Real	Personal	Total
Green Township	$231,710	$182,445	$414,155
Haverhill S. S. D	64,250	22,898	87,148
Totals	295,960	205,343	501,303

The population as given by the successive censuses commencing with 1810 is as follows: 1810, 507; 1820, 582; 1830, 965; 1840, 974; 1850, 2,345; 1860, 2,513; 1870, 1.882; 1880; 1,935; 1890, 1,751; 1900, 1,332. It will be noticed that the population steadily increased after the furnaces were built until they began to close down between 1850 and 1860. Since 1860 there has been a corresponding decrease and in 1900 there was an excess of only 358 over the population in 1840. It now ranks eighth among the townships in population. Surface, Drainage, Etc. On the western side of the township is the broad and fertile Ohio Valley, from ‘a half to two miles wide and extending the whole length of the township. Immediately to the east the river hills slope precipitously to the valley and form, as it were, a sort of wall, with here and there, projecting from the crest great cliffs, some with a perpendicular height of eighty feet and at an altitude of 300 to 400 feet above the valley below, suggesting the towers on the walls of ancient cities. One of these, the "High Rock." is known for miles around and when the weather is favorable, hundreds of people flock to this place to breathe the fresh air and take in the delightful view of the surrounding country. Pine Creek enters the Township towards the southeast corner, from Lawrence County, and winds a tortuous course across the northeastern part, forming a wide valley of productive farm land. The rest of the township is very much broken up into sharp ridges and flat topped hills by the tributaries of Pine Creek and some of the small affluents of the Ohio riser. Some of the table lands and the gentler slopes are farmed and are fairly productive. The whole Township was originally densely wooded with trees indigenous to this section, but all the primitive forest has disappeared before the ax of the charcoaler and has been consumed by the furnaces in the manufacture of iron. The roughest portions of the Township are now covered with a scattered second growth of timber and scrubby undergrowth. The population along the Ohio Valley is chiefly descended from the early immigrants from New England and the Middle States, though there are still a few descendants of the early French inhabitants. The eastern portion of the Township is inhabited by German families who immigrated after 1830, and were compelled to purchase land in the back portion of the Township, as the choice land on the river had already been occupied. The French Grant embraces 23,934 acres in Green Township. It is all of Green Township, except about 120 acres. The act providing for the Grant was approved March 3, 1795. Vol. 1. U. S. Statutes at Large, page 442. It authorizes a grant of land to the French inhabitants of Gallipolis. It was to front eight miles on the Ohio river beginning one and one-half miles above the mouth of the Little Sandy River and thence down the river and extending back at right angles to include 24,000 acres. The French settlers of Gallipolis were to be ascertained, males above eighteen years and widows, on November 1, 1795. John Gabriel Gervais was to have 4,000 acres opposite Little Sandy, but the grant was to be void if he, or his heirs should not personally settle on the tract within three years and remain there three years. The Gervais tract extended from the river to the back line of the Grant and was 376.17 chains on the eastern line, 416.17 chains on the west line and 100.11 chains on the back line. The French settlers, males above eighteen years and widows, were to have each a lot of the 20,000 acres surveyed and set off to them and they were to have patents in severalty, but they were each to settle on the lands within five years and remain five years on the grant or the patents were to be void 368 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. and the act was not to impair the settler's claims against others on account of previous contract. This Grant was surveyed on April 9, 1796, by Absalom Martin and 34 lots of 217.39 acres each fronted on the Ohio River. Lots one to four lay southeast of the Gervais tract and lots 5 to 34 northeast of it on the Ohio River. The remaining lots were rectangular, 217.39 acres each. The back lots 38, 42, 55, 67 and 91 lay southeast of the Gervais tract and the remaining square lots up to 92 lay northeast of the Gervais tract. The assignment of the lots was made in Gallipolis on November 1, 1795, by lot. A list of the 92 persons who drew their loth is given below. Of this number not over ten settled in the Grant Soon after the allotment, it was discovered that eight persons who should have received lots, had been left out and on June 25, 1798, an- act was passed for their benefit, Vol. 6 General Statutes page 35. This Grant was for 1,200 acres adjoining the southwest corner of the First French Grant, 640 poles on the Ohio River, and thence back from the river to include the quantity. The Grantees of the Second Grant were: Stephen Monot, Louis Anthony Carpenter, Louis Vimont, Francis Valton, Lewis Philip, A. Fishon, Anthony Magnet, Margaret G. C. Champaigne, wife of Peter LaForge and Maria J. Dalliez, wife of Peter Luc. The lots were assigned as follows: 1. Francis Valton. 2. Louis Vimont. 3. Lewis Phillip—A.Fichon. 4. Margaret G. C. Champaigne, wife of Peter LaForge. 5. Anthony Magnet 6. Stephen Monot. 7. Maria J. Dalliez. 8. Louis Anthony Carpenter. Letters patent were to be issued to these and they were to hold in seseralty. On February 21, 1806, General Statutes, Vol. 2.'350. The fourth section of the Act for the original Grant was repealed. This waived the conditions requiring settlement and residence for a specified time. Original Owners of the French Grant Lots. LOT - NAMES DRAWN AGAINST. 1 Matthew Berthelot, Sr. 2 Nlcholas Thevenin. 3 John Baudot. 4 Peter Matthew Chaudivert. 5 Francis Valodin. 6 William Duduit. 7 Nicholas Hurteaux. Peter Lewis LeClere, Jr. 9 Peter Marret, Sr. 10 Michael Mazure. 11 Louis Ambrose Lacour. 12 Louis Berthe. 13 John Baptist Cinat. 14 Louis Anthony Francis Cei. 15 Andrew Lacrouix. 16 John Baptist Berthone (Bertrand). 17 Francis Davous. 18 Anthony Bartholomew Duc. 19 Philip Augustus Pithoud. 20 Stephen Bastide. 21 John Parmantier. 22 Martinus Vandenbemden (now Vanden). 23 Nicholas Prioux. 24 Francis Alexander Larquilhon. 25 Nicholas Questel. 26 Christopher Etienne. 27 Francis Duverger. 28 Claudius Chartier Dufligne. 29 Nicholas Petit. 30 John Baptist Letailleur. 31 Claudius Berthelot. 32 Francis Charles Duteil. 33 John Peter Romain Bureau. 34 James Francis Laurent. 35 John Bantist Gobeau. 47 Anthony Henry Meriguy. 48 Louis Peter LeClere, Sr. 49 Mary Magdalen Brunier (widow). 50 Remy Thierry Quiffe. 51 Peter Magnier. 52 Matthew Ibert. 52 John Baptist Nicholas Tillage. 54, Anthony Claudius Vincent. 55 John Gilbert Petit. 56 Louis Augustin Lemoyne. 57 Basil Joseph Marret. 58 John Michau. 59 Joseph Dazet. 60 Michael Crawsaz. 61 Francis D'hebecourt. 62 John Francis Pervey. 63 Claudius Romaine Menager. 64 Peter Richon. 65 Peter Matry. 66 Peter Serve. 67 Francis Marion. 68 Peter Marret, Jr. 69 Francis Winox Joseph Devacht. 70 Nicholas Charles Visinier. 71 Augustus Waldemand Mentelle. 72 Stephen Chaudivert. 73 Peter Robert Magnet. 74 Stephen Villenni. 75 John Baptist Ferard. 76 Francis Alexander Dubois. 77 John Louis Malden. 78 Francis Mennepier. 79 Peter Serrot. 80 Anthony Francis Saugrain. 81 Joachim Pignolet. GREEN TOWNSHIP - 369 Original Owners of the French Grant Lots - Cont'd. LOT - NAMES DRAWN AGAINST 36 John Julius Lemoyne. 37 Peter Duteil. 38 Louis Joiteau. 39 Agnotus Chereau. 40 Peter John Desnoyers. 41 Marin Duport. 42 Augustin Leclercq, sr. 43 Nicholas Lambert. 44 John Brouin. 45 Augustin Leclercq, Jr. 46 Anthony Philipeau. 82 Anthony Vibert. 83 John Louis Violette. 84 Peter Lafflillard. 85 Peter Chabot. 86 Peter Thomas Thomas. 87 Michael Chanterel. 88 Francis Carteron. 89 Claudius Cadot. 90 Louis Victor Vonschriltz. 91 Peter Francis Augustin Leclercq. 92 Peter Ferard. As will be seen by reading the sketches of Jean Gabriel Gervais, Samuel Hunt, and Asa Boynton, the French Grant was sold out to New Hampshtre Yankees, and what was expected to be a French settlement became a New England one. Of the names of the original 100 French Emigrants, the only ones now known in this county are: Valodin, Duduit, Duteil, Chabot and Cadot, five in number. Descendants of LeClercq, LaCroix, Bertrand, Bureau, Vincent, Menager, Devacht, Magnet, Serrol, Sandgram and Le Moyne are known to the editor, but they are descendants in the maternal line. Of the remaining 76 out of 100 not a trace is known to the writer. Claudius Cadot who has a picture and a sketch herein was the last distinctive survivor of the old French. He was the son of the Claudius in whose name lot 89 was drawn. In regard to the bill for the French Grant introduced into Congress on March 24, 1794, the Attorney General to whom it had been referred reported on it. William Bradford was the Attorney General and he filed an exhaustive report over all the facts. He recommended the Grant on April 30, 1794. when the bill was read in the Senate and referred to Senators Brown, Burr, Taylor, King and Potts. On June 13, 1795, Senator Brown laid before the Senate the petition of John Gabriel Gervais for the bill and it was referred. On February 8, 1795, the bill was reported and on February 24 and 25, 1795, it was debated. On motion to strike out the first section, the vote was yeas 9, nays 15, and the names are given. The bill was referred to Messrs. Potts, Burr and King to report. On February 28, it was read the third time, and amended in two particulars. On the passage of the bill the yeas were 14, the nays 8, and the names are given. Burr voted aye. In the House on the same day the bill was read and referred to a committee of three, named. On March 2, 1795, it was reported back and passed