This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1902

History

of

Perry County,

 Ohio

By

Clement L. Martzolff

Published by Ward & Weiland

New Lexington, Ohio

1902

195 pages on 1 CD

 An essential resource for Genealogists

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INDEX

Meridian Monuments
Drainage
Water Shed
Elevations Above Sea Level
Buckeye Lake
Geological Divisions of the County
Drift Region
Lake Ohio
Pre-Glacial Drainage
Terraces
Rocks of Perry County as to Structure
Vertical Section of Rocks of Perry County
Vertical Section of Sub-strata at New Lexington Depot
Vertical Section of Strata at Moxahala
Vertical Section of Rocks at McCuneville
Generalized Section of Perry County Strata
Limestones
Fossils from the Maxville Limestone
Iron Ores
Coals
Buried Channels
Clays
Petroleum and Gas
Saltlicks
Lidey's Rocks
High Rocks
Bear Dens
Why Rush Creek Bottom is Flat
The Mastodon
Birds of Perry County
Animals
Forests
Big Sassafras
Pre-Historic Race
Children of the Forest
a. Buffalo Trails
b. Monongahela Trail
c. Shawnee Run Trail
d. Flint Ridge Trail
e. Scioto Beaver Trail
f. Moxahala Trail
g. The Last Conflict
h. The White Man's Foot
i. The Last of His Race
j. Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Under the Banner of St. George
Under the Lilies of France
In the Province of Quebec
Boutetorst County
In the County of Illinois
First White Man in Perry County
Land Surveys
Scioto Land Scheme
Zane's Trace
Refugee Tract
The Heroes of the Forest
The Evolution of Perry County
Village Settlements
Organization of the Townships
Section Sixteen
Churches
a. Lutheran and Reformed
b. Presbyterians
c. Dunkers
d. Baptists
e. Methodists
f. Bible Christians
g. Disciples
h. United Brethren
i. Mennonites
j. Catholics
Schools
a. Madison Academy
b. St. Aloysius' Academy
Mills
Oil Works
The Old Salt Kettle
McCuneville Salt Works
Tobacco Houses
Lime Kilns
An Old Time Pottery
Blast Furnaces
Coal Mines
Oil Wells
The Inventor of the Revolver
Perry County in War
Perry County in Congress
The Removal of the County Seat
Public Buildings
Underground Railroad
Morgan's Raid
Population of Perry County
Constitutional Conventions
Col. James Taylor
Stephen Benton Elkins
The Knight of the Pen
a. Biography of MacGahan, by Judge M. W. Wole
b. Funeral and Burial of MacGahan
c. The Article that Caused the Russo-Turko War
d. Poem, by Col. Taylor
Jeremiah M. Rusk
William Alexander Taylor
James M. Comley
Gen. Philip H. Sheridan
a. Sheridan's Ride
Rev. Father Zahm
Dr. Isaac Crook
The Oldest Woman in Perry County
Perry County's First Historian
Poem, "Beauty of Our Hills"

ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of Author
Lidey's Rock
The Big Sassafras
The Stone Fort
The Wilson Mound
The Roberts Mound
Earth Works, North of Glenford
Flint Implements, One-fourth Size
Hematite Objects, One-third Size
Ceremonials, Gorgets, Banners, Stones, etc.
Pipes Attached to Antlers of Deer
An Indian Grist Mill
A Scene on the Moxahala
Where Ebenezer Zane is Buried
A Scene in New Lexington in 1873
Peter Overmeyer
Old Lutheran Cemetery at Somerset
An Old Time Meeting House
Bishop Fenwick Discovering a Catholic Family in Perry County
The New Home in the Woods of Perry Co
Church at Chapel Hill
Old Stone Church
Madison Academy
Old Salt Kettle
McCuneville Salt Works
Old Tobacco House
Remains of a Maxville Lime Kiln
An Old Time Pottery
A Ghost of Departed Industry -- Baird Furnace
A Model Coal Mine - Congo
Coal Tipple at Congo
Power House at Congo
In the Corning Oil Field
Monument to 13st O. V. I., New Lexington
Old Court House at Somerset
Old Court House at New Lexington
Old Temple of Justice - The New Court House
Old Perry County Infirmary
A Station on the Underground
Stephen B. Elkins
The Knight of the Pen
Birthplace of MacGahan
The Resting Place of Bulgaria's Liberator
A Grubber
Jeremiah Rusk
Where Uncle Jerry Rusk was Born
Col. W. A. Taylor
Gen. James M. Comley
The Hero of Cedar Creek
Early Home of General Sheridan
Priest and Scientist - Father Zahm
Catherine Cavinee