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HARLAN TOWNSHIP.
In the year 1807 John Liggett and family settled on what is now known as the Hitesman farm, near Rossburg. He was a blacksmith, and probably the first who labored at that trade in the township. He came from Harrison Co., Va., and four other families came at the same time from there, as follows: Frank Liggett and family, John Sleeth and wife, Samuel Butler and wife, and Caleb Smith and family. The party consisted of thirty-five persons, two of whom are yet living, viz .: Jesse Liggett, who resides in Vermilion Co., Ill., and David H. Smith, who lives at his old homestead about one-half mile west of Butlerville. Mr. Smith did not permanently locate in this township until in 1818, but he came with his father, Caleb Smith, in 1807 from Harrison Co., Va., and for a few years settled in one of the northern counties. He has been engaged in various avoca- tions, but his principal occupation has been that of farming. He has at various times been elected to responsible public positions in the township, and for ten years in succession served as Trustee and Constable. Mr. Smith now resides at his homestead, and at the age of more than eighty years is enjoying comparatively good health.
Among the other early settlers of this township may be mentioned the names of Jacob Varner, who settled near where James Hicks now resides; Darby Shawhan and Thomas Watson and Richard Templin. The last named ctame from Maryland. Rhoden Thompson, Notley Hill, Henry Snell, Samuel Mouns, Archi- bald Clinton, Stokley Little, William Bennett, Henry Spurling, Otho Craig, Abram and George Bowman and Daniel Carroll, were also among those who set- tled here in early years, and many of them have descendants who now reside in this township.
Abram Butler came to this township in 1881 from Belmont County, this State. He was born in New England and came to Ohio when a mere child. He laid out the town of Butlerville, which bears his name, and was in many other ways identified with the growth of the township. He died in 1880 at an advanced age.
Gen. Benjamin Baldwin was also one of the early settlers in Harlan Town- ship. He was the son of Samuel Baldwin, who came to this township very early. Gen. Baldwin, as he was generally known, was perhaps the most prom inent of the early settlers, and it is a matter of regret that so few dates and facts regarding him can be obtained. In appearance Gen. Baldwin was a large man of good . figure and commanding presence, and in bearing a type of military man seldom met with. For several years he was commissioned and served as a general in the Ohio Militia. He was elected and served several terms as Justice of the Peace. In 1828 he was elected as the Jacksonian candidate as the Representative of this county in the Ohio Legislature, of which body he proved to be a valuable member. He was in 1834 appointed and commissioned one of the associate Justices of the Common Pleas Court for Warren County.
He was a man of more than ordinary abilities, of superior natural attain- ments, and possessed of those qualities and honesty of purpose which made him an honored and valuable member of the community and period in which he lived.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
The following is a list of the Justices of the Peace who resided in the territory forming Harlan Township before its separate organization :
James Hill, August 23, 1818; Abraham Bowman, November 19, 1818, to October 1, 1819; Benjamin Baldwin, August 22, 1822, to February 27, 1884, when he was commissioned Associate Justice, from Warren County, for seven years; William Crosson, July 28, 1828; he served nine consecutive terms, or twen- ty-seven years; Archibald Clinton, July 25, 1831, to August 1887; William Mc- Ferren, June 10, 1848 to 1860; B. B. Getzendanner, July 22, 1851 to 1860; George Nixon, 1855, three years; Hiram St. John, 1856 to 1862.
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The following are the Justices of the Peace in the township since its organiza- tion, with the dates of their commissions:
James Ferguson, January 17, 1860; Henry Runyan, December 9, 1862; James Ferguson, December 9, 1862; Amos B. Foote, April 8, 1864; James Fer- guson, December 6, 1865; Thornton Thompson, December 6, 1865; William H. Constable, November 25, 1867; Henry Runyan, November 25, 1868; William Clevenger, November 25, 1868; Henry Runyan, November 21, 1871; William Clevenger, November 21, 1871; William H. Constable, April 8, 1870; A. M. Fox, April 10, 1878; J. A. Runyan, December 3, 1874; William Clevenger, December 3, 1874; A. M. Fox, April 10, 1876; Thornton Thompson, October 19, 1876; Israel Lundy, December 4, 1877; Hiram Constable, April 10, 1879; Thornton Thompson, October 21, 1879; Israel Lundy, December 1, 1880.
The following is a list of the township officers from the separate organization of Harlan Township.
The first township election was held April 21, 1860, at which 342 votes were cast, and the following officers elected.
Trustees, Thomas Jones, Harvilla Bailey, William McFerren; Clerk, Henry Runyan; Treasurer, Nelson G. Ingersoll; Assessor, Robert McMullen; Constable, Henry Long.
