A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 42

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612

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curred about three weeks before the regular municipal election. He lic meetings. The charter was defeated and its defeat resulted in his election to the office of City Solicitor in the strong Republican city of Portsmouth, where a Democratic City Solicitor had not been elected since 1875. He defeated one of the very best young Republicans of the city, Harry Miller, who was a candidate for re-election. He was married August 17. 1900, to Bertha LeFevre. As a lawyer, Mr. Thomas is very active and industrious. He is careful and painstak- ing, and bids fair to make his mark high up in his profession.

JAMES S. THOMAS.

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Nathan B. Gilliland

was born November 7. 1859, in Harrison Township. He is a son of Jacob G. and Mary ( Baker) Gilliland. His grandfather, Samuel Gil- liland, was one of the early settlers of Jackson County, Ohio, and was of Irish descent. Mr. Gilliland received his education in the common schools and fitted himself to teach, which occupation he followed for five years, from 1878 to 1884. He studied law at home while farm- ing and was admitted to the bar in 1898. He was appointed Deputy Probate Clerk February 9, 1897, by Judge Harry Ball and is still serv- ing in that capacity. He served as Clerk of Harrison Township three terms, from 1882 to 1884, and as Justice of the Peace from 1887 to 1890. Mr. Gilliland is a strong Republican and takes a very active part in local politics. He is a member of the Sixth Street M. E. church. He was married November 19, 1884 to Sina Monroe, daugh- ter of Leonard Monroe. They have had five children, as follows : Mary E., deceased : Chloe E., aged fifteen; Firman B., aged eleven ; Evan R., age seven and Hazel J., aged three.

Cecil See Miller

was born July 10, 1870 at Millersport, Lawrence County, Ohio, the youngest son of Anderson Miller and Elizabeth Wickline Miller. His father, Anderson Miller, has a separate sketch herein. He attended the schools of Millersport until he was 17 years of age. He then at- tended the Normal School at South Bend, Indiana and the Ada Normal School for a short time. He then attended the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity and was graduated in 1896 taking the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then attended the Law Department of the University of Cincinnati, graduating therefrom with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In 1899 he received the degree of Master of Arts from the Ohio Wes- leyan University. He was admitted to the Bar June 17, 1898, and lo- cated in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1898, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession.

Politically Mr. Miller is a Republican. He is a member and Trustee of Sixth Street M. E. church of Portsmouth.

Edward Jacob Dæhler

was born December 29, 1876, at Portsmouth, Ohio, the son of Fred- erick C. Daehler and Margaret Leichner, his wife. He attended the Portsmouth schools till 1895 when he graduated from the Ports- mouth High School. In the fall of 1895 he entered the Ohio State University at Columbus, and was there two years in the English- Philosophy course. In the fall of 1897, he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and took up the study of law exclusively. He remained there till June, 1900, when he graduated in the law course and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to practice law in Michigan and admitted to the bar of Ohio by the Su- preme Court in June 1900. He opened an office in Portsmouth, Ohio,

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July 1, 1900, in the Spry Building and afterwards removed his office to the Damarin Building, 103 West Second street. He is a Republi- can and a member of the German Evangelical Church. In April 1902, he was elected a member of the City Council of Portsmouth and in its organization was made Chairman of the Finance Committee. Here is what his most intimate business associate, Hon. Frank Finney says of him, "I have known Edward J. Daehler from boyhood. Have been closely associated with him for some time, and he has been in my of- fice for the past two years. He is a young man of correct habits, high- est moral character, sterling integrity, and a forceful and wide-awake young man of superior intelligence, of genial, clever disposition, and possesses qualities eminently fitting him for any position of trust, pub- lic or private. He is aggressive, and though pleasant, always firm in the performance of that which he thinks is right."

