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Resolved, That the committee be composed of the following gentlemen : Oliver Cunningham, James Gardner, Isaac Hoge, Jr .. Samuel Hunt and Israel Roberts.
ISAAC HOGE, JR., Chairman.
ENOCH THOMAS, Secretary.
The committee met at Smith's hotel in St. Clairsville, on the 7th day of July, 1832, to complete the work entrusted to them.
On the 8th of September, 1832, a meeting was organized by appointing John B. Case, Chairman and Isaac Hoge, Jr., Secre- tary. Here the first school society was organized, a constitution adopted and the following gentlemen chosen to act as officers for the ensuing year :
Dr. John G. Affleck, President.
John R. Case, Oliver Cunningham, John Irwin, Benjamin R. Phares, G. A. Workman, Vice Presidents.
Isaac Hoge, Jr., Secretary.
Taylor Smith, Treasurer.
The society adopted a complete set of text books for the com- mon schools of the county, which were as follows :
Tyman Cobb's series, consisting of a First Book for children, a Spelling Book, three Juvenile Readers and a Dictionary. The whole series including six volumes; also Roswell C. Smith's Arithmetic, Olney's Geography and Atlas, Kirkham's Grammar, Whelpley's Compend of History, and Hale's Premium History of the United States; whole set comprising twelve volumes. The whole to cost, retail price, $5,62.
From this it will be seen that Belmont county early com- menced to adopt measures to promote education, to enhance its value in the public mind, and to diffuse and inculcate its salu- tary principles as widely as possible. As one of the teachers in this society, on this occasion, said, may it even be so:
"May the cause spread and flourish till the citizens of our country shall attain the highest state of political, moral and intellectual happiness, of which human nature is susceptible."
An association of this character from that time on has met anually with the exception of a few years.
POPULATION.
The population of Belmont county, as the census indicates by decades, is as follows :
Years.
Whites.
Colored.
1800
600
1810.
11,097
SS
1820
20,329|
227
1830.
28,627
597
1840.
30,901
722
1850.
34,600
778
1860.
36,398
997
1870.
39,714
1,307
VALUE OF REAL ESTATE.
The following shows the valuation of all the real estate (lands and lots) of the county by townships :
Townships.
Lands.
Lots.
Total.
Colerain
$ 668,081
S 4,045
$ 672,126
Flushing
606,087
25,200
631,287
Goshen
715,784
15,531
761,315
Kirkwood
851,592
25,593
877,185
Mead.
614,080
614,080
Pease.
978,236
772,506
1,750,742
Pultney.
793,578
1,122,406
1,915,984
Richland,
1,739,312
178,423
1,917,735
Smith.
696,832
15,097
711,929
Somerset.
459,227
48,240
507,467
Union ...
797,637
46,880
$41,517
Warren
S14,225
400,623
1,214,848
Washington.
395,627
395,627
Wayne
386,689
7,402
394,151
Wheeling
801,084
10,368
811,452
York
396,955
80,028
176,983
Total
$ 11,715,026 $ 2,782,402 $14,497,428
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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
The following shows the grain productions of the county for the years indicated :
The average number of bushels of wheat per acre for 1869 was 18.75; for 1870, 12.25; for 1871, 11.31.
Number of acres sown in wheat for the year 1872 was 19,122, and the yield, 213,818 bushels, making an average of 11.18.
Number of acres sown in wheat in the year 1873, was 17,111, and the product that year was 180,816 bushels.
In 1874 Belmont county had down in wheat 18,124 acres, and realized from it 268,991 bushels.
In 1875, there were 21,378 acres sown in wheat, and an ag- gregate yield of 172,165 bushels.
In 1876, there were 16,908 acres put down in wheat in the county, which produced 194,932 bushels.
CORN.
1868-average bushels per acre, 34.90.
1869
66
66
66
42.44.
1870
66
66
40.10.
1871
66 66
60 :4 46.84.
1872 66
66 66 44.09,
1873
66
6 39.73.
1874-
60 35.00.
1875
. 6
4.
40.75.
1876-
= 40.67.
BUCKWHEAT.
Number of acres sown in buckwheat in 1872, was 857, which yielded 7,007 bushels.
Number of acres sown in buckwheat in 1873, was 649 and the crop yielded 6,267 bushels.
