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and maddened, crazed, he awaited the coming of the first gray streaks of the day that he might go down town, awaken a store- keeper, and appease his appetite with brandy, which he knew he would surely obtain.
Day dawned, and throwing a blanket around him, he started down town, the wind blowing fiercely, and rain falling frozen upon the ground, and soon reached North Main street. As he turned into that street he met a strong blast of wind that nearly carried away his hat and blanket, when he pulled the blanket over his head and groped his way onward, not caring what might be in his way, and seeing nothing. Out of a little nook near where Busser's Cigar Store now stands, stepped a manly form and seized him firmly by the shoulder, turned him around, and in a friendly voice said, "Jonathan, come home." And, God be praised, Jonathan went.
He who had saved his friend from that most hopeless, uncharit- able road to destruction, was Moses B. Corwin, and for eight early mornings had he watched and waited there; knowing the crav ings of appetite that would affliet him in whom he had the strong- est interest-knowing the hour it would come the strongest to at- tack him, and he put forth the strong and resolute hand. Jona- than Chaplin became an honored and exceedingly popular minister of the Gospel.
Such an event is worth the living of an ordinary lifetime; but Mr. Corwin's life exhibited many such incidents, showing his val- uation of the fraternal ties of manhood, and their correct uses.
The declining days of such a man are full of peace, and his retro- spect of a long life was fruitful of comfort and contentment that made him happy, even when surrounded with affliction. Sering, he heard not, but his thoughts of the good the world has and had were the solace of a good old man.
THE LUDLOW ROAD).
HOW IT GOT ITS NAME.
BY ED. L. MORGAN.
The question is often asked, why and for what reason a certain line and road in this county is called the "Ludlow Line, " and " Lud- low Road." I will endeavor to explain the why and the where- fore, in as brief a manner as possible. On the 23d of May, cnn one thousand six hundred and nine (1609,) King James the First of England granted a charter to certain persons for that part of America called Virginia, and from that charter I now will copy the following extract :
"And we also, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, give, grant and confirm, unto the said treasurer and coin- pany, and their successors, under the reservations, limitations and declarations hereafter expressed, all those lands, countries and territories situate, lying and being in that part of America called Virginia, from the point of land called Cape or Point Cam- fort, all along the sea coast to the northward two hundred miles. and from the said point of Cape Comfort all along the on em t to the south ward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforeald, up into the land, throughout, from sea to sea, west and north-west; and also all the islands lying within one hundred miles, along the coast of both seas of the precinct afore-aid."
The foregoing is an exact copy, even to the punctuation
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By virtue of this charter, Virginia claimed title to all land lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and her right way never called in question. After the close of the war of the Revolution, the State of Virginia ceded to the United States the greatest part of this vast domain, and at the same time made certain reserva- tions; and among them she reserved all the fand lying between the Little Miami and Scioto Rivers, in what is now the State of Ohio. This land was reserved for the purpose of paying the Vir- ginia soldiers who served in the war of the Revolution, and was distributed among the officers and soldiers in quantities propor- tionate to their several grades in thearmy. As the Little Miami extended but a short distance into the country, from its mouth at the Ohio river, and the Scioto, which is the eastern boundary of the reserve, extendsa great deal further, both northward and easterly, into the country, it was necessary that a line should be run from the head of one river to the other, in order to define the limits of the reserve ma:le by the State of Virginia. The first line was run from the head of the Little Miami toward the place that was supposed to be the head of the Scioto. This line was run by Israel Ludlow, hence the name of "Ludlow Line." This line from the head of the Little Miami bears north, twenty degrees west. It was afterward discovered that the head of the Scioto was several miles further west than the point at first designated as its source. This discovery caused much trouble and several law-suits, and a second line was run, called "Roberts' line." In due time a number ofsurveyors were employed to locate and sur- vey the lands, and for this purpose the ownersof warrants put them into the hands of surveyors, and in many cases gave them part of the land for their services. I will here state that the surveyors' fees were payable in tobacco ; but lest my veracity should be called in question by some of your readers, I will quote from a law of the State of Virginia, passed in October, 1793, and which I believe ig still in force, and applies to surveys in the Military District.
"SEC. 3. And for declaring what fees a surveyor may be entitled . to: Be it Enacted, That every surveyor shall be entitled to re- ceive the following fees for the services hereinafter mentioned, to be paid by the persons employing him, and no other fees what- ever; that is tosay : For every survey by him plainly bounded. as the law directs, and for a plan of such survey, after the delivery
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of such plat, where the survey shall not exceed four hun Iral acres of land, two hundred and fifty pounds of tobieco; for every hun- dred acres contained in one survey above four hundred, twelve pounds of tobacco; for surveyinga lot in town, twenty pounds of tobacco; and where the surveyor shall be stopped or hindered from finishing a survey by him begun, to be paid by the party who required the survey to be made, one hundred and twenty- five pounds of tobacco ; for surveying an acre of land, for a mill, fifty pounds of tobacco; for every survey of land formerly just- ented, and which shall be required to be surveyed, an H for a 1lt thereof, delivered as aforesaid, the same fee as for land not beforo surveyed; for runninga dividing line between any cowing or parish, to be paid by such respective counties or parishes in pri- portion to the number of tyth ibles, if ten miles or under, tivo hundred pounds of tobacco ; and for every mile above ten, fifteen pounds of tobacco.
