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Rachel Eaton
March 11, 1818, Mass
Dec. 16, 1816, Mass.
May, 1835
April 1, 1837.
Franklin Co., Penn
Sept. 6, 1838 ..
Jan. 29, 1838. Jan. 29, 1838. Oct., 1837.
March, 1831 ..
Richland ('o., Ohio
Sept., 1834.
Crawford Co., Ohio
Isaac H. Mathews
John Gramlich
Gardner Hatch
Sept. 20, 1808, Maine ..
March 1, 1830 Dec. 24, 1833. June, 1830 ...
Nov., 1836.
Trumbull Co., Ohio
Wyandot Co., Ohio
Aug. 26, 1878.
Union Co., Ohio ..
Richland Co., Ohio.
Hancock Co., Ohio
Logan Co., Ohio ....
Washington Co., Penn.
Germany
Carroll Co., Ohio.
Ellen Looker
Charles W. Cessna
Joshua Cope.
Feb., 1833.
Marion Co., Ohio
Coshocton Co., Ohio.
Marion Co., Ohio ..
Ann Purdy.
June 20, 1800, Albany Co., N. Y. Oct. 2, 1794, Va ..
Nov. 2, 1799, Greencastle, Md ... Jan., 1806, Ky .
April 21, 1800, Frederick C'o., Md. May 5, 1813, Beaver Co., Penn .. Oct. 31, 1792, Hampshire ('o., Va April 2, 1815, Fayette C'o., Penn. Dec. 9, 1817, Somerset Co., Penn Sept. 20, 1796, Ky
Aug. 19, 1795, Scott Co., Ky .... March 14, 1817, Cayuga Co., N. Y. Oct. 25, 1820, Medina Co., Ohio. Apr. 30,'05, Manchester Co.,N. Y: Feb. 15, 1813, Adams Co., Penn April 13, 1834, Richland Co, O. Nov. 2, 1819, Chenango Co., N. Y
April 6, 1820, Fayette Co., Ohio April 7, 1833. Aug. 3, 1836, Hardin Co., Ohio ... May 31, 1831, Dayton, Ohio ...... Angust, 1838. May 19, 1838, Hardin Co., Ohio. July 14, 1810, N. J ...
October, 1810, N. J ..
March 3, 1818, Pike Co., Ohio ... Dec. 25, 1806, England ...
May 5, 1836 ..
May 5, 1836 .. , 1835 .. March 4, 1834 Feb., 1835 ... March 1, 1830 March 9, 1834 Sept. 26, 1834, April 12, 1834 March, 1827 ..
April, 1833 ... June 4, 1838 .. July 9, 1837 .. May, 1833
Knox Co., Ohio.
Coshocton Co., Ohio ..
Knox Co., Ohio.
Knox Co., Ohio. Tioga Co., Penn.
Feb. 2, 1878.
Rebecca Letson
David Stanford
John Parkinson.
Mary Ann Parkinson .. Sarah M. Pool .. Jolin Castor.
Susannah Draper Alexander Given William Pool
Ann Hueston Henry Garrett.
Samuel Stevenson David P. Stevenson ... Hanson Robey. Fayette Schoonover ... Anthony Banning
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Louisa Banning ..... Francis Banning .. Sophia L. Banning ... Harvey Buckmister
Nov. 7, 1803, Hardy Co., Va ...... July 10, 1810, Franklin Co., Ohio Mar 21,'19, Champaign Co., Ohio Aug. 25, 1804, Jefferson Co., N. Y July 25, 1808, Meigs Co., Ohio ... Feb. 4, 1831, Athens Co., Ohio ... March 26,
Jan. 1, 1833 ...
Jan. 1, 1833 ...
August, 1833
Athens Co., Ohio
Jan. 24, 1873. Dec., 1879.
Hardin Co., Ohio .... Dec. 4, 1808, Franklin Co , Ohio July 9, 1816, Va.
Aug. 2, 1834 ..
Crawford Co., Ohio.
Aug. 21, 1874.
Amanda Johnson
July 28, 1819, Penn.
Sept., 1834.
Richland Co., Ohio
Marion Co, Ohio.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
John McVitty
April 25, 1808, Franklin Co., Pa. Dec. 23, 1823, England ..
Henry Smith
Lydia Smith ..
