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Down in what is now known as Cler- ment county, on its southern border near the Ohio river, was a little town by the name of Bullskin, named for a small creek of the s: me name. From that place running north was a trail passing through New Burling- ton. thence what is now ( 1900) known as Detroit street, Xenia, and terminating at Urbana, Ohio. Starting west was another trail through Franklinton, near the present city of Columbus, thence west over what is now known as Main street, Xenia, intersect- ing the Bullskin trail at the northwest cor- ner of the public square, thence in the same direction to what is known as West street, Xenia, thence south from that point through Waynesville, Lebanon and on to Cincinnati.
On the farm of Paris Peterson, four miles southeast of Xenia, had been com- mienced what was known as the town of Ceasarsville, by one Thomas Corneal, as early as the year 1800. A court house had been built, a public well also near by, and scattered here and there were quite a nun1- ber of log cabins. In the early marriages of Greene county many parties were made one in that building, which had been erected for the court house by William I. Stewart, Esq. And it is also a fact that Ceasarsville was the one place of voting for Ceasarscreek township from May 10, 1803. until the or- ganization of Nenia township .August 20, 1805, when, as the record says, the first election for Xenia township shall be held in the house of William .A. Beatty, of Xenia.
The compiler of this has in his posses- sion the original tally sheet of elections held in Ceasarscreek township from the first di- viding the county into townships, which was done May 10, 1803, and from that time un- til the organization of Nenia township the few pioneers then living at what is now known as Nenia voted at the house of Will- iam I. Stewart at Ceasarsville, going out the trail now known as the Wilmington pike.
In making arrangements to remove from the old court house some very valuable okl papers have been found, which help to tell some of the stories of the past. Among them one which tells the names of the com- missioners that had been appointed by the legislature to locate the permanent county seat of Greene county. They were Ichabod B. Helsey, Balden Apsby and William Mc- Clelland. The same commissioners acted as such for Montgomery county.
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to show the authority for every move that was taken to organize the county of Greene "in the beginning." And now we come to the time when the permanent county seat had been chosen, and will proceed to tell how the said county seat came to be called "Xenia." and by whom named.
A few months ago the compiler of this sketch had the pleasure of meeting at Spring- field. Ohio, Mrs. Maria Stone, youngest daughter of General Benjamin Whiteman. Although in her ninety-third year, her mind was as clear as a perfect sounding bell when it came to talking of the long ago. It was with pleasure that we sat and listened as she gave her recollections of the christen- ing or giving a name to the new seat of justice for the county of Greene, as she said she had heard her father tell time and again.
She remembered to have heard him speak of the time that he and his father-in- law. Owen Davis, and his good wife, Laticia Davis, had received an invitation from Jo- seph C. Vance, John Paul, William .1. Beatty and others, to meet with them at the "cross-roads" ( where Main street now intersects Detroit ), and assist in giving a name for the new seat of justice that had been selected and laid out by Joseph C. Vance. Of course, the invitation was ac- cepted, and the General and his family were present that day with other pioneers who had been also invited, and there was some- what of a crowd. Many names were pro- posed : among them were the names of Washington, Wayne and Greenville. And it is also said that at this time there was a stranger, a scholarly-looking man, who stepped forward and said: "Gentlemen. allow me to suggest a name for your county town. In view of the kind and hospitable
manner in which I have been treated whilst a stranger to most of you, allow me to sug- gest the name of "Xenia." taken from the Greek, and signifying hospitality.
The name was accepted and placed among the names that were about to be bal- loted for. Several ballots were taken, and at last a tie between Nenia and another name which she could not recall. Out of compli- ment to Owen Davis, Mrs. Stone's grandfa- ther, and who was also the owner of the building where the first courts of Greene county were held, and also the first miller in Beavercreek township, and a few years after the first miller in Miami township, near the present town of Clifton, Mrs. Davis was al- lowed to cast a vote, which vote was in favor of Nenia. And it is said that the stranger, as he started to ride away, after hearing the ballot was decided in favor of the name he had given, said, "Gentlemen. 1 thank you for deciding in favor of Xenia." That stranger was the Rev. Robert Arm- strong, who one year later became the pas- tor of the Massiescreek and Sugarcreek as- sociate congregations of Greene county.
