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341
322
2
3
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668
1871
I02
108
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3
215
362
362
I
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2
727
1872
91
97
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19
207
367
368
4
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741
1873
120
I20
2
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7
250
371
308
3
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683
1874
98
89
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7
194
305
316
3
I
625
1875
123
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2
8
294
353
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3
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2
2
749
1877
I29
I27
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. .
27
283
354
335
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I
691
1878
107
88
378
337
I
2
3
721
1879
123
I30
.
26
279
383
380
2
I
3
769
1880
135
I35
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. .
I
I
I
754
1883
151
124
I
I
277
38I
339
2
8
730
1884
I43
124
I
269
377
365
. .
I
743
1885
II6
I26
1
1
247
379
328
3
I
7II
I886
II3
127
5
I
246
385
374
2
I
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762
1887
II7
I29
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247
403
406
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1888
I73
I53
I
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328
502
444
I
5
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979
1891
203
173
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I
379
544
510
3
6
..
1063
1892
204
158
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. .
362
443
468
5
6
922
1893
I73
I54
I
2
330
472
420
5
5
. .
902
1894
198
152
3
5
358
466
430
7
I
. .
904
1895
213
200
4
1
421
47I
384
3
2
. .
860
1896
190
179
4
I
374
412
423
3
3
..
841
1897
190
18I
5
3
379
442
396
2
4
I
815
1 899
208
162
.
. .
371
434
405
5
3
.
8.47
1900
183
170
I
2
.
356
387
380
I
4
. .
772
190 I
266
2II
I
. .
480
406
414
. .
2
..
822
1902
169
174
3
1
347
. .
28
226
380
365
395
361
. .
324
383
358
I
I
. .
277
408
342
390
. .
. .
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277
464
503
7
947
1890
158
167
.
I
.
361
4II
401
2
I
26
296
758
188 1
172
152
742
1882
151
124
381
771
1889
I34
143
I
698
1876
99
99
22
Total.
Male. Female. Male. Female. Unk'wn.
WHITE.
COLORED.
Infants, Sex
·
.
844
1898
201
159
325
217
2
2
191
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE STATISTICS.
Marriage and Divorce Statistics.
No. of Marriages.
Year.
No of Divorces Granted Wife.
No. of Divorces Granted
Total Number of
No. of Marriages.
Year.
No. of Divorces Granted Wife.
No. of Total Divorces No. of Di-
Granted Husband. vorces
3
1828
320
I866
I3
5
18
12
1829
299
1867
12
3
15
18.30
301
1868
5
3
8
9
1831
218
1869
6
3
9
16
1832
2.19
1870
15
6
21
23
1833
*257
1871
1872
6
4
IO
50
1835
261
I873
5
4
9
70
1836
261
187-
+
7
21
47
1837
276
1875
8
8
I6
74
1838
244
1876
I.4
7
21
79
1839
263
1877
II
9
20
70
1840
268
1878
14
7
21
70
1841
270
1879
IO
IO
20
91
1842
255
1880
15
2
17
96
1843
287
188I
I3
2
15
94
1844
300
I882
IO
7
17
IIO
1845
300
1883
II
6
17
IIO
1846
I
I
265
1884
29
7
36
II6
1847
I
I
2
261
1885
I.4
5
9
153
849
3
I
4
315
1887
28
8
36
187
1850
I
I
389
1888
I.4
7
21
201
1851
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I
455
1889
I3
7
20
179
1852
6
I
7
414
1890
25
IC
35
165
1853
5
2
7
477
1891
54
20
74
212
1854
6
6
I2
456
1892
40
I3
53
193
1855
5
6
II
368
1893
34
I9
53
220
1856
6
5
II
382
1894
33
6
39
220
1857
4
4
420
1895
56
IO
76
210
1858
9
3
I2
418
1896
34
II
45
18.4
1859
3
I
4
409
1897
39
I6
55
266
1860
8
3
II
39I
1898
40
12
52
214
1861
6
IO
16
359
1899
27
I7
44
210
1862
8
I
9
377
1900
53
I2
65
197
1863
3
2
5
392
232
1864
.1
2
6
116
1902
5S
22
80
275
1865
7
4
II
I44
1848
295
1886
I4
3
17
4
I5
49
1834
2.49
*Marriages are for calendar years and divorces, including 1871. Divorces after 1871 are for fiscal year ending June 30.
