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The population of Hamilton county, in 1820, footed up thirty-one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, divided among the townships as follows: Cincinnati, nine thousand six hundred and forty-two; Columbia, two thousand eight hundred and fourteen; Mill Creek, two thousand one hundred and ninety-eight; Springfield, two thousand one hundred and ninety-seven (Springfield vil-
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lage two hundred and twenty); Sycamore three thousand four hundred and sixty-three; Whitewater, one thousand six hundred and sixty-one; Anderson, two thousand one hundred and twenty-two; Colerain, one thousand nine hundred and six; Crosby, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-one; Delhi, one thousand one hundred and fifty-eight; Green, one thousand four hundred and fifty- six ; Miami, one thousand four hundred and twenty-six. The population of Springfield and Sycamore townships this year, each appears larger than their respective popu- lations by the census of 1830; but the formation of new townships from them sufficiently accounts for that, since they had then to part with a portion of their people, thenceforth to be enumerated in the new divisions.
This decade was signalized by the laying-off (or at least recording the plats) of an extraordinary number, for the period, of town and village sites. In 1813, by the date of record, Harrison was founded; in 1815, Carthage; 1816, New Burlington and Miamistown ; 1817, Elizabethtown and "Symmestown"; 1818, New Haven, Cheviot, Sharon, and "Clevestown"; and, in 1819, New Baltimore. Most of these have survived, at least as local post offices and hamlets; but others, several in number, have made little more figure in history or in actual ex- istence than the countless "paper towns" that studded the prairies and the banks of western rivers (in imagina- tion and speculative description and platting) twenty years later.
THE FOURTH DECADE.
The Ohio State Gazetteer of 1821 notes: "There has been an uncommonly rapid increase of emigrants from other States into this county during several years past; and, the land being of a peculiarly good quality for the production of grain, one of the principal articles neces- sary for subsistence, this county has, therefore, become an important section of the State."
The thickening of population in parts of the county made the size of some of the old townships incon- venient for a part of the voters and residents therein ; and the new townships of Fulton and Symines were presently created. There were fourteen townships in 1826; Georgetown, Lockland, Lewistown, Madison, Nassau, and Prospect Hill, were added during the decade to the list of villages whose plats were recorded; and the suburb of "Eastern Liberties" was laid off adjacent to the city of Cincinnati. The population of the county was estimated that year at forty-four thousand, about one- eighteenth of all the inhabitants of the State, while the year before the aggregate value of taxable property in the county, assessed on the ad valorem system, was six mil- lion eight hundred and forty-eight thousand four hun- dred and thirty-three dollars, or more than one-eighth of the entire valuation of the State. A very satisfactory and rather remarkable increase in the wealth of the county, both absolute and relatively to population, as compared with other parts of the State, is thus shown.
The convictions for crime in Hamilton county during 1826 were: Murder in the first degree, one; rape, one; perjury, one; assault with intent to murder, one; assault with intent to commit mayhem, two; stabbing with in-
tent to kill, one; burglary, two; uttering counterfeit money, three; horse-stealing, three; grand larceny, four ; petit larceny, four; total convictions, twenty-three. So the county was making progress, unhappily, in the accu- mulation of a crime record, as well as in more reputable and honorable affairs.
The census of 1830 exhibited the handsome total of fifty-two thousand three hundred and eighty, an increase of twenty-one thousand six hundred and sixteen, or sixty-six per cent., upon the count of ten years before. Much of this increase, of course, was in the city, which had jumped from nine thousand six hundred and forty- two to twenty-four thousand eight hundred and thirty-one increasing fifteen thousand one hundred and eighty-nine people during the decade, or one hundred and fifty-seven per cent. The remaining townships of the county had now population as follows: Anderson, two thousand four hundred and ten; Colerain, one thousand nine hun- dred and twenty-eight; Columbia, three thousand and fifty-one; Crosby, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; Delhi, one thousand five hundred and twen- ty-seven; Fulton, one thousand and eighty-nine; Green, one thousand nine hundred and eighty-five; Miami, one thousand five hundred and forty-nine; Mill Creek, three thousand three hundred and fifty-six; Springfield, three thousand and twenty-five; Sycamore, two thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine; Symmes, one thousand one hundred and fifty-eight; Whitewater, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-four; total in the townships, twenty- seven thousand four hundred and eighty-six. This was the last of the Federal censuses in Hamilton county in which the country population outnumbered the city, as it now did, but by only two thousand six hundred and fifty-five. At the next census Cincinnati was nearly thirteen thousand in advance of all the county besides. It had this year twenty-four thousand eight hundred and thirty-one inhabitants. The total for the county was fifty-two thousand three hundred and seventeen.
