On Main Street (Ohio Route 60) at Kennebec Avenue, on the left on Main Street.
United States of America Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients State of Ohio Morgan County Civil War
Private Musician John T. Patterson Winchester, VA 1863 Private Elbridge Robinson Winchester, VA 1863 Private Jasper N. North Vicksburg, . . . — — Map (db m13453) HM
On Main Street (Ohio Route 60) at 8th Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street. Reported missing.
In honor of
Judge Carlos M. Riecker
1897-1990
Through his benevolence, Morgan Countians have a greater appreciation for learning, for government, for history and for service to community. — — Map (db m208776) HM
On Main Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Rock Hollow School was originally built in 1877 in a wooded ravine two miles south of Ringgold, Union Township, and housed classes for fifty-seven years. The first class was held in November 1877, with John D. Davis of Ringgold teaching. Grades one . . . — — Map (db m13389) HM
On Ohio Route 266, on the right when traveling south.
Following the American Revolution, the new Federal government, in need of operating funds, sold millions of acres of western lands to land companies. One such company, the Ohio Company of Associates, brought settlement to Marietta in 1788. Two years . . . — — Map (db m16713) HM
On Main Street (Ohio Route 60), on the right when traveling east.
This brick, Federal-style house was built in 1836. Helen Moore, the grand daughter of General Robert McConnel, officer during the War of 1812 and founder of McConnelsville, married Dr. Hiram L. True and made their home here. Dr. True practiced . . . — — Map (db m13392) HM
On State Road 36 0.1 miles east of Johnson Chapel Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
1936 Olympic Silver Medalist
Morgan County native David Donald Albritton competed at the XI Olympics in Berlin, Germany and became the first Alabama native to win an Olympic track and field medal. During Olympic Trials on July 11, 1936 at . . . — — Map (db m160716) HM
On North Riverview Road (Local Route 2) at Maple Grove Lane, on the right when traveling south on North Riverview Road.
Rufus P. Stone, grandson of General Rufus Putnum, settled on this 1,000
acre farm and built a wooden farmhouse here in 1818. In 1855, John E.
Thomas purchased the original farmhouse and 600 acres from the heirs
of Rufus P. Stone. Thomas enlarged . . . — — Map (db m122124) HM
On Kennebec Avenue (Ohio Route 376) at Plum Street, on the left when traveling north on Kennebec Avenue.
Frances Dana Gage
One of Ohio's earliest proponents of women's rights, Frances Dana Gage (1808-1884) was born in Marietta and married McConnelsville attorney James L. Gage in 1829. She immersed herself in the major social issues of the day - . . . — — Map (db m13403) HM
On Ohio Route 78 7 miles east of McConnelsville, on the right when traveling west.
Side A:
Agriculture dominated the economy of southeastern Ohio's Morgan County until the 1940s when harvests dwindled, the population declined, and land values dropped. Surface mining the area's rich underground coal deposits replaced . . . — — Map (db m13595) HM
On Ridge Street at Locust Street, on the left when traveling west on Ridge Street.
Underground Railroad Crossings
Underground Railroad crossings, agents, and conductors were common along the Ohio River between Washington County, Ohio and Wood County, Virginia. At Constitution, six miles upriver from Belpre, Judge Ephraim . . . — — Map (db m20130) HM
On Cain Street Northeast west of Ferry Street Northeast, on the left when traveling west.
Alabama Territorial Legislature created this county in 1818 from lands ceded by Cherokee Indians in 1816. County first named Cotaco, for large creek in county.
Named Morgan County in 1821 for Maj. Gen. Daniel Morgan, . . . — — Map (db m27759) HM
On North Main Street south of 5th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Born in 1832, Otho French Strahl grew up in Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio. After attending Ohio Wesleyan University and teaching in a schoolhouse that stood on this site, he moved to Tennessee, becoming a successful attorney and landowner. . . . — — Map (db m122405) HM
On Sir Johns Run Road (County Road 3) at Slonaker Lane (County Road 3/1), on the left when traveling north on Sir Johns Run Road.
On January 1, 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson led four brigades west from Winchester, Va., to secure Romney in the fertile South Branch Valley on the North Western Turnpike. He attacked and occupied Bath on January 4 . . . — — Map (db m159462) HM
On Alabama 36 (Alabama Route 36) 0.1 miles east of N Johnson Chapel Road, on the left when traveling east.
Morgan County native David Donald Albritton competed at the XI
Olympics in Berlin, Germany and became the first Alabama native
to win an Olympic track and field medal. During Olympic Trials
on July 11, 1936 at Randall's Island in New York City. . . . — — Map (db m299715) HM
Thirty-thousand years ago, the streams and rivers in this area flowed north. A ridge extended across what is today the Muskingum-Morgan County line about seven miles south of the Philo Lock. When the Wisconsin Glacier moved down from Canada 25,000 . . . — — Map (db m13334) HM
On Broadway Street (Route 266), on the right when traveling east.
Front Text : "Underground Railroad"
Some of the main Ohio Underground Railroad lines that fugitive slaves
used on their way from the Ohio River toward Canada and freedom
followed the Muskingum River. These lines, however, were not
easy. . . . — — Map (db m80328) HM
On Bloomery Pike (West Virginia Route 127), on the right when traveling west.
Early in 1862, Confederate raids and attacks put Hampshire County and much of the surrounding area under nominal Southern control. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and nearby telegraph wires were severed, impeding Federal troop movements. A militia . . . — — Map (db m30455) HM
On Ohio Route 669, on the right when traveling north.
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and 600 Confederate cavalrymen entered Deerfield Township, Morgan County, about dusk on July 22, 1863. Morgan rested his men for the night at the John Weaver Farm near the Island Run headwaters.
General Morgan . . . — — Map (db m173463) HM
On Main Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
(Front): Joseph Bailey
U.S. Major General Born: 1825, Penn Township, Morgan County Awarded the “Thanks of Congress” citation Jeremiah Rusk
U.S. Brigadier General Born: 1830, Deerfield Township, Morgan County W.I.A. . . . — — Map (db m13515) HM
Near Putnam Avenue (U.S. 22) north of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
Joshua McCarty Simpson publishes The Emancipation Car, a book of anti-slavery songs, at Zanesville. He will republish in 1874, shortly before his death. He will be remembered for his writing and a quote that shows the value he placed on Education. . . . — — Map (db m280933) HM
On Point Mallard Circle, on the right when traveling east.
Black Fox (c. 1746-1811) lived west of Decatur and east of Courtland near Fox's Creek, his namesake. A principal chief of the Cherokee who, under the treaty of Jan. 7, 1806, by which the Cherokee ceded nearly 7,000 sq. m. of their lands in . . . — — Map (db m280663) HM
Near State Highway 114 0.1 miles east of State Highway 404.
Compared to battles fought later in the war, Middle Creek produced very light casualties. Though more than 3,000 participated in the fight, only fifteen men were killed.
Union losses at Middle Creek were three killed and eighteen wounded. . . . — — Map (db m97547) HM
Near Kentucky Route 114 0.1 miles east of Route 404, on the right when traveling east.
Skirmish at West Liberty, October 23 1861 - Col. L.A. Harris' 2nd Ohio Infantry regiment and a company of Union cavalry, part of Gen. William "Bull" Nelson's command, skirmish with Capt. Jack May's much smaller Morgan Guards, driving them out . . . — — Map (db m69143) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
