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FINANCIAL CONDITION.
The following figures show the financial condition of the old county from 1824 to 1827, inclusive, and of the present county in 1881: Total
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amount of county orders issued in 1824 to 1827, inclusive, 82,279.02; 1824, amount redeemed by Treasurer, $99.64; 1825, amount redeemed, $261.93; 1826, amount redeemed, $365.55 ; 1827, amount redeemed, $259.27 ; total, $986.39; leaving a balance against the county of $1,292 .- 63.
It may be inferred that county orders were at a heavy discount. In 1836-37-38, embracing the flush times of that day, county orders fell to the standard of the most depreciated wild-cat bank issues of that period, and with a view that creditors of the county suffer only part of the loss, the Commissioners ordered the Auditor to add 50 per cent to the amount of the claim of a creditor ; so that one, for example, having a claim of $9 against the county would receive an order for $13.50. After a few years' trial of this disastrous practice, it became obvious to all that the finances of the county would be irretrievably ruined if it was continued, and it was abandoned as a practice having no legal sanction, and hostile to public policy.
The amount of the valuation of taxable property in the early years of the county cannot be ascertained from the records, but it is reasonable to conclude that it was very small. Reaching the Williams County of 1882, shorn of its original dimensions as it has been, by the erection of the Counties of Defiance and Fulton, the books show that the amount of orders issued upon the Treasury at the close of the fiscal year of 1881 amounted to $99,913.30, or only $86.70 less than $100,000, while in 1882, the valuation of real and personal property, as represented on the tax duplicate, amounts ts $11,369,616, and orders upon the Treasurer are at par, and cashed on presentation. Fifty-eight years have brought the inhabitants of Williams County, financially, at least, within the gates of the promised land. These references are made only to call attention to the marvelous contrast exhibited in the condition of Williams County as discovered in its infancy, and, as the figures now present, the county in its vigorous and healthy manhood.
DESTRUCTION OF NATIVE TIMBER.
With the first settlers, naturally enough, it was their primary object to lay their ax at the trunk of every tree, and either chop down or girdle, and destroy tree and shrub without discrimination or reservation, saving only a portion of such as would be suitable for fence timber; and for these purposes black walnut was quite often used. So merciless was the war upon timber that, upon the fields first cleared, scarcely a shade-tree would be permitted to stand as shelter for man or beast against the fervid rays of the sun. Trees of all dimensions and varieties were regarded as trespassers upon the soil, and the ambition of the early settler was to rid
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the earth of the incumbrance as hastily as possible. If there is a town plat in the county where a native forest tree stands on the same ground where its growth commenced, the writer does not know the fact; but if there are cases of this character, they must be exceptional. Upon the grounds, in Bryan, where now rests the court house, and for miles sur- rounding it, there was as fine a body of forest timber as clothed any por- tion of the earth ; but it was all doomed to swift destruction directly after the county seat became established. A few years later, and when the denuded surface in the public square inclosure presented an appearance akin to desolation, the County Commissioners ordered transplanting ever- greens and other exotics, but no provision was made in behalf of the mag- nificent trees originally supplied by nature, and that once covered nearly the entire surface of the county. On many streets in towns, and lining some public highways in the country, are discoverable the pestilential silver maple, whose multitudinous roots strike the wells and insinuate themselves through the walls, and defile, if they do not poison, the water. The introduction of small-pox into the country and towns of Williams County could scarcely inflict greater evil on animal life than the trans- planting of some of the foreign shade and so-called "ornamental." trees that have superseded the ones that God planted upon this soil. Some of the ' streets of towns, as if in very mockery, bear the names of Beach, Lin, Walnut, Cherry, Mulberry, Maple, Sycamore, Elm, Hickory, Oak, Ash, etc., but the native tree will not be understood by future generations by the mere names of streets, which to them will be meaningless and have no significance; but the only true and secure method of symbolizing the grand native forestry is by transplantation upon public and private grounds, and on the public highways and streets, so that, in their season, their beautiful foliage and grateful shade will be ever present.