Nicholas Leoffert
James T. Packer
Elihu Mathews
Feb. 1, 1828, Richland Co., Ohio April 25,1826, Crawford Co., Ohio July 10, 1830, Crawford Co , Ohio Dec. 27, 1802, Germany ..
Aug., 1838.
Germany
Meigs Co., Ohio ...
Logan Co., Ohio
Holmes Co., Ohio ..
Andrew Kridler
Usher P. Leighton
, 1836 ..
, 1835 ..;
Sept., 1835. Feb., 1833. March 9, 1834 1838 .. Dec. 24, 1833 .. Oct. 19, 1829 .. Sept. 18, 1835. Feb., 1834.
March 4, 1834 Nov. 16, 1830;
May, 1836 ... Jan. 27, 1837.'
July 17, 1837.'
June, 1833
Pittsburgh, Penn
Pittsburgh, Penn
Logan Co., Ohio ...
Tuscarawas Co., Ohio ..
Mar. 14, 1872.
Fayette Co., Penn ..
Fayette Co., Penn.
Fayette ('o., Penn
Greene Co., Ohio.
May 17, 1854.
March, 1827 .. Greene Co., Ohio.
('ayuga Co., N. Y.
Marion Co., Ohio.
Jefferson Co., Ohio
Richland Co., Ohio
Delaware Co., Ohio ..
Logan Co., Ohio.
Montgomery Co., Ohio
New Jersey
New Jersey ..
Delaware Co., Ohio. Richland Co., Ohio.
Richland ('o., Ohio Logan Co., Ohio ...
Richland Co., Ohio
Carroll Co., Ohio.
Ross Co., Ohio
Richland Co., Ohio.
Richland Co., Ohio.
Greene Co., Ohio.
Franklin Co., Ohio.
Tioga Co., N. Y.
Knox Co., Ohio ... .July 9, 1837 .. July 9, 1837 .. July 12, 1798, Hagerstown, Md. Nov. 13, 1800, Stratford Co., Vt. -, 1828 ..
August, 1833 August, 1833
Athens Co., Ohio
Athens Co., Ohio
Margaret Howey
May 5, '09, Westmoreland Co., Pa Aug. 19, 1819, England
July 23, 1838. May, 1835 ..
John Briggs
Richland Co., Ohio.
Richland Co., Ohio
Richland Co., Ohio
Germany
Nov., 1834.
Crawford Co., Ohio
Thomas Dunson
June 7, 1802, Brooke Co., Va
Sept. 8, 1800, Beaver Co., Penn .. Dec. 14,1807, Trumbull Co., Ohio March 16, 1810, Maine ...
Samuel Haines , Hampshire Co., Va. Nov. 24, 1824, Fairfield Co., Ohio William H. Cole Lemuel Wilmoth Oct. 14, 1806, Ross Co., Ohio ..... Alexander Pool. July 15,1799, Washington Co., Pa William R. Mathews .. Lewis Dunson Sept. 29,1836, Hancock Co., Ohio Sept. 22, 1828, Logan ('o., Ohio ... James Andrews .. Aug. 8,1805, Washington Co., Pa Sept. 12, 1812, Germany William Schrader
Isaac H. Wilson
Dec. 5, 1818, Tuscarawas Co., O. April 16, 1823, Richland Co., O. Sept. 7, 1827, Coshocton Co., O. Dec. 12, 1812, Ross Co., Ohio ..... May 9, 1827, Coshocton Co., O. Jan. 7, 1783, England.
Robert Draper. Joseph Powel
William Furney
Christina Furney Joshua Caseman. John W. Williams. Thomas E. Hueston .. C. W. Show
James A. Thompson .. Elizabeth Thompson .. Charles W. Stevenson .. Cynthia Stevenson ..... William W. Johnson .. Robert S. Wilson ...
Miles W. Van Fleet Mary Wilmoth. James Howey Augustus W. Munson .. Elizabetlı Harvey
John M. Zigler .. Elizabeth Van Fleet .. John W. Nelson
Hugh Letson
July 5, 1837 ..
July 5, 1837 ... March, 1834 ..
May, 1837.
May, 1837.
May, 1837.
March, 1827 ..
, 1835 .. June, 1834 ... May 10, 1834. May, 1835. Sept. 26, 1834 August, 1838.