28
7
35
Husband. Divorces.
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HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
Miscellaneous Officials.
CITY OFFICERS.
Mayors.
Date.
Clerks.
Date.
John Adams
1838
Alexander H. Hyatt
1838
William Porterfield.
1843
Mark Delaney ..
1845
U. A. Ogden.
I845
Philip D. Bigelow 1849
Abraham Younkin.
1847
Alonzo L. Kimber.
1854
George W. Galloway.
1852
Samuel H. Darst.
1856
Jacob Carr.
1854
Elijah Barnd.
1857
N. Y. Medford.
1856
Samuel F. Gray
1858
Josiah Powell.
1857
William Klamroth.
1860
Charles C. Pomeroy
1858
Jule P. Dennis.
1862
Ezra Brown.
1858
Samuel Huber.
1863
Israel Green.
1860
Benjamin F. Kimmons.
1864
George W. Twining.
1861
John C. Martin
1867
Jacob Carr ..
1864
D. H. Pugh.
1869
Nathaniel W. Filkin.
1867
Eli G DeWolf.
1869
James A. Bope.
1868
Lemuel McManness.
1870
George F Pendleton.
1870
James W. Davidson.
1873
Daniel B. Beardsley
1872
Jesse Wheeler, Jr
1874
William Gribben.
1874
Paul J. Sours
1875
Jacob Carr.
1876
John A. Meeks
1876
William Vance.
I878
William T. Platt.
1878
William W. Siddall
1882
Jacob H. Boger.
188.4
William L. Carlin
1886
William R. Black
1886
Joseph R. Kagy 1886
E. L. E. Mumma.
1888
Theodore Totten.
1888
Marion G. Foster
1890
Thomas Meehan.
1890
Surrel P. DeWolf.
1892
George Nemeyer. 1894
David T. Winders. 1896
George Nemeyer.
1898
Chas. E. Watson.
1900
Clarendon B. Metcalf
1902
MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
Name.
From To
William Mungen
1867 1868
40th and 4Ist Congress.
MEMBER OF SUPREME COURT OF OHIO.
Name. Jacob F. Burket.
Term
Term
Commenced.
Expired.
February
9, 1893
February 9, 1904
Beecher W. Waltermire. 1892
Albert W. Ray 1896
Frank C. Ray.
1898
City Auditor.
William A. Demland.
1903
193
MISCELLANEOUS OFFICIALS
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
Term
Name.
Commenced.
Term Expired.
Machias C. Whiteley.
February 9, 1857
February [ , 1862
George F. Pendleton.
October, -, 1883
February 1c, 1890
William F. Duncan.
September II, 1902
May
4, 1903
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
Term Commenced.
Expired.
Abraham Huff.
March 14, 1828
January I, 1835
Robert McKinnis.
March
14, 1828
January
I, 1835
Ebenezer Wilson.
March
14, 1828
March
3, 1842
Robert L. Strather
January
I, 1835
March
3, 1842
John W. Baldwin.
January
1, 1835
August
8, 1835
Major Bright.
August
8, 1835
April
4, 1836
William Roller
April
4, 1836
March
3, 1849
John Ewing.
March
3, 1842
March
3, 1849
Mordecai Hammond
March
3, 1842
March
3, 1849
Michael Price.
March
3, 1849
March
5, 1851
John Cooper.
March
3, 1849
January
12, 1852
Gamaliel C. Barnd.
March
3, 1849
January
12, 1852
Levi Sampson
March
5, 1851
January
12, 1852
John Ewing, Delegate to Second Constitutional Convention, 1850-1. A. P. Byal, Delegate to Third Constitutional Convention, 1872.
First School Houses and Churches.
Year
Year.
Name of Township.
School. Denomination.
Church.
Allen township
1836 Presbyterian
1843
Amanda township
183I
German Lutheran.
1831
Biglick township
1836
Methodist
1837
Blanchard township
1833 Methodist
1836
Cass township.
1836
Methodist
1844
Delaware township
1830
Methodist
1838
Eagle township
1834
Evangelical
835
Findlay township
1827
Methodist
1833
Jackson township.
1832
Methodist
838
Liberty township.
