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zen and inhabitant therein one year next before his ap- pointment." But, on the other hand, it was argued, that this was an office not mentioned in nor known to the Constitution, and that therefore the above clause was not applicable to it.
In the summer of 1823, Wright died, and Nathaniel McLean was appointed by Governor Morrow, to fill the vacancy, and was continued by election and reelections by the Legislature, until the spring of 1830. He was then succeeded by Byram Leonard, of Knox County ; and Leonard was succeeded in the spring of 1832, by Wm. W. Gault, of Newark, who continued until the con- viets were removed to the new penitentiary, in the fall of 1834.
During the whole term of business at the old peni- tentiary, a store of the manufactured articles was kept connected with the institution, and a general system of bartering was the policy adopted. Blacksmithing, wag- on making, coopering, shoemaking, gunsmithing, cabinet making, tailoring and weaving, were carried on in the prison, and the work and wares of the institution were sold or exchanged for provisions and raw materials, such as sawed lumber, staves, hoop poles, coal and fire wood, etc., or sold for cash, as cases might offer. The care of the store and books was with the clerk. The successive clerks after the abolition of the office of agent, in 1822,
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were Cyrus Fay, Henry Matthews, George Whitmore, W. T. Martin, Nelson Talmage, Timothy Griffith, and Uriah Lathrop. Among the old hands employed about the institution during the same period, were Joseph Mc- Elvain, Purdy McElvain, Joseph O'Harra, Arthur O'Har- ra, John Kelley, Hugh McGill, Thomas Webb, Samuel Gelin, Talman Chase, and others.
There were every year more or less escapes of pris- oners by stealth, though but one daring rush. About the year 1830, some dozen or more prisoners, having banded themselves together to force an escape, were secreted in a vacant cell, just inside of the outer door of the prison, and when the turnkey, Mr. O'Harra, (now 'Squire O'Harra, of Franklinton, ) had occasion to unlock the door, the daring Smith Maythe, who headed the gang, sprang forward and caught O'Harra round the body, and held him fast, while his comrades rushed out. He then, letting go of Mr. O'Harra, bounded forward and placed himself at the head of the gang, and they marched up past the mound, (there then being but few improvements to obstruct their way,) and on to the woods in a south-east direction. They were advertised and finally all picked up, one or two at a time, and re- turned to the prison. Poor Maythe, some years after his release from the Ohio penitentiary, was, for a case of
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robbery and attempted murder, in Kentucky, hung by a mob, without judge or jury.
Under the law and regulations of the old penitentiary, the institution was charged with, and paid, the costs of prosecution and transportation of convicts - always a heavy item of expense. But under the law and regula- tions for the government of the present penitentiary, the costs of prosecution and transportation are paid out of the State Treasury, and are not, in the Warden's annual exhibits, charged to the institution ; which should not be overlooked in making a comparison between the exhibits of the old and the present institutions.
The old buildings and the ten acre lot upon which they stood, and which had been donated by the proprie- tors of the town to the State for the erection of a peni- tentiary thereon, were no longer needed, nor used in connection with the penitentiary ; and the succeeding year the walls of the yard were sold by the State officers and were torn down, and the stones used, part for building purposes, and part burned into lime at a kiln erected on the lot for that purpose, by Jacob Striekler. The main prison building, which had been erected in 1818, remained some two or three years long- er, when it was also removed, leaving the original build- ing, erected in 1813, and the brick store house, erected by Wright, in 1822, still standing; and they were taken
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possession of by the Quarter-Master General - the one as a place of deposit for the public arms, and the other as a work shop for cleaning and repairing the arms ; thus converting the two into a kind of State Armory, and they so remained until 1855, when they were both razed to the ground, and the bricks used in filling in some part of the new State House; and the old lumber sold and removed. So that now there remains not a vestige of the old penitentiary and its appendages ; and the grading down of the streets, and the digging down and hauling away of a great part of the hill itself, for gravel and sand, has so changed the surface of the loca- tion where the prison and yard once were, that a person familiar with that place thirty years ago, could not now recognize it.
