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property, as heretofore described, are nevertheless as nomadic in their habits the race at large. They generally reut their lands and property, and roam, as were, over the country, the men following, trading, principally, and the wome fortune-telling; however, there are times when they live "under roof," and far their lands for a period of years, as was the case in the years 1877 and 1878, whe for two years they had kept in this county, contrary to their ancient custom migration. This was, probably, owing first to the illness of lady Stanley hersel and then the ominous signs of civil war, which then shook not only the minds . these simple-minded keen judges of the weathers and waves of human passion but also of the wisest of our statesmen. The winters are spent through the sout and it was there, as aforesaid, that queen Matilda died in the vicinity of Vicksbnr aged fifty years. She was enclosed in a superb casket and brought to Woodlar Cemetery, by hier affectionate husband, as well as her son Levi, Jr. The gre Palm Sunday funeral of 1877, which was nine miles north of Dayton, with its loi procession through the rain, was even more impressive than usual. Indeed, sto men expressed their grief over the death of Amelia Stanley Jeffrey, and Thom Jeffrey, her husband, much more demonstrative than the youth or the women, it had not been unquestionably earnest it would have appeared even ludicrou but at the grave in Woodland, all expressions were evidently overawed by reason the oppressiveness of being the object of intense scrutiny. The rather bright colc of apparel and the expressive features of these people, standing in the rain witho umbrellas, and vacantly wandering around the grounds under restraint we noticed, When Dr. Berger stood at the head of the wide grave, the only umbre. upraised was over his head. The good queen Matilda was a mother of her peop with rare nobility of nature. This title of queen, as far as it embodies the Io and trust of countrymen and countrywomen, is beautifully appropriate.
The gypsies' burial place in Woodland is believed to be the only "Cam Santo" of gypsydom in the United States. It occupies ground near the cent. part of the cemetery, about one hundred yards south of the lake. The followi are some of the interments made there:
" REFIANCE "
Wife of Richard Harrison, died May 3, 1873, aged 45 years.
" JOSHUA,"
Their son, died May 1, 1873, aged 10 months. A husband and six children left mourn their loss.
This tomb is a graceful one of marble. It fronts to the west. Above the rel (a lamb) is "mother", and below " babe." This is very tastefully adorned w plants. In 1867 Frank A. Harrison was buried, aged 11 months, born in Urban Ohio. Due east from the Harrison lot is the first Scotch granite tombsto erected to a gypsy, the Jeffrey monument, to Amelia and Thomas Jeffrey, w. died within a few days of each other in March, 1877. The Owen-Stanley lot, sou of Harrison, contains twelve graves. On the outer line, the south, are these ton stones : "E. Young, died .July 17, 1873, aged fifty years ;" east of this is a tombstc bearing on its summit a lamb in full relief, for two sisters, "Macy, died October 1871, aged fourteen months; Harriet, died December 25, 1865, aged sixte months, children of Dangerfield and Richanda Stanley." Then eiglit graves are the northi side of this. Coming back to the west front to the north of the You tombstone stands that of Priscilla Stanley. This stone bears a hand, painted 1 ward on its face, "There is rest in Heaven." Priscilla, wife of Owen Stanley, d March 19, 1866, aged forty-uine years, five months and five days, born Woodbu, England. This stone bears many verses. Emanuel, son of John and Isabe Broadway, born January 20, 1852, in Somersetshire, England, died June 20, 18: aged seventeen years and six months; buried August 29, 1869. Little Charlo
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Snley, (a lamb,) died December 13, 1864, aged two years and two months. She w's buried in 1867; born in Urbana; grand-daughter of the late queen. Passing n th from the Owen Stanley lot-crossing the queen's place-we come to the very ceful marble, erected by Paul Stanley to his young wife. It bears close resem- bince to that of Mrs. Richard Harrison; a grave lies along side of hers.
"Mazella, wife of Paul Stanley, died April 9, 1871, aged twenty years. " Ye that mourn a mother's loss, Ye that weep a wife no more, Call to mind the Christian cross, Which a wife and mother bore."
