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Arnold, Samuel Arnold, William Ash, David
Addy, Thomas
Albert, Catherine
Bahmer, Valentine
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HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY
Baker, John Baker, Lake
Bird, William
Baker, Nathan
Blair, John
Boggs, William
Bonar, Matthew
Booklas, David
Booklas, William
Bantham, John
Booth, Daniel
Bantham, John M.
Borden, Thomas
Bantham, Morgan
Bowen, Constant
Bantham, Perry
Boyd, John
Barcus, William
Boyd, Robert
Barker, Lyman
Bradford, Peter
Barkhurst, William
Bradley, Elijah S.
Barnes, Henry
Brewer, Elias
Barr, Eleazer
Brillhart, Samuel
Barrett, Hugh
Brown, Jonas
Bartoe, Hannah
Brown, Joseph
Bartoe, John
Brown, Samuel
Bassett, Nicholas
Brown, William
Bates, Nicholas
Browner, Bennett
Browner, Ignatius
Beal, Jesse
Bryson, Benjamin
Beam, David
Buckalew, James
Beard, George
Beard, William
Buckalew, Parker
Buckalew, Samuel
Beatty, Seavy
Buckingham, Garret
Buckingham, Joseph
Buckingham, Jr., Ebenezer
Buckmaster, Peter
Buker, Caleb
Buker, Israel H.
Burger, David
Burns, John
Burns, Joseph
Biggs, William
Billman, Anderson
Billman, Edward
Baker, Reason
Baker, Zebedee
Ballentine, Hugh Bamfield, William
Berry, John Bible, George
Biggs, John
Burns, Samuel
Burrell, Sr., Archibald
Beatty, Robert
Beaver, George
Beckwith, Joseph
Bell, Samuel
Bell, William Bennington, Oliver
Buckalew, John
Beach, Joseph
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HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY
Burrell, Jr., Archibald
Burrell, Benjamin
Burrell, Sr., Joseph
Carnahan, James
Burrell, Samuel
Carnahan, John
Burris, Elisha
Carnahan, Nancy
Burris, John
Carnahan, Thompson
Burt, John G.
Carnahan, William
Burton, John
Carnes, John Carpenter, George
Butler, Isaac
Carpenter, Thomas
Carpenter, Sr., William
Carpenter, Jr., William
Butler, Thomas
Byers, Samuel
Byron, Moses
Carr, Henry Carroll, Joseph
Cartwell, John
Cartwell, Nathaniel
Casey, Archibald
Casey, Peter
Cass, George
Cassingham, George F.
Cain, Susan
Clark, Archibald
Calder, James Calder, John
Clark, Gabriel
Calhoun, George
Clark, James
Campbell, David
Campbell, James
Campbell, William
Cannon, Robert
Clark, Sr., William
Clark, Jr., William
Clark, Samuel
Crawford, John
Crawford, Robert
Cox, David
Cox, Martin
Cox, Michael
Cox, Thomas
Craig, Andrew
Craig, Jacob
Cain, Abel Cain, Arnold Cain, Joshua
Cain, Kitty
Cain, Polly
Castor, John
Clark, John
Clark, Payne
Clark, Richard
Cantwell, Barney Cantwell, James
Cantwell, Samuel
Cantwell, Sr., Thomas
Cantwell, Jr., Thomas
Carhartt, John Carhartt, William G.