Number of acres planted in 1874, was 543, having a yield that year of 6,045 bushels.
Number of acres planted in 1875, was 522, yielding for that year 5,449 bushels.
Number of acres planted in 1876, was 416, which yielded 3,136 bushels.
OATS,
In 1872, there were sown 16,995 acres, and the yield for that year was 435,933 bushels.
In 1873, there were sown 16,434 acres, which yielded 405,016 bushels.
In 1874, 15,832 acres sown, and yielded 143,136 bushels.
In 1875, 13,645 acres sown, and yielded 335,821 bushels.
In 1876, 14,012 acres sown, and yielded 322,633 bushels.
BARLEY.
In 1872, the member of acres sown in barley was 632, which yielded 12,322 bushels.
In 1873, 369 acres sown, yielded 5,657 bushels.
In 1874, out of 251 acres, 3,038 bushels were produced.
In 1875, ont of 147 acres, a product of 2,264 bushels was realized,
In 1876, out of 315 acres, a product of 3,134 bushels was real- ized.
RYE.
In 1872, there were sown down in rye 271 acres, which yielded 2, 228 bushels.
In 1873, ..
63 . . 4 345 **
2,862
In 1874, 66
369
60 3,887
66
In 1875, =
. 4 4 532
66 5,001 66
In 1876, 6
6.
66 4 " "1,023 4 66
66 9,488
FLAX.
No. Acres.
No. bushels.
No. lbs. fiber.
For the year 1872.
For the year 1873.
14
1
8
For the year 1874.
For the year 1875
1
For the year 1876.
6
8
POTATOES.
No. Acres.
No. bushels.
For 1872
1,514
76,575
For 1873.
928
62,325
For 1874
1,044
75,953
For 1875.
1,374
214,237
For 1876.
1,140
75,461
SWEET POTATOES.
No. Acres.
No. bushels.
For 1872
47
4,252
For 1873
64
2,681
For 1874
63
4,159
For 1875
30
1,693
For 1876.
10
1,141
Number of acres in meadow for the year 1872, in Belmont county, was 23,191; tons of hay, 20,649; number of acres in clover, 3,931; tons of hay, 3,328; bushels of seed, 2,203; acres plowed under for manure, 147.
Number of acres down in timothy for 1873 was 23,795; tons of hay, 21,060; number of acres down in clover, 3,941; tons of hay, 3,766 ; bushels of seed, 1,102 ; acres plowed under for ma- nure, 77.
Number of acres down in timothy for 1874 was 23,306; tous of hay, 14,197; number down in clover, 5,846 ; tons of hay, 40,810; bushels of seed, 769.
Number of acres down in timothy in 1875 was 25,548; tons of hay, 21,013; number in clover, 878; tons of hay, 691; bush- els seed, 49 ; acres plowed under, 91.
Number of acres down in meadow in 1876, 28,619; tons of hay, 28,735 ; number of acres in clover, 1,120; tons of hay, 1,052 ; bushels of seed, 416 ; acres plowed under for manure, 90.
HORTICULTURAL STATISTICS.
The following statistics are given for the purpose of showing to what extent horticulture is carried on in Belmont county : Average of orchards in 1872 was 6,065.
Apples gathered 413,206 bushels. 1,281
Peaches
Pears 3,438
Number acres planted in grapes 45, and the whole number in vineyards, 1641.
Pounds of grapes gathered. 200,889
Gallons of wine pressed 6,072
Average of orchards in 1873 was 5,834.
Apples gathered 192,408 bushels.
Peaches 624 66
Pears 2,486
Number of acres planted in grapes 11, the whole number in vineyards 134.
Pounds of grapes gathered. 243,251
Gallons of wine 18,320
Average of orchards in 1874, 6,010.
Apples gathered 252,681 bushels.
Peaches
33,025
Pears 66
4,826
Pounds of grapes gathered 191,196
Gallons of wine. 16,936
Average of orchards in 1875, 6,092,
Apples gathered. 6,128 bushels.
Peaches
17
Pears 60
20
66
Pounds of grapes gathered. 289,230
Gallons of wine 2,591
Average of orchards in 1876, 6,317.
Apples gathered 514,550 bushels.
Peaches
126
Pears
445
Whole number in vineyards, 108 acres.
Pounds gathered .. 195,865
Gallons made in winc.
9,525
2
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TOBACCO GROWING.
