History of
Lawrence County Pennsylvania

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

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

Table of Contents

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
	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