THE FIFTH DECADE.
The enumeration of 1830 showed the population of each of four of the townships-Columbia, Crosby, Delhi, and Symmes-to be somewhat greater than it proved to be at the next census-a falling off to be accounted for in one case by the erection of a new township (Storrs), which took place in this decade. The county's growth in most parts continued hopefully and satisfactorily ; and when the count of 1840 was made, it displayed an increase of twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, or nearly fifty per cent. within ten years. Cincinnati had, as ever in this county since 1810, the lion's share of the spoils, all the new immigration and natural increase, so far as represented by the figures upon their face, going to the city, except six thousand three hundred and twenty- one. About three-fourths of the total growth of the county in population was claimed by the city, which now had forty-six thousand three hundred and thirty-eight people. The townships were assigned the following numbers: Anderson, two thousand three hundred and eleven; Colerain, two thousand two hundred and seventy
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two; Sycamore, three thousand two hundred and seven; Columbia, three thousand and forty-three; Fulton, one thousand five hundred and six; Mill Creek, six thousand two hundred and forty-nine; Crosby, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six; Symmes, one thousand and thirty-four; Delhi, one thousand four hundred and sixty- six ; Storrs, one thousand and thirty-four; Green, two thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine; Miami, two thousand one hundred and eighty-nine; Springfield, three thousand and ninety-two; Whitewater, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. Nearly two-fifths of the increase in the county during this decade belongs to Mill Creek township, about one-sixth to Green, one-tenth to Miami, and the rest is pretty nearly divided between the townships which show any increase. Mill Creek, being very favorably situated next the city, had, and retains, so much of it as is left from the annexations, special advan- tages for growth. It nearly doubled its population, as may be seen by comparison of previous summaries of the census, between 1820 and 1830, and again in the de- cade 1830-40. The entire population of the county was now eighty thousand one hundred and forty-five-an average of a little over two hundred and five to the square mile, or, leaving out the city's area and popula- tion, an average of nearly eighty-nine to the mile.
The assessed valuation of property in the county in 1836, as exhibited by the tax duplicate, was nine million, seven hundred and one thousand, three hundred and eighty-seven dollars, an increase of nearly fifty per cent since 1825. The tax paid the former year was one hun. dred and fifty-nine thousand six hundred and seventy- eight dollars.
During this decade were founded, according to record- ed plats, the villages of Carrsville and Walnut Hills, Ver- non Village, and the suburb of "Northern Liberties."
THE SIXTH DECADE.
The increase in valuation during this period was very rapid. In 1841 the valuation of the county was ten mil- lion, seven hundred and sixty thousand, four hundred and ninety-four dollars, but one million and fifty-nine thousand, one hundred and seven dollars more than it had been for years before. For Cincinnati, however, now set in an era of great prosperity and growth in man- ufactures, trade, and commerce; and the valuation in- creased forty-five millions in nine years. In 1850 it was fifty-five million, six hundred and seventy thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dollars; and we may anticipate the course of this narrative a little by saying just here, while surprising figures are in hand, that the valuation of 1855 was one hundred and twelve million, nine hundred and forty-five thousand, four hundred and forty-five dol- lars; that of 1860 was one hundred and nineteen million, five hundred and eight thousand, one hundred and seventy dollars; that of 1868, one hundred and sixty-six million, nine hundred and forty-five thousand, four hun- dred and ninety-seven. The increase in nine years (1841-50) was over four-fold, and was three-fold in the nineteen years 1850-69. From 1860 to '69 the increase was thirty-two per cent.