The cultivation of tobacco early occupied the attention of many farmers in Belmont county, and for years it has been ex-
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tensively grown, forming one among the chief exports. Thou- sands of pounds of this article are shipped annually from here to different points in this and other states. Like wheat, oats and eorn, tobacco has been a staple produet of the county. Below is given the number of pounds raised in the several town- ships mentioned within the county, for the year 1840 :
Warren township
518,068 1bs. 68,534
Flushing
Kirkwood 6
242,561
Union 66
44,073
Goshen
38,610 66
Smith
53,367
Wayne
66
209,455
Somerset =
454,554
Total number of pounds. 1,629,222
In the year 1872, there were 1,969¿ aeres planted in tobacco, from which was produced 2,398,667 pounds.
The number of acres planted in 1873, was 2,363, yielding a product of 2,480,125 pounds.
In 1874, there were but 744 acres sown in tobacco, the pro- duct, however, was 63,951.
There were 2,049 acres cultivated in 1875, and the num- ber of pounds that year reached 1,599,252.
In 1876, 1,907 acres were put out in tobacco and from that there was raised 1,962,728 pounds.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
The following shows the dairy products of the county for five consecutive years :
In 1872, there was produced 752,965 pounds of butter and 20,145 pounds of eheese.
In 1873, there was produced 680,087 pounds of butter and 12,840 pounds of cheese.
In 1874, 658,709 pounds of butter and 22,440 pounds of cheese. In 1875, 669,048 pounds of butter and 300 pounds of cheese. In 1876, 726,461 pounds of butter and 530 pounds of cheese.
FORESTS OF BELMONT COUNTY.
In 1853 the county of Belmont had 140,046 acres in forest, (according to the statistical report of 1876,) and in 1870, during an elapse of seventeen years, there remained but 97,179 acres. In that space 2,521} aeres of forest were removed. It would require from one hundred and fifty to two hundred years to produce the forest growths which the past fifty years have seen destroyed in Belmont. The most abundant forest trees in the county are as follows : White Oak, Sugar, Beach, Poplar, Wal- nut, Hickory, Black Oak, Chestnut, Red Oak, Locust, Chestnut Oak, Pin Oak, Maple, Linden, Elm, Sycamore, Cherry, Ash, Gum, Honey Locust, Sassafras, Smamp Oak, Mulberry and Aspen.
BELMONT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Through the courtesy of Major Isaae Neiswanger the following history of " The Belmont County Agricultural Society " has been obtained :
This society is one among the oldest in the State. The first organization of that character was made in the year 1838, and continued for a few years with but little encouragement, and un- fortunately with little improvement in the object to be obtained, until about the year 1843, when the organization was suspended for the want of that pecuniary aid so essential to the success of all public institutions, but more particularly the want of some legislation to stimulate and encourage the development of agri- cultural wealth in the state of Ohio.
In the meantime a number of individuals in different parts of the state, through the aid of the press, looking to some sort of legislation to create a permanent agricultural fund, by meaus of which societies could be encouraged to overcome the difficulties and embarrassments under which they had so frequently failed of success.
In 1846 the legislature passed an act to incorporate a burean of agriculture entitled the " State Board of Agriculture," con- sisting of fifty-three of the most prominent individuals in the interest of agriculture and its kindred branches in the state, of which Judge Benjamin Ruggles and I. Neiswanger, of Belmont county, were among the " corporators." This board had all the power under this act to encourage and regulate societies in the local districts of the state.
In order that: the burden of taxes should not be increased by providing an agricultural fund under the control of said board, 21-B. & J. Cos.
.it was provided in said " act that the minimum amount author- ized to be charged by eounty auditors for permits under the law :of 1831 shall be doubled, and one half shall be set apart and paid into the county treasury as the part of the' Agricultural fund, and the other half to be paid into the school fund. Also all the proceeds arising from the sale of property escheated to. the state shall also be paid into the agrieultural fund. And it is further provided in said act that each and every county society in the state be entitled to draw from said fund upon the certificate of the president of the State Board an amount equal to the'amount thus raised, provided it does not exceed one-half of one cent per head of the whole population of the county wherein such society is located. In the year 1848, after the enactments aforesaid, the Belmont County Society was reorganized and brought into the parview of the law, and since that time it has prospered and gave great promise of its future usefulness in all industrial occupa- tions. In the meantime, in the year 1859, it became necessary to accommodate the growing interest of the society, to furnish bet- ter accommodations and more secure arrangements for the ex- hibition at the annual fairs of the society, the products of the field and the workshop, the society purebased the beautiful ground which they now own comparative free from debt.
