History of
Lawrence County Pennsylvania

S.W. and P.A. DURANT, 1877

Transcriptions by Tami McConahy (TEDTAM@aol.com) and Ed McClelland ()

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER TITLE PAGES
HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY 5-17
HISTORY OF NEW CASTLE 17-54
TOWNSHIPS, BOROUGHS AND VILLAGES 55-138
EDUCATION 139-143
RELIGIOUS 143-159
MEDICAL AND LEGAL 160-164
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 165-194
MILITARY RECORDS 201-214



HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY 5-17
Introductory 5-6
Geographical and Geological 7-10
Organization of Lawrence County 11, 12
Population--First County Election 12, 13
First Courts--Original Townships 13
Members of Assembly 13
Ancient Traditions--Indian Purchases 13, 14
Donation and Warrant Lands 14
Land Companies 14
Formation of Counties prior to 1849 14
Legislation and Early Settlements 14, 15
Early Roads--War of 1812 15, 16
Canals and Railways 16
Agricultural 16, 17

HISTORY OF NEW CASTLE 17-54
First Settlers     [begin "ncastle1.htm"] 17-20
First Death--First Post-Office--Early Physicians 20, 21
Early Churches 21, 22
Additions and Early Bridges 22, 23
Personal Sketches of Early Settlers 23, 24
Amusements--War of 1812 24
Old Fortification--Military Companies 24, 25
Borough of New Castle 25-27
Mail Facilities and Early Newspapers 27
First Directory of New Castle, 1841     [begin "ncastle2.htm"] 28
Improvements and Progress from 1841 to 1847 29
The New County--First Courts 30
First Court-House--Visit of President Taylor 31
Cemeteries--Juvenile Military Companies--First Railway Meetings 31
Agricultural Societies--Incidents, Improvements, and Business of 1852 and 1853 32
Frank Jackson sold into slavery 33
Extreme Heat and great Drouth of 1854 33
County Fair--Colored Immigrants 33
Incidents in 1855--First Gas-Light Company 34
Colonel Forney's Description of New Castle in 1858 35
Accidents and Incidents of 1859 and 1860 36
War of the Rebellion--Patriotic feeling, Meetings 36, 37
First Railway 37
Summary of the Borough 38
City Charter and first City Election 38
Fire Department     [begin "ncastle3.htm"] 38-40
Police Department--Societies and Orders--Public Buildings 40
Postmasters from 1812 to 1877 40, 41
Banking Institutions--The Gas-Light Company--Military Organizations 41, 42
New Castle Railroad and Mining Company--Additions to New Castle 42
General Description of the City 42, 43
The Press 43-45
Early Manufactures 45, 46
The Great Industries and Present Manufactures 47-51
Croton Gardens and Nurseries 51, 52
New Castle Nursery 52
Cemeteries 52, 53
Village of Croton 53, 54

TOWNSHIPS, BOROUGHS AND VILLAGES 55-138
Borough of New Wilmington 55, 56
Borough of Wampum 56-58
Big Beaver Township 58-60
Little Beaver Township 60-64
North Beaver Township 64-73
Hickory Township 73-76
Mahoning Township 77-82
Neshannock Township 82-89
Perry Township 89-93
Plain Grove Township 93-97
Pulaski Township 97-104
Scott Township 104-109
Shenango Township 109-114
Slippery Rock Township 115-119
Taylor Township 119-123
Union Township 123-126
Washington Township 126-128
Wayne Township 128-133
Wilmington Township 133-138

