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Guernsey County furnished the following sol- diers to this regiment:
Maj. James W. Moore, Adjt. John S. Adair and Chaplain William II. McFarland.
Company A.
Capts. James McCormick, William E. Rosemond, Andrew Arrick; Lieuts. JJohn II. Carlisle, Will- iam I .. Mckesson; Joseph C. Hughes, John M. Scott, Benjamin F. Brill, George N. Oster, Ileze- kiah Teterick, James II. McCoy, Henry C. Vand- ruff (died from wounds at Nashville, Tenn.), Jo- seph Wiseman, Peter R. Sims, John W. Hughes, Otho B. Grier, Asa Gay, Joshua llakey, Benjamin Price, Warner Rogers (killed at Kenesaw Mount- ain), Benoni Swain, Joseph A. Stewart, Richard
J. Russell, John Miller, William Aduddle, Robert Alexander, John W. Benson, Bethel Brill (pris- oner), George W. Brill, Jacob B. Brill, William Brill, Judson Broom, George W. Brown, James II. Brown, Samuel M. Brown, William Bumgardner, Joseph Burson, John Clipinger, David Dennis, Nathan Dillon, William Dillon, Jerome Egbert, Henry Forbes, Ferdinand Gitchell, Ebenezer Gor- don, George C. Goodsel (killed at Kenesaw), Abra- ham Grubbs, Isaac Gruber, John W. Hall, Oscar HIall, Isaac Hanson, George W. Holiday, David Ilurford, William Kemp, Cornelius LePage, Isaac Long (prisoner), John A. Lowery, Duncan Me- Connaughy, William McConnell, Stephen McCoy, James II. McFarland, William II. Morton, Basil Murphy, John Price, Morton M. Rosemond, Lind- ley Rossiter, Stephen B. Sayres (prisoner), Israel Smith, Jonas J. Smith, David Steel, Joseph Steel, William Steffey, Adam Stephens, Joshua M. Stiers, Joseph 1I. Stiers, Robert Stiers, William M. Stiers (died from wounds at Kenesaw Mountain), John J. Stillions, Joseph Teterick, Lewis A. Thomas, Philip Thompson, Samuel A. Todd, Jackson Tovel, John L. Turnifrend, Francis Watts, Archibald Wilkins, Thomas W. Williams antl Samuel Wycuff.
Company B.
Capt. William F. Hunter, Capt. JJohn II. Carlisle, Lieut. John I. Brady, Lieut. Charles HI. Moore, Lieut. Elisha P. Potter, Lieut. George K. Taylor, Lieut. Walter B. Barnett, John E. Bratton (died of wounds at Kenesaw), James 1 .. Poland (prisoner, perished in the explosion of steamer "Sultana"), George II. Stottlemin, James II. Watt, William E. Teterick, Samuel Jackson, John Rankin, Asa Fra- zier, David Ilammond, Jeremiah G. Davis, George W. May, William Morton, Samuel Beadling, Will- iam S. Bracken (killed at Franklin, Tenn.), Joseph A. Martin (died of wounds at Tullahoma), George W. McClelland, John W. Perry, William Travis, John D. Fulton, Crawford Hope, Erastus F. Meck, John S. Nelson, Vincent Cockins, John A. Moore, Joseph Stoner, Bethuel Abels, Alexander Arbuckle, John M. Archer, William Barnes, George W. Bar- nett (died of wounds at Kenesaw Mountain), Charles J. Bishard, George W. Boetcher, John L. Bracken, James W. Brown, Jackson Burns, Joseph
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Burns, Coonrod Clinesmith (killed at Mission Ridge), Thomas Cunningham, William Davidson. Joshua Davis, Benjamin La Rue (died of wounds at Kenesaw Mountain), Elias J. La Rue, Fletcher J. Dennis, Cyrene J. Dollman (killed at Kenesaw Mountain), John Duff, Robert Dunning, Vincent II. Eakin (died of wounds at New Hope), Robert Ford, Simon Elliott, Thomas Giffin, George W. Gilessinger, Daniel W. Gould, John T. Haney, Robert Haney (died of wounds at Peach Tree Creek), Andrew Ilanna, Henry Hardesty, John Hooper (died of wounds at Nashville), Joseph Hope, John Humble (killed at Kenesaw Mountain), Anderson Johnson, Salem Johnson, William G. Johnson, William Jordan, Thomas II. Karr, William C. Kilbreath, George F. Lanick, Samuel A. Long, Isaac McDonald, Thomas McKahan, Joseph McKee, David L. Mackey, Charles Maxwell, James Mc- haffey, Joseph Mehaffey, Horace C. Moore, James L. Moore, Welcome B. Nelson, James M. Patterson, Stephen A. Pollock, James Reed (died of wounds at Kenesaw Mountain), Robert Reinsch (killed at Stone River), Robert Reynolds, George Rice, Will- iam Richmond, Oliver II. Robb, Jacob Rallston, Jacob Shively, George Sigman, Presley Sigman, James II. Starr, Aaron Stephens, Daniel G. Stephens, George Stephens, A. W. Teterick, John A. Vessels, David S. Virtue, John II. Wires, William Woods and William C. Weymer.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT, O. 1. 1.
