Author: Noah J. Major
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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The Pioneers of Morgan County
Author: Noah J. Major
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ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana
Author: Charles Blanchard
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Category : Brown County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Category : Brown County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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The Heritage of Morgan County, Alabama
Author:
Publisher: Heritage Publishing Consultants
ISBN: 9781891647192
Category : Morgan County (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 945
Book Description
Publisher: Heritage Publishing Consultants
ISBN: 9781891647192
Category : Morgan County (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 945
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Evidence!
Author: Elizabeth Shown Mills
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806315430
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Evidence! provides a common ground upon which all can meet, speak the same language, and share their results--reliably ...
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806315430
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Evidence! provides a common ground upon which all can meet, speak the same language, and share their results--reliably ...
The Pioneers of Morgan County
Author: Noah J. Major
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260548252
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Excerpt from The Pioneers of Morgan County: Memoirs of Noah J. Major These Memoirs were written during the decade preced ing 1908. The writer was a man of wide acquaintance and keen discernment. The breadth of his sympathies and in terests is abundantly shown throughout the sketches. He was, above all, a pioneer, but not one of that class that soured on the world when it realized the good old times were gone forever. For this reason his comments on pio neer conditions are all the more valuable. Few men have had better opportunities for observation than the writer. In 1823, the year of his birth, the New Purchase, of which Morgan county is a part, was on the very frontier. Whet zel's Trace was cut in 1818, but wild Indians roamed over the whole wilderness of what is now Morgan till after 1820. In 1832, at the age of nine, young Major came with his father to the neighborhood of Martinsville and there on a farm he continued to live till 1911, a period of eighty years. He saw the county grow, helped in its development, walking shoulder to shoulder with the four generations of men and women who transformed it from a wilderness to one of the most beautiful valleys of the State. The writer occasionally refreshed his memory by a reference to the records, but in the main he relied on his memory, which was marvelously clear. His wife did the writing, or, as she modestly puts it, the copying. She occasionally visited the State Library to verify certain facts or dates. It would be interesting to know how much of the fine literary style that runs evenly through the sketches is due to Mrs. Major's copying. The work furnished employment through many a long winter evening, and there is ample honor for two. So far as the editor knows, it is the finest tribute in existence to the Hoosier pioneers. No other county has so good an account of its settlers. When after the.centuries every material vestige of their existence shall have disappeared, their descendants will be grateful-for this, their most enduring monument. L. E. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260548252
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Excerpt from The Pioneers of Morgan County: Memoirs of Noah J. Major These Memoirs were written during the decade preced ing 1908. The writer was a man of wide acquaintance and keen discernment. The breadth of his sympathies and in terests is abundantly shown throughout the sketches. He was, above all, a pioneer, but not one of that class that soured on the world when it realized the good old times were gone forever. For this reason his comments on pio neer conditions are all the more valuable. Few men have had better opportunities for observation than the writer. In 1823, the year of his birth, the New Purchase, of which Morgan county is a part, was on the very frontier. Whet zel's Trace was cut in 1818, but wild Indians roamed over the whole wilderness of what is now Morgan till after 1820. In 1832, at the age of nine, young Major came with his father to the neighborhood of Martinsville and there on a farm he continued to live till 1911, a period of eighty years. He saw the county grow, helped in its development, walking shoulder to shoulder with the four generations of men and women who transformed it from a wilderness to one of the most beautiful valleys of the State. The writer occasionally refreshed his memory by a reference to the records, but in the main he relied on his memory, which was marvelously clear. His wife did the writing, or, as she modestly puts it, the copying. She occasionally visited the State Library to verify certain facts or dates. It would be interesting to know how much of the fine literary style that runs evenly through the sketches is due to Mrs. Major's copying. The work furnished employment through many a long winter evening, and there is ample honor for two. So far as the editor knows, it is the finest tribute in existence to the Hoosier pioneers. No other county has so good an account of its settlers. When after the.centuries every material vestige of their existence shall have disappeared, their descendants will be grateful-for this, their most enduring monument. L. E. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Blood on the Water
Author: Michael W. Nance
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ISBN: 9781693407024
Category : Morgan County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Blood on The Water chronicles the history of the small Clear Creek Community on the Cumberland Plateau in East Tennessee. From the settling of the land to the moonshine wars of the 1940s, the book takes you on a journey to rediscover what was important to early pioneers and why the Great Depression later found fertile ground along the Plateau. The book covers not only the importance of the American chestnut tree to the Appalachian economy, but also provides a wealth of genealogical information concerning families in the Clear Creek Community of western Morgan County, Tennessee.
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ISBN: 9781693407024
Category : Morgan County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Blood on The Water chronicles the history of the small Clear Creek Community on the Cumberland Plateau in East Tennessee. From the settling of the land to the moonshine wars of the 1940s, the book takes you on a journey to rediscover what was important to early pioneers and why the Great Depression later found fertile ground along the Plateau. The book covers not only the importance of the American chestnut tree to the Appalachian economy, but also provides a wealth of genealogical information concerning families in the Clear Creek Community of western Morgan County, Tennessee.
The Pioneers of Morgan County
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 105
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 105
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History of Morgan County, Ohio, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men
Author: Charles Robertson
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Category : Morgan County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Category : Morgan County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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History of Hancock County, Indiana
Author: John H. Binford
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Category : Greenfield (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Category : Greenfield (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants
Author: Thomas Kemp Cartmell
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Category : Berkeley County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Category : Berkeley County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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