HISTORICAL & GENEALOGY “NOTES” OF ALL WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO TOWNSHIPS
1788-1880

Researched & Compiled by Debbie Noland Nitsche
December 2003

Township History & Geographic Information Includes: History of other 
Ohio Counties;  Settlements & Communities;  Post Offices;  Cemeteries;  
Waterways;  State & County Roads;  Islands; Garrisons;  Covered Bridges;  
Boarders; Early Settlers & other information.


PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUNING

Understanding some of the geographic history of Washington County, can
become somewhat confusing at times.  But to understand some of it is very
important to the history of our ancestors who either settled or only stayed 
for a short time, before migrating further west.  

I originally compiled the below NOTES for my own personal use for the 
purpose of assisting me with my own research in Washington County, Ohio.

THE READER “MUST” KEEP IN MIND THAT THE INFORMATION BELOW IS ‘NOT PERFECT.’ 
AND BY NO MEANS IS IT 100% COMPLETE.  THE RESOURCES THAT I USED (listed below) 
ARE MY SOURCES.  IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE NAMES ARE DUPLICATED BY BEING 
CALLED BY ANOTHER NAME, OR IS NOT LISTED AT ALL.  It is “VERY IMPORTANT” THAT 
YOU VERIFY THE INFORMATION LISTED HERE.  PLEASE REFER TO THIS DATABASE ONLY AS 
A GUIDE IN YOUR RESEARCH. 

-----Debbie Noland Nitsche
     Diamonddeb@comcast.net


REFERENCES USED TO COMPILE THIS DATABASE:
   Washington County Ohio to 1980, WCHS
   Washington County, Ohio 1788-1881, H. Z. Williams & Bros.
   History of Marietta & Washington County, OH, Martin R. Andrews, MA, 1902
   1875 Washington County, Ohio Atlas
   Washington County, Ohio Map, Fremont Printing Inc., 2003
   Marietta Daily Times - Thursday April 7, 1938
   GNIS website




OHIO COUNTIES FORMED FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORY


Excert from Williams History - pg. 109

The next county [after Washington] proclaimed was HAMILTON, January 2, 
1790.  

Then followed the erection from 1790-1795 of the counties of ST. CLAIR, 
KNOX, RANDOLPH, and WAYNE, lying in the Northwest Territory, and outside 
of the presents limits of Ohio.  

ADAMS was next erected July 10, 1897.  

JEFFERSON followed in order, being erected July 29, 1797, as the 
eighth in the Territory and fourth in the boundaries of Ohio.  The 
establishment of the last named materially lessened the size of WASHINGTON, 
as did also the creation of ROSS in 1798.  

TRUMBULL, the county of the Western Reserve, was not erected until 1800.  

BELMONT was proclaimed in 1801.  

After the organization of the State government counties were created quite 
fast, and the old territorial counties were reduced in size correspondingly:
  MUSKINGUM was formed in 1804
  GALLIA in 1803
  ATHENS in 1803
  MONROE in 1815
  MORGAN and MEIGS in 1819.

The division of WASHINGTON County into townships was not effected until 
December, 1790, and was done by the court of quarter sessions.  MARIETTA, 
BELPRE and WATERFORD, including respectively the three settlements, were 
established and contained immense tracts of country.  

MARIETTA extended from the 7th range to the western boundary of the 9th 
range (12 miles), and extended south so as to include township No. 2 in 
the 9th range.  BELPRE and WATERFORD were of similar size.  

GALLIPOLIS was bounded upon the north by a line drawn westward from the 
north line of township No. 3 in the 11th range, upon the west by the Scioto 
and on the south by the Ohio River.  

In the northern end of the country extending to the lake were two townships: 
  WARREN, adjoining Pennsylvania & MIDDLETON, further west.  These townships 
were taken off by the establishment of JEFFERSON County in 1797. 

In December, 1797, the townships of ADAMS and SALEM were established, the 
latter extending from the donation tract to the north line of the county, 
and being five miles in width.  

A new MIDDLETOWN, embracing nearly all of what is now ATHENS County, was 
established in December, 1798.  

NEWTOWN, formed from the north part of WATERFORD, and extending to the 
north line of the county, was formed the same year as the above, also 
NEWPORT.  

There were 9 townships in the county in 1800, of which 6 -MARIETTA, 
BELPRE, WATERFORD, SALEM, ADAMS, AND NEWPORT, were within its present 
limits, and three - GALLIPOLIS, MIDDLETOWN, and NEWPORT was outside.  

To conclude; the dates of the establishment of the townships have been 
as follows:
  MARIETTA, BELPRE AND WATERFORD, 1790  
  ADAMS and SALEM, 1792  
  NEWPORT, 1798
  GRANDVIEW, 1802
  WATERTOWN and ROXBURY, 1806
  FEARING, 1808 
  WESLEY and WARREN, 1810
  UNION, 1812
  LAWRENCE, 1815
  AURELIUS and BARLOW, 1818
  LUDLOW, 1819
  DECATUR, 1820
  LIBERTY, 1832
  JOLLY and INDEPENDENCE, 1840
  FAIRFIELD and PALMER, 1851
  DUNHAM, 1856
  MUSKINGUM, 1861.  

