Complete History of Fairfield County, OH By Hervey Scott, 1877 820 pages, indexed, searchable - Bonus Book – Pioneer Period and Pioneer People of Fairfield County, OH By C. M. L. Wiseman, 1901 487 pages, indexed, searchable ************************************************************** Digital Book CD Requires Adobe Reader 3.0 or higher to View ************************************************************************ $11.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Fairfield-County-Ohio-History-Bonus-Book-/130348943314?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e596707d2 On December 9, 1800, the government of the Northwest Territory authorized the creation of Fairfield County. Residents named the county after the area's "fair fields." Zane's Trace passed through the county. The population grew as people moved westward into the Northwest Territory. Among Fairfield County's more prominent residents was William Tecumseh Sherman, a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. “(Writing) History of Fairfield county in 1876, just seventy-six years subsequent to its first organization, has been no easy task; first, because the pioneers have nearly all passed away; and secondly, because there are no records of much that would be requisite to make up a complete history. This is much to be regretted. So far as they could serve me, however, I have collected from state histories, and from state and county records, statistical and other matter. Beyond this I have collected from living witnesses who have been life-long citizens of the county, so much of personal history, and inci- dent, and anecdote, together with pioneer reminiscences, as it has been possible to do.” Contents: Pioneer Period The Historic Zane Family Mr. and Mrs. McIntire Early History of Fairfield County, Ohio The Pioneer Period of Lancaster, Ohio Professional Men The Growth of Lancaster Pioneer Families Reminiscences The last speech of James G. Blaine in Lancaster O To California Famous and well known men Brief township sketches Jonathan Achey, a prominent citizen of Baltimore, passes to the great beyond Baltimore, Fairfield County Tobey Town--Royalton Rushville Old Time Taverns Fairfield County fair Fairfield County in the west Greenfield Academy Early Pedagogues Pioneer Preachers Early sports Reminiscences of Several Families Prominent in the Early History of Fairfield County Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Jersey A History of a Prominent Rushcreek Pioneer Family A Brief Biographical Sketch of the Blooser Family, of Rushcreek Township Soliders of the Revolution The Friend Family The Young Family The Wiseman Family Index