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Ohio County – 1858 Indiana Gazetteer

Ohio County, Indiana entries from:
G.W. Hawes’ Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1858 and 1859. Indianapolis : Geo. W. Hawes, 1858.
Digitized copy online at Internet Archive

ABERDEEN,
A post village in Ohio county and contains one store, one blacksmith, and one cabinet maker. Population 386.

[Names were too late for regular insertion in the General Directory, and are found in the Business Classification.]

  • Gould E. W., cabinet maker and furniture dealer.
  • Gould S., attorney at law.
  • Griswold, W. R., blacksmith.
  • Sisson D. W., general store.

BEAR BRANCH,
A post office of Ohio county, 12 miles south of Vevay, 14 miles east of Rising Sun. It has one store, one blacksmith shop, two sawmills, one gristmill, one minister, one tailor, one shoemaker, and two coopers. 100 miles from Indianapolis. Population, 600

  • Anderson H., prop’r saw and gristmill.
  • COLE J., POSTMASTER.
  • Cole J., blacksmith.
  • Hoffmeyer H., tailor.
  • Robins J. Rev., Baptist.
  • Rose J., shoemaker.
  • Wycoff P., prop’r sawmill.

COOPERSVILLE,
A post office of Ohio county, 8 miles from Rising Sun, the county seat, 40 miles north-west of Cincinnati.

HARTFORD,
A post village of Ohio county, situated 6 ½ miles from Rising Sun, the county seat, 80 miles south-east of Indianapolis, and 28 miles from Cincinnati. It contains one general store, one grocery, three blacksmiths, one boot and shoe maker, one minister, one dress maker, one water grist mill, three resident farmers, one magistrate, two physicians, one water saw mill, one tailor and clothier, one mason, one plasterer and bricklayer, one Methodist church, and a school with twenty-five pupils attending. Population, 75.

  • Cooper Basil L., farmer.
  • Cooper Basil L., justice of peace.
  • COOPER B. L., POST MASTER.
  • Cooper Thomas N., grocer.
  • Euler & Boughmaster, proprietors steam grist mill.
  • Euler & Boughmaster, proprietors water saw mill.
  • Finch Jane, dress maker.
  • Gerard Dr., physician and surgeon.
  • Holiday Selia, boot and shoe maker.
  • Johnson Alexander, harness maker.
  • LaSourd Jesse Rev., Methodist.
  • McPherson Wm., stone mason.
  • Medaris Dr., physician and surgeon.
  • Richards Jacob, farmer.
  • Smith Hiram, blacksmith.
  • Steel Samuel, blacksmith.
  • Stockdale Joseph, blacksmith.
  • Stumpe Wm., tailor and clothier.
  • Tresser Michael, bricklayer.
  • Wilber A. & R., general store.
  • Wilber A., farmer.
  • Wilber R., farmer.

RISING SUN,
The county seat of Ohio county, is beautifully situated on the Ohio river, 35 miles from Cincinnati. It was laid out in 1814 by John James. Many of the earliest settlers of the place still reside here. The first newspaper ever published here was called the Rising Sun, by Isaac Stevens & Co., and the first number was issued on the 16th day of November, 1833. Population about 2,200. The principal public buildings are the public school building, capable of accommodating 700 pupils, the court house and jail. The Southeastern Indiana Female Seminary is located here. The Weekly Visitor is the only paper published here. The principal manufactories and productive establishments are a woolen factory, iron foundry, plow factory, flouring mill, distillery, saw mill, chair factory, two furniture manufactories, two bakeries, six boot and shoe and four tailoring establishments. Of other business houses there are four dry goods and six grocery stores, one drug store, one hat store, three jewelry establishments, one hotel. There are five churches, two Presbyterian, one Methodist, one Reform Baptist and one Universalist church. This place has an extensive river trade and annually sends large quantities of produce of the South. The dry good and variety store of Messrs. Hathaway & Co., was established by S. Hathaway in 1822, and is one of the most extensive business houses of the kind in the West, and embraces the most complete variety of all kinds of goods ever collected in one house. It is, also, the office of the Rising Sun Insurance Company, and of the Lawrenceburgh and Rising Sun Telegraph line. The flouring mill of J. W. Talbott, the woolen factory of I. Scofield, and the distillery of E. H. Wright, each do a heavy business. Rising Sun has, also, the reputation of being the most healthy town on the Ohio River.

TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.

  • Trustees—Henry S. Pate, Thomas Griswold, J. F. Pate.
  • Clerk—Harvey Green.
  • Treasurer—James M. Reister.
  • Constable—Robert Carter.

CITY OFFICERS.

  • Council—B. Moroan, John Baxter, Simon Mitchell, Enos Gary.
  • Post Master—John W. Spencer.
  • Mayor—Henry A. Downey.
  • Marshal—Joseph S. Walker.
  • Treasurer—Stephen Ulrey.
  • Clerk—Charles W. Mountz.
  • Street Commissioner—Cornelius Miller.

JUDICIAL.

  • Circuit Court—This Court meets on the 2d Mondays February and August. A. C. Downey, Judge; Frank Adkinson, Prosecutor.
  • Common Pleas Court sits on the 3d Mondays of January, April, July and October. Robert Drummond, Judge; James A. Works, Prosecutor.
  • Commissioners Court—Meets on 1st Mondays in March, June, September and December.

BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS.

  • Masonic—Rising Sun Lodge meets on the 1st and 3d Saturdays in each month.
  • King David Chapter meets on the 1st and 3d Tuesdays in each month.
  • Temperance—Republican Division Sons of Temperance meets every Monday evening at Temperance Hall.
  • I. O. O. F.—Friendship Lodge No. 4 meets every Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows’ Hall.
  • Eldridge Encampment meets on the 1st and 3d Thursdays in each month.

TOWN AND TOWNSHIP MEETINGS.

  • The City Council meets on the 1st Monday in each month.
  • Township Trustees—The Township Board meets on the last Saturday in each month.

M’CLURE INSTITUTE. (Incorporated 1855.)

  • President—Robert G. Young.
  • Vice President—James M. Reister.
  • Secretary—Wm. H. Smith.
  • Treasurer—M. Calvert.
  • Directors—Platt Thompson, W. H. Gregory, Harvey Green, P. J. Dunne.
  • Librarian—Frank Gregory.

Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc.