and the vote not given. It was approved the next day. Haverhill is the site of the first settlement in the township and was the fourth settlement above Cincinnati on the Ohio river. The place was settled by Jean G. Gervais in 1797, as the most favorable spot on his 4,000 acres for a town. He gave it the name of Burrsburg, in honor of Aaron Burr, who was chairman of the Senate Committee to which was referred the report of the Attorney General on the Memorial of the French inhabitants of Gallipolis. Taylor and Ellsworth were the other two members of this committee. The report was referred to the committee March 24, 1794 and on April 29, 1794, Mr. Burr, its Chairman, reported a bill for their relief. He afterwards used his influence for its passage. When the emigrants from New England came they gave the settlement the name of Haverhill for their native town in New Hampshire. No plat of Burrsburg can be found on the records and it is safe to assume that none was ever made as the town was only a cluster of half a dozen cabins for twenty-five or thirty years after settlement. The first plat of the town was made by Thomas Davisson and was recorded April 27, 1848. There were 13 in- lots in this plat. It was surveyed again, June 16, 1859, into 25 inlots and the plat was recorded August 24, 1859. Lawson Drury was the first Postmaster and the first ferryman. A Mrs. Naylor, who sold dry goods, was one of the first to carry on business. The town was once the shipping point for the iron made at Ohio furnace; and charcoal and ore were brought across from Kentucky for this furnace. The population is about a hundred. Haverhill station 370 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. on the Norfolk & Western Railroad is a mile and a half distant and Greenup, Kentucky, is just across the river. Ironton is nine miles up the river and Portsmouth twenty miles down the river. There is but one church in the place, the Methodist Episcopal. This organization has been in existence since 1815 and the Rev. Thomas Gilruth was its first pastor. The present brick structure was erected in 1870, at a cost of $4,500. The church has a large membership and the Sabbath school numbers 140. One might search the state over and he would not find a more sociable or more religious people than can be found in the membership of this church. Reverend Henry S. Alkire is the present pastor and Malcomb Clay is Superintendent of the Sabbath School. The trustees are: George C. Winkler, Evan Vandervort, Peter Boynton, William Brush and Samuel Crickenberger. In 1892 a parsonage was built near the church. The Antioch Baptist Church is two miles north of Haverhill on the Haverhill and Portsmouth turnpike and was built in 1878. Its first minister was a Reverend Kirkpatrick and its last minister was V. N. Murphy. It is not used at present. The Gervais House was a hewed log house, weather boarded. It was forty feet square and the lower story twelve feet square and the upper story ten. A large chimney stood in the center, which had four fire places. One room upstairs was a ballroom, 18x10. The floor was tongued and grooved. It had a single chimney. This house was built by Jean Gabriel Gervais. It was torn down by Asa Boynton, Jr., and the logs used for fire wood. It stood in front, just above where Joe Boynton now lives, between him and the river. Powellsville. This hamlet is situated on the eastern edge of the township, midway of the boundary between French Grant lots 85 and 86. Poplar Fork, a small branch of Pine Creek, flows through its edge. Pine Creek is only a mile away. It was laid out by William Powell, John and Washington Irwin and was named for Powell. The business of the town was in its early days conducted by the sons of Powell: William, Peter and Jacob. They conducted a tannery, a shoe shop and a store. The first survey for town plat was made July 31, 1846, and recorded July 15, 1848. This survey was made for Powell and his associates, and the plat consisted of 21 inlots. Churches. The German Lutheran Church has the largest membership and it is made up from the German population on Pine Creek. The church is about half a mile west of the town and was built in 1875. The congregation has a very large Sabbath School and a day school is conducted two days in the week by the minister, August Busse, in the German language. The Powellsville Free-Will Baptists hold their meetings and Sabbath school in an old school house in the center of the village. This church was organized August 16, 1841, and a church was built, but since destroyed. William Lane was the last minister. The Pine Creek Free-Will Baptist Church was organized in 1872. The church is located two and a half miles northwest of Powellsville on the Powellsville Branch turnpike. The last minister was William Lane, hut no meetings have been held for several months. All the trustees have died and no successors have been elected. The Methodist Episcopal Church of this place is the old organization which formerly held its meetings at Empire Furnace, Cartright's Mills and in the Baptist Church and School house. It now has a large edifice, built in 1875, to the southeast of the village one-half mile. It has a Sabbath school, but no minister, and no trustees. The United Brethern organization holds its meetings in the Ptne Creek school house. This organization dates from 1850. William Wagner is the minister. GREEN TOWNSHIP - 371 Furnaces. Franklin Furnace was built in 1826 and went into blast in 1827. It was built by the natives of New Hampshire: Daniel Young, Jesse Y. Whitcomb, Joshia Merrill, John Hurd and Martin Ruter on lot 22 of French Grant, about a half mile from the Ohio river. Franklin Furnace Station on the Norfolk & Western railroad is located near the site of the Furnace. The builder's operated the furnace for some years and it then passed into the hands of John Young and a Van Horn who either sold or rented it to A. Q. Rogers & Company. Rogers was a man who drank and gambled and soon lost out and the furnace was sold to John Gould, Jacob Hurd and Jesse Hurd. They did well, but Gould and the Hurds did not get on together so Gould bought the Hurds out, and during the Mexican War, when all furnaces flourished he made a small fortune. Not caring for the furnace any farther, he gave it to his brother, 0. B. Gould. It blew out in 1860. The site and lands are now owned by 0. B. Gould, Jr. Junior Furnace was built in 1828, by the same Company which built Franklin and it was called "Franklin Junior Furnace" having been built after Franklin. It passed into the hands of John Young who sold it to Jefferson W. Glidden. When it blew out in 1865, it was owned by 0. B. Gould, Jesse Young. John J. Glidden and Wells Hutchins. Almost all traces of it are gone. The property is now owned by Charles A. Goddard. Union Furnace was built in 1826 by a company composed of James Rogers, John Means, John Sparks and Valentine Fear. It went into blast in 1827. When it blew out in 1851 or 2, it was owned by David Sinton and Thomas W. Means. David Sinton became manager of Union, at the age of nineteen. This furnace was located on the eastern border of Green Township, but nothing remains of it now. Ohio Furnace was located about three miles from the Ohio river, was built in 1824, and went into blast the following year with John T. Woodrow as Superintendent with a force of fourteen men. It was built by Thomas W. Means and David Sinton and it was continued in blast until February 24, 1882, without a break except for repairs. It passed into the hands of Means, Kyle & Company, who still own the grounds and land belonging to the furnace. Some traces of the furnace remain. A large quantity of coal and iron ore are mined on the furnace lands. The ore is used in Hamilton Furnace at Hanging Rock. The ore is taken to a place near Union landing by means of a tramway and is there loaded on Norfolk & Western cars. The furnace site and all the land which belonged to Means, Kyle & Company, was sold to Rogers, Brown & Company, in 1900. Schools. The schools of Green Township are among the best in the County. The people pay their teachers liberally and usually have the best teachers to be had. For several years the length of the term has been eight months. It ranges from seven to nine. The first vote for a school tax was taken in 1841, but met with little encouragement. The next year the vote stood 20 for and 64 against. In 1843, the vote was 59 for and 76 against. In 1844 for the first time a special levy was made for school purposes, by a vote of 94 to 40. In 1829, there were four districts in the Township. On March 1, 1829, the trustees re-distracted the Township adding District No. 5. On June 12, 1830, District No. 6 was added. On March 2, 1840, No. 7 was added. On March 7, 1842, No. 8 was added, also No. 9, which was taken from Vernon Township. Since then there have been three more added, No. 10, No. 11, and No. 12. District No. 1 is now the Haverhill Special District. The first school building was a frame one and stood opposite where the Methodist Church now stands. About 1850, the brick building, which is now used, was erected. The township built the lower rooms and the Sons of Temperance, the upper. Both are now owned by the Special School District and the upper is used for a ball. This school was formerly large and two teachers were employed, hut only one teacher is employed now. John Warren has taught this school for thirteen years. The district is the wealthiest in the Township. District No. 2, has a two room modern style building which cost $1,800, built in 1894." This was intended for high school purposes but as yet no high 372 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. school has been established. A brick school house which stood on the same site, was burned in 1893. It was built in 1873 and Ruby Feurt was the first teacher. Wilber Stout is the present teacher at a salary of $45.00 per month. District No. 3, or the Franklin Furnace School has a new frame