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Election districts, 172.
Early commissioners-first session in St 174.
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INDEX.
Early civil suits, 184. Elections in Belmont county for 1879, 422. First surveys, 166.
First constitutional convention, 166. First roads-their condition, 166. First division into townships, 172. First court house, 173.
First court in St. Clairsville, 173.
First murder trial, 173. First deeds recorded, 174.
First will recorded, 174.
Forests, 185.
Friends churchs, 186, 187.
Flushing township, 377 to 381; the topography, 377, township officers, 377; reminiscences of early settlers, 377 ; churches, 377, 878 ; Flushing village, 378; Granite mills, 378, 379; biograph- ical sketches, 379 to 381.
" Goal," 173.
Geological sketch of Belmont county, from pages 213 to 224-general principles, kinds of rock, sandstone and clay, 213; limestone, 214, 215; analyses of cement rocks, coal, 115, 116; kinds of plants which have entered into the formation of coal, 216 to 218; the earth's crust, 218, 219; geology of Belmont county, 219 to 221; economic geology, 221; coal and iron products of Ohio, 221, 223; ores aud mineral deposits, geology and morala, 223; curious phenomena, 223, 224; con- clusion, 224.
Goshen township, 402 to 406; mineral resources, 402; soil and productions, 402; condition of the early settlers, 402, 403; first settlers, 403; Bel- mont, 103, 404; Fairmount-Burr's Mills, 404; churches, 404, 405; biographical sketches, 405, 406.
Horticultural statistics, 184.
Hoge, Gen. George W., 243.
Indians attack Kirkwood's cabin, 164.
Ill treatment toward a revolutionary soldier, 182. Judiciary, early, 172 to 174.
Jails, 175.
Johnston, Rev. J. B., 240.
Kirkwood's cabin attacked by the Indians, 164.
Killing of John Holtz by Sunderland, 173.
Kennon, Hon. W. S., 241.
Kirkwood township, 361 to 368; early settlement, 361; incidents, 361; lodges of Hendrysburg, 361, 862; justices of the peace, 3 2; schools, 362; Hendrysburg, 362, 363; Egypt, 363; Sewellsville, 363, 364; churches, 364, 365; murder of Lonisa C. Fox, 365, 366; biographical sketches, 366, 363.
Land sales, 166.
Lottery, public, 174, 175. List of public officers, 178 to 182
Lundy, Benjamin, 189 to 191. Market house, old, 175.
Miscellaneous reminiscences-"long bullet; " first four horse team that crossed the Ohio in the county ; wasn't suited with the appearance; hand mills; Indians return to visit their old homes; an early tour down the Ohio and through Bel- mont county; pumpkin flood; sick or blasted wheat; memorable hail storm; Hardesty flood ; first stage, from pages 175 to 178.
Military record of Belmont county, 193 to 223. Mexican War, 195.
Mitchell. Col. J. R., 242
Martin's Ferry, 289 to 299; the ferry, 291; office established, 291; among the early merchants, 291; when incorporated, 291; officers, 291, 292; cemetery, 292; materials for building, 292; an- tiquities, 292; water, 292, 293; newspaper enter- prise, 293; manufacturing interests, 293 to 295; population, 295; schools, 295 to 296; ecclesiasti- cal history -First Presbyterian church, 296, 297; Baptist church, 297, 298; Catholic church, 298; German Lutheran church, 298; Limited Presby- terian church, 298, 299; secret orders, 299.
Mead township, 390 to 394; settlement, 390; re- reminiscences, 391; school houses, 391; grist mills, 391; largest land owner, 391; productions and population, 391; coal works, 392; ecclesias- tical history, 392; biographical sketches, 392 to 394.
Negro " Cu.f," 174, National road, 182. Organization of Belmont county, 162, 165, 166. Original boundary of Belmont county, 163.
Official vote for governor in Belmont county, 180, 182
organization of teachers institute, 183
"imitive settlements and border incidents, 163 to 70.
to Sve justice, 166. battle unes and reminiscences, 166 to 171. captureestrays, 173. of Dr. K-first convict sent, 174. ballad of y, 174, 175.