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 165-200
Presented in three files: [Pages 165-174] -- [Pages 174-187] -- [Pages 187-200]
Aiken, Major Alexander 195
Aiken, Judge James P. 195
Aiken, Professor W. N. 195, 196
Alcorn, W. P. 196
Allen, R. M. 196-197
Alexander, Ann Maria 180
Armstrong, Captain John H. 179, 180
Browne, D.D., Robert Audley 170, 171
Bench and Bar, Members of 162-164
Calkins, Rev. M. H. 191
Carlon, Joseph Jr. 176, 177
Cotton, Sr., William 180, 181
Cotton, Jr., William 181
Cotton, Alexander 181
Cotton, James 181-182
Cunningham, Hon. Joseph 174
Du Shane, Joseph T. 187-188
Durban, E. S. 193
Drake, W. W. 198, 199
Davidson, Andrew 199
Davidson, John, Esq. 199
Davidson, W. W. 199
Davidson, Robert James 199
Eichbaum, William 197
Falls, Henry 183
Falls, John 183
Falls, Samuel D. 183, 184
Falls, Thomas 184
Falls, Henry C. 184, 185
Falls, Thomas H. 186
Falls, Sr., Joseph C. 186
Falls, Captain Henry F. 186, 187
Falls, Jr., Joseph C. 187
Gruber, Jacob 154
Hatch, Willis M. 200
Henderson, Rev. Ebenezer 185, 186
Hayes, Rev. William F. 191, 192
Henderson, James 194
Hezlep, McKee J. 177, 178
Hezlep, Bruce 178
Junkin, D.D., David X. 168-170
Justice, Joseph 187
Jackson, Colonel Oscar L. 190, 191
Kay, Edward 192, 193
Leasure, Colonel Daniel 194
Lock, J. P. 195
Lininger, J. A. 198
Members of the Medical Profession 160-162
Members of the Bench and Bar 162-164
McComb, Colonel R. B. 189, 190
McGuffin, Judge L. L. 191
McCracken, Hon. G. W. 192
McKee, Hugh 196
McDowell, Captain Samuel 178
McDowell, Alexander 178
Marquis, Sr., Samuel 182
Marquis, Sr., Andrew 182
Marquis, William 182, 183
Marquis, John 183
Morgan, Hon. E. S. N. 171-178
Morgan, George C. 173
Neal, John 199
O'Brien, Colonel Edward 188, 189
Peebles, Dr. J. H. M. 191
Penn, G. W. 193
Phillips, Samuel 179
Phillips, William 179
Penn & Stone, Messrs. 193
Raney, Leander 196
Rigby, Thomas 197, 198
Rigby, Sr., Seth 198
Richardson, Mayor J. R. 193
Roberts, Bishop 153, 154
Sankey, Sr., Major Ezekiel 165
Sankey, Jr., Major Ezekiel 165, 166
Sankey, Eben B. 166
Sankey, Henry C. 166, 167
Sankey, Hon. David 167, 168
Salisbury, Samuel R. 180
Stone, Ervin E. 193
Smith, Rev. J. Calvin 194
Smith, Sarah A. 194
Tidball, David 192
Van Orsdel, Cornelius 198
Van Orsdel, R. L. 198
Walker, James 194, 195
Walker, W. W. 195
Wallace, John 185
Wallace, Robert 185
Wallace, Davies 185
White, M.D., Newell 198
Wilson, Adam 174, 175
Wilson, Adam Q. 176
Wilson, Deacon Adam 178, 179
Wilson, Deacon Benton R. 178, 179
Wilson, E. Baxter 178
Wilson, Hiram H. 175, 176
Wilson, Judge Thomas 175
Wilson, James 176
Wilson, John 177
Wilson, John D. 177
Wilson, John Calvin 177
Wilson, Josiah 178
Young, Captain John 193, 194

MILITARY RECORDS 201-214
Revolutionary Soldiers 201
Soldiers of the War of 1812-15, and Mexican War. 201
War Of The Rebellion - Regiments 201-208
Roll of Honor 209-213
Roster of Soldiers from Lawrence County       (214-228)
New Castle Washington
Big Beaver Wilmington
Little Beaver Perry
North Beaver Pulaski
Hickory Mahoning
Neshannock Shenango
Plain Grove Slippery Rock
Scott Wayne
Union with West New Castle Supplement

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Explanation and Caution about this transcription.
List of Abbreviations
Portraits in 1877 History.     (The residences were not scanned.)
Lawrence County Maps: Survey Dist. and Warrants;   1872 Atlas;   USGS.
Pennsylvania County Histories (Many of the pioneer settlers in Lawrence County came from Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland, Lancaster, York, and other counties which also have histories on line.)

7 Jun 2004