethren Churches
188
Brinkhaven
379
Brinkhaven Lodge No. 905, I. O. O. F. 205
Brinkhaven M. E. Church
158
Brown Township
293
Buckeye City
378
Building and Loan Associations.
266
Buildings, Public
74
Business Men of 1850
285
Butler Township
296
C
Captives, Indian
53
Catholic Cemeteries
183
Catholic Churches
179
Census Report on Knox County
391
Centerburg
328
Centerburg Building and Loan Assn. 266
Centerburg Gazette
13
Centerburg Lodge No. 666, I. O. O. F. 204
Centerburg M. E. Church.
156
Centerburg Presbyterian Church
151
Centerburg Savings Bank
265
Chapman, John
400
Chase, Philander
123
Chief Killbuck
31
Church of Christ
184
Churches of Knox County.
147
Citizens Bldg., Ln. and Sav. Assn
267
City of Mt. Vernon
268
Civic Societies
198
Civil War
218
Civil War Incidents
223
Clay Township
305
Clerks of the Court
86
Clinton
365
Clinton Chapter No. 26, R. A. M.
201
Clinton Commandery No. 5, K. T.
202
Clinton-Mt. Vernon Contest.
49
Clinton Township
309
Clinton Township Tragedies.
311
Colfax Lodge No. 688, K. P.
206
College Township
313
Colleges
121
Colored Baptists
173
Commercial and Savings Bank Co.
264
Commissioners, County
89
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Commissioners, First Meetings. 70
Commissioners' Records 72
Congregational Churches 177
Congressional Acts 26, 27
Congressmen
84
County Auditors
86
County Commissioners 89
County Finances 82
County Government
70
County Infirmary
80
County Jails 78
County Officers
83
County Officers, First 45
County Recorders
85
County Seat Contest 49
48
County Seat Organized
48
County Sheriffs
87
County Surveyors
91
County Treasurers
87
Court House Destroyed.
77
Court House, First.
74
Court House, Present.
78
Court House, Second
74
Court House, Third
76
Craig, Andrew
55. 309
D
Daily Republican-News
143
Danville
376
Danville Bank
264
Danville Catholic Church
183
Danville Lodge No. 456, F. & A. M.
200
Delano, Columbus
241
Delawares, Origin of. 30
Democratic Banner
143
Destruction of Court House 77
Disciples Church
184
Distilleries
322
District Judges
92
Doctors, Early
250
E
Early Business Men. 285
Early Farm Machinery 94
Early Furniture
66
Early Improvements, Mt. Vernon
270
Early Population
58
Early Railroads
103
Early Schools
109
Early Settlement 52
Early Superstitions 62
Early Surveys 25
Early Teachers
111
Early Wearing Apparel 62
Ebenezer M. P. Church 168
Educational Interests 109
Eighteenth U. S. Regulars. 230
Election, First
45
85
Electors, Presidential
Elks
207
Ellicot Lodge No. 267, I. O. O. F. 204
Emmett, Daniel Decatur
403
Episcopal Church
190
Express Companies
107
F
Fair of 1878
96
Farm Products
96
Finances of Knox County 82
Financial Statement, 1911 82
First County Officers.
45
First Court House
74
First Court in Knox County 236
First Election
45
First Election Results 45
First Grand Jury
236
First Jury Trial 238
First Meeting of Commissioners. 70
First Mill in Knox County
395
First National Bank
263
First National Bank, Centerburg.
265
First National Bank, Fredericktown 265
First Permanent Settlement 56
First Petit Jury
237
First Resident Lawyers. 240
First School Houses 113
First Settlers 52
First Settlers, Origin of.
55
First White Settler 55
First White Visitor.
53
Five Corners
346
Forty-third Ohio Regiment
226
Fourth Court House.