Carnahan, Adamı
Carnahan, Andrew Carnahan, Eleanor
Carnahan, Eliza Carnahan, Hugh
Butler, Jonathan
Butler, Joseph
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HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY
Craig, John Cresap, Daniel Cresap, Otho Cresap, Thomas Courtright, Abraham
Courtright, Fanny Courtright, Jacob
Crowley, John Crager, David
Crager, Jacob Crager, John
Culbertson, Robert
Cotton, James
Cleonple, William
Chalfant, Mordecai
Corbin, Robert Corbit, Robert
Cessna, Charles
Conner, James
Conner, John
Crowe, William Cochran, Edward
Cochran, Joshua
Chance, Benjamin
Chance, Joshua
Cline, George
Cline, John Cline, Philip
Coulter, William
Coleman, Ebenezer
Coleman, Niles Cullison, Elijah Cunningham, Arthur Cunningham, Jesse Cosner, David Cosner, Philip Cosner, Henry Caton, Robert
Corson, Thomas Cosler, William Courtney, John Coulter, William
Cordray, Isaac
Church, Aaron M.
Conkle, John
Cook, Henry
Chaney, James
Chaney, Seth
Chambers, Matthew
Collins, Elizabeth
Crosier, Martin
Critchfield, William
Cutbush, William
Craft, Jesse Colver, John
Crissman, Henry
Cypher, Isaac
Coffin, James Conway, John
Daniel, George
Darling, Abraham
Darling, Isaac
Darling, Jonathan
Darling, Patience
Darling, Robert
Darling, Thomas
Darling, William
Darnes, John
Darnes, Peter H.
Davids, James
Davidson, Elias
Davidson, George
Davidson, Lewis
Davidson. Obadiah
Davidson, Robert
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Davidson, William
Davis, Abner
Duncan, John
Davis, Matthew
Duncan, Matthew
Davis, Robert
Durbin, William
Davis, Sarah
Davis, William
Eager, James
Dayton, James
Earlewine, Adam
Dayton, John
Edgar, James
Dayton, William
Edgar, Joseph
Dean, Enos
Edwards, Jacob
Dean, James
Elder, John
Elder, Robert
Elliott, Andrew
Deed, Jacob
Deed, John
Elliott, Finlay
DeLong, Edward
Elliott, Moses
Demoss, John
Elliott, John
Devore, Daniel
Elliott, George
DeWitt, Paul
Elliott, Thomas
Dial, George
Elliott, William
Dickerson, Isaac
Elliott, Jantes
Dickerson, John
Elliott, Charles
Dickerson, William
Ellis, Elias
Dillon, Peter
Elson, Archibald
Dillon, William
Elson, John®
Doak, William
Elson, Samuel
Dorland, Cornelius
Emerson, Brown
Daugherty, Andrew
Emerson, Jacob
Daugherty, S. M.
Emerson, Timothy
Douglas, David
Emery, George
Douglas, James
Emery, Van
Downing, Benjamin
Emery, William
Downs, George H.
Endsley, Thomas
Draper, Isaac
Estap, William
Draper, Isaias
Dubbs, John
Evans, Henry
Duling, Collin
Evans, Isaac
Duling, Edmund
Evans, Robert
Elliott, Elisha
Dean, John
Dean, Samuel
Duling, John
Evans, Gabriel
Standing Rock, Chile, O
STANDING ROCK ON HIGH CREST AT JUNC- TION OF TWO TOWNSHIPS NEAR CHILI.
HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY
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Evans, Thomas Evans, William Everhart, David
Facenbaker, John Farquhar, Benjamin
Farquhar, Daniel
Fulton, William
Farquhar, Enoch
Fuller, John
Farquhar, William
Futhey, Isaac
Farwell, Robert Farver, William
Gain, Sr., John
Gain, Jr., John
Gault, Adam
Fernsler, John
Glover, Joel
Glover, William B.
