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William T. Howard, treasurer.
Joseph Browning, assessor.
1865-J. B. Creamer, J. R. Vanor sdoll, Willis Hays, trustees. A. Bush, clerk.
William T. Howard, treasurer.
Joseph Browning, assessor.
1866-Henry Miller, J. R. Vanorsdoll, C. K. Higbee, trustees. A. Bush, clerk.
L. Goldman, treasurer. Abram Bush, assessor.
1867-Henry Miller, J. R. Vanorsdoll, C. K. Higbee, trustees. A. Bush, clerk.
L. Goldman, treasurer. Abranı Bush, assessor.
1868-J. R. Vanorsdoll, J. B. Creamer, C. Higbee, trustees.
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J. R. Creamer, clerk.
L. Goldman, treasurer. Abram Bush assessor.
1869-J. R. Vanorsdoll, J. B. Creamer, L. D. Crow, trustees.
S. H. Carr, clerk.
L. Goldman, treasurer. Singleton Robinson, assessor.
1870-Abram Bush, L. D. Crow, J. R. Vanorsdoll, trustees.
O. W. Marshall, clerk.
L. Goldman, treasurer.
T. C. Williams, assessor.
1871-Abram Bush, L. D. Crow, J. R. Vanorsdoll, trustees. . O. W. Marshall, clerk.
L. Goldman, treasurer. A. Bush, assessor. -
1872-L. D. Crow, J. R. Vanorsdoll, E. L. Carr, trustees. O. W. Marshall, clerk.
L. Goldman, treasurer. Singleton Robinson, assessor.
1873-G. W. Janes, W. C. Fent, L. D. Crow, trustees.
M. S. Creamer, clerk.
O. K. Corbitt, treasurer. Henry Sharp, assessor.
1874-G. W. Janes, W. C. Fent, H. K. Mock, trustees.
O. W. Marshall, clerk.
O. K. Corbitt, treasurer. Henry Sharp, assessor.
1875-W. C. Fent, G. W. Janes, Nathan Creamer, trustees. C. W. Gray, clerk.
O. K. Corbitt, treasurer. Henry Sharp, assessor.
1876-G. W. Janes, W. C. Fent, G. L. Bush, trustees. C. W. Gray, clerk.
(). K. Corbitt, treasurer. Henry Sharp, assessor.
1877-N. Creamer, W. C. Fent, W. T. Howard, trustees. C. W. Gray, clerk.
O. K. Corbitt, treasurer. Henry Sharp, assessor.
1878-N. Creamer, W. C. Fent, W. T. Howard, trustees.
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C. W. Gray, clerk.
John B. Fent, treasurer. Joab Harper, assessor.
1879-W. C. Fent, G. L. Janes, B. F. Johnson, trustees. C. W. Gray, clerk.
John B. Fent, treasurer.
Joab Harper, assessor.
1880-B. F. Johnson, E. L. Jones, M. K. Wright, trustees. C. Marshall, clerk, vice Gray, resigned. John B. Fent, treasurer. Henry Sharp, assessor.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1816, Thomas Robinson ; 1817, George Creamer, Stephenus Hunt ; 1818, James Kerr; 1821, David Creamer; 1822, William Janes ; 1825, David Creamer ; 1827, Stephenus Hunt ; 1828, David Creamer, John C. Killgore ; 1831, George Benson, Stephenus Hunt ; 1834, Dav- id Creamer, S. Hunt; 1837, Thomas Lucas, George Benson ; 1838, Jacob A. Rankin ; 1840, Thomas Lucas; 1841, Jacob A. Rankin, Jacob Creamer; 1843, Thomas Lucas; 1844, Jacob A. Rankin, Ezekiel H. Crow ; 1846, Thomas Lucas, David Creamer, Ezekiel H. Crow; 1848, Timothy Jayne, Jesse Carr ; 1851, Jesse Carr, Tim- othy Jayne; 1853, Thomas Lucas; 1854, David Creamer, Ezekiel H. Crow; 1856, J. M. Lucas; 1857, David Creamer, Elias Straley ; 1859, Charles Harrold; 1860, James Straley, E. H. Carr; 1861 Joseph Hurless ; 1863, James Straley, Jacob Creamer ; 1865, John W. Sayer; 1867, E. P. Conner; 1868, Jacob Creamer, John W. Sayer ; 1869, J. M. Blessing; 1870, James Straley; 1871, Joseph Hurless, A. W. Blessing; 1873, James Straley, 1874, Joseph Hurless, L. D. Crow ; 1876, Samuel R. Straley ; 1877, Joseph Hur- less, L. D. Crow ; 1879, James Flax ; 1880, Joseph Hurless, W. G. Creamer.