At the removal of the penitentiary, a question arose as to the title of the ten acre lot - whether it reverted to the proprietors of the town, or still remained in the State. In the Legislature the question was twice refer- red (at different sessions) to committees of legal charac- ters, and a majority each time reported in favor of the State's title; and on the 17th of March, 1838, an act was passed authorizing the Governor to have the ground laid out into town lots, and the lots appraised, and then sold; the ground was accordingly laid out and platted, and the plat recorded. But a discretionary power seemed
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to rest with the Governor, and he never caused any sales to be made. In the meantime, in March, 1847, Elijah Backus commenced suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, for the recovery of this lot of land from the State. The suit was brought in the name of Gustavus Swan and M. J. Gilbert against E. N. Slocum, then Quarter-Master General of the State, and who had possession of the buildings, as above stated. It appears that they had some years before obtained a gen- eral quit-claim from the heirs of Kerr, Mclaughlin and Johnston, of all their then remaining interest in all lands on the town plat, or perhaps in the county. How far these plaintiffs advised or controlled the suit, is not known to the writer; but it was generally understood that Mr. Backus was prosecuting for his own benefit, and while the plaintiffs had the temporary possession, he controlled it and received the proceeds.
As above stated, the suit was commenced in March, 1847 - E. Backus, attorney for plaintiff, Henry Stan- bery, Attorney General, for Slocum-and the cause was continued from time to time until June, 1851, when judgment was obtained for plaintiffs by default, Joseph MeCormick then Attorney General. August 23d, writ of possession issued, and on the first of September the Sheriff went through the formality of putting the plaintiff in possession. Mr. Backus then became land-
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lord, to rent the State its own buildings, and the sand and gravel of which the hill is composed being in very ready demand, he made the best he could of that, real- izing about a thousand dollars from that, exclusive of the rent of the buildings.
Now, in order to regain what had been lost by the neglect of the Attorney General, the State had in her turn to become plaintiff, and in March, 1852, suit was brought by the State in the Court of Common Pleas against S. W. Andrews, then Quarter-Master General, who was in possession under Backus, Geo. E. Pugh then Attorney General, and conductor of the suit; and No- vember 30, 1852, judgment was rendered for the defendant, (against the State.) An appeal was taken to the District Court, Geo. W. McCook now Attorney General; and September 21, 1854, judgment was ren- dered for the plaintiff, (the State,) and November 25th, writ of possession issued, and on the 19th of January, 1855, the writ was returned, indorsed, "I have ex- ecuted this writ by putting the Secretary of State in possession of the premises as herein directed. Thomas Miller, Sh'ff."
The State having now got in possession of its lot again, on the 17th of March, 1856, the Legislature passed an act vacating the old plat, except as to Mound street, and repealing the law of 1838, under which it
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was made, and directing the Governor to have the ground laid out into lots anew, re-platted, appraised and sold. In the summer of 1857, this ground was re-plat- ted, the lots advertised and a few sold, and the sale adjourned.
At the session of 1857-8, the Legislature, on the petition and memorial of Martha Mclaughlin, widow of Alexander McLaughlin, deceased, appropriated one thousand dollars to be paid to her out of the proceeds of these lots.
NEW PENITENTIARY.
On the 11th of February, 1832, an act was passed by the Legislature, providing for the erection of a new penitentiary. It provided for the election by the Leg- islature, of three Directors to select and procure a site, and direct and control the erection of the buildings. They were to receive a salary of one hundred dollars each per year, for their services, and were required to appoint a superintendent to project the plan and super- intend the work, at a compensation not exceeding one thousand dollars per year.
At the same session, Joseph Olds, of Circleville, Sam- uel McCracken, of Lancaster, and Charles Anthony, of Springfield, were elected Directors ; and on the 4th of
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May, 1832, they "appointed Nathaniel Medbery, super- intendent. A lot of fifteen acres of land, where the prison is erected, was procured by the citizens of the north end of town, and donated to the State as an in- ducement to the location of the institution at that point.
On the 27th of October, 1834, the buildings being completed, Nathaniel Medbery was, by the Directors, appointed the first keeper of the new penitentiary by the title of Warden, and on the day following the con- victs were removed from the old to the new prison. Colonel Gault was the keeper of the old prison, and his time did not expire until the ensuing spring. But his charge was marched away from him, and he continued to occupy the keeper's apartments in the old institution in quietness until spring, and claimed his salary.