It would, no doubt, be a source of gratification, could we give in this article a more detailed account of the benefits derived from county agricultural societies, as they are now organized in the State of Ohio. But fearing that it might extend this notice to too great a length, I will briefly state a few of the many ad- vantages derived from these associations.
There are eighty-two. county societies in the state, all of which are regulated and controlled by the State Board, centrally lo- cated, and each county society is required by law to report annual- ly to the State Board the progress of agricultural and mechanical interest, and their kindred branches of science in the county. These reports are discussed at the annual convention, composed of the members.of the State Board and the presidents of the eounty societies. The State Board collates and publishes these reports, and they; together with other statistical information, make' a volume of from four to five hundred pages, which, when published, are distributed gratuitously among the farm- ers, mechanics, and everybody who desires them.
The instruction derived from this source of information has tended greatly to prompt a more general enquiry after labor- saving machinery, and investment of capital in manufacturing the same, which, together with the inventive genius of man, to profit by each other's experienee. It has taught the farmer how to manage the growing of his crops, and to get the best results ; he must treat the soil in a more scientific manner. It stimulated a more general inquiry after the most approved mode of getting a better class of stock, and improving and selecting the best breeds of everything about him in the way of domestic animals.
The following is a list of the officers of the Belmont County Agricultural Society since its organization to the year 1879, in- clusive :
18449- Solomon Bentley, President ; Jesse Barton. Vice Pres- ident; Horton J. Howard, Secretary ; Robert H. Miller, Treas- nrer.
1850-S. Bentley, President ; Jesse Barton, Vice President ; Robt. J. Alexander, Secretary ; John H. Heaton, Treasurer.
1851-Christopher Hoover, President; Wm. Estep, Vice President; James M. Kerr, Secretary ; John Il. ITeaton, Treas- urer.
1852-C. Hoover, President ; Wm. Estep, Vice President ; I. Neiswanger, Secretary ; J. H. Heaton, Treasurer.
1853-I. Neiswanger, President; Eli V. Clever, Vice Presi- dent ; Clifford Arick, Secretary ; J. H. Heaton, Treasurer.
1854-I. Neiswanger, President ; Eli V. Clever, Vice Presi- dent; Clifford Arick, Secretary ; John H. Heaton, Treasurer.
1855-Jonathan T. Schofield, President ; Clifford Arick, See- rotary ; John Il. Heaton, Treasurer.
1856-Jonathan T. Schofield, President ; Oliver Taylor, Vice President ; J. H. Heaton, Treasurer ; Geo. Mitchell, Seere- tary.
1857-Hiram Pennington, President; Oliver Taylor, Vice President ; Geo. Mitchell, Secretary ; John II. Heaton, Treas- uror.
1858-Henry West, President ; Charles IL. Arick, Vice Presi- dent; Joseph R. Mitchell, Secretary ; George Brown, Treas- urer.
1859-1. Neiswanger, President; Jas. Dawson, Vice Presi- dent ; Ross J. Alexander, Secretary ; James W., Collins, Treas- urer.
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1860-Robert J. Alexander, President : Joseph A . Harris, Sec- retary ; William R. Ritts, Treasurer.
1861-Jos. M. Mitchell, President; J. A. Harris, Secretery ; William R. Ritts, Treasurer.
1862-Joseph M. Mitchell, President ; Ross J. Alexander, Sec- retary ; James A. Rinker, Treasurer.
1863-William Hardesty, President ; John Dunham, Secre- tary ; James A. Rinker, Treasurer.
1864-William Hardesty, President ; John Dunham, Secre- tary; J. A. Rinker, Treasurer.
1865-Joseph M. Mitchell, President ; John Dunham, Secre- tary ; J. A. Rinker, Treasurer.
1866-Jessie Barton, President ; John Dunham, Secretary ; George Jepson, Treasurer.
1867-Isaac Welsh, President ; Robert H. Cochran, Secretary ; Ross J. Alexander, Treasurer.