CHURCHES.
THE FREE CHURCH ASSOCIATION.
In about the year 1848, the citizens of Jeffersonville organized a society which had for its object the erection of a church, to be
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non-sectarian in its character, i. e. to be occupied by the various denominations, alternately. The stockholders met March 6, 1848, and purchased a part of the school lot in district number 13, and decided to erect a house of worship thereon, which was to be of frame, fifty-four feet in length and thirty-eight feet in width. It was stipulated that the house should be used by all denominations, and the "Sons of Temperance" were granted the privilege of building a stairway to the garret and occupying the same, provided they made the necessary improvements. Its friends subscribed $983.57, in addition to which separate funds were raised for the stoves and lamps, the latter by the ladies. The church has been occupied by the Methodist Episcopal, Universalist, and Methodist Protestant denominations, and is in charge of a non-sectarian board of trustees; it was remodelled in 1869. Present directors: Will- iam Blessing, O. W., Marshall, W. H. Jones, M. D., Joseph Hur- less, J. B. Bush.
FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF JEFFERSONVILLE.
This church was organized August 5, 1860, by Rev. E. Moore, of Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio, in the Union meeting house. The following officers were elected on the 29th of the same month: William Palmer, Joseph Hidy, John F. Gregg, deacons and trustees; Gilbert Ferrell, treasurer; H. K. Pearson, secretary. Rev. Moore continued pastor for a period of eight years, and was followed by Rev. W. S. Bacon, of Cincinnati, who had charge one year, and was succeeded by Rev. L. D. H. Corwin; he in turn was followed by Rev. Tucker, who preached three years ; at the expiration of which Rev. Miss Prud Le Clerk-a distant relative of Napoleon Bonaparte-preached, she died December 25, 1878, and was followed by Rev. Saxton, of Columbus, who preached one year, and was succeeded by Mrs. L. D. Crossly, of Woodstock, Champaign County, Ohio, the present incumbent. In 1873 the organization began the erection of a neat brick structure, and finished the same in the following year at a cost of $4,000. The funeral of the late Gilbert Terrell, a staunch supporter of the church, was conducted in the building ere it was completed. One hundred and twenty-one persons have subscribed their names to the constitution since its organization ; the present membership is sixty-three. Services once each month. Sabbath-school every summer.
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PLEASANT VIEW CHRISTIAN (CAMPBELLITE) CHURCH.
This church was organized June 30, 1877, by P. P. Glass, with fourteen members, at the residence of Benson Glass. The organi- zation proceeded at once to the erection of a house of worship, meanwhile holding services in the school house .. The new build- ing, a neat frame, thirty by forty, was completed in March of the following year. 'Squire James Flax is elder, and has preached regularly and acceptably since the formation of the society. Ser- vices are held every Sabbath. Membership, eighty-four. Sunday- school during the summer season.
THE PLEASANT VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH.
This church was organized in the old school house, near Pleas- ant View, by N. M. Longfellow, with about twenty-five members, in 1865-6. They began the erection of their present building, a frame, thirty-six by forty-eight, soon after. The following minis- ters have been in charge : Churchill, Moore, Perry, Longfellow, (son of N. M. Longfellow), McIlvaine, the present incumbent. At present there are about fifty members. Sabbath school every Sun- day.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.
This church is located on the farm of Milan L. Smith, military survey number 1256. An organization was effected in about the year 1865, at the school house in the same neighborhood, and the building is a frame about forty feet long and thirty wide. The Methodist Protestant society has held meetings alternately with the Methodist Episcopal. Both societies at present have a small mem- bership and ere long will cease to exist.
