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History of Elyria and Her People Chapter V
Lorain County formed from parts of Huron, Cuyahoga and Medina in 1822. By 1824 the county seat contest centered on Elyria, Black River and Sheffield, with Elyria winning the site and a temporary courthouse. The first Lorain County court opened May 24 1824 under Judge George Todd, with Woolsey Wells as prosecuting attorney and Lucinda Holcomb and Edward Durand appointed executors, marking the birth of a local legal system.
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R. Webber
Lorain County
Curahoga
Medina
Huron
Townhelm
Henrietta
Amherst
Russia
Eirria
Carlisle
Black River
Sheffield
Huron County
Curahoga County
Avon
Ridgeville
Olmsted
Eaton
Columbia
Medina County
Camden
Pittsfield
LaGrange
Wellington
Grafton
Enfield
Spencer
Homer
Huntington
Sullivan
Troy
Dover
Cuyahoga County
Hig
Ashland County
Ohio
Great Britain
United States
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Elyria
Ely
Beebe
Main Street
Middle Avenue
Court House
John §. Reed
Conred Reed
Fast Third Street
Pomeroy
R. W. Pomeroy
Swearer & Waldecker
Temple of Justice
George Todd
Trumbull County
Yale College
Ohio Supreme Court
Moses Eldred
Henry Brown
Frederick Hamlin
Josiah Harris
Woolsey Wells
County of
Lorain
Frst Court of Common Pleas
Court of Common Pleas
Wells
Lucinda Holcomb
Almond Holcomb
Edward Durand
Simon Nichols
Thomas G. Bronson
Ebenezer Whiton
Old Bay
New York
Elsina
Akron
Cleveland-Akron
Arron
John Quincey Adams
Andrew Jackson
Justice of the Peace
Ohio State Temperance Society
Lucas
Townsend
Western Reserve
Defiance
Williams County
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Ing
TS. Land
Common Pleas Court
Heman Ely
Foreman
Benjamin Brown
Eliphalt Redington
Gardner Howe
Erastus Hamlin
Silas Wilmot
James J. Sexton
Abraham Moon
Phineas Johnson
Manel Osborn
Harry Redston