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ZANE
TOWNSHIP, LOGAN COUNTY.
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The following is the vote at the first
election in Zane township, in 1806, copied
from the Poll Book, now in my possession,
spelling as found there:
JUDGES, James McPHERSON, George M.
BENNETT, Thomas ANTRIM.
CLERKS, Thomas DAVIS, Henry SHAW.
Certified by
William McCOLLOCH,
J. P.
NAMES OF
ELECTORS.
Jiles CHAMBERS,
Isaac ZANE,
John STEPHENSON,
William McCLOUD
Matthew CAVANAUGH,
Abner COX,
Alexander SUTER,
John TUCKER,
William C. DAGGER,
John FILLIS, Sen.
George BENNETT,
Thomas DAVIS,
Daniel PHILLIPS,
Thomass ANTRIM,
James McPHERSON,
John PROVOLT, |
Job SHARP,
Jeremiah STANSBURY,
Samuel McCOLLOCH,
Edward TATMAN,
James FRAIL,
William McCOLLOCH,
Isaac TITSWORTH,
Arthur McWAID,
John LODWORK,
Henry SHAW,
Carlisle HAINES,
Samuel SHARP,
John SHARP,
Charles McCLAIN,
John TILIS, Jr.
Daniel TUCKER, |
CANDIDATES VOTED FOR IN 1806 IN ZANE
TOWNSHIP, THEN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, NOW LOGAN
COUNTY.
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William
WARD, for Senate
(Legislature.)
Richard THOMAS,
for Senate (Legislature.)
John DAUGHTERTY,
for Sheriff.
Daniel McKINNON,
for Sheriff.
Joseph LAYTON, for
Commissioner.
John LAFFERTY, for
Commissioner.
William POWELL,
for Coroner.
Solomon McCOLLOCH,
for Commissioner. |
It will be remembered that at this time Zane
was included in Champaign County, and
extended to the Lakes.
NAMES OF
FIRST SETTLERS.
Not found in the
above list in Zane Township.
Job
SHARP, came from _____,
1801.
Joshua BALENGER,
Sen., came from New Jersey,
1806.
Daniel GARWOOD,
came from Virginia, 1806
Abraham PAINTER,
came from ____, 1809.
Robert BRANSON,
came from ____, 1809.
Abisha WARNER,
came from New Jersey, 1809.
Jesse DOWNS, came
from ____, 1814.
John WARNER, came
1807, a soldier in Wayne's army.
John INSKEEP,
Sen., came 1805, from Virginia. |
The above gentleman was elected to the
Legislature in 1816, and in conjunction
with Gen. FOOS, then a member of
that body, procured the division of
Champaign into two counties; Logan and
Clark.
I would just say Gen. FOOS is the father
of Lewis FOOS and grandfather of
John FOOS, Jr., both of
Bellefontaine. He has three sons
in Springfield, Ohio - William,
Gustafus, and
John.
Joshua
INSKEEP,
came 1807, from Virginia.
Job INSKEEP, came 1816, from
Virginia.
Dr. John ELBERT, came 1811,
from Maryland.
Waller, MARSHALL, came 1810,
from Kentucky
Thomas SEGAR came 1811
from Baltimore.
John SHARP, Sen., came
1803 from Virginia.
Jonathan ANTRIM, came
1803 from Virginia.
Robert RAY, Sen., came
1806.
Joseph RAY, son of the
above, came 1806. |
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Moses
EUANS,
came 1806, soldier of
Revolution.
Joseph and Wm. EUANS,
sons of the above, came 1806
John COWGILL came 1807.
Samuel BALENGER, came
1810.
Joshua BALENGER, son of
the above, came 1810.
John BALENGER, brother of
Joshua, 1810.
Wm. ASHER, came 1808.
John ASHER, son of the
above, came 1808.
Josiah OUTLAND, came from
North Carolina, 1806 He
had 16 children by one wife; 11
boys and 5 girls. All
lived to be men and women.
Boys all farmers and plowed
their own land and occupied a
respectable position in society.
Joseph CURL, Sen., came
from Virginia, 1809.
Joseph CURL Jr.,
came from Virginia, 1809.
Joseph STRATTON, Sen.,
came 1810.
Joseph STOKES, Lieut.in
war of 1812, came 1808.
James STOKES, came 1808. |
FIRST
SETTLERS IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
Dr. James
CREW
was one of the first physicians
in the country - he was a member
of the Legislature. He
will long be remembered by his
fellow-citizens.
Martin, Samuel, Robert,
and David MARMON, came
1806.
John BROWN, came 1806.
Henry NEWSOM, colored,
(first in the county,) came
1806.
Jeremiah REAMS, came
1807, soldier in war of 1812. |
For other names in this township see
first election, 1806, found elsewhere in
this work.
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MONROE
TOWNSHIP.
Robert
FRAKES
came from Kentucky, 1810.
Nathan Gilliland from
Virginia 1810.
Samuel McCOLLOCH came
1803.
The Rev. George McCOLLOCH,
son of the above, came 1803.
Samuel McCOLLOCH was
the first Representative to
the Legislature from this
county - then Champaign
county. |
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Thomas
ATHY, came 1809; drummer
in the war of 1812.
Zabud RANDEL came
from New York 1810.
George MOOTS, came
from Pennsylvania 1809.
Conrad MOOTS came
from Pennsylvania 1809.
Charles MOOTS came
from Pennsylvania 1809.
George GREEN came
from Kentucky 1810.
Wm. WILLIAMS,
Henry WILLIAMS, and
Obadiah WILLIAMS,
came from Virginia, 1814.
Jacob JOHNSON,
came from Kentucky, 1811.
