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HISTORY OF HERON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
There are in this duplicate one name from Portage county, one name from Medina county, one hundred and eighty-eight names from Huron county,-nine being from Norwalk.
There is no certificate attached to this paper, but it is anthentie, and formis part of the official record in the Auditors' office of Huron county.
TAX IN 1819. ( Extract showing Norwalk).
The following Collector's duplicate, for the tax of the year 1819, found amoung the papers of the late Hallet Gallup, is the earliest one that the most thorough search has brought to light. None are on file in the Auditor's office. .
Land tax of the residents of Huron county, for 1819.
20 Rate
3d lite
RT
S
Loot
County
3
Beaty, John
281 22
Huron
281 Returned
do
4 1
400R
Comstock, Abijah
177092 42.3
Fay, Aaron ...
100
4 4
17 Paid
Frink, William ..
200
2
35 Returned 1216, 20)
Gibbs, David
.22 4 2
620 Paid
Lockwood, Henry . 200 208 22 4 3
GS&Paid
Lewis, Samnel B
200
4 1
sooPaid
Marvin, Zachariah) 50
... 22
4 2
par
1 10 Paid
Reed, Hanson ..
¡311
... 22 1 4
544 Returned
Totai am't of iax (for county), $1,605.90
John S. Reed says, the tax against Cornelius Reed was paid for last year.
To Hallet Gallup:
You are, by the commissioners o: Huron county. appointed collector of the foregoing taxes, of the residents, on land in the county of Huron. You are, therefore, hereby authorized to collect the same, and make returns as the law directs.
Attest:
BENJAMIN ADAMS, Clerk.
TAX IN 1820. (Extract showing Norwalk).
Non-Resident Proprietors
Resident Proprietors.
3d Rate
1.ots
S cts.
Burrill, Jao. Ellas ..
250
43:16
Burtiss, Samuel.
65
1 1334
Beatty, John.
313
Benedict, Thomas. do
497
Benedict, Elijah
Baker Timothy.
4
1 6954
do do
105
1,5
Beledier Platt, for Salley and
6881.
12 0434
Mary Pettit 1
200
350
Benedict, William 300
525
Comstock. Abijab. 1100 do
543
9 5016
Curtiss, Ira
45913
Cole, A -a & Thomas, 200
350
Crawford. Joseph.
3614.
Cole, Levi, heirs of, 200
do do
140
22
215
Dickerson, Hannah
193
22
3 0234
Dickerson, Sarah.
263
15 3
291
Fitch, Graut
1 10
Fitch, Zalmon
32014
57114
Gibbs, SamuelR
5.50
22)
17216 96213
Gibbs, David
530
Huyck, Henry.
105
Inman, Melvery.
8.4
153
Jeunings, Seth . 62
108
Jessup, Jaines
Keeler, Samuel. Keeler, Luke
95
16614
do
50
do
1
100
.. 0131 1 03
Lockwood, Stephen do
Lewis Samuel B.
Lockwood, Henry .. Lamr. B.
out lot .. +14
Meers, Moody
Marvin, Zachariah
1 40
Resident Proprietors.
2d Rate
3d Rate
Lots
$ cts.
Middlebrook, Sam'l+
413
2 4 1
Russ. Isaac
22 + 3
Riggs, Jonah.heirs of
22 4 3
131
Townsend. Jacob.
6.5
4 1
113
Tousey, Hannah F.
Tice, Peter.
1336
22 4
2318
E. Tweedy, & others ;
Wilson, James
75
2 4
1
13114
Whittlesey. Elisha.
22 4
15 32
Wood, Stephen
245
2.2 4
1
4801.
Keeler, John
150
3
do
50
22 4 3
Newcomb, Jabez ..
13
+3
Total for Norwalk
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a correct duplicate of the land tax in the county of Huron, for the year 1:20.
ASA SANFORD. Auditor of Huron County.
+William Frink appears as a resident of Sherman, this year.
TAX DUPLICATE FOR 1878.
The present County Auditor, H. W. Owen. Esq .. has kindly furnished the writer with a statement of the several footings of valuations and taxes for the township and corporation of Norwalk in the year 1818:
Township-total valuation
Township -- total tax.