Fetrow, Daniel
Giffen, Robert
Griffith, William
Graham, James
Fletcher, Thomas
Forby, Benjamin
Forrest, John
Graham, Alexander
Graham, Thomas
Glassford, Samuel
Glassner, John
Gibson, Alexander Gruwell. John
Graves, Daniel
Foster, Thomas
Foster, William
Fowler, Richard
Fox, Eli Frazer, John
Frazer, Thomas Frew, John
Freshwater, George
Fry, Abraham Fry, Christian Fry, Gabriel
Fry, Sr., Isaac
Fry, Jr .. Isaac
Fry, Rachel
Frock, Michael
Fulton, Jesse
Fulton, John
Ferguson, Andrew
Ferguson, Matthew
Fernsler, Philip
Fetrow, Jeremiah Finley, Josiah
Graham, William
Graham, John
Foster, Andrew
Foster, Benjamin
Foster, David
Foster, James
Foster, Moses
Foster, Samuel
Graves, John
Gilloway, Thomas Gay. Dr. Gilliam, Samuel
Gross, John
Good, Isaac
Grimes, John
Ginn, Charles
Gugery, William
Glassby, Henry Gilliland, John
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HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY
Gillam, Samuel Gregor, Jacob
Gonnar, David Gow, William
Gurwell, Jacob L. Guiberson, Samuel Grimm, David
Grimm, Henry
Gotshall, George Gotshall, William
Haines, Daniel
Haines, David
Haines, Elizabeth
Haines, Henry
Haines, John
Hoagland. George
Hoagland, Isaac
Heaton, Machijah
Hoagland, John
Hall, Reuben S. Hay, Robert
Higby, Joseph C.
Hershman, John
Henderson, George
Hershman, Jacob
Henderson, John
Hershman, Philip
Harper, Joseph
Hart, Asher
Hutchinson, John
Hunt, Austin
Harding, James
Harcum, Thomas
Hawkins, General
Hill, Calvin Hill, John
Hardesty, Thomas
Hill, Samuel Hays, Nancy
Hartman, Joseph
Holmes, Jacob
Heter, John
Harris, Joseph
Humrickhouse, Peter Hammond, Samuel Harmon, John Haney, Frederick Hoagland, Michael
Hankins, William Henderson, Andrew
Hunter, James Hankins, John Hankins, Sr .. Daniel
Hankins, Jr., Daniel Hankins, T. Hankins, Betsy
Hankins, G. W.
Hebbel, John
Hook, Henry Humphrey, William
Humphrey, Squire
Haskins, Thomas
Haskins, William
High, Jacob Hook, John Havill, John
Horton, David Hootman, Henry
Hardesty, John
Hardesty, Samuel Higar, Martin Henderson, James
Heslip, Joseph
Halsey, Silas
Helms, Nicholas
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HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY
Hare, Joseph Hedley, Gabriel Henderson, William Hedley, Benjamin Hahn, John Hays, William Hanson, David
Hibbits, John
Henry, Enoch F.
Hedge, Aaron Hedge, Hiram
Hull, Edith Hull, William Hawk, Leonard
Hawk, Richard
Hawk, Robert
Highshoe, Jacob Harris, Rev. Timothy
Havens, Benjamin
Havens, James
Hostler, John Holloway, Isaac Horton, Thomas Henlion, John
Hartley, John Hide, Thomas Hollinback, Clark Houston, Alexander Houston, John A. L. Henry, Aaron Henry, Daniel Hang, Frederick Holt, John Highgo, Martin Heighart, Samuel Harkins, Jonathan Hayney, Frederick Huffman, Joseph
Hirt, Matthew Hirt, William
Ireland, William
James, Elias James, Ann James, Thomas P. Johnston, Adam
Jones, Thomas
Jones, Elias
Jones, Malchia Jones, James
Jones, Jesse
Jones, Joseph
Jones, William Jewett, Henry
Jennings, Benjamin
Jennings, Nathaniel
Johnston, William
Johnston, Robert
Jackson, Jacob Juel, Gilbert Jeffries, William
Jeffries, Jamies
Johnson, Adam
Johnson, Thomas
Johnston, Andrew Jeffries, Mary Jeffries, Betsy Johnston, David
Johnston, Valentine
Junkins, David Junkins, John Johnson, Richard Johnson, John Jenkins, John Jolly, William
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John, David John, Thomas
Kilborn, Benjamin
Kelly, Eli
King, James
Kay, John
Kinner, Hannah
Kimberley, Ira
Livingston, John
Knoff, John
Litchfield, Chauncey
Kerr, Polly
Lybarger, Andrew
Kelly, John
LeRetilley, James
Kinney, John
Knight, Nicholas
Keg, John
Knowles, Sr., James
Knowles, Jr., James
Kesler, John
Kerr, William
Knowles, John
Luke, John Luke, George
Kerr, Joseplı
Luke, Jacob
Knight, Michael
Leavengood, John
Lockard, Andrew Lash, Peter Loveless, S. H.
