Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-02-23

April I, 1911; but settlements had be
gun long before. The name COshoetoI
Is Delaware word, and Is derived from
that Of the Indian village Of Goshhach
gunk, in the forks Of the river, which
was burned by Gen. Brokhead in 1852
in his famous COshOctOn Campaign ~
I In DOddridgs's notes, we find men.
I tion of this campaign which is In briei
as follows: The place ofrendezvOus was
I Wheeling. Tha number ofregulars and
militia about 800. From Wheeling they
made a rapid march, by the nearest
route TO the place of their destination.
A part Of the militia had resolved
on going up the river, to destroy the
Moravian villages, but were prevented
from executing their project by Gen.
Brodhead and Col. Shepherd, of Wheel
ing. At White Eyes Plain a few
miles from CoshOctOn, an Indian pris.
Oner was taken. Soon after two other
Indians were discovered and made
their escape. To prevent their giving
the alarm, the General ordered q rapid
march which was made in the midst of
heavy fall of rain, and the whole viii
lage was taken by surprise and the
Indians captured without single shot
having been fired. The prisoners were
doomed to death, bound, taken a short
distance from the town and tomahawk-
ed and scalped.
The counties through which the
Tuscarawas and Muskingum rivers
flow, originally comprised part of
Washington county, which as before
noted, embraced about halfof the State.
Hence the Inhabitants of Muskingum,
Morgan, Coshocton, Tuscarawas and
Stark counties of the present day paid
taxes, settled estates and attended
courts at Marietta, until 1904, when
Muskingum county was organized
Thenceforth until 1908, the present
Stark, Tuscarawas and CoshoctOn
counties were part of Muskingum.
But in that year Stark and Tuscarawas
being organized, Muskingum was shOrn
of two of these counties. In 1911, CO.
shOcton was organized and in 1878,
Morgan County was erected.
PROMINENT PIONEER SETTLERS OF
EASTERN OHIO.
The early settlers of GAINESVILLE were
prominent men in the annals of the
State: John McIntire and Jonathan
Zane, the founders; Lewis Cass, Elijah
Merwin, Wyllys Siliman, Samuel w.
Culbertson and Samuel Herrick, the
last five being prominent lawyers;
Judges Stillwell, Finley, Putnam and
| Jeffries; Generals Van Horn and Green;
, Majors Cass and Pierce; Captains Tay-
lor, Cass, Pierce and Ross; Ebenezer
Buckingham, VIM. DenisOn sr. and ir.,
, Capt. Benoni Pierce, who was killed at
River Raisin in the war of 1872, and
many others. Of'these w. S. Denison
whose donation to the college at Gran
vile gave it its name, Denson Univer.
sity, came from Massachusetts,, about
1910. Judge Daniel Stillwell, one of
the earliest Associate judges of Mus
kingum county, was the father of Judge
Richard Stillwell, who was for many
years Common Pleas Judge of Mus
kingum county.
CoSHOCTON COUNTY. "
Col. Chas. Williams was the first set
tier of CoshoctOn county. He was born
in Washington county, Maryland,
1854; emigrated to the salt works on the
Muskingum river, and after remaining
there some time, removed to the forks
of the Muskingum river aud built a
cabin where Coshocton now stands, in
1900. Here the French King Louis
Philippe is said to have visited him, as
narrated elsewhere. John Mathews,
the surveyor for Marietta, whose jour
nal we have given elsewhere, made a
number of the early locations for nom
residents. There were also thirty
three military reservations located in
COshocton county. Col. Williams kept
the first tavern in Coshocton; it was
burned after a few years. and in it two
children of Williams perished. He re-
built on the same lot, and here the first
court was held, after the county was
organized. Major Cass, father of Hon.
Lewis Cass, located in Muskingum
county, fourteen miles north of Co.
shocton. From 1905 to 1872 the popu-
lation of Coshocton county increased
rapidly and furnished four companies
for the war of 1912. The town of CO.
shocton was laid out in 1902 and named
"Tuscarawa;' the county was organ
lied and the name of the town changed
in April, 1911, at which time the first
court was held. Lewis Cass practiced
here. Before the construction of the
Ohio canal, goods were brought from
Pittsburg to Coshoctun by way of
Marietta in keel-boats-a slow and
laborious method. Letters came from
Philadelphia in 25 days, postage 25
cents.) The completion of the canal
marked new era for this section.
10 HR CONTINUED.