Probably the most touching instance of grief which ever occurred in Woodland Chetery, was'that of the husband and father, Ephraim Joles. Within fourteen miths he buried his wife and all his children, six in all. The central tomb, tiding near which is a hickory and dog-wood tree, where the vault will be opened to ontain the queen and her little daughter, and a place is allotted to king Levi, ar for Michael, the youngest heir of the house of Stanley. It is seven feet long, i feet wide, three and one-half feet deep in the clear. Here, resting within a case, th queen's casket has remained. The plate bears the name Mrs. Matilda Stanley, agl fifty years, with the date of her death. In the casket was placed her worn Bile with her. The railed enclosure which contains the graves of the first king ur, queen lies farther west, lower down the hill. The tombstones are plain slabs, h man's on the right, the woman's on the left, and appear like the pages of a va ledger. That of the queen was the first gypsy grave in Dayton. On the tomb- tres the following quaint verses appear:
"Our father has gone to a mansion of rest From a region of sorrow and pain To the glorious land of the blest, Where he will never suffer again.
"Whilst in this tomb our father lies, His spirit rests above, In realms of bliss it never dies, But knows a Savior's love.
"Sleep on. father, the work is done, The mortal pang is past, Jesus has come and borne thee home Beyond the stormy blast.
"Owen Stanley was his name, England was his nation,
Any wood was his dwelling place, And Christ his salvation."
"Alas! I have left you, my spirit has fled, My body now slumbers along with the dead,
My Savior has called ine, to him I have gone, Then farewell my husband and children all.
From you a mother's Christ doth call,
Mourn not for me, dear wanderers, 'tis vain To call me to your sight again.
" Farewell, dear wife, a short farewell, We at your loss do mourn.
Oh, may we meet in heaven to dwell, With our wandering children now forlorn.
"OUR MOTHER.
"Harriet Stanley was her name, England was her nation; . In any wood her dwelling place, In God was her salvation.
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" She was a tender mother here, And in her life the Lord did fear; We trust our loss will be her gain, And that with Christ she's gone to reign."
The prosperity of these people is interwoven with our own. They are a curio addition to American citizenship. In the prosperous future, old ways and mann will fade out before the new; but revered will the simple lives and kindly inf ences of Matilda and Levi Stanley ever be. Happy are the people that clea to the simple, ancient ways of industry and generous aid to our fellows wherey we wander on God's footstool.
" Kind hearts are more than coronets And simple faith than Norman blood."
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HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
CHAPTER XXII.
COUNTY OFFICERS .- STATISTICS.
Clerks :- 1803-20, Benjamin VanCleve; 1821, George Newcom; 1822- 3: C. R. Greene; 1833-39, Edward W. Davies; 1840-46, Edwin Smith; 1847 -3, William J. Mckinney; 1854, George W. Brown (pro tem); 1855-57, Adam Mler; 1858-63, David K. Boyer; 1864-69, Fred C. Fox; 1870-75, John F. :ks; 1876-81, John S. Robertson; 1882, Oren Britt Brown.
Recorders :- 1805-12, David Reid; 1813-30, Warren Munger, Sr .; 1831- 3- Wm. L. Helfenstein; 1835-37, David S. Davis; 1838-40, Wm. Potter; 181-43, William Gunckel; 1844-49, J. W. Griswold; 1850-55, Joseph Hughs; 186-58, Daniel G. Fitch; 1859-61, David Ecker; 1862-67, George Owen; 183-73, Johnson Snyder; 1874-79, James H. Hall; 1880-82, Thomas IMiskelly.
Sheriff's :- 1803-07, George Newcom; 1808-11, Jerome Holt; 1812- Samuel Archer; 1814, David Squier; 1815-16, John King; 1817-20, Sauel Archer; 1821-24, James Henderson; 1825-28, George C. Davis; 89-32, Ebenezer Stibbins; 1833-36, James Brown; 1837-38, Jacob Dais; 1839-42, Benjamin Hall; 1843-46, Robert Brown; 1847-50, David JIk; 1851-54, Ebenezer Henderson; 1855-58, Samuel C. Emly; 1859-60, on Mills; 1861-64, George Wogaman; 1865-68, O. G. H. Davidson; 1869- 2 Michael J. Swadener; 1873-76, William Patton; 1877-78, Albert Beebe; (8)-80, Andrew C. Nixon; 1881-82, Charles T. Freeman.
