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WASHINGTON COUNTIES
INDIANA.
From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Keminiscences, Notes, etc.
HjXjTJSTI^-A-TSID.
WESTON A. GOODSPEED.
CHICAGO ; GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.
LEROY C. GOODSPEED. CHARLES L. GOODSPEED.
JOHN MORRIS SUCCESSOR TO
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PREFACE.
OUR history of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, after months of persistent, conscientious labor, is now completed. Every important field of research has been minutely scanned by those engaged in its preparation, and no subject of universal public value has been omitted save where protracted effort failed to secure trustworthy results. The impossibility of ingrafting upon the pages of this volume the vast fund of the county's historic information, and the proper omission of many value- less details, have compelled the publishers to select such matters as are deemed of the greatest importance. Fully aware of our inability to fur- nish a perfect history from meagei- public documents, inaccurate private correspondence, and numberless conflicting traditions, we make no preten- sion of having prepared a work devoid of blemish. Through the courtesy and the generous assistance met with everywhere, we have been enabled to rescue from oblivion the greater portion of important events that have trans- pired in past years. We feel assured that all thoughtful peoj)le in the counties, at present and in future, will recognize and appreciate the impor- tance of the undertaking and the great public benefit that has been accom- plished.
It will be observed that a dry statement of fact has been avoided, and that the rich romance of border incident has been woven with statistical details, thvis forming an attractive and graphic narrative, and lending beauty to the mechanical execution of the volume and additional value to it as a work for perusal. We claim superior excellence in our systematic manner of collecting material by workers in specialties; in the division of the sub- ject matter into distinct and appropriate chapters; in the subdivision of the individual chapters into sub-heads, and in the ample and comprehensive index. We also, with pride, call the attention of the public to the superb mechanical execution of the volume. While we acknowledge the existence of unavoidable errors, we have prepared a work fully up to the standard of our promises, and as accurate and comprehensive as could be expected under the circumstances.
November, 1884. THE PUBLISHERS.
CONTENTS.
PART I.
HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY. CHAPTER I.
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Geology 11
Blind Fishes 2.3
Blue Spring Cave 21
Chester Formation, The 13
Connelly Cave 21
Coal-Measures, The 13
Connelly Hill 21
Donnelson Cave 23
Details around Bono 23
Dry Cave 19
Dunihue Cave 16
Details at Springville 17
Economic Considerations 26
Fossils, The 14
Features at Fayetteville 19
Formations Around Mitchell 21
Geological Section, The 12
GrinstaflF Cave 18
Hamer Cave 22
Hematite Deposits, The 25
Kaolin Mines, The 24
Keokuk Bed.s, The 14
Knohstone Shales, The 15
Lime Interests, The 22
Mineral Springs 26
Measurements at Leesville 24
Millstone Grit, The 13
Perpendicular Sections 17
Strata near Huron 20
Surface Features 11
St. Louis Limestone, The 13
St. Louis Chert Beds, The 15
Shiloh Cave 18
Spurgeon Hill Fossils, The 17
Section at Fort Ritner 24
White River Hills, The 20
CHAPTER II.
Indians and Mound Builders 27
Aboriginal Names 29
Battle of Tippecanoe, The 27
Cession Treaties, The 27
Capture of Guthrie, The 31
Connelly Mounds, The .32
Contents of the Mounds 32
English Land Companies, The 28
Flinn Tragedy, The 31
Fisherman, The 33
Indian Boundary Lines 28
Indian Tribes 28
Lawrence County Tribes, The 29
Mounds. The 32
Piankeshaws, The 29
Pierre, The Death of. 30
Prehistoric People 31
Palestine Mounds, The 32
Eawlinses, The 30
CHAPTER III.
Settlement of the County 34
Anecdotes 48
Avoca 45
Blue-Grass Crop, The First.. 50
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Bono Township 41
Catalogue of Pioneers 35
Counterfeiters 57
Carding Mills, etc 47
Dixon ville 64
Distilleries 37
Elections. Industries, etc 54
Ferries, The 61
Guthrie-Flinn Settlement, The 35
Grist-Mills, etc .36
Guthrie Township , 62
Hamer's Mill 39
Hunting Exploits 40
Immigration, The Early 34
Industries, etc 43
Indian Creek Township 48
Leesville Settlement, The 34
Land Entries, The Early 41
Manufactures 51
Marion Township 37
Marshall Township 43
Merchants 44
Names of Settlers 38
Other Industries 40
Origin of Name 59
Officers, Mills, etc ,. 59
Perry Township 46
Pleasant Run Township 55
Patents of Land 42
Salt Wells 52
Shawswick Township 58
Second Settlement, The 42
Spice Valley Township 53
Taverns, Stores, etc 52
Township Officers 50
CHAPTER IV.
