Carthage Ohio 1820 Census Index Blazard, Mason 119 Buck, Mathew 119 Buckingham, Eben 117 Buckingham, Milton 117 Butts, Aron 119 Caldwell, Alexander 117 Caldwell, Frances 117 Carr, Mary 119 Castle, Leman 117 Conkright, Abner 118 Cooley, Lucy 118 Cranston, James 117 Cross, Phebe 118 Davis, Edward 118 Davis, William 118 Decker, Burver 118 Decker, Thomas […]
On the 2nd of April, 1806, Rufus Putnam and Dudley Woodbridge were appointed a committee to conduct a second sale of town lots, which took place November 25, 1806. Some of the lots previously sold were sold again, payments having not been made. The following is the report of the second sale No. of lot.
George Ewing, commonly called during his residence in the county Lieut. Ewing, was, it is believed, the first white settler within the bounds of what is now Ames township. A native of Salem, New Jersey, he entered the continental army at the beginning of the revolutionary war, and served with credit during its whole course.
County Recorders. office. Recorded what volumes. Dr. Eliphaz Perkins, From 1806 to Jul. 1819, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 Chauncey F. Perkins, From July 1819 to May 1826, Nos. 4, 5. A. G. Brown, From May 1826 to Aug. 1833, Nos. 5, 6. Robert E. Constable, From Aug. 1833 to Nov. 1835, Nos. 6, 7.
Treasurers. Clerks. 1807 Chauncey Perkins, John Corey. 1808 Alexander Stedman, John Corey 1809 Alexander Stedman, John Corey 1810 Alexander Stedman, John Corey 1811 Alexander Stedman, John Corey 1812 Alexander Stedman, John Corey 1813 Eliphaz Perkins, Nehemiah Gregory. 1814 William Weir, Alexander Proudfit. 1815 Charles Shipman, Alvan Bingham. 1816 Charles Shipman, James Gillmore. 1817 Ebenezer Blackstone,
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Evert Hall, 87, Rt. 5, died Monday May 25, 1981 at Kittitas Valley Community Hospital. He was born in Athens, Ohio, on May 24, 1894. He lived in San Diego, where he worked for Lockheed Aircraft during World War II. He and Bertha Annen Zumbrunnen were married in Yuma, Ariz. in 1942. They lived in
(Loc. just off US Route 50 west of Coolville and Guysville in Carthage Twp.) CALDWELL Vincent A., d. 2 July 1892, ae. 67 yrs., 7 days. Anna Warren, d. 16 Apr. 1899, ae. 68 yrs., 1 mo., 11 days. Wife of Vincent A. Caldwell. FINSTERWALD Frederick, d. 25 Mar. 1891, ae. 69 yrs., 10 mos.,
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(Loc. abt. 2 ½ miles NW of the Troy-Bethany Cemetery, on route 144) BARROWS – FROST Susannah, d. 7 Oct. 1882, ae. 81 yrs., 9 mos., 10 days. Wife of Heman Frost. FROST Mary, d. 2 Mar. 1861, ae. 19 yrs., 1 mo., 21 days. Dau. of Charles & Emma Clynn. FROST Samaria, d. 14
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A history of Athens county would be very incomplete without a biographical notice of the father and projector of the Ohio university-an institution that has done so much to shape and influence the history of this community. Though never a resident of the county, perhaps no one person has exerted a more deep and lasting
The Rev. Jacob Lindley, seventh son of Demas Lindley, one of the early settlers of Washington county, Pennsylvania, was born in that county, June 13, 1774. At the age of eighteen he was sent to Jefferson college, Pennsylvania, and from there went to Princeton, New Jersey, where he graduated in 1798. After a course of
Athens Ohio 1820 Census Index Abbot, Joel, Jr. 103 Abbot, John 103 Back, William 103 Bailey, Fromes 103 Baker, Isaiah 109 Baker, Nicholas 109 Ballard, Joseph 103 Barker, Isaac, Jr. 104 Barker, Joseph 103 Barker, Michael 104 Barker, Timothy 104 Barker, William 104 Bartlett, Henry 104 Beard, Colesmby 104 Beeris, William 104 Bending, Nathen 104
Sec. 1 appointed Rufus Putnam and Samuel Carpenter to survey and lay off the town of Athens agreeably with the rule of the resolution of the legislature of December 18th, 1799. Sec. 2 directed the treasurer of the university to have the town plat recorded. Sec. 3 directed Putnam and Carpenter, after due notice, to
Canaan Ohio 1820 Census Index Arnold, Thomas 115 Austin, Thomas 115 Bayles, George 115 Bayles, John 115 Bean, Geo 115 Bean, William 115 Bean, William II 115 Bench, Jesse 115 Boyd, John 117 Boyles, Martin 115 Boyles, Peter 115 Carpenter, Parker 115 Carrigo, C. John 115 Davis, Sam,Uel 115 Drow, David 117 Field, John 115
John Brown, well known in southern Ohio as General Brown,” son of Captain Benjamin Brown, one of the pioneers of Ames, was born in Rowe, Massachusetts, December 1, 1785. In 1787, his father’s family moved to Hartford, Washington county, New York, and in 1796, with several other families seeking homes in the west, came to
Ephraim Cutler, known in the early history of Athens county as Judge Cutler, was the oldest son of Dr. Manasseh Cutler, and was born at Edgartown, Duke’s county; Massachusetts, April 12th, 1767. He did not receive A collegiate education, but, being an industrious reader; he acquired during youth considerable mental culture, and a large store
The early records of the township were destroyed by fire in the house of John McKee in 1827 or 1828, but as nearly as can be ascertained the first trustees were Caleb Merritt, John Brooks, and Thomas Sharp, and Caleb Merritt the first justice of the peace. Trustees 1829-1868. 1829 Ziba Lindley, Sen., Samuel McKee,
The first election for township trustees was held at the house of Edward Pilcher, April 5, 1819. John C. Carico and Stephen Pilcher were judges, and Joshua Hoskinson and John McGill clerks of the election. Township Trustees 1819-1868. 1819 Parker Carpenter, Stephen Pilcher, George Bean. 1820 Martin Mansfield, Stephen Pilcher, George Bean. 1821 Martin Mansfield,
Silvanus Ames, long known in this county as Judge Ames, was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, March 26, 1771. His father, whose ancestor, William Ames, came from England in 1643, was a graduate of Harvard college, and an Episcopalian clergyman. He preached several years at Trinity church, in Taunton, Massachusetts, was afterwards a chaplain in the
The first constitution of Ohio provided for the election by the people of only two county officers, viz.: sheriff and coroner; other county officers were, during the first eighteen years of the state’s history, appointed by the county commissioners or by the associate judges of the respective counties. The office of county auditor was created
Alexander Ohio 1820 Census Index Amill, Marthy 115 Armstrong, Thomas 110 Ashton, Abner 110 Austin, Watkin 114 Banows, Joseph 114 Barnham, Jeremul 110 Beach, Benjamin 110 Bean, Moses 110 Bean, W. Craven 110 Blake, S. Comfort 110 Blake, Samuel 110 Bobo, Henry 110 Bobo, Isaiah 110 Bobo, Israel 110 Bobo, Jared 110 Bobo, Martin 110