WILLIAMS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
No county in Northwestern Ohio, probably, possesses better elements to guarantee prosperity to an agricultural organization than this of Will- iams. Except the waters of a small lake and those that form river and and creek channels, there is not a waste acre in the county. Outside the the corporation of Bryan, the county contains 265,702 acres of arable land. The county society was founded in 1856, as appears by the official minutes. In compliance with notice, a number of citizens of Williams County convened in the court house at Bryan, June 14, 1865, to consider the matter of forming an agricultural society. The meeting was organized by appointing Levi Cunningham, Chairman, and David Morrow, Secre- tary. A committee of five was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws, and the committee consisted of P. W. Norris, W. A. Smith,
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David Morrow, John Davis and E. G. Denman. The constitution being adopted and signed by those present, the meeting made choice of the following officers to serve during the present year: President, David Morrow ; Vice Presidents, William Stubbs and E. G. Denman ; Secretary, W. A. Smith; Treasurer, R. B. Rush ; Managers, P. D. Benson, Silas Gore, P. W. Norris, Daniel Farnham and Samuel Allen.
An adjourned meeting was held at the court house, August 6, and perfected a premium list, and the fair was fixed to be held at Bryan, on the 7th and 8th days of October. Although the premiums offered at this first fair were small in amount, the attendance was large, and the friends of the enterprise were much encouraged. This fair was held on the court house square. At a meeting of the board held February 10, 1857, it was resolved that the citizens of Defiance and Fulton be admitted as com- petitors for premiums on equal terms, except on field crops, with the citizens of Williams County.
GROUNDS FOR FAIR PURPOSES.
At a meeting of the board, held June 1, 1857, propositions were received for fair grounds, at which a committee appointed at a previous meeting reported, "that David Morrow offered ground one and one-fourth miles from the town, free. P. W. Norris, of Pioneer, offered as much ground as the society would need, in fee simple, and A. P. Edgerton offered the ground lying between the Evansport and Lafayette roads in the town of Bryan, for five years, provided the society intend to make permanent fixtures (which your committee would earnestly recommend), and they report the following resolution :
" RESOLVED, That the President and Secretary be directed to contract with A. P. Edgerton for the use of said ground."
After the expiration of this contract, the fairs were removed to the present grounds, where they have remained continuously.
LAST FAIR, AND CONDITION IN 1882.
Amount in premiums offered in 1881, $2,250; amount awarded, $1,- 322; number of entries, 1,730; receipts of the fair, $2,165.60. Officers for 1882: President, John J. Rudisill; Vice President, B. Calvin ; Secretary, Robert N. Patterson ; Treasurer, J. W. Nelson. These officers are all busy and able workers, and the interests of the Williams County Agricultural Society are in the hands of intelligent and faithful officers.
JUNE FROST, OF 1859.
As untimely frosts have close relation to agriculture, it may not be out of place here to recur to the memorable frost which visited this portion
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of the earth on the 4th of June, 1859, and which produced effects so desolating, that they can never be effaced from the memories of those who, at that date, were of an age to be impressed with so remarkable an event. On Sunday morning, June 5, after the sun appeared, and as its rays began to have influence, the extraordinary spectacle of utter blight was visible upon every grain field, every orchard, and upon even the foli- age of forest and other trees: and yet, the day before gave promise of a good harvest. Ice formed in some places to a thickness of three-fourths of an inch. "Wheat and rye froze in the blossom, corn in the stalk, potatoes and vines froze to the ground." The weather was cold and changeable until the 4th day of July, in the morning, when there was another frost, not so devastating in its effects, only because only little little remained for destruction. The late Dr. S. P. Hildreth, of Marietta, records similar disasters as having occurred in 1816, and in 1834.