Of the foregoing 25 townships, 3 have ceased to exist, viz:  
ROXBURY, JOLLY, and UNION.
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ADAMS TOWNSHIP --- Twp. 4, Range 9.  
     It was first settled with the 2nd Association was located at Waterford.  
Established March of 1797.  It originally included parts of Salem & Muskingum 
Twps.  In 1877 part of Union Township was annexed in.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Buell's Lowell (Incorporated May 10, 1851.  Now known as Upper Lowell)
      Cat's Creek
      Buell's Island (Incorporated May 10, 1851)
      Coal Run
      Equity
      Lang Ridge,  Lynch Hill,  Olloch Hill
-----POST OFFICES:
      Cat's Creek Mills (1813 to 1817)
      Buell Carroll (1830 to 1837)  On February 7, 1837 it became Lowell 
post office
      Equity (1888 to 1902)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Devol,  Dodge,  Greenlawn,  Buell,  Our Lady of Mercy,  Lewis, 
Liberty Hill,  Marsh,  Mason/Kile,  Old German,  Roebrake,  Sprague, 
Pleasant Ridge,  Big Run,  Hill Grove,  Schantz, Morris,  Salem Church, 
Greenlawn
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Big Run,  Cats Creek,  Congress Run,  Straight Run,  Bear Run,  Right 
& South branches of Wolf Creek,  Rainbow Creek, Muskingum River,  Coal Run, 
Cairns Run
-----ISLANDS:  Buell's
-----STATE ROUTES:  60, 530
-----COUNTY ROADS:  56, 60, 76, 79
-----GARRISONS:  Kenny Garrison (Block-house located what is now known as 
St. Rt. 60)
-----BORDERS:
      Noble Co. (North);  Waterford Twp. (West);  Salem Twp. (East); 
Watertown Twp; (South)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION
      Earliest settlers in Adams Township, which was established in 
1797, were the COBURN’S, ALLISON’S, DODGE’S, FRYE’S, KINNEY’S, OWEN’S, 
BUELL’S, DEVOL’S AND SPRAGUE’S.
     Building of locks and dams in the Muskingum River about a 
century ago was the making of what is now known as upper Lowell.  
Buell's Lowell was incorporated in 1851.  The first officers were 
Theodore SCHRINER, mayor;  S. N. MERRIAM, recorder;  John SCOTT, 
Solomon SHARPE, John B. RIGNIER, Joseph COX and George FLECK, 
trustees;  and William BARTLETT, marshal.
     The first store was opened in what is Lowell in 1822.  Lowell 
mill was built in 1842.  The first postmaster was E. SHORT, who 
served in 1820 when the office was known as "ADAMS."
     The COBURN’S came to Marietta in 1788.  Phineas COBURN, one of 
the sons of Captain Asa COBURN of the Revolutionary War who came to 
Marietta, was one of the 48 pioneers.  Descendants of the COBURN’S 
were prominent in Adams Township for many decades.
     Robert ALLISON moved to Cat's Creek in 1795.  His daughter, 
Nancy ALLISON FROST, who lived to be 107 years old, was for a long 
time before her death in 1891 the only survivor of pioneer life in 
Campus Martius stockade.  She is remembered by Marietta's older 
generations who have heard her give recollections of events in 
Campus Martius stockade, and especially of the Sunday School taught 
by Mary Bird LAKE.  Mrs. FROST died near Lowell in the summer of 
1891.  
     Other of the old settlers in Adams Township were William and 
Daniel DAVIS, sons of Captain Daniel DAVIS  of the 48 pioneers, 
William MASON, Stephen FROST, Joseph and David WELLS, Gilbert SEMON, 
George FOX, Alfred HALL, John J. WOOD, David M. REED, Albert CHANDLER, 
Philip MATTERN, Jacob SCHNEIDER and Frank BUELL.
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AMES TOWNSHIP
Established in 1802.  In 1803 it became part of Athens County, Ohio when it 
was formed.
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AURELIUS TOWNSHIP --- Township 5, Range 8.  
Originally Aurelius Township was part of Monroe County, Ohio.  It joined 
Washington County on December 15, 1818.  Named by Dr. John Baptiste Regnier, 
who went from Marietta to the site of Macksburg when he bought a farm there 
in 1819, had been called the “father of the township.”  He named the 
township and called it Aurelius, perhaps for the old Roman Marcus AURELIUS.  
Anyway, the name was such a favorite with him that he named one of his sons 
Aurelius.
   Sections 25, 26, 27 & fractions of 34, 35, & 36 was taken from Salem 
Township when Aurelius was formed.  The size of the township was reduced 
when Noble County, Ohio was formed.  On March 11, 1851, some of Aurelius 
was given to Noble County, Ohio.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Macksburg/Macksville (settled abt. 1816)
      Elba (founded in 1871)
      Grubs Mill;  Highland Ridge;  Dickson/Dixon Ridge;  Gildow Hill; 
Baker Ridge;  Dutton Run
-----POST OFFICES:
      Aurelius 1851-1860.
-----CEMETERIES:
      Atkinson,  Boyd,  Dutton,  Goulds,  Hill Grove,  Macksburg Family, 
Old Macksburg,  Old Raley,  Smith Ridge,  Lund
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Duck Creek,  Goose Run,  Peaker Run,  Long Run, Engine Run,  Buells 
Run,  West Fork of Duck Creek
-----STATE ROUTES:
      821
-----COUNTY ROADS:
      8, 76
-----Interstate
      77
-----BORDERS:
      Noble Co. (North, Northeast, & West)  Salem Twp. (Southeast & South)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION
     The first settler in the township was Levi DAINS, a 
Revolutionary War soldier.  Others of the early families were the DUTTON, 
the HUTCHIN’S, DELONG’S, WICKEN’S, ST. JOHN’S, DAVIDSON’S, SMITHSON’S, 
HALL’S, VAUGHN’S and RAYLEY’S.
     William MACINTOSH, son-in-law of Dr. REGNIER, opened the first 
store in Macksburg in 1827.  Dr. REGNIER built the first mill;  he 
was the first postmaster, the first doctor, the first manufacturer, 
the first treasurer of Aurelius Township.  The first brick house was 
built in the township at Macksburg by Dr. REGNIER in 1820.  The first 
frame barns in the township built by Dr. REGNIER and Joseph DUTTON 
in 1822-23.
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BARLOW TOWNSHIP --- Township 3, Range 10. 
     Established on July 1818.  Probably named after the memory of Joel 
Barlow.  Barlow was originally was known as the "White Oak Settlement."  
Sometime after 1813 a personal quarrel between 2 prominent citizens who 
had land in Warren township, resulted in a tract 1/2 mile wide and 2 
miles long being set off and annexed to Barlow twp.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Barlow (founded on September 11, 1837)