8,534 79
State proportion.
2,171 33
County proportion
2,515 70
Township proportion. Norwalk township
4,117 40
Corporation-total valuation
$2,204,7:3 00
Total amount of tax.
52 261 88
State proportiou
6.654 87
County proportion
TM2 20
Corporation proportion
37,801 75
Total for township and corporation
$61.095 67
FIRST ELECTION.
Of the first election erer held within the limits of the present township of Norwalk, Samuel B. Lewis says (see Fire-lands Pioneer of June, 1858, page 33): "During the summer and autumn of 1815, I built a house on the forin I have so long dwelt upon, and in that house, in the spring of IS16, was formed a town- ship organization, just after which was held, in my house, the first Norwalk township election. I do not. at this distant day, recollect all who were present a: that election, but can only name. among others. pre- sent: Judge Southgate, David Gibbs, Esq , Henry Lockwood. James Wilson, Hanson Reed, Abijah Comstock, Esq., myself and some fifteen or twenty others. Judge Southgate, Abijah Comstock, E-q., and Samuel B. Lewis. Esq .. constituted the board at this election.
Martin Kellogg says (see Fire-lands Pioneer of . March, 1859. page 41): "The first election in Norwalk township was held at the house of Hanson Reed in April, 1812. Norwalk and Bronson were at this time organized as an election district. There was no jus- tice of the pesee or other officer who could lawfully
Keeler, Isaac.heirs of
15 2744
1199
3.50
740
TAX IN 1820 -- CONTINUED.
Non-Resident Proprietors.
heirs of
Reed, Hansen
2011
1
White. Moss.
Whitlock, Thadrous
4
3.50
100
1:3
Ditlinghan .. John .. Fay, Lucius
175
Frink, William + ..
2 03
317 22
30445
29214
1to 6 2030
4 6014
Boalt, Eben
JOSEPH STRONG. ! Commissioners. BILDAD ADAMS,
RT
S
RTS
31:
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HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
qualify the election board before entering upon the duties for which they were chosen.
"Abijah Comstock had been justice of the peace, but his commission had expired previous to this elee- tion. After the electors had met and the board was formed, they had to send to Ridgefield for Esquire Littlefield to come and quality the board."
"On the 6th of April, 1818, (Norwalk and Bronson being together as an eleetiou district, ) R. S. South- gate was elected justice of the peace. Number of votes at said election, twenty-two, of which Mr. Southgate had twenty-one votes. On the 28th of May, he was qualified by James Williams, Esq., county elerk. On the 13th of April. 1818. an elec- tion was held at the house of Samuel B. Lewis, in Norwalk township. (Bronson and Norwalk together. ) At this election fifty-six votes were given. S. B. Lewis, Lott Herrick and Martin Kellogg were judges. and Reuben Pixley and Dr. Joseph Pearce were clerks of election."
"Norwalk and Bronson were together as an election distriet from 1817 (the time of their first organiza- tion) to 1822. For a part of this time Fairfield was included in the same organization, making an election distriet five miles wide and fifteen miles long, the same being ealled Norwalk; and while so together. all the elections were held in the part called Norwalk: proner."
Mrs. Elizabeth Minn, formerly Reed, says (see Fire-lands Pioncer of March, 1859, page 48): "The fist town meeting was held at our house. as near as I can remember, in 1818. The officers I do not re- member except Reuben Pixley. He was town clerk.
The foregoing statements are all in conflict with each other, and leave the question as to date, in doubt.
Mr. Lewis is undoubtedly mistaken in fixing the date in 1816, for Norwalk was not set off from the township of Huren until February 18, 1817.
Mr. Kellogg evidently speaks from memory in fix- ing the date as April. 1817, aud does not give the 'names of any of the officers officiating at the election he describes, nor the names of any of the officers elected. He speaks by the record in his account of the election of April 6, 1818, but puts them in a little thick when he gives us another election on April 13, 1818, only seven days after that of the 6th. In the number of votes and names of officers officiating. he exactly describes the election for governor and other officers held on October 13, 1818. There is. no official record in any of the county offices, from which an inference could be drawn, that any election was held on April 13th; so he is probably incorrect in that statement.