CONDITION OF THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
Through the kindness of Hon. Charles A. Bowersox, of the Obio House of Representatives, the following exhibit of the general condition of the common schools of the county, and of Bryan and Pulaski Town- ship is given, as reported to him by the State Commissioner:
Total Receipts:
County
$ 73,180 83
Bryan
13,131 38
Pulaski Township. 6,213 38
Total Disbursements :
County
$51,236 26
Bryan
8,209 96
Pulaski Township
4,810 69
Receipts from State Tax or State Common School Fund :
County
$8,879 75
Bryan
1,204 95
Pulaski Township.
642 35
Interest received on " Irreducible School Fund:"
County
$2,872 87
Bryan
136 88
Pulaski Township.
75 16
Youth enumerated in September, 1881 :
County
7,524
Bryan.
815
Pulaski Township.
484
Whole number of houses:
County
119
Bryan
4
Pulaski Township.
9
Different teachers employed-Primary Schools :
County.
.Gentlemen, 110; Ladies, 127
Bryan
Ladies, 8
Pulaski Township.
Gentlemen, 9; Ladies, 9
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High Schools :
County.
Gentlemen, 6.
Bryan.
.Gentlemen, 2.
Wages of teachers :
County.
Gentlemen, $31; Ladies, $20
Bryan
Gentlemen, 60; Ladies, 30
Pulaski Township. .Gentlemen, 34; Ladies, 18
The above are the wages paid primary teachers. The average wages per month for High School teachers are $68.
Enrollment;
County.
Boys, 3,998; Girls, 3,713
Bryan.
Boys,
322 ; Girls,
354
Pulaski Township.
Boys,
830 ; Girls,
821
Daily attendance of enrollment:
County.
.Boys, 2,460; Girls, 2,043
Bryan.
Boys,
280; Girls,
284
Pulaski Township.
Boys, 180; Girls,
120
Monthly enrollment :
County ...
Boys, 2,882; Girls, 2,688
Bryan.
Boys,
295 ; Girls,
313
Pulaski Township
Boys, 144; Girls,
181
PUPILS IN EACH BRANCH OF STUDY.
County.
Bryan.
Pulaski Township.
Alphabet
966
100
79
Reading.
5,896
600
894
Spelling
5,906
600
390
Writing
4,879
600
835
Arithmetic
5,441
620
848
Geography
2,565
850
148
English Grammar
2,019
350
105
Oral Lessons.
1,103
300
68
Composition
199
23
Drawing
385
300
Vocal Music.
1,073
800
62
Map Drawing.
390
350
United States History
349
65
5
Physiology
86
24
Physical Geography
70
20
Natural Philosophy
40
24
German
80
26
Algebra
241
75
9
Logic.
40
5
Latin
110
31
Greek
4
4
French.
18
10
The following districts have an enumeration of 300 or more :*
Bryan
815
Stryker
301
West Unity
307
Edgerton.
313
. The State Commissioner could not furnish the enumeration of Montpelier.
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POPULATION.
The first federal census was taken when the area was embraced in the present counties of Wood, Henry, Hancock, Putnam, Paulding, Williams, Defiance and Fulton.
In 1820, this large district was returned as having a white popula- tion of 387; in 1830, and when Williams County had been set off as a separate jurisdiction, of 4,465 ; in 1840, 8,018; in 1850 (after the spolia- tion of its territory by the erection of Defiance and Fulton Counties), of 16.633; and in 1870, of 20,991.
The detailed results of the census of 1880 are as follows by townships :
Brady
1,985
Bridgewater
1,898
Centre .
1,689
Florence.
2,228
Jefferson
1,578
Madison.
1,798
Mill Creek 1,102
North west
1,582
Pulaski.
4,480
St. Joseph 2,078
2,117
Springfield
1,846
Total of county 28,821
The increase during the last decade cannot be otherwise than highly gratifying to all who are interested in the material progress of Williams County and its towns.