building put up in 1890. There was an older one which stood just across the road from the new one on 0. B. Gould's land. This was built in 1853 and the tirst teacher was James Palmer. There was an old school house and church built by the Furnace Company in 1827. A Mr. Taylor was the first teacher. District No. 4, commonly called the "Ball school house" is located on the Portsmouth pike about a mile and a half north of Franklin Furnace. This house was built in 1846. District No. 5, or the "Buckeye Grove School" is situated about a mile and a half from Haverhill and a quarter of a mile from Haverhill station on the Norkolk & Western Railroad. District No. 6 is located at Ohio Furnace. The building was erected in 1845. This school occupied two departments when the furnace was in blast and also for several years after. District No. 7. This school had its beginning in 1829 and was cut off from District No 2 in 1840 and made a separate district. The school is about the smallest in the township. District No. 8, is known as the "Pine Creek Bridge" school. The house was built in 1852. District No. 9, or the Powellsville school was inaugurated in the winter of 1858-9. The old building has been abandoned and a new one was built in 1886, seats and all costing $672.95. It is in the center of the village. District No. 10, was instituted in 1881. It is a very large district and has the largest enrollment in the Township. John Lee was the first teacher. District No. 11 is known as the "Dark Lick" school. There was an old house which was given up for a new one in 1878. The new house was built on the hill near where it now stands, but was moved to its present site in 1895. It enumerates under forty pupils of school age. It is sometimes called the Hubbard school. District No. 12 is located at Union Furnace and the pupils were partly from Lawrence County. The house was built in 1884,. costing $572. In the spring of 1899 a vote was taken in the township on the question of establishing a Township High School. The measure was defeated, with the result that four of the more progressive citizens, anxious for a more complete education for their children, took it upon themselves to institute a school of this character at their own expense and employed Mr. Charles E. Davis, of Rio Grande, Ohio, to take charge of it. The school has flourished, notwithstanding there was a great amount of opposition, and has so far won in popularity, that the Haverhill Special School District, is at present bearing half, the expense while the other half is paid by private subscriptions. Miss Mayme Batterson is at present teacher. The originators of the school were: James H. Yingling, Henry Folsom, Joshua Oakes and Charles A. Goddard. Much credit is due them both for the public spirit and the sacrifice incidental to it. Haverhill Grange, No. 947 was chartered March, 1873. There were thirty-tive charter members. The organization lapsed twice, but was reorganized each time, the last time, in May, 1888. Since then it has been in existence continuously. For some years the Grange met in the hall in the school house at Haverhill, but in the last three or four years its meetings have been held at the homes of the members. Its membership now numbers about forty. This is the only Grange in the County. Cemeteries. There are numerous private burial grounds in this Township, besides four Township Cemeteries. The oldest burial found is that of Samuel Hunt, who died July 27, 1807, and was buried in the edge of Haverhill near the hank of the rlver. The next oldest is the Boynton burial ground, located north of Haverhill. This is private, but others may use it with the consent of the owner, Malcom Clay. HARRISON TOWNSHIP - 373 Another of the oldest is located near Franklin Furnace, on the property of 0. B. Gould. Another is the old Feurt graveyard, located a mile south of Franklin near the old Feurt homestead. Peter Feurt, one of the tirst inhabitants of Scioto County, is buried here. The Pine Creek Cemetery is located about two and a half miles northwest of Powellsville near the Pine Creek Baptist Church. It was originally a private burial ground, but is now a Township Cemetery. The Lamb or Franklin Furnace Cemetery, is located about one and one half miles north of Franklin Furnace on the Portsmouth Turnpike, and it contains two acres, only one of which is fenced in. The Township purchased this cemetery from Horace and Ira Lamb in 1875. It was originally a private burial ground. The Powellsville Cemetery is located near the edge of Powellsville, and was a private burial ground until 1860, when it was given to the Township by Joseph Hudson. It contains an acre of ground. The Ohio Furnace Cemetery is located about halfway between Haverhill Station and Ohio Furnace. It was formerly a private burial grouud, but was transferred to the Township about 1880. The German Lutheran Cemetery is near Powellsville, about a half mile to the west. In it stands the Lutheran Church. It was opened in 1875, and it is the neatest cemetery in the Township. HARRISON TOWNSHIP. It was named for General William Harrison and was formed from land, first part of Union and Upper Townships, but afterwards Madison and Porter. The Commissioners met March 6, 1832, and established Harrison Township. See Commissioners' Journal of above date, page 32. On June 7, 1832, the boundary was changed. See Commissioners' Journal of that date, page 40. On June 7, 1861, another change was made. See Commissioners' Journal of that date, page 283. The Township is bounded north by Madison, east by Bloom, south by Porter, and west by Clay and Jefferson. Surface, Productions, Rank, Etc. The whole Township with the exception of Little Scioto and Long Run Valleys is hilly, but more than three-fourths of the land is tillable. The hills are not high but have moderate slopes and round tops. The Little Scioto enters Harrison Township near the northeast corner and leaves it near the middle of the southern boundary to enter and leave again 1 1/2 miles west of this point. The valley is tortuous but wide and contains some of the best farm lands in the County. The soil of the valleys is soft and sandy adapted to corn, while the uplands have clay subsoil and are good wheat lands. Some attention is given to fruit culture. The hill soil contains all required for the growth of peaches, apples, strawberries, etc. Harrison is an agricultural Township, there being but few mills or factories. Its area is 23,687 acres. The value of its real estate is $160,330. The value of its personal property is $100,262. In Harrisonville Special School District, the real estate value is $25,550 and the value of the personal property is $23,161, making a total valuation of $309,303 for the Township. It ranks seventh in area, ninth in population, sixth in value of personal property, ninth in value of real estate and seventh in value of both. The Township was first settled near its southern border on Little Scioto river. The early settlers were: John Snyder, Simeon Wood, Thomas Feurt, Daniel White, Samuel Crull, James Haney, Solomon Monroe, Joseph Bennett, Jacob Barr, John and Calvin Hatch, Franklin Batter-son and Emanuel Traxler. Harrisonville. Harrisonville is situated on the northern line of the Township about the, middle point from east to west. It was named for General William Henry 374 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Harrison. In 1836 Gen. Harrison passed through the village when there were a few log cabins erected. The town site was then owned by Joseph Bennett, an ardent Whig, with whom General Harrison lodged. The town was platted by Deputy County Surveyor, Frank C. Gibbs, May 24, 1859, and recorded August 22, 1859. It had been platted in 1832 by Moses Gregory but no record was made. Harrisonville has been a business point since about 1823, when Peter Lagore built a blacksmith shop, near the corner where B. F. Lantz's store now stands. He also built the frame house now owned by Captain Henry Lantz (then in Madison Township) which is the oldest building in Harrison- vine and the oldest frame house in the Township. The post office is named Scioto. The first Postmaster was Ephriam Rockwell. There are three good general stores in the village. There is a blacksmith shop and an undertaking establishment, also a harness shop. Henry Lantz has an apiary. Jacob Eckhart is the postmaster. The physicians are: Dr. James B. Ray, and son, and T. H. McCann. The present population is about 200. The Harrisonville school is taught by Miss Bertha A. Coburn, who teaches for seven months at $35 per month. There are 37 pupils. This special district was established in 1878. Schools. In 1806, the first school house in Harrison Township was built. It was about 16 feet square, of rough logs, with puncheon floor and seats made of half logs with the flat sides up, with four legs made of oak pins. The windows were made by leaving out a log on each side of the house, which space was filled with greased paper. The room was heated by a large tireplace, the chimney was of sticks, plastered with mud. The first teacher was Robert Finley. The present school system was established in 1853. There were eight sub-districts with a larger attendance than at present, although the number of districts is greater and the population more numerous now. The value of the school property is about $5,000. The schools and teachers are nine in number. Each of the schools from No. 1 to 9 is conducted for six months and the teacher paid $30.00 per month. Officers. The first election in the Township was held at the home of Daniel White on the tirst Monday of May, 1832. The first Township officers were: Treasurer, Abner Wood; Clerk, Abijah Batterson; Trustees, Thomas Hatch, Daniel White, and Sylvanus Shumway; Overseers of the Poor, Henry Bonser and Simeon Wood; Constables, George Scott and R. T. Collis; Justices, T. R, Wood and Luther Wheeler. The present officers are: Clerk, Charles Brisker; Treasurer, William Jenkins; Tustees, Frank Coles, F. C. Whitt and John Shump; Justices, Henderson Clark, W. L. Webb and Andrew Purtee; Constables, L. Fenner and William Smith. Harrison Furnace was built in 1853, by Boston Eifort and Henry Spellman. It went into blast in 1853 and continued seven years. The Company failed and Daniel Sommers and Samuel McConnell bought the property and continued the business until 1872. They failed, the furnace blew out, John Lodwick, as receiver, sold all the property, the land became farms, part of the employees moved out of the Township, others bought farms and still remain. Most of these were Germans who had saved some money by working at the furnace. Mills. In 1812, Samuel Crull, father of Doctor William Crull, and grandfather of Ira Crull, built a saw and grist mill which still stands on Long Run on the farm of G. S. Neary. It was owned and operated by the Crull family until about 1880. The Scioto Mill was built by Joseph Bennett and Henry Power in 1828. In 1831, Bower became sole owner. It has been owned by a number of persons since. Levi Wheeler sold it to John T. Miller and William H. Wheeler in 1881. 