Edward Garfield Millar

was born May 17, 1877. His father was George Bliss Millar. His mother was Ann E. Carre, daughter of Thomas W. Carre. He at- tended school at Lucasville and at the Ohio University in the years, 1892 and 1893. In 1893 to 1898 he spent his time on his father's farm and in the fall of 1898 he began studying law with A. T. Hol- comb. He attended law school at Cincinnati in the fall and winter of 1899 and 1900 and graduated from the law school in the spring of 1901. He was admitted to the bar of Ohio, June II, 1901. He lo- cated in Portsmouth, August 12, 1901, and went into partnership with A. T. Holcomb, as Holcomb and Millar.

William Ralph Sprague

was born October 17, 1875, in Licking County, Ohio. His father was Austin E. Sprague, and his mother's maiden name was Mary Bailey. He attended the district school, including the Reynoldsburg High School, and attended the Ohio State University from 1892 to 1895. From 1895 to 1897 he was engaged in farming, and from 1897 to 1901 he finished his philosophical course at the Ohio State University. From 1899 to 1901 he studied law in that institution and for six months practised it. He was admitted December 7, 1901. He was engaged in the law office of G. J. Marriott, of Columbus, Ohio. He located in Portsmouth in December 1901, and has been engaged in the practice of law ever since in the same office with Noah J. Dever and Harry Miller.

Frank Warwick Moulton

was born in Lucasville, Ohio, February 14, 1877, the son of Hon. Chandler J. Moulton and Mary C. Smith, his wife. He attended the schools of Lucasville till the age of fifteen years. Then he entered the Ohio University at Athens and graduated in 1897. In September 1897, he was appointed to a clerkship of the United States Commission

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to the Paris Exposition of 1900. He served at Chicago from Septem- ber, 1897 to February 1900. While in Chicago, he studied law, in the winters of 1898 and 1899, and part of the winter of 1899 and 1900. Then he went to Paris, France, and was there till October 1, 1900. At that time, he resigned and entered the Cincinnati law schools. He at- tended the Law School till June 1902, when he graduated. He was admitted to the bar of Ohio, June 12, 1902. On September 1, 1902, he formed a partnership with Nelson W. Evans, of Portsmouth, Ohio, in the law business, as Evans and Moulton, and is engaged in the practice of the law at Portsmouth, Ohio.

Clinton Miranda Searl

was born May 7, 1879. He is the son of Fernando C. Searl and Car- oline Shoemaker, his wife. He attended the Public Schools of Ports- mouth until he was nine years of age, when his parents moved to Wheelersburg. He attended the schools there until he graduated in 1898. He was a member of Company H, 14th O. N. G., and enlisted in Company H, 4th O. V. I. for the Spanish War April 1898 and was made a Corporal. He was discharged in October, 1898. In the win- ter of 1898 and 1899, he attended the Portsmouth® High School and took a special course. In the fall of 1899, he entered the University of Michigan and began the study of law. He graduated June 19. 1902, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar of Ohio, June 13, 1902. He located at Portsmouth, Ohio, for the practice of law June 20, 1902. He is a Sergeant in Company K, 7th O. N. G.

Alexander Carson Woodrow

was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, November 9. 1857. His parents were Nathan A. and Margaret Jane ( Kissick) Woodrow. His father was of English and his mother of Scotch Irish descent. Nathan A. Woodrow, his father, enlisted in Company E. gIst O. V. I. August 9. 1862, for three years. He was wounded May 9. 1864. in the battle of Cloyd's Mountain. Virginia, and was mustered out with the Com- pany June 24, 1865. While he was in the army, his family resided at West Union. They remained there until 1868, when they came to Portsmouth. Our subject attended school at West Union and then at Portsmouth until he was in the Second year of the High School. After leaving school, he was employed for two years as shipping clerk with the Portsmouth Shoe Manufacturing Company. In 1879, he entered the office of Captain Nelson W. Evans as a clerk. At the same time he studied law with Duncan Livingstone and Captain Evans. He was admitted June 5, 1883, and has practiced law ever since. November 1, 1887, he left Captain Evans' office and was as- sociated with Homer W. Farnham for the next ten years. On Sep- tember 6, 1880, he was appointed Deputy Surveyor of Customs for

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the city and served during Colonel James E. Wharton's term. He was City Solicitor from 1895 to 1897. He is a Republican. Mr. Woodrow is noted for the correctness of all his papers in the course of his practice of the law. Everything he does in the legal way is precise and exact. He is of a genial disposition and liked by all who know him.