On the 5th of March 1835, Isaac Cool was appointed Deputy Warden, Rev. Russell Bigelow Chaplain, Dr. M. B. Wright Physician, and H. Z. Mills Clerk. The prison was now governed by a new law, new officers and new rules and regulations. Rules of great severity were adopted, and rigidly enforced. The old system of barter was abandoned, and instead of the State manu- facturing articles for sale, as formerly, the convicts were hired by the day to large manufacturers, who worked
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them in prison shops, as at present, and the keeping of a store, or sale room, was thus dispensed with.
The failure of the old penitentiary, both in a pecu- niary and reformatory view, had generally been attribu- ted to the insufficiency of the buildings, and to the lax government of the institution ; and high expectations were entertained that under the new system a revenue would be produced to the State, and a moral reforma- tion wrought upon the convicts. But time has proven the delusion of both these expectations. If we charge the institution with the costs of prosecution and trans- portation of the convicts, as formerly, the annual deficits will not be less than under the old system. And as for the reformation of the discharged convicts, the police of Columbus could testify not very favorably. Within a few years past the rigid rules and discipline have been giving way to more kind and humane treat- ment. The odious " lock step " was first abandoned, then " shower baths " and the use of the "cat " were also abandoned, and solitary confinement substituted.
The only officer of the institution whose life has been taken by a convict, was Cyrus Sells, in 1843. The convict was transferred to the county jail, tried in the Court of Common Pleas, convicted and executed in February, 1844.
In 1849, the cholera broke out in the prison on the
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30th of June, and between that time and the 5th of August, one hundred and sixteen convicts died of that disease. The highest number of deaths in one day was on the 10th of July, when twenty-two died.
Doctor Lathrop was the regular prison physician, and he was assisted by Doctors William Trevitt, John B. Thompson, Robert Thompson, B. F. Gard, J. Morrison, N. Gay, G. W. Maris, and - Matthews, and several medical students, and some citizens who volunteered their services as nurses, etc.
Doctors Lathrop and Gard both fell victims to the disease.
In the fall of 1850, from the 31st of August to the 29th of November, there were twenty-one deaths by cholera, in the prison - none since.
NAMES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE PENITENTIARY FROM 1834 TO 1857, INCLUSIVE.
Year.
Directors.
Warden.
Dep. Warden.
Clerk.
Physician.
Moral Instructor.
1834
Jos. Olds, Sam'l McCracken, Chas. Anthony .. ..
1835
Same ..
N. Medberry .. ..... .. Same . . .. Isaac Cool .....
None . ..
. None . H. Z. Mills . ...
M. B. Wright. Russel Bigelow
1836
Jos. Olds, S. F. McCracken, Benj. Allen . . .
.
Same .. . .
John Huffman ..
.. . Same .. ..
Wm. M. Awl.
1837
Joseph Olds, S. F. McCracken, Benj. F. Allen. . . Same . .
Same .
.. Same ....
.. Same ... .
.. ... . Same . . I. G. Jones . . Rev. M. Fitch.
1839
W. B. Van Hook
.... Same ....
.. Same ..
P. Sisson . . .. D. Wolfley ...
. . Same.
1840
·
. Same ...
... . Same . .
. Same ... . P. Sisson . ...
... Same.
1841
·
Same ....
. Same
. Same .... I. G. Jones .. Sam. F. Mills.
1842
Rich'd Stadden ..
. . . Same . . .
Same .... P. Sisson .... .... Same.
1843
John Patterson . . . .
Same ..
Same . . . .
Wm. Trevitt .. .... Same.
1844
Allen Latham, Jos. Olds, John McElvain . . . . .. . John McElvain, Sam. Spangler, Wm. Spencer ... . Wm. Spencer, Sam. Spangler, John McElvain . . A. H. Patterson, Andrew Mc- Elvain, Wm. Spencer ...... Robt. Lec, A. H. Patterson, A. McElvain . . . Robt. Lec, A. McElvain, John Greenwood ...
.... Same
None ... . |J. V. McElvain ..... Same ....... Same.