Treasurers :- 1803 -- 04, James Patterson; 1805-06, John Folkerth; 1807 -7, Chris. Curtner; 1818-19, William George; 1820-33, William aberger; 1834-37, James Slaght; 1838-39, Peter
Baer; 1840-43, Daniel Wilson; 1844-48, Joseph Davison; 1849-52, Smith Davison; 1853- 5 David Clark; 1856-59, Jonathan Kenney; 1860-61, David C. Rench; 1862 -! , Jonathan Kenney; 1865-66, Daniel Staley; 1867-70, Jolin W. Turner; 5 .- 74, Daniel H. Dryden; 1875-78, Henry H. Laubach; 1879, Jonathan keney; 1880-82, Stephen J. Allen.
Auditors :- Prior to 1821 the Commissioner's Clerk acted as auditor; 1821- 6 Alexander Grimes; 1827-30, Joseph H. Conover; 1831-34, David C. Deer; 1835-36, James Douglass; 1837-88, William J. Mckinney; 1839 -), Isaac Douglass; 1841-52, John Mills; 1853-54, Jacob Zimmer; 1855 -), Daniel H. Dryden; 1861-64, Benjamin M. Ayres; 1865-68, Jacob M. i rich; 1869-73, George P. Boyer; 1874-77, William A. Mays; 1878-82, or erick Schutte.
Surveyors :- 1832-34, Joseph Ewing; 1835-37, Fielding Loury; 1838 -, William G. George; 1850-55, John Beaver; 1856-61, Joseph B. Johns; 8 -67, Jacob S. Binkerd; 1868-73, Joseph B. Johns; 1874-79, Frank nler; 1880-82, John Hiller. 1
Coroners :- 1803-07, James Miller; 1808-09, Henry Curtner; 1810- 1 David Squier; 1812-13, James Wilson; 1814-17, Aaron Baker; 1818 -1, John Dodson; 1832-34, Phillip Keller; 1835-36, Jacob Davis; 1837, Joj McClure Jr .; 1838, David Reid; 1839-40, Adam Houk; 1841-44, Ebenezer Hellerson; 1845, Theodore Barlow; 1846-51, Ebenezer Henderson; 1852-55, Sa el Richards; 1856-57, David S. Craig; 1858-59, George Nauerth; 1860-
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61, Alber G. Walden; 1862-63, William Egry; 1864-67, William H. Rouze 1868-69, Ephraim Snyder; 1870-72, William R. Bennett; 1873-76, Jac Kuhns; 1877-78, Jolm P. Kline; 1879-82, James D. Dougherty.
Commissioners :- 1804, William Brown, Edmund Munger, John Devor; 180 -06, Munger, Devor, Samuel Hawkins; 1807-08 Munger, Devoe, John Folkert] 1809-10, Folkerth, Devor, Daniel Hoover; 1811, Folkerth, Hoover, John ] Williams; 1812-13, Folkerth, Williams, Abraham Brower; 1814, Folkert Williams, David McClure; 1815, Folkerth, Isaac G. Burnett, John Miller; 1816. 19, Folkerth, Benj. Maltbie, Daniel Yount; 1820-21, Folkerth, Maltbie, Hen Brown; 1822, Maltbie, Brown, Jolm H. Williams; 1823, Williams, Maltbie, Chr. Taylor; 1824, Williams, Taylor, Moses Greer; 1825-28, Greer, Taylor, Aar Baker; 1829, Baker, Greer, Jacob B. John; 1830, John, Baker, James Russe 1831, Russell, Jolin, George Olinger; 1832-34, Olinger, Russell, Aaron Bake 1835, Olinger, Russell, Alexander Grimes; 1836, Olinger, Grimes, Chris. Emeric 1837, Emerick, Grimes, John Furnas; 1838, Furnas, David Lamme, Chris. Tavle 1839, Furnas, Taylor, James A. Riley; 1840, Riley, Taylor, Emanuel Gebhar 1841, Gebhart, Riley, William Worley; 1842, Gebhart, Worley, Chris. Taylo 1843-14, Taylor, Worley, Davis Waymire; 1845-16, Waymire, Worley, Dav Lamme; 1847-50, Waymire, Lamme, John C. Negley; 1851, Waymire, Negle John Yount; 1852, Yount, Negley, Ezra T. Leggett; 1853, Leggett, You Frederick Gebhart; 1854, Gebhart, Samuel Marshall, John