CHAPTER X.

MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS.

Early Conveyances-Early Marriages-The Portsmouth and Co- lumbus Turnpike Company-The Ohio Canal-Railroads in Scioto County-County Elections-Independence Days in Scioto County-Notable Trials-The Scioto Coun- ty Bible Society-Bibliography of the County -Accidents and Sudden Deaths-The Mound Builders of Scioto County.

1. The first deed recorded in the County was from John Gabriel Gervais to Peter Stephen Duponceau, both Frenchmen. The land was 200 acres of the Gervais tract and the consideration was $600.00. Both of the parties to this deed have sketches herein. Duponceau was a Philadelphia lawyer, and no doubt this conveyance was for his fee in lobbying the bill for the French Grant through Congress in 1795. The deed was executed September 3, 1803, at Burrs- burg, Scioto County, Ohio, now Haverhill, before Kimber Barton, Justice of the Peace. Francis LeClercq and Peter Romaine Bureau were the witnesses. Duponceau held on to the tract until February 20, 1833, when he sold it to Thayer D. White for $1,000 in silver.

2. The second is a conveyance from John Beasley and Sally, his wife, to Samuel Van Hook. The consideration was $100.00. It conveyed fifty acres on Turkey Creek, part of a tract of 400 acres patented to John Beasley. The num- ber of the survey is not given. January 29, 1803, is the date of the deed, and it was acknowledged before John Ellison, a Justice of the Peace of Adams County, Ohio. The month is spelled Genuwary and the word hickory is spelled hycory.

3. The third deed of record is dated January 29, 1803, from John Beas- ley and wife to William Corns, Sr. It recited that Beasley was from Adams County of the Northwest Territory. The consideration was $100.00; and con- veyed fifty acres out of the same tract mentioned on the first date. The deed had but one witness, John Ellison, and was not acknowledged until May 10, 1803.

4. The fourth deed is from Joseph Lucas and wife to John Hamilton. The consideration was $200; and conveyed 116 1-2 acres on Pond Creek. The number of the survey is not given. The deed is dated October 3, 1803, and was acknowledged before William Lucas, Justice of the Peace. November 2, 1803.

5. The fifth conveyance is from Joseph Lucas and wife to Benjamin Feurt, dated November 1, 1803. The consideration was $20.00, and conveyed nine acres on the West Side of Pond Creek. The number of the survey is not given. William Lucas was the Justice of the Peace who took the acknowledge- ment.

6. The sixth conveyance was from William Lucas, Sr., and Susannah, his wife,-he being a Revolutionary soldier,-to Samuel Reed, grandfather of Samuel Reed, of the Portsmouth National Bank, of Portsmouth, O. The date is November 20, 1803, the quantity is 100 acres on the Scioto Brush Creek for $50.00. The survey is not given, and the acknowledgement was before Joseph Lucas, Associate Judge.

7. The seventh conveyance is from William Lucas, jr., and Elizabeth his wife, to Samuel Reed, the same as mentioned in Number 6. It is dated August 24, 1803. The consideration was $125.00, and conveyed eighty-eight acres on the Scioto Brush Creek. Joseph Lucas, Associate Judge, took the acknowledgement.

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8. On August 1, 1803, William Lucas, jr., and wife, conveyed 100 acres for $300.00 on the Scioto Brush Creek, to William Lucas, Senior. The survey is not named. Joseph Lucas, Associate Judge, took the acknowledgement.

9. The ninth conveyance is of outlots 5 and 6 in Alexandria by Thomas Parker and wife by John Belli, attorney, for $100.00. The deed is dated No- vember 6, 1803, and the acknowledgement was before Thomas Waller, Justice of the Peace. On the same day out lot 7 of Alexandria was conveyed between the same parties for $45.00.

