JACKSON township is bounded on the north by Wayne, east by Brown County, south by Williamsburgh, and west by Stonelick.
     The first settlers in what is now Jackson township were Robert Dickey and William Hunter.  The former was a native of Franklin Co., Pa., and was in Col. Bowman's expedition against Old Chillicothe, in June, 1779, where he was wounded in the shoulder.  After his expedition he returned to Kentucky, when to Louisville, Ky., and while there joined in company of volunteers for Harmar's expedition against the Indians in 1791, in which he was so successful as to escape and return to Chambersburg, his old home.
     In September, 1798, in company with his two brothers, Hughey and Andrew, and William Hunter, a brother-in-law, he started for the Miami country.  On arriving at Pittsburgh they built a boat, in which they put their goods, leaving William Hunter to bring the wagon and horses by land.  William Hunter arrived at Williamsburgh on Nov. 1, 1798, but the boat containing his family and the Dickey brothers did not arrive at the mouth of Bullskin until the latter part of that mouth, when their goods were brought by land to Williamsburgh, where they settled for a short time.  In December, the same year, he purchased 300 acres from Gen. William Lytle, now owned in part by Albert Hartman.  Robert Dickey never married, and died in 1840, aged eighty-five years.
     William Hunter and his wife, as before stated, came at the same time with Robert Dickey, by way of the Ohio River, and he bringing the terms by Lane's Trace to Williamsburgh.  He was a native of Donegal Co., Province of Ulster, Ireland, and came to America in 1782, and settled near Chambersburg, Pa.  In 1787 he married Mary Dickey, and in 1798 located at Williamsburgh, and on the 22d of Feb. 1799, settled on the farm now owned by William Hunter.  He was the father of seven children, - John, Robert, Mary, Peggy, David, William, and A. King, who are all dead except William and A. King.  David Hunter was born in 1801, and was the first white male child born in Jackson township.  William Hunter died July 22, 1834, aged seventy-three years.  He was in the Whisky Insurrection in Pennsylvania in 1794.  He was a justice of the peace before Ohio became a State, in which capacity he acted for twenty-four years.  He was greatly respected for his many virtues.  His descendants are quite numerous in this township, and are all first-class citizens.

     To next settler after William Hunter and Robert Dickey was Christopher Hartman, who, in the year 1802, settled on a farm now owned by J. K. Hartmanh.  He was a native of Germany, born in Swintzburg, Hesse Cassel, in 1750.  In 1753 his father came to America, landing at Philadelphia, bringing with him his four sons, John, Joseph, George, and Christopher, the latter being the one that ever emigrated to Ohio.  In 1776 he married Mary Hutchinson, a native of Mercer Co., N. J., who was born Mar. 24, 1755.  He was the father of eight children, - three sons and five daughters:  William was born Feb. 17, 1778; Isaac, Sept. 2, 1779; Rebecca, Jan. 13, 1781; Elizabeth, May 22, 1783; Catharine, Sept. 27, 1785; Samuel, Mar. 19, 1790; Fannie, Mar. 5, 1793; Rachel, Dec. 29, 1796.
     In September, 1795, he emigrated to Lexington, Ky.  They came by land as far as Washington, Pa., a small town on the Monongahela River, where, in conjunction with several other families, he built a boat, on which they descended the Ohio River to Limestone, Ky., after a perilous voyage of three weeks.  He lived in the neighborhood of Lexington until November, 1801, when he emigrated to Ohio, settling first at Williamsburgh.  In December, 1801, he purchased 500 acres of land from Gen. William Lytle, in Lytle's surveys Nos. 3331 and 4780.  In the spring of 1802 he built a log cabin about 200 yards south of the present residence of J. K. Hartman, where he kept the first hotel in Jackson township.  Christopher Hartman died Mar. 16, 1833, aged eighty-three years.  He was a soldier of the Revolution, and belonged to Smallwood's regiment.  By profession he was a millwright, and one of the best of his time in Southern Ohio.  His wife died Aug. 6, 1839, aged eighty-four years.  William, his eldest son, also came with him, having been married to Nancy Cullen in 1801.  She was a daughter of John Cullen, and was born in Caroline Co., Va., in 1781.  In 1786 her father emigrated to Kentucky, settling at Bryant's Station.  William Hartman was the father of thirteen children - Fanny, born Jan. 15, 1802; Mary, Feb. 17, 1803; Nancy, July 20, 1804; Sarah, May 10, 1806; Rachel, June 22, 1808; Elizabeth, Dec. 16, 1810; Lucy and Catharine, Jan. 1, 1811; Eliza, Jan. 10, 1813; William, Apr. 22, 1815; Jane, Oct. 4, 1818; Edmund J., Oct. 30, 1820; and James, May 25, 1823.  Of these children, Mary, Nancy, Elizabeth, Jane, Sarah, and James are the only ones now living.  William Hartman died May 8, 1858; his wife Dec. 15, 1857.  Isaac, the second son, married Mary Daughters in 1807.  She was a child of John Daughters, and a native of Kentucky.  Their children consisted of nine sons and two daughters, - James C., born Sept. 27, 1808; John K., Dec. 11, 1809; William T., May 24, 1811; Isaac W., Feb. 9, 1813; Sarah, Feb. 15, 1815; Thomas, 1816; Joseph, 1817; Nancy, 1819; Albert, 1821; Turpin D., 1822; and Frank, 1824.  Of these, all are now living except Isaac W., Thomas, and Nancy.
     Samuel Hartman died May 13, 1862.  His wife is still living.  Of Christopher Hartman's daughters, Reb ecca married Adam Bricker, and lived and died near Williamsburgh; Elizabeth married Jacob Roudebush, and lived and died near Boston; Catharine married Ephraim McAdams, and died near Williamsburgh in 1839; Rachel, is the only one of the children that is not yet living, married John Page, and now lives near Laurel, in Monroe township.  Fanny died in infancy.  The descendants of Christopher Hartman are very numerous in Jackson township.