Leach, Archibald
Lower, Benjamin
Lower, Daniel Lutz, Jacob
Miller, Sr., John
Miller, Jr., John
Miller, George Miller, Michael
Miller, Thomas H.
Miller, Daniel Miller, Patrick
Lee, Dr. Samuel Livingston, William Littic, George Leighninger, George Loos, Jacob Lemasters, Isaac Lee, Elial J. Lemasters, Benjamin Loos, George Lynch, William
Little, George P. Lane, Mathias Lemert, Joshua
Loos, Christian Lewis, Thomas B.
Lyons, Robert Loos, John
Lesk, James
Lee, Dr. E. G. Lockard, William Lockard, John Lugus, William Laylin, William
Lawrence, John Lennon, John
Kerr, Peter
Kugar, Jacob
Korn, Jacob
Keith, Francis
Kimball, Abner
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Miller, Jr., Thomas Magness, Levi McMillen, James
McGowan, Wilson Miller, Michael H.
Morris, Jacob Madden, James W.
Miller, Charles Miller, Edward
Miller, Abraham
Marsh, Cyrus
Musgrove, John Musgrove, Moses
Metzler, Peter
Majors, William Miller, Nicholas Monroe, Barnabas
Markley, David
Madden, Sanford
Moore, Allen McBride, Walter
Mccullough, George Montour, Montgomery
Marsh, Lemuel Miller, Sr., James McHenry, David McCaskey, George McPherson, John
Myser, Jacob Myser, John Myser, Philip Mizer, Jacob
Miller, Michael P.
Miller, John McDonald, William McArthur, Dr. Moore, Elijah Marlatt, Abraham
Markley, Adam Markley, William Markley, John Means, Thomas
McDonald, Stephen
Morris, Jacob T.
Miller, Sr., Henry
McCune, Seth McCune, James
McCune, George
McCune, Sr., John
McCune, Jr., John
Miller, Christian Moore, Charles
McFarland, Andrew Miller, Isaac
Macaulay, Alexander
Moreat, John
Miller, John M.
Mills, Jolın Morgetto, John
Mulford, James
Munchel, Enoch
Mattox, David
Mattox, Jacob Meredith, Isaac Meredith, Job
McCormick, Richard
Meredith, Stephen
Meredith, Abner
Meredith, Obed
McIlvain, Robert
Morgan, Moses Morgan, John Morgan, Stryker
Mccullough, Catherine
Morrison, Samuel Moore, John D.
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Moore, Peter
McClain, Samuel
McClain, Thomas
McClain, Andrew
McClain, David
McClain, Daniel
Markley, Frederick Markley, Martin McCullough, John McCoy, William
Markley, Abraham
Magness, George
Maple, David
McFarland, Samuel
Miller, Sr., Thomas
Morrison, William
Madden, Thomas
Meek, Ann
Miller, Wendell
Miller, John G.
Miller, John H.
Miller, John W.
Miller, David
Miller, Thomas G.
Miller, Thomas H.
Murphy, William
McCarey, Anthony
McKee, Abner
Mitchell, Joseph
McCormick, Samuel W.