10. The tenth deed is from John Beasley and wife to James Edison. The consideration is $300.00, and conveyed 120 acres of land on Turkey Creek. It is dated August 5, 1803, and acknowledged before John Ellison, Justice of the Peace of Adams County, Ohio.

Early Marriages.

February 19, 1805-Philip Lewis, Sr., to Elizabeth McBrides, Joseph Moore, J. P.

July -, 1805-Joshua Parrish to Elizabeth Marshall, William Jackson, J. P.

May 29, 1806-William Kendall to Rachel Brown, Robert Lucas, J. P. July 1, 1806-Samuel Salladay to Sarah Gilhumis, Thomas Waller, J. P. July 12, 1806-John Moore to Nancy Jackson, James Quinn, Elder M. E. Church.

October 23, 1806-Peter Noel to Susannah Feurt, Benjamin Feurt, J. P. December 10, 1806-Uriah Barber to Rachel Beard, John Brown, J. P. November 3, 1807-Joshua Parrish to Catherine Miller, Thomas Waller, J. P.

J. P. November 17, 1807-Jacob Noel to Lucretia Hitchcock, Benjamin Feurt,

December 28, 1807-James Graham to Polly Lauderback, Emanuel Traxler, J. P. June 6, 1808-Joshua Stockham to Hannah Bennett, Robert Lucas, J. P. June 28, 1808-Daniel Mckinney to Kate Sampson, Thomas Waller, J. P. July 11, 1808-Nathan Glover to Polly Jones, Thomas Waller, J. P. July 17, 1808-Uriah White to Mary Huston, Robert Lucas, J. P. August 27, 1808-Francis Valloday to Nancy Slater, John Fitzer, J. P. July 13, 1809-William Givens to Susanna Anderson, D. Mckinney, J. P. August 17, 1809-Jacob Utt to Jemima Crull, Robert Lucas, J. P.

September 18, 1809-John H. Thornton to Sarah Glover, Charles T. Mas- tin, J. P. October 21, 1809-Francis Le Clercq to Mary Louise Cadot, William Montgomery, J. P.

March 19, 1810-John Clark to Abigail Louis, William Crull, J. P.

April 4, 1810-Robert Lucas to Eliza Brown, William Crull, J. P.

October 24, 1810-William Givens to Rachel Stockham, Emanuel Traxler, J. P. April 15, 1811-Philip Moore to Amelia Collins, Eskridge Hall, M. M. G. January 10, 1812-Philip Moore to Cynthia Belli, Eskridge Hall, M. M. G. January 26, 1812-Benjamin Feurt to Mary Dever, David Gharky, J. P. February 13, 1812-Gabriel Feurt to Lydia Hitchcock, David Gharky, J. P. May 3, 1812-Nathan Wheeler, Jr., to Nancy Chamberlin, John Taylor,

J. P. May 19, 1812-George Salladay to Phoebe Chaffin, George Guthrie, J. P. September 28, 1812-John Smith to Mary Stratton,

January 8, 1813-Joseph Boynton to Elizabeth Wheeler, George Guthrie, J. P. December 30, 1813-Ezekiel Day to Rebecca Bowen, William Poneed, J. P. January 24, 1814-William McFadgen to Priscilla Hammett, George Guthrie, J. P.

February 10, 1814-John Smith to Nancy Compton, Benjamin Feurt, J. P. March 3, 1814-Charles Boynton to Rhoda Sumner, P. J. Pearse, J. P.

September 13, 1814-William Turner to Elizabeth Fleming, Thomas Se- bring, J. P.

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November 8, 1814-Jesse Martin to Mary Ann Bowen, Tapley White, J P. December 29, 1814-Levi Moore to Amanda Gunn, Allen Moore, J. P. January 15, 1815-David McDonald to Nancy Munn, Tapley White, J. P. April 3, 1815-John Noel to Margaret Lowery, Benjamin Davis, J. P. June 1, 1815-John Funk to Margaret Glover, Jesse Hitchcock, J. P. September 1, 1815-Jacob Noel to Ann Glover, Robert Lucas, J. P.

November 12, 1815-James B. Prescott to Lydia Boynton, Robert Lucas, J. P.