"SEC. 4. That all persons who are now chargeable with any surveyors' fees, for services under the art of Assembly, ontleed, 'An act for regulating the fees of the register of the luluthis, and for other purposes,' or who shall herefter become dourpe- able with any tobacco for any of the services mentioned in this net. shall, at their election, discharge the same either in transfer tob cco notes or in specie at the rate of twelve shillings und sixpenes for every hundred pounds of gross tobacco."
The foregoing quotation is from Henry's Statutes of Virginia, page 353. Jim Armstrong and I had been paid such fees fir der services as surveyors, and all in tobacco and could we have kept is until now, we would be able to supply the upper and lower ton an l their little boys with cigars for a month or more, besele pois- oning all the potato bugs in the county.
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EX-GOVERNOR VANCE'S FAMILY.
For the satisfaction of those who feel an interest in the family of Ex-Governor Vance, and would like to know how many of his children are still living, and where, I will just say, in addition to Judge A. F. Vance, mentioned on pige 258, now Probate Judge of Champaign county, he has another son and one daughter, now liv- ing in Urbana, Dr. D. M. Vance, a practicing physician in that place, and Mary, the widow of Judge John A. Corwin, late of the Supreme Court of Ohio; three links that bind us to the many pleasant memories of the past. May they never be forgotten.
ERRATA.
In the heading of the Poll Books of Champaign and Logan coun- ties for 1811 it is said, "The first election." This is a mistake of the printer. The first election held in Champaign county was the same year the county was organized, 1805. The first in Logan, then Champaign, was in the year 1806. I selected the year 1811 because the vote was fuller, and the names of voters come within the memory of many now living.
Page 173, eight lines from bottom, for 1872 read 1822.
Page 217, last line, for North-East read North-West.
Page 140, for Fillis read Tillis.
Page 229, sixteen lines from bottom, for Rupel Bigalow read Russel Bigalow.
Page 230, twenty-two lines from top, for Marly read Maily.
Page 137, for Thomas Runkle Taner read William Runkle Taner. Page 253, for Lidders read Siders, and for Parker read Parks.
Page 230, six lines from top, for John Long read John S range.
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CONTENTS.
History of Champaign County, . Simon Kenton, - Tecumseh,
Pioneers of Ohio, Building Log Cabin, Log Cabin, ( Continued ), History of Urbana, Schools,
Civil Polity, Medical Men, &e., Early Population and Marriages of Urban, Military Operations in War of 1812,
Simon Kenton, John Hamilton, Pioneer Settlers of Urbana, Hull's Trace, Phenomenal
Fornado at Bellefontaine in the Year 1825, The Lost Child ( HOPKINS). Andrew Hellman, the Murderer, Review of Hellman's Confession, ITellman in Logan County, Execution of Hellman. Lost Child ( CURL), 1816, The Lost Child, ( Poetry), Early Settlement of Modriver Township, Zane Township in 1805,
First Settlers in Jefferson Township, First Settlers in Monroe Township, First Settlement of Liberty Township. Bokes Creek Township,
Rush Township, Champaign County, Perry Township, Logan County,
John Enoch, John Shelby,
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Lorenzo Dow,
Rev. David Merrill,
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White Pilgrim,
Poem at the Grave of Same, ( White Pilgrim ).
The First Churches.
The M. E. Church, Urbana,
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Quaker Church. at Darty,
Tharp's Run Church,
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Univer-hijst,
Spain's Run Methodist Church,
First Merchants,
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Abram Sander- Piatt,
Logan County.
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Jonathan Alder,
First settlement in Logan Collaly,
New Court-house,
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Aaron Guttridge,
Early Recollections,
William Boggs, -
William Johnson,
Ticob Johnson.
William Baldwin,
Henry Cowgill,
Thomas Cowgill, Sr ..
Archibald Stewart,
Simeon Morecraft,
Col. John Thomas,
Salem Township,
Governor Vanco, Marriage Record of Champaign Coonty,
Marriage Record of Logan County,
Poll Books of Early He tions in Champaign County,
Y'all Books of Early Elections in Logan County,
Concord Township,
Spotty, Recollections of Bar of Logan County, Ka-los-i-tah, Pi meer History,. Nancy Stewart, Bellefontaine Forty Years Ago, -. Ifull's Surrender at Detroit,-
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The Pioneers.
Dr. Brown, 3339 344
An Old Burying Ground,
Oar Soldiers,
Mrs. Sarah M. Moore,
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Pioneer Meetings at Middleburg and West Liberty,
Pioneer Incidents,
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Remarks by Archibald Hopkins,
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First Quarterly Meeting,
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Remarks by Dr. Brown,
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Remarks by Volney Thomas,
At the Old Home, ( Poem )
Hubbard,
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Ob, Give Them Back,
Roberts,
Pioneer Sketches,
Roberts,
Recollections of My Childhood,
Pallv Latty,
Hidden Treasure,
Pion er Polly,
Pioneer Practice of Medicine,
The Off Pioneers - Forty Years Ago, ( Poem )
My First Visit to West Liberty,
Fifty Years Ago,
Tornado at Urbana,
Patrick,
Pero Dagan,
Fitty Ye-r- Ago,
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Joha Chesher,
Henry Weaver,
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Logan County Torn: do,
The Property Destroyed,
Incidents,
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How King's Creek Got ita Name,
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The Ludlow Road,
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I'x Governor Vance's Family,
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