W. Turner; 184 Turner, Gebhart, John Yount; 1856, Yount, Turner, Joseph H. Dryden; 18 Yount, Dryden, James Turner; 1858, Turner, Dryden, Henry Shidler; 18: Shidler, Turner, Emanuel Schultz; 1860, Shidler, Schultz, Daniel Kiser; 186 Kiser, Schultz, John Wheeland; 1862, Wheeland, Kiser, John Harshman; 180 Wheeland, Harshman, Alfred Iams; 1864, Iams, Harshman, James Appelga" 1865, Appelgate, Iams, Samuel Rohrer; 1866-67, Appelgate, Rohrer, George Grove; 1868-69, Applegate, Grove, Jesse D. Harry; 1870-71, Grove, Har Madison Munday; 1872-73, Munday, Harry, Samuel Martindale; 1874. Munda Martindale, Jolin G. Getter; 1875, Munday, Getter, Charles Crook; 1876 -- 1 Getter, Crook, John R. Brownell; 1878, Getter, Brownell, Isaac J. Bassett; 18℃ Getter, Bassett, George W. Purcell ; 1880-82, Bassett, Purcell, Lewis Kimmel.
NOTE .- A full list of the Prosecuting Attorneys, and Probate Judges will be found in the tory of the Bench and Bar.
STATISTICAL.
On the 9th of August, 1804, the commissioners of the newly organized cou of Montgomery, ordered that a tax of $450.48 be raised on all items of taxation Dayton, Washington and German Townships, and $48.82 (and 4 mills) in Eli beth Township. From the first three $150.80 was appropriated for building a j The net amount of taxes collected in the county for the year ending June 3, 1806, 1 as follows: Elizabeth Township, $97.26.7; Randolph Township, $37.03.6; Day Township, $241.07; Washington To'nship, $132.25.8; German To'nship, $187.18 and sundry other items, making a total of $1,248.15.1. The expenditures for same year were $1,127.03.9, therefore a small balance was left in the treasury. valuation of the property in the county at that day was exceedingly small as cc pared with the present time, and for the sake of comparison, the following figu are given representing the valuation of real property for taxation in the county several different periods, as equalized by the State Boards of equalization in respective years :
Total value of lands and bldgs. cities, villages, towns
1846 1853 5,797,251 $6,782,134 $9,886,630 2,815,701
1859 $12,424,183' 5,957,706
1870 16,273,376 $15,393, 16,026
1880
11,607,288
of all real property
· $9.597,835 $15,683,881 $18,381,889
$27,880,664
$31.419
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The valuation of all property exempt from taxation in the county in 1880 was a follows, including the city of Dayton :
Colleges and academies
$15,000
Value of buildings. $85,000
Public common school property
88,036
362,215
Churches .....
150,388
689,990
Public charitable institutions
150,542
1,953,975
All other buildings ..
327,441
297,150
Cemeteries, public parks. ete Aggregate valuation, $4,221,231,*
101,494
*The figures of the State Board are footed at $4,220,181.
The following table shows the equalized valuation of the county in 1880, by tonships :
Townships.
No. of acres.
Av.value per acre including structures.
Aggregate value.
B ler.
23,111
49.30
$1,139,376
Cy
23,468
46.49
1,114,524
G'man
24.133
47.55
1,149,264
Brison
17.262
74.82
1.291,509
J kson
23,114
43.11
996,352
Jerson
19,474
53.81
1,047,979
Mison
22,657
54.14
1,226,692
MI River.