J. P.

1815-Joseph Guthrie to Hannah Dever, William Collins,

February 22, 1816-Jonathan B. Hard to Sophronia White, George Guthrie, J. P. March 7, 1816-General Robert Lucas, to 'Friendly O. Sumner, William Power, J. P.

March 14, 1816-Abraham McConnell to Elizabeth Ferguson, Benjamin Feurt, J. P. September 5, 1816-John Barber to Violet Swords, Ezra Osborn, J. P. October 31, 1816-John Noel to Anna Hammett, Ezra Osborn, J P.

November 16, 1816-William Oldfield to Maria Hempstead, Ezra Osborn, J. P. November 30, 1816-Stephen Masters to Malinda Martin, William Bush,

J. P. January 1, 1817-John Collins to Cassander Moore, Allen Moore, J. P. February 27, 1817-Benjamin Barklow to Margaret Foster, Jesse Hitch- cock, J. P.

March 21; 1817-James Munn to Filissa Oliver, Jacob Noel, J. P. May -, 1817-Isaac Brown, Jr., to Mahittable Burt, Benjamin Wait, J. P. June 1, 1817-John Olliver, to Patty Munn, Benjamin Burt, J. P.

June 6, 1817-Peter Brown to Sarah Cole, Allen Moore, J. P.

July 3, 1817-William Duduit to Faire La Croix, William Power, J. P. October 19, 1817-Benjamin Melcher to Nancy Loyd, Stephen Lindsey, V. D. M.

January 16, 1818-William Carey to Vine Harrison, Allen Moore, J. P. January 18, 1818-John Groninger to Eleanor Munn, Allen Moore, J. P. March 22, 1818-Reuben Kennedy to Hannah Enslow, Thompson Sebring, J. P. March 22, 1818-Richard Sill to Polly Funk, Jesse Hitchcock, J. P. March 25, 1818-Jesse White to Polly Campbell, Ezra Osborn, J, P. March 29, 1818-Joseph Wheeler to Lydia Skelton, Ezra Osborn, J. P. July 16, 1818-James Linn to Rachel Jones, Stephen Lindsey, V. D. M. August 19, 1818-Stephen Smith to Sarah Mills, Rufus Chaney, M. G. September 14, 1818-David Stockham to Martha Wells, John Bennett, J. P. September 30, 1818-David Dudley to Elizabeth Boynton, Rufus Chaney,

M. G. October 20, 1818-Nathan Sears to Grace Newkirk, Silas Cole, J. P. November 12, 1818-Henry Utt to Nancy Bennett, John Bennett, J. P. December 7, 1818-Jacob Clingman to Jane Bacom, Jesse Hitchcock, J. P. February 19, 1819-Samuel Lindsey to Maria Pierce, John H. Lindsey, J. P. March 3, 1819-Stephen Chandler to Mary Lamb, Henry Baker, Elder, M. E. Ch.

March 6, 1819-James Batterson to Polly Squires, Benjamin Burt, J. P. May 15, 1819-Shadrack Chaffin to Sally Salladay, William M. Burt, J. P. June 14, 1819-Benjamin Butterfield to Nancy Powell, Ezra Hard, J. . P. October 14, 1819-James Lodwick to Elizabeth Hempstead, Stephen Lind- sey, V. D. M. October 19, 1819-Cornelius McCoy to Eleanor Patton, Stephen Lindsey, V. D. M. October 28, 1819-Southey Copes to Ruth Hutton, David Mitchell, J. P.