Present court house, 175. Project to erect the new county of Cumberland, 178. Public officers, 178 to 182.
Pauperism, 183.
Population, 183.
Pultney township, 270 to 283; early settlers, 280; mills, 280; curiosities, 280; cemetery, 280; Pitts- burgh coal works, 280; Kidd mines, 280; Pres- byterian church of Rockhill, 280; villages, 281; Patrons record, 281, 283.
Pease township, 299 to 308; early mills, 300; topog- raphy, 300; schools, 300; Scott M. E. church, 300; coal, 300; fruits, 300; grapes, 300, 301,
Removal of the seat of justice, 173.
Real estate, valne of, 183. Rebellion, 195 to 213.
Ruggles, Hon. Benjamin, 239.
Richland township, history of, 248 to 256; its for- mation and early settlers, 248, 249; reminiscen- ces, 249, 250; last wolf seen in the township, 250; wild bear chase, 250; old Baptist church, 250; first burial ground, 250; second cabin church, 250; taxables in 1807, 250; elections, 250, 251; supervisors for the year 1809, and overseers of the poor for 1809, 250; vote for 1810, 251; schools, township officers for 1879. 251; first grafted or- chard, 251; railroads, 251; villages-Glencoe, Loydsville and Stewartsville, 251; Mellor 'Bros.' floral work and nursery, 251; biographical sketches, 252 to 256.
Sale of lands, 166.
Supervisors appointed, 173.
Scalps, bounty for, 174.
Standard half bushel, 175.
Shannon, Hon Wilson, 187 to 189.
Shannon, John, 189.
Shannon, Thomas, 189.
Soldiers of the war of 1812, 193 to 195.
Soldiers of the Mexican war, 195.
Soldiers of the rebellion, 195 to 213.
St. Clairsville. 224 to 248; General Arthur St.
Clair, 224, 225; built in the woods, first property holders, 225, 226; incorporated, 226; letters of incorporation, officers for 1879, early merchants, first tavern keepers, early physicians, miscella- neous vocations, St. Clairsville in 1808, extinct church associations, initial attorneys, schools, old seminaries, colored schools, Union cemetery, M. E burial ground, Friends or Quakers graveyard, old buildings, horse mills and distilleries, early members of the Belmont county bar and present members, Belmont Lodge, No. 16, F. and A. M., light gnards. cornet band, summary of business for 1879, journalism. 226 to 233; ecclesiastical history, 233 to 239; St. Clairsville biographical sketches and notes, 239 to 248.
Swaney, Oliver J , 244.
Smith township, 392 to 402; early settlers, 394; early ministers, 395; early justices, 395; primi- tive schools and teachers, 395; soldiers of 1812, 395; first saw mill, 395; first woolen factory, 395; Lewis' mills, 395; Warnock's Station, 395; Cen- treville, 395; Jacobsburg, 395, 396; ecclesiastical history, 396 to 398; biographical sketches, 398 to 402.
Somerset township, 406 to 410; topography, 406; settlement, 406; improvements, 407; villages, 407 ; the Bel nont Bank of Somerton, 407; Boston and Temperanceville, 407; products, 407; relig- ious history, 407, 408; biographical sketches, 408 to 410.
Teachers institute, organization of, 183.
Tobacco growing, 184, 185.
Towns and townships, history of, 224 to 422.
Thompson, Major Thomas, 239, 240.
Township of Richland, 248 to 256.
Township of Pultney, 279 to 283.
Township of Warren, 335 to 361.
Township of Kirkwood. 361 to 368.
Township of Union, 368 to 3.7.
Township of Flushing, 377 to 381.
Township of Wheeling, 382 to 386.
Township of Colerain, 386 to 390.
Township of Mead, 390 to 394.
Township of Smith, 394 to 402.
Township of Goshen, 402 to 406.