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Same . ..
. Same . . . . ..
Same . . .
1838
John Patterson. . .... None .... J. V. McElvain. P. Sisson .... Sam. F. Mills. . 1846 Laurin Dewey ...... Nonc .... .... Same .... H. Lathrop .. J. B. Finley. 1847 .... Same .. . . 1848 1849
.... Same ...
Sam'l Bradford . . . Same . ... .... Same ... .... Samc. .. Same John Huffman .. ... Same . .. .. .... Same.
. .
. Same .... .... Same ...
. Same .... Wm. Trevitt. . J. T. Donahoo.
... Same . . .. .. Same . . . Same .... J. B. Thompson .... Same.
D. W. Brown .. .... Same .... Jno. R. Griffiths. .... Same ... W. S. Roberts.
A. G. Dimmock. .. . Same . .. . S. J. Price ..... B. F. Johnson J. T. Donahoo.
.... Same ... . R. W. Watson ......
Same . ... .. Same ... .... Same.
Sam'l Wilson . . . John Huffman . . R. S. McEwen. . A. De Lezinski L. Warner.
1855
J. P. Bruck, J. D. Morris, T. P. Spencer . .
1856
L. G. Van Slyke, A. P. Stone, Cyrus Spink, J. D. Morris, L. W. Babbitt . . .
J. B. Buttles. . . .... Same .... Jno. Ewing .. John Huffman, Act. Dep. Ward.
Same .... John Dawson ..... Same. J.W. Hamilton .... Same. ? v. Rich . ..
1857
Same .. . . (With the exception of Stone, who re- signed, and C. Breyfogle was appointed in his place.)
.... Same ... ... Same ........ Same .......
. Same ... .... Same.
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1850 1851 1852 1853 1854
1845 | B. F. Gard, Robt. Lee, John Greenwood .. . · B. F. Gard, Horatio J. Cox, J. Ridgway ... .... B. F. Gard, H. J. Cox, J. Ridgway. . .. H. J. Cox, Jos. Ridgway, Thos. Brown . Jos. Ridgway, Thomas Brown, Matthias Martin. . . Thos. Brown, M. Martin, David Gregory . . . M. Martin, D. Gregory, C. L. Eaton . . · James Lennox, Wash. McLean, C. J. Orton · Jas. Lennox, C. J. Orton, G. T. Barnum . J. P. Bruck, J. D. Morris, J. B. Buttles . . .
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CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHURCHES OF COLUMBUS.
Methodist-Presbyterian-Congregational-Episcopal-Universalist- Baptist - Lutheran - German Reformed-Roman Catholic-Evan- gelical Association-Colored Baptists-Jews.
METHODIST.
THE first Methodist Church or Class, in Columbus, was organized early in the year 1814, by the Rev. Samuel West, the preacher then in charge on this circuit. The class at first consisted of four members only - George McCormick # and his wife, George B. Harvey, and Miss Jane Armstrong, who soon after became the wife of Mr. Harvey. The next member admitted, was Moses Free- man, a colored man, who some eight or ten years after left with his family for Liberia, in Africa, where, it is said, he died not long after.
In the same year, 1814, the proprietors of the town
* Mr. MeCormick remained an influential member of the church through life, and died in the spring of 1850, aged about seventy-eight years. Mr. Harvey is the only survivor of the original four.
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donated and conveyed the lot where the Town Street Church now stands, to George McCormick, Peter Grubb, Jacob Grubb, John Brickell, and George B. Harvey, as trustees, for the use and benefit of the church ; and a small hewed log house was soon erected thereon for a place of worship. It also for some years was used for a school house. Here the writer taught his first school in Columbus, commencing in the spring of 1815. In 1817, the building was enlarged to about double its original size, by adding a frame addition to it. And in 1825, the old wooden structures were removed, and a good sized brick building erected on the same site, which con- tinued until the spring or summer of 1853, when it was torn down, and the present edifice erected.
About the year 1823, the colored part of the congre- gation separated from the whites, and formed a society or church, by themselves. They held their meetings in rented rooms until about the year 1839 or 1840, when they erected their present brick church, on Long street.
