Ancient Fortifications and Mounds in Union Twp from Beers 1882 History of Warren County, Ohio
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Transcription contributed by Katherine Lollar Rowland 2 January 2005

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The History of Warren County Ohio
Part IV Township Histories
Union Township
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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Dr. S. S. Scoville, of Lebanon, who has given considerable attention to
the archaeology of Warren County, writes as follows:

The only ancient works of defense in Union Township, so far as is known, are situated adjacent to the village of Deerfield, on the farm of Mr. D. Hufford. As seen at the early settlement of the country, they consisted of two circular inclosures. The Lebanon and Deerfield Road passes through the smaller circle, where portions of the embankment are still visible. A little to the west of these works are two mounds. They are some thirty rods apart; both have been explored, but nothing found in them worthy of note. East of Deerfield, on the farm of J. M. Hayner, there is a small mound. On the west side of Turtle Creek, about one and a half miles from its mouth, there is quite a large mound. Fifty years ago, it was some twelve feet in height, and thirty-five feet in diameter. It is now only about seven feet high. Many years ago, Mr. John Randolph made an excavation in one side of it, and found human bones and several copper rings. In 1879, Dr. D. D. T. Dyche, and the writer, explored this mound, and found the skeleton of a child. It was situated at the center of the mound, on a level with the original ground. The ones were most of them, in an advanced state of decay, although the situation and character of the mound was very favorable to the preservation of such remains, it being situated on an elevation which slopes off in every direction, while the upper part consists of burnt clay, thus rendering it impervious to water. Near the northern boundary of the township, on the farm of James White, and about half a mile west of the Lebanon and Deerfield road, there is a mound of considerable size. There is another situated on the east part of J. S. Totten's farm, about half a mile east of the road just mentioned. It was explored some thirty year ago, and some copper rings and fragments of pottery were found.


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