1861-Trustees, William McFerren, Thomas Jones, Edward Smith; Clerk, James H. Runyan; Treasurer, Nelson G. Ingersoll; Assessor, John L. Ely; Con- stable, Henry Long.
1862-Trustees, William McFerren, Thomas Jones, Edward Smith; Clerk, R. H. Williason; Treasurer, Nelson G. Ingersoll; Assessor, L. W. Ludlum; Con- stable, H. C. Starkey.
1868-Trustees, William McFerren, Thomas Jones, Edward Smith; Clerk, John R. Hitesman; Treasurer, Nelson G. Ingersoll; Assessor, R. H. Williason ; Constable, Jacob Long.
1864-Trustees, William McFerren, Thomas Jones, Edward Smith; Clerk, Joel Blackstone; Treasurer, Nelson G. Ingersoll; Assessor, R. H. Williason ; Constable, P. A. Snyder.
1865-Trustees, Thomas Jones, Edward Smith, James Hicks; Clerk, P. A. Snyder; Treasurer, P. S. Templin; Assessor, William Crosson; Constable, Archie Runyan.
1866-Trustees, James Hicks, William H. Constable, Andrew Fryberger; Clerk, H. W. Price; Treasurer, Thomas Hicks; Assessor, L. W. Ludlum; Consta- ble, Jacob Long.
1867-Trustees, Benjamin Benn, Milton Mounts, D. G. Apgar; Clerk, B. F. Ludlum; Treasurer, P. A. Snyder; Assessor, P. Bishop; Constable, Henry Long.
1868-Trustees, Benjamin Benn, D. G. Apgar, N. W. Moore; Clerk, B F. Ludlum; Treasurer, P. A. Snyder; Assessor, P. Bishop; Constable, Henry Long.
1869-Trustees, Jacob Diebold, Samuel Sharp, M. V. Hill; Clerk, H. W. Price; Treasurer, E. L. Runyan; Assessor, L. W. Ludlum; Constable, D. Roll.
1870-Trustees, Jacob Diebold, Samuel Sharp, Thomas Lyons; Clerk, H. W. Price; Treasurer, E. L. Runyan; Assessor, George Crosson; Constable, D. Roll.
1871-Trustees, Jacob Diebold, Samuel Sharp, T. J. Lyons; Clerk, H. W. Price; Treasurer, Thomas Hicks; Assessor, George Crosson; Constable, Henry T. Spurling.
1872-Trustees, E. A. Hill. William I. Smith, Lafayette Baldwin; Clerk, H. W. Price; Treasurer, Thomas Hicks; Assessor, George Crosson; Constable, Jehu Brown.
1878 Trustees, William I. Smith, M. L. Scott, E. A. Hill; Clerk, E. A. St. John; Treasurer, Thomas Hicks; Assessor and Constable, Jehu Brown.
1874-Trustees, E. A. Hill, Thomas J. Patterson, James Skinner; Clerk, S. P. Shafer; Treasurer, Thomas Hicks; Assessor, Jehu Brown; Constable, Jacob Long.
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1875-Trustees, James Hicks, T. J. Patterson, J. Diebold; Clerk, A. Jones; Treasurer, Thomas Hicks; Assessor, Jehu Brown; Constable, Jacob Long.
1876-Trustees, Jacob Diebold, T. J. Patterson, Israel Lundy, Clerk, A. Jones; Treasurer, J. S. Slade; Assessor, T. Thompson; Constable, Jacob Long. 1877-Trustees, J. R. Ross, J. Diebold, M. V. Baldwin; Clerk, Elihu Snyder; Treasurer, Charles Worley; Assessor, John Hill; Constable, J. Long.
1878-Trustees, M. V. Baldwin, John R. Ross, T. Donnell; Clerk, Albert Snell; Treasurer, D. S. Bird; Assessor, D. Roll; Constable, J. Long.
1879-Trustees, M. V. Baldwin, Charles Worley, Benjamin Benn; Clerk, E. Snyder; Treasurer, D. S. Bird; Assessor, D. Roll; Constable, S. L. Jackson.
1880-Trustees, John Armstrong, Charles Worley, Thomas Patterson; Clerk, Sydney Crosson; Treasurer, D. S. Bird; Assessor and Constable, D. Roll.
1881-Trustees,IM. R. Hill, Frank Hicks, William Noscar; Clerk, Frank Roll; Treasurer, D. S. Bird; Assessor and Constable, D. Roll.