Organization of the County 64
Agricultural Societies, The 88
Act of Creation, The 64
Auditors 87
Asylums, The l^oor 82
Associate Judges 87
Boundary Alterations 65
Bedford Court House, The First 78
Bedford &. Bloomfield Railway 96
County Before its Formation, The 66
County Board, The 67
County Agent, The 74
Court House, The Present 80
County Commissioners, The 85
Clerks 87
County Politics 99
County Bridges 97
County Fiuauces 93
Coroners 88
Fair, The First 90
Finances of the Societies 91
Important Proceedings 69
Incidents of the Re-loeation 73
Items of Interest 74
Jail of 1829, The 79
Jail of 1858, The 79
Justices of the Peace 84
Libraries, The 81
Medical Societies, The 98
Palestine 68
Palestine Court House, The 77
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Palestine Jail, The 78
Probate Judges 87
Population of theCounty 96
Report of the Locating Commissioners 67
Report of the County Agent 69
Re-location of the County Seat 70
Report of the Re-location 72
Representatives 86
Reorjjanization of the Society, The 90
Recorders 87
Railroad Projects 96
School Funds, Origin of the 83
Senators 86
School Examiners 86
Sherifls 87
Surveyors 88
Treasurers 87
CHAPTER V.
Bench and Bar 103
Attorney, The First Resident 108
Attorneys, Professional Character of. 112
Arson, The First Case of 113
Admission of Practitioners 116
Blackwell vs. The Board of Justices 116
Circuit Court, The First 104
Court at Palestine, The First 107
Court Terms, Meaning of. 107
Care of the Records ^ Ill
Court Officers 114
Character of Mr. Dunn 118
Courts Under the New Constitution 122
Court House, Dedication of the 124
Common Pleas Court 127
Divorce Cases 124
Eminent Men 117
Judges, The First 103
Judge Johnson 106
Judge Wick 110
Judge Ross 113
Juries; "Unable to Agree" 115
Kress vs. Fellows 120
Lost Records 106
Lash, The Sentence of the 108
Larceny Case, The First 109
Murder, First Indictment for 121
Moody vs. Jones 124
;Murder of Carney 125
ISIorrow-Christopher Case, The 125
Narrow Gauge Railroad Cases 126
Ottences, Character of 105
Observations 127
Phillis, The Slave 105
Practitioners, The Court 121
Slander Suits 110
State vs. Hitchcock, Murder 123
State vs. Brannan, Murder 123
State vs. Saunders, Murder 123
CHAPTER VI.
Towns of the County 128
Additions to Bedford 144
Additions to Mitchell 156
Asheries at Bedford 135
Bedford, Town of. 131
Banking Establishments 141
Bedford School Bonds 1.50
Bryan tsville 169
Bedford Stone Works 155
Bedford During the Thirties 134
Bedford, Early Merchants of 133
Bedford, First Residents of 132
Cotton Factory at Bedford 135
Decay of Palestine 131
Distilleries of Bedford 134
Exchange of Lots 132
Fayetleville 173
Finances of Bedford 146
Fort Ritner 168
Growth of Palestine 129
Heltonville 171
Incorporation of Bedford 144
Incorporation of Mitchell 156
Incorporation of Palestine 130
Lawrenceport 165
Limekilns near Mitchell 159
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Leesville 172
Lots in Palestine 1.30
Liquor Sales in Bedford 133
Mitchell 155
Merchants of Palestine 129
Manufacturers of Bedford, Early 134
Merchants of the Forties '. 137
Manufacturers of Palestine 130
Merchants of the Fifties 138
Manufactures, The Later 140
Officers of Bedford 147
Press of Bedford, The 153
Press of Mitchell, The 157
Present Business of Bedford 139
Present Business of Mitchell 163
Palestine, Town of. 128
Pork Packing at Bedford 136
Petition vs. the Sale of Liquor 137
Secret Societies of Bedford 142
Secret Societies of Mitchell 159
Sale of Lots in Bedford 132
