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HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
March 9, 1853, the Commissioners ordered that the line between Union and Madison Counties be surveyed and marked, agreeably with an act of the Legislature passed April 9, 1852. June 8, 1853, an order was issued for the incorporation of the village of Milford, in accordance with a legislative act dated May 3, 1852. August 4, 1866, a petition having been presented at a previous term, the Commissioners issued another order for the incorporation of the place, under the name of Milford Center. June 2, 1857, it was ordered that $100 of the county fund be set aside for the support of a County Teachers' Institute, said money to be used in accordance with the provisions of the statute for the support of such institutions. June 3, 1863, " allowed Dr. Hamilton $5 for dissecting a cat and delivering the stomach and bowels to Prof. Wormley." December 5, 1865, the Auditor was authorized to contract to rent a room for the use of the County Treasurer. A safe for that office was purchased of Joseph L. Hall & Co., of Cincinnati, March 7, 1866, costing $1,200 delivered on the cars at that city. This safe was used until the new one was purchased in 1878.
March 8, 1875, a survey of the line between Union and Champaign Counties was ordered, to settle a dispute regarding it among property owners along the line. The boundary between Union and Logan Counties was finally settled March 8, 1877, the Commissioners of the two counties meeting at Belle- fontaine, Logan County, in joint session on that day, and receiving the reports of the Surveyors who had run the line. It was found that lands supposed to be in Union were in Logan, and the former had expended $733.23 in improve- ments, which sum was paid back by Logan County.
Unionville Center, in Darby Township, was incorporated by order of the Board of Commissioners on the 5th of May, 1879. At a joint session of the Commissioners of Union, Marion and Hardin Counties, held at Richwood, May 16, 1879, a re-survey of the boundaries between Union and the other counties was ordered. to settle dispute over said lines. The surveyors made their report June 6, 1879, and it was found that the lines differed materially from the supposed boundaries, whereupon the Commissioners of the three counties ordered the lines run and permanently established. On the 9th of February, 1881, there being considerable uncertainty as to the boundary be- twee Union and Delaware Counties, the Commissioners of the two ordered a survey thereof, with establishment, and, as elsewhere seen, their orders were carried out.
POPULATION.
The first census of Union County was taken in 1830, and the returns showed that 3,192 people were then residents of its territory. In 1840, the population had increased to 8,443, distributed among the then existing town- ships as follows:
Allen, 741; Claibourne, 497; Darby, 736; Dover, 459; Jerome, 868; Paris, 1,151; York, 439; Jackson, 352; Leesburg, 720; Liberty, 992; Mill Creek, 524; Union, 894; Washington, 154.
Taylor Township was formed later. In 1840, Marysville had 360 in- habitants, three small dry goods stores and two churches-Presbyterian and Methodist. Milford was then a flourishing village, transacting the heaviest business in the county, and had 400 inhabitants, two churches and three stores. Essex had a population of 34; Pharisburg, 20; Newton, 44; Rich- wood, 99. In 1850, the population of the county had swelled to a total of 12,204, including 128 colored persons, as follows:
Allen, 979; Claibourne, 919; Darby, 881; Dover, 700; Jackson. 436; Jerome, 1.249; Leesburg, 701: Liberty, 1,257; Mill Creek, 726; Paris, 1,587; Taylor, 400; Union, 1,205; Washington, 333; York, 831.
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HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
Of the villages. Marysville had a population of 605; Milford, 211; Rich- wood, 164. There were five persons in the county between the ages of 90 and 100 years.
The population in 1860 was 16,275, as shown by the following:
Allen, 1,043; Claibourne, 1,441; Darby, 1,260; Dover, 1,066; Jackson, 719; Jerome, 1,398; Leesburg, 1,232; Mill Creek, 844; Paris, 2,055; Taylor, 764; Union. 1.098; Washington, 601; York, 1,323; Liberty, 1,431.
