| History |
A History of Knox County, Ohio,
From 1779 to 1862
By A. Banning Norton.
Richard Nevins, Printer. 1862 |
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Title Page and Preface |
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Chapter I: SKETCH OF THE COUNTRY AND SETTLEMENT PRIOR TO
ORGANIZATION - TRAVERSED BEFORE THE TERRITORY OF
OHIO WAS NAMED BY ONE OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SETTLERS. - ITS
INHABITANT BEFORE THE STATE WAS ORGANIZED. - ITS
CITIZENS WHEN FAIRFIELD COUNTY WAS CREATED. - WITH
INCIDENTS OF FRONTIER LIFE AND ADVENTURE. |
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Chapter II: CONTINUATION OF THE EARLY OUTLINE - MORE ABOUT
THE FIRST SETTLERS. - QUAKERS FROM MARYLAND FIND THEIR WAY
IN 1806. - INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THEIR EMIGRATION, AND IN
THE MOVEMENTS OF OTHER SETTLERS. — WHO THEY WERE AND WHAT
BECAME OF THEM. - THE PRIVATIONS ENDURED AND DANGERS
ENCOUNTERED. - MORE TOWNS LAID OUT. - THE FIRST MILLS. - THE
SCENE OF AN ENCOUNTER WITH INDIANS. - INCONVENIENCES OF THE
COUNTRY. - EFFORTS FOR A NEW COUNTY. - AN EARLY ELECTION. -
FAIRFIELD DIVIDED. - THREE NEW COUNTIES CREATED BY ONE BILL. -
STRIFE FOR THE SEAT OF JUSTICE OF KNOX. |
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Chapter III: KNOX COUNTY ORGANIZED.
THE FIRST TERM OF COMMON PLEAS. - REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS ON SEAT
OF JUSTICE. - THE FIRST CRIMINAL TRIALS. - "THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE
LAWS" UPON HEDRICK'S BARE BACK. - FORTY STRIPES LAID ON A POOR
WHITE MAN'S NAKED SKIN! - THE PUBLIC WHIPPING ON THE PUBLIC SQUARE
OF MOUNT VERNON. - ACTION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, A.D. 1808. -
THE FIRST OFFICERS, AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THEM. - THE FIRST GRAND
JURIES AND FIRST PETIT JURIES. - THE FIRST ELECTION. - FIRST
LICENSED PREACHERS, MERCHANTS AND TAVERN KEEPERS. - EXTRAORDINARY
WOLF SESSION. - RIGID HONESTY AND ECONOMY OF OFFICERS. |
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Chapter IV: THE COUNTRY AS SEEN IN 1801. - A TRAGEDY IN OWL CREEK IN
1800, AND THE PLACE OF ITS OCCURRENCE. - REMINISCENCES OF
EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. - THE FIRST TERRIBLE
STORM VISITS MOUNT VERNON. - THE FIRST DOCTOR AND HIS
RECEPTION. - THE BUTLERS, THE WALKERS. - GILMAN BRYANT, JIM
CRAIG, AND THEIR EXPLOITS. - WHO GAVE THE NAME TO MOUNT
VERNON. - WHO BUILT THE FIRST CABIN? - EARLY PREACHING. -
FIGHTING AND OTHER INCIDENTS OF THE FRONTIER, AND AMUSING
EVENTS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES. |
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Chapter V: RESUME OF THE COUNTY SEAT QUESTION.-- THE GRAPES
WERE SOUR AND MOUNT VERNON IS DISCOVERED BY THE CLINTONIANS
TO BE INELIGIBLE AND UEALTHYY. --THE LEGISLATURE OF 1808-9
WERE IN SOME DOUBT. --THE ANTI-VERNONITES THINK THE COUNTY
SHOULD BE ENLARGED.-- THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF OHIO THINK NOT.
--AGITATION CONTINUES 1810-11 AND 1811-12.--THE DREAM IS OVER
--THE INHABITANTS BEG FOE ROADS--THE GREAT CLINTON LIBRARY
STRUGGLES FOR LEGISLATIVE RECOGNITION, AND THE LIGHT EXPIRES! |
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Chapter VI: TRANSACTIONS OF THE YEAR 1809.