Selection of Bedford Site 131
Springville 169
Silverville...... 174
Town of Bono 164
Town of Huron 168
Tunnelton 167
Town of (Uithrie 171
Town of Liberty 174
Tanneries at Bedford 135
Villages, Several Small 174
Woolen Factory 135
CHAPTER VIL
Military History 175
Barbecues, The Welcoming 178
Buena Vista, Battle of 177
Bounty and Relief 195
Catalogue of Mexican Soldiers 179
Draft of October, 1862, The 189
Drafts of 1864 and 1865, The 193
Eighteenth Regiment, The 183
Fort Sumter, Surrender of 181
Fifteenth Regiment, The 182
Fiftieth Regiment, The 186
Fourth Cavalry, The 187
Last Call, The 192
Lawrence County Legion 192
Militia, The 175
Mexican War, The 176
Miscellaneous Elnlistments 186
Minute Men, The 189
Military Credits, Official 194
Men Furnished, Summary of 194
Other Companies 188
One Hundred Days' Men, The 191
Public Feeling in 1861 181
Personalia 195
Springville Company, The First 185
Sixty-seventh Regiment, Tlie 186
Six Mouths' Men, The 190
Twenty first Regiment, The 183
Twenty-fourth Regiment, The 183
Twenty-seventh Regiment, The 184
Thirteenth Cavalry, The 101
Utah War, The 180
Volunteers, The First 182
Volunteers of 1864 190
CHAPTER VIII.
Religious History 200
Bedford Church Buildings 200
Baptist Society, Bedford 205
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church 208
Baptist Church, Mitchell 211
Baptist Society, Leesville 214
Baptist Church, Springville 217
Bono Presbyterian Church 218
Christian Society, Bedford 203
Christian Ministers, Bedford 204
Christian Churches in the County 205
German Methodists, Bedford 206
Gullett's Creek Church 214
Guthrie Creek Baptists 219
Guthrie Township Churches 215
Heltonville Baptists 216
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Indian Creek Township Churches 221
Leatherwood Christian Church 209
Methodists at Bedford, The 201
Methodist Church, Mitchell 210
Methodists at Lawrenceport 217
Mt. Olive Christians -19
New Union Christian Church 219
Presbyterians at Bedford 200
Pleasant Grove Baptists 220
Presbyterian Ministers, Bedford 201
Pleasant Run Township Churches 215
Presbyterian Church, Mitchell 211
Pleasant Hill Methodists 222
Quaker Churches, The 217
St. Vincent Catholics, Bedford 207
Salt Creek Baptists 208
Spice Valley Baptists 21-
Shiloh Methodist Church 221
Spring Creek Baptists 214
Springville Methodist Church 216
Sugar Creek Church 218
Springville Christians 217
White River Union Church 222
CHAPTER IX.'
Educational History 223
Bedford Schools 231
County Seminary, The 231
Enrollment at Bedford 236
Educational Statistics 225
Enumeration at Bedford 237
Education in Flinn Township 226
Graded Schools, Mitchell 228
Geological Cabinet, The 237
High School, Bedford 233
Institutes 237
Langdon.the Monk 223
Marion Township Schools 225
Mitchell Schools, The 227
Mitchell Seminary, The ■• 227
Pioneer Schoolhouse, A 224
School, The First 223
School, The Second 223
School, The Third 224
Shawswick Township Schools 226
Southern Indiana Normal School 229
Select Schools at Bedford 233
Teachers of Indian Creek 224
Teaching in Pleasant Run 226
Trustees of Schools 234
Teachers of Bedford 235
Zoological Cabinet, The 237
PART II.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Bono Township 339
Flinn Township 343
Guthrie Township 347
Indian Creek Township 306
Marshall Township 350
Marion Township 277
Perry Township 315
Pleasant Run Township 324
Shawswick Township 241
Spice Valley Township 331
PART III.
HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY.
CHAPTER I.