'Miller soon sold out to Wheeler. It is now in the possession of George Wheeler who has added a great deal of machinery of the best and most HARRISON TOWNSHIP - 375 modern patterns. This is the finest mill seat in the County. Mr. Wheeler recently added a fine engine and saw mill which insures a steady run the year around. Dixon Mill. In 1804, Emanuel Traxler built the first mill on the present site of Dixon Mill. Others beside Benjamin Scott owned the mill before 1836. Silas Dixon bought it of Joseph Smith in 1850. In 1866, George and Noah Dixon became the owners and made great improvements in the machinery. It has been owned by Noah Dixon since 1880. It is now one of the best mills in the County and contains a good saw mill besides all the modern machinery for making tlour. Churches. The Methodist Protestant Church was organized May, 1858, by Rev. Jacob Nichols. The first services were held in the Free Will Baptist Church at the Glade. Some of the first members were: M. W. Brown and wife, James Samson, J. Q. Shumway, John Smith and wife, Charles Hopkins, Richard King, Samuel McGee and C. H. Ketter. In 1272, the Church now standing was built at a cost of about $600. The pastor is W. W. Gadd. The Trustees are: M. W. Brown, James Samson, Edward Samson, James Q. Shumway, John Shumway and Edgar Brown. The membership of the Church is about 30, and the Sunday School about 45. Harrisonville Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1837. The tirst services were held in a log church at the northern end of Harrisonville. Another Church was built in 1856. Rev. S. Parker was the pastor. J. M. Violet, John Crull, James R. Taylor and William Slattery were the Trustees. The present building was erected in 1873 at a cost of about $800. The pastor ls Rev. G. E. Hughes. Harrisonville has two Sunday Schools, one is a Baptist School and has about 60 pupils. The other is held by the Methodists, pupils about 50. Harrison Mills United Brethren Church was organized in 1902. It has 23 members. Rev. Charles B. Tuttle is the pastor. The Tick Ridge Catholic Church was erected in 1861. The first priest was Father L. Shriver, the Trustees, Benedict Seidel, Lawrence Cordell and Joseph Spitznogel. The congregation numbered 45. The membership now is about 60. The incumbent priest is Rev. Father James T. Banahan. The German Lutheran Church was organized in 1880 by Rev. Theodore Yeager who became the first pastor. The incumbent pastor is Rev. Henry Schenk. The Church has about 25 members and the Sunday School about 20 pupils. Lodges. Ives Lodge, Knights of Pythias was instituted in February, 1890. with about 20 charter members. There are now about 100 members. Soon after the institution the lodge built a large two story hall. The hall, fixtures and paraphernalia cost about $1,800. The lodge is free from debt and is in a flourishing condition. Scioto Post, No. 287, G. A. R. was established about 1880. Lois Camp, Sons of Veterans, No. 16, was established about 1880. It is in a flourishing condition and enjoys second rank in the state, being the oldest but one. Scioto Post, and its auxiliary, Lois Camp have for years conducted an annual reunion, which occurs on August 17th. The Origin of the Great Harrisonville Reunion in the Summer of 1865 At the close of the war, everybody felt rich and happy. The patriotic fever was at white heat. Everyone felt that there should be a grand reunion of the returned soldiers. At a meeting in Dugan's Grove on July 4, 1865, it was resolved to have a Grand Soldier's Reunion and Peace Jubilee. It was to be an affair of the two Counties of Pike and Scioto. Abram F. Millar, Thomas Dugan and John L. Ward were the master spirits in the movement. Many committees were appointed in Portsmouth and a grand tine was arranged for; the time fixed was August 17. Dugan's Grove was then three 376 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. times the extent at present, and was not marred by a railroad. It was one of the most delightful spots in the County. The day was an ideal one. There were two entrances to the grove. Over one appeared the motto, "Victory at Last," over the other, "Welcome to the Soldiers." There was a free dinner, with two tables each over a thousand feet in length, At one was a banner inscribed, "We honor the private soldier." At the other at each end were banners bearing the names "Logan," "Thomas," "Rosecrans." In the center were banners bearing the names, "Grant," "Sherman," "Sheridan." On the speaker's stand was a banner reading, "The War was not a Failure." Five thousand people took dinner. Colonel John R. Hurd made the opening speech. Colonel T. W. Higgins spoke as did General Robert Schenk who was the orator of the day. Hon. Eli Glover made the closing speech. There was dancing in the afternoon and the band of the 73rd 0. V. I. furnished the music. Lucasville failed to keep up the function and August 17, 1880, the day began to be observed by the people of Harrisonville and vicinity and since then Harrisonville reunion has become an institution. It is now managed by the Sons of Veterans. That organization rents a grove and sells out the privileges for all manner of restaurants, candy stands, etc. The. Reunion is always held on the 17th of August unless that day falls on a Sunday. Everybody within a radius of twenty miles turns out and the day is a general holiday. It is understood to be a general meeting place. One can there see friends he has not seen for twenty years. Portsmouth is a great contributor 'to the crowd and on that day every buggy, carriage o" conveyance is in demand. The crowd assembled varies from 5,000 to 7,000. The affair has lost its distinctive feature as a soldiers' reunion and has become a clearing house for old acquaintances. Cemeteries. Rodger's Cemetery is situated one half mile northwest of the Glade schoolhouse and contains about one half acre, but it has some very old graves. Shumway Cemetery lies back of the Methodist Protestant Church. Some of the inscriptions are as follows: Abner Wood died August 25, 1824, aged 58 years. Rebecca Wood died April 18, 1853, in the 80th year of her age. Lucella, consort of Jacob Gilliland and daughter of Daniel and Sarah White, died June 24, 1855, aged 23 years, 8 months and 3 days. Jacob Gilliland born April 28, 1827, died February 25, 1875, aged 47 years, 9 months and 29 days. Daniel White died June 8, 1857, aged 64 years, 8 months and 14 days. Sarah, wife of Daniel White, died,May, 1851, aged 54 years, 8 months and 23 days. ' Batterson Cemetery contains about one acre and is one of the best kept in the Township. It is a Township burying ground. The following are some of the inscriptions: Elias C: Coriell died December 13,. 1862, aged 81 years, 9 months and 2 days. Lucretia, his wife, died September 13, 1858, aged 79 years, 6 months and 15 days. John C. Colgrove died December 4, 1865, aged 61 years, 2 months and 4 days. Franklin Batterson born April 12, 1818, died May 5, 1887. Ira C. Coriell born July 29, 1812, died June 5, 1899. V. B. Farney died November 5, 1872, aged 36 years, 7 months and 15 days. JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP. Organization and Settlement. Jefferson was a township prior to 1810, but the exact date of its organization is unknown. It included Valley Township until 1860, when the township was divided, the eastern part retaining the name of Jefferson and the western part becoming Valley Township. Jefferson Township was formerly part of Seal and Union Townships. The present Jefferson Township was settled first on Long Run in the southeast corner of the township in 1808. Some of the earliest settlers were James "Painter" Wilson, Joshua Tritt, J. H. Munn, James Haney, Jesse JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - 377 Rice, Rodney Marshall, Samuel Farmer, Jacob Crouse, Richard Grimshaw, Jared Spriggs, Abner Field, Aaron Gee, Daniel Conkell, Daniel McLaughlin, Thomas Carlisle and Solomon Munn. The original Jefferson Township settlements were on the Scioto River in what is now Valley Township. Boundary, Area and Valuation The boundary of Jefferson Township was first changed December 5, 1826, as follows: The east half of the southeast quarter of section 25, township 3, range 21 taken from Jefferson and attached to Madison. There have been other small changes for .the accommodation of certain residents, but none are of much importance. The township records are very incomplete. Nothing of consequence ls recorded prior to 1838, when Leonard Groninger was clerk. The present boundary is north by Pike County, east by Madison and Harrison Townships, south by Clay and west by Valley Township. The area of Jefferson Township is 14,940 acres. The value of the real estate is $49,660; personal property, $25,013, making a total valuation of $74,673. It ranks 14th in area, 15th in population, (smallest), 16th in real estate, 