The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-30
Portage COnnty a. years ago.


Portage County a. years ago.
NO. ~.
Mr.. HART discover several errors in
the print of my first and third numbers,
some of them probably, errors of the pen,
and others of the printer.
In my first number, ] should have given
the width of Portage County, as first organ
lied, including the territory attached thereto
west of the Cuyahoga river, as from 20 to
25 miles from south to north; that part west
Of the river being 20 miles wide, and that
east of the river % miles.
In my last number, gave the residence
Of two of the voters, Judge AARON NoRroh.
and STEPHEN UPsoN, as being in Tallmadge
in 1908. They did reside there soon after
that date. But am not quite certain that
Judge NoRToN's residence was in Tallmadge
in June 1908. know that in June 1907,
he resided at his mills, in Northampton,
near miles westward of the present viii
lage Of Cnyahoga Falls. He soon after
removed, and with a Mr.. HART, built the
first mills at the place in Tallmadge town.
ship, now known as Middlebury. Mr.. STE
PHEN UPsoN lived in Sufiield, in June 1908.
The two names of voters, which meant TO
write plain, Simcock, (Micheel and Samuel)
your typo made to begin with an L. instead
Of s.
Our old, much respected and intelligent
| friend, Judge FOSTER, of Muutua, formerly,
previous to 1912, of Suffield, is, doubt not,
still among the living, most indefatigable
worker on his farm, though your typo mark
ed him as deceased.
JOSEPH HARRIS, n former commissioner Of
this county, from 1903 to 1911, and since
then democratic member of the Legisla-
ture from Medina county, and aft ,rw ards an
associate Judge OF that county, for one term,
was recently living in his township of Harris
vile, Medina county, where he settled in
1911, lodi Post Office address.)
ARTHUR Belts residence, did not give,
for the reason, that / find none who ever
knew any of that name. 1t is presumed to
have been ASA Belts, of Deerfeld, who is,
believe, since deceased, and was written
Arthur, by mistake of the Clerk of the elec-
ton.
The name printed John w. Wherter,
should read JOHN McWHERTER, known to
our old Pioneers, as the builder of the first
mill in Ravenna, more than so years ago,
on Breakneck creek, at the crossing of the
old>State road, on lot one, S. w. of the viii
lage.
That election was held June 9th,-not
June lst 1903, as printed in the Sd number.
have before given the names of the six
townships, which comprised the county of
Portage, when organized, in 1908. Aurora
township, included Aurora, and the unset
tied township South of it, now streetsbor-
ough.
Hiram, Nos. 4 and 5 in ranges 6, 7, and
SIS surveyed townships, now Mantua, Hi
ram, Nelson, Shalersville, Freedom, and
Windham, the two last wholly unsettled, and
Hiram having but about 4, and Sha!ersvilie
but l family.
Mantua aud Nelson, han about 90 fami-
lies each.
franklin included, believe, five survey
ed townships, now Franklin, Ravenna,
Charlestown, Brimfeld and Rootstown.
Deerield included also, FIVE surveyed
townships Deerfeld, Atwater, Palmy.
ra, Paris and Edinburgh. Springfield inclu.
ded, Randolph and Sufield of the present
county, and Springfield, and whether any
other townships were then attached to it,
do not learn by any thing find in the ar:
chives.
CoVehtry and Portage were then Unset.
tied. In Tallmadge the settlement was
but just commencing; and that was / be-
lieve, attached to Hudson. All of the
surveyed townships directly north of Tall
madge and Portage, belonged to Hudson, to
wit; the present townships of Northfeld,
Twinsburgh, Boston, Hudson, Northampton
and Stow, and in--l609 the coun-
ty commissioners attached to Hudson town.
ship, all of their territory west of the Cuya-
hoga river and the Portage path; as the Por-
tage road, from the Cuyahoga to the Tusca.
rawas, was called.
before stated the names of the officers
elected at the October election in 1903.
The number ofvotes cast in the six town.
ships of the county at that election was
292--as follows!
Franklin; 51l
Hiram, ~
Springfield; S5|