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00-00-1812 Paintsville
Methodist Soc. Organized at home of John Auxier
in what is now east Paintsville
06-10-1824 Paint Creek post office established
02-24-1834 Paintsville chartered by General Assembly
00-00-1837 First steamboat appeared on Big Sandy River, as far as
Paintsville
02-24-1843 Johnson County created by General Assembly
06-21-1843 Post office name changed to Paintsville
11-00-1846 First courthouse completed
11-15-1846 First coal contract in Johnson County was signed
10-21-1860 Paintsville Masonic Lodge organized
00-00-1861 Flat Gap School is the earliest school of record in Johnson
County
02-00-1862 Big Sandy River flooded, cresting at 46.6
04-12-1864 Union troops routed confederate patrol near Paintsville
09-16-1864 John C. C. Mayo was born in Pike County
00-00-1865 Paintsville First Methodist Episcopal Church
Organized (Vaughn Chapel)
00-00-1867 Mayo family moved to Johnson County
07-02-1867 Land deeded for First Methodist Church
05-26-1870 Paintsville got its first postmistress Mrs. Melissa
Ferguson
06-15-1870 Paintsville population was 247
03-25-1872 Paintsville Incorporated by Act of General Assembly
07-00-1875 Big Sandy River flood; crest unknown
00-00-1877 Methodist Episcopal Church South built brick church on Main
&
East
01-00-1877 Alice Meek Mayo was born
10-30-1878 First Christian Church established
00-00-1880 The Paintsville Advance published by Joseph H. Borders
and Fred
Howes
02-04-1880 Great George Barnes Revival began in Paintsville
02-12-1880 Big Sandy River flooded
06-10-1880 Paintsville population was 319
00-00-1883 Mayo graduated from Kentucky Wesleyan College at
Millersburg
1883 -1889 Mayo taught in Johnson Co. and Paintsville City Schools and
Democrat School
02-00-1884 Had largest snowfall in memory
00-00-1885 Wheeler coal at Muddy Branch pronounced best bituminous
coal in
Ky
00-00-1887 Catteroi (now C & O) Railroad was extended to
Whitehouse
in Johnson County
00-00-1889 Paintsville Graded Free School financial records begun
03-00-1889 Big Sandy River flood; crest unknown
00-00-1890 No census was available
00-00-1890 Paintsville Grade School opened
11-03-1891 Broas sold coal property on Elkhorn to Mayo
00-00-1892 Mayo transferred farm to his father, T. J. Mayo
00-00-1892 First city school building opened
00-00-1892 Mayo formed real estate firm with John W. Castle and Dr. I.
R.
Turner
00-00-1892 Second Court House completed, Frank P. Milburn architect
00-00-1892 Steamboat Sip Bayes
went up Paint Creek
00-00-1892 Paintsville Times was published by W.C. Jones, son of Rev.
William Jones of M. E. Church
00-00-1893 National Financial panic threatened Mayo coal enterprises
00-00-1893 John Brown Wheatly was Paintsville City School
Superintendent
00-00-1893 Paintsville Commercial published
05-19-1893 First Annual Commencement was held for Paintsville
Graded Free School
00-00-1894 First Paintsville High School graduates were James Turner
&
Fred Howes
04-00-1894 Mayo began construction on house for T.J. Mayo on Second
Street
05-19-1894 6 10 inch snowfall
09-19-1894 $ 25.00 fine for destroying posted city ordinances
09-21-1894 Anti-gambling ordinance passed in Paintsville
00-00-1896 Paintsville Times published
00-00-1897 Big Sandy River flooded
00-00-1897 Mayo borrowed $150.00 from Paintsville Postmaster
for trip to Pittsburgh
02-21-1897 John C.C. Mayo married Alice Meek, ceremony performed by
Rev.
Zephaniah Meek. Witnesses:
Dan M. Hager, Minnie Sizemore
03-01-1897 Steamboat The Favorite sank at Georges Creek
00-00-1898 Paintsville Courier published
03-07-1898 $25.00 fine for renting to prostitutes
02-13-1899 Coldest day on record 23 degrees below 0
11-25-1899 Ordinance passed against fireworks
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