78
Franklin Township
48
Fredericktown
384
Fredericktown Baptist Church
171
Fredericktown Independent
145
Fredericktown M. E. Church
161
Free and Accepted Masons
198
County Seat Located
€
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Free Methodists
169
Free Presbyterian Church 152
Free Will Baptist Church 173
Friends, Society of_ 176
Friendship M. P. Church
168
G
Gambier
314
Gambier M. E. Church 158
Gen. Harrison's Famous Speech. 210
Geological Description
34
German Evangelical Churches
174
"God's Barn"
151
Governors
83
Grand Army of the Republic. 233
Great Occasions
68
Greersville
333
H
Harcourt Place School 138
Harrison Township 316
Hawthorne Lodge No. 228, K. P. 206
High Schools of County 120
Hilliar Township
325
Home Building and Loan Company. 267
Home for the Aged.
283
Hospitals of Mt. Vernon. 258
Household Furniture, Early 66
Houses, Pioneer
66
Howard
323
Howard Savings Bank 265
Howard Township
320
Hunting in Knox County
67
I
Incidents of Civil War 223
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 203
Indian Adoption Ceremony.
54
Indian Captives
53
Indian Murder
312
Indian Occupancy
29
Indian Squaw Killed 32
Indian Trading
31
Indian Tribes
29
Industries in 1911 291
Infirmary, County
80
Infirmary Directors
90
In Memoriam
232
Insurance Companies
284
J
Jackson Township
334
Jails
78
Jefferson Township
331
Jelloway
294
Joe Hooker Post No. 21, G. A. R 233
"Johnny Appleseed"
95, 400
Journalism
140
Judges, Associate
93
Judges, District
92
Judges, Probate
92
K
Kenyon -College
122
Kenyon College, Distinctive Features 133
Kenyon College Presidents.
130
Kenyon College Property
133
Killbuck, Chief
31
Kinsman Council No. 76, R. & S. M. 201
Knights of Pythias
205
Knox Building and Loan Company. 267
Knox County Agricultural Society 97
Knox County, Area of 42
Knox County Boundaries. 34
Knox County Finances
82
Knox County Gazette 141
Knox County Herald.
145
Knox County in Civil War
218
Knox County Journalism
140
Knox County Medical Society
257
Knox County, Organization of.
44
Knox County National Bank. 263
Knox County, Natural Features. 34
Knox County, Population of
391
Knox County Republican
142
Knox County Savings Bank
264
Knox County Streams
42
Knox County Timber 37
Knox Encampment No. 211, I. O. O. F. 204
Kokosing Canton No. 71, U. R .. K. P. 206 Kokosing Encampment No. 38, I. O.
O. F.
203
Kokosing Lodge No. 807, I. O. O. F. 205
L
Ladies' Aid Societies
222
Lawyers of 1880
247
Lawyers of 1911
249
Legal Whipping
238
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HISTORICAL INDEX.
Liberty Township 339
Libraries
121
Literary Societies
281
Literary Work
146
Location of County Seat.
48
Lock
346
Lutheran Churches
174
M
Manufacturing Industries
286
Marshals of Mt. Vernon
275
Martinsburg
307
Martinsburg M. E. Church
156
Martinsburg Presbyterian Church
150
Masonic Club, Mt. Vernon
202
Masonry. in Knox County.
198
Mayors of Mt. Vernon
275
Methodist Episcopal Church
152
Methodist Protestant Churches.
167
Mexican War
212
354
Middlebury Township
Milford Township
343
Military History of Knox County. 208
Mill, First, in Knox County
395
Miller Township
359
Millwood
377
Miscellaneous Subjects
391
Monroe Township
351
Morgan Township
347
Morris Agricultural Club
97
Morris Township
364
Morrow County Organized
47
Mound Builders
39
Mound View Cemetery
280
Mt. Liberty
341
Mt. Vernon
268
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
170
Mt. Vernon Catholic Church
179
Mt. Vernon-Clinton Contest
49
Mt. Vernon Congregational Church_ 177
Mt. Vernon College
116
Mt. Vernon Hospital Sanitarium
258
Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 20, I. O. O. F. 203
Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 140, B. P. O. E. 207
Mt. Vernon Medical and Surgical
Sanitarium
259
Mt. Vernon M. E. Church
152
Mt. Vernon M. P. Church.
167
Mt. Vernon Municipal History
274
Mt. Vernon, Population
279
Mt. Vernon Postoffice
272
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
147
Mt. Vernon Public Library
282
Mt. Vernon Public Schools.
116
Mt. Vernon Street Railway
280
Mt. Vernon Times.
