In October 2025, we returned to Feurt Cemetery in Green Township, Scioto County — our first visit since 2019. The small hillside cemetery, east of Franklin Furnace and U.S. Route 52, was once accessible by old farm roads that are now long reclaimed by nature. What was described in 1980 Continue Reading
Green Township
Divided by Faith: The Death of Claude Andre
“Claude Andre, a young man, and well-to-do farmer, residing near Franklin Furnace, grew weary of this life and suicided last Tuesday. Andre was in good circumstances, and as there was little real cause for the rash act, his sudden taking off created quite a sensation in his neighborhood. The causes Continue Reading
A Virtual Tour of Salladay Cemetery
On September 20, 2025, we conducted a rapid assessment of Salladay Cemetery, a small historic burial ground tucked into the Sand Hill area of Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio. Though the cemetery is heavily disturbed, it remains an important piece of local history—especially for those tracing early families who settled Continue Reading
A Virtual Tour of Dold Cemetery
On October 22, 2023, we had the opportunity to attempt to locate the small Dold Cemetery. Described as a small cemetery with two unmarked graves in Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio.
Virtual Tour: Ball Cemetery in the French Grant
On April 8, 2023, we made our second visit to Ball Cemetery, in Franklin Furnace, Green Township, Scioto County, Ohio. Our initial visit was in March 2020, but circumstances limited our ability to return until this week. This rural area is originally known as the French Grant as it was Continue Reading
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Thomas Ashe Visits the French Grant
“On leaving the Great Kenhaway, I descended without interruption or stop twenty miles, when I made fast to the right hand shore, immediately opposite Little Sandy Creek.” “I brought too for the purpose of enquiring into the situation of the French families who abandoned Galliopolis in consequence of the imposition Continue Reading