The object of this sketch is facts and not tradition. In this version we have ample proof of the statements made of its correct- ness. James E. Galloway, yet living ( May. 1900), says he remembers to have heard his father, Major James Galloway, Jr., speak time and again of the circumstance as above related. In the records of the court held December term, 1803, we find that Rev. Rob- ert Armstrong took out license to solemnize a marriage. That was about one year pre- vious to his coming to settle permanently in this county, and while here he was called on for the purpose of joining a happy couple, and before doing so had to have a license.
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In the Cincinnati Commercial, under- date of April. 1854. also comes the follow- ing from Miami University, signed "M .. " which gives the same story with some slight changes. This writer claimed to have been a son of one of the early settlers of Xenia :
"The place contained a few houses, yet it aspired to the dignity of a town, and com- missionens, or whosoevers business it was. had assembled at the tavern to decide on a name : many names were proposed, some whiskey drank, and the afternoon spent, but on no name could they agree : the evening came and went, and yet they were undecided. In the meantime a stranger had put up at the tavern, and his manner and dress be- spoke one of education: they agreed that to him should be left the name for the vil- lage. The stranger was informed of their decision, and consenting to the arrangement promised them a name in the morning. Breakfast being over, the name was re- quested. He gave them "Xenia,' saying it was a Greek word meaning 'hospitality,' and that he gave it in consideration of his hos- pitable reception while a stranger in their midst."
By an act of the general assembly of the state of Ohio, passed February 14, 1804, the office of county commissioner was created as it stands to-day. The first commissioner under this act was elected on the first Mon- day in April. 1804. They held their first court for the transaction of the business of the county in the following June, and at that meeting the following record was made : "At the house of Peter Borders, in Beaver- creek township, June, 1804. Jacob Smith. James Snowden and John Sterrett. Gents .. produced certificates of their being duly elected commissioners for the county of
Greene, and then there was a court held by the board of commissioners for said county, and John Paul was appointed clerk of said board of commissioners, and said commis- sioners cast lots for rank: Jacob Smith drew for three years, John Sterrett for two years and James Snowden for one year."
ORGANIZATION OF XENIA TOWNSHIP.
August 20, 1805, James Collier. John Sterrett and James McCoy and others pre- sented a petition to the board of commis- sioners, at that time in session. for the above purpose, and was so ordered as follows :
It is considered by the board of commis- sioners that there shall be one township or- ganized out of parts of Ceasarscreek and Beavercreek townships.
All that part of Beavercreek township cast of the Little Miami and above the mouth of Massies creek. thence with Beaver- creek township, to the cast corner of Sugar- creek township, thence with the Sugarcreek line to the mouth of Anderson's fork. thence up the main fork of Ceasarscreek with the meanderings thereof to the east line of said county ; thence north with said line to the northeast corner, thence west to the Miami, thence down the river to the be- ginning, which shall be called and known by the name of Xenia township. The first election shall be held at the house of Will- iam .A. Beatty in Xenia. Previous to this the elections have been held at the house of William I. Stewart. Ceasarscreek township. at Ceasarsville, near the present residence of Mr. Pad Peterson.