1868-Isaae Welsh, President ; Robert H. Cochran, Secretary ; Ross J. Alexander, Treasurer.
1869-David Brown, President; Alexis Cope, Secretary ; Stephen Gressinger, Treasurer.
1870-David Brown, President; Alexis Cope, Secretary ; Stephen Gressinger, Treasurer.
1871 -- David Brown, President ; Shepherd Davis, Vice Presi- dent ; Alexis Cope, Secretary; Stephen Gressinger, Treasurer.
1872-1. Neiswanger, President; Solomon Bently, Vice Pres- ident ; Joseph C. Pratt, Secretary ; Stephen Gressinger, Treas- urer.
1873-I. Neiswanger, President; James Irwin, Vice Presi- dent ; Isaae M. Riley, Secretary ; A. H. Mitchell, Treasurer.
1874-I. Neiswanger, President ; Thomas A. Ford, Vice Pres- ident; I. M. Riley, Secretary ; Alfred A. Mitchell, Treasurer.
1875-Charles H. Arick, President ; Abner Lodge, Vice Pres- ident ; I. M. Riley, Secretary ; A. H. Mitchell, Treasurer.
1876-James F. Charlesworth, President; Samuel Campbell, Vice President ; I. M. Riley, Secretary ; A. H. Mitchell, Treas- urer.
1877-James F. Charlesworth, President; Samuel Campbell, Vice President; I. M. Riley, Secretary ; A. H. Mitchell, Treas- urer.
1878-J. F. Charlesworth, President; Joseph C. Pratt, Secre- tary ; A. H. Mitchell, Treasurer.
1879-J. F. Charlesworth, President; Joseph C. Pratt, Secre- tary; Andrew P. Blair, Treasurer.
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FRIENDS' CHURCHES.
JOSEPH GARRETSON'S MEMORANDA.
As a part of the history of Friends' Churches in Belmont county we here present to our readers a transcript of memo- randa made by Joseph Garretson, Sr. These memoranda show every traveling minister that visited Friends' meetings in Bel- mont county from 1801 to 1828 inclusive. Concord, which is mentioned in them, was a settlement at the east end of what is now Colerain township. The Friends in that settlement in 1800 erected a log meeting-house in section 7 of that township. It was the first church ever erected in Belmont county, and the first Friends' house of worship erected in the State of Ohio. The first Friends' meeting in Ohio by authority was held at that house, and Hannah Trimble, a traveling minister on a visit there, proposed to name it Concord, which was accordingly done.
The history of the various churches will be found in the sev- cral towns and townships, but these memoranda appear to apply to the Friends' churches in the county generally, and are therefore given a place here :
"Memoranda kept by Joseph Garretson, who removed and set- tled at Concord, Ohio, in the year 1801. Previous to this year there had a few Friends settled in that neighborhood, viz. : Jos. Dew, Benjamin and Borden Stanton, Horton Howard, Jonathan Taylor and others. Hannah Trimble and Hannah Kimberly were the first traveling Friends in the ministry, who traveled in Ohio. Hannah Trimble proposed to name the first Friends' meeting in Ohio, Concord, which was accordingly done.
1802-Margaret Edgar and Edward Brooke, of Pennsylvania. 1803-Samuel Atkinson, of New Jersey.
1804-John White, from Pennsylvania, and Ann Ferris, from Wilmington, Ohio.
1805-6-Hugh Judge, from Baltimore; John Heald, from Sa- lem, Ohio; Abraham Branson, from Virginia, and James and John Russell Davis, from Massachusetts ; also Johathan Wright and Daniel Quinby, from New York.
1807-A quarterly meeting opened and held at Short creek, being composed of Concord, Short creek, Plymouth, Plainfield and Stillwater monthly meetings. Joseph Dew attended the opening of this quarterly meeting and spoke very acceptably from the text : "Many have desired to see these days and have not seen them ; what shall we render unto the Lord for all His favors, &c." Mary and Ann Mifflin, from near Baltimore. Richard Mott, scarcely middle-aged, a very eloquent speaker.
1808-9-Hugh Judge a second time. John Simpson, from Pennsylvania, who spoke encouragingly to the sincere of all pro- fessions. Elizabeth Coggshell, from New York, a very accepta- ble minister, spoke from the text : "Unto us a son is born, unto us a child is given," &c. Edward Brooks a second time ; Abel Thomas, from Pennsylvania ; Gideon Mulleneux, from New Jer- sey or New York, and John Heald a second time.