Marysville then had 827 inhabitants, while the number of colored persons in the county was 223. Number of persons aged between 90 and 100 years, 6. Other statistics from the same census are as follows:
Number of churches in county.
33
Value of church property.
$30,750
Acres of land improved.
125,275
Acres of land unimproved.
87,527
Cash value of farns. .
$4,718,795
Value of farming implements.
$122,851
Number of horses.
7,030
Asses and mules
175
Milch eows.
5,934
Working oxen.
688
Other cattle.
9,420
Number of sheep.
30,362
Number of swine.
21,012
Value of live stock.
$804,639
Bushels of wheat raised.
61,856
Bushels of rye raised.
2,896
Bushels of corn raised
923,086
Bushels of oats raised.
65,180
Pounds of tobacco.
905
Pounds of wool.
99,940
Bushels of peas and beans.
717
Bushels of Irish potatoes.
52,521
Bushels of sweet potatoes.
303
Bushels of barley.
1,356
Bushels of buckwheat.
31,045
Value of orchard products.
$10,617
Pounds of butter manufactured.
484,896
Pounds of cheese.
111,070
Tons of hay made ..
14.453
Bushels of clover seed.
466
Other grass seeds ..
493
Hops, pounds of.
133
Flax, pounds of.
525
Flax seed, bushels of.
1,385
Pounds of maple sugar.
157,761
Gallons molasses. .
13,096
306
Pounds of honey.
18,326
Value of household manufactures.
$9,317
Number of families in county.
3,137
The population of the county in 1870 and 1880 is shown by the following table, from the report of the Secretary of State for 1881:
Allen Township.
1,198
1,333
Claibourne Township (including Richwood).
1,947
2,758
Richwood Village ..
436
1,317
Darby Township (including Unionville).
1,142
1,171
Unionville Village.
200
Dover Township.
929
1,006
Jackson Township.
935
1,454
Jerome Township.
1,463
1,503
Leesburg Township.
1,410
1,552
Liberty Township.
1,414
1,398
Mill Creek Township.
798
867
Paris Township (including Marysville)
2,838
3,718
Beeswax, pounds of.
1870.
1880.
319
HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
1870.
1880.
Marysville Village*
1,441
2,061
Taylor Township.
1,141
1,367
Union Township (including Milford Center).
1,336
1,535
Milford Center Village.
372
490
Washington Township
819
1,164
York Township.
1,369
1,549
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS.
The following table shows the date of organization of each township in Union County, together with the number of votes cast at the first election in each, and, for the sake of comparison, the vote cast at the fall election in 1876:
Township.
Allen.
1827
13
314
Claibourne
1834
19
673
Darby.
1820
19
286
Dover
1839
62
200
Jackson
1829
21
276
Jerome.
1821
15
345
Leesburg.
1825
10
322
Liberty.
1822
10
346
Mill Creek.
1820
24
102
Paris.
1821
13
820
Taylor
1849
281
Union.
1820
91
396
Washington
1836
14
238
York .
1834
363
The poll books for he first elections in the townships of Taylor and York having been lost, it is impossible to give the first votes in those townships, but they probably compared favorably with the others. The table is sufficient to show the rapid growth of population in the county, and was found in the Marysville Tribune for November 7, 1877.
Beginning with 1821, the following shows the vote of the county for Gov- ernor, to the date of the last gubernatorial election in 1881:
1821-Ethan A. Brown, 128; Jeremiah Morrow, 35; William Harrison, 1.
1822-Jeremiah Morrow, 149; Allen Trimble, 107; William W. Irwin, 3.
1824-Allen Trimble, 179; Jeremiah Morrow, 84.
1826-Allen Trimble, 126; John Bigger, 131; Alexander Campbell, 15.
1828-Allen Trimble, 192; John W. Campbell, 146.
1830 -- Duncan McArthur, 178; Robert Lucas. 227.
1832-Darius Lyman, 214; Robert Lucas, 288.
1834-Robert Lucas, 246; James Finley, 279.