- 1814, Alleghany ('o., Pa. Nov. 12,1824, Washington ('o., Pa Jan. 22, 1789, Alleghany Co., Pa. June 4, 1796, Washington ('o., l'a March 4, 1811, Ross Co., Ohio ... Feb. 2, 1824, Richland C'o., Ohio April 27, 1816, Richland ('o., (). Sept. 22, 1800_ Fayette C'o., Penn Sept. 4, 1804, Greenc Co., Ohio ... July 7, 1828, Hardin Co., Ohio .. June 3, 1808, Hardy ('o., Va ...... June 4, 1825, Tioga Co., N. Y ... Nov. 17, 1820, Knox Co., Ohio ... March 5, 1823, , Penn
Oct. 6, 1833.
May, 1824.
Coshocton Co., Ohio.
May 20, 1854.
June, 1833. Aug., 1829.
Harrison Co., Ohio
David Kellogg
Oct. 10, 1813, Fairfield C'o., Ohio -1814, Columbiana Co., Ohio Feb. 19, 1809, Germany.
David H. Edgar
Crawford Co., Ohio.
Franklin Co., Ohio. Franklin Co., Ohio.
Jan. 11, 1873.
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ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP .- CONTINUED.
« NAME.
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH.
WHEN SETTLED IN HARDIN COUNTY.
PREVIOUS RESIDENCE.
DIED.
Abigail Buckmister
Nov. 27, 1810, Rochester, Me.
1828 ..
Crawford C'o., Ohio.
July 14, 1868.
Jacob Wolf.
Feb. 28. 1828, France.
Dec. 25, 1835.
Springfield, Ohio ..
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Benedict Fink ..
Jan. 18, 1830, Switzerland
March, 1838 ..
Pittsburgh, Penn.
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John Fink
Switzerland ....
March, 1838 ...
Pittsburgh, Penn.
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Ann Isabella Lewis
March 4, 1812, Pa
1835 ..
Pickaway Co., Ohio
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Samuel Campbell
Sept. 15, 1800, Frederick Co., Va
1838 ..
Fairfield Co., Ohio.
Elizabeth Stanley
Aug. 22, 1828, Perry Co., Ohio ..
Jan. 1, 1836 ..
Perry Co., Ohio
David Goodin
May 31, 1805, Somerset Co., Pa.
Jan. 1, 1836 ..
Perry Co., Ohio ..
Sarah Goodin.
Oct. 11, 1804, Mifflin Co., Penn .. July 17, 1796, Gafton Co., N. H ...
April 2, 1833.
Marion Co., Ohio
Jane Wheeler
-, 1799, Scioto Co., Ohio ..... Dec. 25, 1819, Scioto Co., Ohio ...
April 2, 1833.
Marion Co., Ohio.
Maria C. Wheeler
Jan. 27, 1824, Mt. Vernon, Ohio
July 9, 1837 ..
Knox Co., Ohio
Benjamin F. Wheeler .. Asher Letson
, 1800, Grafton Co., N. H.
1831 ..
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William Watt ..
Oct. 9, 1838, Hardin Co., Ohio ... Nov. 15, 1836, Jefferson Co., O ... Sept. 21, 1827, Licking Co., Ohio July 17,'70, Westmoreland Co., Pa
Jan. 3, 1836 ..
Licking Co., Ohio
... ..........
Oct. 18, 1871. Nov. 17, 1872.
A. M. Davis
May, 1836 ...
Nov. 5, 1834 .. Oct., 1834 ...
Muskingum Co., Ohio ..
Daniel Barron.
1834 ..
July 5, 1837 ..
Warren F. Damon
May 20, 1835.'
Lowell, Mass.
James Watt.
Dec. 6, 1839, Hardin Co., Ohio ...
Bernard Mathews
Apr. 15, '01, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Aug. 1, 1834 ..
Ireland
Prudence Church
Sept., 1837.
Massachusetts
Horace Church
Nov , 1803, -, Mass.
Sept., 1837. 1837 ...
Greene Co., Ohio.
Rebecca Porter
July 2, 1805, Morgan Co., Ohio ..
Oct. 26, 1833 ..
Greene Co., Ohio ..
David Briggs
March 20, 1800, England ...
Sept. 5, 1838 ..
Richland Co., Ohio.
James B. Bowdle.
May 8, 1808, Ross Co., Ohio.
Oct., 1831 .....
Ross Co., Ohio
Elizabeth Bowdle.
June, 1807, Ross Co., Ohio ...
Oct., 1831
Ross Co., Ohio.
Sept. 4, 1856.
Louisa D. Stevenson .. Jonas Combs.