      Fleming (founded on June 23, 1866)
      Vincent
      Ormiston
      Barnett Ridge,  Pryor Ridge
-----POST OFFICES:
      Ormiston
      Barlow
-----CEMETERIES:
      Deming,  Henry,  Barlow,  Barnett Ridge,   Fleming (old & new 
cemeteries),  Houghland,  Lawton,  Roe,  Bell,  Honesty Turner
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Halfway Run,  Alden & Goodfellows (Park) Lake,  South branch of Wolf 
Creek,  Tupper Creek,  Buffalo Run,  Browns Run,  _____ Branch of Little 
Hocking.
-----STATE ROUTES:
      339, 550 (formally 50A)
-----COUNTY ROADS:
      2, 27, 804, 805, 806
-----UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STATIONS:
      The James Lawton, Sr. home in Barlow.  Built around 1819.  He was an 
abolitionist.  Church Tuttle from Monroe County, Ohio joined James Lawton, 
Sr. and other abolitionists in Barlow sometime during the 1850's. (Ref: 
(Henry Burke, UGRR Historian)
      The Vincent Station.  The McVicker family was particularly active with 
the UGRR.
-----COVERED BRODGES:
      Bell Covered Bridge on Twp Rd. 39.  Built 1888.
      Mill Branch Covered Bridge.  Relocated to the Barlow Fairgrounds.  It 
was built about 1832.
-----BORDERS:
      Watertown Twp. (North);  Warren Twp. (East);  Palmer Twp. (Northeast); 
Fairfield Twp. (West);  Dunham Twp. (South)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION
      The first settlers were the LAWTON’S, VINCENT’S, GREEN’S, PROCTOR’S, 
BRECKENRIDGE’S, HOUGHLAND’S, COOKE’S, McGUIRE’S, DEMING’S, TOMPKIN’S, BEEBE’S, 
HARVEY’S, FLEMING’S, PRESTON’S, JONE’S, FISHER’S, SCOTT’S, MERRILL’S, PUGH’S, 
PALMER’S, FORD’S, TUTTLE’S, MOORE’S, MORRIS’, CANFIELD’S, SHAW’S, FINCH’S, 
LASURES’, LAFLIN’S and others.  A number of the early families were of 
Scotch descent.
     Barlow village was laid out in 1840.  Lyman LAFLIN opened the first 
store and was the first postmaster.  Barlow fair organization was made in 
1871.
     The house in which pioneer children of Barlow Township learned their 
ABC’s was of rough hickory logs with chimneys of “cat and clay” and with 
the fireplace wide enough to hold fence rails which also were used for 
seats.
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BELPRE TOWNSHIP --- Township 1, Ranges 9 & 10.  Township 2, Range 10. 
(Also see Blennerhasset Township)
     Established on December 20, 1790.  Belpre was one of the three 
original townships of Washington County.  Originally named "Belle 
Prairie" meaning "beautiful meadow.”  In 1797, the Court of Quarter 
sessions decided that all the territory south of Waterford & Marietta 
townships embracing parts of the present counties of Athens, Vinton, & 
Ross, together with fractions of Hocking, Meigs, Jackson, and Pike as 
they stand today [1881].  The lines marked out in 1790 bounded north 
by territory now embraced by Warren, Barlow, Fairfield, east and south 
by the Ohio River [Wood County, (W)Virginia], and west of what became 
Athens County, Decatur & a section of Fairfield twp.  In 1856 Town #1, 
Range 9 and Town #2, Range 10 were bisected from east to west and the 
northern division incorporated into Dunham township. The city of Belpre 
was incorporated on July 2, 1901.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Upper Settlement (North of Belpre Village. Includes Cedarville)
      Middle Settlement (Center/Centre Belpre)
      Lower Settlement (Includes Newbury & Little Hockhocking)
      Newberry/Newbury (First settler was Truman Guthrie in 1790. Named by 
Nathaniel Sawyer)
      Cedarville
      Blennerhasset Village (laid out on 6-28-1876 by Wm. & Mary Mullen)
      Corner
      Redbush
      Porterfield (aka Glencoe)
      Little Hockhocking (now known as Little Hocking)
      Belpre Centre (founded on July 1, 1806)
      Town of Belpre.  (Incorporated July 22, 1901.  Now known as 
Blennerhasset Twp.)
      Lewis Landing (in Little Hocking);  Goodnoughs Landing (in Little 
Hocking);  Cold Spring Hollow (in Little Hocking)
-----POST OFFICES:
      The first mail distributed was at the tavern of Peregrine Foster as 
early as 1798.
      Little Hockhocking (Established 1824.  In October of 1879 the name 
changed to Little Hocking PO)
      Rockland (Established 1873.  At Cedarville)
      Bent (February 27, 1830. Became Centre Belpre in 1873)
      Centre Belpre (established 1873)
      Corner (1890-1902)
      Armienia  (Jan. 26, 1887 to June 30, 1915)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Cedarville (oldest in the township),  Corner,  Little Hocking (2nd 
oldest in the township),  Little Hocking Methodist,  Pioneers of 
Ohio/Newbury Burial Ground,  Rockland,  Rockland,  St. Mary's, Knowles
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Ohio River,  Little Hocking River,  Little West Branch Little Hocking 
River,  Congress Creek,  Crooked Creek,  Davis Creek/Run,  Sawyer Run,  Big 
Run,  White's Run,  Long Brook,  Short Brook,  Mill Branch,  Grass Run, 
Cold Spring Run,  Whites Run  (The Little Kanawha River flows into the Ohio 
River at Parkersburg, WV. which is directly across the Ohio River from 
Belpre.  The Little Kanawha was a well traveled route on the UGRR.)
-----GARRISONS:
       Farmers' Castle;  Newbury Stockade;  Gooddale Stockade;  Stone's Fort
-----STATE ROUTES:  555, 339, 7, 50, 618, 32, 124
      Before Rt. 7 was built people used the Old Belpre Road to travel to 
and from Marietta & Belpre.  Located between where Rt. 7 is today, and the 
Ohio River.  Rt. 7 merges with St. Rt. 50 that goes into Athens Co.
-----COUNTY ROADS:  2, 26, 84
-----ISLANDS:
      Neil's Island (1/2 in Dunham Twp.)
      Newbury Island
      James Island
      Mustapha Island (extreme northwest of township)
      Backus Island later became Blennerhassett Island. This island divided 
the upper settlement from the middle & lower settlements. Blennerhassett 
Island was also known as "The Bluff".
-----MOUNDS:
      DRUSE MOUND is east of Cedarville. On land owned by Stephan Druse in 
1881.  A small mound on property of Charles Ames (1881).  A small mound in 
the garden of Cyrus Ames (west of Cedarville)  Mound on land of E. W. Petty, 
Mound on the land of J. Ollum (short distance from the Druse Mound).  A 
large mound on the land of J. M. Farson, below Cedarville.  He removed it in 
1875.  Found several Indian skeleton remains and artifacts.  There were 