1836-Joseph Vance, 622; Eli Baldwin, 311.
1838-Joseph Vance, 614; Wilson Shannon, 468.
1840 -- Thomas Corwin, 920; Wilson Shannon, 594.
1842-Thomas Corwin, 784; Wilson Shannon, 582; Leicester King, 35.
1844-Mordecai Bartley, 966; David Tod, 704; Leicester King, 34.
1846-William Bebb, 808; David Tod, 574; Samuel Lewis, 64.
1848 -- Seabury Ford, 1,070; John B. Weller, 785.
1850-William Johnson, 1.033; Reuben Wood, 759; Edward Smith, 84. 1851 (under new Constitution)-Samuel F. Vinton, 987; Reuben Wood, 772; Samuel Lewis. 107.
1853-Nelson Barrere, 910; William Medill, 852; Samuel Lewis, 370.
1855-Salmon P. Chase, 1,222; William Medill, 69S; Allen Trimble, 131.
1857-Salmon P. Chase, 1,209; Henry B. Pryne, 950; P. Van Trump, 115.
1859 -William Dennison. 1,241; Rufus P. Ranney, 910.
* The original returns for Marysville in 1880 showed a population of about 2,300.
Vote.
Vote in 1876,
When Organized.
First
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HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
1861-David Tod, 1,779; Hugh J. Jewett, 984.
1863-John Brough, 2,380; C. L. Vallandigham, 1,189.
1865-Jacob D. Cox, 1,930; George W. Morgan, 1,173.
1867-Rutherford B. Hayes, 2,128; Allen G. Thurman, 1,537.
1869-R. B. Hayes, 2,053; George H. Pendleton, 1,462.
1871-Edward F. Noyes, 2.040; George W. McCook, 1,324; Gideon T. Stewart, 12.
1873-E. F. Noyes, 1,856; William Allen, 1,364; Isaac C. Collins, 65; Gideon T. Stewart, 155.
1875-William Allen, 1,952; R. B. Hayes. 2,596; Jay Odell, 33.
1877-William H. West, 2,530; Richard M. Bishop, 1,920; Henry A. Thompson, 61; Stephen Johnson, 2.
1879-Charles Foster, 2,947; Thomas Ewing, 2,144; Gideon T. Stewart, 152: A. Sanders Piatt, 10.
1881 -- Charles Foster, 2,763, John W. Bookwalter 1,827; Abraham R. Ludlow, 2S4.
In 1880, at the Presidential election, the county cast 3, 315 Republican and 2,236 Democratic votes.
The tax duplicates in the office of the County Auditor, at Marysville, ex- hibit the following items for each decade, beginning with 1820 and closing with 1882:
For 1820:
Total amount of duplicate. $639,204.656} 187.810}
Total amount of defalcations.
Net amount of duplicate. $639,016.846
Tax assessed, $4.095.752; defalcation, $3,738.742; tax collected $357.01. Five per cent was allowed for collecting. The road tax was $11.173 in Mill Creek Township; $49.65 in Darby, and $95.023 in Union, or a total of $155.85. In 1821, the tax collected amounted to $184.712.
In 1830, the total assessment for all purposes was 15} mills on the dollar, and the total tax collected amounted to $2,436.047. On settlement with the Treasurer, the amounts of tax deducted were: Union Township, $222.628; Darby, $99.775; Jerome, $163.366; Mill Creek, $214.958; Paris, $SS.584; Liberty, $421.803; Leesburg, $160.648: Allen, $156.096; Jackson, $206.911; total, $1, 734.769. The following shows the value of houses and lands, and the number and value of horses and cattle in the county as shown by the. returns for 1830:
TOWNSHIPS.
VALUE OF HOUSES AND LANDS.
NUMBER OF IIORSES.
VALUE.
NUMBER OF CATTLE.
VALUE.
Union.
$65,847
233
$9,320
908
$7,264
Darby
30,569
133
5,320
279
2,232
Jerome.