Township of Somerset, 406 to 410.
Township of Wayne, 410 to 412.
Township of Washington, 412 to 41".
Township of York, 417 to 422. Unfortunate shot, 175.
Union township, 368 to 377; early settlers, 368, 369; reminiscences, 369; early taverns, 369; sec- ond camp-meeting, 369; mills, 369; Plainfield church, 369; first schools, 369; soldiers of 1812, 369; population, 369; township officers for 1879, 369; Morristown, 370 to 373; miscellaneous, 370; schools and churches, 370 to 373; biographical sketches, 373 to 377.
Williams' account of pioneer life, western emigra- tion, early settlers, the log cabin, advantages and disadvantages of the wilderness, 167 to 171. Wild turkey hunt, unfortunate shot, 175. War of 1812, 193 to 195.
Wilday, Henry C., 242.
Warren township, 335 to 361; first settlers, 335, 336; meeting house, 336; first mills, 336, 337; first children, 337; first school house, 337 ; when organized, 337; first justices of the peace, 337; old residence, 337; wild game, 337; the first cul- tivation of tobacco, 337, 338; Bethel church, 338; Zane's ridge, Shannon's run, an escape, 338; Otho French, 339; hunting, 339; a strange story, 339; bears, 339, 340; oil mill, 340; natural curi- osities, 340, 341; mounds and forts, 341, 342; Friends' Stillwater meeting house, 342 to 346; Friends' boarding school house at Stillwater, 346, 347; churches, 347, 348; berry culture, &c., 348, 349; military, 349, 350; pioneer life, 350, 351; " The Leatherwood God," or the religious im- poster of 1828, 351, 352; biographical sketches, 352 to 361.
Wheeling township, 382 to 386; topography, 382; soil, 382; water, 382, products, 382; improve- ments, 382; early settlers, 382; elections, 382; natural curiosities, 383; churches, 383; biogra- phies, 384 to 386.
Wayne township, 410 to 412; erection and de- scription, settlement, hunters, chased by wolves, mode of capturing wolves, last wolf seen in the township, mineral resources, Kaven and Alum Rocks, oldest building. first levy, schools and school houses, fulling mills, Friends' church, first township trustees, early justices, early ministers, cultivation of tobacco, grist mills, largest farms, numeration for 1879, officers for 1879; villages, 410, 411; churches, 411, 412; biographical sketches, 412.
Washington township, 412 to 417; settlement, &c., the Danfords, Perkins and other pioneers, 412 to 415; captina creek, 415; mounds and Indian hieroglyphics, 415; biographical sketches, 415 to 417.
York township, 417 to 422; settlement, 417, 418 ; mounds, 418; the ancient Indian village called Grapevine town, Indian relics, inscriptions on the rocks, 418; the first supervisors. 418; town- ship officers for 1808, 418; largest land owners, 418; first mills, 418, 419; distilleries, 419; the old school house, 419; villages, 419; Captina post office, 419; present township officers (1879), 419; schools, 419; enumeration for 1879, 419; curiosities, 419; church history, 419, 420; bio- graphical sketches, 420 to 422.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Archer township, 424. A race for life, 432.
An Irishman's adventure, 432.
A couple of interesting old ladies, 433.
Auditors, list of, 435
Apples, history of, 445, 446.
Ancient Mingo town, 526, 527.
Adena village, 553.
Amsterdam village, 576. Boundary of, original, 423.
subsequent changes of, 423, 424.
of Trumbull county. 423.
of Belmont county, 423. of Columbiana county, 423.
Boundary, part first seven ranges attached to Jef. ferson, 423.
Boundary, part of Jefferson attached to Tuscara was, 423.
Boundary of Harrison county, 423, 424. of Carrol county, 424. Boundary, alteration of between Columbiana and Jefferson, 424.
Bounty for scalps of wild animals, 428.
Bar of Jefferson connty, 438 to 441. Belmont apple, 445, 446.
Buskirk's fight with Indians, 528, 529,
Biographical sketches of Steubenville township, 529, 530.