The population of Williams County in 1870 was as follows : Brady Township, 1,681 ; town of West Unity, 537 ; Bridgewater Township, 1,207 ; Center Township, 1,628; Florence Township, 1,678 ; Jefferson Township, 1,564 ; Madison Township, 1,532; town of Pioneer, 338; Mill Creek Township, 1,181; Northwest Township, 1,521; Pulaski Township, 3,547; town of Bryan, 2,284; Springfield Township, 1,981; town of Stryker, 671; St. Joseph Township, 1,844; town of Edgerton, 690; Superior Township, 1,627. Total of county, 20,991.
BASIS OF TAX VALUATION IN 1882.
Value of real estate in county, exclusive of towns. .$4,841,500
Value of personal property, including towns. 2,838.600
Total in county. $7,680,100
Add valuation of town lots 834,700
Grand total $8,514,800
The entire valuation of 1878, including farm, town and per- sonal property, amounted to. .$7,805,299
Exhibiting an increase in four years of ... $ 709,501
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Total amount of taxable property, real and personal, on Williams County tax duplicate in 1845. $ 868,776 Showing an increase in thirty-seven years of. $7,646,024
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There are not many counties in Ohio that can exhibit a more rapid or satisfactory development.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' SESSION, JUNE 7, 1841.
At this session (the seat of justice of Williams County having been removed from the margin of the county to near its geographical center), the board, conscious of having popular scrutiny directed to their action, recognized in their proceedings, that there had sprung up a mysterious power outside the population located upon the old bottom lands of the rivers, that quite overshadowed the first settlements, that had so long ruled by virtue of superior numerical strength, and we discover at this session that some attention was paid to the long-neglected section. As example : "Petition of J. B. Kimmell and others, for a county road, commencing at the township line where the Bellefontaine State road crosses the line between the townships of Farmer and Washington ; thence running north on said township line to the State line between Ohio and Michigan." Petition granted. And another road, on petition of J. C. Church and others, asking for a county road commencing at the town of Bryan, running thence by the nearest and best route to Beaver Creek, near the saw-mill frame of A. Rawson, on Section 10, in Pulaski Town- ship, was granted. Then follows the petition of A. C. Church and others, asking for a county road commencing at the town of Bryan, running thence by the nearest and best route to Beaver Creek, near the saw-mill of A. Rawson, on Section 10, Pulaski Township; thence north westwardly and eastwardly, so far as to intersect a State road running northwardly near Beaver Creek, on the east side thereof; and these petitions, with many others that affected the new county seat interests appear to have been adopted nem. con., and thus illustrated the transfer of the people's power to a new locality.
At this session, the board ordered the names of several lawyers and physicians to be placed on the duplicate for taxation for the crime of practicing honorable professions.
Board allowed John Drake $24.69 for removing public records and furniture from Defiance to Bryan.
THE COUNTY JAIL.
At the special July session, 1841, the Board " consider Inlot No. 137, in the town of Bryan, in said county, the proper and most suitable situation for the erection of said jail, and select the same for that pur- pose, for which a bond was given by John A. Bryan, for himself, and William Trevitt, to the Commissioners of Williams County, and their successors in office." Upon what conditions the bond was executed, does
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not appear. But it is recorded that Erastus H. Leland was appointed " a special Commissioner to sell at public auction, to the lowest responsible bidder, the job of clearing off the above-named Lot 137, with instructions to have the same done as soon as possible."
The board, at their session, October 30, 1841, "allow John McDowell the sum of $525 for material and building of jail. Board also make an allowance to E. H. Leland of $7 for clearing off jail lot."
COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
At a session of Commissioners held February 14, 1842, it was ordered that the court house that is to be erected in and for this county be placed in the center of the public square in the town of Bryan-said square not included in the two lots deeded to the county at the south end of said square. The board order that the plan drawn by H. Daniels for a court house, specifying the dimensions of said court house to be fifty-three feet by eighty-seven and a half feet, including the porches, be, and is hereby adopted by the board for a court house for the county of Williams.