The increase of population in the city of Cincinnati was not less surprising. In the ten years 1840-50 the number of its inhabitants had jumped from forty-six thousand three hundred and thirty-eight to one hundred and fifteen thousand four hundred and thirty-eight-an absolute increase of sixty-nine thousand one hundred, or very nearly one hundred and fifty per cent .- an average of fifteen per cent., or six thousand nine hundred and ten persons every year. Nineteen immigrants, on an average, arrived in this city every day, Sundays and all, during the ten years. The country, however-the town- ships-increased but four thousand six hundred and five, or less than fourteen per cent., during the decade. The population of the city, by the canvass of 1850, was one hundred and fifteen thousand four hundred and thirty- eight; of the townships, forty-one thousand four hundred and twelve ;- total, one hundred and fifty-six thousand eight hundred and fifty.
The Mexican war, which occurred during this decade, had no appreciable effect in retarding the growth and prosperity of Hamilton county. 2
THE SEVENTH DECADE.
At the expiration of this (in 1860) the population of the county had mounted to the high figure of two hundred and fifteen thousand six hundred and seventy-seven, of which Cincinnati, with its now seventeen wards, had nearly three-fourths, or one hundred and sixty-one thou- sand and forty-four. The remainder of the population was dispersed as follows: Columbia township, two thousand nine hundred and thirty-one; Sycamore, three thousand four hundred and twenty-seven; Anderson, three thousand four hundred and thirty-nine; Green, four thousand four hundred and twenty-six; Mill Creek, thirteen thousand eight hundred and forty-four; Spring- field, four thousand eight hundred and forty; Cole- rain, three thousand nine hundred and thirty-three; Delhi, two thousand seven hundred; Miami, one thousand six hundred and eighty-three; Crosby, one thousand one hundred and eighty-two; (Reading village, one thousand two hundred and thirty); Whitewater, one thousand four hundred and twenty-one; Harrison, one thousand three hundred and forty-three; Symmes, one thousand one hundred and seven; Storrs, three thousand eight hun- dred and sixty-two; Spencer, two thousand five hundred and fifty-two. Total, fifty-four thousand six hundred and thirty-three.
In this decade the village of College Hill was incor- porated, and several other towns were surveyed and their plats recorded. The township of Harrison was also formed.
THE EIGHTH DECADE.
In 1870 the population of the county was two hun- dred and sixty thousand three hundred and seventy. The chief productions of the year, according to the cen- sus, were one hundred and sixty-two thousand six hundred and seven bushels of wheat, one million two hundred and twenty-six thousand seven hundred and twenty-six of Indian corn, two hundred and sixty-eight thousand and eighty-nine of oats, ninety-six thousand
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nine hundred and seventy-nine of barley, five hundred and sixty-two thousand five hundred and thirty-seven of potatoes, seven hundred and seventy-three thousand three hundred and eighty-seven pounds of butter, one hundred and twenty-six thousand four hundred of cheese, and twenty-five thousand three hundred and four tons of hay. The county possessed eight thousand five hundred and thirty-one horses, twelve thousand four hundred and thirteen milch cows, three thousand two hundred and fifty-four other cattle, three thousand six hundred and forty-seven sheep, and twenty-one thousand one hundred and sixty-five swine. The manufactories of all kinds numbered two thousand four hundred and sixty-nine, with a total capital of forty-two million six hundred and forty-six thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars, and an annual product of seventy-eight million nine hundred and five thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. The value of real and personal property in the county in 1870 was three hundred and forty-one million two hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars.
Notwithstanding the great civil war during nearly half of this decade, the growth of the county was very satis- factory. Lockland, Mt. Airy, Cumminsville, Woodburn, Avondale, Riverside, Mt. Washington, and Carthage, were incorporated and the foundations of other flourishing villages were laid.
THE NINTH DECADE.
The earlier part of this was marked by numerous
annexations to the city, which rapidly grew from seven to twenty-four square miles, and corresponding losses to the townships. The census of 1880, in consequence of the financial crisis and industrial prostration which characterized nearly all the years of this decade, did not exhibit surprising growths of population for either city or county. Still, the increase was healthy, and on the whole satisfactory, being fourteen thousand one hundred and thirty-one for the townships, or about thirty-two per cent. for the decade; and in the city thirty-nine thousand three hundred and sixty-nine, or about eighteen per cent. The totals of population for the townships were fifty- eight thousand two hundred and sixty-two; for the city, two hundred and fifty-five thousand six hundred and eight; aggregate for the county, three hundred and thir- teen thousand eight hundred and seventy. Most of the townships showed a good increase, and Columbia had nearly trebled its population.