  • Barkshire Samuel, (colored) cooperage.
  • Baxter J. S., boot and shoe maker.
  • Berkshire Wm., blacksmith.
  • Best Mrs. Sallie, millinery.
  • Bonham John C. Rev., Presbyterian, (N. S.)
  • Bowman William, butcher.
  • Calkins Miss Luis, milliner and dress maker.
  • CALVERT M., TREASURER M’CLURE INSTITUTE.
  • Clore Wm., plow manufacturer.
  • City Hotel, Marcus Bradbury proprietor.
  • Cullen Wm., tailor.
  • COVINGTON JOHN B., MANUFACTURER OF SORGHO MILLS, OKEY’S PATENT LATH MACHINE, AND HOFFNER’S PATENT SCREW CUTTER. (See advertisement, inside of right cover.)
  • Dodd H. E. & Son, dealers in dry goods.
  • DOWNEY A. C. & H. A., ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIES PUBLIC.
  • DOWNEY HENRY A., MAYOR.
  • Drake Enoch, wagon maker.
  • DUNNE P. J., WATCHES, JEWELRY AND SILVER WARE.
  • Enoch A. C., boot and shoe maker.
  • Enoch H. R., boot and shoe maker.
  • Espey H. S. & H., grocers.
  • FIELDS JAS., CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
  • Fisher D. Jr., boot and shoe maker.
  • FRENCH JOHN J. & CO., GROCERIES AND PRODUCE.
  • GARY JOHN W., BAKERY, GROCERY AND CONFECTIONERY.
  • Gary Enos, cabinet furniture.
  • Gilmore T. H., grocer.
  • Gillespie Wm., physician and surgeon.
  • GREGORY F. J., LIBRARIAN McCLURE INSTITUTE.
  • GREGORY W. H., EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR INDIANA VISITOR.
  • Hall W. H. & W., carpenters and joiners.
  • Hamilton John E., blacksmith.
  • Harris John, house carpenter.
  • Harsfall Thomas, tailor.
  • HATHAWAY B. J., PROPRIETOR OF THE AURORA AND LAWRENCEBURGH TELEGRAPH LINE. (See card.)
  • HATHAWAY & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, IRON, NAILS, QUEENSWARE, GLASSWARE, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, etc.
  • HAYDEN J. J., ATTORNEY AT LAW AND INSURANCE AGENT.
  • HERDEGEN ADAM, BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY.
  • Huston M. & Son, wagon and carriage makers.
  • INDIANA WEEKLY VISITOR, W. H. GREGORY EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
  • Israel Elliott, blacksmith.
  • Jelley J. S., attorney at law.
  • JESSUP D. H., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
  • JONES JOHN H., GROCER AND PRODUCE DEALER.
  • Lewis John K., painter.
  • Lewis John, proprietor steam saw mill.
  • McAvoy & Bro., druggists and apothecaries.
  • McCaw James Rev., pastor Methodist Church.
  • McCLURE INSTITUTE, F. J. GREGORY LIBRARIAN, R. G. YONGE PRESIDENT.
  • McKibben C. T., physician and surgeon.
  • Marble Nathaniel, broom factory.
  • Martin Richard, saddle and harness maker.
  • MASONIC HALL, RISING SUN LODGE, NO. 6.
  • Massey Mrs. E. J., milliner and dressmaker.
  • Merrill Henry, blacksmith.
  • Miles W., tailor.
  • Moore William Rev., pastor Presbyterian Church (O. S.)
  • Morgan B., halter.
  • ODD FELLOWS’ HALL, FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. 1.
  • REISTER J. M. & CO., IRON FOUNDERS AND MANUFACTURES OF THE MORMON BEATEN HAY AND COTTON PRESS.
  • RISING SUN INSURANCE COMPANY, S. HATHAWAY, PRESIDENT, B. J. HATHAWAY, SECRETARY. (See advertisement, page 180.)
  • Scofield J., woolen factory.
  • Scogin & Wilber, grocers.
  • Scranton Almon, tailor.
  • Smith W. H., house joiner.
  • SONS OF TEMPERANCE, REPUBLICAN DIVISION NO. 178.
  • SPENCER JOHN W., POST MASTER.
  • Steward Samuel, lumber dealer.
  • Stewart Mr. Rev., pastor Baptist Church.
  • Sullivan Wm. H., physician and surgeon.
  • Summers Thomas, stoves and tinware.
  • Talbott Joseph W., cooperage.
  • Thompson Sidney, prop’r wharf boat.
  • Thompson P., stoves and tinware.
  • ULREY J. P., DENTIST, AT HOME ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS, IN AURORA WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS, IN LAWRENCEBURGH THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
  • Ulrey Stephen, books and stationery, and notary public.
  • WALKER J. S., BOOT AND SHOE MAKER.
  • Ward Charles, wagon maker.
  • Ward Charles D., wagon maker.
  • Ward Thomas A., ambrotypist.
  • WELLS J. C., DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, ETC.
  • Wharf Boat, Sidney Thompson prop’r.
  • Whitlock John T., cabinet-maker.
  • WRIGHT E. H., MILLER AND DISTILLER.
  • Wright Nathaniel, blacksmith.
  • Wright Jefferson, (colored,) barber.
  • YONGE R. G., PRESIDENT McCLURE INSTITUTE.
  • Yonge Robert G., chair maker.
  • Zeiller J. & Co., staple and fancy dry goods.

Ohio County – 1849 Indiana Gazetteer

Ohio County, Indiana entries from:
The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. Indianapolis : E. Chamberlain, 1849.
Digitized copy online at Internet Archive

ARNOLD’S CREEK, a small stream in Ohio county, emptying into the Ohio river two miles below Rising Sun. It was named after Col. Arnold, who, soon after the Revolutionary war, was enticed into an ambuscade by the Indians, and killed by them near this stream.

CASS, a southern township in Ohio county, with a population of 1,000.

HARTFORD, a small town in Ohio county, on Laughery Creek, six miles north-west of Rising Sun. It contains a good brick Methodist Church, about fifty dwelling houses, and three hundred inhabitants. It was first settled in 1814 by Benj. Walker, John Livingston, and others.

MILTON, a small town in Ohio county, on Laughery creek.

OHIO COUNTY, named after the river on whose borders it is situated, was organized in 1844. It is bounded on the north by Dearborn, on the east by the Ohio, on the south by Switzerland, and west by Ripley. It is the smallest county in the State, and contains only ninety square miles. The civil townships are four in number, viz: Randolph, Union, Cass and Pike. The population is, at this time, about 6,000. The face of the country, with the exception of some large and fine bottoms on the Ohio and Laughery, is very hilly, yet in general not so uneven that it cannot be cultivated. The soil is uniformly good; on the bottoms, hill sides and tops, well adapted to corn, wheat, oats, &c., and in the interior especially so, to grass. Beech, walnut, ash and sugar predominate near the streams; oak and hickory in other places. About half the county has been cleared and is in cultivation, and the most of it is well farmed. The surplus articles exported are taken to a southern market mostly, and consist of hogs, cattle, horses, sheep, mules, flour, hay, and all kinds of marketing, and their value is estimated to amount to $250,000 annually.

There are in the county six grist mills, propelled by water, two do. by steam, eleven saw mills, one cotton manufactory employing about 100 hands, one woolen do., one iron foundry and finishing shop, two large distilleries, one printing office, twenty-five stores, twelve groceries, ten ware-houses, six lawyers, ten physicians, fifteen preachers, and about 275 mechanics, principally carpenters, coopers, shoemakers, and other trades most in demand. The products of the manufactories are estimated at $110,000 a year. The Methodists have good churches in Rising Sun and Hartford, and others in the country. The New and Old School Presbyterians also have churches in Rising Sun, and the former, one in Cass township. The Universalists have one in town, and the Reformed Baptists also one, with another in Union township. The taxable land in the county amounts to 50,000 acres.

The county, after a long contest, was formed, no doubt, in violation of the constitution; but the convenience of the public, from local situation, appearing to require it, it has been submitted to.

PIKE, a western township in Ohio county, population 550.

RANDOLPH, a south-east township in Ohio county, population 4,000.

RISING SUN, the Seat of Justice of Ohio county, is beautifully situated on a high bank of the Ohio, 14 miles by water below Lawrenceburgh, 50 miles above Madison, and 96 south-east of Indianapolis. It was first settled in 1814, by C. A. Craft, John James, A. C. Pepper, Henry Wiest, J. A. Walton, N. Clark, P. Athearn, S. Hathaway, Samuel Jelley, Hugh Espey, &c. Rising Sun contains about 400 dwelling houses, of which one half are brick, the others frame, and 2,500 inhabitants. The public buildings are spacious and convenient churches, one each for the Methodists, New and Old School Presbyterians, Reformed Baptists and Universalists, good county buildings, market house, and an incorporated Academy in which 100 students usually attend. The manufactures of Rising Sun are carried on to an extent highly creditable to the enterprise of its citizens. They consist of a large cotton factory, usually employing 100 hands, one woolen factory, one iron foundry and finishing shop, and one large distillery. The value of the manufactured articles is estimated at $90,000 annually.

UNION, a northern township in Ohio county, population 1,000.

Dearborn County – 1833 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. Indianapolis : Douglass and Maguire, 1833.
Digitized copy at HathiTrust Digital Library

AURORA, a post town on the Ohio river, below the mouth of Hogan in the county of Dearborn, about four miles from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about six hundred inhabitants, three stores, one tavern, a physician, a lawyer, a preacher of the Gospel, several mechanics of different professions, a seminary, a church, a large and prosperous Sunday school.—Aurora is situated on a bend of the river, having a beautiful view for five or six miles, both above and below, and affords one of the best harbours on the river, from Pittsburgh to its mouth.

BLUE CREEK, a small stream which rises in Dearborn county, and runs in a north-easterly direction into Franklin county, and falls into Whitewater, on the west side, about a mile below Brookville.

CESAR CREEK, a south-western township in Dearborn county.

DEARBORN, a river county, in the south-east corner of the state, bounded by the north by Franklin county, on the west by Ripley, on the south by Switzerland, on the east by the Ohio river and state. It was organized in 1802. It is thirty miles in extent from north to south, and eighteen miles from east to west; containing an area of 448 square miles, or 286,720 acres. In 1830, it contained 14,573 inhabitants. Dearborn county is hilly along the river, but not too steep for cultivation. In about one fourth part of the county the land is considered first rate, one fourth second rate, and the remaining half third rate. The principal products are wheat, rye, corn, and potatoes, which, together with beef, pork, and live stock, are annually transported in large quantities to the southern market. The forest timber consist chiefly of walnut, buckeye, elm, sugartree, locust, poplar, and the several varieties of oak and ash; with an undergrowth of spice, paupaw, plumb, and hawthorn. The county abounds with excellent limestone suitable for building. On the west side of the Great Miami, about two miles from its mouth, is an extensive rich bottom containing several thousand acres, on and in the vicinity of which are several ancient mounds. North of Hardinsburgh, and about a quarter of a mile from the Miami, on the top of a hill, supposed to be about two hundred feet in height, there is an ancient fortification, enclosing ten or twelve acres; the walls are composed of earth, and are from five to ten feet high. On the east side, the wall consists in part of stone, which appear to have been thrown together without order, and covered with earth. It includes all the level ground on the summit of the hill, and does not conform to any regular feature, but is regulated by the extremities of the level on which it is constructed. There is a small circular wall adjoining the mail wall on the west side, enclosing about an acre, on each side of which a gateway leads into the enclosure. On the east side, and within the fort, there is a mound, supposed by some to have been erected for observatory purposes. There are also some other mounds in the vicinity, which from their position seem to have been originally connected, in design, with the works already described. The great numbers of human bones exposed to view by the washing of the rains on the declivities of the hills in the neighborhood, indicate the existence, at some former period, of an immense population. Many stone axes of various sizes, and stone pipes, and hammers, and silicious darts of different shapes have also been found in the vicinity of this place. The principal streams in Dearborn county, beside the Ohio river, which washes its border, are the Great Miami, Whitewater, Tanner’s creek, Hogan and Laughery. Lawrenceburgh is the seat of justice.

HARDINSBURGH, a post town, in Dearborn county, on the Great Miami river, two miles north of Lawrenceburgh. It stands on a beautiful plain above high water. It contains about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, two stores, a tavern, and a number of mechanical establishments. It is surrounded by an extensive rich bottom, occasionally overflown; which circumstance tends to maintain the fertility of the soil by deposite of loam at every freshet.

HARRISON, a post town on the line dividing between Ohio and Indiana; the eastern part in the state of Ohio, and the western part in Dearborn county, twelve miles north of Lawrenceburgh.

HARTFORD, a post town in Dearborn county, on the south bank of Laughery creek about twelve miles south-west from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about a hundred inhabitants, a tavern, two mercantile stores, and craftsmen of various trades.

JOHNSON’S FORK, a mill stream in Franklin county. It has its source in the south-east corner of the county, and runs south into Dearborn county, and falls into Whitewater two miles north of Harrison.

KELSO, a township in Dearborn county.

LAWRENCEBURGH, a post town, and the seat of justice of Dearborn county. It is situated in an extensive rich bottom, on the bank of the Ohio river, two miles below the mouth of the Great Miami river. It contains about a thousand inhabitants, nine mercantile stores, one drug store, three taverns, eight lawyers, four physicians, three schools, two brick churches, a brick court house, a stone jail, a market house, and two printing offices, each of which issues a weekly newspaper. It is distant from the city of Cincinnati, in the state of Ohio, twenty-two miles, and eighty-six miles south-east from Indianapolis. N. lat. 39 deg. 5 min. W. lon. 7 deg. 35 min.

LOGAN, a township in Dearborn.

MANCHESTER, a township in Dearborn county, lying between Tanner’s creek and Hogan, and extending to the western border of the county.

MANCHESTER, a small post town in Dearborn county.

RANDOLPH, a township in Dearborn county.

RISING SUN, a post village in Dearborn county. It is situated on the bank of the Ohio river, thirteen miles south from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about six hundred inhabitants, four stores, a tavern, a grist mill propelled by steam power, a seminary and a church; together with a number of mechanics of various trades. The surrounding land is broken and hilly, but very fertile; and the town has the advantage of a salubrious atmosphere, pure water, and an elevated pleasant situation, added to the advantages of uninterrupted steam boat navigation.

SPARTA, a township in Dearborn county.

TANNER’S CREEK, a mill stream in Dearborn county. Its source is in the north-western part of the county, whence it runs south-easterdly, and empties into the Ohio river about a mile below Lawrenceburgh.

UNION, a township in Dearborn county.

WILMINGTON, a post town in Dearborn county. It is situated on the state road leading from Lawrenceburgh to Madison, eight miles south-west from Lawrenceburgh. It has one tavern, two stores, a physician, a school house, and a church; with about a hundred inhabitants, amongst whom are a number of industrious mechanics.

Dearborn County – 1826 Indiana Gazetteer

Dearborn County, Indiana entries from: Scott, John. The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. 1826. Reprint, Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, 1954.
Digital Copy on Internet Archive

AURORA, a post town in Dearborn county, situated on the bank of the Ohio river, four miles from Lawrenceburgh, in a beautiful bend of the river, which affords on of the best harbours for steamboats, for taking in wood, &c. It contains 60 or 70 dwelling houses, chiefly brick and frame, 200 inhabitants, 6 stores, 3 taverns, one lawyer, and mechanics of various professions. There is also a grist and saw mill, and an extensive distillery adjoining the town.

DEARBORN, a south-eastern county, and one of the oldest in the state: while it was under the Territorial government, its extent from north to south was upwards of 100 miles, bordering on the state of Ohio as far north as Fort Recovery, embracing all that section of country now contained in Randolph, Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin counties. Its greatest length at present is 28 miles from north to south, and 15 for east to west, and contains 432 square miles or 277, 480 acres. It is bounded on the east by the Ohio and Miami rivers, north by Franklin, west by Ripley, and south by Switzerland counties. Its principal streams are the Miami, Whitewater and Ohio rivers, and Hogan, Laughery and Logan creeks. In 1825 it contained about 11,270 inhabitants. Lawrenceburgh is the seat of justice.

DRY FORK, A large creek which takes its rise in the state of Ohio, runs a south-western course, and empties into Whitewater in Dearborn county. It has, probably, taken its name from the circumstance of the water disappearing at certain seasons of the year.

GEORGETOWN, a small post town of Dearborn county.

HARDENSBURGH. A handsome post town of Dearborn county, situated on a beautiful high, level piece of ground on the west side of the Big Miami river, two miles north from Lawrenceburgh, on the road leading to Harrison, Brookville, &c.

HARRISON. A large flourishing post village, situated on the line dividing this state from the state of Ohio, and immediately on the east bank of Whitewater river. One half of this town is located in Dearborn county in this state, and the other in Hamilton county, Ohio. The main street runs north and south immediately on the state line. It contains about 25 or 30 families and 150 inhabitants; 2 inns, 2 stores, 1 blacksmith, 1 wagonmaker, 1 tobacconist, 1 cabinet-maker, several shoemakers, tailors, Carpenters, &c. It also contains two physicians, but no lawyers. The site upon which this town stands is beautiful, and the surrounding country delightful. It also has the advantages of pure air and good water. It is 12 miles north of Lawrenceburg, and 18 south of Brookville.

HARTFORD. A small post town in Dearborn county, situated on Laughery creek, 12 miles from Lawrenceburgh. It contains 40 dwelling houses, 100 inhabitants, 1 store, 1 tavern, one physician, and mechanics of various professions. There are also adjoining this place, a tan yard, and carding machine, together with a commodious grist and sawmill.

HOGAN. A valuable mill stream which takes it rise in Dearborn county, and empties into the Ohio river at the town of Aurora, 4 miles below Lawrenceburgh.

LAWRENCEBURGH. This town is the seat of justice of Dearborn county, situated immediately below the mouth of the Big Miami, on the bank of the Ohio river, 20 miles below Cincinnati, N. Lat. 39 6, W. Lon. 7 38. It contains about 150 handsome brick and frame dwelling houses, 700 inhabitants, 9 stores, 5 taverns, 6 lawyers, 3 physicians, and a vast number of mechanics of various professions. There is a very large store house, 5 stories high, erected in this place, which is considered to be the best on the river from Cincinnati to the Falls; at which a very considerable business is done; proprietor Mr. Gibson. There is also an expensive silk lace-factory established in this town, which supplies a large district of country with this article. This is the only establishment of the kind west of the mountains. The place also contains a printing office and masonic lodge.

“Some idea can be formed of the commerce and growing importance of this town and country, by the following statement of produce shipped at the river, for the Mississippi or lower country market, from the 1st of January to the 1st of May, 1826. In giving this statement, we have confined ourselves, almost exclusively to the product of the neighborhood of the town: not having it in our power to give the whole amount of produce exported from the county, which would, it is believed, if taken into the account, swell the sum to 80 or 100,000 dollars.

[see original for list of goods and prices]

In making out the above, a number of articles, forming small sums, such as oats, flax-see, hoop poles, &c. were omitted, but which in the aggregate, would amount to six or seven thousand dollars. The price set to each article, it will be observed, is what is supposed the average price received for it, when taken to market; some of which are probably put at under prices: none, we believe, too high.

To carry this produce to market, something like twenty flat boats were employed, at an average price of one hundred dollars each.—These boats were generally built by our own citizens; and the hands employed to navigate them, resided principally in the county: so that the greater part of the money expended for the exportation, was put in circulation in the county, among our industrious and enterprising citizens.”

LAUGHERY. A large creek which takes it rise in Ripley county, and empties into the Ohio river, three or 4 miles below Lawrenceburgh.

MANCHESTER. A small post town in Dearborn county.

NEW LAWRENCEBURGH. A flourishing village situated on the south bank of Tanners creek, in Dearborn county. It is separated from old Lawrenceburgh by a narrow strip of low ground which is frequently inundated by the back water from the Ohio river. The site of this town is, however, several feet about high water mark. It contains about 25 handsome brick and frame buildings, elegantly painted, 100 inhabitants, 2 stores, 1 tavern, and several mechanics.

RISING SUN. A post town in Dearborn county, situated on a beautiful eminence on the bank of the Ohio river, 13 miles below Lawrenceburgh. It contains from 80 to 90 handsome dwelling houses, chiefly brick and frame; 4 stores, 2 inns, 2 physicians and a vast number of mechanics of various professions. The land around this town is broken, yet fertile. This place has the advantage of steam boat navigation: in short, but few villages on this noble river, offer greater inducements to the industrious and enterprising, than this place.

WILMINGTON, a flourishing post town in Dearborn county: it is handsomely situated on Hogan creek, 8 miles from Lawrenceburgh. It contains about 40 dwelling houses, 100 inhabitants, 1 physician, 2 taverns, 1 store, a valuable tanyard, and a number of industrious mechanics.