Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-02-04

proprietorshIps embraced nearly one
million, two hundred thousand acres, or
more than $500 acres each. The
names in the above list are, we presume,
those Of most Of the principal members
of The Connecticut Land Company. No
less than thirty FIVE townships on The
Reserve derive their names from one or
another of these proprietors Others are
named from their localities in New Eng
land. Many of the persons named above
appear as joint owners with others of
tracts not here included or referred to.
Among those not above named, are VOL
colts. Griswolds. Huntingtons, Kirkland,
Swift, Lyman, Hillhouse, McCurdys,
LathrOPs, Balls, POmroys. Starr. Cald-
well. Lloyd. Ttlden. &c.
The names of townships designated,
are the present names derived from the
map. and not from the duplicate, which
describes them solely by Range and
Number. Range l2. TIP. 7. appears to
stand for Newburgh and Cleveland.
There are great number of ten acre
lots in it. charged to different proprietors,
which we take to have been laid out in
Cleveland. These are taxed at two and
six tenths mill per acre, or two cents six
mills per lot. [Query-WOuld not some
present proprietors relish that rate
now p
In the following notes we have aimed
to give the location of the principal tracts
belonging to the respective proprietOrs
named in the foregoing list.
NOTES OF THE FOREGOING LIST.
1st. Caleb Atwater owned nearly the
entile townships of Atwater and Den
mark, Ashtabula county, besides large
tracts in Auburn, Geneva and else
where.
9l Peter G. Brooks had Bloomfield en-
tire and part of Kirkland.
81. Elijah Boardman had 549O acres in
Boafdman and about 5000 in Pal
myra.
4th. 1900 acres in Hamden and $500
in Thompson:
5th. 1878 acres in Huntsburgh and 1860
in Troy.
9th. Part Of Ellsworth, Batavia, Monroe
and Orville, besides 1040 acres in
Range l2. TIP. 7. apparently New
burgh and Cleveland.
7lh. 24I6 acres in the Sail Spring Tract,
5000 in Batavia, and 1900 in Orville.
9Th. 3776 acres in Mecca, and 64l2 in
Southington.
9th. Johnston township entire, large
tracts in Bainbridge and Canfeld. and
100 acres in Range 12 TIP. 7. New
burgh and Cleveland
10th. Andover, Rome and Champion
entire, 5000 acres in Concord, 5000
acres in Russell. 1000 in Young stown,
and 1000 in Euclid, DC.
, 11lh. II. 374 acres in Charlestown, 4135
in Coventry.
18th. 1868 acres in Mecca, and 6419 in
Southington.
18Th. Piermont entire, 1875 in Meso-
poiamia, 1868 in Coventry, &c. Six
teen 10 acre lots in R l2 Up. 7, (Ceve
land.
14lh. 2292 acres in .SH Spring Tract,
652l in Solon.
18th. Jefferson, Ashtabuls county, en-
tire, 1920 acres in Deer6eld, 4753 in
Ashtabula, 400 in Harpersfeld, &C.,
&C., seven ten acre lots in R 12 TIP, T..
10Th Edinburgh, Sheffield and Harts-
grove. 670o acres in Orange, 1890 in
Mayfeld. &C., twenty 10 acre lots in
RIG Tp.7.
17th. Green township entire, 5000 acres
in Rowland, 1856 acres in Range 12
TIP. 7.
18Th $500 acres in Conneaut, $3.50 in
Claridon.
19:h. 14846 acres in Brook6eld, seven
10 acre lots in R l9, TIP. 7.
Goth. 1l179 acres in Pennington. 1896
in Springfield.
2lst. 6426 in Hubbard, and tracts in
various places.
a2d. In Harpersfeld, Hampden, LenOx.
&c.
% |. In Monroe, Burton. Weathers6eld,
&c.
cath. Kinsman entire, and 1857 acres
in Portage TIP.
25th. In Warren, Mantua, Aurora. DC.
26h. 1882 acres in Freedom, COOS in
Bainbridge, 4444 in LIE Roy. 1891 in
Springfield, 1922 acres in Range 12,
TIP. Z.
27th. 1858 in Lenox, 1856 in Geneva.
28th. Cherry Valley and Saybrook en-
tire, tract in Madison, &c.
29;h. 1900 acres in Newton, 1000 in
Braceville, COLA in Talmadge, ten
acre lots in R. IL. TIP. 7.
3Oth. 5785 acres in Hudson, 3759 in
Chester.
3lst. 1900 acres in Franklin, 1920 in
Willoughby.
SD. In Trumbull, Parkman and Ran
dolph, over 5000 acres each.
33J. Phelps TIP. entire, 5000 acres in
Wayne DC.
a4lh. In Sal Spring Tract 1920 acres.