He is, in part, correet in stating that part of the time between 1817 and 1822. Fairfield formed part of the election district "called Norwalk." From February 18, 1817. to March 6, 1820, Bronson and Norwalk wore one organization named Norwalk: at 1 the latter date, Ripley and Fairfield were attached to ; justice.
Norwalk, and the four township- constituted an eleo- tion district. five miles wide and twenty miles long, from that time until March 4, 1822, when Bronson and Fairfield were set off into an organization by the name of Bronson, and Ripley was attached to New Haven.
No poll book, nor certificate of election can be found in any of the county offices, relating to an election in Norwalk in 1817, but in .volume one of the "Commissioners' Journal" of Huron county, showing the disbursements by the County Treasurer for 1811. appears the following entry:
VOUCHER 253.
1:17-June 1 .- To Abijah Comstock. for making returns of Justice elect. $1 00
Voucher 258. now on file in the Auditor's office, reads as follows:
I hereby certify that Abijah Comstock made return of the election of a justice of the peace for the township of Norwalk, and that by said returns he was a judge of the election.
May 20, 1817. DAVID ABBOTT, Clerk: Common Pleas.
In the probate judges office, at Norwalk, is a little old record book containing a medley of official memo- randa of estrays, store, tavern and ferry licenses. marriages, certificates of the organization of dif- ferent religious societies, and official qualification of justices of the peace: among which is the following:
June 4, 1SIT. David Gibbs sworn into office of justice of the peace for Norwalk township, before me, DAVID ABBOTT, Justice.
The foregoing entries and voucher fully corroborate and establish the correctness of Mr. Kellogg's state- ment, that the first election was held in ISI ?. and it is undoubtedly true that April was the month, and Hanson Reed's house the place, when and where it occurred.
Hanson Reed's house was situated on the east sido of the road leading from near the water works to the Fairfield road, and about thirty rods from the latter road.
No poll-book can be found of the election of April 6. 1818, but an official certificate of an abstract of the votes cast at that- election is on file in the county clerk's office, and is as follows:
WHEREAS, By poli-book transmitted to me, and opened in the pres- ence of David Abbott and David W. Hinman, wro justices of the peace in and for the county of Huron, it appears that at an election in and for the township of Morwalk, on the bth day of April, 1818, the number of votes amounted to twenty-two, and that Roberts Southgate had twenty- one votes and Samuel B. Lewis one vote, consequently the -aid Robert S. Southgate was duly elected a j'istice of the peace, in and for the township of Norwalk, in the county aforesaid.
We. the undersigned, do hereby certify that the above is a true abstract of the above mentioned poli-book opened by us
Dated this 18th day of April. 1816. DAVID ABBOTT. DAVID W. HINMAN. Justices of the Peace.
In the Commissioners Journal, account of disburse- ments for the year 1818. appears the following entry under date of May 23:
VOUCHER $50.
To S. B. Lewis for election return 64 cents.
Voucher No. 360. for that year, reads:
I do hereby certify that samuel B. Lewis male a return of the poll- book of the election of thistiene of the nears, to ani for the township of Norwalk, whereby it appears that Robert & Southgare was elected a
EJAS WILLIAMS, C. Pieds.
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HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
The foregoing certificates and commissioners' entry form the only official recognition of the election of April 6, 1818. They fully corroborate Mr. Kellogg as to his statement of that election. It is probable that Samnel B. Lewis. Lott Herrick and Martin Kel- · logg, were the judges. as stated by Mr. Kellogg, and Reuben Pixley one of the clerks, as stated by both Mr. Kellogg and Mrs. Minn.
The poll-book of the State election of October 13, 1818, (which Mr. Kellogg so exactly describes as hav- ing been held April 13,) is the first and oldest one found on the files in the county clerk's office. This is probably the election referred to by Mr. Lewis and Mr. Kellogg as the one held at the house of the former. The following is a copy:
POLL BOOK, OCTOBER 13, 1815.
Poll Book of the election held in the township of Norwalk, in the county of Huron. on the thirteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Martin Kellogg, Sam- uel B. Lewis, and Lot Herrick. judges: and Reuben Pixley and Joseph Pearce, clerks of this election, were severally sworn as the law directs, previous to their entering on the duties of their offices.