July 15, 1832, Crawford Co., O .. June 12, 1803, Va ..
Mar. 23, 1834
Lawrence Co., Ohio
John Spitzer.
Feb. 11, '15, Rockingham Co., Va
, 1836 ..
Rockingham Co., Va ..
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Nathaniel Williamson
Bartholo. Williamson
Reason B. Riggle.
Daniel Kellogg
Paul Castor.
June 24, 1820, Belmont Co., O). Mar. 24, '14, Rockingham Co., Va Jan. 21, 1812, Germany
April 4, 1834. Sept., 1834. Oct. 1, 1838 ...
Fairfield Co., Ohio
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Ulrich Garlach
Richland Co., Ohio.
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John Kaiser
Oct. 7, 1808, Germany
April 1, 1836.
Cincinnati, Ohio ..
Levi Mathews
Jan. 20, 1811, Stark Co., Ohio ...
May 23, 1834.
Crawford Co., Ohio
Crawford Co., Ohio
James B. McConnell .. Benjamin Powel.
John Goodin.
Seneca Co., Ohio.
Marion Co., Ohio
Beaver Co., Penn.
Enos H. Gary
Aug. 11, 1845, Hardin Co., Ohio
E. H. Parkinson
John McGuigin.
Simeon Price
Charles Canaan
James Davis. 1845 ..
George W. Darst.
Samuel Wagner
Benjamin Eglin
Robert D. Miller
Martha Miller
James Mustard
John Shanks
Jane Shanks
Uriah Williams
John Walters
Lazarus Zugschwert .. John Foit ..
William Hall
, 1>59 .. 1846 ..
Came to U. S. in 1858
James S. Robinson ... William C. Ingman ... James Y. Ross ..
John Spitzer ..
Samuel Detwiler.
Daniel Heckathorn ... William Clappin
April, 1840 ...
Mrs. E. J. Kelly.
May 1, 1848 ..
John D. Cessna
Aug. 15, 1825, Penn. Feb. 1, 1823, Cumberland Co., Pa , 1835 ..
David Obenour
Dec. 29, 1828, Stark Co., Ohio ... Fall, 1837. ..... Stark Co., Ohio ..
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Jan. 1, 1836 ..
Perry Co., Ohio ..
Portius Wheeler.
April 2, 1833.
Marion Co., Ohio.
Jonathan McClane Thomas Shanks.
July 14, 1804, Bedford Co., Va ...
March 9, 1835
Logan Co., Ohio ..... Jefferson Co., Ohio.
Maria L. Rarey
Dec. 18, 1818, Brooke Co., Va ..... Jan. 4, 1838, Hardin Co., Ohio ... July 4, 1819, Fairfield Co., Ohio Dec. 5,1821, Guernsey Co., Ohio June 26, 1804, Somerset Co., Pa.
1836 ..
Richland Co., Ohio.
John H. Gary.
Fairfield Co., Ohio
Almira J. Gary
F. S. Letson.
Dec. 28, 1835, Warren Co., N. J. Nov. 10, 1832, Lowell, Mass.
Aug. 30, 1812, - , Mass.
Massachusetts
Andrew Porter
May 11, 1800, , Ky ....
1838 ..
Crawford Co., Ohio
Mary Tressler
Henry Kreidler.
Sept. 17, 1837, Hardin Co., Ohio Feb. 24, 1829, Trumbull Co., O. Nov. 5, 1836 .. Trumbull Co., Ohio. Aug. 10, 1828, Richland Co., O. Mar. 13, 1834 Nov. 3, 1832, Richland Co., Ohio Mar. 13, 1834, Jan. 3, 1837 .. May 5, 1834 ..! Sept. 3, 1808, Washington Co., Pa Nov. 22, '13, Hampshire Co., Mass March 13,1813, Penn March 4, 1834 Richland Co., Ohio ...... Knox Co., Ohio ....
Richland Co,, Ohio. ........... Richland Co., Ohio ...... Washington Co., Penn. .............. Hampshire Co., Mass ...
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James Beem .
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Ephraim Spitzer
Elizabeth Mathews
May 23, 1834.
Greene Co., Ohio
Marion Co., Ohio.
David M. Johnson
John Pfeiffer
March 15, 1823, Madison Co., O. Sept. 17, 1813, Germany ..