13,485
79.75
1,075,480
M mi
25,760
58.03
1,494,732
Pry
23,400
44.54
1,042,276
Rıdolph
17,898
53.79
962,753
VI Buren
16,017
66.51
1,065,321
Tshington
19.689
54.35
1,069,943
Vyne
14,242
50.38
717,495
Totals
283.710
$54.26
$15,393,696
The equalized valuation of the towns and city of Montgomery County, is shown inthe following :
NAMES OF TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
In what Township Situated.
As equalized by the State Boards.
Axandersville
Miami
$7,891
A,ity
Madison.
1,410
Aington.
Clay
6,515
E.hman.
Clay.
2,401
Phvertown
Van Buren.
11,903
Edgeport.
Miami
1,214
Bokville
Clay
77.215
Crrollton
Miami.
55,794
Citerville Cimbersburg
Butler
8,327
Ilson
3,035
F mersville
38,480
C.mantown
German
215,675
Frrisburg
Randolph.
16,057
J .nsville
Jackson
7,269
I erty
Jefferson.
10,387
I:le York.
6,546
E gsborough
Harrison
4,979
Mimi City
Harrison
19,204
M.misburg
Miami .
470,160
Av Lebanon
Jackson
9,749
My Lebanon
Perry
4.224
A.th Dayton
Mad River.
6,310
Cxwood
Van Buren.
43,709
Fllipsburg
Clay
F.mont.
Perry.
....
sem
Sisbury
German
8,467
I:as
Mad River.
772
I top.
Mad River
5,178
Lion
Randolph
17,985
Butler
16,525
Vst Baltimore ..
Clay
3,279
Ust Miami City
Harrison
27,440
Vodburn
Washington
2,685
Totals in towns
$1,177,314
Add for farm lands.
15,393,696
City of Dayton.
14,848,715
Total real property in county
$31,419,725
....
. .
Clay
Jackson
...
....
18,097
11,689
Randolph
16,306
...
Idalia.
...
Butler
Washington.
20,437
.
Value of lands.
$16,571,010
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HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
The amount of taxes assessed in each sub-division of Montgomery County f 1881, with value of property taxed, is shown in the following table:
NAMES OF TOWN- SHIPS, ETC.
Value of lands.
Value of real est. in cities, Value of chattel towns and property. villages.
Total value.
Total taxes levied in 1831 f all purposes.
Madison
$1,219,150
$1.420
$515,630
$1,736,200
$27,952.8
Jefferson
1,056,260
11,570
398,260
1.466,090
20,903.9
Jackson
959,310
56.710
486,720
1,502.740
24,119.7
Perry
995,370
15,480
376,510
1,387,360
18,415.4
Clay.
1,118,970
111,220
466,000
1,696,280
27,219.
Randolph.
972,810
50,610
402,210
1,425,630
21,2.11.8
Wayne.
720,240
264,230
984,470
11,518 :
Butler
1,134,780,
31,470
521,310
1.687.560
21,230.>
German
1,050,310|
212,850
909,080
2,172,240
30,012 f
Washington
1,110,960
21.590
461,130
1,593,680
18,597.8
Miami ..
1,502,940
496,840
1,096,820
3,096.600
47,637.6
Harrison
1,329,240
56,790
811,950
2,197,980
26,755.2
Mad River
1,188,920
13,840
819,150
2,021,910
24.0601
Van Buren
1,075,740
56,860
395,660
1,528,260
25,674.7
City of Dayton.
791,860
14,304,900
7,023,070
22,119,830
502,923,4
Totals
$16,226,860
$15.442,150
$14,947,820
$46,616,830
$847,314.8
The farm products of the county in 1840 were 814,707 bushels of corn, 374 481 of oats, 365,938 of wheat, 54,227 of rye, 34,098 of potatoes, 4,727 of barley 3,359 of buckwheat, 15,734 tons of hay, 57 tons of hemp and flax, 122,39 pounds of sugar, 53,867 pounds of wool, 472,406 gallons of whisky were mant, factured, and 261,190 gallons of malt liquors; beer, ale and whisky all sold fo about the same price, 15 cents a gallon; 70,622 barrels of flour were manufa tured. There were in operation in the county 34 flouring mills, 11 grist mills, E saw mills and 2 oil mills.