Geology 355
Alluvium or Lacustral 364
Argillaceous Limestone, The 358
Bituminous Limestones, The, 358
Building Stone, The Best 367
Carboniferous Period 356
Cherts, The St. Louis 357
Chester Group 356
Concretionary Limestone, The 359
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Clays, The Local 367
Coal of the County 366
Caverns, Siibterranean Streams, Etc 364
Chemical Analysis 366
Firestones, The 356
Fossils, Catalogue of 356
French Lick Springs 365
Grit, The Chester 363
Iron Ores, The 366
Limestones, The St. Louis 357
Local Sections 361
Lime, The Burningof 367
Millstone Grit, The 363
Quaternary Age 356
Rocks of the County 356
St. Louis Group 357
Section at Lost River " Sink " 359
Sandstones, The Chester 362
Stampers Creek Sink 364
Sinks of Lost River 364
Woods, The Native 355
West Baden Springs 365
Whetstones and Grindstones 367
CHAPTER II.
Indians and Mound Builders 368
Aboriginal Occupancy 369
Boundary Lines 369
Catholic Missions, The 368
Cession Treaties, The 370
Charles, The Killing of 372
Camping Grounds 372
English Policy, The 368
Indian Tribes, The 369
Indians, Removal of 373
Indian Trails 372
Maxwell's Fort 370
Mound Builders, The 373
Moore's Fort 370
Other Earthworks 375
Piankeshaws, The 369
Paoli Fortification, The 374
Shawnee Village, The 370
Vest, The Killing of 371
Valeene Fortification, The 375
Wilson, The Massacre of 371
CHAPTER III.
Settlement OF the County 376
Anecdotes of the Chase 382
Bear Stories 404
Comparison of Past and Present 381
Criminal Occurrences 395
Catalogue of Settlers 406
Distilleries 407
Deer Hunting 396
Early Industrial Enterprises 401
French Lick Township 390
French Settlement, The 390
Greenfield Township 399
Horse-Mills, Etc 403
Industries, Etc 387
Incidents, Etc 406
Jackson Township 397
Land Entries 376
Law-breakers 398
Land Patents 400
Mills, Industries, Etc 380
Mills, Orleans Township 384
Manufactures 397
Milk Sickness 404
Merchants, Mechanics, etc 409
Northwest Township 387
Northeast Township 408
Orleans Township 382
Officers, etc 377
Orangeville Township 386
Pioneers 392
Paoli Township 379
Postotlices, Stores, etc 389
Saline Reserves, The 391
Springs, The Mineral 393
Southeast Township 402
Settler, The First 402
Stampers Creek Township 405
Tanneries, Mills, Etc 409
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Underground Railroad 385
Voters, Paoli Township 378
Voters, Orleans Township 383
Vigilance Committees 404
Whetstones 395
Wild Hogs 386
Wilson, The Bear Hunter ,. 388
CHAPTER IV.
Organization of Orange County 410
Appointment of Students 416
Act of Creation 411
Agricultural Societies, The 431
Associate .Tudges 437
Auditors, List of 440
Bonds and Bridges 417
County Before Formation, The 410
County Commissioners. List of 437
County Otlicers, The Fir.st 412
County Board, The 412
Conscientious Citizens 415
Commissioners' Districts 416
Court House, The First 421
Circuit Judges, List of 437
Common PleasJudges 437
Clerks, List of 439
Coroners, List of 439
Exclusion of Negroes 441
Formation of Townships 413
Financial Exhibit 417
First Fair, The 432
Graveled Road, The 424
Highways, The 423
Important Proceedings 415
Jail, The First 422
Justices of the Peace 436
Libraries, The 427
Later Fairs 434
Medical Societies, The 431
Navigable Streams 425
Officers of Townships 414
Public Buildings, The Present 422
Paupers, The 426
Poor-farm, The 426
Population of the County 427
Patrons of Husbandry 430
Prof. Wilbur, Death of. 435
Probate Judges 437
Politics 440
Presidential Elections 442
Railroads 428
Railway Projects 429
Representatives 438
Recorders 439
Seat of Justice, Land 419
School Funds, The 430
Second Fair, The 433
Second Agricultural Society , 484
Senators 438
Surveyors 439
School Officers 440
Sherilis 440
Soldiers' Bounty 417
Tavern Charges 414
Turnpike, The New Albany..., 424
Treasurers 439
CHAPTER V.