THE CENSUSES.
A comparative statement or table of the censuses taken by the Federal officers since the first enumeration of the county was made, will help to the rapid comprehension of its growth from year to year. For those of 1800 and 1810 we have the total footings for the county, from which the aggregate population of the townships is ob- tained by subtracting the known population of Cincinnati at the respective periods:
TOWNSHIPS.
1800.
18IO.
1820.
I830.
1840.
1850.
1860.
1870.
1880.
Anderson
2, 122
2,410
2,31I
3,050
3,439
4,077
4,158
Colerain
1,906
1,928
2,272
3,125
3,933
3,689
3,721
Columbia ..
2,814
3,051
3,043
2,416
2,931
3,184
9,10I
Crosby ..
1,72I
1,895
1, 876
2,488
1,182
2,514
1,0.43
Delhi.
1,158
1,527
1,466
1,942
2,700
2,620
4,738
Green .
1,456
1,985
2,939
3,95I
4,426
4,358
4,854
Miami. .
1,426
1,549
2, 189
1,557
1, 683
2,105
2,317
Mill Creek.
2,198
3,356
6,249
6,287
13,844
3,291
II,235
Spencer
740
1,656
2,552
2,543
998
Springfield
2,197
3,025
3,092
3,632
4,8.40
6,548
7,979
Sycamore
3,463
2,779
3,207
3.73I
3,427
5,460
6,374
Symmes.
1, 158
1,034
I, II5
1, 107
1,377
1,633
Whitewater
1, 661
1,734
1,882
1, 567
1,42I
1,609
1,575
Total,
13,942
12,938
22,122
27,486
34,840
41,515
53,406
44,133
67,005
Cincinnati
750
2,320
9,642
24,831
46,338
115,438
161,044
216,239
255,608
Total for the county.
14,692
15,258
31,764
52,317
81, 178
156,953
214,450
260,372
322,613
Fulton.
1,089
1,506
3,323
Harrison.
2,059
758
2,279
Storrs.
1,034
1,675
3,862
HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO.
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The indebtedness of Hamilton county July, 1879, was but four hundred and two thousand five hundred and ninety-eight dollars, principally in court-house building bonds.
The valuations of personal property in Hamilton county for 1879 and 1880, exclusive of Cincinnati, which will be found hereafter, as returned for taxation to the county auditor's office last June are as follows :
TOWNSHIPS AND CORPORATIONS.
ALTY, 1880.
ETC., I880.
ALTY, I879.
ETC.,
I879.
Anderson Tp., Northern Pt. *
$141,335 $
$152,750 $
Anderson Tp., Central Pt.
100,632
7,876
100,929
930
Anderson Tp., Southern Pt.
92, 139
4,515
90,988
1,850
Mt. Washington Cor., * Anderson Tp.
58,720
19,940
45,586
25,778
Colerain Tp., Northeastern Pt ..
283,543
16,900
288,034
10,686
Colerain Tp., Southwestern Pt.
77,225
1, 100
77,350
5,000
Columbia Tp., Eastern Pt
85,822
9,420
80,288
4,000
Columbia Tp., Western Pt.
247,863
35,750
225,688
32,050
Columbia Tp., Central Pt.
122,925
36,060
122,456
28,200
Columbia, Oakley Pt ..
133,856
12,700
317,709
8,800
Madisonville Cor., Columbia Tp.
80,21I
49,450
91,309
54,935
Crosby Tp.
205,882
1,195
204,498
3.196
Delhi Tp., Eastern Pt.
170,557
9,600
160,008
14,600
Delhi Tp., Western Pt.
91,822
5,650
I33,923
5,600
Riverside Cor., Delhi Tp.
57,806
55,767
Home City, Delhi Tp.
36,850
3,150
61, 16I
Avondale Corporation, Millcreek Township.
6,050
Green Tp., Northwestern Pt. .
68,486
5,090
62,942
8,000
2, 500
250
Green Tp., Southeastern Pt.
112, 366
47,750
118,732
11,000
Green Tp., Southwestern Pt.