The county receipts and disbursements for the year ending June 12, 184. were as follows: Cash on hand and receipts from all sources, $56,010.59; di bursements, $50,971.563 ; cash remaining in the treasury, $5,039.02}.
Tobacco had been grown by the farmers in small quantities, for their own us from the time of the first settlement of the county, but little, if any, had bee raised for sale until in 1838. Thomas Pomeroy, of Miami Township, sold a sma, crop that he had raised on rented ground. There was great prejudice against th cultivation of tobacco from a belief that it injured the land. A few small crop of "Spanish seed leaf""were grown in Miami and Butler Townships in 1842, ar sold at 5 and 7 cents a pound; of that crop a Dayton merchant in the spring of 1843, packed and shipped 40 hlds. About 1,000 hhds of the crop of 1842 werk shipped from Ohio.
From the report of the Secretary of State, of Ohio, for 1880, are gathere figures showing the products of Montgomery County for 1879, with numerot other items, which are here presented :
Cultivated land
ACRES. 159,204 25,793
Wood land ..
42,17
Pasture land.
Uncultivated waste 8,39
Total acres owned.
Wheat raised, 1879.
..
223
BUSHELS. 837,398 3.324
Buckwheat
56
786
Oats
..
13,476
448,642
Barley
.....
3,322
111,088
Corn
.. .. .
47,893
1,621,763
Potatoes
1,643
107,287
Sweet potatoes
....
153
9,335
Timothy 44
tons hay, 11,138
Clover
1879. . .. .
16.087
3,961
tons hay .. 9,296
seed pl'd under
4,632
Flax, 3,711 acres, 24,130 bu. seed, 805,319 Do s. fiber.
Tobacco, 7,010 acres, 7,670,766 lbs. produced.
Sorghum, 147 acres, 186 lbs. sugar, 14,03 gals. syrup.
Maple sugar, 1880, 2,761 lbs. 5,356 gal syrup.
Bees, 1,395 hives, 15,398 lbs. honey.
POUNL
Butter produced, 1879 690,03
50
Wool shorn
4,49
Acres in orchards ..
Bushels apples raised 114,50 1
=
peaches pears
5,24
Acres in vineyards.
22,22
Grapes gathered, pounds
Gallons wine pressed. 1,22
Tons castings made
1,33
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235,56
ACRES. 37,654
Rye
...
....
Cheese
15,68
9,122
ACHES
539
HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
POUNDS. Value of all manufactures not
St'm engines.
349
otherwise reported. 399,500
St; m boilers made
316
Reping machines made. 465
54
Tale of cabinet ware made .. $ 16,000
carriages, buggies, etc.
100,500
all other manufactures of wood ....
79,000
soaps, candles and oils. 274,500
cut meats, beef or pork, packed ..
400,000
Cigars and tobacco manu-
factured.
26,500
*Estimated by owners.
Population .- In 1810 the total population of Montgomery County, as shown The United States census reports, was 7,722 "free white persons." In 1820 the o ilation had a little more than doubled, the census of that year showing 15,999, f hich number 73 were free colored persons. In 1830 the colored inhabitants tibered 140; total population 24,252,* distributed as follows :
DEson, in Dayton Township. 2,965
Jefferson Township. 1,737
e;on Township (balance of). 3,778
Wayne
911
Genantown, in German Township 498
Butler
1,596
Genan Township (balance of) .. 2,408
Madison
1,245
Minisburg, in Miami Township. 382
Clay
1,011
Mini Township (balance of). 1,423
Randolph
1,455
Ce erville, in Washington Township. 326
Perry 64
1,301
Thington Township (balance of). 1,845
Jackson
1,377
In the next table is exhibited the census of the county, by sub-divisions, for th. years 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870, the figures being taken from the United Stes census reports for those years, respectively :
OWNSHIPS, VILLAGES AND CITY OF DAYTON.
1840.
1850.
1860.
1870.
Bver, ..
1896
1613
2280
2153
Chambersburg
134
......