Bench and Bar 446
Associate Judges, The Earliest 450
Assault, Cases of 453
Attorneys, List of 457
Arson, etc.. Cases of. 460
Additional Attorneys 460
Bunger Homicide, The 448
Bowles-Newby Suit, The 455
Baker, Payne and Throop 462
Bounty Cases, The 471
Bowles Divorce Case, The 467
Circuit Court, The First 446
Character of Cases 448
Counterfeiting 450
Court Officers 454
Character of Judge Floyd 451
Common Pleas Court, The 469
Death of Henry Wires 466
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First Court at Paoli 448
(iilliland Homicide, The 454
(iraud Jury, The First 446
Hampton-Henley Murder, The 464
Judge Simpson 461
Judges Otto and Hicknell 466
James Tyler, Death of. 471
Lindley-Chess Slander, The 449
Legal Requirements 458
Later Attorneys 465
Lindley-Craveus Case, The 456
Memorial Resolutions 461
( (ther Supreme Court Cases 458
Practitioners at the Bar 451
Porter-Hoggatt Controversy, The 453
Parish-McCart Murder, The 464
Prayer, The IMorniug 449
Probate Court, The 468
Professional Character of Attorneys 452
Sundry Criminal Cases 457
Sheriff" Outwitted, The 450
Supreme Court Case, The First 454
Seybold Murder, The 470
Slavery in Orange County 463
Thomas Moody, Death of 469
Vail-Holmes Murder, The 447
Watkins-Foster Murder, The 466
Woodwards, The Murder of the 468
CHAPTER VI.
Towns of Orange Codnty 472
Acts of Paoli Trustees 483
American Eagle,The 489
Artisans, etc 474
Business Men of the Forties 478
Business Men of the Fifties 478
Business Men of the Sixties 479
Bank of Paoli, The 480
County Agent, The 473
Chambersburg 506
Families, The Earliest Resident 473
French Lick 505
Grain Trade at Paoli 476
Grist-mills, Saw-mills, etc 477
Greenback Advocate, The 491
Growth of Orleans, The 492
Hogs, Packing of at Paoli 477
Incorporation of Paoli, The First 482
Incorporation of Paoli, The Second 482
Incorporation of Orleans 494
Liquor at Paoli 474
Lancaster Station 505
Live Stock Trade at Paoli 476
Merchants at Paoli 474
Manufactures at Paoli 475
Merchants of Orleans 493
Mills of Orleans 493
Millersburg 507
Newspapers at Paoli 488
Newton Stewart 499
New Prospect 506
Orangeville 502
Orleans Agricultural Society 499
Orleans School Bonds 496
Officers of Orleans 495
Orleans, Town of 491
Plat of Orleans, The First 492
Present Business Men, Orlean* 494
Pittsburg 502
Physicians at Orleans 498
Paoli, Town of 472
Postmasters at Paoli 479
Paoli Town Officers 484
Present Business Men, Paoli 491
Railroad at Orleans, The 498
Resources and Liabilities 481
Press of Orleans 497
Republican, The 490
Refunding of the Bonds 4S5
Site of Paoli 472
Saxe Horn Band at Paoli 479
Stockholders ot Paoli Bank 481
School Bonds, etc 483
Streets, The (irading of. 485
Secret Societies of Paoli 486
Secret Societies of Orleans 496
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Tobacco Factory at Paoli 477
Temperance Question, The 479
True American, The 488
Union and News 490
Union ville 501
Valeene 504
CHAPTER VII.
Military History of Orange County 508
Aid Societies 529
Arrest of Dr. Bowles 529
Bounty and Relief 528
Bivins' Company • 520
Company of Capt. Bowles 509
Company, The First 513
Draft of October, X862, The 522
Disloyaltv in 18(i3 522
Drafts of l.SM and 18G.5 526
Extracts from Editorials 511
Forty-ninth Regiment 517
Fifty-third Regiment 518
Fifty-ninth Regiment 519
Home Guards 513
Militia System, The 508
Mexican War, The 509
Mass Meeting, The First 511
Ninety-third Regiment 521
Opposition to the War 529
One Hundred and Thirty-ftrst Regiment 525
Public Feeling in 18(il 510
Payne's Company 520
Roll of Mexican Soldiers 510
Raid ot (ien. Morgan 524
Ritter's Company 517
Reeves' Company 519
Raid of Capt. Hines 523
Recruits of 1862 521
Recruits of 1864 525
Spicely's Company 515
Swift's Company 521
Statistical Tables, Official 526
Sixty-sixth Regiment 520
Summary of Men Furnished 527
Twenty-fourth Regiment 514
Thirty-eighth Regiment 516
Union Mass Meetings 513
Volunteers, The First 512
Volunteers, Fiftieth Regiment 518
Williams' Company 515
War, Commencement of 512
CHAPTER VIII.