This regiment was organized at Zanesville, Ohio, from September 30 to October 8, 1862, and was mustered ont June 26, 1865. The list of battles in which it engaged was as follows:
Union Mills, Va., June 13, 1863; Winchester Heights, Va., June 11, 1863; Stevenson's Depot, Va., June 15, 1863; Brandy Station, Va., Novem- ber 8, 1863; Mine Run, November 26, 1863; Wil- derness, Va., May 5 to 7, 1861; Spottsylvania C. II., Va., May 9, 1864; Tolopotomy Creek, Va., May 29, 1864; Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1861; l'eters -. burg, Va., June 22, 1864; Ream's Station, Va., June 29, 1864; Monocacy. Md., July 9, 1864; Charles- ton, Va., July 18, 1864; Ilalltown, Va., August, 1864; Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864; Cedar Creek, Va., Octo-
ber 19, 1864; Petersburg, Va., March 25, 1865; Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865; Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865; Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.
Guernsey County furnished the following sol- diers:
Lient-Col. John M. Bushfield, Adj. A. A. Taylor.
Company .1.
Capt. Benjamin S. Herring, Lieut. Thomas Kil- bourn (killed at Cedar Creek), Lieut. W. II. II. Mellyar, John M. Blamprid, John P. Bonnell, Thomas Hutchison, Thomas Worthing, Jacob Day- ton, W. S. Daugherty, James Deselms, Salathiel Brill, Henry Masters (prisoner), John W. Ken- worthy, Samuel Barber, Joseph Hutchison (pris- oner), Thomas Aduddle, Anthony Arnold, Jolin Beam, James R. Bell, Thomas Blamprid, John M. Bond, Lemuel Benam, Abner Coril, Jonathan De- selms, John W. Ferbrache (prisoner), William Gal- lup, Jackson Gracey, Wesley Griffith, William Mar- lett (prisoner), William P. Marsh (prisoner), Will- iam Mason, IJezekialı Miskimen (prisoner), Samuel II. Morrison, John Motter, I. N. Powelson, A. J. San- hill (died of wounds), Tolbert R. Shipley (died of wounds) and Cyrus Turnbaugh (prisoner).
The members of Company C from Guernsey County were:
James Chapman ( prisoner).
Company IT had the following men from Guern- sey County:
Capt. A. A. Taylor (prisoner), Hugh F. MeDon- ald (prisoner), James II. Meek (prisoner), Harrison C. Moore, George W. Noble, William B. Powell (prisoner), Ingh Queen, James Queen, Elijah P. Smith and Isaac Smith (prisoner).
The men from Guernsey County in Company II were:
Lient. Frank S. Spencer, Lieut. Asbury Webster, Volney Tidball, Jeremiah D. Muzzy, James T. Robins, Sylvester Hayes, William Smith, Robert T. Rose, Lacy S. Hibbs, John Collins (prisoner), Henry Cosgrave, Henry E. Cosgrave, George Draper, John Ferryman, Edward Fitzgerald, Robert Harper, Asa Hayes, David Heaume (killed at Wilderness), Pat- rick Hoben, Michael Joyce, William C. Kimball, Matthew Lennon (prisoner), William T. McC'une, Hugh C. McDowell, Robert Pierce, Clarkson Redd
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(prisoner), Peter C. Robins (prisoner. died in pris- on), Lawson II. Rogers, Benjamin F. Rose (pris- oner), Milton Selby (prisoner), Richard Sigman (prisoner), William 11. Smith, A. B. Tidball (pris- oner, killed in Wilderness), Andrew Tidball (pris- oner), David R. Walker and Moses Wells.
EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, O. Y 1.