Metzler, Peter
Munson, Jr., Isaac
Munson, Henry
Moore, Gabriel
Miller, Edward
McCoy, Edmund McCoy, Joseph
Minton, William Matthews, John
McCurdy, Daniel
Marshall, Thomas
McCurdy, James
Mitchell, William
McCurdy, William
Mitchell, John Medberry, Arnold
Meredith, David
Mason, George Miller, Stephen Miskimen, James Miskimen, William
McQuestion, Thomas McGuire, Francis Miller, John G.
Mossman, Robert C. Markley, Benjamin
Maple, Jacob
Monroe, Joseph F.
Mervin, Henry
McBride, William
Meek, David
Meek, George
McNeal. Archibald
Moore, Thomas
Marshall, Ira
Mast, David
Mizer, Frederick Mowery, Henry
McCleary, George
McNabb, John
Mulholland, John
Madden, James W.
McKearn, John
McFarland, Ezekiel McFarland, Samuel
Merrihew, John
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Mills, Stephen Mulvain, John Mulvain, Joseph Mulvain, William Moore, Jared McBride, John
McFarland, Robert
McVey, Henry
Middleton, Nathaniel Miller, Jacob
Norris, Daniel Norris, Joseph Norris, Samuel Norris, William
Neff, Joseph
Newcomb, Elijah
Nelson, Nathaniel
Neighbor, John
Nelson, John Nelson, Elijah Norris, John
Norman, Benjamin
Norman, George
Noble, John
Norman, Daniel
Norman, Icleus
Newcomb, Charity
Neal, Andrew
Neldon, John Neldon, Henry Nichols, Eli Nichols, Thomas Newcomb, Moses Nelson, Benjamin Norman, Jabus Norman, John Nolan, Pierre
Northrup, Henry Newell, Thonias Nash, David Nash, Uriah Nighart, Jacob
O'Donald, James O'Donald, William
Ogg, Richard Ogle, Joseph
Ogle, Thomas
Oglesby, James
Oliver, Robert Orr, Josiah
Orr, Matthew
Osler, John Overholt, Joseph
Pain, Solomon
Piatt, Peter
Pingree, John
Putman, David
Parks, David
Parks, Joseph
Pigman, John G. Pigman, John P. Parue, John Pigman, Joseph W.
Philips, Theophilus Price, Geoffrey
Pinkerton, Benjamin
Pinkerton, Thomas Pierce, Isaac Preston, Henry Pritchard, John Powelson, Lewis
Powelson, William Pew, James
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Parker, Ezekiel
Parker, George Parker, John
Parker, Joshua
Parker, Zebulan
Pitzer, Anthony
Ravenscraft, James
Powelson, Conrad
Renfrew, Alexander
Pingree, Oliver
Partalow, William
Poland, Andrew
Pilar, John
Parkinson, Jonathan
Pigman, John
Priest, James L.
Peterson, John
Peterson, John G.
Pigman, Rev. William
Pigman, Daniel C.
Perry, Dr. Samuel I.
Payall, Peter
Pearson, James
Parker, Elijah
Peachey, Moses
Pigman, Rev. Joseph W.
Pierce, Daniel
Parkinson, Grant
Pancake, William
Perkins, Samuel
Pierpont, William
Pritchard, Rev. John
Powell, Thomas
Parrish, Joseph
Patterson, Benjamin
Purdy, Isaac
Robinson, Benjamin Robinson, Jolın Richards, William
Roberts, Elizabeth Robinson, James
Ravenscraft, Sarah Ravenscraft, John Ravenscraft, William
Renfrew, James
Renfrew, William
Rue, Thomas L.
Rue, Joseph W.
Reed, Jacob
Roderick, Levi
Rader, John
Randles, Abraham
Robinson, William J.
Robinson, Hezekiah
Robey, M.
Ricketts, Benjamin
Ricketts, Joshua
Roderick, Lewis
Roderick, Benjamin
Riley, Nicholas Russell, Thomas
Richcreek, Jasper
Ridgely, Westall
Russell, Cornelius
Roberts, Eli
Roberts, William
Robinson, John M.