several small mounds further down the river from Farson, before 1881, a 
mound on the hillside of a farm owned by Edwin Guthrie and one on the 
adjoining farm, owned by C. W. Oakes.  There were constructed of large flat 
stones, piled 10' to 12' high.
-----BOARDERS:
      Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia (Southeast);  Dunham Twp. 
(North);  Decatur Twp. (West);  Athens County, Ohio (West).
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION
      The incorporated village of Belpre extends about a mile along 
the river front and as far back as the hills.  The early settlers of 
Belpre Township were the DANAS, ROUSES, BATTELLES, CUSHINGS, STONES, 
PUTNAMS, BROWNINGS, GREENES, BENTS, AMES, ELLENWOODS, FOSTERS, HOWES, 
OAKES, CURTIS?S, LORINGS, GUTHRIES, GOODNOS, PORTERS, PORTERFIELDS, 
COLES, ARMSTRONGS, DUNFEES, KNOWLES, BANGILDERS, COGGESHALLS, SAWYERS, 
MILES  and others.  
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BLENNERHASSETT TOWNSHIP
(See Belpre Township)
Formed in 1980.  Covers the corporation limits of Belpre.
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DECATUR TOWNSHIP --- Township 6, Range 11.  
     Established on November 30, 1820.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Decaturville (The upper settlement.  Established 1820)
      Fillmore
      Canada Settlement (Located west of Fillmore.  Settled soon after 
Decaturville)
      Hope
      Prosperity
      Turkey Hollow,  Boggy Hollow,  Windy Ridge (extends into Fairfield 
Twp.)
-----POST OFFICES:
      Big Run, founded on July 22, 1856.  Moved into Athens County, Ohio in 
1865
      Decaturville (upper settlement 1851 to 1904)
      Fillmore (lower settlement Jan. 1851 to 1906)
      Hope (central part of township  1894-1899)
      Prosperity (extreme south center of sec. #13 1898-1902)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Bradby,  Brooks,  Boyles,  Burnett,  Barrows,  Centennial Church, 
(Old) Decatur Chapel/Church,  Decar Mt.,  Ellis,  Friends,  Harris,  Hatch, 
Jarvis,  Giddings,  Ladd,  Miller,  Mount Liberty Church/Chapel, 
Presbyterian,  Sawyer,  Welch,  Ladd,  Quaker,  Norris
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Ellis Run,  Two Mile Run,  Big Run,  Gilbert Run,  Dark Cave Run, 
Grass Run,  Little Hocking River,  Laurel Run,  Long Run
-----STATE ROUTES:
      555
-----COUNTY ROADS:
      3, 26, 59, 98, 11, 188, 248
-----BRIDGES:
      Natural Stone Bridge
      Root Covered Bridge- Built in 1878, located in Decatur Township on 
Washington County 6 just north of Ohio 555.
-----BOARDERS:
      Wesley & Fairfield twps. (North);  Dunham & Belpre twps. (East); 
Athens County, Ohio (Southeast).
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION
       Decatur Township was organized in 1820.  The first settlers 
came about 1816 and were the LOVELL’S, JOHNSON’S, DUFUR’S, FAIRCHILD’S, 
GIDDING’S, BALLARD’S, MOREY’S, PLACE’S, NOLAND’S, ROOT’S, SCHRADER’S, 
SMITH’S, IRVIN’S, WELCH’S, TRICKLE’S, GAMBLE’S, MILLER’S, and BALL’S.
      The general route of the “underground railroad” ran through 
Decatur Township.  In this township lived a number of settlers who 
protected run away slaves.  Three of them, Peter GARNER, Creighton 
LORAINE and Mordecai THOMAS, whose abduction by Virginia officers in 
1845, were among the “underground railroad conductors.”
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DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP
Established in July of 1812 later was incorporated into Morgan County.
(Morgan Co. formed in 1819)
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DUNHAM TOWNSHIP --- Townships 1 & 2, Ranges 9 & 10.
     Established June 5, 1855 from Belpre and Warren Townships.  The 
boundry line between Warren & Dunham changed again on Oct. 19, 1855.  
In 1856 a section of the northern part of Belpre Twp. was annexed into 
to Dunham.  Named in honor of Jonathan Dunham, also one of the first 
settlers in western Washington County.  He was the grandson of Rev. 
Jonathan DUNHAM, first preacher at Martha’s Vineyard.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Veto
      Oxbow
      Briggs (Formally in Warren Township until 1855)
      Dunham
      Constitution
      Mood Ridge
-----POST OFFICES:
      Layman before 1857 (changed to Dunham post office in 1857)
      Dunham (1857 to 1902)
      Briggs(March 1875-1902)
      Veto (established in 1850)
      Constitution (Warren Twp)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Abbott Family, Holister,  Hopkins,  Veto,  Dunham,  Glendale
------STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
       Little Hocking River,  East Branch of the Little Hocking River,  Plum 
Run,  Spring Run,  Veto Lake,  Tadpole Run, Mill Branch,  Turkey Hen Creek, 
Taylors Run,  Little Hocking Creek,  North branch of Congress Creek
-----STATE ROUTES:
      339
-----COUNTY ROADS:
      2, 3, 30, 51, 85
-----ISLANDS:
      Neil's Island (1/2 in Belpre Township)
-----BOARDERS:
      Belpre (South), Ohio River into Wood County, WV. (East);  Decatur twp. 
(West);  Fairfield twp. (Northwest);  Barlow twp. (North);  Warren twp. 
(Northeast).
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION
       The first improvement in what is Dunham Township was made by Elihu 
CLARK, Benjamin BICKFORD, Hezekiah BICKFORD and Lemual COOPER as far back 
as 1803, when they built cabins.
     Early settlers were the HOLLISTER’S, TAYLOR’S, RATHBURN’S, DELANO’S, 
MOORE’S, ELLENWOOD’S, GODDARD’S, DRAIN’S, POND’S, CALDER’S, COLE’S, 
McCLURE’S, HOPKIN’S, SEFFEN’S, MANKIN’S, McTAGGART’S and HARVEY’S.
     About 1850, the farmers of Dunham Township held plowing exhibitions 
which developed into a general agriculture fair of which J. J. HOLLISTER 
was president.  The Civil War put an end to the fair when the farmers 
went to war.
     The first tavern in the township was opened in 1805 opposite the head 
of Neal’s Island by Nathan COLE.
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FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP --- Township 7, Range 11 and Township 3 Range 10.  
     Established in December of 1851 from parts of Wesley, Barlow, Belpre, 
and Decatur townships.  24 square miles.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Olds (See Cutler)
      Harshville (See Cutler)
