From the Scioto Valley Volunteers Chapter, Portsmouth, Ohio Society of the Daughters of 1812 site.
This is a fairly new chapter, having been established in 2013.
On March 24, 1803, the Ohio general Assembly authorized the creation of Scioto County. After the War of 1812, the counties of Lawrence, Pike and Jackson were formed from Scioto County in 1815 and 1816.
The people of Scioto Valley, Ohio, are primarily descendants of men who fought in Lord Dunsmore's War and the American Revolution. Indians were a constant treat and when the U.S. declared war on Britain in 1812, county men flocked to the colors. Two companies were formed, one under the command of Captain David Roop and the other under Captain John Lucas.
They were involved in 2 or 3 severe skirmishes.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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