Religious History op Orange County 530
Ames' Chapel, Methodist 540
Baptist Church, Paoli 533
Baptist Ministers, Paoli 533
Beech Church, Quakers 534
Baptists at Orleans 537
Cane Creek Christian Church 540
Christian Church, Unionville 541
Faucett's Chapel 539
French Lick Methodists 540
Liberty Christian Church 544-
Lick Creek Quakers 533
Methodists at Paoli 530
Methodists of Chambersburg 534
Methodist Ministers, Paoli 531
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church 534
Members at Paoli 532
Ministers at Chambersburg 534
Methodists of Orleans 534
Missionary Baptists, Orleans 537
Newbury Quakers, The 534
Orleans Presbyterian Church 536
Orangeville Mission, The 538
Orleans Christian Church 538
Orangeville Methodists, The 539
Old School Baptists 542
Presbyterians of Paoli 531
Preaching at Orleans, First 535
Presbyterian Ministers, Paoli .532
Providence Baptist Church 541
Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptists 544
Pleasant drove Baptists 544
Rock Spring Baptists, Southeast 541
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Stampers Creek United Brethren .')43
Sunday-schools at Orleans 536
Scarlet Ridge Methodists 540
Trustees at Orleans, Methodist 536
United Brethren of Chambersburg 535
United Brethren, Unionville 541
United Brethren of Valeene 543
Valeene Methodists 543
Valeene Christian Church 543
Wesley Chapel, Orangeville 539
CHAPTER IX.
Educational History 545
Atkinson's School, The 546
Academy, The Orleans 558
County Teachers' Institute 575
Course of Study, (Jommon Schools 574
County Seminary, The 548
Congressional Fund 572
Diplomas Granted 575
French Lick Schools 561
Grading of the Course 565
Greenfield Township Schools 565
Jackson Township Schools 563
Lady Teachers, The First 546
Lectures on Educational Subjects 576
Normal Teachers 553
Northeast Township Schools 553
Orleans Town Schools 556
Orangeville Township Schools 558
Patrons, P.aoli Township 545
Paoli Town Schools 548
Pioneer Schools, Definition of 571
Quackenbush School, The 546
Session of 1884, Institute 577
Schools of Paoli Township 545
Seminary Teachers, The 549
Southern Indiana Normal School 552
Sale of the Seminary 551
Schools of Orleans Township 5.55
Schools of Northwest Township 560
Southeast Township Schools 566
Stampers Creek Teachers 568
Sale of School Land 571
Trustees of Paoli Township 547
Township Institutes 574
Text-books, The Early 573
Taxation for Education 573
Vote on the Common School System 574
PART IV.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
French Lick Township 641
Greenfield Township 647
Jackson Township 653
Northwest Township 657
Northeast Township 632
Orangeville Township 652
Orleans Township 604
Paoli Township 579
Southeast Township 617
Stampers Creek Township 662
PART V.
HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
CHAPTER I.
Geology 667
Boundary of the County 667
Blue-grass Land 667
Bottoms and Uplands 667
Cement Rock 671
Clays for Bricks, Tiling, etc 671
Chemical Constituents 673
Caves and Passages 672
Coal Deposits 672
Fossils at Paynter's Hill 670
Formation of Caves 673
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Knobstone Group, The 668
" Knobs," The 668
Lime, Burning of. 671
Metals, The Precious 672
Mineral Springs 673
Names of Townships 667
Oolitic Limestone 670
Quarries, The 670
Rocky Outcrops, The 668
Streams of the County 668
Sulphuret of Iron 669
Spurgeon Hill Fossils, The <% 669
Sandstone for Building 670
Rand and Gravel 671
Timber, Saw-mills, etc 674
CHAPTER II.
Indians and Mound Builders 675
Block-houses, The 679
Border Scouts, The „ 680
Capture of Jimmy and Johnny 677
Domain of the Miamis 675
Death of Jimmy 678
Death of Zink 680
Family of "Old Ox," The 677
B'orts, etc.. The e. 679
Horse-stealing, etc 677
Indian Inhabitants, The 675
Indian Stories 681
Mounds and Their Contents, The 681
Massacre of the Solidas 678
Militia Companies, The 676
"Permitted" Tribes 675
Pursuit of the Indians 677
Pigeon Roost Massacre, The 679
Return of Johnny, The 678
Rangers of 1812, The 676
Villages of Indians 676
CHAPTER III.