Robinson, Major William
Richards, Jacob
Reasoner, Peter Rees, Jonathan Rice, Andrew
Robertson, William
Rollins, William Rea, Nicholas
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Rea, Samuel Rowley, Samuel Roof, Jacob Remington, Peter
Reikle, Henry Rambo, Peter
Russell, John
Raiff, Dr. Alexander A.
Randall, Beal A.
Ryan, Charles
Rine, Henry
Rine, John
Rose, Samuel
Rinehart, Jacob
Seward, Ebenezer Seward, Eli
Seward, James
Steerman, John
Steerman, Richard
Simpson, Henry
Simpson, Josiah
Stafford, Richard A.
Smith, Sr., John Smith, Jr., John
Smith, Francis Smith, William
Smith, Reuben
Smith, Silas
Smith, Thomas Smith, Daniel Sells, Abraham
Sells, David Sells, Franklin Sells, Jonathan Shaw, Elijah
Shaw, Levi Shaw, Ann
Shaw, Enos
Shaw, John Shaw, Robert Shaw, James Spencer, Nathan Stowe, Abijah Spencer, Phineas
Spencer, William
Speaks, William Sheperd, William
Saunders, Edward Sible, Peter
Shane, Abraham
Stafford, Francis A.
Shambaugh, Isaac
Stogdon, John C. Starker, George
Severns, I. John
Severns, Joseph
Shannon, John Simmons, Casper
Simmons, Jasper
Simmons, William
Smith, Joseph B.
Smith, James
Stonehocker, Jacob
Stonehocker, Michael Shults, Content
Stephenson, Samuel
Shitton, Richard Shamblin, T. S.
Stootzman, Jonas Stootzman, Powell Sweitzer, Jacob Sweitzer, Samuel Shea, John
Shipley, James Shrimplin, A.
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Shrimplin, Samuel Shealy, Joseph Stout, George Spiker, Samuel
Spangler, David Smeltzer, John Shaffer, John
Silliman, G. W.
Silliman, Willis
Silliman, L. S.
Scales, William Stillwell, Stephen
Shauweker,
Slaughter, Alexander
Slaughter, Henry
Slagle, John
Shuck, John Squires, Bradley
Squires, Samuel
Severns, John S.
Severns, Absolom
Severns, Samuel
Stephens, Matthew
Stover, Michael
Stover, Matthias
Sloane, Joseph
Sheldon, Richard
Scott, Alexander
Scott, Joseph
Scott, Matthew
Scott, James
Scott, John Strait, Isaac C.
Stringer, George
Stringer, Moses H.
Skinner, George
Springer, Amos Sampson, Henry
Stanberry, Jonas Stall, William Salisbury, Daniel Stackhouse, Amos Snow, Darius Starkey, William Stone, Samuel
Thompson, Patience
Thomson, Moses
Thompson, Jonathan
Thompson, Samuel
Thompson, William
Thompson, James
Thompson, Joshua
Thompson, John
Thompson, Isaac
Titus, George
Torry, Albert
Thayer, Ephraim
Thayer, Bartholomew
Tipton, Samuel
Tipton, Solomon
Tipton, Thomas
Treadway, Thomas Taylor, Samuel
Taylor, John
Taylor, William
Troyer, David
Troyer, Jacob
Truit, Walter
Truit, Solomon
Tanner, James
Tilton, Elijah Timmons, Peter
Tush, John
Titus, Francis Trimble, Josiah
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Trimble, Matthew Thatcher, Isaac Thomas, John
Uhill, Charles Underhill, Isaac Upson, Jesse Usher, John
Vankirk, Cornelius P. Vanderwert, Elizabeth
Vail, Lewis
Vail, Samuel
Vail, Solomon
Vail, Joseph
Vail, Jefferson
Vail, Jonathan
Vail, John
Vulgamore, Jacob
Vansky, Moses Vickers, Taliafero
Wayman, John
Wamsley, Mary
Winders, James M.