. The foregoing history is prepared from such materials as were at command, and from necessity is brief, and in some instances, especially in regard to the early pioneers, from want of reliable data, is perhaps incomplete. But it has been the endeavor to use such matters and facts only as might be safely relied on as authen- tic, and in the main it is hoped and believed that they may be found substantially , correct.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
BY SAMUEL HARRIS.
In collecting facts concerning the early settlement and history of Wash- ington Township at this time, difficulties at first sight unlooked for arose from several causes, the most important of which is the neglect of the early settlers to keep any record upon which a correct narration of facts can be based. Another cause is to be found in the fact that many of the early settlers moved to other localities in order to escape from the hills and swamps of which the township originally largely consisted, until but few remain from whom the in- formation required can be obtained. But by great patience and investigation this narration has been obtained and is respectfully submitted.
TOPOGRAPHY.
This township is located in the eastern part of the county, being the third from the top in the eastern tier of townships. It has for its boundaries on the north Wayne and. Massie Townships; on the east, Clinton County; on the south, Harlan and Salem Townships, and, on the west, Salem and Turtle Creek Townships, the Little Miami River forming its western boundary.
Todd's Fork enters the township on the east, and, running in a southwest direction, empties into the Little Miami River at Morrow. The lands along . this stream are broken into abrupt hills about 100 feet high, indented, at short intervals, with ravines extending in most places but little beyond the tops of the hills.
The most considerable tributary of Todd's Fork on the southeast side is Penquite's Run, and on the northwest side are Scaffold Lick Run and Emily's Run. These all empty into Todd's Fork.
The Little East Fork running from the east empties into Todd's Fork about one-half mile west of the Clinton County line and forms the terminus of a large area of bottom lands along Todd's Fork in Clinton County. But a
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small portion of these bottom lands lie along the stream in Washington Town- ship, amounting in all to about 150 acres below and 100 acres above the mouth of East Fork.
A little south of the center of the township, near the College Township road, are the highest lands in the township, on which is a swamp called Sweet Gum Swamp. The water from this swamp moves slowly northward about two miles, where it meets another small sluggish stream, and, from the junction to its mouth, bears the name Flat Fork. After it receives the waters of the north branch of Flat Fork, it becomes a more rapid stream, and, rushing down the hills, empties into Caesar's Creek:
The western portion of the township, along the Little Miami River, is drained by Pigeon's Run, Kidy's Run and Olive Branch on the northwest, and by Bloody Run, Hungry Hollow Run and their tributaries in the south- west.
The bottom lands along the Miami River are of small area, and are esti- mated as being about as follows: At Freeport and below, to Mathers, 125 acres; at Mathers, below the ford of the river, 30 acres; at Fort Ancient, 100 acres, and, at Hammel, opposite Millgrove, 100 acres
From the foot of the bottoms at Fort Ancient to the mouth of Stony Run, about one mile below, the hills on either side crowd close to the river and form what is called the "Narrows."
The hills along the Miami are steep, wild and rugged, pierced with nu- merous ravines, and in the highest parts reach an elevation of 250 feet.
In the northeastern quarter of the township is a table hill about one and one-half miles in diameter and about sixty feet high, called "The Knobs." It has a deep red clay soil, rich, friable, and easily cultivated, surrounded by a flat black swamp of equal depth of soil. From the base of this hill flow some fifteen or twenty living springs of pure, clear, cold water, from which it takes the name of "Spring Hill."
Thus you have the principal topographical features of the township as it existed originally, provided you can picture to yourself the level portions cov- ered with a dense growth of timber and a denser growth of underbrush, with a covering of leaves and decayed matter on the ground sufficient to retain the moisture during the whole of the year.
ANCIENT WORKS.
A very prominent and interesting feature of this township is the old fort at Fort Ancient, of which a full account and description is given in the history proper of Warren County.
There are other works of unknown origin besides the above. Among these are two mounds near the northeast angle of the fort, three others south of the fort, near the village of Hammel, one three miles southeast of the fort, near Theodore Couden's, one about four miles east on a hill near the county line, and a circular fort or breastwork about sixty feet in diameter about four miles northeast of the old fort, on the farm of James Harris on Spring Hill. Extending eastward into Clinton County are quite a number of mounds and circular works, showing conclusively that this region has, at some time in the remote past, been densely populated by an energetic and warlike race, who were, from the appearance of skeletons found, of gigantic stature. Trees of largest growth cover these works as thickly as any portion of the surrounding country.
WILD ANIMALS-GAME.