March &, 1840, Hardin Co., Ohio May 20, 1837, Hardin Co., Ohio Dec. 26, 1846, Hardin Co., Ohio Sept. 26, 1845, Hardin Co., Ohio Jan. 1, 1803, Hampshire Co., Va Feb. 8, 1840, Hardin Co., Ohio .. Nov. 5, 1800, Berks Co., Penn ... April 19, 1807, England .. ..
May, 1833. 1848 .. April, 1836. May, 1847 ... Oct., 1844.
Washington Co., Md. Columbiana Co., Ohio .. Muskingum Co., Ohio .. Muskingum Co., Ohio .. Washington Co., Penn. Richland Co., Ohio ...... Pennsylvania .
Sept. 26,1819, Muskingum Co., O. July 22, '22, Muskingum Co., O. Aug. 12, '19, Washington Co., Pa Sept. 21, 1821, Richland Co., O. May 22, 1829, Washington Co., O. June 8, 1810, Champaign Co., O. Nov. 9, 1830, Columbiana Co., O. Dec. 17, 1815, Germany , 1822, Germany 1813, England ..
Sept. 15, 1832. Oct., 1844. 1834 .. Aug. 6, 1848 ..
Logan Co., Ohio .. Columbiana Co., Ohio .. Oct. 28, 1842 .. Richland Co., Ohio ..... Oct., 1838 .. ...
Dec., 1827, Richland Co., Ohio 1829, Ashland Co., Ohio 1826, Highland Co., Ohio 1816, Rockingham Co., Va 1825, , Penn ... Feb. 23, 1818, Ohio .. 1793, England
April, 1845. March, 1835 .. March, 1834 .. April, 1851 ... Nov. 4, 1828 ..
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Aug. 23, 1874.
Amos Wheeler.
1839 ..
John F. Henkle ..
Holmes Co., Ohio Warren Co., N. J
Dec. 24, 1867. Oct. 6, 1867.
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Jan. 20, 1811, Stark Co., Ohio. Oct. 5, 1833, Greene Co., Ohio ... Mar. 21, 1839. Jan. 27, 1837. April 7, 1834, Marion Co., Ohio Nov. 30, 1>00, Somerset Co., Pa. -, 1842 .. Mar. 15, 1829. August, 1834.
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The following is a list of those members of whom nothing appears on ord but their names : John Allen, A. N. Bird, Uriah Baldwin, Silas iley, Abraham Bolenbaugh, Isaac Bolenbaugh, Basil Bailey, William H. nner, O. P. Cessna, Elias Collins, Elizabeth Castor, John Copeland, lliam T'. Cessna, Abraham Dille, William C. Dewitt, William D. gar, Henry K. Ford, Gideon Gary, Morgan Gardner, William M. John- James Leeper, Alonzo Lynch, John L. Mentzer, D. J. Mentzer, Joseph Arthur, Allen F. McArthur, Isaac McElhaney, Wilmot Munson, W. D. thews, James R. Millar, Obediah Osborn, Moses Packer, John Pool, mas Price, H. M. Robey, Joseph Reed, William C. Ross, John F. Sny- James L. Stevenson, Benjamin Scott, Jeremiah Simms, James S. mpson, D. S. Vermillion, David Ward and S. C. Wilson. There are a names on the minute book of the Society whose record is missing, but have supplied the dates, etc., and they will be found complete.
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CHAPTER XII.
MILITARY HISTORY OF HARDIN COUNTY-WAR OF 1812-OPENING OF HUL TRAIL, AND ERECTION OF FORT M'ARTHUR-INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THAT FORT, AND ITS SUBSEQUENT ABANDONMENT-GOV. SHELBY'S MARCH OVER THE SHAWNEE TRACE-MEXICAN WAR-CIVIL WAR-PATRIOTISM OF HARDIN COUNTY- ROLL OF HON R-RETURN OF PEACE.
