The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-07-13

multitudes, from whom the music of our nation
hymns ascending, kiss the breezes of heaven al
are waited back, to echo through the verdant wood
: ''Great God, we thank the for this home,
. This bounteOus birthland of the free;
Where wanderers from afar may come
And breathe the air of liberty.
e sui may her flowers untrammeled spring,
Her harvest wave, her cities rise,
And yet while Time shall fold his wing,
Remain earth's loveliest paradise"
= HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COUNTY
t Mr.. James H. Thompson, being in
troduced by the President, said:
f My duty on this occasion is to
| that which is of more permanent cor
, sequence to this vast assemblage {
people than any other occurrence tha
may transpire on this memorable day
The duty of a historian recording tn
traditions of the past and the deeds G
the gallant living is so delicate that
will not now do that which might b
expected from the programme to b
done. Time and taste alike conspir
to dictate that as every thing in the fu
ture to be done in connection with his
tory would imply that it was done a
of this day. 1 will proceed to submit
my plan for the Obtension of the jus
history of this county.
Mr.. Thompson then read the follow
ing Proclamation of the President O
the United States:
"WHEREAs, A joint resolution of the Senat
and House of Representatives was duly ap
proved on the 18th day of March last, whicl
resolution is as follows:
"'Be it resolved by the Senate and House o
Representatives of the United States os ameri
ca in Congress assembled, That it be and il
hereby recommended by the Senate and Hous,
of Representatives to the people of the severa
States that they assemble in their severa
counties, or towns, in the approaching centen.
nial anniversary of our National Independence
and that they cause to have delivered on such
day an historical sketch of said county, ol
town, from its formation, and that COPY Of
said sketch may be filed in print or manuscript
in the Clerks office of said county, and an ad-
ditienal copy in print or manuscript be fled in
| the Office of the Librarian of Congress to the
intent that complete record may thus be OBJ
tained of the progress of our institutions during
the first centennial of their existence : and
'WHEREAs, 1t is deemed proper that such
recommendation be brought to the notice and
huOhleuSe VI tue pcOplc VI lHe Onlteu SIaIeS, !,
now, therefore, /, Ulysses S. Grant, President
of the United States, do hereby declare and
make known the same, in the hope that the
object of such resolution may meet the approval
of the people of the United States, and that
proper steps may be taken to carry the same
into effect.
''Given under my hand, at the City of Wash
ington, this 26th day of May, in the year of
our Lord, 1876, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundredth. By the
President, U. S. GRANT.
CHAMELEON Fish, Secretary of State"
Then emphasizing the words in the
resolution of Congress, "to the intent
that complete record may thus be
obtained of the progress of our institu-
tions during the first centennial of
their existence" offered the following
report and resolutions:
HILLsBoRO, o., July 4, 1876.
In respectful obedience to the fore
going joint resolution of the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
United States and Proclamation of the
President of the 25th day of May, AID.
1876, the people of Highland county,
Ohio, having assembled at Hillsboro,
the seat of justice of their county, to
celebrate the centennial birth of their
national existence, and having, by
previous arrangements for such cele-
bration, appointed the undersigned to
deliver on this day an historical sketch
of said county, he begs leave to report
That he finds in the brief space of
time elapsing since his appointment,
that he cannot, after much inquiry
and research, present such historical
sketch as would truly present the his
tory of the county; and therefore, in
justice to the population, he asks the
adoption of the following resolutions
1st. That the following named per-
sons of each township in said county,
to-wit, P. n. Wickerham and Joseph
w. Spargur, of Brushcreek; Henry
Wilkins and John Miller, of Concord;
James Brown and Henry Ruble, of
Clay; Thomas Peale and Daniel Muir
ply, of Dodson; Judge VIM. Morrow
and Ruel Beeson, of Fairfield; Alex.
Sanderson and Alex. Murphy, of Ha-
mer; George Gilmore and Abraham
Hurst, of Jackson; VIM. II. Glenn and
VIM. H. Woodrow, of Liberty; Thos.
NJ. Boyd and Milton Dunlap, of Madi-
son; c. G. Dick and John L. Hughes,
of Marshall; M. NJ. Barrere and BENZ.
Cochran, of New Market; d. NJ. Bar
rett and Jesse Crawford, of Paint; Jo-
seph Morrow, ESQ.,, and Albert john
son, of Penn; David Workman and
Calvin Stroup, of Salem; James b.
Heron and Samuel Russell, of Union
Isaac Kibler and Joseph Gaymon, of
Whiteoak; ThOs. Higgins and Samp-
son Reno, of Washington, be request
ed, by the assistance of such Others as
they may call to their assistance, to
furnish to the undersigned the histori-
cal facts which have characterized the
organization and progress of their sew
eral townships which, in their several
opinions, might be of interest to the
population of such townships.
I'd. That on the receipt of such re-
port, that meeting of said committee
and the undersigned be held, and that
jointly they present such brief histori-
cal sketch of the said county as in their
opinion would meet the foregoing res
olution.
Sd. That when said sketch is COM
pleted, if, in the opinion of all the
county authorities, it ought to be pub
lished with this days proceedings and
furnished to the people at the expense
of the county, that then the County
Commissioners be requested to have
said history published in such manner
and form as to them may seem best.
JAS. H. THOMPSON.
Mr.. Thompson then proceeded to
say that he found it very difficult to as
certain all the legends connected with
the first settlements of the county, and
that so far as his research had extend
ed he found the settlements as various
In their origin as were the streams and
springs for which the county was char
acterized However the orioin of such