Biographical sketches of Mt. Pleasant township, 541 to 548.
Biographical sketches of Smithfield township, 556 to 559.
Bloomfield village, 560,
Biographical sketches of Wayne township, 562 + 565. - sub- Value of real estate, 183.
Biographical sketches of Salem townshir 572.
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INDEX.
Biographical sketches of Ross township, 574, 575. Biographical sketches of Springfield township, 576, 577. Brush creek township, 578 to 581. Biographical sketches of Brush creek township, 580, 581. Biographical sketches of Saline township, 583.
of Knox township, 587 to 589. Biographical sketches of Island creek township, 591 to 596.
Biographical sketches of Cross creek township, 599 to 601.
Biographical sketches of Wells township, 603, 604. Biographical sketches of Warren township, 606 to 611.
Constitutional conventions, 425. Castleman girls, capture of, 431. Carpenter boy killed Whiteyes, 431. County officials, 435, 43 ;. Congressmen, list of, 433, 434.
Clerks of the Court, 435. Commissioners of County, 435, 436. Coroners, 436.
Commissioner's clerks, 436.
County surveyors, 436 Courts, early, 426, 427, 438. Collier, James, 439. Collier, Daniel, 440. Court house site, 427. Court house, 428, 464. 472. Croxton post office, 579. Cross creek township, 596 to 601. Division of county into townships, 424.
Deed, first on record, 424. Early Ministers' licenses, 425.
Early marriages, 425, 426. Early court records, 426, 427, 428. Early Commissioners' proceedings, 427, 428. East Springfield village, 565, 566, Elliottsville, 585. First white birth, 154. First recorded deed, 424. First recorded wills, 424, 425 .. First court, 426, 427, 438. First jury, 427. First session common pleas, 427.
First supreme court, 427. First person naturalized, 427. Frontier reminiscences, 429 to 433. First criminal trial, 431. First prosecuting attorney, 138, Fort Steuben, 462, 463.
First public preaching in Steubenville, 525. Friend's boarding school of Mt. Pleasant, 533, 534. Friends' society of Mt. Pleasant, 535, 536.
Friends' yearly meeting, Thomas Shillitoe's diary, 536, 537.
Flanner, Abbie, and Fitz Green Halleck, 589, 540. Governor's elections, 437, 438. Goodenow, John M., 439. Gate apple, 445, 446. Gill family, 541. Heroic feat of the Johnson boys, 429. Hallock, Judge, 440. History of townships and villages, 523 to 611. Halleck, Fitz Green, and Abbie Flanner, 539, 540. Hervey family, 564. Hammondsville village, 581, 582. Holmes Mill P. O. 598. Infirmary directors, 436. Irondale village, 582. Island creek township, 589 to 596.
Jefferson county, 423. Johnson boys, heroic feat of, 430. Johnson, Mrs., recollections of, 524, 525, 526. Knox township, 424; history of, 583 to 589. Knoxville, 584. List of officers, 433 to 436. Legislature, members of, 434, 435. Lawyers of Jefferson county, 438 to 444. Log cabin, 524. Ladies of olden timc, 524. Linton P. O. 582. Lagrange-Philipsburg P. O., 601. Myers, Michael, sen., 430, 431. McCook, Col. George W., 442. McCook, Robert L., 442, McCook, Daniel, 442. Members of bar, present, 443, 444. Military 1 word of Jefferson county, 446 to 459. Mexican war, 447. Mexican war ve.erans, 447, 448. Morgan's raid, 460 to 462. Mingo town, 526, 527. Mingo bottom, 5:27, Mingo junction, 527, 528. Mingo island, 528. Mount Pleasant township, 530 to 548. Mount Pleasant village, 531 to 540.
· Monroeville village, 579.
McCoy's station, 584.
Nurserymen, early, 444.
Newspapers of Steubenville-see Steubenville. Newspapers and periodicals of Mt. Pleasant, 533. Nebo village, 576.