32,829
105
4,200
315
2,520
Mill Creek.
32,645
101
3,240
148
1,184
Paris. .
38,224
68
2,720
122
976
Liberty
84,003
42
1,680
102
816
Leesburg
26,797
33
1,320
115
920
Allen .
31,408
49
1,960
70
560
Jackson.
34,748
24
960
63
504
In 1840, the total rate of taxation was fifteen mills on the dollar ; prop- erty as follows :
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HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
TOWNSHIPS.
LANDS AND HOUSES.
TOWN PROPERTY.
NUMBER OF HORSES.
VALUE.
NUMBER OF CATTLE.
VALUE.
Union
$48,998
$ 8,219
350
$14,000
934
$7,472
Darby
31,632
259
10,360
562
4,496
Jerome
33,026
271
10,840
257
2,056
Mill Creek.
20,839
118
121
4,840
145
1,160
Dover
20,210
128
4,760
159
1,272
Paris
46,828
17,119
199
5,960
2,52
2,016
Liberty
41,345
124
195
7,800
258
2,064
Leesburg.
33,835
112
6,880
255
2,040
Allen
35,405
207
8,280
290
2,320
Jackson.
20,457
2277
80
3,200
106
848
York .
24,648
392
94
3,760
182
1,456
Claibourne
22,967
782
91
3,640
141
1,128
Washington.
20,015
223
32
1,280
68
544
For 1850, the records show the following :
TOWNSHIPS.
VALUE OF LANDS.
VALUE TOWN PROPERTY.
VALUE CHATTELS.
TOTAL VALUATION.
TOTAL TAX RAISED.
Union.
$ 218,095
$20,863
$ 84,287
$ 323,244
$ 2,494.907
Darby
97,935
858
43,446
142,239
1,167.293
Jerome.
106,623
9,239
33,449
142,311
1,601.690
Mill Creek
59,389
697
17,175
77,261
720.154
Dover.
67,453
21,059
88,512
893.292
Paris
143,822
57,563
59,341
260,726
2,768.579
Liberty.
110,599
3,508
31,013
145,120
1,917.026
Leesburg
76,326
857
18,100
95,283
1,469.889
Allen ..
124,288
29,240
153,528
1,347.679
Jackson
56,786
722
14,494
72,002
765.234
York
76,238
933
18,770
95,941
1,622.744
Claibourne
66,879
4,701
20,305
91,885
1,303.931
Washington
40,748
6,951
47,699
855.902
Taylor
52,409
7,089
59,498
1,327.231
Totals .
$1,297,590
$92,940
$404,719
$1,795,249
$20,276.73.1
NOTE .- Tax on attorneys and physicians, $21.25.
The following Township Assessors' report shows the acreage of wheat and corn in Union County in 1850, and the number of bushels of each raised :
TOWNSHIPS.
ACRES.
BUSHELS.
ACRES.
BUSHELS.
Union
552
10,957
1,916
79,090
Darby
519
8,538
1,545
55,253
Jerome .
452
8,648
1,414
43,533
Mill Creek
489
7,976
1,122
32,388
Dover
487
8,271
1,480
48,195
Paris .
622
10,342
1,633
44,760
Liberty .
678
11,507
1,210
39,535
Leesburg
267
4,800
1,145
30,957
Allen
:71
15,264
1,241
29,885
Jackson
216
3,952
898
29,451
York .
282
4,489
999
31,640
Claibourne
273
4,593
970
37,225
Washington
113
2,197
354
8,760
Taylor.
115
1,668
493
15,060
Totals.
5,836
103,202
16,413
525,732
Total tax raised in county
WHEAT.
CORN.
352
HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
The following, from an exhibit printed in the Marysville Tribune, June 10, 1857, shows the number and value of horses, cattle, mules, sheep and hogs, by townships, at that time. The average value of horses was $59; of cattle, $13.36; of mules, $66.35; of sheep, $1.65 ; and of hogs, $3.30.