      Cutler (Founded as Olds in 1855.  In 1857 it was named Harshville in 
honor of Dr. John Harsha who built the 1st cabin.  Later changed to Culter 
in honor of William P. Cutler.)
      Decaturville
      Fishtown (Oldest in the township. Later called Layman)
      Layman
      Qualey
      Dunbar
      Napier
      Tick Ridge, Windy Ridge, Oak Hill
-----POST OFFICES:
     Dunbar (1857-1917)
     Wesley (established Nov. 8, 1829)
     Olds  (established in 1855 in Harshville)
     Harshville (later named Cutler)
     Cutler (previously called Harshville)
     Fishtown (Established 1837.  Later named Layman 1858-1908)
     Virgin (1888-June 14, 1902)
     Qualey (Jan. 8. 1881-1918)
     Napier
-----CEMETERIES:
      Harris,  Centennial Church,  Cody,  Divine,  Fairfield,  Union, 
Christian,  Burnett,  Layman,  Lynch,  Union,  Williams,  Tick Ridge, 
Barrows,  Boyles,  Burnet & Hatch,  Old Decatur Chapel
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Lead Run,  Two Mile Run,  Laurel Run,  South Fork of Laurel Run, Longs 
Run,  Falls Creek,  Burnett Run,  Badger Lake
-----STATE ROUTES:
      550 (formally 50A), 555
-----COUNTY ROADS:
      6, 18, 236
-----BRIDGES:
      Henry Covered Bridge, located on Twp. Rd. 61.  Built in 1894.
      Little Natural Stone Bridge
-----BORDERS:
      Palmer (North);  Barlow (East);  Decatur (South);  Wesley (West)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION
      The early settlers of this township came over the Ohio River thence 
from Marietta, following the only broken route through the wilderness to 
this district.
     Among the earliest settles were David EWELL, who came from Virginia 
some time before 1814 and settled near Fishtown, where he built his log 
cabin home. William DUNBAR settled in the township in 1814 and Walter 
KIDWELL came in the same year from Fairfax, Va.  Hapgood GODDARD came in 
1817, Phineas DUNSMOOR in 1822, Joseph GAGE in 1827.
     Others of the early settlers were Peter LAKE, John BURFIELD, Torrence 
GILMORE, Joshua SHUTTLEWORTH, Daniel DUNBAR, Charles GODDARD, Jordan SWESEY, 
David N. CAMPBELL, Gilbert and Carmi SMITH, William MOORE and Owen CLARK.
     A wood growers association was organized in 1876, the membership 
having included farmers of all townships in western Washington County.  
     The first and only grist mill in the township stood near the home 
of the late George W. MORRIS at Fishtown (Layman P. O.) and the mill was 
the common property of all the settlers around.  to this mill the early 
settlers brought their grain and each one in turn ground his own meal.  
“Mush” with bear meat or venison was a favorite dish of the first 
settlers.
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FEARING TOWNSHIP --- Township 3, Range 8.  
     Established on March 8, 1808. On this day, Fearing took 3 miles on 
the south end of Salem Twp.  Named after the Hon. Paul Fleming, first 
lawyer in the Northwest Territory.  When Fleming was formed, it was only 
6 square miles.  On Feb. 8, 1809, the western tier of sections was 
annexed to other townships.  It 1861 more was taken when Muskingum 
Township was formed.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Stanleyville
      Whipple Station
      Caywood
-----POST OFFICES:
      Caywood (1817 to 1922)
      Fearing (founded January 7, 1828)
      Stanleyville (1878. Formally Fearing post office)
      Whipple (Extreme north part of the township)
-----CEMETERIES:
      August Spindler,  Berg,  Chapman/Cedar Narrows,  Fearing, Flanders, 
Gerbin,  St. Jacob Church,  Lynch,  Old Berg,  Stanleyville (oldest in 
township),  Zimmer,  Goldsmith,  Highland Ridge,  Hobby
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      New Years Run (aka Cedar Narrows),  Duck Creek,  Paw Paw Creek, 
Reads Run,  Sugar Creek/Run,  Kilwell Run,  Brush Run,  Burches Run, 
Whipple Creek/Run (Whipple Creek/Run was an unnamed stream that Abraham 
Whipple almost met his death when he fell in while surveying.)
-----STATE ROUTES: 821
-----COUNTY ROADS:  16, 17, 42, 375
-----Interstate 77
-----BORDERS:
      Salem (North);  Muskingum (West);  Lawrence (East);  Marietta (South)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
      Levi CHAPMAN and Thomas STANLEY were the first settlers in Fearing 
Township.  Then came Joel and Simeon TUTTLE, Simeon BLAKE, John AMLIN, 
Patrick and Daniel CAMPBELL, Henry and Richard MAXON, Seth JONES, Allen 
PUTNAM, Conrad RIGHTNER, Abraham SEEVERS, Charles H. MORTON, Ephraim TRUE,
John E. WIDGER, William CAYWOOD, Robert McKEE, Nathaniel KIDD, Walter 
ATHEY, William PRICE, Reuben McVAY, James DOWLING, Thomas WARD, John P. 
PALMER, Dr. HICKS, John YOUNG, William BROWN and others.
     Nathum WARD, largest land owner in southeastern Ohio, brought many 
ofthe early German settlers and many of the early Scotch settlers to 
Washington County, in the early 1830?s.  Of the German settlers who 
aided in the development of the township were the DANKER’S, SEYLER’S, 
ZIMMER’S, BISZANTZE’S, PAPE’S, BOESHAR’S, MOTTER’S, BULES’, TRAPP’S, 
BIEHL’S and LEONHARDT’S.
     The village of Whipple was named by General A. J. WARNER as a railroad 
station on the old Cleveland & Marietta Railroad.  It was given the name of 
commodore Abraham WHIPPLE, of the Continental Navy of the revolutionary War 
period, who spent his last years on his farm home in “The Vale of Chamonoi,” 
a valley in Fearing Township.
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GALLIPOLIS TOWNSHIP
Established March of 1797.  Now known a Gallia County.
-----POST OFFICES:
     Gallipolis 1794 to 1803.  Became part of Gallia County when it was 
formed in 1803.
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GRANDVIEW TOWNSHIP --- Township 2 Range 5
Established in 1803 from the northern part of Newport township.  In 1859 
Grandview gained from Jolly Township.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
     (New) Matamoras
      Beavertown
      Archer's Fork
      Glass
      Yellow House
      Salem Hall
      Ward
      Dawes/Beavertown
      Grand View Village
      Lease Run (1st settled in 1834)
      Bashor Ridge, Cisler Ridge,  Early Ridge,  Fairview Ridge,  Jones 
Hill,  Dye Ridge,  Graham Ridge
-----POST OFFICES:
      Grand View (1831-1964)
      Dawes  1892-1911
      Glass  1891-1918