WEST LANCASTER M. E. CHURCH.
The original society was organized at the house of Joseph Straley, who resided about one and one-half miles southeast of West Lancaster, in about the year 1850. For a time meetings were held in a school house on the same farm, when it was determined
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to erect a log church on the Jamestown and Washington road, one and one-half miles east of West Lancaster, in which services were held till 1858-9, when work was commenced on the present, a frame forty-eight by thirty-six. Owing to the outbreaking of the civil war, the work was dilatory, and the house was not completed until 1863. Among the early and prominent ministers are the fol- lowing: Alfred Hance, Adams, who went to Texas; Joseph Tremble, now at the Western University; T. W. Stanley, S. S. Stivers, Cartridge, and R. I. DeSelm, present incumbent. The church is now in the Jeffersonville Circuit and London District.
SECRET ORGANIZATIONS.
ODD FELLOWS.
Jeffersonville Lodge No. 454, I. O. O. F., was organized July 20, 1870, with the following charter members: J. M. Blessing, Joseph Hurless, R. Fox, A. J. Aldridge, O. W. Marshall, E. L. Jones, George H. Creamer, and Lewis Bentz.
The first officers were: Joseph Hurless, N. G .; O. W. Marshall, V. G .; Lewis Bentz, R.S .; A.J. Aldridge, P.S .; J. W. Blessing, T .; J. J. Tompson, W .; J. H. Creamer, C .; J. W. Janes, I. G .; G. W. Janes, O. G .; J. W. Haymaker, R. S. N. G .; A. W. Blessing, L. S. N. G .; Milton Miller, R. S. V. G .; O. K. Corbitt, L. S. V. G .; Mil- ton Miller, R. R. S. S .; S. N. Corbitt, L. S. S .; J. M. Porter, J. W. Janes, O. K. Corbitt, trustees.
In June, 1879, a part of the membership, in the absence of the other brethren, voted to surrender the charter, sold the furniture, and appropriated the proceeds, with four hundred dollars belong- ing to the lodge, to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Jefferson- ville. The absentees instituted suit for the recovery of the property, and the question is now in the common pleas court at Washington for adjustment. A re-organization was also made, and following officers elected: Joseph Hurless, N. G .; W. C. Wilson, V. G .; George Miller, R. S .; J. N. Yates, P. S .; Richard Fox, T .; Jacob R. Hosier, Joseph Hurless, J. J. Thompson, trus- tees.
The present officers are: S. R. Estep, N. G .; D. W. Perkins, V.
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G .; George Miller, R. and P. S .; R. Fox, T .; J. R. Hosier, W .; J. N. Yates, C .; W. C. Wilson, I. G .; T. G. Ware, O. G .; Joseph Hurless, R. S. N. G .; J. G. Reese, L. S. N. G .; John Curry, R. S. V. G .; E. P. Zimmerman, L. S. V. G .; J. J. Thompson, R. S. S .; Jacob Dieterle, L. S. S.
TOWNSHIP HOUSE.
The trustees of Jefferson Township met June 24, 1871, to select and purchase a site on which to build a township house. After due consideration, and examining all the locations offered, it was agreed to purchase of J. W. Haymaker part of in-lot number twelve, situated in the village of Jeffersonville, and pay one hun- dred and forty dollars for the same.
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The pioneers of Jefferson, in common with the new comers of other localities, enjoyed no opportunities for trading at home. Grain and other products were conveyed to Cincinnati, Springfield, and Oldtown; much time and labor being required in making these trips. It soon became apparent that nothing could be gained so long as there were no facilities for converting grain into flour, and timber into lumber, in the near neighborhood, and various devices were invented to attain this end.
Perhaps the first mill worthy of record was erected by William Robinson, on Sugar Creek, opposite the present farm of J. B. Creamer. It was decidedly a primitive affair.
Another water-mill was erected on the same creek by William Blackamore, and used for grinding corn.
Jacob Creamer, in 1840, erected a saw-mill, in the present limits of Jeffersonville, where the covered bridge now stands, and after- wards added a corn-cracker. During the wet season lumber was shipped across the creek on a raft, and taken to the village. The lumber, which was white and burr oak, was used in the construc- tion of houses, barns, and fences. Edward Gray had charge of
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it, and in the spring when the water was low, frequently " put his shoulder " to the water-gate in order to put the machinery in mo- tion.