1832 Methodist
851
Madison township.
1833
Methodist
1858
Marion township
1836
Baptist
1836
Orange township.
1837
Plainfield Society of the Seceder
1836
Pleasant township
1838
Methodist
1850
Portage township.
183' Baptist
1837
Union township.
1838
United Brethren
1848
Van Buren township.
18.42 The Advents
1854
Washington township.
1833 Methodists
I835
Term
Name.
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HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
First Settlers.
Township. Name.
Description.
Date.
Allen Township. Nathan Frakes,
WV 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec. 13 1827
Amanda Township.
Thomas Thompson,
E 1/2 N W 1/4 Sec. 3 1822
Biglick Township.
Henry McWhorter,
W1/2 S E 1/4 Sec. 34 1823
Blanchard Township
John Hunter and
S W 1/4 Sec. 16
1823
Benjamin Chandler,
Cass Township. David P. Day,
N E 14 Sec. II
1832
Delaware Township
Asa Lake,
W 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec I
1821
Eagle Township.
John Woodruff and
WV 1/2 S W 1/4 Sec. 25
1829
and S E 1/4 Sec. 26
and N E 14 Sec. 26
W 1/2 N W 1/4 Sec. 25 1829
opp. Ft. Findlay, 1815
WV 1/2 NE 1/4 and
Jackson Township.
Mordecai Hammond,
WV 1/2 S E 14 Sec. 35
1827
Liberty Township
Robert McKinnis,
E pt. N W 14 Sec 7 1822
W pt. S W 1/4 Sec. 7 1822
Madison Township
Simeon Ransbottom,
N 1/2 W 1/2 S W 1/4 Sec II
1825
Marion Township.
Joseph A. Sargeant,
E 12 N W 1/4 Sec. 21 1827
Orange Township.
Henry L. Dally,
S E 1/4 Sec. 19 1834
Pleasant Township.
Edward Stephenson,
WV 1/2 N E 14 Sec. 27 1833
Portage Township
John Thompson,
WV 1/2 N W 1/4 Sec. 22 1833
Union Township.
Philip Cramer,
E 12 & E 1/2 N W 1/4 Sec I 1831
Van Buren Township
Benjamin Sparr,
N W 1/4 Sec. 27
1831
Charles O. Bradford,
Charles Herron,
George Hart. .
Washington Township
John Gorsuch,
N E 14 Sec. I 1831
Adam Woodruff,
Findlay Township. .Benj. J. Cox,
Charles McKinnis,
195
THE FIRST.
The First.
The First Fair was held October 15th, 1852.
66 Murder of record occurred in 1846; John Parish supposed to have been murdered by one B. F. Dulin.
.. Gas and oil well of importance was struck November 5th, 1884, on the Oesterlin farm, east of Findlay.
66 Assessor-Don Alonzo Hamlin, 1828.
66 Deed granted, June 3rd, 1822, to John Gardner, being the W. pt. S. E. 14 Sec. 13, T. I N., R. 10 E.
$6
6 Mortgage executed February 8th, 1840; given to Isaac Jones by Jos. Remington, on the S. E. 14 N. W. 14 Sec. I, T. I N., R. II E.
66
66 Election was held on the first Monday of April, 1828.
66 Case in court-Robert Elder vs. Asa Lake et al., April 17th, 1829.
.. Will was made by John Wolford, June 26th, 1829, and probated April 30th, 1830.
66 Administrator was William Taylor, administrator of the John Patter- son Estate, March 19th, 1829.
66
Physician-Dr. Bass Rawson, September, 1829.
Lawyer-Edson Goit, August, 1832.
66
Bank-The First National, 1863.
66 Death of a resident-Mrs. Matthew Reighley, 1822.
66
66 Mail Carrier-Joseph Gordon.
66 Mail route, 1820.
66 Lodge-The I. O. O. F., 1848.
66 Minister of the Gospel-Rev. James Gilruth, 1822.
66 Newspaper-The Findlay Courier, November 10th, 1836.
.. Street railway-Main street, 1887.
6. Telephone line, 1879.
66 Telegraph line, 1862.
66 Settlement in Hancock County was made in 1815 by Benjamin Cox.
.. White person born was Lydia Cox, in 1815.