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J. P. December 10, 1819-Claudius Cadot to Nancy Ball, Thompson Sebring,

December 16, 1819-William Peck to Mary Hicky, John Smith, J. P. December 19, 1819-James Salsbury to Nancy Kehoe, Stephen Lindsey,

V. D. M.

J. P. January 8, 1820-Jesse Marshall to Mary Carteren, Thompson Sebring,

February 7, 1820-Joseph Bonser to Rebecca Patton, John H. Lindsey, J. P. April 2, 1820-Thaddeus Bennett to Abigail Wait, John Smith, J. P. May 22, 1820-Peter Lindsey to Abigail Wheeler, John H. Lindsey, J. P. May 22, 1820-Rezin Enslow to Mary Sebring, William M. Burt, J. P. July 3, 1820-Daniel Corwine to Eliza Dale, John Smith, J. P. August 27, 1820-John Brown to Susannah Nelson, Thomas Brown, J. P. October 28, 1820-Ruben Chaffin to Sarah Smith, Rufus Chaney, M. G. November 30, 1820-Wilson Bates to Elizabeth Kinney, Stephen Lind- sey, V. D. M.

December 4, 1820-Washington Kinney to Mary Waller, Stephen Lindsey, V. D. M.

February 18, 1821-Edward Cranston to Nabby Cole, Philip Moore, J. P. February 22, 1821-Marcus Bosworth to Sarah Dole, Stephen Lindsey, V. D. M.

March 21, 1821-Phineas Chaffin to Armina Wheeler, Rufus Chaney, J. P. March 27, 1821-Solomon Noel to Fanny Johnson, Jacob Noel, J. P.

April 11, 1821 -- Giles S. B. Hempstead to Elizabeth Peebles, Stephen Lind- sey, V. D. M.

October 11, 1821-William Kendall to Christina Lawson, Stephen Lindsey, V. D. M.

November 5, 1821-Zina Gunn to Clarissa Haumer, Philip Moore, J. P. December 20, 1821, William Lucas to Elizabeth 'Tripp, Jesse Hitchcock, J. P. January 1. 1822-William Boynton to Nancy Beloat, Samuel G. Jones,

J. P. February 6, 1822-Nathan Quin to Margaret Noel, J. P. Noel, J. P. March 22, 1822-Abner C. Clingman to Sarah Woolever, Rufus Chaney,

J. P. March 30, 1822 -- John Squires to Louisa Lamb, Jacob Delay, J. P. September 4, 1822-Manasseh Lawson to Agate Valodin, Rufus Chaney, J. P. October 8, 1822-Hugh Cook to Mercy Smith, W. M. Oldfield, M. G. October 13, 1822-Samuel M. Tracy to Mary Daly, J. E. B. Kellog, M. G. October 21, 1822-John Ashley to Matilda Lauderback, James Thompson, J. P. December 12, 1822-Stephen Kent to Ruby Whitcomb, Dan Young, J. P. January 30, 1823-Isaac Noel to Mary Ann Orm, J. P. Noel, J. P. January 30, 1823-James Daum to Hannah Goble, Samuel B. Burt, J. P. April 10, 1823-Solomon Noel to Mary Huston, J. P. Noel, J. P. April 11, 1823-Xanthus Cannaday to Celia Scott, Thomas Brown, J. P. May 21, 1823-Levi Barker to Nancy Leonard, Stephen Lindsey, V. D. M. May 28, 1823-Samuel J. Huston to Elizabeth Leonard, Stephen Lindsey, J. P. October 24, 1823-Henry Cox to Vicy Utt, Samuel G. Jones, J. P. December 25, 1823-John Stockham to Hannah Bennight, Daniel McKin- ney, J. P.

February 25, 1824-John W. Veach to Ann Plummer, Thomas Coale, J. P. April 25, 1824-Eben Dole to Elizabeth Carril, Stephen Lindsey, V. M. D. May 11, 1824-David D. Cady to Ann Eliza Kinney, William Oldfield, J. P. July 1, 1824-Samuel C. Briggs to Elizabeth Smith, J. P. Noel, J. P. July 25, 1824-Francis Valloday to Temperance Burt, William Oldfield,

J. P. December 11, 1824, Azel Glover to Elizabeth Deering, Havillah Gunn, J. P. January 3, 1825-Chester P. Hard to Sarah Kimball, John James, J. P.

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January 12, 1825-Kennedy Lodwick to Caroline Wood, Havillah Gunn,

J. P.

February 1, 1825-Hannibal G. Hamlin to Mary Whitney, William Old- field, J. P.