David Creamer had a saw-mill on the land now in the possession of Wallace.
The various dams have long since been abandoned, and the va- rious mills are now propelled by steam.
RAILROADS.
For nearly half a century, the enterprising citizens of Jefferson have agitated the propriety of constructing a steam railroad through its limits. When the voters of this county were called upon to declare by ballot, whether one hundred thousand dollars should be issued, in bonds, to aid in the construction of the Cincinnati, Wil- mington and Zanesville Railroad, via Washington, this township voted yes ! The Dayton and Southeastern Railway project was de- feated, while the question of issuing a certain amount of bonds for the purpose of building the Springfield, Jackson and Pomeroy Railroad, was decided in the affirmative; however, the bill author- izing the township to issue the bonds was declared unconstitutional, and for the time being the project was abandoned.
In the winter of 1874 and 1875, the matter was taken up by William Blessing and C. W. Gray and violently agitated. A meet- ing was called, speakers invited, and a rousing meeting was held. The quota for this township was $35,000, and was filled in a short time through the indefatigable labors of Willis Hays, Isaac Glaze, George Janes, M. B. Wright, C. W. Gray and William Blessing. The land owners all responded liberally. Work was commenced in the spring following, and completed in the fall of 1877. At the completion of the road it did a fair business, which has continued to this day. In the following year the affairs of the road were placed in the hands of a receiver, who sold the same to the Spring- field Southern Railroad Company-the present operators. The old organization is still kept up, Mr. Blessing being the director from this place.
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ROADS.
Our forefathers enjoyed none of the advantages offered by the complete network of pikes and roads of the present day, the blaz- ed road being the only means of traversing the almost impenetrable forest. When a certain number of freeholders desired the " blaz- ing" of a new road, a petition was presented to the county com- missioners praying for the same. That honorable body appointed three disinterested persons as viewers, and on their recommenda- tion if no serious objection was made, the road was surveyed and declared established.
The first public highway running through Jefferson, was an old Indian trace converted into a state road, and now usually termed the Jeffersonville and Bloomingburg pike. Another road extend- ed from Washington to Jamestown, and was a great thoroughfare for western emigrants. These, with the road leading from Jeffer- sonville to South Charleston, constituted the principal thoroughfares.
The township records, prior to 1876, being lost, we have no means of ascertaining the condition of the public highways on and after the immediate organization of Jefferson. In that year there were seven districts, as follows: No. 1, beginning at Alexander Sander- son's, thence down Rattlesnake Creek to the county line; James Sanderson, supervisor. No. 2, beginning at the Xenia road near Sanderson's, thence up Rattlesnake to the county line near Clem- ons'; John Wirk, supervisor. No. 3, beginning at the crossing of the Missouri, thence to the line of Greene County; Alexander Sanderson, supervisor. No. 4, beginning at Isaac Workman's, thence out the state road to the crossing of the Missouri; George Pence, supervisor. No. 5, beginning at Isaac Workman's, thence up the county road to the long bridge near Blakemore's Mill ; Patrick Kerran, supervisor. No 6, beginning at long-bridge near Blackamore's Mill, thence out the county road to the county line ; William Popejoy, supervisor. No. 7, beginning at the county line near Aaron Kendall's, thence down Paint to the crossing of the same ; Aaron Kendall, supervisor. The roads received more atten- tion from time to time, and were enclosed in smaller districts. At present, five pikes and a number of dirt roads attest the excellent facilities offered the traveling public.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The first marriage was solemnized between William Aurley and Lucy Kendall, at the house of Aaron Wood ; Squire Joel Wood officiating.
Patrick Kerran (or Kerns) was the first blacksmith, and followed his trade for many years. He brought his forge with him, and was assisted in striking the iron to be beaten, by his wife.
Thomas MeGarraugh was the first physician. He lived at Wash- ington and visited his patients on horseback. He enjoyed a good reputation, and afterwards served his county as associate judge and representative.