      Ostend (1st established at the mouth of Rea's Run. Later named Wade 
Post Office)
      Archers Fork (established 1874)
      Lundville
      Deucher
      Leith
      Shay
      Schley (SW portion of township.  Later moved to Lawrence Twp.)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Grandview,  Beabout,  Beaver,  Belle Ridge,  Carson,  Center Valley, 
Cooper,  Evans,  Farra,  Fairview Church,  Fox,  Franks,  German,  Old 
German,  Newer German,  German Methodist,  Gooseman Family,  Hackathorn, 
Holdren Family,  Jones,  Murdock,  Myers,  New Matamoras,  Parr,  Parr Hill, 
Beavertown,  Pioneer-Vauple,  Pool,  Salem Hall,  Springer,  Sheets/Cline, 
Way,  Jedico,  Little,  Mount
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Jackson Run,  Old Camp Run,  North Fork of Mill Creek,  Mill Creek, 
Leith Run, Sheets Run
-----STATE ROUTES:
      7, 260
-----COUNTY ROADS:
      9, 33, 138, 21
-----BOARDERS:
      Monroe County, Ohio (North);  Ohio River, West Virginia (Southeast); 
Independence & Ludlow twps. (West).
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
      The first settlers were families named DICKERSON, SHEPHERD, MITCHELL, 
WITTEN, RIGGS, SHEETS, ELLIS, BURRIS, JOLLY, COLLINS, WILLIAMSON and 
HOLDREN.
     Henry SHEETS laid out the town of Matamoras, to which additions were 
made from time to time.  The town, which was incorporated in 1861, was 
named “New” Matamoras as after the old town of Matamoras, Mexico, opposite 
Brownsville, Tex., at the mouth of Rio Grande.  Soldiers from Grandview 
Township participated in the Mexican War, 1846-1848, and were impressed 
by the name.  The word ?New? is dropped in prevalent usage of the name of 
the town. 
     Grandview village was surveyed at an early day but the original plat 
was annulled by Hannibal WILLIAMSON in 1848 and he made a new plat of the 
same ground.
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HOCKHOCKING TOWNSHIP
Established 1802.  Now in Meigs County.
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INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP --- Township 2, Range 6.  
Established on June 3, 1840 from Newport Township.  In March of 1840 the 
two eastern tiers of sections was annexed to Grandview Township.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Archers Fork
      Deucher (a small Scottish settlement)
      Leith
      Wade
      Shay Ridge
      Little Muskingum Settlement
-----POST OFFICES:
      Archer's Fork 1874 to 1949.
      Deucher 1885-1950
      Wade
      Leith
      Lawrence (Extreme Northwest)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Alexander Bucy,  Cady,  Decker,  Decker/Bowersock,  Deucher, Deucher 
Independence,  Eddy,  Edwards,  Old German Lutheran,  Goodman/Chapman,  John 
Goodman,  Hearn,  Heldman,  Hoffman,  Kinderhook,  Knob,  Rea,  Rea's Run, 
Taylor,  Independence Deucher,  Louderback,  Donley,  Wade,  Mt. Hope, 
Fleming Independence,  Beaver
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
     Ohio River,  Little Muskingum River,  Rea's Run,  Elk Run,  Irish Run, 
Coal Run,  Archers Fork (forms in this township),  Cady Run, Oxbow Run, 
Ward Brook,  Leith Run,  Ellifritz Run,  Davis Run,  Reynolds Run,  Danas 
Run,  Hoppel Run,  Dawes Run,  Big Run
-----STATE ROUTES:  7
-----COUNTY ROADS:  9, 14, 25, 21
-----BORDERS:
     Ludlow (North);  Grandview (East);  Newport (South);  Ohio River-West 
Virginia (Southeast)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
      Among the early settlers were families named RIGGS, MORELAND, LITTLE, 
BROWN, HOLDREN, DYE, McMAHAN, DEUCHER, BLISS, PARR, FRENCH, REA, HARVEY, 
CHAPMAN, WARD, TAYLOR, WERNECKE and others.
     The district on the Little Muskigum was settled by the FLEMING’S,
MEAD’S, DEVOL’S and DICKERSON’S.  The Archers Ford community was named for 
John ARCHER and here lived the HOPPEL’S, YOST’S, WARD’S, TAYLOR’S, SLOAN’S, 
CADY’S, and GUTBERLET’S.  Independence Township as produced much oil in 
the Rea’s Run and Archer Fork Fields.
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JOLLY TOWNSHIP
Established 1840.  Part of it was incorporated into Monroe County in 1851. 
The was annexed into Grandview Township in 1859.
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LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP --- Township 3, Range 7.  
Established on June 15, 1815 from the northern boundary of Newport Twp.  
It is the only "square" township in the county.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Gracey
      Dart (founded October of 1905)
      Fay
      Sitka
      Heslop,
      Cow Run,  Moss Run,  Pine Ridge,  Pleasants Ridge,  Eddy Ridge, 
Laurel Hill,  Zion Ridge,  Cow Run,  Schley,  Steel Run,  Stark Hollow, 
Smith Hill,  Eight Mile,  Davis Hill,  Tuttle Run,  Dark Valley (A ravine 
where the sun only shines abt. 4 hrs. during the day.
-----POST OFFICES:
      Lawrence (first post office in township on John Dye’s farm.)
      Cow Run (1869-1916)
      Dye (1883-1902)
      Fay (1887-1936)
      Fifteen (1872-1879) (Nov. 12, 1894-May 15, 1918)
      Heslops (In Liberty Twp.  First used when Fifteen was discontinued in 
1879)
      Gracey (1882-1916)
      Dart
      Hills
      Moss Run (established 1858)
      Lunville, (established 1879)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Chambers,  Newlin/Newlen,  Dye,  Lawrence,  Ludwig,  Moss Run,  Mt. 
Zion,  Mt. Zion Bracey,  Mt. Pisgah,  Sitka/Old Dutch,  Pfiffer,  Pine 
Ridge,  Pleasant Hill/Ridge,  Rake,  St. John's Evan/Lutheran,  Lawrence 
Baptist,  McGregor,  Chapel,  Dennis,  Hern,  Beech Grove Presbyterian, 
Beech Grove United Brethren,  Moss Run
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Little Muskingum River,  Morse Run,  Moss Run,  Fifteen Mile Creek, 
Little Eight Mile Creek,  Steel Run,  Hog Run,  Archers Fork Creek (only 1 
mile long in Lawrence twp.  Technically in Independance Twp.),  Mill Fork, 
Sugar Creek,  Baker Run,  Cow Run,  Dana's Run,  Hamilton Run,  Goss Fork, 
Bear Run,  Whipple's Fork
-----STATE ROUTES:  7
-----COUNTY ROADS:  42, 133, 17, 12, 26, 14, 25, 9, 544
-----BRIDGES:
      Hune Covered Bridge.  Located on Twp. Rd. 34.  Built in 1879.
      Lewis Wetzel Cave (Moss Run)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
      James HOFF was elected the first “lister of taxable property” 