Settlement op Washington County 682
Anecdotes, Interesting Early 704
Brown Township 687
Beck's Mills 695
Bear, Adventure with a 695
Business in Franklin Township 701
Catalogue of Old Settlers 683
Callaway and the Bear 684
Country Industries 684
Courting Under Difficulties 689
Cubs, Capture of Six 691
Cloth from Nettles 696
Cave, Adventure in a 696
• Counterfeiters .-. 703
Deer Story, A 691
Distilleries, etc., Gibson 699
Enterprises in Monroe 702
Enochs and the Bear 693
Franklin Township 700
Gibson Township 699
Hammersly and the Bear 688
Howard Township 094
Industries, Jackson Township 691
Industries, Polk Township 697
Jackson Township 690
Jeffer.«on Township 691
Lifting Match, A 693
Manufacturing Undertakings 692
Mother Bear and Cubs, A 701
Monroe Township 701
Mills of Monroe 702
Madison Township 704
McKinney and the Bear? 705
Madison Township Mills, etc 7u5
Posey Township 685
Panther, Fight with a 689
Pierce Township 695
Postotfices, Stores, etc., Polk 698
Pioneer Pursuits 698
Polk Township 697
Present Business Industries 703
(Juiltings and Corn-huskings 687
Railway Disaster, A Dreadful 685
Squatters of 1800, The 682
Saline Reserves 685
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Stores, Postoffice, etc riTT^TmTTrr'. 693
Silk Manufacture 696
Township Industries 686
Vernon Township 698
Violations of Law 700
Washington Township 662
CHAPTER IV.
Organization of Washington County 706
Agricultural Societies, The 725
As.sociation of 1881 726
Auditors, List of 723
Associate Judges 724
Act of Creation, The 706
Asylum, The Poor ,. 714
Boundary Alterations 709
Bridge Fund , 718
County Before Creation, The 706
County Board, The First 708
Coroners, List of. 724
County Revenue, etc 711
Clerks, List of 728
County Commissioners 722
County Officers, The First 707
' Finances of the County 715
Important Acts of the Board 708
Justices of the Peace 719
Laying Out of Salem 707
Later Events of Interest 711
Medical Society, The 724
New Townships 712
Population of the County 713
Plank Road Companies 719
Presidential Elections 728
Present Finances 718
Paupers of the County 713
Probate Judges 724
Politics of the County 727
Reformation of Townships 710
Representatives 720
Railroads, The Building of. 727
Recorders, List of. 723
School Funds, Origin of. 715
Senators, List of.... 721
Sheriffs , 723
Surveyors 724
School Officers 722
Treasurers 723
Townships, The First 708
War, Acts During the 712
CHAPTER V.
Bench and Bar 732
Attorneys, The First 733
Buildings, The First 734
Court Officers i 734
Circuit Court, The First 732
Courts Under the Constitution 736
Contempt of Court 738
Character of Crime 746
Catalogue of Attorneys 749
Court Districts... 750
Death of Delos HefFren 753
Death of Varis, Mysterious 751
" Fist and Skull " Age, The 737
Feasances, The 739
Grand Jury, The First 733
Grave Robbing 740
Gollahan Murder, The 755
Housh-Berky Homicide, The 743
Indictments, The First 733
Judges, The First 732
Knowles-Linn Forgery, The 756
Larceny Case, A Notable 735
Lash, Sentence of the 740
Later Members of the Bar 749
Mingo, The Slave 736
Murder, First Indictments for ' '0
Man-stealing
Mauslanghter of Johnson, The
Practitioners, The Early j
Pearson Homicide, The 743
Professional Character of Lawyers 745
Revolutionary Soldiers 741
Rape, First Case of 742
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Sundry Crimes 754
Two Important Cases 750
Trespass vi el armis 739
Unfortunate Conviction of Brown 748
Wood-Kepley Murder Case, The 746
Wright Brothers, The 739
CHAPTER VI.