This regiment was originally composed of a battalion of four companies, organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, from September 24 to October 27, 1862, and was designated as "First Battalion Gov- crnor's Guards." Six new companies were subse- quently organized from July 24 to August 3, 1863, and consolidated with this battalion, making up the Eighty-eighth Ohno Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was principally engaged in guarding rebel prisons at Camp Chase, Ohio; also in the pur- suit of Morgan raiders and the suppression of the Ilolmes County Rebellion, in July, 1863.
Guernsey County was represented in Company E as follows:
Capt. Joseph D. Taylor, Lieut. Alexander Sankey, Lieut. Wilson S. Taylor, Lieut. Isaac Denfenbach, Joseph W. Jones, Thomas C. Morrison, John A. Nelson, John W. Jeffrey, Charles E. Ostler, Will- iam W. Robbins, George W. Morrison, William W. Booth, Nathan B. Scott, Cephas Finley, James Gal- braith, James D. Thompson, William A. Knouff, James M. Meecham, Solomon Shakler, John Ander- son, Richard Lowry, Alvin W. Balbridge, Ilarry C. Tammyhill, Shepherd M. Gaston, David Alex- ander, William Ardiddle, Matthew G. Alexander, William L. Alexander, Stephen P. Anderson, Wil- so :: S. Archer, William II. II. Armstrong, Henry Arndt, John W. Arnold, William Bofford, Abra- ham Baird, William II. Barnes, E. Bittsberger, Cor- bin J. Blocker, William II. Barton, William R. Bor- ton, Ilenry M. Brown, John W. Burkhead, George Carrik, William M. Chandler, Matthew Clark, Will- iam D. Crumton, Joseph M. Crossen, William II. Cummings, Jacob L. Curry, Nathan M. Davis, Alexander Dean, Joseph B. Dilley, William Dilley, William S. Eagan, Melville G. Farley, Archibald Farley, Levi Farley, Richard S. Fisher, John II. Flood, William II. Foreman, Charies W. Gaston, John W. Gaston, Thomas Gill, Leonard Great-
house, John Greeneltch, Joseph HI. Hartup, Josepli Ilayes, Mead House, John Hughes, William S. Jamie- son, Robert C. Jones, Martin Kays, James Keenan, George Knox, Isaac Lamb, James M. Leeper, Beatty M. Long, Newton Lowrey, John McBurney, James II. McVicker, Samuel McVicker, Melville Madden, Percy Marker, Carlo C. Meecham, Francis Miller, Matthew T. Miller, William A. Minters, Joseph D. Morrison, Andrew J. Morrison, Marion L. Mosley, Jolin F. Moss, Robert G. Moss, William M. Nelson, Joseph Outland, James M. Pryor, John Rhoads, Richard Rice, Jolmn W. Robinson, William W. Robinson, Thompson Rose, James S. Rowland, Saul II. Brown, James F. Ryan, Samuel Sayres, Elijah Scofield, Tobias R. Shaw, James A. Speer, Alexan- der A. Staate, Frederick G. Steele, John W. Still- well, Samuel C. Strayer, Norville B. Strong, Nor- ville W. Taylor, William Thomas, Henry S. Thomp- son, L. M. Thompson, Leroy W. Thompson, Will- iam A. Thompson, James II. Tuttle, John Tuttle, Thompson F. Walls, George II. Wallace, Benjamin Ward, Charles W. Weinstein, Joseph C. Welch, Fred II. Winkler, Jacob R. Younger.
FIRST OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.
This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, August 17 to October 5, 1861, to serve three years. On the expiration of their term of serv- ice, the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, continned in the service un- til it was mustered out by companies, as follows: A to K, inclusive, and M, September 13, 1865, at Hilton Head, S. C., and Company I September 26, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn., in accordance with or- ders from the War Department.