In the year 1807 Moses Collier was ap- pointed to take the enumeration of the white males in Xenia township above the age of
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twenty-one years; the following is the re- sult :
William Aldridge. Littleberry Aldridge, John Allen, William Allen, William Allen, Jr., Samuel Alexander, Samuel Anderson, James Anderson, William Anderson, John 11. Anderson, John Anderson, Daniel An- derson, John Alexander, Mathew Alexander. Angelo Adams. Ephram Adams, William .A. Beatty, Bartholomew Berra. William Bull. Sr., James Bull, Richard Bull, Thomas Bull. John Bull. John Boyd. David Boyd. Robert Boggess. Elias Bromagen, Daniel Boyle. Jonathan Brown, James Barkley, James Bunton, Henry Baldwin, James Bon- ner. David S. Bonner, Frederick Bonner, Elisha Bales, Jonathan Bales, John D. Bur- rel. James Bruce, Samuel Brazelton, James Butler, Samuel Bone, William Burnsides, George Boblett, Elbranah Bramlete, Henry Bray. Samuel Creswell, Walter Creswell, William Campbell. Daniel Cotrell. Jacob Cutler. Benjamin Cutler. James Collier, Moses Collier. Joseph Conklin, AAndrew Cronk, John Chambers, Cornelius Collins, Jesse Duncan, Elgin Driskell, Owen Davis, John Donnelly, Andrew W. Davison, John Dooley, Elijah Embree, Thomas Embree. John Ellis, William Ellis, William .A. Ellis. George D. Edge. William Edge, Michael Fullum, John Fries, Josiah Grover, Benja- min Grover. James Gowdy, Samuel Gowdy, Robert Gowdy, Samuel Gamble, William Gordon. William Gibson, Andrew Gibson, John Gregg. John Graham, Joseph Graham, Thomas Godfrey, Gray Gary, John Good, John Galloway. John Gaddis, Mathew Hil- lis, James Hillis. Sampson Hillis, David Hillis. John Hillis, Henry Haynes, Benja- min Hanes, James Hale, Jacob Helmick, Joseph Hamill, Robert Hamill, Enos Hol-
land. John A. Hoop. Tinsley Heath, James Hickman, William Horney, James Haynes, Hank Inman. John Irwin, James Junkin, William Junkin, William Johnson, Arthur Johnson, Reuben Johnson, Philip Jackson. Joseph Kyle, Sr .. Joseph Kyle, Samuel Kyle. William Kendall. David Laughead, Abra- hain Larue. Benjamin Lard, James Lyon, James Loyd. John Loyd, Samuel Lyon. William Lenard. David Mitchell, John Mitchell. James Miller. Jacob Miller, Will- iam Miller, Horatio Maxey. Bennett Maxey, James Merrow, John Milton, John Mattox. James Merryfield, John Marshall, William Morgan. John Morgan, Evan Morgan, Isaac Maitland. George Merryman, Richard Men- denhall. John Mendenhall, Aaron Menden- hall, Charles Moore, William McFarland. John McFarland, John McFarland, Jr .. Robert McFarland, Alexander McCoy, Sr., David McCoy, Francis McCoy. Robert Mc- Coy. James McCoy, John McCoy, Alex- ander McCoy. Jr., Daniel McMillan, Isaiah McDonakl. Dempsey McDonald, Levet 3Ic- Donald. Wilson McDonald, William Mc- Clelland. Adset McGuire, John McClure. Jacob Nisonger, James Neeley, Sr., James Neeley, Jr., Michael Peterson, Thomas Per- kins, Joseph Porter, John Porter, Samuel Picklehimer. William Price, David Price, Eli Pendry, John Paul, Jonathan Paul, Henry Phenix, Henry Phillips, John R. Robins, Stephen Roper, Alexander Ross, Conrad Richards, Arnold Richards, John Ruth, William Ruth, Samuel Ruth, Andrew Scott. Moses Scott, John Stull, William Stanton, Jacob Steele, Hezekiah Saunders, Calvin Sayer. Thomson Simpson, James Small, Michael Spencer. Joseph Spencer, John Stevens, James Stevens, John Street. Rev. John Sale. Frederick Shigley, John
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Shigley, John Sterritt. Joseph Sterritt, Will- iam Stanfield. James Stephenson, William Stephenson, Thomas Townsley, Sr., John Townsley, Sr., William Townsley, John Tucker, Joel Thornburg, James Towler, Isaac Vandeventer, Rememberance Will- iams, John Williams, Jonathan Wallace, Jonathan H. Wallace, Thomas Whalen. James White, William Wade, George Wade. William Witty, John Wilson, Joseph Wil- son, Stephen Winter, James Winter, Jesse Watson, John Watson, Arthur Watts, Ed- ward Watts.
At the time Xenia township was organ- ized the following were then in office in Greene county: John Paul was clerk of courts and county recorder : William Max- well was sheriff : James Galloway, Sr., was treasurer of the county ; and the county com- missioners were Jacob Smith, James Snow- den and John McClain : the county surveyor was James Galloway, Jr. ; and the associate judges were Benjamin Whiteman and James Barrett, Sr. James Galloway, Sr., acted as treasurer of Greene county from the time of his appointment in 1803 until the middle of June, 1819, when he gave way to Ryan Gowdy. John Hivling never was treasurer. neither was James Popence, but were simply tax collectors. They were both sheriffs at the time they were said to have been treas- urers of the county, and as such were col- lectors of taxes.