Towns of Washington County 757
Additions torfalem 759
Buildings, Early Public 764
Banking Enterprises....; 770
Benevolent Societies 774
Cholera, Ravages of the 768
Capture of Salem 772
Campbellsburg 779
Canton 781
Claysville 792
Diplomacy of Mrs. Lindley 758
Fire of 1874, The Big 773
Fire Department, The 773
Fredericksburg 786
"Grocers," The Earlv 763
Gold Excitement, The 771
Grading the Streets, etc 774
Hotel Rates Established 762
Hattery, Tobacco-shops, etc 764
HardinsDurg 785
Harristown 792
Hitchcock 792
Incorporation of Salem 767
Jail, The County 775
Later Business Men ; 771
Livonia 783
Little York 788
Merchants of Salem 760
Manufacturers of Salem 761
Martinsburg 782
Mount Carmel 792
New Albany A Salem Railroad 770
New Philadelphia 790
Newspapers of Salem 776
Progress of Invention 7.57
Prominent Men of Salem 765
Pekin, Village of. 790
Residents of Salem, The First 759
Salem Town Site 758
Salem Library Association 767
School Buildings, The 772
Salem in 1884 775
Salem Prew.The 1 779
Saltilloville 789
South Boston 791
Smedley, Farabee, etc 793
Woolen Mill, The 761
Washington Democrat, The 778
CHAPTER VII.
Military History 793
Aid Societies 814
Bounty and Relief. 814
Basket Dinner, A 807
Banta's Company 807
Draft of October, 1862, The 808
Drafts of 1864 and 1865 813
Editorial Extracts 797
Eighteenth Regiment, The 803
Enlistment in 1864, The 812
Fort Sumter, Fall of. 798
First Company, The 800
Fiftieth Regiment, The 805
Joy and Sorrow 815
Militia, The Old State 793
Mexican War, The 794
Muster Roll, The 794
Mass Meetings 801
Morgan's Raid 810
MinuteMen, The 811
Military Arrests 812
Men Furnished, Number of 814
One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment.... 813
Other Volunteers 804
Public Sentiment in 1861 - 796
Return of the Mexican Soldiers , 795
Recruiting '. 804
Redfleld's Company 805
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Recruiting Committees 811
Statistical Tables, Official 813
Second Mexican Company, The 795
Second Companv, The 803
Sixteenth Regiment, The 806
Six Months' Company, The 811
Thirteenth Regiment, The 800
Third Company, The 804
Ultra Political Views 806
War Begun 799
War Meetings 801
CHAPTER VIII.
Religious History 816
Blue River Baptist Church 816
Baptists, The Regular 822
Bethlehem Church, The 827
Christian Church, The 817
Catholic Church. The 818
Covenanters, The .". 829
Church Statistics "832
Division of the Quakers 820
Hicksites, The 819
Highland Creek Meeting, The 821
Hebron Church 823
Indian Missions 820
Lick Creek Meeting, The 821
Lost River Church 823
Lutherans, The 830
Ministers and Members 817
Mt. Pleasant Meeting, The 822
Many Church Organizations 824
Methodists, The 830
Presbyterian Church, Tne 825
Quakers, The 819
Salem Presbyterians, The 826
Salem Methodists, The 831
Sluder's Meeting-house 817
United Brethren, The 830
Walnut Ridge Church, The 828
CHAPTER IX.
Educational History 833
Age, The Twine Binding 833
Blue River Academy, The 838
Brown Township Schools 843
Correction, Old Method of 834
Catalogue of Teachers 840
Friends' School, The 837
Franklin Township Schools 847
Gibson Township Schools 848
Howard Township Schools 845
Jetferson Township Schools 843
Jackson Township Schools 846
Literary Societies, The 842
Monroe Township Schools....* 842
Madison Township Schools 844
Posey Township Schools 845
Present Private Schools, The 849
Polk To^frnship Schools 847
Pioneer Schoolhouse, A 838
Pierce Township Schools 846
Professional Teachers 837
Salem Grammar School ." 836
Salem Female Collegiate Institute 837
Student's Rebellion, The 841 '
Salem Graded School 839
Teachers, Character of. 835
Vernon Township Schools 844
Washington Township Teachers 834
PART VI.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Brown Township 881
Franklin Township 913
Gibson Township 916
Howard Township 927
Jetferson Township 899
Jackson Township 921
Madison Township 918
Monroe Township 904
Pierce Township 892
Posey Township 885
Polk Township 907
Vernon Township 931
Washington Township , 851
PART I.
History of Lawrence County.