Companies A and C were ordered to West Vir- ginia in September, 1861, and were attached to the commands of Generals Shields and Banks, in the Shenandoah Valley; and with the Army of Vir- ginia under General Pope, and the Army of the Potomac, and as headquarters guard of the caval- ry division of Generals Gregg and Kilpatrick, they bore an honorable part in the campaigns and engagements in Virginia, Maryland and Peun- sylvania until the spring of 1864, when they were ordered to join the regiment. The official
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list of battles in which this regiment was engaged is not yet published by the War Department, but the following list has been compiled after a care- ful research during the compilation of this work. It does not include numerous battles and skir- mishes in which single companies and small de- tachments of the regiment were engaged:
Booneville, Miss., May 30, 1862; Russellville, Ala., July 1, 1862; Courtland, Ala., July 25, 1862; Bardstown, Ky., October 4, 1862; Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862; Stone River, Tenn., December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863; Elk River, Tenn., July 2, 1863; Alpine, Ga., September 10, 1863; Chickamauga, Tenn., September 19 and 20, 1863; Washington, Tenn., October 1, 1863; Paint Rock, Ala., October 30, 1863; Cleveland, Tenn., Novem- ber 27, 1863; Calhoun, Tenn., December 16, 1863; Decatur, Ala., May 26, 1864; Moulton, Ala., May 29, 1854; Noonday Creek, Ga., June 15, 1864; Lovejoy Station, Ga., August 20, 1865. Atlanta campaign: Ebenezer Church, Ga., April 1, 1865; Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865; and Columbus, Ga., April 16, 1865.
The following is a list of soldiers in this regi- ment from Guernsey County, Ohio:
James Laughlin, Lt .- Col .; John W. Laughlin, Adjt .; and Hugh II. Siverd, Ser .- Maj.
Company B.
This company was mustered in August 17, 1861, at Camp Chase, Ohio, by Howard Stansbury, Cap- tain, Topographical Engineers and a United States army mustering officer. It was mustered out Sep- tember 13, 1865, at llitton Head, S. C., by Leslie Smith, Brevet Major and Captam First Infantry, U. S. A., and C. M. D. S. C.
Capts. James Laughlin and Hugh II. Siverd; First Lients. Samuel W. Fordyce, John D. Moxley. John W. Laughlin; Second Lieut. Edwin L. Ilall; First Sergts. Norvell W. Taylor, Ezekiel Bradden; Quartermaster Sergt. Robert II. Barton; Com. Sergt. Solomon Redd; Sergeants William MeBur- ney, Justus C. Taylor, William Rosemond, Will- iam Ilannum, John M. Brown, Martin T. Lindsey, John W. II. Noble, Charles W. Hayes, Jason S. Cros- sen, William II. C. Hanna and Stout P. Wallace; Corporals Henry E. Bumgardner (drowned July
6, 1863), George W. Gibbs, Alexander C. Davis, Moses B. Kennedy, George Frazier, George W. Shaw. John II. Smith, Henry II. Garrett, James Sills, William A. Booher, John T. Bell and Seldon Banker; John Barklay, farrier; and privates An- drew M. Ader, Benjamin Ader, Samuel B. Arbothi- not, C'alvin Baker, George W. Baker, Alexander Bates, James Bates, Robert Beard, William Beymer, George W. Bowers, William Brooks, Albert M. Brown, William D. Brumly, Thomas II. Burns, James C. Caldwell, Francis C. Calvert, Samuel Cas- key, Joseph Clayton, James T. Cunningham (died March 17, 1864), William Davis, William A. Davy, Theodore A. Decker, Thomas Dugan (died May 21, 1864, in prison at Andersonville, Ga.), Joel M. Eaton, Thomas Errington, Jacob L. Fife, Milton Finley, James M. Frame, Marcus Fulton, Alexan- der J. Gaston, Simson George, Samuel B. Gibson, Charles Gleason, Joseph B. Jeffries (died March 19, 1864), David T. Jeffries, Ferdinand S. Johnson, Robert V. Jolinson, Samuel Johnson, Joseph B. Kennedy, James V. Kimble (died December 18, 1861), Nathan Kimble, Jolm A. Leeper, Jolin A. Lindsey, James Lister, Alexander L. Lowrey, Jo- seph Mccluskey, John L. McCreary (drowned April 24, 1862), John B. MeCune, Alexander McMullin (killed July 1, 1862, in action at Russellville, Ala.), Alexander MeVicker, James T. Mackey, Louis Mil- ler, Samuel Morris, Hiram Moore, Erastus H. Nicli- olson, George W. Parker, John M. Robinson, Vin- cent 'T. Rose, Joseph Shear, George M. Shipman (died August 15, 1864), Jonathan Sills, Harrison Skinner, Walter C. Smith, David P. Spence, Will- iam Steel, John B. Stewart, George I. Swingle, Daniel Taylor, George Taylor (died January 1, 1862), David T. Terrell, John K. Thompson, George M. Todd, Augustus II. Vansickle, Mark E. Ward, Joseph W. Watt, Herschel Webster (died Decein- ber 26, 1863, in prison at Danville, Va.), Stocton Webster and William Wharton.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT, O. V. I.