67,003
1,000
67,056
Mt. Airy Cor., Green Tp ...
14,733
30,400
15,286
29,000
Westwood Cor., Green Tp.
105.722
4,750
93.508
St. Bernard Corporation, Millcreek Township
13,300
4,375
Harrison Tp. .
105,173
9,500
112,283
500
Harrison Cor., Harrison Tp.
188,268
6,680
193,822
9,050
Miami Tp.
65,792
1, 500
62,874
3,900
Cleves Cor., Miami Tp ..
20,825
20,207
Springfield Township, Eastern Precinct.
1,800
4,000
North Bend Cor., Miami Tp
202,490
300
147,490
Springfild Township, Western Precinct.
3.100
2,550
Millcreek Tp., Bond Hill Pt.
54,533
58,150
Springfield Township Northeastern Precinct. Springfield Township, Southeastern Precinct.
1, 500
Millcreek Tp., St. Bernard Pt.
32,210
20,04+
Millcreek Tp., Winton Pt.
160,917
143,138
Hartwell Corporation, Springfield Township.
10,380
4,780
Carthage Cor., Millcreek Tp
27,065
11,950
25,863
9,500
Lockland Corporation, Springfield Township.
I,200
Clifton Cor., Millcreek Tp. .
548,753
484,254
Sycamore Township, Eastern Precinct
2,275
2,750 800
St. Bernard Cor., Millcreek Tp.
119,953
3,500
103,074
4,500
Lockland Corporation, Sycamore Township.
2,600
1,250
College Hill Pt., Millcreek Tp.
9,005
13,583
Reading Corporation, Sycamore Township.
900
2,420
Spencer Tp., Southern Pt ..
11, 582
651
15,072
2,500
Linwood Cor., Spencer Tp.
43,847
4,300
39,527
400
Springfield Tp., Eastern Pt.
28,132
2, 100
29,691
3,000
Springfield Tp., Western Pt.
320,433
55,050
315,242
42,050
Springfield, Northeastern Pt.
257,493
1,200
256,558
5,400
Springfield, Southeastern Pt.
14,300
37,760
22,200
Carthage Cor., Springfield Tp.
Glendale Cor., Springfield Tp ..
136,306
143,089
17,550
Hartwell Cor., Springfield Tp.
47,567
8,600
50,455
Lockland Cor., Springfield Tp
68,433
47,100
54,557
7,800
Wyoming Cor., Springfield Tp
183,967
6,000
165,361
6,100
Sycamore Tp., Eastern Pt.
165,794
5,435
146,777
2,500
Sycamore Tp., Sharonville Pt.
186,373
7,605
158,078
10,165
Sycamore Tp., Reading Pt.
95,898
700
88,000
Lockland Cor., Sycamore Tp. Reading Cor., Sycamore Tp
70,819
2,550
69, 137
Symmes Tp., Northern Pt.
81,008
12,600
100,II3
Symmes Tp., Camp Dennison Pt
26, 107
4,000
14,454
Loveland Cor., Symmes Tp ..
17,433
13,179
West Loveland Pt., Symmes Tp.
19,96I
Riverside, Storrs Tp.
76,385
92,698
Whitewater Tp., Northern Pt ..
68,175
68,669
1,450
Whitewater Tp., Southern Pt ..
53,530| 20,450
70,968| 18,000
The comparative statement for 1879-80 of the taxable value of new structures erected during those years, in all parts of the county, except Cincinnati, is as follows. The figures are presumed to represent the actual value added to the property by the improvements of those years:
TOWNSHIPS AND CORPORATIONS.
TAXABLE VALUATION NEW STRUCT- URES.
I880.
I879.
Anderson Township, Northern Precinct.
$ 2,850 $
Anderson Township, Central Precinct ..
3,975
1,800
Anderson Township, Southern Precinct ..
825
900
Mt. Washington Corporation, Anderson Township.
1,800
1,800
Colerain Township, Northeastern Precinct.
2.100
5,900
Colerain Township, Southwestern Precinct.
1,950
700
Columbia Township, Eastern Precinct ....
750
3,850
Columbia Township, Western Precinct.
2,450
2,680
Columbia Township, Central Precinct
2,300
2, 100
Columbia, Oakley Precinct .. .