It is an undisputed fact that panthers were among the wild animals that infested the forests of this district in early times. One of these was killed
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near Smalley's settlement in this township; another was seen by Capt, Titus, and their terrifying screams were frequently heard resounding through the forest. Wild cats were also sometimes killed; bears were common, deers were in abundance, and wolves, foxes, coons, opossums, minks, porcupines and squir- rels were in profusion. Of the feathered tribe, pheasants were common, wild turkeys and quails abounded, ducks were plenty along the streams and in the swamps; and the streams were filled with the finest kinds of fish.
TIMBER.
The forest trees were of immense growth in some parts, and consisted chiefly of red, white, black, burr and pin oak; blue, white and black or swamp ash; yellow and white poplar, black walnut and white walnut or butternut; wild cherry, black, white and shellbark hickory and honey locust. These were the most valuable species for building purposes. Sufficient sugar-trees existed to supply the settlers with sugar and sirup. There were also beech trees of large growth, maple, sweet and yellow gum, gigantic sycamores, linden, mul- berry, hackberry, sassafras, white or slippery elm and red or upland elm. The largest of the oak, ash and hickory trees grew on and around Spring Hill. Of the smaller trees or undergrowth, there were the dogwood, boxwood, red and sugar haw, water beech, willow, red bud, crab-apple, wild plum, papaw, spice, prickly ash and hazel. These grew in great profusion and formed a perfect network of foliage through which it was very difficult, if not impossible, to travel. The buckeye (Ohioensis) was plenty along the streams.
INDIANS.
No regular settlement of Indians was located in this township, but Todd's Fork was a resort for hunting bands of the Delawares, Shawnees and Miamis. Spring Hill was an old camping-ground, and the territory comprising Wash- ington Township was a favorite hunting-ground for all the above tribes. They were a continual annoyance to the settlers-sponging, begging and stealing- and their treacherous dispositions kept the pioneers in a continual state of un- easiness and alarm. After the war of 1812, numbers of them continued to visit the Quaker settlements in Clinton County and their old haunts at Spring Hill and Smalley's. But Smalley's knowledge of their treachery, gained by sad ex- perience, caused him to keep himself and family as much as possible out of their company. One of the Miami chiefs, Lewis Daugherty, continued to visit this township as late as 1830.
Many incidents and anecdotes, showing the character and uncouth habits of the Indians, might be told, but they are too obscure and of too doubtful authen- ticity to have a place in this narrative.
EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
The first settlement, or rather, the first cabin as a nucleus, around which the pioneers began to locate, was built by William Smalley and his brother, Benjamin Smalley, in 1797, on the southeast bank of Todd's Fork, where Charles E. Hadley now lives, one mile west of Clarksville. A double cabin was erected. The cabins were in the verge of extensive bottom lands, the Little East Fork on the south and extending up Todd's Fork many miles. These cabins were about fifty rods west of the Clinton County line (though Warren County, till 1810, extended east to Wilmington).
The two brothers hacked a road from somewhere near Columbia, and brought their familes and few household necessaries they were possessed of to the cabins, arriving in the fore part of the day. They unpacked their goods, placed them in the huts, and returned to Columbia for the remainder of their
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property, leaving their wives and children in the wilderness with strict injunc- tions to show no signs of fear if any Indians came.
That night eight Indians came to their cabin to stay all night; their request was granted, and it was so arranged to let them as far as possible occupy one of the cabins. One of the men, a stalwart fellow, took his position in the part occupied by the. Mrs. Smalleys, laid on the earthen floor, his motions being very restless and suspicious. Mrs. William Smalley kept herself awake by rocking a rude cradle all night while lying on her bed. Late in the night, the Indian got up, stirred the fire, lit his pipe, took a long and leisurely smoke, lay down and slept quietly the remainder of the night. In the morning, they all departed. If there is any truth in the old adage that it is an omen of good luck to have visitors the first day on moving to a new house, it was surely verified in this case. Their nearest neighbor was James Miranda, about nine miles distant direct, at the mouth of Todd's Fork.
In 1801, John Barkley built a hut about three-fourths of a mile south of Smalley; the place is now designated by a thicket and a bunch of tansey, but the location not being desirable, he, in 1802, built a hewed-log house where John B. McCray's house now stands. The house was raised with the help of eleven men-James Miranda, William Smalley, Benjamin Smalley, Archie Hen- derson (a half brother), Owen Todd, Aaron Sewell, John Sewell-the three latter having settled some five miles east in what is now Clinton County, are remembered as being of the number.
At just what time Nebo Gaunt settled on the Little Miami is not known, but he built the first mill in the township (at the site of Freeport) in 1802. He was an ingenious man, and could work as millwright, carpenter, wagon- maker, blacksmith, etc., with facility. He afterward built a two-story frame house, and made nearly all the nails used in its construction.