Incidentally, the following bill was allowed : " The board allow John Drake the sum of $5, for bringing one dozen chairs from Defiance to Bryan, and also $3 with an addition of 33} per cent added for candles, stationery, etc., as per bill rendered the 7th day of January, A. D. 1842."
Following is the County Commissioners' understanding of what town proprietors promised : " The Commissioners, Payne C. Parker and Oney Rice, Jr., direct the auditor to make an entry on the record that they consider the understanding between the Proprietors of the town of Bryan and the Commissioners of Williams County, when they received the bond for the erection of a court house, the following, namely : That the signers of the bond were to lay out judiciously, under the direction of the Com- missioners of Williams County, $8,500, and nothing further."
At the session April 20, 1842, " The Board order the Clerk to enter on the record the copy following of a letter to Messrs. Bryan and Trevitt, to wit : ' We, the Commissioners of Williams County, Ohio, have agreed upon and adopted a plan [of the court house] drawn by an architect of this section, the size of which is fifty by sixty-eight feet, to be executed in the Ionic order ; the estimated cost in cash shall not exceed $10,000. The temporary court house is very uncomfortable and cold; the court, complaining to the Commissioners, say that they shall hold and call upon the Commissioners to see that the house is made comfortable and more convenient.' "
In regard to the jail building contract, " The board order the auditor to inform John McDowell that, if the jail is not finished for this county by the 1st Monday of June next, they will proceed against his sureties."
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TAXES ON LAWYERS AND PHYSICIANS IN 1842.
The following names on the tax list will show who were in practice in the above-named year :
Lawyers-William Semans, William Carter, Horace Sessions, Will- iam C. Holgate, George B. Evans, Edwin Phelps, E. H. Leland, George L. Higgins.
Physicians-Thomas Kent, E. H. Allen, Ioram Allen, James M. Gillespie, Ira M. Ladd, Henry Marcellus, Stephen Major, William Porter, Oney Rice, Jr., Jonas Colby, Levi Colby, James Taylor.
LIST OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY AUDITORS FROM 1841 TO 1882 INCLUSIVE.
In pages immediately preceding this are embodied the names of per- sons who served in these offices from the organization of the county in 1824 until 1840 inclusive. In regular order now, and without inter- polation of proceedings of the board, is continued and concluded the list of these officers :
1841-Commissioners, Oney Rice, Jr., Payne C. Parker and Albert Opdyke; Auditor, William A. Brown.
1842-Same officers.
1843-Commissioners, Levi Cunningham, Albert Opdyke and Oney Rice, Jr .; Auditor, William A. Stevens.
1844-Same officers.
1845-Same Board of Commissioners, except that John Stubbs takes the place of Oney Rice, Jr .; Auditor, same.
1846-Commissioners, George Ely, William Sheridan, Sr., and Al- bert Opdyke.
1847-Commissioners, William Sheridan, Sr., Harman Doolittle and George Ely; Auditor, William McKean.
1848-Commissioners, Ezekiel Masters, Harman Doolittle and Jacob Bowman; Auditor, same.
1849-Commissioners, same; Auditor, same.
1850-Commissioners, Jacob Bowman, Robert Ogle and Daniel Farnham; Auditor, same.
1851-Commissioners, Robert Ogle, Joseph Reasoner and John Washburn; Auditor, Jocob Bowman; Surveyor, James Thomson.
1852-Commissioners and Auditor, same.
1853-Commissioners, Thomas Burke, Joseph Reasoner and John Washburn; Auditor, M. B. Plummer.
1854-Commissioners, John Washburn, Thomas Burke and S. B. McKelvy ; Auditor, George Ely ; Treasurer, John Rings.
1855-Commissioners same as preceding year, except that William
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Letcher takes the place of John Washbarn, while the Auditor con- tinues.
1856-Same Commissioners, and A. R. Patterson, Auditor ; Treas- urer, Samuel Ayres.
