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Fayette County, Ohio
History & Genealogy

 

PIONEER RECORD,
AND
REMINISCENCES,
OF THE
EARLY SETTLERS,
AND
SETTLEMENT
OF
F
AYETTE COUNTY, OHIO
By Rufus Putnam of Chillicothe, O.
CINCINNATI:
Applegate, Pounsford & Co. Print, 43 Main Street,
1872
ERRATTA.
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Sharon Wick's Note:  All errors have been corrected.
UNION TOWNSHIP.

Page 3, line 18 - For, and in 1870, read 1850, 12,726; 1860, 16,935; 1870, 17,181.
Page 7, line 31 - For Aaron Johnson, first Sheriff, read Thomas Robinson, first Sheriff.
Page 16, line 23 - For Hon. J. S. Beriman, read Hon. J. S. Berreman.
   
Line 35 - For William R. Millikan, read Wm. Millikan.
Page 17, line 5 - For Mrs. Beerley, read
Mrs. Berry.

WAYNE TOWNSHIP.

Page 19, line 14, For Croton, read Creighton.
Page 21, line 2 - For yearly bulls, read yearling bulls.
Page 22, line 9 - For Hegler, read Heagler.
    Line 29 - For Shane Indian, read Shawnee Indian
Page 24, line 6 - For Jane and John are dead, read
Jane is dead.

PERRY TOWNSHIP.

Page 31, line 25 - For George and Samuel Viniger, read Biniger
Page 32, line 9 - For Geshrow Berdew, read Gersom Perdue.
Page 33, line 16 - For 1967, read
1867

GREEN TOWNSHIP

Page 43, line 3 - For Elisha Harber, read Elisha Harper, Esq.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.

Page 70, line 1 - For 500 horses lost, read over $500 worth of horses lost.
Page 71, line 15 - For Col. Anthony, read Col. James M. Huston.
Page 77, line 4 - William Harrold was married to Miss Maggie Jones, by whom he had eight children, and he died in March, 1861.

MARION TOWNSHIP.

Hezikiah Brown was omitted, in the war of 1812.
Page 107, line 2 - For John Durham, read Joseph Durham.
Page 111, line 10 - For Children, read relatives.

PREFACE.

TO THE LIVING PIONEERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS, OF FAYETTE COUNTY.
     The Author has spent several months in constant travel and search, and taken unwearied pains, in collecting the names and records in the illustrious Pioneers, who made their homes in Fayette County.  It has involved considerable time, expense, labor and difficulties.  Visiting all the most noted places, mounds, camps, cliffs,, etc., in the county, he has endeavored to portray the toils, hardships and privations of a pioneer life, when nothing but dense forests, inhabited only by Indians and wild beasts; when the only habitation was the rude log cabin; when the scream of the panther, the howl of the wolf, the hum of wild bees, and the war song of the savages constituted the music of the wilderness.  Many of them lived to see fruitful fields spring up in the forest, and the wilderness melt away before the tide of industry.
     "Their names should be enrolled on History's page,
     To the perused by each succeeding age."

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE,

The county-seat, is a flourishing business place, containing about 3,000 inhabitants - see business directory.  The county has about 300 miles of turnpikes, all directly or indirectly running into the county seat.  The Zanesville & Wilmington Railroad passes through Washington.

CONTENTS:

FAYETTE COUNTY INTRODUCTION 3
UNION TOWNSHIP - finished 5
WAYNE TOWNSHIP - finished 19
PERRY TOWNSHIP - finished 30
GREEN TOWNSHIP - finished 40
CONCORD TOWNSHIP - finished 49
JASPER TOWNSHIP - finished 60
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - finished 69
PAINT TOWNSHIP - finished 81
MADISON TOWNSHIP - finished 9/22/2021 95
MARION TOWNSHIP - finished 107

 

 

 



 
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