111
andalia.
, .. ...
1905
2257
2541
achman
67
Dodson ..
...
..
.. .
......
187
outh Arlington.
...
...
....
124
Vest Baltimore
69
Daton City.
6067
10997
20081
30473
DEcon Township.
4268
2789
3104
3197
Hermantown.
......
......
3274
2116
Jason ...
1688
2012
1813
2170
Farmersville.
1895
1808
1991
3350
frison.
1594
1668
1842
2097
mity.
29
Post Town
37
M. River
1464
2000
1867
Mini.
3259
1890
4509
4418
Carrollton ..
.,
226
350
liamisberg
1881
1906
2046
2029
&adolph
1774
1883
2076
2077
alem.
..
..
.....
212
7& Buren
.....
.....
1722
2600
hakerstown
...
57
...
..
54
W hington
2210
1825
2060
1758
W'ne
1045
1090
1169
1160
Total.
31398
38218
52230
64006
.
.
·
.
.
·
Hrison.
...
. .
Iiami City.
.....
.
·
·
..
..
...
·
246
....
.....
.
1095
......
1425
Genan. .
2728
.....
......
...
313
1633
..
......
47
Philipsburg.
..
. .
.....
1440
2059
797
312
erson
`rotwood
42
lexandersville.
180
Jnion.
....
1343
...
·
Corrected returns increased this number to 24,362.
4
hogs .. 32,941
95,669
dogs .. 248 6,147*
Number dwellings erected during
year ending July 12, 1880. 450
Value of same
.$296,274
Number horses 14,193 Value .$808,251
cattle .. 20,315 310,848 4
Tbshing
mules. 44 284 24,060 Number sheep. 5,210
Value. $16,198
165
little York
228
.....
...
..
312
540
HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
The following, giving the census of the county for 1880, is taken from th report of the Secretary of State of Ohio for 1881:
Butler Township (including Chambersburg and Vandalia villages) 2,196
Clay Township (including Brookville and Philipsburg). 3,063
Dayton City, eleven wards. 38,678
German Township (including Germantown).
3,451
Harrison Township.
2,667
Jackson Township (including Farmersville village)
2,451
Jefferson Township.
6,096
Madison Township.
2,306
Miami Township (including Miamisburg) ...
5,024
Perry Township (including New Lebanon Village) 2,272
Randolph Township ..
2,327
Van Buren Township. 2,953
Washington Township (including Centerville village). 1,784
Wayne Township.
1,191
Total population of county 78,550
The population of the numerous villages, all included in the above, was a follows :
Chambersburg, 115; Vandalia, 315; Brookville, 574; Philipsburg, 215: Ge mantown, 1,618; Farmersville, 794; Miamisburg, 1,936; New Lebanon, 207 Centerville, 274.
As showing the present financial standing of the county of Montgomery, th. following tables are inserted, kindly furnished by Frederick Schutte, Esq., Audit of said county.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE,
Montgomery County, Ohio, September 6, 1880.
BONDED DEBT-
Building bonds
$35,000.(
Bridge bonds
3,000.0
Total
38,000.0
VALUATION OF 1879-
Value of lands.
$17,647,600.(
Value of lots.
13,132,300.0
Value of personal property.
13,613,570.0
Total
44,392,870.0
TAXES LEVIED THEREON FOR 1879 : RECEIVABLE IN DECEMBER AND JUNE-
Sinking fund.
$22,196.4
General revenue fund
62,150.0
Common school fund.
44,392.8
Total State tax
128,739.3
COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, TOWNSHIP AND DOG TAX-
County
$57.710.7
Poor.
22,196.4
Bridge
25,504,6
Building.
44 392.5
Children's Home
8,878.5
Township.
17,082.1
Township road ...
24,652.4
School.
179,926.1
Special.
27,360.2
Corporation.
205.210.8
Dog tax
6.359.(
Total ..
Total for all purposes for 1879.
Delinquent tax of 1878.
Grand Total
764,357.
Total collection of taxes on 1879 duplicate (at December collection, 1879,)- including delinquencies and additions .... .
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