The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-09-22

know that this great terrtoiS e
bracing land enough for several German
municipalities, included what is now the
whole of Daviess, and parts of Hender-
son. Mclean, Butler, Grayson, Brock
enridge and Hancock counties.
The first county court was organized
on July End, 1929, and the first COM
mon law court ever held in Ohio coun-
ty was styled, Court of Quarter ses-
sions." and held on February 4th, 1890,
by BENJAMIN Field, Steven Clever and
Joshua Grow, styled Justices Of Quar-
ter Session Court. of which Aquilla Fiel'
was appointed clerk. This court was
sur eroeded by a circuit court, for the
counties Of Ohio and Breckenridge, held
in Hartford March 2Sth, 1903, by Ben
jamin Field and Joshua Grow, associate
Judges. and Daniel Barry. clerk. Two
years after, 1906, the first court house
was erected, and was added to and prac-
tioaliy rebuilt, and was in constant use
until 1854. In that year, and during the
CIVIL W ar, III was occupied Dy eueral
trcors who were captured by the Con-
federate General Lyons he then destroy
ey the court house with the guns, etc.,
by setting fire to it. General Lyons
lived and died at Eddyville, this state
In 1872 the present court house was
built.
Among the carly settlers of Ohio
county were two celebrated spectators
and landholders, Joseph Barnett, ST.,
and Ignatius Pigman. Barnett was the
first settler, and being a deputy survey
or made many entries and surveys of
the best Portions of the lands lying in
the neighborhood of Hartford, and
sold a great many of these lands, only
executing bonds for their conveyance.
Probably no early settler of the Green
river country added more to the popu-
lation, or whose posterity is now more
widely spread and inter-married with
other families than old Harrison Tay-
Tor; unknown to fame, yet a commun-
ny VI just SUCH men would render anX
land famous. Honest, industrious, mild,
modest and retiring, he glided on in
' that great under-current of social life
from whence the purest virtues flow.
Many other worthy pioneers, whose
descendants compose Fart of our pres
ent population, could be entertainingly
of hera k,,t g..
Will rot permit, for l fear 1 have al
ready encroached on the srace allotted
for the present and future of the coun-
ty.
About the beginning of tie century a
large emigration set in mostly from
Maryland and Virginia, of peaceable, or
derby. and wel-to-do families; the great
er portion of them being church member
from which families a large rortion of
the Present population descended. These
emigrants infused large amount of in
drstry, deoorrm and good order unto
= tie population, and gradually supp.ant-
ed the trarrers and hunters, pressing
them further West.
Tocay Ohio county is one of the most
productive in the State, and aside from
its SPLENDID farm lands, ranks fourth
among the coal producing counties of
Kertrcyk. Oil and minerals are here
In abundance and are only awaiting de-
velorment to make fortunes for the in
weston and capitalist.
Under the direction of the present
members of the Fiscal court, great i'm
provements have been made in the road
ways of the county, and from present
Indications it will only be a few years
when Ohio will be known as the Banner
Good Roads county of the State.
Hartford with a population of about
twelve hrrdred is the judicial seat of
Ohio county, and is located on the Iouis-
vile and Nashville Railway and four
miles and half from the Illinois Cen
tal Railway, with which it is connected
by stage
Inc eHy Is lighted by electricity has
water works system, and about four
miles Of sewerage completed in the
sirlng of 1911, giving splendid conne,-
items to all family and business sites
within the city limits The Sc three ad-
Van'as's' Particularly the sewerage, are
rarely found i'm city the size of
hartford and are an index of the pro-
sressiveness Of our citizens.
simple statement of setting forth
the city of Hartford as 1t is today. Civ
Ing salient features chiefly, and modest
~ pointing to what seems possible con-
lectures as to future prosperity, may not
be amiss here.