Description: The Morgan County courthouse was completed in 1858 by architect William Johnson. Though originally a Greek Revival style facade, repairs over the years have incorporated elements of the Second Empire style such as a bracketed cornice and clock tower. This image shows the building's front and side facades. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_355
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; porticoes; columns (architectural elements); cornices; clock towers; mansard roofs; Greek Revival; Second Empire
Places: McConnelsville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio); 19 E. Main St.
 

Description: The Morgan County courthouse was completed in 1858 by architect William Johnson. Though originally a Greek Revival style facade, repairs over the years have incorporated elements of the Second Empire style such as a bracketed cornice and clock tower. This image shows the building's front facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_352
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; porticoes; columns (architectural elements); cornices; clock towers; mansard roofs; Greek Revival; Second Empire
Places: McConnelsville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio); 19 E. Main St.
 

Description: The Morgan County courthouse was completed in 1858 by architect William Johnson. Though originally a Greek Revival style facade, repairs over the years have incorporated elements of the Second Empire style such as a bracketed cornice and clock tower. This image shows the building's front facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_351
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; porticoes; columns (architectural elements); cornices; clock towers; mansard roofs; Greek Revival; Second Empire
Places: McConnelsville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio); 19 E. Main St.
 

Description: Photograph of Thomas L. Gray (1815-1899) standing in front of his home in Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio. He used this house as a station on the Underground Railroad. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03165
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Deavertown (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Affadilla Deaver (b. 1808?) worked with the Underground Railroad in Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03166
Subjects: Women abolitionists - Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Deavertown (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Jane Gift (b. 1823?) helped with the Underground Railroad in Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03167
Subjects: Women abolitionists - Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Deavertown (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing Thomas L. Gray standing in front of his house that was once used as a station on the Underground Railroad. The handwritten caption at the bottom reads: "Thomas L. Gray and His House at Deavertown, Morgan County, Ohio, a station on the Underground Railroad." Born in 1815, Gray earned his living as a harness maker in Deavertown. Besides his economic pursuits, Gray was also active as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. It is believed that Gray helped as many as 500 fugitive slaves in gaining their freedom. His home served as a safe house for former slaves who had crossed the Ohio River between Marietta and Portsmouth. Upon leaving Gray's home, most fugitives then made their way to Zanesville. Gray remained an active conductor on the Underground Railroad until slavery's demise with the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1865. During the American Civil War, Gray also warned his neighbors of General John Hunt Morgan's approach, giving his neighbors time to hide their horses and valuables. Gray died in 1899. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1338_007_001
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Abolitionists; African Americans--History; Houses; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century;
Places: Deavertown (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of William Woodward (b. 1810), who was an operator on the Underground Railroad at Triadelphia, Morgan County, Ohio. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03163
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Triadelphia (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Thomas Williams (1820-1906) was an agent of the Underground Railroad in Morganville, Morgan County, Ohio. W.J. Graham was the photographer. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03164
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Morganville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Morgan County courthouse was completed in 1858 by architect William Johnson. Though originally a Greek Revival style facade, repairs over the years have incorporated elements of the Second Empire style such as a bracketed cornice and clock tower. This image shows the building's front entrance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_358
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; porticoes; columns (architectural elements); cornices; clock towers; mansard roofs; Greek Revival; Second Empire
Places: McConnelsville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio); 19 E. Main St.
 

Description: The Morgan County courthouse was completed in 1858 by architect William Johnson. Though originally a Greek Revival style facade, repairs over the years have incorporated elements of the Second Empire style such as a bracketed cornice and clock tower. This image shows the building's front entrance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_357
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; porticoes; columns (architectural elements); cornices; clock towers; mansard roofs; Greek Revival; Second Empire
Places: McConnelsville (Ohio); Morgan County (Ohio); 19 E. Main St.
 

Description: View of the Muskingum River in Morgan County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00388
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Morgan County (Ohio)