Wolfe, John
Whitten, William
Williams, Colonel Charles
Williams, Matthew
Wilson, John
Wilson, John P.
Wilson, Samuel
Williams, Clark
Wilson, William
Williams, Richard
Wilson, Thomas
Williams, Sharon
Wilson, James
Williams, Abraham
Williams, William G.
Wamsley, Catherine
Wamsley, Robinson Wood, Joshua
Wood, Peter Wood, Jonathan
Wood, Solomon
Wood, Richard
Wood, William Whealan, John Wogan, Daniel Williamson, Piatt Waggoner, John
Waggoner, David
Waggoner, Philip
Waggoner, Edward
Waggoner, Jacob
Weaver, Samuel
Workman, Benjamin
Witherow, James
Witherow, Charles
West, Jonathan
Wright, John Wiggins, Charity
Wiggins, Thomas
Wiggins, Edward
Wolfe, Philip
Walters, Joseph
Williams, John
Williams, James
Wheeling, George
Workman, Rebecca
Wolford, Jeremiah Wolford, Moses
Wilson, Potter
Wilson, Andrew Whittaker. Reuben B.
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Whittaker, James Wright, Dr. Hiram
Wiley, Samuel Winklepleck, A.
Warner, Wright
Wisecarver, Abraham Wolgamot, David
Welch, James
Wells, John
Wolgamot, Edward
Willis, Richard
Wolgamot, Joseph
Workman, Thomas
Wolgamot, Jacob
Wynn, Richard
Wolgamot, Henry
Whitesell, John
Worth, Richard
Wiggins, Francis
Walker, Joseph
Wells, Benjamin
Warden, Benjamin
Willis, William
Wallace, Thomas
Willis, James
Ware, Joseph
Wolford, John
Willer, James
Wright, Joseph
White, Augustine
Welker, Abraham
White, John
Workman, Isaac
Weatherwax, Andrew
Wells, William
Young, Cornelius
Williams, William
Young, Ephraim
Youther, Christian
Williams, Benjamin
Wynn, James Wise, Christopher
STATION ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BUILT ABOUT 1851 AND OCCUPIED BY THOMAS POWELL.
CHAPTER VI
THE SICKLE AND CRADLE DAYS-BARREL AND TIN CUP TEMPERANCE-THE COSHOCTON COUNTY LINE OF THE "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD" FROM SLAV- ERY TO FREEDOM-"ALL ABOARD FOR MEXICO!"
In those days when Coshocton County was compelled to harvest wheat by main strength instead of by machinery the workers were stimulated by the ever-present beverage from the bottle on the table, the jug in the field, or the barrel in the cellar. Nor is there any evidence that drunkenness cursed the community when whisky was plenty and pure and not paying millions of taxes to the government. That the privilege was abused is probable, as all privileges have been abused from time immemorial. But condemnation was directed toward the abuse, not toward temperate drinking, and there are those who retain the belief that the barrel and tin cup hospitality of our pioneers was nearer true temperance than the sneaking, hypocritical drinking behind the door.
The farmers in those early times started from home before day- light to help a neighbor cut his wheat. They toiled under burning skies, reaping their slow way with the hand sickle, their stooped fig- ures bowed by the weight of drudging years. And to thrash the grain they pounded it with a flail on the barn floor.
In time came the cradle, and the first step in harvest progress. The strong-armed pioneer swung the cradle with mighty sweep, cut- ting in one day acres of grain where the sickle had cut sheaves.
Meanwhile there was a cloud growing, at first "no bigger than a man's hand," but it spread until it darkened the land to break in the storm of '61. Through the canal years slaves were escaping from the South, and friendly abolitionists were helping them along the way through Ohio to Canada. Coshocton County was on one of Ohio's many lines of the "underground railroad" from slavery to freedom.