16th in personal property and 16th in total of both. Topography. Jefferson contains very hilly and rough land, but also some very good farm land. In the southeast corner, the Valley of Long Run contains good farms. Southwest of the center and extending to the eastern boundary of Valley Township is a strip of bottom land on Marsh's Run, that is very productive farm land. On Blue Run are found the widest fertile bottoms, but in the region called "Flat Wood" is a large area of level high land that produces well, both grain and fruits. Fallen Timber Valley, in the north-east corner, is narrow but it contains some good farms. Jefferson has a great many hills but all of them can be profitably cultivated in berries, peaches and other fruits. Except Vernon, Jefferson is the roughest township east of the Scioto river. Officers. The township officers in 1851 were: Treasurer, James L. Thomas; Clerk( Leonard Groniger; Justices of the Peace, Mark Snyder and Isaac N. Johnson; Constables, Thomas Carlisle, John Stewart and 0. B. Murphy. The present township officers are: Clerk, T. Frank Craig; Treasurer, P. H. Reinoehl; Trustees, John Shuman, Jerry Field and W. L. McCain; Justices of the Peace, James McWilliams and Jared Spriggs; Constable, Stephen Keller. Jefferson Township has no furnaces nor factories, and never has had but three mills, one water power, one horse power and one steam power. Schools. There are few townships but have a better school system than Jefferson. In 1851, Jefferson had eight schools, one special and 7 sub-districts. The following is copied from its first records. District Number 1, 78 youth, $64.13 school fund: District No. 2, 67 youth, $55.08 school fund; District No. 3, 71 youth, $58.38 school fund; District No. 4, 39 youth, $32.06 school fund; District No. 5, 63 youth, $51.80 school fund; District No. 6, 60 youth, $49.35 school fund; District No 7, 34 youth, $27.96 school fund; Special District, 54 youth, $48.91 school fund. The township fund for the same year was $69.81. Jefferson Township at present has five schools, as follows: District 1, Munn's School, 41 pupils; District 2, Flat Woods, 39 pupils; District 3, Black Run, 36 pupils; District 4, Blue Run, 39 pupils; District 5, Fallen Timber, 60 pupils. The term is seven months and the teachers' wages are $30.00 per mouth. Two of the school buildings, Flat Woods and Fallen Timber, are nearly new. The average value of each school house and site is about $500. Churches. Blue Run Methodist Episcopal Church was organized, and a church built in 1859. Rev. Harrison Willis was the first pastor. The first trustees were: James Varner, Milton Deselen and John Morgan. The original members were: John Morgan and wife; Abner Field and wife; Samuel Miller and wife; Jared 378 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Spriggs and wife; Eliza Varner, James Varner and wife and Mrs. Nancy Marshall. The pastor is Rev. G. E. Hughes. Falleu Timber Christian Cfiurch was organized in 1865. The first pastor was Rev. Asa Eblin. The membership of the church is nearly 100 and the Sunday School is large. Edward McWilliams is Superintendent of the Sunday School. Flat Woods Methodist Protestant Church was organized in 1876. The first pastor was Rev. Perry Orr and the trustees were: Hamtlton Myers, Nicholas Funk and Jared Spriggs. The original members were David Crull and wife; William Porter and wife; Henry Bricker and wife; Abigail Crull, Catherine Farmer and Rachel Ralphsnider. The pastor is Rev. W. W. Gadd. The church has about fifty members and a large Sunday School. Cemeteries. Jefferson Township Cemeteries are fenced and kept at the expense of the township.. The Morgan Cemetery is located on the high hill back of the Blue Run Church. Here are buried some of the oldest pioneers of Jefferson, but few if any of their graves have record stones from which data can be obtained. The Jacobs Cemetery is located on Fallen Timber Run. None of the old pioneers' graves can be found in this. Flat Woods Cemetery is near the Flat Woods Church on Stony Htll. The Hickman Cemetery is on the farm of Jacob Hickman. Perhaps the most noteworthy grave in Jefferson Township ts that of Major James Munn, who was buried on top of the hill near Oertel Corner, on the Portsmouth and Harrisonville turnpike. It is well cared for and the grave can be seen from the road near the Oertel homestead. While it has no stone, it is well known. MADISON TOWNSHIP was named for James Madison, the fourth President. It was origtnally part of Union and Seal Townships. In 1810, Madison was one of the ten Town-. ships of the County. March 2, 1840, Sections 13 and 14 were taken from Jefferson Township and attached to Madison. See Commissioners' Journal of that date, page 231. Topography. Madison Township is very hilly, but it has a large area of level high land extending from Pike County nearly to Harrison Township on a line south from California, Pike County. This region known as "The Flats," averages three miles wide and contains good farm lands. West of this is the Rocky Fork Valley separated from the "Flats" by a range of low hills. Thts valley is not wide but contains some very fertile land. To the east of the "Flats" are several ranges of hills, some high ones, which extend to the valley of Brushy Fork, or the largest branch of the Little Scioto. Here also are first rate farm lands. Although more than half of Madison is hilly, at least seven-eights of it are tillable and productive land. Most of the hills can be cultivated. Old Settlers. Madison Township was settled as early as 1797, on Rocky and Brushy forks of Little Scioto river. The first persons born in the Township of whom a record has been preserved were Thomas Bennett born June, 1800 and William Bennett born July, 1802. Some of the oldest settlers are: John, Thaddeus, Robert and Caleb Bennett, Jacob and Joseph Rickey, Edward Dawson, Absalom Pyles, Daniel Dodge, Aaron Miller, Joseph, Benjamin and Ephriam Rockwell, Peter Lagore, Moses Mault, George Adams, George and William Dever. Moses Barnabus, Solomon, Aaron and Jesse Monroe and Daniel McKinney. Of the early settlers, but two are living: Ephriam Rickey, aged 82 and L D. McKinney, aged 86. The Bennets were about the first settlers, some were MADISON TOWNSHIP - 379 Yankees from New York and New England and some were from Virginia. The Browns came from New England and the Maults from South Carolina. The exact area of Madison Township is 32,322 acres. The value of its real estate was $231,990, aud its personal property was $82,684 making a total valuation of $314,674. Mills. Madison is a purely agricultural Township. It has no factories nor furrounaces. It has had eight mills, two of which still stand but they are almost abandoned. The following are noted: In 1807, Martin Collings built a grist mill on Brushy Fork at the same place where Martin's Mill now stands. In 1812, it was abandoned. In 1824, John Higgins built a grist mill on the farm of John Wilson. It was the only horse power mill in the Township. He built it by subscriptions of work and when the timber was all ready the mill-wright, E. B. Marritt, agreed to start the mill for a young horse which Mr. Higgins owned. It ran until 1839. In 1831, Ebenezer Corwin built a saw and grist mill on Rocky Fork, near what is called the Dodge Corners. Corwin ran it six years and sold it to Lyons Dodge. Dodge ran it five years and the creek washed around the dam and the mill was abandoned. Wallace Mill is in the southeast corner of the Township on Rocky Fork, a branch of Little Scioto river. It was built in 1840, by John White and afterwards became the property of Isaac Wheeler who sold it to William Wheeler. In 1870, Samuel Wallace bought the mill, hence its name. It is now the property of Joseph Stockham. As a flour mill its day of usefulness is past. Churches. Madison Baptist Church was the first in the Township. It was founded in 1825 by Thaddeus Bennett. Among the first members were Thaddeus Bennett and wife, William Crawford and wife, Jacob Rickey and wife. The first services were held in private houses, but in 1836 a log church was built.l In 1868, this was replaced by a frame church which was destroyed by fire ten years later. A new church was built about 1890 and is still standing. The present membership is about 35. 'No regular minister is employed. The last services were conducted by Rev. J. B. Carter, of Portsmouth. The Sunday School numbers about 40. Fairview Free-Will Baptist Church was organized in 1880. It has a membership of about 75. The church stands northwest of the Noble school house. The minister is Rev. William Rissinger. The Sunday School has about 50 pupils. The United Brethren Church was organized in 1867. A church was built which stood nearly 20 years. A new and better church was built about 1887 which still stands. Harrison Union Church. In 1874, the Free-Will Baptist and the United Brethren Societies built a church near the southern line of Madison Township on the Dever pike about 2 miles east of Harrtsonville. This church was free for all denominations, when not used by the Free-Will Baptists, and the United Brethren. The United Brethren Society was organized by Rev. Jesse McCann. The Free-Will Baptist Society was organized by Samuel Erwin and wife. Hamilton Free-Will Baptist Church is near the eastern edge of the Township. The church was organized and the building completed in 1881. It had thirty members at organization. The pastor is Rev. Alva Crabtree. Glendale Methodist Episcopal Church was organized and the house built in 1894. The pastor is Rev. G. E. Hughes. Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church was organized and the building erected about 1880. The pastor is Rev. G. E. Hughes. White Gravel United Brethren Church was organized at Mt. Carmel tn 1860. The building stood near the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. It was destroyed by fire in 1863. The present building at White Gravel was erected about 1869. The pastor is Rev. Hoffman. 