and James MITCHELL “appraiser of houses.”  Elections ere held in 
the early years at John DYE’S home near the mouth of Cow Run.  
The first school house was opened in 1810 at Cow Run.  when the 
public school system became operative, Lawrence Township was divided 
into eight school districts with a log school house in each.  The 
first church was a log house covered with clapboards and used by 
all denominations.
     The first children’s home in Ohio was in the house of Catherine
A. FAY at Moss Run on April 1, 1858, with 8 boys & 1 girl.
     The famous Cow Run oil developments were in the 1860’s.  The 
first machine for drilling for it was brought into the township in 
1864 by George McFARLAND.  Joshua L. GUYTON, one of the early 
settlers, reported that as early as 1845-46, when he had a cabinet 
shop on Cow Run that “within 35 feet of this shop” there was a 
“burning spring” from which gas was run through a wooden pipe for 
illuminating purposes.  For a burner he used the spout of a coffee 
pot.
     John NEWTON and Moffett DYE  sank the first well.  Early 
operations were numerous.
     Early settlers in Lawrence Township were the DYES, FAY’S, 
CHAMBERS’, McCOWAN’S, McELHINNEYS, ROGERS’, POWELL’S, 
TYLER’S, GUYTON’S, PATTERSON’S, HOFF’S and others.
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LIBERTY TOWNSHIP --- Township 4, Range 7.
Established on March 15, 1832 from the western part of Ludlow Twp.  In 
1851 Sections 18, 24, 30, & 36 was annexed to Noble County, Ohio.  
Section 5 & 6 was annexed to Monroe County, Ohio.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Harrietville (Oldest settlement in Liberty.  Now in Noble Co., Ohio)
      Dalzell (established Mar. 13, 1871)
      Fifteen (aka Slabtown)
      Gasville
      Heslop
      Germanville/Germantown Village (Oldest village.  Founded 1852)
      Paw Paw
      Liberty
      Saltpetre
      Waxler (aka Schramm Ridge),  Scott's Ridge,  Payne Hill,  Booth 
Hollow,  Best Hollow,  Neff Ridge
-----POST OFFICES:
      Girard (A post village of Trumbal Co., established 1842).
      Germantown (Established 1852)
      Heslop's (Established 1879)
      Dalzell 1872-1919
      Fifteen 1894-1918.  Known by locals as "Slabtown."
      Gasville  1888-1908.
      Gray  1873-1889.
      Saltpetre (1872-1914)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Binegar,  Boston,  Dalzell/Dalzell Ridge,  Fifteen,  Fifteen Lehigh, 
Koon,  Liberty,  Mossberg,  Paw Paw,  Paw Paw Church,  Scott's Ridge,  Tick 
Ridge,  Upper Paw Paw,  Waxley,  Waxler Church,  Everett Schmidt,  Methodist 
Church,  Pleasant Hill
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Witten Run,  Saltpeter Creek,  Paw Paw Creek,  Upper Paw Paw Creek, 
Coon Run,  Sycamore Run,  Fifteen Mile Creek,  East & West Branches of 
Fifteen Mile Creek,  Boston Run,  Goss Fork,  Whipple Run,  Hamilton Run, 
Deans Fork,  Laurel Run,  Long Run,  Campbell Run,  West Branch of Wingett's 
Run, Sycamore Fork
-----STATE ROUTES:  None
-----COUNTY ROADS:
      11, 12, 15, 42, 354, 355, 358, 360, 365, 371
-----BOARDERS:
      Noble County, Ohio (North.  Abt. 4 miles);  Monroe County, Ohio 
(North.  Abt. 2 miles);  Ludlow (East);  Lawrence (South);  Salem (West)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
      The first person who penetrated the wilderness to make his more 
in what is Liberty Township was Jewett PALMER, grandfather of G. A. 
and S. A. PALMER, who moved from Lawrence Township about 1823.  He 
remained only five years and went to Fearing, and later to Salem Township.   
Patrick CAMPBELL came next.  Richard ALLBERRY moved to the head of Whipple 
Run in 1835.  The site of Germantown was chosen for settlement by Matthew GRAY.
     Other families which settled in Liberty were those of Levi WOODS, Isaac 
KOON, Michael KOON, Joseph BARNHART, George KESSELRING, Cephas HENDERSHOT, 
Philip HENDERSHOT, Lewis YOUNG, John BOWERS, Thomas HAMILTON, Hiram DEARTH, 
Frederick GRUBER, Dr. J. M. WARREN, William WALTERS, Stephen HARRIS, Dr. 
SPARLING, Andrew CLINE, John SCOTT and John POWELL.
     Germantown was laid out by David HENDERSHOT. Dalzell was laid out by 
R. W. ST. JOHN and was named in honor of Private DALZELL of Noble County.
     Liberty is one of the hillest townships in the county.
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LUDLOW TOWNSHIP --- Township 3 Range 6.
Established on July 17, 1819. It was originally located diagonally 
Northeast of Lawrence Twp.  Ludlow derives it's name indirectly from a 
surveyor of that name, who ran the north boundary of the "donation land", 
called the "Ludlow Line".  In 1832 Liberty Twp. was made from the western 
boundary of Ludlow.  In 1840 Section 36 was annexed to Independence 
Township when it was formed.   In 1851 the land above the "Ludlow Line" 
became part of Monroe County.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Tice Run (oldest in township)
      Fox Settlement
      Bloomfield/Flint's Mill (Laid out in 1840 by Porter Flint)
      Carter
      Hohman/Blue Bird
      Little Muskingum Valley
      Wingett Run,  Shay Ridge,  Armstrong Ridge,  Northrup Run,  McCormick 
Hill,  Thomas Ridge,  Griffin Hill,  Silver Mine Run (later known as 
Campbells' Run)
-----POST OFFICES:
      Fox Settlement (aka Hohman, and Blue Bird) 1880-1913.
      Flint Mills (aka Bloomfield) 1833-1914.
      Carter Feb. 25, 1899 to Oct. 15, 1904.
      Wingett Run (established abt. 1874)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Bloomsfield,  Hall (2nd oldest in twp.),  Hood,  Mullinex,  Muskingum 
Valley,  Graham,  Provance,  St. Patrick's,  Smith,  Wagner,  Tice (oldest 
in twp.)
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Little Muskingum River,  Wingett Run,  Sacket Run,  Wilson Run,  Tice 
Run,  Haught Run,  Rish Run,  Edward's Run,  Cedar Run,  Hendershot Run, 
Long Run,  Eddy Run,  Wingate Run,  Boston Run,  Haught Run
-----STATE ROUTES:
      26, 260
-----COUNTY ROADS:
      406
-----BRIDGES:
      Rinard Covered Bridge - Built in 1871, located at the junction of Ohio 
26 and Washington County 406
-----BOARDERS:
      Monroe County, Ohio (North);  Grandview Twp. (East);  Liberty Twp. 
(West);  Grandview & Independence Twps. (South)
-----EARLY MILLS
      James Tice owned a saw mill on the Little Muskingum River, above the 
mouth of Hendershot's Run.