66 Entry of land was made by Joseph Vance, William Nill and Elnathan Cory, on the third of July, 1821, being the S. t. S.W. 1/4 and S.E. 1/4 Sec. 8 and E. pt. S. E. 14 Sec. 13 and N. F. pt. N. E. 14 Sec. 17, T. I N., RIO E.
.. Church was built in 1822, known as the Dukes Meeting House, west of Findlay.
64
196
HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
The First School house was in Findlay.
Teacher was Joseph White.
66 Marriage was performed September 2nd, 1824, by W. Vance, justice of the peace, the participating parties being Samuel Kepler and Rachael McKinnis.
66 Divorce was granted August 17th, 1846, to Benjamin and Elizabeth Tremain.
66 Court was held March 14th, 1828.
Court house was ordered built January 16th, 1832.
66 Jail ordered built July 3rd, 1830.
66
66 Bridge was built across Blanchard river at Findlay in 1843.
6 Railroad was built in 1849-50, from Findlay to Carey.
06 County road was located from Findlay to Vanlue, ordered September 16th, 1829.
1 1
197
TAX LAWS IN A NUT-SHELL.
Tax Laws in a Nut-Shell.
I. Every person of full age and sound mind shall list the personal property, money, credits or investments in joint stock companies, etc. of which he is the owner, agent or attorney, or otherwise controlled by him.
2. All merchants' and manufacturers' stocks and all property upon farms shall be listed in the township, city, village or school district in which the same is situated ; and all other personal property, moneys, credits and investments shall be listed where the person resides at the time of the listment, if such person resides within the county where the same is listed, and if not, then in the township, city, village or school district where the property is when listed.
3. Each person required to list property shall list all property controlled by him in any manner on the day preceding the second Monday of April of that year.
4. In listing personal property it shall be listed at the usual selling price thereof, or at such price as it is believed could be obtained therefor in money at the time of listment and at the place where the same may then be ; and moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stock companies or otherwise, at the true or current value in money.
5. Merchants and manufacturers shall list their stocks by obtaining a monthly average for the year or part of the year engaged in business.
6. All corporations and insurance companies make their returns direct to the county auditor, or proper state officers.
7. All listments of personal property, moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stock companies or otherwise, shall be made between the second Monday of April and the third Monday of May.
8. The assessor shall, in case of refusal or neglect on the part of any person to make his listment as prescribed by law, ascertain the amount of property and list the same.
9. When any person has been prevented from making his listment on account of sickness or absence, and the assessor shall have made a statement for him, he may at any time, before the same is placed on the duplicate, make and file with the auditor the proper statement, and if the statement is accompanied with an affidavit to the effect that such failure to list was due to sickness or absence, the auditor shall correct the same.
IO. All new structures, additions or repairs, of more than $100 in value, made within the year of any assessment, shall be reported to the assessor, together with an accurate description of the real estate upon which the same is situated.
II. All buildings destroyed by fire, flood, tornado, or otherwise, within the assessment year, shall be reported to the assessor, so that the same may be taken from the duplicate.
198
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HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY
I2. Any personal property list for taxation, that has been destroyed by fire, flood or otherwise, after the second Monday of April and before the final adjourn -. ment of the board of equalization, by reporting the same to such board, shall be deducted from said return.
13. Any building destroyed by fire, flood, tornado, or otherwise, before the first day of October and after the second Monday in April in any year, shall be deducted from the tax duplicate by the auditor, if the same is reported upon the oath of owner and two disinterested freeholders of the township, city or village in which such building is situated, providing the same is reported within the time above mentioned.
14. "Every dog over three months of age shall be listed, either by the owner or by the assessor in the name of the owner, without affixing any valuation there- to; but the owner may affix any value thereto he wishes without swearing to the valuation. Every person who keeps or harbors a dog, or dogs, or who knowingly permits the keeping or harboring of a dog or dogs, upon his premises, shall, for the purposes of such listing and taxation, be deemed the owner thereof; and the as- sessor shall ascertain the owner or harborer of every dog within his territory, and for this purpose may examine under oath any person he may think proper," and every person who refuses or neglects to list, or refuses or neglects to pay taxes, on such dog or dogs, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five dollars.