Newburg-Sloan's station, 584.
New Somerset, 584, 585. New Alexandria, 598. Organization of county, 162, 423.
Original boundary of county, 423.
Officers, list of, 433 to 436.
Old time recipes, 525.
Oldest postmaster in the United States, 566.
Purchase of court house ground, 427.
Premium for scalps of wild animals, 428.
Pioneer echos, 433.
Prosecuting attorneys, 435.
Probate judges, 436.
Prison bounds, 439,
Pease, Calvin, Judge, 438.
Present members of the bar, 443, 444.
Pomology of eastern Ohio, 444 to 446.
Plums, history of, 446.
Peep into the past, 524. Preaching, first in Steubenville, 525.
Port Homer village, 582.
Portland village, 606.
Ross, Absalom, first white child born, 154.
Riley family, shocking experience and sad fate of, 431.
Reynolds, Mrs .. tomakawked by Indians, 431, 432. Race for life, 432.
Representatives, lisft of, 434, 435.
Recorders, list of, 435.
Recollections of 90 years ago, 524.
Richmond village, 565.
Richmond college, 566, 567,
Ross township, 572 to 575.
Rush Run station, 606.
Short Creek township, 424. Steubenville township. 424; history of, 523 to 530.
Sullivan, who lost his horses and his life, 432.
State senators, list of, 434.
Sheriffs, list of, 435. Surveyors, list of, 436.
Stokely, Gen., Samuel. 440.
Stanton, Hon. Edwin M., 440, 441.
Soldiers of 1812, 446, 447.
Soldiers of Mexican war, 447, 448.
Soldiers of the war of the rebellion, 448 to 459.
Stenbenville city, 462 to 523.
Sharon family, 541, 542.
Stanton family, 544, 545.
Smithfield township, 549 to 559.
Smithfield village, 549 to 553.
Salem township, 565 to 572.
Salem village, 566.
Springfield township, 575 to 577.
Saline township, 581 to 583. Sloan's station, 584.
Taxable property tor 1799, 425.
Treasurers, list of, 435.
Tappan, Hon. Benjamin, 439.
Townships and villages, 523 to 611
Trenton village, 540, 541.
Tiltonville, 606. Updegraff, Nathan, 530, 531.
Updegraff; Daniel, 531.
Underground railroad, 534, 535.
Unionport village, 560, 561,
Votes cast for governor, 437, 438.
Van Buskirk's fight with the Indians, 528, 529. Van Buskirk, Mrs., death of, 528, 529.
Warren township, 424; history of, 601 to 604.
Wills, first on record, 424, 425.
Whipping post, 428. Whiteves, Indian, killed by Carpenter, 431.
Wright, John C., 439.
Wood, Samuel, memoir of, 4.46. War of 1812, 446, 447.
War record in the sccession of the Southern States, 448 to 459.
Wayne township, 559 to 565. Wintersville, 598. Well's township, 601 to 604. Warrenton, 606. York village; 553. Yorkville station, 606.
STEUBENVILLE.
Act of incorporation, 467. Additions to, list of, 464. Art and artists, 482 to 48.1.
Ancient and modern modes of communication with the outside world, 489 to 492. Beatty, Major, diary of, 462.
Bonndaries, original, 464.
Births, first, 464.
Buildings, public and private, 472 to 474. Business blocks, 473. Banking interests, 474. Banks, sketches of, 474.
Business men, 478 to 481. Biographical sketches, 508 to 523.
Beatty, Rev. Charles C., 510.
Buchanan family, 519, 520. Court house site, 464.
Court, first, 464. Churches, early, 465. Charter, original, 465. City incorporation, 467, 468.
City wards, 468.
City government, 470.
City water works, 471, 472.
Court house, 472.
Coal and mining interests, 498 to 500.
Church history, 500 to 508.
Cemeteries, 508.
Dickinson, Wm. R , 479. Doyle, Benjamin, 479.
Early buildings, 464.
Events, general retrospect of from 1852 to present, 468 to 470.