THE COMMISSIONERS IN TROUBLE ABOUT TAXES,---THE
HEAVY BRAIN ON THE TREASURY FOR WOLF SCALPS.--THE
CLERKS BRAIN BECOMES CONFUSED BY REPEATED DEMANDS.-
-THE WOLVES INVADE THE TOWN.---DOINGS OF THE COURT
AND COMMISSIONERS.--THE COUNTY JAIL COMPLETED---THE
FIRST SETTLEMENT WITH THE TREASURER, AND SKETCH OF
THAT OFFICER. |
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Chapter VII: THE SEAT OF JUSTICE FOR THE LAST TIME.
BEN. BUTLER'S VERSION OF THE WAY MOUNT VERNON WAS
MADE THE PERMANENT COUNTY SEAT, SHOWING THAT OLD
VIRGINIA WAS UP TO TRICKS. |
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Chapter VIII: SIXTH TERM OF COURT-JANUARY 1st, 1810.
THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY. --COURT, FINANCE, AND
ELECTION, 1810. |
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Chapter IX: SKETCH OF THE FIRST WHITE MAN KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN
UPON THE KO-KO-SING--THE INDIAN CAPTIVE IN 1779.--THE
ADJUTANT IN 1812 AND COMMISSIONER IN 1824. |
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Chapter X: WHAT WAS DONE BY COURTS AND COMISSIONERS IN
THE YEARS 1811-12-13 AND 1814 THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST
TO CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.-- COUNTY ROADS.--COUNTY
BUILDINGS-COUNTY REVENUE--WHAT IT COST TO GUARD A
PRISIONER AND TO BURY A NEGRO IN 1812-14--PRICES OF
BARK AND RABBIT SKINS--THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
COMMERORATED BY STRONG'S SETTLEMENT. |
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Chapter XI: THE ECCENTRIC CHAPTER IN OUR EARLY HISTORY—BEING
ALL THAT IS KNOWN OF THE HISTORY OF JOHNNY APPLESEED. |
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Chapter XII: KNOX COUNTY DURING THE WAR-POPULATION PRETTY
MUCH AT A STAND STILL—EVENTS--VOLRNTEERS, &c.-SOME
INCIDENTS OF A MORE STIRRING CHARACTER--A TOUCH OF
INDIAN WARFARE--FORTS AND BLOCK HOUSES ERECTED TO
SAVE LIVES AND SCALPS. |
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Chapter XIII: NOTABLE EVENTS OF 1815.
NINTEEN INDICTMENTS FOR FIGHTS AND
FRAYS.--NEW ROADS ESTABLISHED.--THE JAIL A
COSTLY THING.--LICENSES TO PREACH, TO SELL
AND TO ENTERTAIN--THE SUPREME COURT FOR
SEVEN TERMS.--THE OLD FOLKS SING.-- WHAT
PAY SOLDIERS RECEIVED IN OLDEN TIME.-THE
LAWYERS GET INTO THE COUNTY.-ELECTION OF
1815 FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS. |
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Chapter XIV: MASONIC INSTITUTIONS.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF MASONRY IN KNOX COUNTY.-ITS
ORIGIN--CHRONO--LOGICAL STATEMENT OF ITS EARLY
EVENTS AND PU BLIC TRANSACTIONS--AND THE PRESENT
CONDITION OF THE VAIUIOUS ORDERS. |
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Chapter XV: THE OWL CREEK BANK OF MOUNT VERNON.
ITS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HISTORY.-LET IT BE RELIEVED FROM
ODIUM! |
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Chapter XVI: INCIDENTS AND EVENTS OF 1816
THE FIRST PAPER AT MOUNT FERNON.-GLEANINGS FROM THE
OHIO REGISTER-SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BUSINESS MEN OF
THAT TIME-OF THE MARRIAGES, INCREASE OF POPULATION,
ETC-SOME OF THE DEATS-ADDRESSES OF CANDIDATES.-
KING CAUCUS APPEARS-ELECTIONS. -PRICE OF SALT, ETC. |
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Chapter XVII: KNOX COUNTY IN 1817.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES. THEATRICALS.-
-MISIONARIES TO BE SENT TO CONNECTICUT.-SMALL-POX
EXCITEMENT.--TRIALS OF INTEREST.– PATRIOTIC
OUTGUSHINGS OF POPULAR FEELING. - COMBINATION OF
MECHANICS.--BILL OF PRICES.--FIRST DELEGATE TO THE
STATE INSTITUTION.-ANOTHER TOWN.-MORE WHISKY AND
MORE MARRIAGES. |
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Chapter XVIII: CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY IN 1818.