No. of Names of Electors.
No. ƒ Names of Electors. Ammi Keeler.
Totes. 1. Levi Cole.
*Eben Guthrie.
30.
Simon Timermon.
3 Mulvery Inman.
31. Reuben C. Pixley.
4. Ezra Abbott.
32. James Wilson.
5. Burwell Whitlock.
33. * Lester Clark.
5. * Stewart Southgate.
34. * Nathan Sutliff.
7. Asher Cole.
8. Edward Wheeler.
Truman Rusco
9. Hanson Read.
37. John White.
10. Joseph Pearce.
35. Eben Boşalt.
11. John Laylin.
39. Asa. W Ruggles.
40.
*Nathan Tanner.
13. *Will in. W. Beckwith.
14 *Joseph Crawford.
15. *Job T. Reynolds.
15. Carlton Hoskins.
Platt Benedict.
13. * Lot Herrick.
10. *Martin Kellogg.
20. *Daniel Warren
21. Lucius Fay.
22. Saninel D. Lewis.
20. *Robert S. Southgate.
24. Jabez Demming.
25. Ja per Underhill
53. *Halser Clark.
26 . John Welch.
54. James Mead.
27 *Reuben Pixley. 55. Abijah Comstock.
David Underhill.
56. Charles Taylor.
It is hereby certined that the number of electors at this election aix unts to fifty-six.
Attest :
RECBEN PISLEY. JOSEPH PEARCE, Clerks.
SAMUEL B LEWIS MARTIN KELLOGG. LOTT HERRICK, Judges of Election.
On the reverse side of the half sheet of unruled foolscap paper upon which the foregoing " Poll Book " is written, an abstract and certificate of the votes cast at that election are entered. as follows:
NAMES OF PERSONS VOTED FOR, AND FOR WHAT OFFICES, CONTAINING TEE NUMBER OF VOTES FOR EACH PERSON.
GOVERNOR-
.Thomas Worthington, number of votes.
· Ethan A. Brown, number of votes .. 53
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE STATE LEMSLATURE- Senat --- John Campbell. number of votes .. Representative-Alfred Kelley, number of votes 40
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS --
Peter Hitchcock. number of votes John Sloane. number of votes 49
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS -- Erastus Smith, number of votes 5
Bildad Adams, number of votes 50
We hereby certify that Ethan A. Brown had fifty-three votes for Gov. ernor, and Thoma- Worthington had two votes for Governor: John Campbell had forty nine votes for Senator in the State Legislature: Alfred Kelley had forty-nine votes for Representative in the State Legis- Jature: John Sloane had forty-nine votes for Representative in Con- gress, and Peter Hitchcock had six votes for representative in Congress; Bildad Adams had fifty votes for County Commissioner, and Erastus Smith had five votes for County Commissioner.
Attest:
REUBEN PIXLEY,
JOSEPH PEARCE. Clerks.
SAMUEL B. LEWIS, MARTIN KELLOGG, LOTT HERRICK. Judges of Election.
POLL BOOK, APRIL 5, 1824.
Poll-book of the election held in the township of Norwalk, in the county of Huron, and State of Ohio. this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. Platt, Bene- dict, Eben Boalt and Asher Cole, judges; and John Tice and Abel Tracy, clerks, were severally sworn, as the law directs, previous to their entering upon the inties of their respective offices.
NAMES OF ELECTORS.
Andrew Woods. Matthew W. Junkins. Cyrus Butler Joshua Drake. Alvir Barcon.
JobL Tice. Perry G. Beckwith.
Hallet Gallup. Platt Benedict.
Lucius Fay . Isaac Herrick
Erastus Fenney. John White
Richard Huyk. Edward Wheeler.
John Huyck.
Abel Tracy.
Eren Boait.
Theodore Baker.
Ezekiel Wells.
John Dounce.
Charies Laylin.
Samuel Preston. Ebenezer Lane. Harvey G. Morse.
John T. Hilton. Alexander Dickson.
Asa Cole.
John Jaylin. Henry Huvek.
Honson Read.
Frederick Forsythie.