This regiment was made up almost entirely in Guernsey County. It did guard duty chiefly at Gallipolis, Ohio. As a regiment, it was not out of the state.
Other regiments had representation from Guern-
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sey County, but a complete roster has not been secured.
The Guernsey County Monumental Association is engaged in getting up a roll, which will doubt- less be complete. This association is constantly increasing in numbers. Its certilieates are sold at one dollar each, making the purchaser a stock- holder in the enterprise. . It is proposed to erect a monument at a cost of about $15,000 on the pub- lie square, having on its faces the names of sol- diers who went from Guernsey County. llon. Milton Turner, A. R. Brown, Rev. J. H. McFar- land, D. D. Taylor, A. A. Taylor, Alfred Weedon and others are honored names in connection with this enterprise, and to them is due the eredit of its success.
CAMBRIDGE TOWNSHIP.
Guernsey County's first permanent settlements were made about 1798. Prior thereto a few squat- ters located here and there, but removed, and left it to Mr. Graham to become the first settler. IIe lo- cated in what is now the western part of the city of Cambridge. At the time he erected his cabin it was the only one between Wheeling and Zanes- ville. In 1800 he was joined by Mr. Beymer, from Somerset, Pa., and he and Mr. Graham kept a house of entertainment and a ferry for the accommoda- tion of travelers on their way to the West. Travel followed the Zane traee - the pathway followed by Indian fighters under the leadership of John Wetzel-leading from Wheeling, Va., to Chilli- cothe, Ohio. The route was traced by Ebenezer Zane.
Among other early settlers who came in 1801, were Zacchetis Biggs, who made a part of the snr- vey of public lands, now in Guernsey County; John Beatty, who purchased the tavern of the projeetors in 1803; and George Metealf, who helped in the survey made by Biggs. Jacob Gomber, whose daughter George Metcalf married, and who, by glowing descriptions of the land around Cam- bridge, persuaded others to come, was among the first. Jacob Gomber and Zaccheus Beatty pur-
chased four thousand acres of land, on part of which Cambridge now stands.
The survey was completed in 1804, and perma- nent settlements were made in various parts of the county soon after. These will be found duly re- corded in connection with the history of the vari- ous townships.
The survey of Cambridge was made in 1805, and the first house built on the town plat was oc- cupied by John Beatty, father of Zaccheus, who was the first domiciled citizen of the new village.
Zaccheus Beatty was granted the right to erect a toll-bridge over Wills Creek, which was built in 1806. Ilis house was enlarged and made a place of public entertainment, called the Bridge House. It-became a notable place, and later a more pre- tentious successor, under the management of Thomas Stewart, was the great tavern of early days up to the completion of the National Road, when its glory faded away. The old hostelry stood until the advent of the iron horse, when it was torn down for the accommodation of the railway.
In August, 1806, there came to this county three brothers, Thomas, John and Peter Sarchet, attend- ed by Daniel Ferbrache, these being the first to come hither from the island of Guernsey. En route they saw posters announcing lots for sale in Cam- bridge. This fact led them to change somewhat their intention upon leaving Baltimore, and re- sulted in giving the name of their island home to the county subsequently organized. Thomas pur- chased a couple of corner lots, and' John the three lots opposite. Upon one of them, that of Thomas, the second cabin in Cambridge was erected, and in it all the Guernsey Islanders passed their first winter.
In the following spring came James Bichard, William Ogier, Thomas Noftel, Thomas Senferty and Daniel Hubert, all heads of families; and Peter Corbet, Peter and John Toreade, Nicholas Podwin and John Roban, young men, all from the island of Guernsey. These families went into camp until cabins were erected.
During this year and the next came Jacob Gom- ber, Zaceheus Beatty, George Metcalf, Wyatt Hutch- Ison, George Tingle, Daniel Motter, Andrew Fer- guson, Thomas and John MeClary, Robert Bell and
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William Hooks, with their families. With the Beatty family came the first colored man, named Tobey.
The name Cambridge was bestowed upon the infant settlement after an old town in Maryland, whence came several families in 1808.
The first store was opened by John and Thomas Sarchet. Its stock included everything needed by the pioneers, not forgetting the "real old stuff," which at the time was sold at three cents a drink.
The first brick house was built by John Sarchet in 1808.
The first sawmill was that of two Scotchmen, named Sandy and Miller.
