Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
“Morgan Surrender Site is the place where, during the American Civil War, Brig. John Hunt Morgan, the leader of Confederate troops responsible for Morgan's Raid, surrendered to Union troops following the Battle of Salineville.”
Wikipedia article John H. Morgan Surrender Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 45 National Register listings published here for Columbiana County · listed in 1973 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Wayne Township. History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Wayne Township - 4,601 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of John H. Morgan Surrender Site between 2004 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15273 |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15281 |
| 4 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15713 |
| 18 April 2016 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4667 |
| 16 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4610 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 541 specimens collected within 10 miles of John H. Morgan Surrender Site between 1889 and 1975: 428 Animalia, 92 Plantae, 20 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Mac Gillivroy, Adler, K. K., Albert Peyron and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon | 1916 | E.K. Seymour | Lower campus |
 | Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
 | Polyporus galactinus Berk. | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
 | Polistes annularis (Linnaeus, 1763) | 1889 | A. D. Mac Gillivroy | Salineville |
 | Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1889 | not recorded | Salineville |
| Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson, 1840) | 1891 | not recorded | ||
| Bombus ashtoni (Cresson, 1864) | 1892 | unknown | Salineville | |
 | Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | 1892 | not recorded | Salineville |
| Megachile mendica Cresson, 1878 | 1892 | unknown | Salineville | |
 | Polyporus luridus Kalchbr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | Spring Grove |
 | Plantago rugelii Decne. | 1899 | Shafer, J.A. | Lisbon |
 | Alnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd. | 1901 | Miller, J. | Rough Run, Near Clarkson , Ohio. |
All 541 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of John H. Morgan Surrender Site: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarion Fire Clay | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1840 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Point, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 1995: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Hail | West Point | $50,000 | Numerous trees were downed, with at least one falling on a house and doing some damage. Large hail fell. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Point | $50,000 | Numerous trees were downed, with at least one falling on a house and doing some damage. Large hail fell. |
| July 1995 | Hail | West Point | - | Flood waters covered several streets in Winona. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.
and one tenth miles west of West Point, Ohio. Immediately to the north one tenth miles west of the junction of old Ohio 45 and 518. The point At the present time the site is in a road side park owned by the State Moved On July 26,1863,when John Hunt Morgan surrendered to the Union Army, the northern most progress of any large body of Confederate troops. in 1908, is set on a cement slab and is partially surrounded by RECEIVED Fair
and Ohio. On July 20, 1863, Morgan attempted to cross the Ohio River and return to Confederate territory at Buffington, Ohio. The attempted On July 26, 1863, with Union forces closing in from three sides, Morgan surrendered to Captain Burbick, commander of a local militia unit. Morgan chose to surrender to Burbick, hoping to obtain more favorable surrender and taken to Columbus, Ohio, where they were imprisoned in More important, Morgan diverted a large number of (some 28,000) Gettysburg.
Commerce Architecture Communications Conservation Engineering Transportation losophy Science Aboriginal Education NATIONAL Landscape Music Prehistoric REGISTER itarian Agriculture Theater Sculpture deeper into Union territory than any other Confederate officer.Morgan's Social/Human- Religion/Phi- who marched around General McClellan's army during the Peninsula bringing the war to an area heretofore untouched by the hostilities. he wished to join Lee's army which was marching into Pennsylvania at Invention Campaign in 1862.Morgan did succeed in disrupting communications and troops from the Eastern Tennessee front.Finally, Morgan marched surrender site is approximately 60 miles farther north than the Ohio Penitentiary.
and his officers were removed from West Point on the day after the party marched north along a path roughly parallel to the Ohio River. the next i8 days Morgan and his troops marched through Southern Indiana have insured a lasting fame for Morgan comparable to that of J.E.B. Stuart Political Industry X Military AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) On July 8, 1863, General John Hunt Morgan, a Confederate cavalry officer, JAN 3 Art rather favorable surrender terms which were later revoked.Morgan RECEIVED crossed the Ohio River at Brandenberg, Indiana with 2400 men.During Morgan's objective in conducting the Ohio raid is not clear.Apparently, escape was foiled by Union troops guarding the Buffington ford.
The whole case file for this property - 1,242 words, 9 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 73001401, 9 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Daniel McBean Farmstead | 5.1 miles | 2005 |
| Lisbon Historic District | 5.3 miles | 1979 | |
 | Hanna-Kenty House | 6.0 miles | 2001 |
 | Church Hill Road Covered Bridge | 6.3 miles | 1975 |
 | Columbiana County Infirmary | 7.0 miles | 1979 |
 | Gaston's Mill-Lock No. 36, Sandy And Beaver Canal District | 7.3 miles | 1974 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73001401 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Columbiana County | All 45 listed properties in this county. |
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