In 1844, the German Methodist Church, at the north- west corner of Third street and South Public Lane, was erected, and the German part of the congregation gene- rally met there.
In 1846, Wesley Chapel, on High street north of Gay, was erected on a lot donated to the church by Wm. Neil, Esq.
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In 1854, Bigelow Chapel, on Friend street, was erect- ed. Present officers :
ZION CHAPEL, ( Town Street Church.)
Pastor -- Rev. J. M. Jamison.
Trustees-A. S. Decker, James Watson, P. T. Snow- den, John Linebaugh, Lorin Yerington, and John Short.
Number of members in 1857-two hundred and ninety.
WESLEY CHAPEL.
Pastor-Rev. William Porter.
Trustees - M. Gooding, E. Booth, Richard Jones, Thomas Walker, Daniel Miner, and J. E. Rudisill.
Number of members in 1857-one hundred and fifty.
BIGELOW CHAPEL.
Pastor-Rev. Lovet Taft.
Trustees-A. Cooper, E. Glover, M. Halm, W. F. Kno- derer, E. H. Link, John Whitsel, J. C. Kenyon, Newton Gibbon.
Number of members in 1857-one hundred and ten.
German Methodist, in 1857 - Rev. Paul Brodbeck, Pastor.
Number of members-sixty.
Colored Methodist, in 1857-Rev. J. H. Shorter, Pas- tor.
Number of members-one hundred and thirteen.
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NAMES OF THE PREACHERS WHO HAVE OFFICIATED
AT COLUMBUS, WITH THE YEAR OF EACH APPOINTMENT.
Year.
Circuit Preachers.
Presiding Elders.
1814
Samuel West,
1815
Isaac Pavey,
1816
Jacob Hooper,
1817
William Swayze and Simon Peters,
1818
William Swayze and Lemuel Lane,
David Young. John Collins. Do Do.
1821
Russell Bigelow and Horace Brown,
1822
Russell Bigelow and Thomas McCleary, Charles Waddle and H. S. Fernandes, Charles Waddle and Alfred Lorane,
Samuel West. Greenbury R. Jones. Do. Jacob Young. Do. Do.
1824 1825 1826 1827
Leroy Swormsted and Joseph Carper,
1828
1829
Leroy Swormsted and G. Blue,
1830
John W. Clark and Adam Poe,
Do.
1831 1832
Thomas A. Morris,
Robert O. Spencer,
1833
Russell Bigelow, .
1834
Russell Bigelow part of year, Leonard Gurley other part, .
Do. Do.
1835 1836
E. W. Sehon, Same,
Jacob Young. Do. Do.
1838 1839
William Herr,
Do. John Ferree. Do.
1840 1841 1842
David Whitcomb,
1843
John Miley and Abraham Wambaugh,
1844
John Miley, .
Granville Moody,
1845 1846
Same,
James Quinn. Do. Do.
1819 1820
John Tevis and Leroy Swormsted,
John Tevis and Peter Stevens,
1823
Joseph Carper and John H. Power, Samuel Hamilton and Jacob Young, Samuel Hamilton,* ·
David Young. Do.
Columbus Station.
John Collins. Augustus Eddy. Do.
1837
Joseph Carper,
Joseph A. Waterman,
Joseph A. Trimble, Same,
Joseph M. Trimble. David Whitcomb. Do Robert O. Spencer. Do.
* One vacancy. Jesse F. Wixom, of Columbus, filled it part of the year, by appointment.
Russell Bigelow.
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NAMES OF PREACHERS-CONTINUED.
Year.
Circuit Preachers.
Presiding Elders.
1847
Cyrus Brooks, Town Street, George C. Crum, Wesley Chapel, Cyrus Brooks, Town St., .
John W. Clark.
1848
Do.
1849
Do.
1850
Do.
1851
Cyrus Brooks.
1852
Uriah Heath.
1853
Do.
1854
John W. White, Town St., James L. Grover, Wesley Chapel, . Joseph H. Creighton, Bigelow Chapel, John W. White, Town St., John Frazer, Wesley Chapel, Thomas Lee, Bigelow Chapel, J. M. Jamison, Town St., John Frazer, Wesley Chapel, . Thomas Lee, Bigelow Chapel,
Zachariah Cornell.