James F. Boyer and George Sharrette were the pioneer brick- makers; D. McCoy, the first merchant ; Joseph Hidy and Steph- anus Hunt, the first carpenters.
The counterfeiters who infested this county in the early days, frequently victimized the good citizens of Jefferson, though we have not learned of any organized gang that was located in their midst. In later years, when Alfred Walston removed to the black- smith shop originally occupied by Moses Thomas, he found con- cealed in the same, a mold for the production of bogus silver dollars. How and when the device was placed there has been a mystery to this day.
Richard Douglass, of Chillicothe, and one of the first practi- tioners at the Washington bar, owned a tract of land in this town- ship containing about twelve hundred acres, which was in charge of his brother, an ex-sea captain, who was well versed in marine matters, but a flat failure as a farmer.
Richard, or "Dick " as he was familiarly called, was very quick tempered, but usually regretted his violent outbursts of passion the next moment. One winter he purchased a large flock of sheep and put them in his brother's care, who managed to preserve half of them-the others died from sheer neglect, and were placed in a heap and covered with straw. On the following spring, Diek visited his farm, and upon discovering the dead sheep exclaimed, "what in the h-1!"-but regretting the hasty remark, lifted his eyes reverently to heaven and said, "God forgive me !"
In the fall of the year 1844-5, a party of emigrants, who were on their way from Virginia to a western state, encamped in the
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woods on the Washington and Jamestown road, on the site of West Lancaster. With them were two young men named Martin and McClung, who were prospecting, and having overtaken the emigrants, concluded to accompany them to the West. It was on the evening of the fall election, and two young men, named re- spectively Hiram Hosier and Henry Smith, were returning from the polls at Jeffersonville in a jolly mood, and on horseback. One of them, it is alleged, upon arriving at the camp, conducted him- self in such a manner as to insult the women, and aroused the in-
dignation of the men, who proceeded to chastise them. The party attacked retreated about two hundred yards, then charged upon the assailing party. In the melee which ensued, Hosier, it is said, encountered McClung, and struck him on the head, inflicting a dangerous wound, from the effects of which he died in a few hours. Hosier was arrested. The case, however, was postponed from time to time. It was finally brought to trial, and Martin, the prosecuting witness, having been bribed to abscond, the jury disa- greed-standing eleven for conviction and one for acquittal. The prosecuting attorney eventually nollied the charge.
On the 20th of April, 1843, a party of young men went to a wedding at Straley's-then in Jefferson, but now in Jasper Town- ship-to " bell." They were attacked by those inside, and Antrim Rankins, son of Thomas R. Rankins, was shot, and died on the . following day. Jolin Hidy was arrested and charged with commit- ing the deed. He was admitted to bail,-his father going his se- curity,-left the country, and never returned.
SCHOOLS.
The antiquated school building, with its huge fire-place and greased paper windows, is well remembered by the pioneers of Jef- ferson, many of whom obtained their "book larnin" in the same.
David Creamer is remembered as the first teacher in the vicinity. He taught three months each year, in a log cabin on the farm of Jacob Jenkins. Other schools were opened soon after in other portions of the township, and the subscription school system be- came general.
On the 18th of March, 1826, the township trustees divided Jef-
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ferson Township into seven school districts, the first of which in- cluded the property of George Coil, Peter Fisher, Richard Baughn, Joseph Creamer, Samuel Christy, David Creamer, Simeon Creamer, William Young, Thomas Jones, Peter Windle, Isaac Hegler, Daniel Dougherty, John Wicker, Joseph Levally, and George Pricc.
The second district embraced the lands of Marshall Jenkins, George H. Creamer, Michael Creamer, Samuel Straley, George Harness, Robert Wiley, William Wiley, William Popejoy, James McCoy, Jacob Jenkins, Azariah Keran, Patrick Keran, John Wright, George Benson, Samuel Corbett, William Fent, Thomas Morgan.
Third district: Sarah Conner, Susanna Rose, James Conner, Philip Fent, George Fent, Charles Wilson, Mrs. Fewell, John Shar- ret, Peter Harness, Jacob Harness, Adam Harness, Arthur Harness, William Janes, James Kerns, Joseph Hurliss, Sylvester Jenks.