Thomas Holmes.
Daniel Samnveslane.
Epaphrodimus Isham.
Asher Cole.
Benjamin Hoyt
It is hereby certified that the mnumber of electors at this election amount to sixty-seven.
Attest:
JOPE TICE. ABEL TRACY, Clerks.
Enos Gilbert, was elected Justice of the Peace.
Samuel Preston, was elected Township Clerk.
Eben Boalt. Platt Benedict and Asher Cole, were elected Trustees
Timothy Baker, was elected Treasurer.
CENSU'S OF 1819.
Enumeration of the male inhabitants of the town of Norwalk over the age of twenty-one years. EBEN BOALT, Lister.
Abbott, Ezra. Gallup, Hallet.
Ammerman. Simeon." Guthra, Eben."
Prentice. Oliver .~
Amminidon, Daniel. Gurley. M. Pettet, Edward.
Arnold. Altred. Herrick, Ezra. * Raitt. Daniel G
Benedict, Platt. Herrick, Ezra, Jr."
Rumlle, Abijah .-
Beckwith, Perry.# Hurlbutt. Henry.
Beckwith, William." Hoskins. Jolin. \
Boalt, Ebell. Hoskins, Carleton."
Boalt. Jobn. Hagerman, Thomas." Brunson, Hozeah. Houk, Henry Herrick, Lott."
Southgate, Robert S. : Sypher, Peter." Sypher, Peter, Jr .-
Baily, Hyran !.
Brownell, ibel v Inman, Malvara.
Smith, John
Retts, John- Isham, Epaphroditus. Strong Silas (.
Cole, Leri. Col-, Asher.
Isham, Seldon. Sypher, Henry " Kellogg. Martin. : Stone, Joel.
Abijah Comstock. Ruluf Andrus.
Jabez Clark.
Ichal od Marshall David Gibbs.
John G. Taylor.
Abimel Dodge.
Thomas Puchonuan
John Dillingham.
Pickett Latimer.
Malavery Inman.
Samuel Henry.
Timothy Baker George Springsted.
--
Henry Lockwood.
Roswell Wells. Oliver Day.
John Keeler.
Daniel G. Raitt.
Seldon Isham.
Zachariah Marvin.
Benjamin Junkins.
Henry Lockwood.
50. Louis Keeler.
51. *Daniel Clark.
52. Seth Keeler.
Jabez Noweoml.
47. Luke Keeler.
49. John Keeler.
Josiah Wells.
FLATT BENEDICT, ASHER COLE, EBEN BOALT,
Judges of Election.
*Lived in Bronson, then part of Norwalk.
Votes
29. Peter Tice.
35. Thomas Cole.
Luke Keeler.
Erastus Butler.
Henry Hurlbutt.
12. Charles Laylin.
41. Seth Jennings.
42. David Cole.
13. Abraham Powers.
Daniel Whitney.
*Abliah Rundtell
15. John Boalt.
Enus Gilbert.
James Wilson.
Potter, Thomas.
Reed, Hanson. Reynolds, Job T.+ Sutliff, Nathan."
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HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO.
Carpenter, John L.
Keeler, Luke.
Sanders, Stephen.
CENSUS OF 1827.
County Assessors returns of the white male inhabitants, above the age of twenty -one years in Huron county, agreeable to an net regulat- ing the mode of taking the enumeration of the white male inhabitants above the age of twenty-one years. passed January 10, 1827.
NORWALK 131.
Levi Wilson. . Ichabod Marsball.
Ber jami: Jankins.
Samuel R Gibbs.
Zachariah Marvin Mathew W. Junkins.
Oliver Day Benjamin F. Harman.
Frederick Forsyth.
Oliver Woodhouse. ---- Read.
Cauet Gallup.
Forsythe. Frederick
McLin, John
Newcomb, Jabez.
Nims, Slaham
Shaddock. Joseph.
Felt, Joshua
Odway, Neherniah.
Ruggles, Asa.
Gibbs, David.
Peare-, Joseph.
Gibbs, Samuel R.
Pixley, Reuben.v
Gilbert, Enos. Pixtey, Reuben, Jr. "
Gallup, William. Powers, Abraham.