Samuel Pidgeon and Marmaduke Mills settled in 1805, the former where his grandson, Samuel Pidgeon, now lives, and the latter on the hill near the present road to Harveysburg. George Hidey settled prior to that time on what is known as the Hidey farm, where his descendants still reside.
William Trotter settled about 1798 or 1799 on what is now the College Township road, where Aaron Ertle now lives. His relatives claim his settle- ment in 1796 or 1797, but this is evidently incorrect. He was a soldier of the Revolution. Ezra Robertson, his brother-in-law, settled in Turtle Creek Town- ship in 1799, and removed to this township shortly after, and settled on the op- posite side of Stony Run, near where Allen Shawhan now lives; the spot is designated by a lombardy poplar. He also was a soldier of the Revolution, and both were from Maryland.
A. W. Trotter, of Indiana, writes concerning his grandfather, in a letter dated August 3, 1881, to H. H. Robertson, Fort Ancient, as follows: "William Trotter was born in Maryland in 1769, and his wife in New Jersey in 1771. When he moved to that settlement, a man named Dutton, at Millgrove, was his nearest neighbor. After this-I don't know how long-Andrew Brandstater and Joseph Robertson moved into the settlement. The nearest mill was Stubbs', about eight miles below, on the Miami, which was very convenient. There were plenty of Indians when he settled in Ohio and for years afterward. They frequently came for different articles of food, always bringing some ar- ticle of their own manufacture in exchange. Uncle Andy Trotter says the first thing he ever wore on his feet was a pair of moccasins made by an old squaw. His post office was for years at Lebanon. The deer he killed would amount to hundreds; he also killed scores of bears, the most of which were killed in the hickory flats, but bears were killed in all parts of the county and in adjoining counties."
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Andrew Guttery purchased land at the point opposite Millgrove in 1803, and had a settlement made on the lands, but it is not now known who first set- tled on it. He was a soldier of the war of 1812; he built a flat-boat at Millgrove, took a load down the Mississippi and died in the State of Mississippi.
These appear to be the earliest settlements made in the township by men who came to stay. Although only these few are mentioned as settlers, we will remark that at the same time the country was filling up by backwoodsmen, ad- venturers, leasers, squatters and hunters, who settled for the time being at any desirable spot, stayed as long as they were satisfied with the location and then went to another place as their fancy or interest suggested. To give an idea of their numbers I will give one instance. On a tract of land on Todd's Fork, purchased by James Harris and others, in 1809, containing 1,000 acres, seven- teen families were located; none of their descendants now remain among us to tell whence they came or where they went, but they mostly turned their faces westward.
In 1805, John Adamson settled on the College Township road, near and opposite Lewellyn Williams, in the angle where Fort Ancient & Clarksville pike diverges southeast from the old road. Arba Alexander soon after owned and settled at the same place. Timothy Titus settled in 1806, on the north side of the Chillicothe road, where James Meloy now owns, in a half-faced camp. As soon as he got matters a little regulated, he set up a blacksmith shop. This was the first shop of the kind in the township, except Nebo Gaunt's. It is sup- posed William McCray settled in the vicinity the same year. Jacob Garretson, father-in-law of Timothy Titus, settled north of Union Church about the same time. James Villars settled in 1807, where Eli Kirk now lives, and erected a distillery, but removed to Clinton County in 1813. In 1806, 'William Smalley built a mill near his house on the creek, of sufficient capacity for the neighbor- hood; he had also a small distillery, which was kept in operation but a few years. A man named Hagerman was the millwright, who put the works in the mill. Smalley also built a brick house in 1811, James Abbott doing the car- penter work.
This was the first brick house in the township, and is now occupied, with some alterations. by Charles E. Hadley. Some seven or eight houses were erected at the cross-roads, which gave it the appearance of a country village, but all have disappeared except the brick. Benjamin Smalley removed east to about the present county line, and set up a blacksmith-shop. One Shockley was the smith, and many anecdotes are told of his rude mechanism.
In 1803 or 1804, several persons came to the Trotter settlement-Thomas Diakin, from Virginia to Kentucky, thence to this settlement; Andrew Brand- stater, Thomas Woodsides. Sylvanus Clark and John Souard, a tailor, being of the number.
Ude Carter came in 1804; Dixon Smoot about the same time. South of Trotter's about a mile, some families settled on Lick Run, but in what year is not known, but probably from 1804 to 1807, Simon Shoemaker, Jacob Littleton, Henry Stites, Henry Hollingsworth being named among them. John Bowser and Samuel Bowser were distillers. John Cox settled near the mouth of Stony Run on the Miami; in attempting to swim the river at the foot of the Narrows, he was drowned.
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