380 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Officers. The officers of Madison Township for the year 1902 are: Treasurer, Thomas M. Kent; Clerk, J. M. Mohat; Assessor, John Alexander; Justices of the Peace, John L. Samson and J. W. Jackson; Trustees, J. B. Bennett, Allen Stockham and Samson Sherer; Constable, J H. Dewey. Schools. Madison Township has eleven schools (Mohat's school No. 9 is abandoned) as follows: No. 1. Adams, 54 pupils. No. 2. Fairview, 50 pupils. No. 3. "Hard Scrabble," 24 pupils. No. 4. Stockhams, 47 pupils. No. 5. Mt. Carmel, 42 pupils. No. 6. Dewey, 44 pupils. No. 7. Glade, 40 pupils. No. 8. Salem, 53 pupils. No. 10. White, 66 pupils. No. 11. White Gravel, 35 pupils No. 12. Oak Grove, 35 pupils. The term of school is seven months. Numbers 1, 2, 4, 10 and 12 pay $35 per month; Nos. 3 and 11, $30 per month and 5, 6, 7 and 8, $33 per month. The schools of Madison Township have made a marked improvement in the past year which is due to the earnest efforts of the Madison Township Teacher's Association and the co-operation of the Board of Education. Although the wages are small, the schools are among the best of Scioto County. The value of her school property is about $6,000. Cemeteries. Kronk Cemetery on Jacob Kronk's farm and enclosing about 1 acre, is not one of the oldest but one of the best kept of all the Madison Township burial grounds. It is not a family cemetery, but is used by the public, although not a Township cemetery. Martin's Cemetery is in the western part of the Township near James S. Rickey's farm. It contains some very old graves, but the oldest legible record is "James S. Rockwell, died February 15, 1835, aged 71 years, 11 months, 9 days." It covers about one acre of land and is open to the public, but is not controlled by the Township. The Carmel Cemetery is near Mt. Carmel school house and contains about one acre. The following is the oldest inscription: George W. Swaim, died March 9, 1862, aged 45 years, 5 months and 16 days. Bennett's Cemetery is situated 1-4 mile south of Fairview Church, and contains about 3-4 of an acre. The following is the oldest inscription: Ellinor Bennett, died January 26, 1834, in her '61st year. Bennett's Cemetery is situated 1-4 mile northeast of Harrisonville, on the farm of Thomas Bennett. It contains about 3-4 of an acre. The oldest inscription is: John Bennett. died June 4, 1845, in the 79th year of his age. Glendale Cemetery contains about 1 1-2 acres in the southwest corner of the Township. It is the old Presbyterian Churchyard. The oldest grave is that of Robert Anderson, Senior, who died June 17, 1855, at the age of 83. The Adams Cemetery on the farm of William Adams in the northwest corner of the Township contains about 1-2 acre. The oldest' inscription is: Catherine, wife of Nathan Gilliland, died January 2, 1850, aged 24 years, 7 months and 7 days. Hamilton or Jenkins Cemetery is situated near the eastern edge of the Township. Squires Cemetery located one mile north of Harrisonville, contains 5 acres. The following are some of the inscriptions: M. Bennett, died 1815, at the age of 83, 11 children, 68 grandchildren, and 71 great-grandchildren. William Stockham, died 1815, at the age of 67 years. Hon. Samuel Crull born July 24, 1780, died October 3, 1854. Daniel McKinney, born May 17, 1787, died June 3, 1831. Catherine, wife of Daniel McKinney, born February 9, 1789, died September 4, 1875. L. D. McKinney, born June 17, 1816, died ___ Icybinda, his wife, born February 26, 1819, died Juue 29, 1886. William Slattery, born March 2, 1809, died February 12, 1881. William Slattery, died March 1, 1847, in the 76th year of his age. Samuel Crull, died November 19, 1872, aged 62 years, 11 months. Joseph Stockham, died July 7, 1833, aged 49 years and 12 days. MORGAN TOWNSHIP - 381 MORGAN TOWNSHIP. Organization, Boundary, Etc. It was formerly parts of Seal and Union, and was organized June 7. 1825. It was named for Thomas Morgan, an early settler. It was first settled on the Scioto river and on Bear Creek near its mouth, about 1800. Some of the first settlers were: John and William Devers, Thomas Morgan, Abraham Glaze, Isaac Glaze, David Shelpman, Spicer Shelpman, Pliny Cutler, Joshua Cutler, Aaron Noel. There was also a settlement of Murphys, Walls, McCullochs and Corbleys. The boundaries were: Beginning at John Dever's lower line on the Scioto river, following said line to the west end thereof; thence in a direct line to Comstock's cabin on McCulloch Creek; thence in a direct line to the County line between Scioto and Pike Counties, so as to include twenty-two square miles for said township; thence with said County line to the Scioto river; thence with the meanders of the said river to the place of beginning. There have been no important changes in the boundary. The value of the Township real estate is $107,500; personal property, $35,190, and the total valuation is $142,694. Among the Townships; it ranks twelfth in population; thirteenth in value of real estate; fifteenth in the value of personal property and thirteenth in total value of both. It is tenth is size and contains 18,369 acres. The electors of Madison Township met on the 4th of July, 1825, at the house of Cornelius Shelton and elected their first Township officers. The first Justice of the Peace was William Devers. The records are lost, so none other of the tirst officers are known. ,Nothing of consequence is recorded prior to 1880. Topography. Bear Creek flows from northwest to southeast across the Township north of the center. The surface is broken and contains some very rough lands but the valleys of the Scioto river and Lower Bear Creek are excellent farm lands. No better land is found in the county than the strip of bottom bordering the Scioto. Perhaps three fourths of all the land can be protitably cultivated. There is yet some timber and quite an important part of the business of the Township consists of trading in lumber and cross ties. Morgan Township has some minerals, and petroleum springs are found at different places. At three places in the Township, natural gas was found while boring for oil. There are also a number of mineral springs, similiar to the Blue Lick Springs of Kentucky. Some free stone is quarried in this Township, and small quantities of coal have been mined. The main crop is corn.. The high lands produce good crops of wheat. The hills make excellent fruit lands. Churches. Sedan Baptist Church was organized on Upper Bear Creek in 1879. Rev. A. K. Murphy, pastor. The church now has about fifty members. The Macedonia Christian Church at Sedan was organized about 1865. It held its first services in the Upper Bear Creek school house, but now has a good building which cost about $500. Lower Bear Creek United Brethren Church was organized in 1845. It was the first church in the Township. Rev. Kretzinger was the first pastor. The services were held in the school house. The tirst members were: Abraham, Socrates and Jonathan Glaze, William,. Thomas and Miss Maria Shelpman. The building is perhaps fifty years old'. The church has about seventy-five members and a large Sunday School. The pastor is Rev. William Rowe. Schools. The first school in Morgan Township was taught in a log school house near the mouth of Bear Creek in 1823, by A. B. Banes, who continued to teach here until 1830. There are now six schools. 382 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. District No. 1, pupils, fifty-one. District No. 2, pupils, thirty-three. District No. 3, pupils, sixty-six. District No. 4, pupils, forty-seven. District No. 5, pupils, eighty-one. District No. 6, pupils thirty-one. The wages paid teachers is $30.00, and the term is six months. The school property of the Township is worth about $3,000. Cemeteries. There are five Township Cemeteries: Glaze, or Bear Creek Cemetery, Booten, Rimby, Mead's and Martin's. There are also two more public, hut not Township, the Rockwell, and the Crabtree Cemeteries. The first four are on Bear Creek. Crabtree Cemetery is on what is known as the Divide. All three of the latter are in the southwestern corner of the Township. The most important in the Township is the Glaze Cemetery. NILE TOWNSHIP Nile Township has the distinction of being the largest township in the County. It is one of the four original townships and has retained its original shape much more than any of the others. When it was organized, August 9, 1803, the boundary was as follows: On the west by the county line, on the south by the Ohio river, on the east by Carey's Run and on the north by the top of the dividing ridge between Pond Creek and Scioto Brush Creek and the Ohio River. But two changes have been made since that time. The eastern boundary was changed from Carey's Run to Stony Run, when Washington Township was created in 1814. The north-western corner was enlarged by adding to it the regioh at the head of Rocky Fork. The area at present is 51,438 acres. The assessed value of real estate in 1902 was $240,030; personal property, $61,780; total, $302,810. It ranks third in population, sixth in value of real estate, eleventh in value of personal property, eighth in value of property of all kinds. The beautiful and fertile Ohio Valley extends the entire length of the township and makes one of the most productive farming regions in the county. Some valuable farm land lies along Turkey Creek, Pond Run and Twin Creek. The Creek and Valley region contains the' population and very little farming is done elsewhere. The creeks named take their beginning within the northern border of the township, and have a rapid fall to the Ohio Valley. The hills descend precipitously to the valley below and present a long line of rocky prominences. The country back from the river and away from the above named creeks is very rough and broken, and not adapted to tillage. Recently a drove of three hundred Angora goats was turned loose in this region as an experiment. In the wildest portions of the