CIEVENTY-ONE years ago, the arrogance of the English Governm brought on the war of 1812, and though it closed five years prior to erection of Hardin County, this territory was so closely identified with su of the leading events in that second struggle against the same tyranr . power that we deem it appropriate to relate briefly its connection therew On the 4th of June, 1812, a resolution declaring war against England passed by the House of Representatives; on the 17th of the same mo the bill received the sanction of the Senate, and two days afterward Pi dent James Madison issued his proclamation of war. Vigorous prep tions for the impending conflict were made by Congress. 25,000 reg troops and 50,000 volunteers were ordered to be raised by the General ( ernment, while at the same time the several States were requested to out 100,000 militia for the defense of the coast and harbors. Ohio been preparing for the coming struggle, and prior to the declaratio war, troops began to rendezvous at Dayton, Springfield, Urbana and of points, in obedience to the call of Gov. Meigs. Early in June, 1812, Duncan McArthur, with a regiment of soldiers, was detached from Url to open a road in advance of Gen. Hull as far as the Scioto River. Ha' passed Manary's block-house, three miles north of Bellefontaine, buil Capt. James Manary's company, of Ross County, also Solomon's Tow small Shawnee village north of the Greenville treaty line, the detachr commenced its labors through the dense forest. It entered what is Hardin County in Survey 9,991, Taylor Creek Township, and, takir northeast course, passed through Surveys 12,051 and 12,167; thence thro the southeast corner of Survey 10,013 and northwest corner of Su 10,014, striking the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad Silver Creek Station, continuing the same course through Surveys 12 and 9,935, Lynn Township, until it strikes the western boundary lir Buck Township, at Survey 11,067; thence through the northwest corn the latter subdivision to the Scioto.
Having reached the river, they began erecting a fortification, for tection against the enemy, which was named "Fort McArthur," in h of their gallant commander. The site was a low, flat place on the s bank of the Scioto, and had little communication with the settlements, person could go from one to the other but at the peril of his life, the f being alive with hostile Indians. The fort was a weak stockade, inclc about half an acre. There were two block-houses, one in the north and the other in the southeast angle, constructed of round logs of fron teen to eighteen inches in diameter. The lower stories were about tw
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feet square to the height of about eight feet, then the second story projected on all sides six or eight inches to enable the inmates to defend themselves more successfully against an assault. In addition to this, there were port- holes through the log walls, above and below. The whole structure was covered with clapboards, and heavy-weight poles to hold them solid. There was one door in each building, made of heavy puncheons, four inches thick, hung on wooden hinges and fastened on the inside with strong wooden cross-bars. Seventy or eighty feet of the inclosure was composed of a row of log corn cribs, covered with a shed roof sloping toward the inside. A part of the pickets were of split timber, and lapped at the edges; others were round logs, set up endways, and touching each other. The rows of huts for the garrison were a few feet from the walls. It was a post of much danger, liable at any moment to be attacked.
The site of this old fort is in the northwest corner of Buck Township, about three miles west of Kenton. Several men died at Fort McArthur dur- ing the war, and the graves of sixteen gallant soldiers may be plainly seen on the north side of the river in Cessna Township. Their graves remain unmarked, and their names are, doubtless, " lost mid the rubbish of forgot- ten things." Here the brave fellows who went forth to defend the homes of their loved ones against the ruthless savage and his treacherous English ally, found rest from the hardships of the camp and the toils of military life.
On the evening of the 19th of June, 1812, Gen. Hull arrived with the residue of his army, and encamped on the north side of the river, and on the 21st, Col. James Findlay's regiment was detached for the purpose of cutting the road to Blanchard's Fork of the Auglaize. On the next morn- ing he moved forward, with the exception of part of Capt. Dill's company, which was left at Fort McArthur for the double purpose of protecting the sick and detending the fort in case of attack. The following was the for- mation of the army as announced in a general order: The Fourth United States Regiment on the right, Col. McArthur on the left; Col. Findlay on the left of the Fourth, and Col. Cass on the right of Col. McArthur; the cavalry on the right of the whole. In marching, the riflemen of the respect- ive regiments formed the flank guards, and on the days the army marched they were excluded from other duty. From Fort McArthur to the rapids of the Maumee, the route of the army was through a thick and almost track- less forest, through a country where numerous creeks and rivers have their origin. The soil of the land was rich and moist. As there were a great many baggage wagons attached to the army, it became necessary to open a road the whole distance. The weather was rainy, and men and horses had to travel middle deep in mud; frequently the van had to halt for the rear, which was often detained in its march in relieving wagons and horses from the mire.