1857-Commissioners, Timothy W. Stocking, William Letcher and C. Brannan ; Auditor, F. M. Case.
1858-Commissioners, Timothy W. Stocking, A. W. Boynton and Christopher Brannan ; Auditor, same.
1859-Commissioners same, except that Daniel Farnham succeeds Christopher Brannan, and Mr. Case continues as Auditor.
1860-Commissioners and Auditor continued.
1861-Commissioners continue in office, and C. W. Mallory succeeds Mr. Case as Auditor.
1862-Commissioners and Auditor remain in office.
1863-Commissioners, A. W. Boynton, Daniel Farnham and George R. Joy ; Auditor, same.
1864-Commissioners and Clerk, same.
1865-Commissioners, Robert Haughey, A. W. Boynton and G. R. Joy ; Auditor, C. W. Mallory.
1866-Commissioners, A. W. Boynton, Robert Haughey and Hiram Opdyke; Auditor, C. W. Mallory.
1867-Commissioners and Auditor same.
1868-Commissioners, Hiram Opdyke, William G. Fish and Jacob Haughey ; Auditor, Simeon Gillis.
1869-Commissioners and Auditor, same as preceding year.
1870-Commissioners, Hiram Opdyke, William G. Fish and Tim- othy W. Stocking ; Auditor, Simeon Gillis.
1871-Commissioners, Hiram Opdyke, Timothy W. Stocking and Daniel Farnham; Auditor, same.
1872-Commissioners, Timothy W. Stocking, Daniel Farnham and Eli Booth ; Auditor, same.
1873-Commissioners, Daniel Farnham, John B. Grim and Eli Booth.
1874-Commissioners, Eli Booth, John B. Grim and Clark Backus ; Auditor, Jacob Kelly.
1875-Commissioners, John B. Grim, P. S. Garlow and Clark Backus ; Auditor, same.
1876-Commissioners, Peter S. Garlow, C. W. Mallory and Jonathan Burke; and same Auditor.
1877-Commissioners, C. W. Mallory, G. R. Joy and Jonathan Burke; Auditor, George Rings.
1878-Commissioners and Auditor same.
1879-Commissioners, George R. Joy, Jonathan Burke and George Webber; Auditor, same.
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1880-Same Commissioner and Auditor held over.
1881-Commissioners, George Webber, Jonathan Burke and A. Riley ; Auditor, A. F. Solier.
1882-Commissioners, Jonathan Burke, Alfred Riley and Eli Wis- man ; Auditor, George F. Solier.
LIST OF COUNTY RECORDERS FROM 1824 TO 1882 INCLUSIVE.
Recorders hold their office for the term of three years, and are eligible to re-election for an indefinite number of terms. Since 1824, there have been only twelve incumbents in the office, and their names and order of service are as follows: John Evans, Horace Sessions, Calvin L. Noble, Jacob Youse, M. B. Plummer, James B. Wyatt, George L. Starr, Harvey H. Wilcox, Isaac N. Sheets, Robert D. Dole, Barrett E. Conklin and Thomas J. Coslet.
FIRST COURT HOUSE AND JAIL.
The log court house in which the first court was held, after Bryan be- came the seat of justice, was situated on Main street, on the lots now occupied by George W. Myers, and the adjacent one on the north. The log jail occupied the lot owned by A. T. Bement, and where he recently resided. The public offices and records were first lodged in a log structure, on the south side of the public square, on the ground now used by the Bryan Boot and Shoe Company; and after this, and until the present court house was built, the public offices were distributed over various sec- tions of the new town.
TERMS OF COURT AT BRYAN.
The first term of court held at Bryan " was begun and held at Bryan on the 19th day of April, 1841, and of the State of Ohio the 39th. Present, Emery D. Potter, President Judge, and Jonas Colby and Will- iam D. Haymaker, Associate Judges of said court; John Drake, Sheriff, and Edwin Phelps, Clerk."
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