1794.
HISTORY
OF
MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO,
WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
OF
PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS.
PUBLISHED B
J. F EVERHART & CO.
1882.
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AUTHOR AND COMPILER'S PREFACE
IN presenting the record concerning the former inhabitants of this country, the term aboriginal has been avoided, and the distinctive appellations, Mound-Builders and American Indians, chosen instead, for reason obvious to the intelligent reader.
Alexander W. Bradford [" American Antiquities," 1841] was pleased to speak of the former inhabitants of our country as the Red Race, and to say that antiquarian writings have so often been exposed to the charge of being replete with improbable conjectures and conclusions, which vanish at the touch of sober reason, that this interesting class of historical investigations seldom receives the perusal of the plain-thinking portion of the public. For this reason, the first portion of his valuable work, with but few exceptions, is strictly confined to a description of the Ancient American monuments, pursuing, in as faithful a manner as was consistent with proper brevity, the language of his authorities, thus affording the reader an opportunity to form his own conclusions. This course, so manifestly fair, has been adopted by the compiler of this work; and yet, with all due respect to Mr. Bradford, the writer dissents from his opinion when he says: " In relation to the question of origin, no predisposition in favor of the result to which I have arrived has influenced the investigation ; for, biased at the outset strongly towards the theory of a migration by Behring's Straits, it was only at a later stage of the examination, and after a long struggle, that I was forced to abandon this idea, with what reason others may determine." In this disagreement the compiler is sustained by the authors quoted in the chapter on the Mound-Builders.
The late Elijah H. Church kindly placed his gleanings in historic data and personal reminiscences at the disposal of the compiler, a generous act that his friends and community will duly appreciate.
To the members of the press for the free use of their files, affording a large amount of valuable data, grateful acknowledgments are made; and it is believed that they, who know so well the difficulty of obtaining reliable information, and deserve so much from community for their pains--they who are so often censured for the caste of their papers, while yet the faithful mirrors of the doings of the world in which they move--will have a feeling of generous charity for the failures that may appear. That such will be found, no one is more conscious, and no one could more sincerely regret, than the writer.
4 - HISTORY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO.
To the county and city officials, members of the bar, the medical profession, teachers, and last, though by no means least, the pastors of the numerous churches, for most cordial co-operation, sincerest thanks are again tendered.
To the pioneers in the various townships, for generous aid in obtaining reliable data,. acknowledgments are also made.
With the consciousness of having endeavored to do my whole duty in the compilation,
of this work, it is now submitted.
Respectfully,
J. F. EVERHART.
AUTHOR AND COMPILER.
PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
IN this volume every line of the author's copy has been printed; and though subscribers may think the work is small, they should bear in mind that the paper, though thin, is strong and of excellent quality, and that every page is a full and honest page, no
stuffing" to get a large work being allowed.
Every endeavor was made by the author and compiler to get a correct and com plete history of the county. That this has been done, any one who has had any experience/in, or who has carefully examined such works, cannot for a moment doubt. It is the most exhaustive and complete in detail of any similar work the publisher has issued, and it should be well and liberally received by the people of Muskingum county.
A. A. GRAHAM,
PUBLISHER
COLUMBUS, OHIO, December, 1882.
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