15. The first nine items of personal property may be exhibited by the person making the statement and allow the assessor to fix the value, and in such case the oath only applies to the fact that all the property was fully exhibited.
16. No exemption is to be allowed to any person, firm or corporation, only from the first twelve items enumerated on the blank for listing personal property.
17. Every person listing personal property is entitled to $100 exemption fom the first twelve items of his individual return.
18. Individual debts cannot be taken from partnership credits.
19. If any one of the heads or members of a family has credits separate and apart from any other member of the family, the same is not offset by debts of any other member of the family.
20. Any person refusing to swear to his tax return shall pay taxes on the amount returned, together with fifty per cent. penalty.
Tax attaches on the day preceding the second Monday of April of any year, and all property owned and held on said day is required by law to be listed.
Taxes are levied by the state of Ohio, through the legislature ; by the county through the county commissioners and county auditor (the county auditor has power only in making levy for the infirmary fund on an estimate of the amount of money needed by the infirmary directors) ; by the township through the town- ship trustees ; by cities and incorporated villages through their councils ; by school districts through their school boards.
For the benefit of some of our taxpayers who do not know upon whom the responsibility for increasing or decreasing taxes rests, I will explain as well as I am able in a few brief lines : If your property is taxable in some township outside
199
TAX LAWS IN A NUT-SHELL.
of any corporation, special school district or city, your taxes are made up of state, county, township and school tax ; if your property is in some special school dis- trict or corporation embodied within the boundaries of such district, your taxes are made up of state, county, township, corporation and school tax ; if, however, your property is taxed in some corporation which is not set off into a special school district, your taxes are made up from the same source as above stated, except that the school tax is levied by the township board ; and in the case of property located in cities, the same rule applies except in the case of Findlay, where there is no township organization ; inside the city limits there are no township taxes.
It may be deemed proper to state the extent of the taxing power of each body that exercises their authority in these matters: The state levy extends over the entire state ; the county levy over all taxable property within the limits of the county ; the township levies over all taxable property in such township (except road tax, which does not extend over corporations included in any township) ; the school levy over all taxable property within said school district, and the corpora- tion levy over all taxable property within the limits of such corporation.
Taxes are divided into two installments, December and June. The June tax is one-half of all taxes arising from levies, except road tax and the "blanket" sewer tax of Findlay. The December tax is one-half of all taxes arising from levies, in- cluding road tax, dog tax, and the "blanket" sewer tax of Findlay.
Taxes are all due in December of the year when the tax levies and assessments are made, but for leniency to the taxpayers, and as stated in the law, in case the December tax is paid at the proper time, the balance can be carried until June without any penalty.
In case of non-payment of taxes by December 20th on real estate, fifteen per cent. penalty is added to the amount delinquent, and penalty with delinquency is added to the June tax, to be collected not later than June 20th.
In case of non-payment of December and June tax on real estate by June 20th, a fifteen per cent. penalty is added to the June tax and the whole amount will be carried against such property as delinquent taxes, which, added to the December taxes of the next year, makes the December payment ; and if not paid by December 20th, will be advertised to be offered at delinquent sale on the third Tuesday of the following January. This is the condition of affairs in case the June tax of any year remains unpaid, as well as the entire year.
All real estate against which there is charged a delinquency, as above stated, remaining unpaid on the third Tuesday of January, will be offered for sale, and if sold, the purchaser, on producing his receipt of payment of all taxes charged, is given a tax certificate, which entitles him to the ownership of said property so bid in, and the auditor transfers the property to the purchaser of the tax title. The purchaser, after two years in possession of such tax certificate, and receipts of all taxes paid after such sale, is entitled to an auditor's deed, which, when issued, gives him possession of the property.
200
HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
In case such tract of land is offered and not sold, it is forfeited to the state of Ohio, and must remain as such until redeemed by the owner or purchaser, as hereinafter provided. All lands forfeited to the state of Ohio and not paid by the second Monday of December in each odd year, or in case of an omission of sale in December of each odd year, then the following April, will be offered again, and if sold, the purchaser receives a certificate of sale, which entitles him to an auditor's deed in six months.
If such property is not sold at forfeited sale, it is re-forfeited and still remains in the name of the state of Ohio, all the while accumulating fifteen per cent. pen- alty on each installment as it becomes delinquent.
