Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-10-26
Pioneer Life aud History of
Wyandot County.
CHAPTER Vino. %.
BY 4. w. BRINKEREOFF'

AS we have said before Washington
was the first organized county. and in
clutled about one half the territory OF the
entire State. And was formed July 9th
1888, by proclamationof Gov. st. Clair,
as before stated.
Hamilton was the second, formed in the
same manner, January Ind 1890. This
county then covered a large portion of
what is now the south western portion
of she State. Wayne county was estab-
lished in the same manner Aug. 10Th
ireland was the thirdcounty formed in
the north west-for you must bear in
1 mind that these counties wereall formed
before the admission of the State into
the Union. Wayne county was bounded
/ rs follows, viZ:-"BeginIng at the mouth
OF the Cuyanoga River upon Lake Erie.
and with the said river to the Portage.
between it and the Tuscarawas branch
of the Muskingum; thence down the
said branch to the forks OF the camping
place above Fort Lawrence, thence by
| west line to the east boundary of Hamil-
ton county thence by line west-north-
erly to the southern part of the Portage.
between the miamis of the OHIO and the
st. Marry. S river; thence by a line also
west-northcrly to the south western
part of the Portage, between the wabash
| and the miamis of Lake Erie. where
Fort Wayne now stands; thence by
line ewest-northerly to the southern part
of Lake Michi9an; thence along the
| western shores of the same to the north
west part thereof: (including the lands
upon the streams emptinT into SAID
| lake); thence by Il due north line to the
territoria boundary in Lake Superior.
and with the said boundary through
Lakes Huron, Sinclair and Erie to the
mouth of Cuyahoga river, the place of
| beginning.
| Out of this county has since been
| formed parts of Indiana, Illinois, Wis
consin, all of Michigan. and many coun-
ties in Ohio. Wyandot county, as it
now exists was once part of that coun-
ty of "Wayne." just where the Court
/ House, of .:Wayne county' then stood,
we can not state. but it might have been
almost any place, 70 this CO unity was
almost every place. We know where it
| is now.
Adams county was formed in the same
manner by Gov. st. Clair. July 10th 1897.
And the first and OILY settlement in the
Virginia military tract. between the
Scioto and Little Miami, until after the
treaty of Greenvillie, in l795, was made
at Manchester. in Adams county.
jefferson county, fifth in the north
western territory. was formed in the same
manner, July 29th 1877, l. included
nearly all of that portion of our State
lying east of a line drawn Southward
from the mouth of the Cuyahoga River
to the Ohio. and was at first included in
Washington. Ross, the sixth county
was formed in like manner Aug .20th 1877 !;
Clermont and Fairfield in like manner,
Dec. 9th 1900.
Here the formation of Counties, in
what is now the state of Ohio, by proc.a-
nation OF the Governor ended. The first
General Assembly, under the State con-
stitution, which met March 1st 1903, ut
its first session. however, commenced the
work afresh, and created eight new coun-
ties, viz iZ:-GaIlia. Scioto, franklin, Co
lumbiana, Butler. Warren, Green, and
Montgomery. Many new counties were
created in the eastern, central. and south
ern parts of the State from 1898 to 1910.
Delaware county was created from
territory belonging to Franklin, Feb. 10
1908, And then, and until April st 1929.
included all the country between Frank
lin and Lake Erie. April Ist 1920, were
created the counties of Crawford, Seneca,
Hancock. and Hardin. and March 1st
1924. Marion was created. The territory
out of which these five counties were
created (and many others in the north
west part of the State at the same time)
was all old Indian territory and nearly
all then an unbroken wilderness. Only
fifty years have since passed, and behold
fftv rn,rS hn,cn9
"a non, ,ya como to Wvond,t Countv
the histoy of which is the special object
/, of this work. Here fingered the last rem
nant of those on0e powerful tribes o.
Sava@e men. who once claimed not only
Ohio. but tire whole continent as their
hunting ground, on the soil of Ohio
|; mi thn ,rr,ves of their f,thcrs yi,ilc con
tamnIatin., thp certnintv of the comin,
I,our when they too. necessarily mus
8 Senk new homie west Of the GREAT fat
: or of yatersn Wvan,lot conntv wa
tormeA from Crawford Marion. Hardin
and Hancock. and the ..W vandot reserve
! Eah Ard 1915
Crawtord County beino n lono an,
narrow one II became evident at nl
81 'i., t5,+ ofher cL.nraS n,nst II
,maj 10 foT +bn convanianca Of those resid
= ';t ."o oSto,, M. al tI,noo 70 90
u INV -, the e' OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, f When the In1ial
y ti,ta hacame extinnt and the lands sol
y Nv tbo Conor.l Coyernnant for settle
c 49, ny ..o Rnn,,r,,s t,,a Cn,mt,- Sat bo;n
J y we'll to the eastern end of the conntv.
= y, ~.sS ar;,Iant sbe must lose nor file =
u .sCo,,,t, Cot, or .I,o torr;,o-v mnst ne
= oossar;I, no diyif,ad MI. NOW connt
e,rn,ad ,,,:tI, tl,a cn,,',tU cot ot ITnn1
S"ndusi,. sS' niu.i The ..W vanS,ot PoSer,atinn
u u u,nr t,,:ai,.o ,n;,oS rr;'Ia onJ oi~bten
ii IL. - So, a,s+ 70 80 Will r.
:. nrr,Is ,w ,,,nS hnt ah"nt 60 n,;,as nost
~ aast mn liz i;na and waII toword tba Sout
cast e.n corner Of the Reserve Rucvrns Ina
If no desire of ever becomino any othe
II or less, than County seat land, of cours
e was favorable to division rather tina
+, T,l removal. ooo,,o
N tba rasiIents y, Of Vest end of the count
- and when the question settled down
n division, ora removal of the county Sc;
Or rom Bucyrus, OF course extremes ocean
OF '''fF Rnt 's Amarc :i alwovs has and Crawfor
ht ht County, even then. also had schemin
of designing. enterprising men within Ii!
ry borders and something must pe done;