1811-This year I removed and settled near Barnesville, Ohio; and the following named Friends in the course of a religions visit attended at Stillwater : Mahlon Hocket, from North Caro- lina ; Mary Barker and Lydia Gardner, from Nantucket.
1812-Charles Osborne, from Tennessee, and Wm. Williams, from same place, both able speakers; Susannah Horne, from England, and Christopher Anthony, from Virginia.
1813-Mildred Ratcliff on her way to attend the opening of Ohio Yearly Meeting, which was to take place at Short creek this year ; Jesse Kersey and Daniel Quinby also attended this yearly meeting. The public meeting (at that Y. M.) on the 5th day was divided into two separate meetings, both composed of men and women Friends. Jesse (Kersey) was in the shed (an addition that used to stand adjoining the brick meeting house at Short creek ) and spoke about an hour in a beautiful manner. Daniel (Quinby) arose just at the same time in the brick house and spoke as long to a minute in a very impressive manner -- both meetings broke at the same time to all appearance.
1814-Nathan Hunt, from North Carolina; James Menden- hall, from Virginia; Thomas Antrim, from Darby creek, Ohio ; and Hugh Judge, of Washington City, who settled in Barnes- ville about the year 1815.
1815-Mildred Ratcliff, George Hatten and Charles Osborne visited the meetings this year.
1816-Hannah Baldwin, from North Carolina ; Letitia Weyer, from near Philadelphia ; and Holiday Jackson.
1817-Edward Brooks and Daniel Aldricks, from Wilmington; Elizabeth Waker, from New York; Elijah Hoag and his son, from Vermont ; Gideon Mulleneaux, from New Jersey; Amos Peasley, frow New York or New Jersey ; Mahlon Hocket, and Elizabeth Hunt from Pennsylvania.
1818-Mary Naplil, from England; Susannah Smith, from Philadelphia ; Jonathan Wright, from Virginia, and Elizabeth Hunt, from Pennsylvania.
1819-Charles Osborne again ; William Rickman, from Eng- land; James Halleck, from New York; Priscilla Munt, Sarah Emlen and George Hatten.
1820-Abraham Branson, from Virginia; William Williams; Mary B. Allen and Alice Rathbone, from Nantucket; Daniel Pucket, from North Carolina; Christopher Healy, from New England, and John Heald, from Ohio.
1821-Jonathan Taylor, Amos Peasley and Elizabeth Cogg- shell, from New York ; William Foster, of England ; Mildred Rateliff, who attended the opening of the first Quarterly Meet- ing at Stillwater the 28th of 11th month; Elisha Bates also attended this year.
1822-William Flanner, William Foster and Aseneth Hunt, from North Carolina; Dugan Clark, Daniel Pucket, from Indiana.
1823-Eleazer Haveland, Enoch Pearson, Daniel Williams, Daniel Wood, Rebecca Updegraff, Thomas Arnet, from North Carolina, and Jonathan Taylor.
1824-Joseph Hoag, from Vermont; Townsend Hawkhurst, from Long Island ; Micajah Collins, Stephen Grelette, Thomas Weatheral, from City of Washington, and Huldah Sears, from Virginia.
1825-Jonathan and Ann Taylor, William Tanner from Mt. Pleasant ; Elizabeth Robson, from England; Jane Bettle, from Pennsylvania ; Elisha Bates and Ann Taylor, from Mount Pleasant.
1826-James White, from Indiana; Margaret Spikeman, from Pennsylvania, and Joseph Cadwalader.
1827-Jeremiah Hubbard, from North Carolina; William Wood, from Smithfield, Ohio.
1828-Ann Langstaff and Benjamin Ladd ; Thomas Shiletoc and Ann Breathwaite, from Great Britain ; Rowland Green, from Rhode Island ; Samuel Bettle, from Philadelphia, Dougan
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HISTORY OF BELMONT AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
Clark and Miriam Mendenhall, from North Carolina; Isaac Hammer, from Tennessee, and Charles Osborne, from Indiana.
NOTE .- It is not intended that it shall be understood that all those travelling Friends attended all the meetings belonging to the Y. M .; but that they attended the Y. M. or some of the par- ticular meetings within its compass, and many of them all the meetings."
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