Educational facilities, 476.
Early navigation of the Ohio, 484 to 488.
Early trading vessels, 485.
Early transportation of goods, 490.
Ecclesiastical history, 500 to 508.
Fort Steuben, 462.
First sale of town lots, 463+
First court, 464. First births, 464.
Financial standing, 470.
Fire department, 471.
Female seminary, 477.
First packet line, 485.
General occurrences, 467.
Government of city, 470.
Garrett's hall, 472.
Gas works, 473, 474.
Gallagher, James, 516. Incorporation, 467.
Incidents from 1830 to 1850, 467.
Incorporated a city, 467, 468,
Jefferson National bank building, 472, 473.
List of additions to, 463, 464.
Marriages, early, 465
Mayor's office, 472.
. Mossgrove's United States hotel, 473.
Military organizations, 475,
McFeely, Eli H., 479, 480. Music, art and mechanics, 482 to 484.
Mechanical ingenuity, 484.
Modes of communication with the outside world, 489 to 492.
Manufacturing, history and sketches of, 492 to 498. Mining and coal interests, 498 to 500.
McFeely, E G,, 514.
Mooney family, 518.
McCook, Col. G. W , and the McCook family, 518, 519. Miller, Judge John H., 520.
Newspapers, 482. Origin ot name, 463. Original boundaries, 464.
Old roads, 464.
Original charter, 463.
Odd Fellows' hall, 478. Orders, ségietics, &c. 475, 476.
Ohio river, 484 to 489.
Present city government, 470.
Philharmonic hall, 473.
Private residences, 473.
Post office, 473. Postmasters, 473.
Public grounds, 473. Public schools, 477, 478.
Press, sketches of, 482.
Packets, first line of, 485.
Roads, old, 464 River trade, 464.
Retrospect of general events from 1852 to present, 468 to 470. Residences, 473.
Railroads, introduction of, 490, 491; see appendix for history of P., C. & St. L. (Pan-Handle); Cleveland and Pittsburgh, 491; Wheeling Div. P., C. & St. L., 491 ; Narrow gauge to Richmond, 491. Reid, Rev. A. MeC., 510. Steubenville in 1814, 466.
Storm in 1820, 466. Streets and avenues, 470, 471. Societies, orders, &c., 475, 476. Seminary, 477. Schools, public, 477, 478.
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INDEX.
Steamboats, first, 485, 486. Steamboat George Washington, 485, 486. Steamboat, first building at Steubenville, 486 to 489. Steamboat, Bazaleel Wells, 485 to 488; first trip to Pittsburgh, 486, 487. Steamboat Robert Thompson, 488, 489,
Stage coaches, 490. Scott, Hon. Thomas B., 513. Sherrard, Robt. A., 509. Thespian club, 467. Temperance, 476.
Temperance societies, 476. Tradesmen, 478 to 481. Trading vessels, early, 485. Transportation of goods, early, 490. Telegraph, 491, 492.
Trumbull, James, 515. Wards, 468. Water works, 471, 472. Wells, Bazaleel, 478. Wilson, Hans, 478.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Allen, John, farm residence, 561. Arrick, Chas. H., farm residence, 56. B. & O. Railroad bridge at Bellaire, 160.
Clancy, Dr. C. W., portrait, 56. Coulter, Thos. B., residence, 360. Court House, Steubenville, 422. Court House, St. Clarisville, 233. Conn, P. B., Herald printing office, 488. Cope. W. M., portraits and farm view, 552. Collins, J. H., residence, 337. Clark, George, P., residence, 337.
Crozier, Miss Maggie, residence, 256. Drennen, James H., residence, 289. Day, Samuel, residence, 120. Enterprise printing office, Barnesville, 120. Geological plate I, 214. Geological plate II, 220. Gill, James S., 256.
Hunter, W. H., residence, 516. Heatherington, Jacob, residence. 275.
Heatherington, Jacob, coal works, 296. Hutchison, Joseph F., 282.
