History of Orange County
INDEX
CHAPTER
1
GEOLOGY
THE ROCKS OF THE COUNTY
THE ST. LOUIS CHERTS AND
LIMESTONES
THE BITUMINOUS LIMESTONE
THE ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE
THE CONCRETIONARY
LIMESTONE
THE FIRESTONES
THE ST. LOUIS CHERTS
THE CHESTER GROUP
CHESTER LIMESTONE,
LOWEST MEMBER
THE CHESTER SANDSTONES
THE CHESTER GRIT
THE CONGLOMERATE OR
MILLSTONE GRIT
LACUSTRAL OR ALLUVIUM
LOST RIVER, STAMPERS
CREEK, CAVES, ETC.
FRENCH LICK AND WEST
BADEN SPRINGS
THE COAL OF THE COUNTY
IRON ORES
WHETSTONES AND
GRINDSTONES
LIME, CLAY. BUILDING
STONE, ETC.
CHAPTER
2
INDIANS AND MOUND BUILDERS
ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF
INDIANA
THE PIANKESHAWS
THE INDIAN CESSION
TREATIES
LOCAL INDIAN VILLAGES
THE LOG HOUSES
MURDERS COMMITTED BY
INDIANS
THE KILLING OF CHARLES
INDIAN TRAILS
INDIAN CAMPING GROUNDS
THE MOUND BUILDERS
THE PAOLI FORTIFICATION
THE VALEENE FORTIFICATION
CHAPTER
3
SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY
EARLY LAND ENTRIES
EARLY TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
VOTERS IN NOVEMBER, 1816
THE SETTLEMENT OF PAOLI
TOWNSHIP
INDUSTRIES, INCIDENTS,
ETC.
ANECDOTES OF THE CHASE
SETTLEMENT OF ORLEANS
TOWNSHIP
EARLY MILLS
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
SETTLEMENT OF
ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP
WILD HOGS
MILLS, TANYARDS, ETC.
SETTLEMENT OF NORTHWEST
TOWNSHIP
WILSON THE BEAR HUNTER
MILLS, POSTOFFICES,
STORES, ETC.
SETTLEMENT OF FRENCH
LICK TOWNSHIP
THE SPRINGS
THE MANUFACTURE OF
WHETSTONES
CRIMINAL ITEMS
DEER HUNTING
SETTLEMENT OF JACKSON
TOWNSHIP
EARLY MILLING
ENTERPRISES
CRIMINAL OCCURRENCES
SETTLEMENT OF
GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP
EARLY SAW AND
GRIST-MILLS
SETTLEMENT OF SOUTHEAST
TOWNSHIP
LAND ENTRIES
HUNTING INCIDENTS
VIGILANCE COMMITTEES,
MILK SICKNESS, ETC.
SETTLEMENT OF STAMPERS
CREEK TOWNSHIP
EARLY LAND ENTRIES
ANECDOTES
DISTILLERIES
SETTLEMENT OF NORTHEAST
TOWNSHIP
ITEMS OF INTEREST
MERCHANTS
CHAPTER
4
ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY
ACTS OF THE COUNTY BOARD
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
OTHER IMPORTANT ACTS
CREATION OF JACKSON
TOWNSHIP, ETC.
LATER NOTEWORTHY
PROCEEDINGS
BONDS AND BRIDGES
THE COUNTY FINANCES
COURT HOUSES AND JAILS
THE PRESENT COURT HOUSE
AND JAIL
THE COUNTY HIGHWAYS
THE NEW ALBANY AND PAOLI
TURNPIKE
THE ORLEANS AND PAOLI
GRAVELED ROAD
THE COUNTY PAUPERS
POPULATION OF ORANGE
COUNTY
THE COUNTY LIBRARY
THE TOWNSHIP AND McCLURE
LIBARIES
RAILROADS
ORIGIN OF THE COMMON
SCHOOL FUND
ORIGIN OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL SCHOOL FUND
COUNTY TAX LEVIES
THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY
ORANGE COUNTY MEDICAL
SOCIETY
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETIES
THE FIRST FAIR
THE SECOND FAIR
THE SECOND SOCIETY
OTHER FAIRS AT PAOLI
DEATH OF PROFESSOR
WILBUR
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
CIRCUIT JUDGES
ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGES
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES
PROBATE JUDGES
THE COUNTY BOARD
REPRESENTATIVES
SENATORS
COUNTY TREASURERS
CLERKS
RECORDERS
SURVEYORS
CORONERS
AUDITORS
SCHOOL EXAMINERS AND
SUPERINTENDENTS
SHERIFFS
POLITICS OF ORANGE
COUNTY
THE RESULT AT
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
CHAPTER
5
BENCH AND BAR
THE VAIL-HOLMES MURDER CASE
THE FIRST SESSION AT PAOLI
THE BUNGER HOMICIDE
THE LINDLEY-CHESS SLANDER
SUIT
THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF
ZACHARIAH LINDLEY
THE EARLIEST ASSOCIATE
AND PRESIDENT JUDGES
PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER OF
JUDGE FLOYD
EARLY PRACTITIONERS AT
THE ORANGE BAR
PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER OF
MOORE, THOMPSON AND DEWEY
SUNDRY EARLY COURT ITEMS
THE PORTER-HOGGATT
CONTROVERSY
THE BOLLS-GILLILAND
MURDER CASE
COURT OFFICERS AND
ATTORNEYS
THE HUMSTON-DOUGHERTY
SUPREME COURT CASE
THE BOWLES-NEWBY SUPREME
COURT CASE
THE LINDLEY-CRAVENS
SUPREME COURT CASE
ADDITIONAL COURT
OFFICERS AND ATTORNEYS
SUNDRY CRIMINAL CASES
PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER
OF PORTER, WHITE AND COLLINS
OTHER SUPREME COURT CASES
ATTORNEYS AND PROSECUTORS
CASES OF ARSON, LARCENY,
RETAILING, ETC.