Do.
1857
J. M. Jamison, Town St., William Porter, Wesley Chapel, Lovet Taft, Bigelow Chapel, .
Do.
WHITFIELD METHODISTS, (Welch.)-Organized in 1848. About the same year they erected their present brick church at the corner of Long and Sixth streets.
The successive Pastors have been-
Rev. Mr. Perry, from Granville, commenced about the year 1849; retired, 1855.
George C. Crum, Wesley Chapel, David Warnock, Town St., . Wm. H. Lawder, Wesley Chapel, David Warnock, Town St., John W. Weakley, Wesley Chapel, Clinton W. Sears, Town St., John M. Leavitt, Wesley Chapel, Asbury Bruner, Town St., John M. Leavitt, Wesley Chapel, Asbury Bruner, Town St., James L. Grover, Wesley Chapel, Edward Mabee, Mission, .
Do.
1855
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Rev. David Williams, from Pittsburgh, commenced in 1855; retired, 1857.
Rev. Mr. Parry, again, commenced 1857. Number of members in 1857, seventy-three.
PRESBYTERIAN.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH had its origin in Franklinton, and was organized on the 8th of February, 1806, as the First Presbyterian Church of Franklin County.
Pastor-Rev. James Hoge.
Elders-Robert Culbertson, William Read.
Trustees-Joseph Dixon, John Dill, David Nelson, William Domigan, Joseph Hunter, Lucas Sullivant.
ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION, WITH THEIR FAMILIES GENERALLY.
Robert Culbertson, William Read, David Nelson, Wil- liam Shaw, John Turner, Joseph Dixon, Lucas Sullivant, Samuel King, Luther Powers, Samuel G. Flenniken, William Stewart, John Lisle, Joseph Parks, David Jam- ison, John Hunter, George Skidmore, Joseph Hunter, William Brown, William McElvain.
In 1805, the venerable Doctor Hoge, then a young man, first arrived in Franklinton as a missionary ; and after laboring in that capacity for some time, he formed
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a regular church, of which he remained the head until he resigned his charge, in 1857. In 1807, he was reg- ularly employed by his church and congregation, to minister to their religious wants. The following is a copy verbatim, of the call upon him for that purpose, and to which he acceeded. The old document, in the hand writing of Lucas Sullivant, is still preserved as a relic of past times :
" The congregation of Franklinton, being on sufficient ground well satisfied of the ministerial qualifications of you, James Hoge, and having good hopes from our past experience of your labors, that your ministration in the Gospel will be profitable to our spiritual interests, do earnestly call and desire you to undertake the pastoral office in said congregation ; promising you in the dis- charge of your duty, all proper support, encouragement and obedience in the Lord : And that you may be free from worldly cares and avocations, we hereby promise and oblige ourselves to pay to you the sum of three hundred dollars, in half yearly payments, annually, for three-fourths of your time, until we find ourselves able to give you a compensation for the whole of your time, in like proportion, during the time of your being and continuing the regular pastor of this church. In testi- mony whereof, we have respectively subscribed our
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names, this 25th day of September, Anno Domini 1807.
"ROBERT CULBERTSON,
" WILLIAM READ, Elders. .
" JOSEPH DIXON,
"JOHN DILL,
"DAVID NELSON,
Trustees."
" WILLIAM DOMIGAN,
"JOSEPH HUNTER,
"LUCAS SULLIVANT,
The house in which the congregation first held their religious meetings in Franklinton, was a two-story frame, still standing, some two hundred yards northward from the old court house. The sessions of the Supreme Court of Franklin County were first held in the same building. It so happened, that Parson Hoge traveled from Spring- field to Franklinton in company with Judge Baldwin, who, pleased with the young candidate for holy orders, tendered him the use of the room occupied by the court; and here the small band of worshipers first assembled for religious service. The next church building, was a very plain one-story brick house, erected on the bank of the river, near the old Franklinton burying ground. The society's next step was their removal to the infant town of Columbus. In the spring of the year of 1814, they erected a log cabin about twenty-five by thirty feet, on the ground near the corner of Spring and Third streets. Service was held by times in this, but princi- pally at the Franklinton brick church, until the year
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