May 4, 1825-Thayer D. White to Eliza Kimball, Lawson Drury, J. P. June 16, 1825-Daniel Y. Whitcomb to Susannah Vincent, William Burt, J. P.

October 13, 1825-Stephen Chandler to Louisa Lucas, William M. Burt,

J. P. December 30, 1825-Samuel C. Briggs to Rebecca Timbrook, John James, P. G. February 29, 1826-William Duduit to Lucy Flanders, Lawson Drury, J. P. July 30, 1826-Conrad Overturf to Rhoda Kendall, J. Wood, V. D. M. November 23, 1826-Moses Gregory to Eliza Belli, Ruben Wait, J. P. May 27, 1827-Robert Wood to Jane F. Peebles.

September 20, 1827-Enos Gunn to Nancy McDonald, Ezra Osborn, J. P. December 18, 1827-Charles Oscar Tracy to Maria Kinney, Ezra Osborn, J. P. 1827-Simon De Long to Carthine Moore, John Noel, J. P. June 11, 1828-Arthur Davis to Margaret Leonard.

April 21, 1831-James Keyes to Catherine Jones.

November 14, 1832-John Terry to Susan Waller, Rev. E. Brainard.

March 28, 1837-Henry Buchanan to Elizabeth Belt, daughter of Judge Levin Belt of Washington, D. C.

April 20, 1837-Arthur Davis to Susannah Leonard.

July 26, 1837-John Waller to Mary Jane Baldridge.

August 23, 1837-Eliphaz Hayward to Mary Cadot.

September 3, 1837-Landon Taylor to Jane Vincent, Rev. Dan Young. May 13, 1838-Moses Gregory to Phoebe Tillow, at Sharonville, Ohio. January 20, 1839-Robert Hamilton to Rachel Peebles.

July 2, 1839-John D. Feurt to Maria Jane Oldfield, Rev. E. Burr. October 10, 1839-L. P. N. Smith to Rebecca Peebles, Rev. A. Brown. March 15, 1842-Sebastian Eifort to Rachel Jackson.

May 14, 1842-James Murfin to Eliza Rogers.

January 2, 1843-John A. Turley to Charlotte Robinson.

The Portsmouth and Columbus Turnpike Company.

was incorporated by a special act passed February 7, 1831. There were twenty- five incorporates named in the act, five of whom were from Scioto County. They were: Samuel M. Tracy, William Kendall, Ezra Osborn, John Peebles, Nathan K. Clough and John Noel. John J. Vanmeter, James B. Turner, Wil- liam Blackstone and Robert Lucas were of Pike County. Lincoln Goodale. Sam- uel Parsons, Robert W. McCoy and Joel Buttles were from Franklin County. James T. Worthington, David Crause, Thomas J. McArthur, Thomas James, George Renick and Anthony Walke were of Ross County. Andrew Huston, G. W. Doan, George Crook and John Cochran were of Pickaway County. The Capital stock was $250,000. Books were to be opened at Portsmouth, Chillico- the, Circleville and Columbus. Shares were $100 each. When 400 shares were' subscribed there was to be a meeting of the stockholders. The road was to begin at the Court. House in Portsmouth then on Market street between Sec- ond and Front, and to enter Columbus at the Southern termination of High Street. The road was to be opened, not exceeding 100 feet wide, thirty of which was to be roadway. No grade was to be higher than four degrees. The first ten miles were to be built from Portsmouth. Toll gates were to be erect- ed every ten miles. The rates of toll were fixed for every ten miles. Four-wheeled carriages with two or oxe horses 25 cents. Two wheeled carriages drawn by two horses or oxen 1834 cents; sled or sleigh, two horses, 121/2 cents; horse and rider 61/2 cents, led horses 3 cents, cattle 25 cents for twenty, sheep or hogs 121/2 cents for twenty. Four wheeled pleasure car- riage drawn by two horses 371/2 cents; each additional horse, 121/2 cents. Two wheeled carriage and one horse, 25 cents, four wheeled carriage drawn by one.

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A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 42

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913 Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans Number of Pages: 1612

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612