1,200
10,200
Madisonville Corporation, Columbia Township.
7,100
3,370
Crosby Township.
2,850
800
Delhi Township, Eastern Precinct ..
1,450
5.460 7,600
Delhi Township, Western Precinct.
6,300
Riverside Corporation, Delhi Township.
19,450
4,600
Home City Delhi Township.
1,700
Green Township, Northeastern Precinct
1,650
3,940
Green Township, Northwestern Precinct.
1,500
1,650
Green Township, Southeastern Precinct.
6,900
3,100
Green Township, Southwestern Precinct.
3,300
2,140
Mt. Airy Corporation, Green Township.
3.50
1,400
Westwood Corporation Green Township ..
Harrison Township.
Harrison Corporation, Harrison Township Miami Township. .
Cleves Corporation, Miami Township.
3.950
North Bend Corporation, Miami Township.
Millcreek Township, Bond Hill Precinct ..
3,650
Millcreek Township, Northeastern Precinct.
Millcreek Township, St. Bernard Precinct
Millcreek Township, Winton Precinct
Green Tp., Northeastern Pt.
60,637
4,450
4,250
Carthage Corporation, Millcreek township
Clifton Corporation, Millcreek township.
22, 500
17,750
College Hill Corporation, Millcreek Township
Mt. Airy Corporation, Millcreek Township.
Western Precinct, Millcreek Township. Spencer Township, Southern Precinct.
Linwood Corporation Spencer Township.
2, 100
900
Millcreek Tp. Northeastern Pt
30,580
6,628
Carthage Corporation, Springfield Township.
11,000
300
Glendale Corporation, Springfield Township.
6,800
3,400
Avondale Cor., Millcreek Tp
525, 114
II,000
586,182
Wyoming Corporation, Springfield Township.
6,300
College Hill Cor., Millcreek Tp.
347,614
73,900
76,614
59,627
Mt. Airy Cor., Millcreek Tp.
13,693
14,712
Sycamore Township, Reading Precinct ..
2,100
Western Pt., Millcreek Tp ..
46,026
46,386
Symmes Township, Northern Precinct.
1,500
680
Symmes Township, Camp Dennison Precinct.
500
1,300
Loveland Corporation, Symmes Township.
1,050
Riverside, Storrs Township.
1,700
1,700
Whitewater Township, Northern Precinct.
930
Whitewater Township, Southern Precinct.
1,750
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As a sort of a foot-note or appendix to these notes of progress, we here more appropriately, perhaps, than anywhere else in this division of the History, make men- tion of
SOME FIRST THINGS.
The first church built in Hamilton county was that at Columbia, for the Baptist society, organized in that set- tlement March 24, 1790. It was, further, the first meet- ing-house erected in the territory now covered by the state of Ohio, except the church building of the Mora- vian missionaries at Schonebrunn and Gnadenhutten, in the valley of the Tuscarawas.
The first ordination of a clergyman in the Miami coun- try was that of the Rev. Daniel Clark, a young Baptist minister at Columbia, by the Rev. Messrs. Gano and Smith, in a grove of elms near that place, September 23, 1793.
* Precinct-Corporation.
10,600 600
3,520
1,575
1,700
3,250 1,800
10,650
7,500 5,200
9,100
1,500
620
1,050
200
2,450
2,200
Sycamore Township, Sharonville Precinct.
6,500
32,474 9, 188
5,987
68,997
70, 146
PERSON- BONDS, PERSON- BONDS,
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HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO.
The first school in the county was opened July 21, 1790, also in Columbia, by John Reily, afterwards a distinguished citizen of Butler and Hamilton counties. The next year Francis Dunlavy was joined in the in- struction of the school, taking a classical department, while Mr. Reily confined his labors to the English stu- dies. The first regular school-house was probably there.
The first ferry from the front of Hamilton county on the river to the Kentucky shore at the present site of Cov- ington was run in 1790 by Robert and Thomas Kennedy, one of whom lived at each end of the line. The first to Newport was run by Captain Robert Benham, under a license from the Territorial government, granted Septem- ber 24, 1792, from Cincinnati to the opposite bank, the present Newport, on the east side of the Licking.
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