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Pickaway County
Ohio

HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY
 

PICKAWAY COUNTY was formed Fairfield, Ross and Franklin, January 12, 1810.  The county has woodland, barren, plain and prairie.  The barrens were covered by shrub oaks and when cleared are adapted to the raising of corn and oats.  The Pickaway plains are three and a half miles west of Circleville, and this tract is said to contain the richest land in Ohio.  Here, in the olden times, burned and great council fire of the red man.  Here the allied tribes met Gen. Lewis, and fought the battle of Mount Pleasant.  Dunmore's campaign was terminated on these plains.  It was at the Chillicothe towns, after Dunmore's treaty, that Logan delivered his famous speech.  Circleville, the county seat is situated on the Scioto River and the Ohio Canal.  It was laid out in 1810, by Daniel Dresbach.  It is situated on the site of ancient fortifications.
 

Then following was found in:
History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio
Publisher: Williams Bros. 1880

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DARBY
DEER CREEK
HARRISON
JACKSON
MADISON
MONROE
MUHLENBERG
PERRY
PICKAWAY
SALT CREEK
SCIOTO
WASHINGTON
WALNUT
WAYNE
WILLIAMSPORT
 
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