143
Mt. Vernon Water Works. 277
Mt. Zion Lodge No. 9, F. & A. M.
198
Murder of Indian Squaw.
32
Muster Rolls
218
Mysterious Wells
42
N
National Representation
84
Natural Features of Knox County_
34
Natural Gas
39
Neff Petroleum Company
38
Newspapers
140
Ninety-sixth Ohio Regiment
227
Nortlı Liberty
369
0
Odd Fellowship
203
Officers, County
83
Officers, First County
45
Oil Explorations
38
Ohio Lodge No. 199, F. & A. M.
201
Ohio Made a State
27
Ohio, Population of
391
Ohio Register
140
Ohio Sanitorium
394
Ohio Territory Organized
25
Old-style Apprenticeship
397
One Hundred Forty-second Home
Guards
231
One Hundred Twenty-fifth Ohio Reg. 229 One Hundred Twenty-first Ohio Reg. 228
Organization of County Seat
48
Organization of Knox County
44
Organization of Morrow County
47
Organization of Ohio Territory
25
Organization of Townships.
292
Original Territory
46
Origin of First Settlers
55
Origin of the Delawares.
30
Other Railroads
105
Owl Creek Bank
260
Owl Creek Baptist Church
172
Owl Creek Lodge No. 686, I. O. O. F. 205
HISTORICAL INDEX.
P
Palmyra
303
Parish Schools 121
Petroleum
38
Physicians of Knox County
250
Physicians, Present
257
Pike Township
36S
Pioneer Customs
59
Pioneer Houses
66
Pioneers and Whisky 61
Pleasant Township
371
Population, Early
58
Population of Knox County
391
Population of Mt. Vernon 279
Population of Ohio
391
Postoffices of Knox County.
397
Preglacial Channels
31
Presbyterian Church
147
Present Court House
78
Present Physicians
257
Presidential Electors
S5
Probate Judges
92
Prosecuting Attorneys
88
Prospecting and Results
38
Protestant Episcopal Church 190
Public Buildings
74
Public Library, Mt. Vernon
282
Q
Quakers Come in
58
Quindaro Lodge No. 316, I. O. O. F. 203
Railroad, A Wooden 104
Railroads, Early
103
Recorders
85
Refugee Lands
Religiously Insane 311
25
Results of First Election 45
Roman Catholic Churches
179
Rossville
378
S
Sad Mistake 216
St. Luke's Catholic Church
183
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
190
St. Vincent de Paul Church
181
St. Vincent de Paul School.
182
Sanitary Commission 222
School Houses, First 113
Schools, Early
109
Schools in General
120
Schools of Mt. Vernon 116
Schools, Parochial 121
Second Court House
74
Second Heavy Artillery
230
Senators, State
84
Settlement, Early 52
Settlement, First Permanent. 56
Settler, First White
55
Settlers, First
52
Seventh-day Adventists 175
Sheriffs
87
Sixty-fifth Ohio Regiment.
226
Smith, James
53
Society of Friends
176
Soldiers' Bounties
221
Soldiers' Monument
Spanish-American War
234
"Squirrel Hunters"
231
State Representatives
84
State Senators
84
Storms
398
Streams
42
Superstitions, Early
62
Survey, Boundary, of 1812. 28
Surveyors
91
Surveys, Early
25
Sycamore Valley Lodge No. 553, I. O.
O. F.
204
T
Teachers, Early
111
Teaching Agriculture
102
Telegraph Companies
106
Texas War
212
The Press
140
The Young Guard
214
Third Court House
76
Thirtieth Ohio Regiment.
225
Thirty-second Ohio Regiment.
225
Thrall Lodge No. 170, F. & A. M. 199
Timber in Knox County
37
Timon Lodge No. 45, K. P.
205
Topography
35
Township Histories
292
Townships Detached from Knox.
47
Treasurers, County
87
Treaties of 1817 and 1829 33
Treaty of 1785
29
Tri-County Leader
145
Twentieth
Ohio Regiment
225
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Union Churches 177
Union Township 374
United Brethren Churches.
174
United Presbyterian Church
152
United States Military Lands.
25
Universalist Advocate
145
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