township there are, wild cats, foxes, minks, raccoons, opossums, skunks and weasels. Among the pioneers of this township were: David Morrison, David Mitchell, George M. Kinney, John Tucker, David McCall, George Hutton. Abraham Tucker, Sr., Jesse Williams, Solomon McCall, John Calloway, Thomas Cooper and Middleton Harmon. Their first settlements were along the Ohio Valley. Later they ascended the streams and built their cabins there. The first lands located in the county lie in this township, Survey Number 453, entered in the name of James Culbertson, August 2, 1787, and surveyed, March 27, 1788. The largest part is now owned by George A. Vaughters. The records of the Township prior to 1870 seem to have been lost and consequently nothing is known of the early officers of the township. In 1870, the trustees were: W. P. Williams. A. F. Givens and George Hoobler; Clerk, H, McCall; Treasurer, Mitchell Evans; Justices of the Peace, L. W. Elliot, William H. Williams. In 1902, the Trustees were: Alex. Cole, S. C. Compton, John T. Sullivan; Clerk, Albert Turner; Treasurer, Henry Cuppett; Justices of the Peace. Henry Lockhart, James M. Piatt, Solomon P. Mershon. NILE TOWNSHIP - 383 The first school taught in the township was taught about 1814. Now there are nine districts in the township, outside of Buena Vista. They were laid out in 1840. No. 1, is known as the Friendship school and has a two room frame building. Two teachers are employed. salaries of $40 and $25 per month. No. 2. is the Pond Run School. The salary of the teacher is $37.50 per month. No. 3, is known as the Leatherwood School. The salary of the teacher is $37 .50 per month. No. 4, is known as the Elm Tree. It has a modern two-story frame building with a beautiful spreading elm standing in front. The salaries of the teachers are $40 and $35 per month. All the above named schools are along the border of the hills. The remaining ones are up the creeks, and all pay $37.50 per month. No. 5, Middle Turkey Creek. No. 6, Twin Creek. No. 7, Odle Creek. No. 8, Brushy Fork. No. 9, Upper Turkey Creek. Buena Vista. Beuna Vista lies in a bend of the Ohio River in the southeast corner of the county. The valley on the Ohio is narrow and the hills rise back of the village abruptly. It was quite a thriving place once, when the stone business was at its best, but it has since become a very restful place. The village was, first platted by John McCall, September 3, 1850. The plat contains eighteen acres, sub-divided into 79 lots. Loughry and Caden's Addition was platted March 6. 1873, by W. L. and William Caden and John C. Loughry. This addition contained four and a half acres, sub-divided into twenty-one lots. A third addition was platted by J. M. Crockett. July 6, 1873. The plat contained three acres, sub-divided into 15 lots. The first store in this place was opened by G. S. McCormick in 1848. The first post-master was D. W. Murphy. Buena Vista Special District. The schools of Buena Vista are on a par with the other schools of the county. It has from six to seven months of school, and pays its two teachers $50 and $35 per month respectively. The present modern frame building was erected in 1875 at a cost of $1,500. Three teachers were formerly employed, but now there are but two. Churches. The Methodist Episcopal Church of this place was organized in 1857. The society built a church editice the following year and Rev. Daniel Tracy was the first minister. The first trustees of this church were: Dr. W. A. Frizell, Joseph Smith and Jesse Williams. Among the members of the organization were: D. W. Murphy and wife; Joseph Smith and wife; Jesse Williams and wife; Thomas Williams and wife; David McDermott and wife; Mrs. S. B. McCall. The membership numbers 65 and the Sunday School averages 60. 1ts pastor is Rev. S. A. McNeilan, and Miss Mary Sidell is superintendent of the Sunday School. German Presbyterian Church. This church was organized in 1856 and its edifice was erected in 1871. Rev. Wiley was the first pastor. 1t has 40 active members and its Sunday School averages 40. Fred Weghorst is superintendent of the Sunday School, and Rev. T. M. Patterson. Jr., is the pastor. The church cost $4,500. The Roman Catholic Church was organized in 1859 and its first meetings were held in the same building which it uses today. It was formerly an old store room, but was afterwards fitted up for church purposes. Rev. Bernard is the Priest, and services are held about once a month. It has 30 to 40 communicants and a Sunday School of 15. Friendship. Friendship is a small settlement on Turkey Creek, a quarter of a mile above the exit of the stream from the hills. For a number of years there were cooper shops in this place, owned by Andrew Angele, John Royse and David McCall. 384 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Churches. McKendree Chapel, M. E. Church was built in 1884. It is located on the south side of the Portsmouth and Buena Vista turnpike, near McGaw. The church is prosperous and growing. Rev. S. A. McNeilan is pastor. The trustees are: A. F. Givens, William Stockham, Lafayette Jones, Samuel Thatcher and David Metzger. It has 70 members and the Sunday School averages 60. A. F. Givens is serving his twenty-seventh year as superintendent. Asbury Chapel M. E. Church is located on Pond Run and has a mem bership of 60, an average attendance at Sunday School of 30. Services are held every two weeks. • Wesley Chapel, M. E. Church at Friendship was built in 1897, at a cost of $2,500. It is a modern frame structure with a capacity of about 2,000 sittings. The Trustees are: C. E. Worley, Mitchell Evans, James Pyles, Henry Cuppett and George Vaughters. Rev. John C. Chandler is the minister. Its membership numbers 60, and its Sunday School averages 35. Mitchell Evans is superintendent. Cemeteries. There are three township cemeteries in Nile Township. The Friendship Cemetery contains two acres, purchased of George Vaughters. The Mitchell Cemetery is on the Morrison Farm, and is noted for containing the remains of three of the old Associate Common Pleas Judges, Mitchell, Moore and Givens. Hon. Joseph Moore died October 28, 1884, aged 95 years; David Mitchell, Sr., died November, 1805, aged 72 years; David Mitchell, Jr., died November 19, 1883, aged 59 years, 8 months, 15 days; David Morrison, died March 23, 1863, aged 55 years, 6 months, 7 days; Martha, wife of David Morrison, died March 18, 1886; aged 73 years, 27 days; Sarah Mitchell, died September 19, 1801, aged 68 years; William Givens, died June 26, 1863, aged 80 years, 9 months, 8 days. Loughry Lands. These lands embrace 745 acres in one body, lying partly in Scioto and partly in Adams counties in the state of Ohio. There are 254 acres in Scioto County and the remaining 491 acres are in Adams County. The tract is made up of no less than 12 surveys and parts of surveys in the Virginia Military District of the state of Ohio, numbered as follows: Survey No. 1,623, containing (part) 168.75 acres; survey No. 14,249, containing (whole) 35 acres; survey No. 13,103, containing (whole) 10 acres; survey No. 9,689 containing (whole) 12 acres; survey No. 10,846 containing (whole) 21 acres; survey No. 14,890 containing (whole) 40 acres; survey No. 15,584 containing (part) 30 acres; survey No. 15,521 (part) 33 acres; survey No. 15,87115,881 containing (part) 10 acres; survey No. 13.119 containing (part) 120 acres; survey No. 2,459-2,558 containing (part) 145.33 acres; survey No. 15,572-15,633 containing (part) 124 acres; total, 745 acres. These lands are now described, conveyed and embraced in two tracts (formerly described in twelve tracts) of which 168.75 acres in survey No. 1623 is the first tract and the remainder is the second tract, and contains 576.33 acres. The entire two tracts as one body, front for about one mile along the Ohio river on the north or right bank, beginning, at the western line of the village of Buena Vista in Scioto County, Ohio, and extending thence westerly to the village of Rockville in Adams County, Ohio. The steamboat landing for the village of Buena Vista is upon this land and parties using it pay the present proprietor a rental. There is deep and good water along the entire river bank and between that and the foot of the hill. The bottom land varies from 6 to 20 rods in width, and is separated from the hills by a county road, leading from Buena Vista in Soioto County, to Rome in Adams County. Three small streams form in the hills and pass through the bottom lands to the Ohio river. First of these is Flat Run which flows along at a height of 375 feet above the river to the brow of the hill just in the rear of Buena Vista, is precipitated 300 feet down the hillside to the bottoms and then flows gently to the river. A broad valley extends from either side as it flows NILE TOWNSHIP - 385 through the hills which rise 200 feet above it. A half mile west of Flat Run, a smaller stream, Grog Run, tumbles over the face of the hill, after tinding its way through the hill which runs parallel with the river and having its source in two small forks which form in the valley to the rear of the hill. A quarter of a mile further on we come to what is known as Rock Run, and this is the largest of the three streams. It heads in the hills to the north of the Loughry property, tumbles down as it flows on this property over 300 feet and winds through a deep gorge a distance of two or three miles before emerging finally on the broad bottom land just east of the village of Rockville. The portion of these lands on the river front were located first as early as 1801 by General Nathaniel Massie. The late Judge Joseph Moore, in early life, was a stone cutter and he purchased two of the tracts on the river from Massie, prior to 1814, and in that year he built the famous stone house previously mentioned. He resided on these lands until 1830, and between 1814 and 1830 he made rafts of deadened poplar trees, loaded them with freestone from the foot of the hills and shipped them to