The above gentleman ha 6 sons, 4 of whom are
preachers.
Jacob, John and William
PAXTON, brothers, came about
1814.
Nicholas PICKEREL, first
Sheriff Logan county, came 1813.
Henry PICKEREL came 1813.
Err RANDEL came 1810. |
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LIBERTY TOWNSHIP.
Samuel NEWEL came
from Ky., about 1806 or 1807; his brother
came about the same time, and also the
Blacks; Captain BLACK was a Captain
in the war of 1812, and in Wayne's army.
Hugh NEWEL, John NEWEL and
Thomas NEWEL all came from Kentucky.
Samuel NEWEL was for many years a
member of the Legislature of Ohio, and held
several county offices; his son Joseph
likewise filled several important
positions, both in the State and county.
Judge McBETH, father of Newton
McBETH, of Bellefontaine, came in 1811;
Judge McBETH died while a member of
the Legislature of Ohio. The following
are also early settlers:
Dr. John
ORDWAY,
Dr. LEONARD,
James WALLS,
Garrett WALLS,
John CORNELL,
Richard ROBERTS,
Huston CROCKET,
Cartmel CROCKET,
Robert CROCKET,
Hiram M. WHITE,
George WHITE, |
John M. SMITH,
Benjamin GINN,
Thomas MILLER,
Milton GLOVER,
Ralph E. RUNKLE,
Dr. TAYLOR,
Rev. Jeremiah FUSON,
Joshua BUFFINGTON,
George F. DUNN,
Samuel TAYLOR. |
All of the above are early settlers in
Champaign and Logan counties.
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BOKESCREEK TOWNSHIP.
Simpson HARIMAN came here at an early
day from Pennsylvania, and taught school
twenty years (or eighty terms). The
following are early settlers:
Alexander
McCRARY,
John W. GREEN,
John BELL, Sen.,
Jesse FOSETT,
Elijah FOSETT,
Archibald WILSON,
Charles THORNTON,
Andrew ROBERTS,
Scranston BATES,
Ebenezer HATHAWAY,
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Lewis BATES,
Gardner BATES,
Bliss Danforth,
Jacob KELLER,
James R. CURL,
Levi LOWERING,
Saul SMITH,
Henry BELL,
Moses BELL, |
Jacob EARLY. |
RUSH TOWNSHIP, CHAMPAIGN
COUNTY.
NAMES OF
FIRST SETTLERS.
Hezekiah SPAIN, Jordon REAMS, J. P.
SPAIN, Hurburd CROWDER, William SPAIN,
Thomas SPAIN, John Peterson SPAIN, Jr.,
Daniel SPAIN and John CROWDER all came
from Dinwiddie county, Virginia, 1805.
Joshua,
Stephen, Daniel and Edwin
SPAIN came from Virginia
1807.
Thomas GOOD came from
Virginia 1807.
Samuel BLACK, 1810.
Peter BLACK, son
of the above, 1810 |
Most all the following named persons are
from the New England States:
Thomas
ERWIN, Jacob FAIRCHILDS, Erastus
BURNHAM, Anson HOWARD, Pearl
HOWARD, Sylvester SMITH, James
McDONALD, Stephen CRANSTON,
Ephraim CRANSTON.
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The above are
the first settlers in the vicinity of
Woodstock.
Samuel
CALENDAR came from New York
1814. He has two sons now
living in North Lewisburg, Ohio
- John and Elisha CALENDAR.
He was a soldier in the war of 1812. |
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PERRY TOWNSHIP.
What is now Perry township was first settled in 1805, by
John Garwood who, with his family, emigrated from Culpepper
county, Virginia. His son, John Garwood, was the
first Justice of the Peace, who held the office for many years.
Levi Garwood was associate Jude for Logan county, for
three successive terms. His son James is still
living in the township, having been a resident about sixty-seven
years. John Garwood built the first mill shortly
after arriving here, prior to which they had to go forty miles
down Darby Creek to mill. Samuel Ballinger, from
New Jersey, and James Curl, from Virginia, came here
about 1808, of whom a large number of descendants still remain.
Thomas James located here in 1810, and his son
Thomas occupied the same farm until recently. Many of
the family are still here. Christopher Smith moved
in about 1812, and was Justice of the Peace for some time.
Many of the universal Smith family still remain.
Anthony Bank,
colored, settled here in 1810. Isaac Hatcher
came from Virginia in 1816, and was noted as being wealthy for
those days. Richard Humphreys from Wales, located
here about the same time. Josiah Austin, from New
Jersey, settled here in 1820, and his son C. H. Austin
now occupies the same farm. William Skidmore, from
Columbiana county, settled on Millcreek in 1821, and his sons
Joseph, Daniel, Joshua and Isaac, still reside in the
same neighborhood, with a large retinue of descendants.
The first Post-office established was called Garwood
Mills, Isaiah Garwood being the first Postmaster.
East Liberty is now located on the old farm of John Garwood,
and is noted for its fine fountains or overflowing wells.
Herbert Baird, a Methodist minister from Petersburg, Va.,
came here in 1829. On this farm in 1841 a tragedy
occurred, resulting in the death of Ballard, Baird's
son-in-law, who was killed in a quarrel by a man named Ford,
the only murder ever being known to be committed in the
township. Ford was tried and acquitted on the
grounds of self defense. The first physician in the
township was Dr. J. W. Hamilton, from Pennsylvania, who
located in 1836, and still resides in East Liberty.
Thus from an unbroken wilderness in 1805, has arisen a
populous and highly cultivated region, dotted with School-houses
and Churches, and other evidences of thrift and prosperity.
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