Hussey, Asahel H., farm residence, 561. Inglebright, L. W., residence, 289.
Johnson, Smiley H., portraits and farm view, 603. King, P. T., store and portrait, 258. Klee, Theobald, portraits and farm view, 233. Kelley, James, residence, 144. Leaden Plate, 40. Lee, Benjamin, portraits and residence, 144. Laughlin, Hon. J. W., residence, 120. Map of De Celoron's Expedition, 37. Map of Belmont county, 163. Map of Jefferson county, 423.
MeCleary, Joseph C., portrait, 144. Norton Col. E. M., portrait and farm residence, 608. Potts, I. J., farm residence, 185. P., C. & St. L Railway bridge at Steubenville, 464. Pioneer's cabin, 360. Rockenshausen & Sterritt, coal works, 80.
Richardson, A. residence and store, 360. Riley, M., residence, 337. Stanton, Hon. Edwin M., portrait, 441. School house, Bellaire. frontispiece. School house, Barnesville, 56 .* Yocum, John, residence and ice house, 592.
ERRATA.
Page 59, second column, 23th line from top, the word "futile " should be fertile.
Page 61, first column, 24th line from top, "Swearinger" should be Swearingen. Page 69, second column, 17th line from bottom, "Shikellinny" should be Shikellamy.
Page 69, second column, 6th line from bottom, " Lewiston " should be Lewis- town.
Page 87, first column, foot note, "swordsman " should be woodsman. Page 102, second column, 53d line from top, "securely " should be hardly. Page 104, first column, 19th and 31st lines from bottom, Capt. " Bildubock" should be Bilderbock.
Page 104, second column, 18th line from bottom, " tribes" should be troops. Page 104, second column, 17th line from bottom, " Walkecks" should be Waldeckers.
Page 124. All reference here to the fight between Poe and " Bigfoot" is erroneous, and should be omitted.
Page 125, second column, 17th line from bottom, "George Greer, Mr. Zane," should be George Green, Mrs. Zane.
Page 133, second column, 62d line from top, " Mr. Hans Phillips " should be Mrs. Hans W. Phillips.
Page 126, first column, 11th line from top, " two hundred and sixty " should be two hundred and thirty-eight.
Page 144, first column, first line, "Andrew " should be omitted.
Page 241, biography of W. S. Kennon, date of birth, "May 15, 1828," should September 15, 1826.
Page 415, first column, lines 13 and 14 from bottom, "unusual" should be annual.
Page 445, second column, lines 16 and 17 from top, "Kenevick " should be Kenerick.
Same page and column, line 20 from top, "Coke" should be Coxe.
Same page and column, line 44 from top, "Mrs. Beam" should be Mrs. Brown.
Same page aud column, line 45 from top, "Mrs. Brown " should be Mrs. Beam. Page 446, first columnn, line 14 from top, " Kenevick " should be Kenerick.
HISTORY
OF
THE COUNTIES
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BELMONT AND JEFFERSON,
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CHAPTER I.
EARLY DISCOVERIES OF THE WESTERN CONTINENT-CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS-OTHER NOTED DISCOVERERS-OUTLINES OF HISTORY -SIR WALTER RALEIGH-THE FIRST COLONY AND CHARTERED RIGHTS OF VIRGINIA-THE COLONY'S GROWTH AND ADVANCE OF CIVILIZATION WESTWARD.
THE history of every American locality, in its various rela- tions and associations, necessarily dates back to the dis- eovery and occupation of the Continent by the adventur- ous and enterprising European.
One of the great endowments which nature has bestowed upon mankind, is the universal tendency to seek, grasp, and grad- ually develop such knowledge as contributes to the advance- ment, welfare and preservation of his own existence. When any great diseovery or revelation is necessary for the well-being of man, the means and opportunities are naturally sought, and ultimately produced and made available for the accomplish- ment of the grand object. Sometimes the development may be sudden, or accidental, but more generally is promoted and ad- vanced to final consummation by slow and progressive degrees.
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