...wards the end of 1779 took up his abode at the Falls of the Ohio where he served in some sort as a shield both for Illinois and Kentucky and from whence he hoped some day to march against Detroit That was his darling scheme which he never ceased to cherish Through no fault of his own the day never came when he could put it into execution - Roosevelt ...
... county The Wilson family county clerk which office he held for thirty years and upon retiring he was succeeded by his son John who held the office for fourteen years more After his removal to his home in Harrison County he gave his attention not only to his office and the clearing and developing of his large landed estate but also engaged ...
...ware and Mohegan Indians from 1740 to 1808 His two books together with his numberless Manuscript Journals and Diaries including his Manuscript Life of David Zeisberger have furnished invaluable materials to all later writers on the men and times of that early day It furnished much of the material for the marvelous sketches of James Fenimore Cooper The following tribute published in one of the foremost public journals in Philadelphia at the time ...
... civilization there on the civilization that was invading the vast Northwest they were the fearless and sacrificing sculptors who carved from its primeval elements the modern proud Buckeye state May the bivouac of these braves never be disturbed ...
... county in 1798 and who with others organized the Nottingham Presbyterian Church in 1802 He believed in destiny that the pioneer followed at the right hand of God and nothing was done not directed by Divine power I can see destiny in the horrid massacre of the pioneers on this spot and which we commemorate to-day It pointed the way to the achievement which is the great state of Ohio That massacre called the attention of the authorities at ...
...ward again He floated ward to the Maumee past wardly had not changed war--he did not know for what He had only one desire now namely to get back home and meet his accuser face to face By God he had faced one court-martial in the Revolution with honor and he'd be only too glad to meet ...
...ward I state the ward the rear are wards the northeast ware Tribe with about 70 men women and children of that and the Wyandot Tribes at Fort Harmer who had come down to trade we were introduced to them by the Commanding officer Capt Pipes some days after with about 20 others came over and ...
... warrants issued from ward Tiffin duly elected Governor of the State of Ohio And the record of these proceedings date from March 1 1803 And as we have seen Congress agreed to the modifications as proposed in the ordinance and resolution passed by the Ohio convention November 29 1 80 2 And thus the compact between the people of Ohio and the Congress of the United States was completed The act of ...
... warriors of his nation ward to Lake Erie from where all parties moving in canoes could be observed and intercepted at the mouth of the bay To the west around the bay the ground is low swampy and very difficult of passage even by Indians in its primitive condition which gave importance to the carrying place in a military point of view It would add much to the historical 380 Ohio Arch 380 ...