The first place of religious worship was the house of Thomas Sarchet, where the settlers from the island of Guernsey held what they called " French meeting." The services were held by William Ogier, an ordamed minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, and Thomas Sarchet, an exhorter. From this nucleus sprang the Method- ist Episcopal Church of Cambridge.
The first church building erected was that of the Methodists in 1826. Prior thereto they occupied the first court house erected in the place.
The first school was tanght by John Beatty, a Virginian, ın 1809-10.
The second teacher was a sister of Beatty, named Sarah McClenahan; the third, John W. Kipp, au- thor of the old "Kipp Speller."
C. P. Beatty was the first regularly appointed Postmaster for Cambridge. A letter-box made by him has been in general use in the postoffice from its beginning. The postal route was from Wheel- ing to Zanesville, and was established about 1809. Letters were first carried by travelers passing through. The postal rate was high and depended upon the distance carried. If from Philadelphia or Washington, the rate was twenty-five or thirty- seven and one-half cents per letter. The first post- boy to carry mail from Cambridge to Zanesville was John Magiffen. He became a soldier in the War of 1812, and is buried in the Cambridge Cem- etery.
The first case tried in Cambridge was that of Betty Pallet for stealing gold from the Sarchets and Ferbraches, taken during the absence of the heads
of the families and hidden in a spring. Betty was questioned as to whether she had been away, or any person had been about the cabin. She gave evasive answers, denying any knowledge of the money. She was guarded during the night, and in the morning a general search revealed the gold. After it was found Betty acknowledged taking and hiding it. There was no judicial officer nearer than Zanesville. A court. of citizens was called, Betty's confession was heard, and a verdict re- turned that she should be whipped and sent out of the neighborhood. Peter Sarchet was appointed to do the whipping.
The first court house was built by Gomber & Beatty. The building was brick, two stories high, and forty feet square. Gomber & Beatty were the principal donators, although most of the citizens contributed. Lloyd Talbott superintended its con- struction. It was completed and occupied in Au- gust, 1813.
July 9, 1810, Peter Wyrick, auctioneer, let the building of a public gaol to Andrew Marshall, the lowest bidder, at $500-the gaol to be of hewed logs, one story, with two cells, a criminal and debtors'; the building to be completed by the 1st of February. January 9, 1811, Andrew Marshall was allowed $124 to raise the gaol two stories high, $60 to be paid by the county, the remainder to be paid by subscription. The time was ex- tended to April, 1811.
The first session of court held in the court house was the August term of 1813. The Journal reads: "The Court of Common Pleas was held in the court house in Cambridge, Guernsey County. Present, IIon. William Wilson, presiding Judge; Jacob Gomber, Robert Spears and Thomas B. Kirk, associate Judges. The grand jury empaneled were Elijah Beall, foreman; Stewart Spears, Jacob Ted- rich, Eli Bingham, John Taylor, James Gilliland. Wyatt Hutchison, Ezekiel Vance, William John- ston, David Burt, Elisha Enoch and Thomas Mc Cleary."
The first jury case called was the state of Ohio vs Samuel Timmons, indicted for uttering base coin. The following jury was called: James Thompson, Jolin Tidrieh, James Bratton, William Pollock, William Allen, Hugh Martin, Jesse Marslı, Thomas
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Roberts, Andrew McCleary, George McCleary, John lluff and James Lloyd.
Samuel Timmons was found guilty in two eases for the same offense, and was sentenced by the Court to receive in one case nineteen, and the other twenty, lashes on his bare back. Ile was publicly whipped by Elijah Dyson, Sheriff, at the whipping- post in the publie square. A large number of people assembled to see the brutal enforcement of the law. Joshua Iloward was the Prosecuting At- torney.
The first court house completed cost the county the sum of $3,170.383.
The eccentric Lorenzo Dow preached from a stump in the public square of Cambridge in 1810. Ile began by singing,
"Ilark! from the tombs a doleful sound, My cars attend the cry!
Ye living men, come view the ground Where you must shortly lie."
Then for a text: "What thou doest do quietly."
Rev. Barton D. Holley was perhaps the first Baptist preacher to put in an appearance at Cam- bridge. He gave his name to the ford of Wills Creck, close to where he lived.
The first free school under law of 1835 was taught by Andrew Magee in the lodge room of the Masons.
The first session of the Cambridge Academy be- gan in September, 1838, and was taught by Will- iam Ellis, a Scotchman. Pupils remember him as having a withered hand, withered by palsy.
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