After delinquent tax sale, penalty to tax title purchaser is fifteen per cent. first year, plus six per cent. interest, and after first year 25 per cent. penalty, and six per cent. interest. These penalties and interest are also figured on all pay- ments made after purchase. After forfeited tax sale, penalty is fifty per cent. plus six per cent. interest, including all payments made after purchase.
On personal property there is no penalty for non-payment of December tax, and no penalty is charged against it until it is carried to the delinquent personal duplicate of the following year ; then ten per cent. penalty is added ; but, however, the treasurer may proceed to collect any installment of tax on personal property after it becomes due and charge therefor five per cent., or he may levy upon and attach the property so listed.
In asking for tax, remember property stands on treasurer's books in name of owner on the day preceding the second Monday of April of the tax year; also remember the name on the tax duplicate remains unchanged throughout the entire vear.
In calling in person or sending for your tax, if it is convenient, produce the receipt of the preceding payment, as it often assists in locating property.
201
ROSTER HANCOCK COUNTY SOLDIERS.
Roster Hancock County Soldiers.
CIVIL WAR.
TWENTY-FIRST OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY-THREE MONTHS' SERVICE.
The companies composing this organization were enrolled as follows: Com- panies A, F and G, April 19, 20 and 26, 1861, respectively, at Findlay ; B, April 23, 1861, at Gilead ; C, April 25. 1861, at Perrysburg : D, April 20, 1861, at Ottawa; E, April 20, 1861, at Kalida ; H, April 23, 1861, at Fostoria ; I, April 26, 1861, at Elmore,, and K, April 24, 1861, at Defiance. They at once proceeded to Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio, where the regimental organization was formed, and active preparation made for the field. When the quota under the first call had been filled, it was found by the state officials that nine full regiments were in camp and had to be cared for, the Twenty-first being one of them. Ohio being a border state, and liable to invasion, these additional troops were mustered into state service, in accordance with an act of the general assembly to provide more effectually for the defense of the state against invasion, passed April 26, 1861, the eighth section of which provided as follows :
"That the governor is hereby authorized, in case any further requisition shall be made by the president of the United States upon this state for troops, to cause the volunteer militia authorized by the act, or any portion of the same, to be mus- tered into the service of the United States, in pursuance of such act."
This regiment was mustered into the state service as follows: Company A, May 20, 1861 ; Companies B. D, E, F, G, H and I, May 21, 1861, and Companies C and K, May 22, 1861 ,at Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio, by H. M. Neil, aid-de- camp to the governor of Ohio, to date from April 27, 1861.
On May 23, 1861, it moved to Gallipolis, stopping at Columbus for arms and accoutrements. It remained in camp until July 3, 1861, when it was ordered to Ravenswood, Va., by General McClellan, to re-enforce other troops, there expect- ing an attack from O. Jennings Wise, whose forces were at Ripley. It made a forced march to Ripley, surprised and drove the rebels away, and then returned to Gallipolis by steamer. On July II, 1861, it became part of General Cox's brigade, and marched to Red House, on the Kanawha river, where it was ordered to make a reconnoissance, for the purpose of discovering the rebel position. It performed gallant duty at Scarytown, W. Va., where Colonel Morton led the forces in a suc- cessful bayonet charge, he receiving a painful wound through the hips. The enemy were re-enforced and advanced their column, capturing Colonel Morton and Lieutenant Brown, of the Twelfth O. V. I., who remained with the colonel
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and the other wounded. Its loss in this battle was two brave men killed, two mor- tally wounded, and a number slightly wounded.
It remained in the field under Lieutenant Colonel Niebling until ordered home to be mustered out of service, which occurred August 12, 1861, at Columbus, Ohio, by T. J. Cram, Major Topographical Engineers, mustering officer.
Its casualties during its term of service were four men killed in battle, three drowned, and eight died of disease.
Under the president's call for 300,000 troops, the state promptly transferred it into the United States service, but before the general government could pay it, covering its period of service from date of acceptance by the governor of Ohio, it became necessary for congress to enact the following legislation for the relief of Ohio volunteers :
"WHEREAS, The war department has decided that the term of service of the ninety days' volunteers called out under the act of seventeen hundred and ninety- five, commenced only on the day that they were actually sworn into the service of the United States : and
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