TOWNSHIPS.
VALUE.
CATTLE.
VALUE.
MULES.
VALUE.
SHEEP.
VALUE.
HOGS.
VALUE.
Union
626 $ 40,065
2,638 $ 31,447 138
$ 8,900
5,832 $11,574
1.382 $ 6,272
Darby
360
20,798
979
12.335
1,165
1,576
1,505
4,716
Jerome
559
36,380
1,116
15,998
9
495
2.253
4,188
2,599
9,360
Mill Creek.
368
22,690
688
9,042
31
1,550
959
1,224|
1,585
5,897
Dover.
360
20,863
979
12,621
1,165
1,576
1,505
4,716
Paris
507
30,227
1,240
17,505
4
285
985
1,605
1,848
5,507
Liberty.
579
31,420
1,134
14,152
10
1,175
1,970
3.154
1.284
4,128
Leesburg
422
26,127
900
12,873
5
815
1,097
1,653
1,418
4,313
Allen. . .
438
23,050
1,276
17,924
1
130 1,061
1,912
1,253
5,992
Jackson
218
14,073
479
6,234
5
460
434
858
732
2,239
York .
469
26,743
1,189
13.625
1
35
1,314
2,695
1,259
3,428
Claibourne.
359
18,061
825
8,839
1
100
578
1,064
1,475
3,977
Washington
175
9,290
591
6,009
2
140
403
875
542
1,197
Taylor
264
13,064
605
7,121
180
718
1,019
844
2,008
Total.
5,640 $332, 791 12,559 $186, 725 215 $14, 265 19,935
$34.973 17,231 $63,040
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN MAY, 1881 .*
PRODUCTIONS.
ACRES.
BUSHELS.
POUNDS.
ACRES SOWN FOR HARV- EST OF 1881.
Wheat.
31,102
470,597
34,740
Rye .
68
587
Buckwheat
83
1,008
Barley
36
866
Oats
4,314
92,618
Corn.
43,685
1,664,943
Timothy
15,902
15,711
Clover
1,420
417
2,438,000+
Flax.
657
6,382
381,930}
Potatoes
710
55,466
Sweet potatoes
6
141
Tobacco .
240|
Sorghum.
5,933$
Maple sugar ..
87.758
Maple syrup .
5,652
Butter
499,830
Cheese.
11,200
Eggs
3,486
932,215
Peaches
6,767
Pears .
515
Cherries
716
Plums
143
Grapes (raised in 1880)
69,030
Wine (pressed in 1880) .
8415
Wool (shorn)
107,798
In pastures in 1880
$1,925
In wood in 1880.
48,403
Lying waste in 1880
1.865
* From report of Secretary of State, 1881.
+ Hay. Į Pounds fiber.
R Pounds produced.
¿ Gallons.
Dozens.
10,263;
Bees (hives) 1,003.
434,6899
In orchards
Apples.
416,815
Cultivated land in 1880
HORSES.
353
HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
STOCK.
NUMBER.
VALUE.
Horses.
8,291
$545,690
Mules.
144
9,020
Cattle.
16,007
328,100
Sheep
98,173
268,386
Hogs
29,936
108,927
The valuation of lands in Union County in October, 1859, as determined by the Board of Equalization, was $3,802,878. The following figures show the number of acres, improved and unimproved land, in the several townships at that time :
TOWNSHIPS.
ACRES IMPROVED LAND.
ACRES WOODLAND.
TOTALS.
Union.
15,081
7,128
22,209
Darby.
10,202
8,978
19,180
Jerome. .
10,198
12,173
22,371
Mill Creek.
6,888
6,949
13,837
Dover.
6,926
7,245
14,171
Paris.
8,238
14,508
22,746
Liberty
12,225
10,379
22,622
Leesburg.
8,331
10,104
18,435
Jackson.
3,763
13,549
17,312
York ..
6,347
16,581
22,928
Claibourne.
6,713
14,829.