Cincinnati for building stone, where was then and ever since has been a good market. There has not been a year since 1814 to the present that the Waverly stone has not been shipped from these lands or from adjoining lands to the Cincinnati market. The late John Loughry went to Rockville in 1831, Judge Moore having retired to his farm four miles above Buena Vista in 1870. Mr. Loughry brought with him 16 yoke of oxen and 60 or 70 men to get out stone with which he built ten locks in the Miami canal at Cincinnati. Judge Moore got his stone from the bottom of the hill, from those that had broken off in ages past, but John Loughry began his work at the top of the hill and there got his stone for the canal locks which he built, and which are perfect to this day and have stood the test of water, air and frosts for sixty years without any signs of disintegration. The foundation of the house he resided in, built of this same stone, is as perfect this day as it was 59 years ago when it was built, and the marks of the bush hammer upon the stone are as fresh as though made but yesterday. Cincinnati is full of business and dwelling house fronts made of this stone and is largely used, when properly sawed, for paving sidewalks, for making steps and for window caps and sills, and for the latter purposes, in brick houses, its use in Cincinnati and surrounding cities is. universal. I oughry tirst dragged the stone with ox teams to the river, afterwards built immense skids or chutes on the hill sides, down which the stone was run to the bottom of the hill, but tinally built well graded roads down the hillsides and hauled the stone down oh wagons. In more recent years, however, an incline railway was built near Buena Vista and locomotives were employed to haul stone from the quarries to the top of the incline and they were lowered to the bottom by endless cables, the loaded cars hauling up the empty ones. Stones were tirst loaded on decked scows by means of rollers and crowbars, but later great hoisting machines capable of lifting the largest stone were built in such a manner as to carry the stone from the land to the barges, greatly, facilitating and cheapening the output. The decked barge for transporting stone down the river was a great stride above Judge Moore's log raft and these went down the river never to return. being sold to produce merchants at Cincinnati. and then after being loaded with produce were run to Louisville and New Orleans markets. Timber, however, got to be scarce and towboats were brought into use, towing loaded _barges to Cincinnati and returning the empties to be again loaded. A certain ledge of stone seemed more popular with the stone workers of Cincinnati than the others, because of the evenness of color and the ease with which it could be worked, and to this ledge John Loughry gave the name "City Ledge" and by this name it is known to the present day throughout all markets where this stone is sold. The "City Ledge" is a light drab or gray in color. For special orders, stone containing 300 cubic feet and weighing about 22 to 24 tons have been quarried and shipped away, but ordinarily blocks containing 50 to 70 feet are quarried. John Loughry in his day did not contine his work to any single ledge, but quarried ledges above and below the "City Ledge;" but since 1843, the work has been principally confined to the "City Ledge." For the construction of the locks in the canal at Cincinnati, Loughry used the yellow ledge 386 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. on the top of the hill, and when the Trust Company Bank was built at the southwest corner of Third and Main streets in Cincinnati. a fine white ledge below the "City Ledge" was selected, and to this was given the name "Trust Company Ledge." Twenty-five years ago the old Trust Company building was pulled down to make way for a larger and more modern building, and when the new building was constructed the famous "City Ledge" was used. However, the stone taken out of the old building was in excellent state of preservation and the Trust Co. Ledge is really harder and more durable than the City Ledge, being older and having been subject to a greater pressure than the City Ledge, which lies some distance above it. John Loughry died in 1862, and is buried in the Sandy Springs churchyard, three miles from the family residence, in what is known as the Irish Bottom. For his monument, three great blocks of stone were taken out of as many different ledges, were dressed and placed one on the other, making a lasting and appropriate monument to the memory of one who developed the stone industry here. John Loughry retired from active work in 1856, and was succeeded by his son, John C. Loughry, who continued the work up to 1861, when the civil war came on and quarrying ceased. It commenced again in 1863 and John C. Loughry continued to work the quarries until 1865, taking out the stone for John M. Mueller to be used in the piers of the suspension bridge at Cincinnati. In this year, 1865, he sold out to the Caden Brothers who continued the work on a very large scale up to 1873, at which time Mr. Loughry re-purchased the tract. We tind no less than 60 ledges of stone ranging in thickness from eight inches to five feet. Twenty-two of these are below the "City Ledge," the lowest of which is 200 feet above the level of the bottom lands, thus being high enough to afford dump ground for all stripping and refuse matter. They are of an excellent quality, harder and finer grain than those above the "City Ledge." All these can be worked for more than a mile along the hills fronting on the river, and on both sides of Rock Run for two or three miles up that stream, the wide deep valley of that latter stream affords plenty of dump ground for all refuse matter. This stone has been in demand for 77 years and there is no apparent indication of that demand lessening, on the contrary, it seems on the increase and the many industries springing up wherever the stone is found and where railroads have penetrated, can but' strengthen that belief. Not the least valuable features of this tract, are the clays found therein. These are as follows: 200 feet of black shale or clay extending from the level of the bottom land up to the lowest ledge of stone. This shale was formerly distilled (before the discovery of petroleum) for lubricating and illuminating oils. Lying above and on the city ledge is a stratum of blue clay which burns to a color of the famous Milwaukee brick and immediately below the city ledge is another vien of ten feet of the same blue clay lying on a sixteen foot stratum of black shale and all of these clays make an excellent grade of sewer pipe. Sixteen feet above the city ledge and between a twelve inch ledge of stone on the bottom and a thirty inch ledge of stone on top, is a vein of ten feet of red clay which has gained some fame among lovers of pottery. on account of the beautiful vases and other articles made from it. It burns to a rich red-brown and stands fire better than any red clay that has been used at Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati. Beautiful building brick have also been made from it, and in this probably lies its chief value. A two inch cube burned from this clay, on a test at the Smithsonian Institute, withstood a pressure of 110,000 pounds. This clay is adapted to the use in Art Pottery, for building handsome house fronts, and burned a little harder, in paving streets. In this connection it might be mentioned that several articles of pottery made and decorated by Mrs. Bellamy Storer, from clay taken from these lands and burned at Rookwood Pottery, took a distinguished prize at the recent Paris Exposition, and Mrs. John C. Loughry has some very fine specimens of pottery made from the red clay. Buckhorn Cottage. In 1855, just before the war, under the magic of money, a curtous structure arose on the hills near the lines of Adams and Scioto Counties. It was in a beautiful country, some little way back of Buena Vista. The cottage was of peeled white poplar logs, resin-varnished and mortar-daubed, it was therefore peculiar. It was seventy-four feet long by twenty-two feet broad: in two parts, on the plan of the ordinary double cabin, with a seventeen-foot-wide floored and roofed space between them. A stone kitchen in the rear is out of the view. The chimneys were also of stone. Vines were placed to climb over it, which they accomplished in profusion; the summer breezes fluttered their leaves and the autumnal frosts put on them a blush. In the Buckhorn lived for a term its owner and architect, Honorable William J. Flagg, and wife, a daughter of the late Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati, with occasional guests to share the romance of their solitude. On writink to him as an old friend and schoolmate, how he came to build it, and what he ,did when there, he gave this characteristic reply: "In 1852, 1 bought a tifty acre tract of hill land near Buena Vista, on the Ohio, through which the line runs that divides Adams and Scioto Counties, bought it because I supposed BUCKHORN COTTAGE there was valuable stone in it. This purchase led, step by step, to the acquisition of something over 9,000 acres adjacent. I cleared off woods and planted orchards and vineyards to the extent of more than 100 acres; opened a quarry; built a tramway, until my operations culminated in a log house on a hill-top, a mile east of the county line and a half mile from the river, where in different broken periods of the time from '56 till '68, we spent about five years. It was mighty like being out of the world, but none the worse for that. In that heritage we managed to lodge as comfortably as in a palace, and feed better than at Delmonico's. Our society, too, was excellent. William Shakespeare was a frequent visitor; Francis of Verulam was another, he was a nobleman, you know, a baron, so were others; Viscount Montesquieu, for instanoe, and Sir Charles Grandison. To prove h