1803.
HISTORY
-OF-
KNOX COUNTY, OHIO.
ITS PAST AND PRESENT,
CONTAINING
A CONDENSED, COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF OHIO, INCLUDING AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE NORTH
WEST A COMPLETE HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, CITY, TOWNS, VILLAGES,
SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, INDUSTRIES, STATISTICS, ETC.; A RECORD OF ITS
SOLDIERS IN THE LATE WAR; PORTRAITS OF ITS EARLY SETTLERS AND
PROMINENT MEN; VIEWS OF ITS FINEST BUILDINGS; MISCELLA
NEOUS MATTER; MAP OF THE COUNTY; BIOGRAPHIES AND
HISTORIES OF PIONEER FAMILIES, ETC.
COMPILED BY N. N. HILL, JR.
ILLUSTRATED
MT. VERNON, OHIO:
A. A. GRAHAM &, CO., PUBLISHERS
1881
KNOX COUNTY COURTHOUSE, MT. VERNON, OHIO
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CONTENTS. HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY. CHAPTER XVII.--TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY . . . (FILE ONE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
CHAPTER XVIII. - ARCHAEOLOGY. -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FILE ONE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
CHAPTER XIX.-INDIANS. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FILE ONE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
CHAPTER XX.-THE FIRST WHITE MEN.. . . . . . . . . . . .. (FILE ONE). . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 188
CHAPTER XXI - SETTLEMENT. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(FILE ONE) . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 199
CHAPTER XXII.-PIONEER TIMES -.. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FILE ONE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
CHAPTER XXIII. John Chapman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FILE ONE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
CHAPTER XXIV.-RAILROADS, TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS COMPANIES.. (FILE TWO). 225
CHAPTER XXV,--KNOX COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.. (FILE TWO)..... . . . . . . . . 230
CHAPTER XXVI.-BENCH AND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FILE TWO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
CHAPTER XXVII.-PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF THE . . . (FILE TWO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
CHAPTER XXVIII.-A CHAPTER OF STATISTICS . . .(FILE TWO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
CHAPTER XXIX.-WAR OF 1812. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . (FILE TWO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
CHAPTER XXX.-KNOX COUNTY IN THE MEXICAN WAR.. .(FILE TWO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
CHAPTER XXXI.-WAR OF THE REBELLION. . . . . . . . . . . . . .(FILE THREE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
CHAPTER XXXII.-WAR OF. THE REBELLION .. . .. .. .. . . . . (FILE THREE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
CHAPTER XXXIII.-WAR OF THE REBELLION CONTINUED. -.(FILE THREE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..296
CHAPTER XXXIV.-WAR OF THE REBELLION CONTINUED.. (FILE THREE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
CHAPTER XXXV.--WAR OF THE REBELLION-CONTINUED...(FILE THREE).. . . ... . . ... . . ... ... 319
CHAPTER XXXVI.-WAR OF THE REBELLION .. . . . . .. . . . . . . .(FILE THREE) . . . . . . ... .... . .. . . 326
CHAPTER XXXVII.-WAR OF THE.................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(FILE THREE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
CHAPTER XXXVIII.-MT. VERNON.-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(FILE FOUR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
CHAPTER XXXIX - MT. VERNON-CONTINUED.-........... . . . . (FILE FOUR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
CHAPTER XL.-MT. VERNON-CONTINUED ........................... .(FILE FOUR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
CHAPTER XLI.-LITERARY AND OTHER SOCIETIES . . . . .(FILE FOUR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
CHAPTER XLII.-MT. VERNON- CONTINUED. -.. ... . . . . . . .(FILE FOUR) . . . . . . ..... .. . . ... . ... . 394
CHAPTER XLIII.- MT. VERNON CONCLUDED....................(FILE FOUR)........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP.
CHAPTER XLIV.-BERLIN TOWNSHIP -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FILE FIVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421
CHAPTER XLV.-BROWN TOWNSHIP -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FILE FIVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426
CHAPTER XLVI.-BUTLER TOWNSHIP-...................... . . . .(FILE FIVE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
CHAPTER XLVII.-CLAY TOWNSHIP- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FILE FIVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
CHAPTER XLVIII - CLINTON TOWNSHIP ... . . . . . . . . . (FILE FIVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
CHAPTER XLIX.-COLLEGE TOWNSHIP- . .. . . . . . . . . . (FILE FIVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
CHAPTER L.-KENYON COLLEGE.- . .. . . . ... . . . . . . . . . (FILE FIVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 454
CHAPTER LI.-HARRISON TOWNSHIP.- . . . . . . . . . . . . (FILE FIVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
CHAPTER LII.-HOWARD TOWNSHIP.- . . . . . . . . . . . . (FILE FIVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
CHAPTER LIII-HILLIAR TOWNSHIP.-. . . . . . . . . . . . .(FILE FIVE) . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . 479
CHAPTER LIV.-JACKSON TOWNSHIP - . . . . . . . . . . .(FILE FIVE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
CHAPTER LV.-JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.. . . . . . . . . . (FILE FIVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
CHAPTER LVI.-LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. .. . . . . . . . . .. (FILE FIVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 497
CHAPTER LVII.-MIDDLEBURY TOWNSHIP.. . . . . .(FILE SIX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
CHAPTER LVIII.-MILFORD TOWNSHIP. . . . . . . . . (FILE SIX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
CHAPTER LIX.-MILLER TOWNSHIP............ . . . . . (FILE SIX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
CHAPTER LX.-MONROE TOWNSHIP.. . . . . ... . . . (FILE SIX). . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 530
CHAPTER LXI.-MORGAN TOWNSHIP: . . . . . . . . (FILE SIX). . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
CHAPTER LXII.-MORRIS TOWNSHIP. - . . . . . . . (FILE SIX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .538
CHAPTER LXIII.-PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. -..... . (FILE SIX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .545
CHAPTER LXIV.-UNION TOWNSHIP.. . . . . .. . ...(FILE SIX) . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 550
CHAPTER LXV.-WAYNE TOWNSHIP. -........ . . .(FILE SIX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 556
CHAPTER LXVI.-FREDERICKTOWN. -...... . . . (FILE SIX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
CHAPTER LXVII.-TERRITORY DETACHED FROM KNOX COUNTY. (FILE SIX)............ . . ..572
CHAPTER LXVIII. -PIKE TOWNSHIP. . . . .. . . . (FILE SIX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Biographical Sketches.. .
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES A-B-C-D-E-F. . . . (FILE SEVEN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES G-H-I-J-K-L. . . . (FILE EIGHT) . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES M-N-0-P-R . . . . .(FILE NINE) . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 725
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES S-T-U-V-W-Y . .(FILE TEN & ADDENDA) . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .792