Ironton - Founding and Progress: Lawrence County Ohio

By Sharon Kouns

Contains resource stories about the 24 ironmasters that formed the Ohio, Iron & Coal Company that came up with the scheme to build a new town; their genealogy and their contributions to Ironton's growth and prosperity. This volume contains some of the first businesses; churches, schools, etc. The others will be in Ironton's Progress - Part Two.Many Lawrence countians moved from other parts of the county to the new town and played major roles in it's success. Lawrence Couny history:The government opened the uninhabited area known as the Northwest Territory for settlement in 1794. In 1803, Ohio, a part of the Northwest Territory, officially became a state. Early pioneers started arriving once the territory opened; however, Lawrence County was not officially formed until December 1816 part of it was taken from Scioto and Washington counties. The first county seat of Lawrence County was located at Burlington.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980202664
• ISBN13: 9781980202660
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"