I do hereby certify the within to be a correct cuumeration of the white male inhabitants of the township of Norwalk. in the county of Huron, as taken by me. EBEN BOALT, Lister. NORWALK, May 24, 1819.
This enumeration shows a total of.
Lived in Bronson, attached to Norwalk.
Total for Norwalk proper 75
CENSUS or 1823.
The enumeration of the white male inhabitants of Norwalk above twenty-one years of age, in 1823.
John Keeier .. 1
Peter Tics ..
2
Abijah Comstock .. 1
Frederick Forsythe
3
Nehemiah Ofwray 1
Daniel G. Raitt
1
Ezekiel Wells 1
Edward Pettit. 1
Roswell Wells
1
Harvey G. Morse 3
Selion Isham. 1
Cyrus Butler
1
Epaphroditas Isham.
1
Erastus Finney.
Samost R. Gibbs. 1
Enos Gilbert.
Daniel Stratton.
1
Daniel Tilden.
Andrew Woods
1
Henry Buckingham 1
Samuel R. Lewis 1
Moses Kinbal!
1
Heury Hurbutt
1
Pitt Benedict.
1
Eben Boal
1
Samuel Presion 2
2
1
William Benton
Piast Benedict.
Mielisel F. Cisco.
Jonas B. Benedico. Seth Jennings.
I. George Sheffield, Assessor of Huron County, certify that the fors- going is a correct list of the white male inhabitants chove the age of twenty one years, taken by me agreeable to an act of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, passed January 19, 1997.
In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my band and offcia! signature this 4th day of June, tier. GEORGE SHEFFIELD, Assessor.
The "poll-book" of an election held in Norwalk on the 24 of April. 1827. shows that the following per- sons voted at that election. whose names do noc ap- pear in the foregoing "enumeration:"
Stephen V. R Bogert. Burcell Keeler David Lawrence.
Eben Boalr. David II. Sutton. Sylvester Pomeroy .
Alphens Buchannan. William Miller. ~
I. Rac MX. Marcin.
Nelson Horton. John Huyck.
Seth Keeler.
William Buck. Robert Morton
NATHAN S. COMSTOCK.
At the time Norwalk. Connecticut, was burned (July 11. 1;97) by General Tryon. in the "Revolu- tionary War, " Thon, Comstock, of New Canaan. ex- tended shelter, and such assistance as his means per- mitted. to many of the Norwalk sufferers. Nor having the means of repaying his kindness. Simcon Raymond and told Host proposed ro, and did tekne to him
Comstock, Abijah.
Keeler, Ami.
Soles, Charles.
Tice, Peter.
Cherry, Henry." Clark, Lester. "
Keeler, John.
Taylor. Benjamin, " Terry. Henry.'
- Clark Jabez.9 Cole, David.
Keeler, Seth.
Lockwood, George. Lockwood, Ralph.
Tanner, Nathan,' Underbill, Jasper.
Clark, Holsey."
Crawford, Joseph."
Cole, Thomas.
Laylin, Jolin.
Wheeler, Edward.
Wells. Ezekiel.
Wells, Roswell.
Welen. Jolin
Selton Isbam.
David Sutton.
Epaphroditus Isham.
Roswell Wells.
Josiah Wells
Picket Latuner.
Asa H Beard.
Abraham Emmitt.
Ezekiel Wells. Jr,
Lewis Keeler.
Jacol: Tetter:
Gilbert Brightman.
John Miller.
Cyrus Butler
Thomas Philips.
John P. McArdle.
William H. Hunter.
Obolinh Jeaney.
John V. Buskark.
John V. Buskark. 2d.
Richard Numsin.
Joseph Wilson.
Thaddens E Sturgis.
Thomas Adanis.
Jacob Wilson.
William Benton
Samuel Heury.
James Spruigstead.
Leverett Bradley.
John Tice.
James Minshel.
Ebenezer i LE.
C. P. Brousor
Lewis Curtiss.
Carlton B. Cane.
Josiah Botsford.
Joseph C. Curtiss.
Lewis MI. Howard.
Samuel Barnes.
Thomas Haines.
James Wilson.
Jabez'A. B. Calkins.
Samuel Sherman.