BATII TOWNSHIP.
Bath township was organized March 3. 1807, being taken from the territory of Bea- vercreek, its south line originally, as now. running east and west along the north boun- dary of the fifth of sections in the seventh
range of townships. This line is one mile south of the village of Byron, extending from the west line of the county east to the Little Miami river. The township included all the territory west of the Little Miami river beween this line and what was then the south line of Champaign county. Bath township therefore extended two miles south of the present village of Osborn, and it in- cluded nearly all of what is now Mad River and Green townships in Clark county, also the northwest corner of Madison township in the same county.
The first election in this township was at the house of Andrew Reed, AApril 29. 1807. for the purpose of electing two justices of the peace, which resulted in AAndrew Reed being selected for the western portion of the township and Thomas Fream for the eastern portion, but beth had quarters at what is now the village of Yellow Springs.
Mr. David Sleeth had been appointed to take the enumeration of all the free white males over the age of twenty-one years, and the following are the names of those he found in the new township of Bath: James Andrew. Hugh Andrew, William Anderson. John Anderson, John Adams, Darrow Aims, Zachariah Archer, Samuel Aldridge, John Blue. Sr., John Blue. Robert Blue, David Blue, John Black, George Brown, Samuel Brown, Robert Bell, John Burgess, Samuel Butler, Enoch Bots, Richard Bennett. Jacob Beall, John Badley, James Beck. Oding Bar- ton. Thomas Barnes. John Buffanbarger. Joshua Bozarth. John Barton, Thomas Bar- ton. George Botkins, Adam Chambers, James Chambers, Joseph Carpenter, Chris- topher Carpenter, John Carpenter, Isaac Cruzan, Job Clemens, John Casad. Sr .. John Casad. Jr., Aaron Casad, Jacob Casad. Sr ..
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Jacob Casad, Jr., Samuel Casad. Abraham Classmire, Isaac Clemens, John Crumb, John Cromwell, John Galloway. Ezra Clark, John Cox. Josiah Carson, Dennis Dunn, Benja- min Deveer, Mathew Dinsmore, John Dris- call. Robert Davis, Daniel Davis, Robert De- witt. George Drummond, Abraham Enlow, William Emmitt, Robert Flack, Edward Flood. Jonathan Flood, Benjamin French, John Forgy, James Forgy, Daniel Foley. Arthur Forbes, Thomas Fream, William Freele, William Forqueor, Jonas Forqueor. George Foulk, John Goldsby, Edward Golds- by. William Goldsby, Bridge M. Goldsby. John Goldsby, Sr., James Grimes, Samuel Grimes, John Grimes, William Gregory. James M. Galloway, David Grummen, James Grummen, Nimrod Haddix, William Had- dix, John Hall, Jacob Hall, Richard Ilall, William Hamilton, Frederick Hosier. Peter losier, Ezekel Hopping, Jeremiah Hopping. Moses Hopping, David Hopping. George Harner. Charles Heffley. Samuel Iulie. Jacob Harbine. David Humphrey. James Johnston, Sr .. James Johnston, Jr., William Johnston, Arthur Johnston. George Kerken- dale, Adam Koogler, Solomon Kershner. Sr., Solomon Kershner, Jr., John Knox. Solomon Kelley, William Low, John Lee. Warton Lampton. Justice Luce. Benjamin Luce, Elisha Ladley, John Lardec. Jacob M. Marshall, George Minral, Jonathan Mercer. Robert Mercer. James Miller, Benjamin Miller, Martin Miller. James Miller, Sr .. Christy Miller, Aaron Miller. William Mar- tin. John Martin, William Mears, Daniel Moore, Richard Moore, Sr., Richard Moore. Jr .. John Morgan, Charles McGuire, John Mccullough, William McClure. Mathias McClure. John McKage. Joseph McCord. William McKenzie, Joseph McCune, Alex-
