THE
HISTORY
OF
MADISON COUNTY.,
OHIO,
CONTAINING
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
SCHOOLS, ETC, ; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; PORTRAITS OF
EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN ; HISTORY OF
THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO;
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC.
I L L U S T R A T E D.
CHICAGO:
W. H. BEERS & 'CU.
1883
MADISON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, LONDON, OHIO
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PART I.
HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY
(NOT SCANNED)
PART II.
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(NOT SCANNED)
PART III.
HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
CHAPTER I. - ARCHEOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
(NOT SCANNED)
CHAPTER II. - INDIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
(NOT SCANNED)
CHAPTER III. - FIRST WHITE MEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
CHAPTER IV - PIONEERS PRIOR TO 1800. . . . . . . . . . . .. 271
CHAPTER V - PRINCIPAL LAND DIVISIONS . . . . . . . . . 301
CHAPTER VI - CREATION OF MADISON COUNTY . . . 318
CHAPTER VII - BOUNDARIES OF MADISON CTY. . . .. . 339
CHAPTER VIII - PUBLIC OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
CHAPTER IX - TERRITORIAL JUDICIARY . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
CHAPTER X - JUDICIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
CHAPTER XI - MEDICAL PROFESSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
CHAPTER XII - EDUCATION . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
CHAPTER XIII - AGRICULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
CHAPTER XIV - MILITARY HISTORY . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
CHAPTER XV - LAND OWNERS . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
CHAPTER XVI - PUBLIC HIGHWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 522
CHAPTER XVII - SEAT OF JUSTICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 533
CHAPTER XVIII - MANU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 564
PART IV
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES
CHAPTER I. - DARBY TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 597
CHAPTER II - JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 623
CHAPTER III - DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
CHAPTER IV - UNION TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667
CHAPTER V - PLEASANT TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
CHAPTER VI - STOKES TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710
CHAPTER VII - RANGE TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
CHAPTER VIII - PIKE TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
CHAPTER IX - MONROE TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
CHAPTER X - CANAAN TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768
CHAPTER XI - FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 793
CHAPTER XII - SOMERFORD TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810
CHAPTER XIII - PAINT TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
CHAPTER XIV - OAK RUN TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
PART V
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
UNION TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
DARBY TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . 958
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . 986
DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP . . . . . .. 1016
PLEASANT TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . 1030
STOKES TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . .. 1035
RANGE TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1045
PIKE TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. 1054
MONROE TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . 1063
CANAAN TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . 1070
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . 1081
SOMERFORD TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . 1107
PAINT TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1147
OAK RUN TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1161