Fourth district: Chipman Horney, John McCalep, Andrew Wicker, John Fewell, William Stevenson, Daniel Horney, Henry Short, Mrs. Horney, Daniel MeKellip, Miss Thomas, John Horney, William Horney, James Wicker, Jeffrey Horney.
Fifth district: John Moon, John Kerran, William Clemmons, Daniel Sharron, Mrs. Kendall, Andrew Hardway, Miss Killgore, Joseph Hunt, John C. Killgore, Jonathan Moon, John Clemmons, Thomas Devault, Nicholas Devault, Philip Powell, Stephanus Hunt, William Halliday, Robert Powell, William Robinson, Mr. Fritz, Jacob Reinzel.
Sixth district : John Mills, Joseph Kendall, Henry Brammer, James Witty, Stephen Cornwall, William Robinson, Nicholas Rob- inson, Fick Redden, William Kendall, John Riddle, Adam Allen, William Hidy, Benjamin Hidy, Benjamin Ryan, Jesse Enos, Joshua Merriman, Girard Scott, Edmund Brammer.
Seventh district : Benjamin Greathouse, James Sanderson, John Hidy, Solomon Soward, William Ryan, Joseph Ryan, Harvey San- derson, Alexander Sanderson, Joseph Straley, William Mormon, Samuel Key, John Coice.
The old logs were gradually torn down, and frame buildings erected in their stead. Later, the number of districts was increased to thirteen, and substantial brick buildings were built.
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JEFFERSONVILLE.
Jeffersonville is a finely situated village of six hundred and twen- ty-eight inhabitants on the banks of Sugar Creek, on the line of the Springfield Southern Railroad, eleven miles from Washington, eighteen miles from South Charleston, and is located in one of the finest agricultural districts of Ohio. The farmers in the surround- ing country use the latest improved agricultural implements, the land is level, and the productiveness of the soil is unsurpassed. In riding over the township, and viewing the numerous farm houses and out buildings, dotted so near to each other, one is reminded of a vast suburb near a large city teeming with people and industry.
For the last year business in the village has made rapid strides, and at this writing there is not a vacant dwelling house in the place. The railroad has brought new industries and enterprises, and mechanics are steadily employed at fair wages.
FIRST SETTLERS.
As has been seen, William Robinson was the first resident in the limits of the village; however, there was no trace of a village at that time, consequently he can not be considered as the first resi- dent of Jeffersonville.
In the year 1831, Walter B. Wright and Chipman Robinson, who owned one hundred acres of the present village, recognizing the fact that the establishment of a trading point in or near the center of Jefferson Township was a public necessity, laid off the same in- to town lots, the surveying being done on the first of March by Stephanus Hunt, and disposed of them at five dollars each.
The first house was erected by Robert Wiley, on Main Street. It is still standing, and owned by the heirs of David Creamer. Wiley afterward removed to the West. The lot was known as No. 1.
William Devault, Reuben Carr, Jacob Jenkins, Edward Jenkins, and M. B. Wright, who was living in the frame residence near the Universalist Church when the town was surveyed, were among the first settlers.
Edward Gray, though not one of the first, was an early resident of the village ; and as he has been, and is still, one of the most en- terprising citizens, we append a short sketch of his life:
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He was a native of Morgan County, Virginia, and came to Ohio in the fall of 1836, with his father, Michael, and the family of the latter, ten in all, traveling on the newly completed National Road. Upon their arrival in this county, they stopped at Michael Crea- mer's, a brother-in-law of the elder Gray, while the latter went to Highland County, with a view of examining the land. Unable to find a suitable location, he returned and purchased a tract of land one mile southwest of Jeffersonville (now occupied by Jacob Gray), containing two hundred acres, of Mr. Pavey, of Leesburg, at three dollars per acre. They began clearing up the place, then a dense forest. Edward removed to town a few years later, and engaged in the mercantile business, establishing a good trade, which is still enjoyed by his sons. At Mr. Gray's earliest recollection, Jacob Creamer, Edward Popejoy, Benjamin Wright, Thomas Devault, George Hardway, Reuben Carr, and Calvin Woodruff, were the only residents of the village.
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