ander MeNary, Alexander McHugh. Samuel McKenney, John McPherson, John McGil- lard, Sr., John McGillard, Jr., James Mc- Dormit, Mr. MeDermond, John Nelson. Phillip Petro, Nicholas Petro, Paul Petr .. William Pasel. Andrew Reid, Jess Rus'. Jacob Rush, John Ruc. John Resegrant. Jacob Ryan. David Read. Jacob Rudy. llenry Sidensticker, Sebastian Shroufe, Sr .. Sebastian Shroufe, Jr., Christian Shronfe. Samuel Stewart, John Stewart, Isaac Stout. John Sleeth, David Sleeth. John Smith, Ma- thias Smith. William Smith. Spencer Smith, Thomas Seamore, Samuel Stites, Evers Ste- vens, Borxeen Stont. George Shann n. Elijah Stibbons, Francis Sipe. William Ste- vens, Simon Shover, Samuel Shoup, Jacob Stoker, William Stoker. Joseph Tatman. James Tatman, Peter Taylor. Joseph Taylor. Isaac Taylor. David Taylor, Henry Taylor. John Templeton. Joseph Tole, Jacob Tru- bee. John Trubee, Silas Trobridge. John Tingley, Christopher Trubee, Macajey Tile, Joseph Wadkins, Richard Wise, Zibbee Winget. Samuel Wingget, Reuben Winger. Jacob Wilson, John Wilson, Michael Wil- So, Christian Wilson. Valentine Wilson. Robert Wilburn. Benjamin Whiteman. Ebenezer Wheeler, George Wolf, John Wolf, John Wolf. Andrew Westfall, Jacob Vandevanter, Peter Vandevanter, Cornelius V'andevanter.
MIAMI TOWNSHIP.
Miami township was organized on the 8th day of June. 1808, being taken from Bath and Nema townships. Is northwest corner was in the present Mad River town- ship. Clark county. in the south line of Champaign county, two miles north of the
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present northeast corner of Bath township. From this point the west line of Miami ex- tended south seven miles to the southern line of Bath township : thence it extended east to the east line of the county. The present southern line of Miami is part of the orig- inal line. Extend the present southern line of Miami two miles west and then east to the east line of the county and we shall have the original line. Miami township then in- cluded in what is now Greene county, the northern portions of what is now Cedar- ville and Ross townships, and in Clark coun- ty about one-third of Mad River township. all of Greene and one-half of Madison town- ship. The first election was held in the house of David S. Brodick at Yellow Springs.
The enumeration was taken by James Stewart, lister, of Miami township, in 1808. and is as follows: John Adams, John Am- bler. John Anderson, William Anderson. William Andrew, William Alban, Thomas Barnes, William Berry, John Berry. Thomas Bart m, John Blue. David S. Brodrick, Owen Batman, James Beck. Widow Bradiute, Widow Curry. Elizabeth Currie, William Cotren, Cornelius Collins, John Calloway, Widow Dewitt, Owen Davis, Rachel Duffy, Robert Davis, Ephram Enlow, William Edge, Thomas Freeman, Arthur Forbes. William Freal. Daniel Foley, Michael Folm. John Garlough, David Garrison. John Gow- dy. Mathew Gibson, Widow Goldsby, Sarah Goldsby, John Goldsby, George Goldsby, Edward Goldsby, John Graham, David Ilopping. Ezekiel Hopping, Samuel Hulic. David Humphreyville. Christopher Hulin- ger, Joseph Huston, Jacob Hubble, William Johnson, John Knox, Elisha Leslie. Justice Luse. Christopher Lightfoot. George Logan,
Daniel Mann, Maurice Miller, Benjamin Miller. Jacob Miller. John Morland. Sr., John Morland, Jr., William Morland, Will- iam M. Martin, James Martin, Robert Mitchell, Andrew Mocdie, William Miars, John McClelland. Alexander McCullough, Moses Napp, William Passel, Michael Peter- son, Alexander Russell, Conrad Richards, Abraham Runion, John Riley, John Ray, John Rosegrant, John Stewart, Samuel Stewart, James Stewart, Abraham Stout. Isaac Stout, Sebastian Shrouf, Christopher Shrouf. Evan Stevens, Francis Sipe, Henry Taylor, George Taylor, Cornelius Vande- vanter, Isaac Vandevanter, David Vance, John Vance. John Walker, Robert . Wal- burn, James Willetts, Ebenezier Wheeler, John Williams, James Stewart, lister of Miami township in 1809. The above were all tax payers at that date.