Luke Keeler.
Malarara Inmia ...
Daniel Stratton.
Ami Kesler.
Thomas Buchannan.
Charles Iny lip.
Perry G Beckwith.
Jonathan Jemmings.
John White
Union Whire
Samuel S. Lewis.
Thomas Millburn.
John W. Haughton.
George Powers.
Lucius Far.
Asa Cole
Nathan Farks.
Asher Cole.
William Haughton.
Jonathan Brown.
Levi Cole.
Eaward Wheeler.
Rulut Andrus
Miner Cole.
Samnel Wheeler.
Joha T. Hilton.
Abel Browneil.
John Laylin.
John Dounce
[Tur returns of other
Dr. Joseph Pearce.
John Dillingham.
Jesse C. Brayman
towns omitted as not connected with Norwalk history )
John Dillingham Back
1
Ichabod Marshall 2
Daniel Sowers
1
Zachariah Morvin 1
Halet Gallup. 1
1
Theodore Bangs 1
Nathan B Johnson 1
Josiah Wells.
1
Ebenezer Lane 1
Pierett Latimer
1
James Wilson
Timothy Baker
3
Malvery Inman.
1
Luke Keeler 2
Charles Laylin
1
Lewis Keeler 1
John White
1
David Gil;hs
1
Hunso i Reed. -2 Henry Lockwood
Lemu a Raymond
Thomas Bachamnon 1
Thomas Holmes 1
Alfre'l Arnold 1
Asher Cole. 3
Jobn T. Hilton. 1 Lucius Fay 1
The whole amount of the white male inhabitants of the township of Norwalk is eighty. Attest by LUKE KEELER, Lister for the Township of Norwalk.
It is to be regretted that the foregoing "enumera- tion " was not more explicit in raming the inhabi- tants; nineteen person are counted without being named. It is probable the list is imperfect. Wil- liam Gallup, the head of a family, and within the class called for by the enumeration. does not appear. He did not belong in any of the families containing more than one person given abover the same is true of Benjamin Taslor, James Williams and some others.
.
Daniel Tilien.
Moses Kimball.
Timothy Baker.
Theodory Saber. Barnet Carkhoff.
Ezekiel Wells
David Gibbs.
Enos Gubert
Ery Keeler.
Augustus P. Tower. Henry Hurlbut.
Andrew Woods.
Samuel Prestou.
William F. Keterage.
Daniel G. Raitt
John V. Vredenburgh.
Maths, Callaway.
Nelson Haneliton: Hallett Gallun.
Horace Howard. James Williams, Esq.
Asahel W. Howe
Joseph Wilson. Jr.
Charles L. Curtis.
Willlare Gallup
Jobn V. Sharp.
Aurelius Mason.
Henry Buckingham.
Henry Rider.
benj. Carman.
Isaac Wilson.
William W. Nugent.
Demunng, Jabez."
Davis, Joshua.
Myres, Adam.
Warren. Daniel W.» White, Jolin.
Wilson, James.
Todd. Manting S'
Rusco, Armion .*
Southgate, Stewart.
Cole. Asa. Carver, Aldrich
Laylin, Charles.
Lewis, Samuel B.
Dickerson, Alexander. Loomis, Aloan.
Marshall, Ichabod
Fay, Lucius.
Fas, Pollus.
Lockwood. Henry.
Underhill. David
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John Dounce
John Layland
Edward Wheeler
3
Ast Cole.
Samuel Henry.
AFralam Powers.
Jacob Morton.
Henry Huyck.
borwalk 14
John Keeler.
Henry Huyck.
Andrew Millburn ..
Jobu Ebert Je.
H. G Morse
John G. Tailor.
Keeler, Lewis.
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HISTORY OF HURON AND ERJE COUNTIES, OHIO.
any claims they might have against the government on account of their losses. As a result, he afterwards became the owner of a large tract of land in sections two and three of Norwalk, Ohio.
1806 .-- In this year, his son, Nathan S. Comstock, iu company with several others, started on an explor- ing expedition to "spy out the country" where their new possessions lay. They spent some time in look- ing over the country, but not being provided with snitable maps or guides, were not certain they found the partienlar land they were in search of.
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