Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-03
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A Grand OufPouring of the Old

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The beautiful Fair Grounds were filled
on Saturday whit the Old Citizens Of Frank
lin county and their descendants called to.
gether under the auspices of the Franklin
County Pioneer Association, to enjoy
themselves in picnic and in social COM
munion and conversation, renewing old
aequaintances and old memories, and CALI
ing to mind the times when, game was as
plenty, where the city of Columbus; now
stands as 1t is in the now far west.h sa,V n
y At half past 10 o'clock the Association
was called to order by the President, j. st.
Clair, and the Rev. DR.. Trimble called upon,
who offered a short feryant prayer of thanks
for the preservation of the lives of those
who cleared the way for our great civilian
tion, and entreatyI that they might live
long and happily. 20 q. NJ , 9ts2 % y3noiT i51 fs5
Joseph Sullivants ESD, the youngest
son of the z first pioneer, of ,Fran,1lin
county, and one of our citizens who has
seen the. city of Columbus grow from a
wilderness to its present proportions, gave
"a brief bat very interesting history of the
Organization of franklin county, filled
with personal recoIiections, so graphically
described that half the time we became so
interested In thespeaker, that we forgot to
take notes of HIS address, and cannot, there
tore, do his remarksoiustice, especially as
most he said was ertenapore. 80 So Dos
he remarked that the first county organ
lied in what Is now the State of Ohio, was
Washingtons organized July "a, 17ss, and
was bounded as follows Beginning on the,
bank of the Ohio river, where the west
boundary Of Pennsylvania crosses it, and
running with that line to Lake Erie;
thence along thesouthern shoreof the lake
Ito the mouth zof oCuyahoga river; thence
up said river to Che portage between 1t and
the Tuscarawas branchof the Muskingum;
thence down that branch to the forks at the
crossing place above Fert - = -; -: :; thence
with line toi1be drawn westerly to the
portage on that branch of the Great Mi
ami on which the fort stood that was taken
by the French in 1852, until it meets the
road from the lower Shawnee towns to
Upper Sandusky, and thence, south to the
Scioto river, and with that river to the
place of beginning. Washington county.
so laid off, Included nearly, half the State.
and,a of course, the present territory of
Frank lin county. ,asa oG2.s .5 1' .'7.g'1gs
= The county of Hamilton was organized
January I'd, 1880, and Wayne August 15th,,
1906 On the 10th of July dil797,, Adams
county was laid off as follows:14 Beginning
upon the Ohio river at the upper boundary
of THAI tract of 24.OOO acres of land granted
to the French Inhabitants of Gallipolis, by
Congress, March, 1877 thence down the
Ohio river to the mouth of Elk river (gen-
orally known as Eagle ereek) and up, with
all the principal water of said Elk river, or
Eagle creek, to its source or head; thence
by. a due north line to the Southern bound,
aries of Wayne county, and easterly along
said boundary, so far, that a due south line
shall meet the interior point of the afore-
said tract-the French grant-ot land of
I24OOO- 'aeres,f and with said boundary to
place of beginning. So the present terri
tory of Franklin county was origlhaliy in!
lcmded in Adams county a a5,9 s5Se95 d. {sg 5 35
On the 10th of August, 1898, Ross county
was taken off from the north part OF, Adams,
with its original east and west boundaries,
and of course included what Iisnow Frank
lin codh6y9 YJlazaGs asaAzaIG HIzs
Franklin county was the first county Or
lganized after Ohio became State. At the
first session of the General Assembly, an
act for establishing Franklin county was
passed, March 3Oth, 1903. Our territory
was taken from the north part Of Ross, as
Ross had already been taken from the north
part ofAdams, and dts boundaries were as
follows: Beginning at the western bound-
Iary gof. ran 20 ;of township east of the
ISeioto river the corner of sections "a and
rs of township g. range 81, surveyed dby
John Matthews thence west to eastern'line
of Greene county; thence north with said
line to- State line a(old7 Greenville treaty
line, established by Gen, Wayne3; thence
Ieasterly, to north west corner of Fairfield to
place of beginning This was good sized
county. as it included a part of Pickaway,
all of Madison, parts of Clark Champaign
and Logan all of Delaware and Union,
part Of Morrow and Marion, and up to the
northern boundary of the State. :Pg s:g3 -.
/ I'VE were first included in Washington in
17ss, In Adams In ,1797,r in Ross in 179S,
and in 1903 we attained to the dignity Of
an independent county, Franklin, as you
can judge by the boundaries, has been the
mother of other counties, form 1906 Cham
paign was set of from Greene and Frank.
lin, and. not long after Clark was organ
lied from hers Licking was set off Janu.
airy 3Oth,, 1908; Delaware February. 10th
1905; : Pickaway5 January 10th, n1sl0i Madi.
son February 16th, 1910; and Union at {
later date. 70 sIlif sd1 sssdcIuq 1oGnG3 uoz =
At the time the county was established
it was ordered that the county seat should
be held in Franklinton until permanent
seat of Justice should be established, and OF
the 18th day of Aprf, 1903, James Fergu;
son, Jere. McLene and William Creighton
Sen., were appointed Commissioners for 10
eating the county seat. They fixed upol
Franklinton. For their services they re
ceived a compensation of $500 per day.
\ The State was first divided into .judicia
circuits in April 1903, and Adams, Scioto
Ross, franklin, Fairfield and Gallia com
posed the Second Judicial Circuit. Th
militia were organized in December, 1903
and Ross and franklin furnished one bri
gade. -v~,~.l--. r.-a-s 4.
/ 1t seems as if the Importance of goot
roads to the center and future seat of gov
Iernment ofthe State was impressed upon th
minds of our early Legislators, ,eand we fin
that in 1904, the Legislature appropriate
1875 to open a road from Franklinton t
GAINESVILLE; $3.50 tor road from Franklin
ton to Dayton; lin 1906, $25Ofo road tror
Lancaster to Franklinton,a and in 1s0i