21,542
Washington.
2,630
14,580
17,210
Taylor
5,019
11,841
16,860
Totals
109,606
160,985
270,491
The duplicate for 1882 makes the following showing :
TOWNSHIPS.
ACRES OF LAND.
VALUE OF LANDS.
VALUE OF PROPERTY IN CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
Union.
Milford Corporation.
22,095
$ 867,485
$ 82,213
Darby ..
19,416
579,724
11,290
Jerome.
23,718
574,103
23,820
Mill Creek.
13,807
336,580
1,280
Dover
14,203
379,380
9,210
Paris.
19,649
641,432
Marysville School District.
1,973
67,080
501,014
Marysville Corporation.
23,022
493,748
9,500
Leesburg
18,677
414,140
30,470
Allen. .
19,037
499,625
2,220
Jackson
17,776
405,450
3,800
York .
23,523
443,970
5,380
Claibourne.
19,560
583,254
Richwood School District.
1,571
60,928
209,154
Washington.
17,819
313,510
Taylor.
16,463
411,539
15,475
Totals
271,309
$7,101,748
$904,826
6,945
12,123
19,068
Allen .
Unionville Corporation.
Liberty.
Richwood Corporation.
354
HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
The following shows the valuation of real and town property, and the tax raised, in 1860:
TOWNSHIPS.
VALUE REAL PROPERTY.
VALUE TOWN PROPERTY.
TOTAL TAX RAISED.
Union
$457,813
$18,019
$4,472.818
Darby.
363,285
10,008
3,434.295
Jerome.
357,957
-1,942
3,266.091
Mill Creek
208,612
2,220
1,950.205
Dover.
204,238
4,974
2,238.568
Paris .
347,464
131.488
5,861.175
Liberty
264,692
7,474
2,993.826
Leesburg
253,111
4,788
2,655.847
Allen .
245,715
1,990.302
Jackson.
174,610
4,613
1,702.621
York
258,060
2,268
2,525.184
Claibourne
241,504
18,929
2,973.644
Washington
146,972
1,660.784
Taylor
194,369
2,274.111
SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1882.
TOWNSHIPS.
TOTAL RECEIPTS DURING YEAR FOR ALL PURPOSES.
PAID TEACHERS DURING YEAR.
TOTAL EXPENDI- TURES.
Union
$ 14,685 96
4,275 00
$10,047 88
Darby
4,955 70
2,237 56
2,740 95
Jerome .
4,262 45
2,761 90
3,522 46
Mill Creek.
3,772 13
1,843 50
3,190 12
Dover ..
4,296 65
1,736 47
4,170 79
Paris
3,996 29
2,153 8
2,602 81
Liberty
4,941 04
2,696 00
4,514 14
Leesburg.
3,491 75
2,685 00
3,313 97
Allen
7,671 40
2,409 71
3,837 55
Jackson
4,213 92
2,212 25
3,398 37
York.
5,417 64
2,641 68
3,007 40
Claibourne.
8,303 16
1,877 05
3,663 12
Washington
4,534 13
1,801 00
3,174 52
Taylor. .
4,263 30
2,399 17
3,159 58
Marysville District.
12,162 67
6,084 79
12,162 67
Richwood District.
9,422 58
2,766 00
7,662 83
Totals
$100,390 77
$42,580 88
$74,169 16
In 1870, the total taxable valuation and the taxes raised on the same were as follows :
TOWNSHIPS.
TOTAL TAXABLE VALUATION.
TOTAL TAXES RAISED.
Union
$ 780,798
$ 12,867 73
Darby
617,751
11,190 13
Jerome.
600,962
10,283 94
Mill Creek
336,308
6,094 54
Dover.
341,334
7,037 25
Paris.
471,773
9,799 36
Liberty
490,003
7,441 31
Leesburg
395,568
11,296 23
Allen. .