RUIN IMPENDING.--MUCH SUFFERING.--A FEW QUAINT
ADVERTISEMTNS.--EFFORTS TO START A SASHATH-SCHOOL,
AND TO SELL YOUNG LADIES I- HORSE-THIEVES AND
COUNTERFEITERS ABOUND.--A JAIL-BIRD ESCAPES.--A
CRIPPLE RUNS-HABEAS CORPUS TRIALS.-A GRAND CIRCULAR
BUNT. |
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Chapter XIX: HISTORY OF THE PRESS IN KNOX COUNTY.
THE OHIO REGISTER--THE AURORA--STANDARD--
ADVERTISER-WATCH. MAN--GAZETTE--DAY- BOOK—
BANNER--TRUE WHIG-TIMES.--THE VARIOUS DAILY AND
WEEELY PAPERS, RELIGIOUS, AND POLITICAL PUBLICATIONS,
AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EDITORS AND THEIR
ADVENTURES. |
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Chapter XX: EVENTS FROM 1820 TO 1830.
WHITE MALE INHABITANTS AND VOTERS AT VARIOUS
ELECTIONS WITHIN THIS TIME.--SOME ACCOUNT OF THE
FINANCES AND REVENUE. THE LAST OF THE INDIAN.-A
WARNING.--THE OLD COURT-HOUSE FALLS, AND A NEW ONE
IS PROJECTED.--OTHER OCCURRENCES. |
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Chapter XXI: LITERARY AND OTHER SOCIETIES.
THE MOUNT VERNON POLEMIC SOCIETY-THE THESPIAN-
THE LIBRARY SOCIETY-THE LYCEUM-THE FRANKLIN.-
MECHANICS.-HISTORICAL, AND ITS LIBRARY. |
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Chapter XXII |
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Chapter XXIII: RICHAND COUNTY DURING HER TUTELAGE.--
DIVIDED INTO TWO TOWNSHIPS.--THE EARLIEST
SETTLERS.--VOTERS.--OFFICERS AND MATTERS
WORTH REMEMBERING. |
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Chapter XXIV: SOME ACCOUNT OF THR TOWNSMPS SEVERED FROM OLD
KNOX.--CHESTER,BLOOMFIELD AND FRANKLIN--THEIR
HISTORY UNTIL MORROW WAS CREATED. |
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Chapter XXV: SYCHAMORE--AND THE TWO LAST SYCHAMORS. |
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Chapter XXVI: MIDDLEBURY TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXVII: BERLIN TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXVIII: BROWN TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXIX: JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXX: MONROE TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXXI: PIKE TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXXII: HOWARD TOWWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXXIII: MORRIS TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXXIV: WAYNE TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXXV: LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXXVI: HILLIAR TOWNSHIP |
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Chapter XXXVII: MILFORD TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XXXVIII: MILLER TOWNSHIP |
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Chapter XXXIX: MORGAN TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XL: PLEASANT TOWNSHIP |
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Chapter XLI: CLAY TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XLII: JACKSON TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XLIII: BUTLER TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XLIV: HARRISON TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XLV: UNION TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XLVI: COLLEGE TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XLVII: CLINTON TOWNSHIP. |
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Chapter XLVIII: INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. |
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Chapter XLIX: VARIOUS PUBLIC OFFICERS.
SENATORS IN STATE LEGISLATURE. |
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Chapter L |
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Chapter LI: THE FAMOUS RACE OF SEEIEY'S BULL vs. TOM'S HORSE. |
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Chapter LII: KEYON COLLEGE AND THEOLOCICAL SEMINARY. |