CHARACTER OF JUDGE
SIMPSON
SUNDRY COURT ITMES OF
INTEREST
CHAPTER
6
TOWNS OF ORANGE COUNTY
THE EARLIEST RESIDENT FAMILIES
EARLY BUSINESS INTERESTS
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES
THE EARLY LIVESTOCK AND
GRAIN TRADE
OTHER MANUFACTURING
ESTABLISHMENTS
THE BUSINESS MEN OF THE
FORTIES
THE BUSINESS MEN OF THE
FIFTIES
THE BUSINESS MEN OF THE
SIXTIES
SUNDRY ITEMS OF INTEREST
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION
THE BANK OF PAOLI
THE FIRST INCORPORATION
OF PAOLI
THE SECOND INCORPORATION
OF PAOLI
ADDITIONAL ACTS OF THE
TOWN BOARD
SCHOOL BONDS, OTHER
OFFICERS, ETC.
MORE OF THE BONDS, THE
STREETS, ETC.
THE BONDS REFUNDED;
OFFICERS, ETC.
THE SECRET SOCIETIES
THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE
COUNTY SEAT
THE TRUE AMERICAN
THE AMERICAN EAGLE
THE UNION AND THE NEWS
THE REPUBLICAN
THE GREENBACK ADVOCATE
PRESENT BUSINESS
INTERESTS
TOWN OF ORLEANS
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
MILLS OF ORLEANS
PRESENT BUSINESS MEN
INCORPORATION
SCHOOLHOUSE BONDS
OTHER PUBLIC AFFAIRS
SECRET SOCIETIES
NEWSPAPERS AT ORLEANS
PHYSICIANS AT ORLEANS
THE RAILROAD
ORLEANS AGRICULTURAL
ASSOCIATION
NEWTON STEWART
UNIONVILLE
PITTSBURG
ORANGEVILLE
VALEENE
LANCASTER
FRENCH LICK
NEW PROSPECT
CHAMBERSBURG
MILLERSBURG
CHAPTER 7
MILITARY HISTORY OF ORANGE
COUNTY
ORANGE COUNTY IN THE MEXICAN
WAR
PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN 1860
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THE COMMENCEMENT OF
HOSTILITIES
THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS FOR
THE WAR
UNION MASS MEETINGS
COMPANIES OF HOME GUARDS
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE
TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT
SKETCH OF THE REGIMENT
COMPANIES FOR THE
THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT
SERVICE OF THE
THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT
THE FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE
FIFTIETH REGIMENT
THE FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT
THE FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT
THE SIXTY-SIXTH REGIMENT
RECRUITING IN THE AUTUMN
OF 1862
THE NINETY-THIRD REGIMENT
THE DRAFT OF OCTOBER -
1862
DISLOYAL SENTIMENTS IN
1863
THE RAID OF THE REBEL
CAPT. HINES
THE RAID OF THE REBEL
GEN. MORGAN
THE ONE HUNDRED AND
THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT
RECRUITING EARLY IN 1864
VOLUNTEERING, DRAFTING,
RECRUITING, ETC.,
LATE IN 1864 AND EARLY IN 1865
SUMMARY OF MEN FURNISHED
BY THE COUNTY
COUNTY BOUNTY AND RELIEF
OPPOSITION TO THE
CONTINUANCE OF THE WAR
SOLDIERS’ AND LADIES’
SOCIETIES
CHAPTER 8
RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF ORANGE
COUNTY
THE CHURCHES OF CHAMBERSBURG
CHURCHES AT ORLEANS
THE ORANGEVILLE MISSION
SOCIETIES OF FRENCH LICK
TOWNSHIP
JACKSON TOWNSHIP CHURCHES
GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP
CHURCHES
CHURCHES OF SOUTHEAST
TOWNSHIP
CHURCHES IN STAMPERS
CREEK TOWNSHIP
LIBERTY CHURCH,
NORTHEAST TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER 9
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OF
ORANGE COUNTY
PAOLI TOWN SCHOOLS
THE COUNTY SEMINARY
THE SEMINARY TEACHERS
SEMINARY TEACHERS
CONTINUED
SALE OF THE SEMINARY
SOUTHERN INDIANA NORMAL
SCHOOL
SCHOOLS OF NORTHEAST
TOWNSHIP
SCHOOLS OF ORLEANS
TOWNSHIP
ORLEANS TOWN SCHOOLS
THE ORLEANS ACADEMY
SCHOOLS OF ORANGEVILLE
TOWNSHIP
SCHOOLS OF NORTHWEST
TOWNSHIP
SCHOOLS OF FRENCH LICK
TOWNSHIP
SCHOOLS OF JACKSON
TOWNSHIP
SCHOOLS OF GREENFIELD
TOWNSHIP
SCHOOLS OF SOUTHEAST
TOWNSHIP
SCHOOLS OF STAMPERS
CREEK TOWNSHIP
GENERAL VIEW OF THE
SCHOOLS
GRADING OF THE SCHOOLS
COUNTY TEACHERS’
INSTITUTE