508,664
10,743 57
Jackson
281,162
8,548 62
York
370,578
7,454 24
Claibourne
512,353
12,979 13
Washington
232,833
4,067 95
Taylor
406,138
8,041 47
Marysville.
495,139
16,023 90
Richwood .. .
139,376
3,735 47
Milford Center
86,383
1,970 14
Totals
8 7.065.113
$ 149.674 98
1
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357
HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
TOWNSHIPS.
VALUE OF CHATJEL PROPERTY.
TOTAL VALUATION.
DOG JAX
Union .
287.088
$ 1,154,573
$ 20,676 05
Milford Corporation.
44,841
127,054
3,206 25
Darby.
288.350
868,074
13,535 47
Unionville Corporation.
10,095
21,385
521 26
Jerome. .
256,681
854,604
14,337 75
Mill Creek.
145,415
183,275
1,796 42
Dover
140.536
$29,026
7,551 52
Paris.
166,360
807,792
12,659 49
Marysville School District.
17,665
84,745
1,856 93
Marysville Corporation.
354,915
855,929
28.172 24
Liberty
183,661
656,909
12,646 62
Leesburg
187,347
661,957
11,629 81
Allen.
191,536
693,381
10,840 64
Jackson
124,435
533,685
11,136 19
York .
172,952
622,302
10,122 38
Claibourne.
176,370
759,624
14,745 55
Richwood School District.
15,686
76,614
2,127 35
Richwood Corporation.
146,760
355,914
15,342 64
Washington
94,856
408,366
8,642 86
Taylor.
152,137
579,051
9,474 92
Special ditch tax
6,147 86
Gravel road tax.
83,913 22
Totals.
$3,157,686
$11,164,260
$307,113 45
SEPARATE DISTRICTS.
WHOLE NUMBER OF
NUMBER OF SCHOOL
SROOM
PROPERTY.
Union
10
10
14
$21,300
Darby
10
10
11
5,000
Jerome.
11
11
13
12,000
Mill Creek
5,400
Dover
7
7
8
4,500
Paris
11
11
11
2,000
Liberty.
10
10
11
Leesburg
10
10
10
10,000
Allen.
10
10
11
8,000
Jackson.
12
12
12
4,000
York.
11
11
11
6,276.50
Claibourne
10
10
10
10,000
Washington
8
8
8
3,000
Taylor ..
11
11
11
8,800
Marysville District
1
2
11
50.000
Richwood District.
1
1
8
Totals.
142
143
169
$155,276.50
9
9
TOWNSHIPS.
TOTAL JAX
358
HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
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TOWNSHIPS.
BOYS EN- ROLLED DURING YEAR.
GIRLS EN- ROLLED DURING YEAR.
TOTAL AVER- AGE MONTH- LY ENROLL- MENT.
TOTAL AV- ERAGE DAILY AT- TENDANCE.
TOTAL NUM- BER PUPILS ENROLLED BETWEEN 16 AND 21 YEARS OF AGE.
Union.
267
280
310
250
53
Darby
132
135
213
252
87
Jerome
218
203
299
279
~5
Mill Creek
163
135
227
193
46
Dover
157
136
236
193
40
Paris
205
174
247
196
38
Liberty.
231
214
306
237
34
Leesburg
273
270
334
289
Allen. .
200
190
365
365
85
Jackson.
205
185
330
268
50
York.
261
211
318
255
56
Claibourne
197
207
329
353
68
Washington
194
146
251
200
43
Taylor
265
260
395
415
115
Marysville District.
293
337
510
493
93
Richwood District
205
191
304
267
38
Totals
3,466
3,274
4,974
4,325
921
The following enumeration, taken between the first Monday in September and the first Monday in October, 1882, shows the number of unmarried youth in the county between six and twenty-one years of age ; also, the number be- tween sixteen and twenty-one.
NUMBER BETWEEN 6 AND 21.
TOWNSHIPS.
WHITE BOYS. WHITE GIRLS
COLORED
BOYS.
COLORED
GIRLS
NUMBER BE-
TWEEN 16
AND 21.