SILVERCREEK TOWNSIIIP.
Silvercreek township was organized March 4, ISI1. being taken from Ceasars- creck and Nenia townships, the greater part from Ceasarscreek. Its southwest corner was in the southern line of the county, one mile east of the old Ross county line : that is seven miles west of the southeast corner of the county ; thence it extends north eight miles, thenve east seven miles to the east line of the county; thence south with said county line to the southeast corner of the county : thence west to the place of begin- ning. Its northern limit originally was the same as that at present; it included all of what is now Jefferson township, and the eastern part of Spring Valley, about one- fourth of the township. The first election was held at the house of Noah Strong in
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said township. At the organization of Jas- per township, the 9th of June, 1853. a por- tion of Silvercreek township was added to the aforesaid township, and again on the 7th day of June, 1858, Jefferson township was taken entirely from Silvercreek township.
Previous to the formation of this town- ship there had been an election precinct at Bowersville. The petitioners for the new township were mostly from that part of the township. By the formation of this town- ship, Silvercreek was reduced in size one- half and to its present boundary.
In 1813 James Bryan took the enumera- tion for taxable purposes, and reported as tax payers for the year 1813: James Bryan, Morison Bryan, Herman Browder, Jona- than Browder, William Browder, Thomas Browder, Daniel Browder, Ezekiel Bess, George Bone, Cornelius Curzen, John Camp-' bell, Lemuel Cotrell, Hiram Cottrell, John Curry, Lewis Chance, Thomas Chaner, John Copeland, William Copeland. Edward Chaney, David Davis, Andrew Downey,
Christopher Ellis, Bazel Foster, William . east with the Miami line to the east line of Gilmore. Uriah IIunt, William Hibben. John Hoblet, Stephen Hussey, Ma- ry Hussey, Nathan Hussey, Sam- uel Johnson, John W. Johnson, Michael M. Johnson, Joseph Johnson, John S. Johnson, Christopher Johnson, Moor- man Johnson, Jesse Kelsey, Joseph. Lu- cas, Thomas Lenard, Nathaniel Lenard, Samuel Lee, Andrew Moorman, Pleasant Moorman. Thomas P. Moorman, Chiles Moorman, Macajah C. Moorman, Thomas From the old records of the county we find that Wilson McDonald, as lister, took the enumeration of taxable property in said township May 26, 1813. and from his re- turns we gather the following names as to who the residents of the township were at Moorman, Sr., Aaron Mendenhall, Martin Mendenhall, Stephen Mendenhall, John Myers, Michael Mann, James Medley. John Mickle, Mary Mulnick, John Oliver, Eben- ezer Perry. Thomas Pahner. John Pearson, 2
Jacob Rumbaugh, George Rumbaugh, Asher Reeves, Malon Stratton, George Shaner, Sr., George Shaner, Jr., Adam Shaner, John Sheeley, Michael Sheeley, William Saun- ders, Noah Strong, George W. Strong, Robert Stewart, James Stewart, Malon Suard, William Skates, William Stanberry. Hureules Turner, Walter Turner, Levi Townsend, Abraham Townsend, Richard Thornberry, John Watson, Sr., John Wat- son, Jr., David Watson, Stephen Williams, Joseph Wilson, Sr., Joseph Wilson, Jr., George Wilson, Edward Warren, Eleanor Wood, Phillip Wikle, Abraham Young.
ROSS TOWNSHIP.
Ross township was organized on the same day with Silvercreek, March 4, 1811. It was taken entirely from Xenia township, and is bounded as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of Silvercreek town- ship, it extended north to the south line of Miami, a distance of nearly six miles, thence the county; thence south to the northeast corner of Silvercreek; thence west to the. place of beginning. Since its organization in 1811 a portion of Cedarville township has been taken from it, and a portion of Miami added to it. In form it was originally a rectangle, seven miles in length from east to west; and nearly six miles in width from north to south. The first election was held at the house of John Bozarth.
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