The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-08
Historical Sketches of
Highland County.
Compiled Chiefly from Scohs 'History Of highland"
Nth Addli0as and Corrections from
Other Aldhsalic Sources.
by THE EDITOR.
NUMBERS -

Further Extracts from the Commissioners
Journal Of lsO5-FaymentS for TariouS
Public iSe7vices-Fir8t lfiIitia Company
Organized IN NeaO Ifarket-TEe Rogers
Settlement near the mouth Of HattJesnake-
Names Of Creeks i7s HighLand-A Pro
digiOlcs Snake Story - Noses Patterson
Settles near NeV lfdr5et-HiS Life and
, Public Services, and those Of has Son
TRoma8-THe Roush and Wak61 Settle
n,ent, NortFlOest Of Nel0 Market-Great
hast Year, DC, DE. ".-
There were no County Auditors in Ohio
until 1921. The amount of taxable prop
erty in the earlier period of the States
history was SO small that the County Com
missioners could easily attend to the maxi
ing out Of the duplicate. Prior to that year
the Clerk of the County Commissioners
performed the duties afterwards discharged
by the Auditor.
We make a few further extracts from the
journal of the Commissioners for 1905.
Oct. 10th, 1905, Martin Countryman was
granted an order for one dollar "for carry
ing the returns of the Brushcreek Town
ship election to New Market, Highland
county,"
Same date, Walter Hill was granted an
order for five dollars and fifty cents, ''for
carrying the returns of the New Market
election to ChilIicothe."
Nov. oath, 1905, James Stafford was
granted an order for two dollars "for car
rying the returns of Fairfield Township to
ChillicOthe." Hr. .. f..
Elisha Greer also received an order for
four dollars, "for carrying the returns OF
Brushcreek. TIP. election to ChiIlicothe." -
There is. no other entry this year of orders
granted for carrying election returns.
In December, 1905, Walter Craig was
granted an order for $s7.75 for surveying
the county; John Davidson, an order for
$50, expenses as Associate Judge; David
Hays, one for $50 for serving as Clerk of
the Court; Elijah kirkpatrick, one for
$3.50, as Collector of New Market TIP ;
William L. Einnaird, one for $I.5O for at
tending on the Grand Jury; Jonathan
Bergman, Esq, one for S34, for acting as
Associate Judge and other expenses ;
Richard Evans, Esq, one for So, for acting
as Associate Judge; Absalom J. Williams,
one for $I2, for acting as Prosecuting Attor-
ney at the October term, 1905 Dan Evans
one for S24.3O, for summoning Grand Jur-
ors and calling the same, and other ex-
penses wherein the State failed in prOsecu-
ton. The Board adjourned Dec. 26, 1906,
to Feb, 10th, 1906.
-='eThis, - says Mr.. Scott, "closes the official
and public business of the county for the
first year of its existence, with the ex-
ception of the formation of a military
company in New Market. This was a
militia company, and was organized in the
summer of 1905. Jonathan Berrynlan was
Captain. They wore no uniform, md pa
raded to the music Of the drum and fife,
carrying their own rifles and accouter-
ments," -....
In December, 1904, a survey of 1000
acres of land, at the mouth of RattIesnake
Creek, was made by David Hays. The
land had recently been purchased by VIM.
Rogers, and two partners named Thomas
and Doolittle, at Sheriff7s sale in Chillico-
the. The land was satisfactorily divided,
Vim. Rogers share being 500 acres, which
he divided between his two sons, Thomas
and Hamilton Rogers. Gas the surveying
party were passing up Paint Creek, they
came to long, deep pond, on which was
a large flock of wild geese. They became
alarmed at the presence of their unusual
visitors, and all took flight, leaving them
to name their lonely and happy home ''the
Goose Pond, which it bears to this day.'
The following August, (IsO5) Thomas
and Hamilton Rogers built houses on their
lands. Returning home about Christmas
to the North Fork of Paint, they met a
company Of Eirgihians encamped nearthe
fOrds Among them were John Tudor and
Philip Adaif, who accepted the offer of the
cabins built by the two Rogers. They be-
came permanent settlers of that neighbOr-
hood, and were Joined by other valuable
settlers. A church and school house were
soon after built. The cabins erected bv
the Rogers were the first improvements
above the Falls of Paint, Immediately on
the stream, except at Greenfield, and were
4 miles below that place.
Mr.. Scott gives the following account of
the origin of the names of some of the
streams in this county.
Paint took its name from tile red earth
found in the high banks below Reeves
called the Copperas Mountains.
The Indians used to paint their faces with
this clay. Rattlesnake was riamed from
the immense NUN ber of those snakes found
on its banks and cliffs in early times
Hardin's Creek derived its maine from Col.
Hardin, of Virginia, who owned some
$4,000 or 1000 acres of land on both sides
of the creek, from the mouth up. FAN
Creek was named in consequence of the
numerous rocky falls in it's channel, while
Clear Creek was named for Clear Greek in
WoOdford County, Kentucky. The Rocky
Fork of Paint Creek explains ITSELF
Aterrife snake story is told of Wn. Pope,
by one of the early settlers on RattIesnake
Pope, in company with John Walters and
Hezekiah Belts, was passing up Rattle
snake from the Falls of Paint, in the spring
Of 1902 Pope stopped to get a drink at a
spring a little below the mouth Of Hardin's
Creek, leaving his companions little way
of. Just as he was STOPPING to drink, he
saw a huge rattlesnake close to him. He
happened to have the wiping stick of his
gun in his hand, with which he soon killed
The snake. By this time, he saw several
others, so be took his t0mahawk and cut
pole, and commenced killing, but the more
he killed the more numerous they seemed
10 be, until he grew alarmed and started
'or his horse. He had literally to kill his
way through snakes to make his escape
he reached his horse he was so ez-
and 80 sickened by the odor of
he snakes, that he laid down on the ground