While there was on the part of some people here a certain tacit
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tolerance of slavery, many having brought with them the Virginia notion of the South's peculiar institution, there were others in Co- shocton County with whom New England ideas prevailed. Their aggressive stand against slavery promoted a sentiment ready to sup- port the fleeing slave.
There has been a list compiled by Professor Siebert in Ohio State University naming the Coshocton County operators of the "under- ground railroad"-abolitionists who threw open their doors to the fleeing black man and braved the existing laws protecting the slave- holder's claim of ownership. These were the conductors who helped along the fugitives passing through this county, providing them with food, shelter and raiment :
Boyd, James
Nichols, Eli
Boyd, Luther
Powell, Thomas
Boyd, William Miller Campbell, Alexander
Seward, Ebenezer
Elliott, William
Shannon, Isaac Shannon, J. P.
Foster, Prior Lawrence, Solon
White, Benjamin WVier, Samuel
Despite the efforts of the Whigs to keep the slavery question out of politics, it rose persistently. Some, who were not inclined to go the full limit of abolitionists, gave up the idea of abolishing slavery in southern states, but would "draw a ring of fire around them." These Free-Soilers had their followers in Coshocton County.
The South was scheming to maintain its system of slavery by con- trolling Congress. To offset the creation of free States in the North, the South worked to extend slave territory in the Southwest. There was emigration to the Rio Grande country, then part of Mexico, and they called it Texas. The day came that General Sam Houston and his seven hundred Texans routed Santa Anna and his five thousand Mexicans on the San Jacinto, and Texas was freed from Mexico. When the young Republic of Texas with her slave-holding tendency applied to Congress for annexation, the question whether or not to admit her became the burning issue in the presidential campaign of 1844-an issue that was stormily debated in taverns and stores of Coshocton County.
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Here as elsewhere men's hats were thrown high for the peerless Henry Clay, that prince of compromisers whom the Whigs nominated for president, and who was supposed to be against the annexation of. Texas. But Polk, the Democratic candidate who favored annexation, was elected, partly by reason of the votes thrown away on the Free Soil nominee. Polk's election was taken as a sign of popular approval of annexation, and Congress admitted Texas.
Mexico claimed the rich valley of the Rio Grande and insisted on a boundary farther east. General Zachary Taylor advanced to the Rio Grande, and on a spring day in 1846 the news came to Coshocton County that the Mexicans had fired upon our flag.
At the call for troops Coshocton sons came to the front as the county's fathers did in 1812 with a full quota of defenders, and more. They exceeded a hundred and ten, those young volunteers, among them several who were destined yet to serve their country in another war, including the corporal, B. F. Sells, who as captain led a valiant company in the Rebellion, and for years was one of only two Coshoc- ton survivors of the Mexican War. The last is Joseph Sawyer.
In June, 1846, the Coshocton County volunteers started south. There was a throng to see them off, such a throng as had never as- sembled here before: people from the homes that the boys were leav- ing : women and girls forcing a cheerful goodby through tears. They crowded down the Roscoe shore to the canal boats to keep the boys in sight to the last minute. "All aboard for Mexico!" The boats drew away, the crowd cheered, there was an answering roar from the troops, and they were off. This is the official roster of the volunteers :
Company B Jesse Meredith, Captain.
J. M. Love, First Lieutenant, after- ward Captain
S. B. Crowley, Second Lieutenant
J. D. Workman, Lieutenant Corbin Darnes, Sergeant Rolla Banks, Lieutenant
J. B. Crowley, Sergeant Peter Shuck, Sergeant Richard McClain, Sergeant
B. F. Sells, Corporal John Patterson, Corporal James Dickson, Corporal Robert Harrison, Musician
Charles Conley, Sergeant A. J. Darling, Corporal John Hubert, Corporal Gresham Davis, Musician Obed Meredith, Musician
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Privates.
Alexander, Samuel
Kline, Frederick A.
Aunspaugh, Moses
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