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 - 61
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