Union.
230
212
14
6
462
93
Darby
186
186
372
Jerome.
239
230
8
3
480
116
Mill Creek
172
147
319
66
Dover
185
152
337
49
Paris.
218
204
4
3
429
90
Liberty.
261
200
461
100
Leesburg
296
287
583
106
Allen .
209
199
2
2
412
86
Jackson.
252
232
9
500
88
York.
248
189
1
438
107
Claibourne
217
230
1
3
451
82
Washington.
206
172
378
84
Taylor
257
191
12
6
466
109
Marysville District
386
385
20
32
823
193
Richwood District.
214
224
17
16
471
106
Totals.
3,776
3,440
85
81
7,382
1,563
TOTALS.
359
HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
TEACHERS EMPLOYED.
AVERAGE WAGES PAID.
AVERAGE NUMBER OF WEEKS.
TOWNSHIPS.
GENTLE- MEN.
LADIES.
GENTLE- MEN.
LADIES.
SCHOOLS IN SESSION.
Union
9
13
$41
$31
25
Darby.
8
8
42
31
24
Jerome.
9
19
41
23
24
Mill Creek.
6
9
32
26
27
Dover.
6
10
34
25
27
Liberty.
41
27
28
Leesburg
8
13
37
23
35
Jackson
16
7
36
25
25
Claibourne.
9
5
37
32
27
Taylor
11
13
28
20
25
Marysville District.
4
9
89
40
34
Richwood District.
1
7
45
38*
34
40
28
28
Paris
7
11
40
35
28
Allen. .
9
39
28
24
York .
9
35
29
28
Washington
CHAPTER VIII.
THE COURTS AND CIVIL LIST.
T THE earliest judicial government for the territory now constituting Ohio was vested in a general court composed of three Judges, provided by the ordinance of 1787. The first Judges were Samuel Holden Parsons, James Mitchell Varnum and John Cleves Symmes, the latter being appointed in place of John Armstrong, who declined to serve. They were to adopt only such por- tions of the laws of the original States as were deemed suitable to the con- dition and wants of the people, and were not empowered to enact new laws. In the autumn of 1787, the Governor and Judges Varnum and Parsons met at Marietta, and began the duty of legislating for the Territory, continuing in session until December. Contrary to the provisions of the ordinance, they enacted a number of laws on different subjects and submitted them to Con- gress, as required. That body, however, did not approve them, from their manifest illegality under the terms of the ordinance. After the assembling of Congress in 1789, under the new Constitution, the appointments made under the articles of confederation being deemed to have expired, the follow- ing new Judges were appointed for the Northwest Territory: Samuel Holden Parsons, John Cleves Symmes and William Barton. The latter declined to serve and George Turner was appointed to fill the vacancy. Judge Parsons soon afterward died, and in March, 1790, Rufus Putnam was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by his death. Putnam resigned in 1796, to enable him to accept the office of Surveyor General, and Joseph Gilman, of Point Harmar, was chosen to fill vacancy. Judge Turner left the territory in the spring of 1796, and during his absence resigned his seat on the bench, which was filled
* #45 to one lady in high school department, same as the gentleman in that department.
360
HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY.
by the appointment of Return Jonathan Meigs, in February, 1798. The Judges then in commission continued to hold their seats until the adoption of a State Constitution.
Between 1790 and 1795, numerous aets were passed which did not receive the sanetion of Congress. as they were enacted rather than adopted, and finally in the summer of 1795. at a legislative session held at Cincinnati, a code of laws was adopted from the statutes of the original States, which superseded the chief part of those previously enacted, which had remained in force in the territory, regardless of their doubtful constitutionality. This code of laws, as adopted. was printed at Cincinnati in 1795, by William Maxwell, and became known as the Maxwell code; that was the first job of printing executed in the Northwestern Territory. But very little change was made therefrom until the first session of the General Assembly, held under the second grade of government September 16, 1799.
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