CHAPTER I.	Introduction, Physical Geography of the County, Railroad Elevation, Soil and Timber, Cuyahoga Shale and Sandstone, The Drift, Berea Grit, Huron Shale, Calcareous Concretions, etc.	165
CHAPTER II.	Earliest History, Prehistoric Races, Their Antiquity, Relics, Fortifications; The Delawares, Indian Treaties, Withdrawal of the Indians, Pioneer Settlements, The Carpenter, Byxbe and Pugh Colonies, Other Settlements	180
CHAPTER III.	Life in the Wilderness, Pioneer Incidents, Early Improvements, Modern Innovations, Building of Towns and Villages, Old Settlers' Association	197
CHAPTER IV.	Organization of the County, The Courts, Formation of Townships, Political Parties and Their Effect, Vote of the County from 1861 to 1879, Care of the Poor	206
CHAPTER V.	The Professions, Pioneer Lawyers and the Courts, The Bar of the Present, Medical, Some of the Early Systems, Old Practitioners, Modern Doctors, The Medical Society	219
CHAPTER VI.	Early Church History, Pioneer Preachers, First Schools, Statistics, Academies and Seminaries, The University Reform School, Watering Places, The Newspapers	239
CHAPTER VII.	Railroad History, The First Railroads in the World, Railroads in the United States, Internal Improvements in Ohio, Her First Railroad, The Railroads of the County, Projected Railroad	252
CHAPTER VIII.	Agriculture, Societies, Advancements in Geoponics, Care of Animals, Tiling, Fruit and Forest Culture, Meteorological	259
CHAPTER IX.	War History, The Revolution, Pioneers of 1812, Mexican Struggle, The County's Part in the Late War, Great Men	277
CHAPTER X.	Delaware Township, Introduction, Stratford, Settlement, Founding of the City, The War Period, Growth of Business, Society, The Byxbe Family	310
CHAPTER XI.	Delaware City, Extensions, Population, Finance, Internal Improvements, City Organization, Fire Department, Newspapers, Cemeteries	72
CHAPTER XII	Delaware City, Educational, High Schools and Seminaries, The Wesleyan, Biographical, Female College, Commercial Schools	362
CHAPTER XIII	Delaware City, The Churches, Advance of Religion, The Presbyterian, Other Churches, Freemasonry, Other Secret Societies	389
CHAPTER XIV	Liberty Township, Prehistoric Races, Their Relics; Early Settlement, Indians, Pioneer Improvements, Mills, Bridges, etc.; Civilization, Villages	412
CHAPTER XV.	Berkshire Township, Its Physical Features, Settlement of the Whites, Pioneer Industries, Progress of Civilization, Educational, The Villages	428
CHAPTER XVI	Berlin Township, Descriptive, Early Settlement, The Indiana, Pioneer Journeys, Incidents of Drake's Defeat, Life in the Woods, Churches, etc	451
CHAPTER XVII	Orange Township, The Morton Colony, Other Settlements, Early Militia, The War of 1812, Frontier Privations, Roads, Educational and Religious	468
CHAPTER XVIII	Scioto Township, Descriptive, The Pioneers, Early Christianity, Modern Religion, Schools, War Record, The Villages	482
CHAPTER XIX	Concord Township, Physical Features, Settlement, Early Industries, Religion and Education, Sulphur Springs, The Haunted House, Villages	491
CHAPTER XX.	Radnor Township, The Welsh Pioneers, Their Language, Indians, Educational, "The Seven Churches" of Radnor, Sunday-School History, Delhi and Other Towns	502
CHAPTER XXI	Marlborough Township, Its Early Settlement, Pioneer Days, Facts and Incidents, Progress of Civilization, Educational, Christianity, Old Forts, The Towns	512
CHAPTER XXII	Troy Township, Description and Topography, Early Times, The First Settlers, The Maine, Early Industries, Churches, etc.; Political	523
CHAPTER XXIII	Oxford Township, Topographical and Descriptive, Early Settlements, Frontier Privations, Education and Religion, Villages	537
CHAPTER XXIV	Thompson Township, Description, The Pioneers, Their Settlement, Improvements, Christianity and Education, Political, Hamlets, Etc	543
CHAPTER XXV	Brown Township, Introduction, The Salt Reservation, Indians, Coming of the Palefaces, Privations, Marriages, Deaths, etc.; County Charities, Town:	551
CHAPTER XXVI	Kingston Township, Description, Settlement, Virginia School District, Religious and Sunday-school History, Education, Politics	560
CHAPTER XXVII	Porter Township, Introductory, Pioneer Settlements, Frontier Suffering, Industries, School, Churches, etc	575
CHAPTER XXVIII	Trenton Township, A Change of Name, Description, Early Settlement, Improvements Progress of Civilization, The Railroad	587
CHAPTER XXIX	Harlem Township, Topography, Military Lands, Colonizations Thompson, An Incident, Mills, Roads, etc.; To	593
CHAPTER XXX	Genoa Township, Physical Features, Incidents, Settlement, pioneer Industries, Church Annals, Schools, Maxwell	601
PART THIRD
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Berkshire Township		678
Berlin Township		697
Brown Township		808
Concord Township		741
Delaware Township		613
Genoa Township		847
Harlem Township		837
Kingston Township		817
Liberty Township		653
Marlborough Township		786
Orange Township		706
Oxford Township		785
Porter Township		819
Radnor Township		750
Scioto Township		720
Thompson Township		800
Trenton Township		827
Troy Township		770