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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 26 March 2005 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio
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This township was formed from parts of Wayne and Washington, on the 10th of October, 1850, By Benjamin Blackburn, Isaac Leming and John M. Snook, the then board of County Commissioners, who described its boundary lines as follows, viz.: "Commencing at the point where the road from Wilmington to Lebanon crosses the Warren and Clinton County line, thence with said road to the line between Paul Vandervert and John Wilkinson; thence north, 80 1/2 degrees west, to the southwest corner of Thomas J. Fryer's 50-acre lot, in the line of Peter Muhlenburgh's west survey; thence on said line to the corner of James Currie's survey; thence north, 80 degrees east to a sugar tree on the bank of Caesars Creek, op- |
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posite to the mouth Flat Fork; thence north, 10 degrees east
to the Little Miami River, thence up said river to the Greene County line.
Said new township to contain all the territory in Warren County which lies
north and east of above-mentioned lines." In this form it continued
until June 11, 1851, when the boundaries were changed and made to read as
follows: "Commencing at the township line between Massie and Wayne,
where it crosses Clement Reed's survey thence running in
a northeastern direction on the back line of the river survey, to the corner
of Richard Anderson's survey, and thence on the southwest
line of said survey to Caesars Creek, thence up said creek to the Clinton
County line, and the part taken from Massie township to be attached to Wayne,
where it formerly belonged." "On the 1st of December following,
another change was made in the boundaries, in accordance with a petition
presented in the following words, viz.: "To change the line between
the townships of Wayne and Massie, said alteration to begin at the present
line on the west side of Caesars Creek, near the mouth of Flat Fork, and
run up the said creek to the bend of said creek above Hisey's mill-dam;
thence to intersect the present line in the road leading from Waynesville
to Harveysburg, for the following reasons: First, it takes us away from
where our business is to vote, and in times of high water we cannot cross
Caesars Creek. Secondly, it divides our school district, and, thirdly, it
requires us to work on the highway where some of us seldom travel, and leaving
the road where most of our interest is, almost destitute of labor."
After this last-named alteration was made, the boundaries were allowed to
remain unchanged. As it now exists, Caesars Creek and the Military survey
lines form the division between it and Wayne.
This region is well drained by Caesars Creek, a tributary of the Little Miami River, Flat Fork, Jonah's Run and Turkey Run, tributaries of Caesars Creek, and many smaller streams which empty into these. Caesars Creek runs almost the entire length of the township from northeast to southwest; Flat Fork is in the southwestern part; Jonah's Run near the centre, and Turkey Run in the northern corner. The first officers of the township were John Blodget, John D. Cleaver and Joshua Canby, Trustees; Jesse Burgess, Clerk; Harvey Glancy, Treasurer. From this time to 1868 the officers can only be given from memory without giving dates of service, as the records of that period were burned in 1871. The Trustees were: Lee Ellis, Albert Crider, Joseph Lukens, Richard W. Jessup, J. D. Cleaver, Wm. Cleaver, J. H. Crew, Wm. Criswell, A. T. Sabin, Robert Wilson, T. M. Wales and J. D. Harvey. Clerks, Israel Taylor, C. Jessup, J. H. Lippincott, Hiram Madden and D. Q. Fox; Treasurer, B. Scroggy. In 1868, Simon Hadley, Wm. J. Collett and T. M. Wales were Trustees; Hiram Madden, Clerk; and B. Scroggy, Treasurer.1869. Milton Hadley, Wm. H. Collett, T. M. Wales, Trustees; Hiram Madden, Clerk; Geo. W. Scroggy, Treasurer. 1870. Wm. J. Collett, Milton Hadley, Lee Ellis, Trustees; H. Madden, Clerk; A. T. Lloyd, Treasurer. 1871. Wm. J. Collett, Lee Ellis, Wm. Janney, Trustees; Clerk and Treasurer as above. 1872. Wm. J. Collett, Clark Burgess, T. M. Wales, Trustees; Clerk and Treasurer as above. 1873, Wm. J. Collett, James Ellis, G. W. Grimes, Trustees; Clerk and Treasurer as above. 1874, Wilson Harvey, G. W. Grimes, John Harris, Trustees; I. M. Stout, Clerk; G. W. Scroggy, Treasurer. 1875, G. W. Grimes, John Harris, Wm. J. Collett, Trustees; Clerk and Treasurer as above) 1876, Wilson Harvey, Wm. J. Collett, Wm. H. Cleaver, Trustees; H. Madden, Clerk; Treasurer as above. |
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1877. Wilson
Harvey, Wm.
J. Collett, James
W. Ellis, Trustees; Clerk and Treasurer as above. 1878. Wilson Harvey, Wm. J. Collett, Edward Eoberts, Trustees; Clerk, Harry Wilson; Treasurer, as above. 1879. Wilson Harvey, Wm. J. Collett, Edward Roberts, Trustees; Frank Dakin, Clerk; G. B. Davis, Treasurer. 1880. Wilson Harvey, Wm. J. Collett, Edward Roberts, Trustees; Frank Dakin, Clerk; G. B. Davis, Treasurer. 1881. J. D. Cleaver, Edward Roberts, James W. Ellis, Trustees; Frank Dakin, Clerk; G. B. Davis, Treasurer. |
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