     In the spring of 1806, Ichabod Willis settled on the farm now owned by M. E. Pattison.  He was a native of Delaware and emigrated to Kentucky in 1798, settling at Lexington.  In 1801 he emigrated to Williamsburgh, and from there to Jackson township.  He was the father of ten children - Henry, Nancy, John, Julia, Elizabeth, William, Rachel, Eliza, Edward, and Mary.  William now lives part of the homestead.

     In the same year Samuel Cox, a native of what is now West Virginia, emigrated to Ohio, and settled on the farm now owned by Frank Glancy.  He was the father of two children, Noah and Rebecca.  Of their history nothing more is known.

     Joseph Workman settled on the farm now owned by E. C. Hartman in 1806.  He shortly after his settlement sold his farm and moved out of the township.

     About this time it is thought that Andrew Dickey, a brother of Robert, settled on the farm, now owned by A. E. Clark, but owning to a defective title had to leave it.  From there he went to St. Clairsville, where he remained until 1812, when he came back.  He was the father of nine children, - William, Thomas, Andrew, John, Isaiah, Robert, Martha, Isabel, and Margaret.  By profession he was a sickle-maker.  His brother Hughey also emigrated to Jackson township about the same time.  He was the father of six children, - William, Benjamin, Samuel, Hughey, Elizabeth, and Jane, - all of whom have left the county, and of their father history nothing is known.  Hughey Dickey was a Revolutionary soldier, and in several battles of prominence.

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     A more extended view of the condition of the settlements of Jackson, soon after the township was formed, is given in the following list of persons who paid a personal tax in 1837.  Where real estate was also owned the number of the original entry appears opposite the same, together with the name of the original proprietor.

CIVIL ORGANIZATION.

CEMETERIES

     There are three township cemeteries in the township, viz.:  Hartman's, Hutchinson's, and Clark's.
     The first one is situated on the Milford and Chillicothe turnpike, near the present residence of Caleb Hadley.  Its area is about two acres.  The first persons buried in it were Lucy and Catherine Hartman, daughters of William Hartman, in February, 1811.  The next one was Jane Hartman, who was buried in 1817.
     W. P. Lucas, one of the first teachers of Jackson township, is buried in it.
     The site is a beautiful one, and it will become, in the course of time, one of the most picturesque cemeteries in the county.
      Hutchinson's is situated on the road leading from Williamsburgh to Marathon, near Greenberry Methodist Episcopal church.  The first person buried in it was Mary Ann Hutchinson, in 1822.
     The next was Daniel Smith, and the third Noah Davis, in 1828.
     Its area is about one acre and a half.  The location is very good, and it is kept in a neat and tasteful manner.
     Clark's is situated on the west side of the road leading from Monterey to Newtonville, one-half mile northwest from the former place.
     The first person buried in it was Mrs. Amelia Abernathy Jan. 2, 1847.
     The next was Mrs. Joseph Dawson.
     This cemetery was formerly called "Sharon," and belonged to the Sharon Christian Church.  Its area is two acres, and has more persons buried in it than either of the other two.
     On the farm now owned by the heirs of John Orsborne, deceased, is the Orsborne family burying-ground, in which about twelve persons are buried.  This is the only one in the township.

INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.
SAW- AND GRIST-MILLS ON EAST FORK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.

HAMLETS AND VILLAGES.

BROWNSVILLE.

MARATHON,

BLOWVILLE.

     This is a hamlet of a few houses situated on the Jackson free turnpike at the crossing of the Williamsburgh and Hartman road.  In 1872, Charles Smith had a store on the corner now occupied by D. K. Carpenter, where he sold dry goods and groceries for two years.  From 1874 until 1879 it was not occupied.  In the latter part of that year the property was sold to D. K. Carpenter, who occupies it at present.  In 1870 W. W. Willey built a blacksmith-shop on the pike, where he still works.  W. C. Williams, "The American Bee-Tamer," also resides at this place.

MONTEREY.

MASONIC

EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS

RELIGIOUS.

WILLIALMSBURGH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CAMP-MEETING GROUNDS.

MAPLE GROVE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

MARATHON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

GREENBERRY CHAPEL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

GRASSY RUN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

     In 1820 a church was organized and a place of public worship built on the farm now owned by H. V. Kerr.  The following persons are known to have been members at the time of the organization:  John Ferguson, Sarah Ferguson, Jane Furguson, Andrew Dickey, Roxalana Newbraugh, and Samson Newbraugh.  Rev. A. Gazley was the first pastor.  Rev. Rankins also preached for the church.
     In 1827 the church went down, having previously built and partly furnished a church on the site of Marathon.

MONTEREY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

MONTEREY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

WALNUT GROVE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

BROWNSVILLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

THE BIG SNAKE HOAX.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NATHAN ANDERSON

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