Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-08
The EEITEIIHL HISTORY Of OHIO.
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name Is mis-spelling Of Piqua, and was de-
rived from the PiQua plains IN the county.
They are south Of Cfrcleville and are said to
be the richest lands in the State. On these
plains the allied tribes marched forth and
met Gen. Lewis and fought the bloody bat
tie of Point Pleasant. Here, also, Logan
made his celebrated speech, and here Lord
Dunmore's campaign was brought to close
bv The treaty or truce at Camp Charlotte, 1774.
When the army returned they took the route
bv Fort Cover in Athens county, where on
the 9Th of November, ten days after the arrival
of Lewis at Camp Charlotte, the officers held
meeting ''for the purpose OF considering the
grievances of British America"
Lshtabula county was formed June ], 1907.
from Trumbull and Geauga, and organized
January %, 1911. The name Ashtabula signi-
fes s'tish" and was the indian name of the
river, This county was the first settled IN the
Reserve. On July 4, 1796, the first surveying
party of the Western Reserve landed In this
county at the mouth of Conneaut creek, OF
which event we have already given an account.
The grst permanent settlers in Conneaut were
in 1873. The first regular settlements made
within the limits of the county was at har-
persfeld. in March 1898. This little colony
comprised only twenty persons, and the
whole population of the Reserve was at this
time only 150 souls. Ten families were at
Youngstown, three at Cleveland, two at Men
tor; the same summer three families came to
Burton and Judge Hudson settled at Hudson.
Jefferson, the county seat was settled about
1906; the Court House was finished in 1910 or
1911 and the first court held in 1871: Timo-
thy B. Hawlew, Clerk and Quintus F. Atkins,
Sheriff. Quintus Flaminus was born at VOL
cot, Conn.,, and came West in October, 1902,
settling in Morgan, Ashtabula county. In
1906 he carried the mail on the Cleveland and
Detroit route. This was done on foot, and
he carried the mail on his back. He married
in 1904, and in 1906 Mr.. and Mrs. Atkins we're
engaged as assistants to Rev. Jos. Badger,
Missionary to the northwestern Indians and
their daily life appears in journal kept by
Mr.. Atkins and published in tract No. 80 of
the N. Ohio Historical Society. Judge Atkins
lived to ripe old age, happy in his descend
ants; he was Lieutenant in the war of 1912,
Sheriff of Ashtabula county in 1916, and
County Auditor in 1920, then new Office In
1924 he was Superintendent of the "Maumee
road' and completed it in 1926. In 1899 he
removed to Cuyahoga county to the farm of
his late son-in-law, Hon. Edward Wade of
Cleveland, and while here he became Asso-
ciate Judge of Cuyahoga county. He died in
1853; he was an early anti-slavery leader; dur
ing his latter years he wrote much historical
matter of the pioneer times.
Medina county was formed February, 18,
1912, and organized in 1872. The first per-
risville, by Jos. Harris. The first trail
through this county was from Wooster to the
lake. An Indian trail from Sandusky to the
Tuscarawas passed by the residence of Mr..
Harris.
Monroe county was named from President
Monroe, and was formed 1918 from Belmont,
Washington and Guernsey. The first settle
ment was made 1893. Richland county was
organized March /, 1913, and named from the
oho nka oe stS I fncf cofflad ohnuf
1909 on branches of the Mohiccan. In Septem-
Der 1872, two block houses were built at
Mansfield. The first by Capt. Shaeffer, of
Fairfield, and the second by Col. Chas. Will
liams, of Coshocton.
Mansfield was laid out in 1908 by James
Hedges, Jacob Newman and Jos. II. Larwill.
It was named from Col. Jared Mansfield,
born 1853, graduated at Yale 1777, was pro-
fessor at West Point, and about 1903 was ap-
General of the Northwestern Territory,
an Office held by Gen. Rufus Putnam. He
subsequently resumed his professorship of
natural philosophy at West Point, and few
wears before his death he retired to Cincin-
natl, where he died in 1880.
Harrison county was formnd January l,
1914, from jefferson and Tuscarawas, and
named from VIM. Henry Harrison. In 1893
and 1900 emigrants from Pennsylvania began
10 CEOSS UU6 OuIO, Dub tHoy WeT6 kEcdtly du-
noyed by Indians and wild animals. Cadiz
was laid out in 1903 4 in the forest.
Pike county was formed in February, 1915,
and named from Gen. z. M Pike, who was
killed at the storming of York, Upper
Canada, in 1918. The county seat. Piketon,
originally jefferson was laid off in 1874.
jackson was organized in March, 1916, and
jackson, the county seat was laid out in 1917.
The famous "Old Scioto Salt-works' are in
Io,1 ne
early as 1725. Lawrence county was organized
March /, 1916, and named from Cap. James
Lawrence, the gallant naval officer of the war
of 1872. This county was settled in 1897 by
people from Pennsylvania and Virginia. The
iron region of this county is about 8 miles in
width. Brown county was formed from
Adams and Clermont, March 1, 1917, and
named from Gen. Jacob Brown, an officer in
the war of the 1872. Georgetown, the coun-
denca of Gen. Thos. L. Hamer, who died ia
Mexico, a veteran of that famous war.
EMINENT MEN OF THE HOOKING VALLEY.
We have already alluded to Athens county
and its relation to the famous Lord Dunmore
war, and we have given an outline of the set
Element of the county by 'The Ohio Com
pany." All the county was originally includ-
ed in the 'Ohio Company" purchase and
formed part of Washington county until 1906
the well-protected settlement at Marietta
uushed out its outposts as rapidly as posi-
Bile, SO that many who had settled within the
limits of Washington county died within the
limits of Athens county. Mr.. G. M. Walker,
in his admirable History of Athens county
published as part of the "Ohio Valley His
torical Series," from the press of Robert
Clarke & Co., gives most complete account
of the settlement and progress of the county
from it we have extracted many OF the lead
ing facts Of the present article. but greatly
condensed as matter of necessity. He be.
gins his work with an account of Washing
ton county before Athens county was erected
and he gives full biographical sketches Of
Putnam, Cutler, and many more whom we
have already noticed at length. He gives
also the interesting correspondence between
Gen. Washington and Rufus Putnam, rela-
tive to the opening of the Territory of the
Northwest. This correspondence began as
far back as 1882. In 1884, Putnam expresses
ANXIETY TO HAVE THE STATE OPENED,
For he says 1--WE are growing quite impatient
and the general inquiry now is, when are VIC
going to the Ohio2 Among others, Brig
Gen. Tupper, Lieut.. Col. Oliver and Major
Ashley, have agreed to accompany me to that
country, the moment the way is open fol
such an undertaking." To this Gen. Wash
ington replies that Congress is differing
about its powers, but has accepted the cessiou
from Virginia, and resolved to lay off ten
new States. This plan, it may be added, was
reported by the committee consisting of Mr.,
jefferson, Mr.. Chase and Mr.. Howell, or
April 19, 1854, and provided for laying of the
Northwestern Territory into ten States By
parallels of latitude and longitude; the names
Of these new States, beginning at the north