Crossing the southeast corner of what is now Cessna Township, the · road passed north through the western portion of Pleasant Township and crossed Cessna Creek on the farm of A. Treager; thence taking a north- west course until it again crossed the line into Cessna Township; leaving that subdivision near its northeast corner, it turned into Blanchard; thence ran in a northerly direction until passing through the farm of Alonzo Lynch, when it deviated to the northeast and crossed the line into Washington Township on the land of P. P. Trump, leaving Dunkirk about half a mile to the east; thence continuing the same general course, and striking the county line near the center of Section 1, Washington Township. Just
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across the line in Hancock County, the army encamped on a swampy piece of ground, where the mud was ankle-deep in the tents. Here a block-house was erected and named "Fort Necessity." While here, Gen. Hull received dispatches from Mr. Atwater, Acting Governor of Michigan Territory. In consequence of the muddy roads, the General detailed every man capa- ble of making a pack-saddle, and ordered the baggage conveyed on horses instead of on wagons but subsequently rescinded the order for reasons best known to himself. The army marched north from Fort Necessity, built Fort Findlay on Blanchard's Fork, and reached the Maumee on the 30th of June, 1812, which it crossed near the foot of the rapids. Our readers are, doubtless, well aware of the disastrous termination of that campaign, through the disgraceful surrender of his brave army by Gen. Hull at Detroit, on the 16th of August, 1812, without firing a shot against the enemy. Not a vestige of Fort McArthur now remains, but the line of the old military road is well remembered, while remnants of the corduroy can yet be traced through portions of the county.
In July, 1812, Gen. Edward W. Tupper, of Gallia County, Ohio, raised 1,000 men from his portion of the 'State, and at the head of this force marched north upon Hull's trail. He established his base of supplies at Fort McArthur, and then pushed forward to the Maumee. The Indians appeared on the opposite bank, and Tupper attempted to cross the river that night, but on account of the rapidity of the current, and the feeble, half-starved condition of his men and horses, the attempt failed. The enemy soon after took the offensive and attacked the American camp, but were defeated with considerable loss. They retired to Detroit, while Tup- per returned to Fort McArthur.
The following incidents connected with this old fortification we have culled from Howe's Historical Collections. He says: "In January, 1813, Blackhoof, the celebrated Shawnee chief, visited Gen. Tupper's camp at Fort McArthur, and while there about ten o'clock one night, when sitting by the fire in company with the General and several other officers, some one fired a pistol through a hole in the wall of the hut and shot Blackhoof in the face. The ball entered the cheek, glanced against the bone, and finally lodged in his neck; he fell, and for some time was supposed to be dead, but revived and afterward recovered from this severe wound. The most prompt and diligent inquiry as to the author of this cruel and das- tardly act, failed to lead to his detection. No doubt was entertained that this attempt at assassination was made by a white man, stimulated, perhaps, by no better excuse than the memory of some actual or ideal wrong, in- flicted on some of his own race by an unknown hand of kindred color with that of his intended victim.
" The fort was, at one time during the war of 1812, commanded by Capt. Robert McClelland, who subsequently died in Greene County, Ohio. He was a brave man and, when roused, brave to rashness. While he com- manded at Fort McArthur, one of his men had gone a short distance from the walls for the purpose of peeling bark. Thus engaged at a tree, he was shot twice through the body, by a couple of Indians in ambush, whose rifles went off so near together that the reports were barely distinguishable. He uttered one piercing scream of agony, and ran with almost superhuman speed, but fell before he reached the fort. In an instant, alarm was spread through the garrison, as no doubt was entertained but that this was the commencement of a general attack, which had been long expected. Instead of shutting the gates to keep out danger, McClelland seized his rifle, and
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calling on some of his men to follow, of which but few obeyed, he hastened to the place of ambush and made diligent search for the enemy, who, by an instant and rapid retreat, had effected their escape; nor did he return until he had scoured the woods all around in the vicinity of the fort.
" A short time prior to Perry's victory on Lake Erie, September 10, 1813, an incident occurred at this fort that is worthy of mention. Gen. Harrison was encamped at Fort Seneca, a military post nine miles north of the site of Tiffin. The friendly Indians of the Shawnee, Delaware and Seneca tribes had been over to join him, and on their way stopped at Fort McAr- thur for the purpose of obtaining provisions from Col. McPherson, the Dep- uty Indian Agent, who then resided there. Among the Shawnees was an Indian called Blue Jacket, but not the celebrated chief of that name. This wretch had joined the expedition with the avowed purpose of killing Gen. Harrison. He communicated his intention to another Shawnee, and re- quested his assistance, but the latter, who admired the General, tried to persuade him from carrying out his threat, telling him that he would surely lose his life in the attempt. Blue Jacket replied that he would kill the General if he was sure that the guards would cut him to pieces not big- ger than his thumb nail.
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