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
       All the early settlements in Ludlow Township were along the Little 
Muskingum.  Solomon TICE, a blacksmith, farmer and hunter was the first 
settler in 1797 on the east side of the Little Muskingum about two miles 
below Bloomfield.  Other early settlers were families named DEWEES, HERN, 
DICKSON, EDWARDS, O’HANLON, RINARD, MOORE, CLINE, FLINT, FOX, DAY, CAWLEY, 
HALL and WATSON.
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MARIETTA TOWNSHIP
(Also see the Village of HARMAR)
(Also see Pioneer Township)
Established on December 20, 1790.  It was one of the three original 
townships.  Originally Marietta Township consisted of Twps. 1, 2, & 3 in the 
8th Range and Townships 2 & 3 in the 9th Range.  Marietta was incorporated 
as a town in 1800, and became a "City of the Second Class" in October of 
1853.  In 1825 Marietta consisted of 3 wards.  Marietta (1st & 3rd) and 
Harmar (2nd).  In 1837 the west side of Marietta (Harmar, 2nd ward) 
seperated itself from Marietta and became Harmar Village.  It reunited with 
Marietta in 1890. (See Harmar Village below)
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Cornerville (once known as Netop)
      Caywood
      Devola
      Emerson
      Fairview Heights (aka Harmar Hill)
      Harmar (See Harmar Village below)
      Oak Grove
      Unionville
      Reno,
      Hills
      Sandhill
      Mile Run
      Eisner's Landing,
      Little Switzerland
      Repparts Landing,  Eisners Landing,  Argan Landing,  Reno Landing, 
Hills Landing,  Valley Mills,  Jennings Hill,  Hadley Hollow,  Sandhill
-----POST OFFICES:
      Marietta
      Harmar
      Rood, before 1890
      Cornerville 1890-1891
      Reno
-----CEMETERIES:
      Alcock,  Dowling,  Eastlawn Memorial/Valley,  Ginsburg,  Hadley, 
Harmar (same as the one in Harmar Village),  Infimary,  McGee,  Miller, 
Whitney,  Smith,  St. Mary's,  Oak Hill (Timothy & Sarah Cone)
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Ohio River,  Muskingum River,  Little Muskingum River,  Duck Creek, 
Second Creek,  Tupper Creek,  Indian Run,  Devol Run,  Rainbow Creek,  March 
Run,  Mill Run,  Brush Run,  Mile Run,  Goose Creek,  Coal Run, Tiber Creek
-----STATE ROUTES:
      7, 26, 60  (Between Marietta & Newport, State Route 7 is aka "Newport 
Pike" or "The Pike").
-----COUNTY ROADS:
      4, 9, 16, 17, 20, 50, 344, 348
-----INTERSTATE:
      77
-----ISLANDS:
      Kerrs Island, now known as Buckley Island
-----BRIDGES:
      Hills Covered Bridge
-----BORDERS:
      Ohio River, West Virginia (South);  Muskingum Twp. (Northwest); 
Fearing (Northeast), Warren (West)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
       Anselm TUPPER was first chairman of the township meetings.  
William STACY was overseer of the poor and Christopher BURLINGAME 
as the first constable.
     The town and township were the same for over 10 years--until 
Marietta was organized with town government.  This plan continued 
until the town was incorporated in 1825.
     Pioneer residents of Marietta Township were the THORNILEY 
families.  Cleab THORNILEY came from England to Marietta Township 
in 1795.  He married Mary ALCOCK and both died in 1807.  William 
THORNILEY came from England about the same time and lived in Marietta 
Township untill his death in 1827.  Philip Van THORNILEY was born 
in New York City in 1799 and grew up in Marietta Township, where he 
spent the remainder of his life.  These 3 THORNILEYS are the 
progenitors of all the THORNILEY families in this section today. 
     Other early families of Marietta Township were the SMITH family, 
descendants of SAMUEL B. SMITH who came to the township in 1816;  the 
RACER’S, ALCOCK’S, MILLER’S, WEST’S, HARNESSES, SHEETS’ OLDS, McALISTER’S
and STEPHENSON.
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HARMAR VILLAGE
(Marietta Township)
Township 1, Range 8.  Part of Marietta Township.  West side of Marietta. 
The Muskingum River divides the east and west side.  On March 23, 1837 
Harmar was incorporated as a separate town and remained that way until it 
was annexed back into Marietta in 1890.
-----POST OFFICES:
      Harmar
-----CEMETERIES:
      Harmar
-----OTHER: Some of the street names have changed over the years.
      Fort Street was formally Ohio Street.
      Gilman Street was formally 2nd Street.
      Gilman Ave. (towards Oak Grove) was formally Muskingum Road/Street.
      Franklin was formally 3rd Street.
      Harmar Street was formally 4th Street, and Main Street.
      Putnam Ave. was formally North Street.
      Maple Street was formally Church Street.
      Pearl Street was formally Peal Street.
-----Boarders:
      Muskingum River,  Ohio River,  City of Marietta, & Warren Township
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MEIGSVILLE TOWNSHIP
     Established April 1815.  Incorporated into Morgan County when it was 
formed in 1819.
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MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP
     Laid out in the northern part of Washington County.  Became part of 
Jefferson County in 1797.
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MIDDLETOWN/MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP
     Established December 1798.  This Township was formed after the first 
Middletown township went to Jefferson Co.  It laid in the Western part of 
Washington County, now part of Athens Township in Athens County.
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MORGAN TOWNSHIP
Established in July of 1818.  In 1819 was annexed to Morgan County when it 
was formed.
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MUSKINGUM TOWNSHIP --- Township 2 & 3.  Range 8 & 9
Originally part of Adams Twp.   Established on April 18, 1861 from parts 
of Fearing, Marietta & Union Twps.  The name "Muskingum: is derived from 
the river which runs through the extent of the township.  A part of Union 
Township was annexed to it in 1877. The territory forming the eastern 
boundary of the township and known as "THE RIDGE" because it divides the 
waters of Duck Creek from the Muskingum, was not generally settled until the 
late 1800's.
-----POST OFFICES:
     Alden
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Bear Creek Allotment
      Rainbow Creek Allotment (aka Rainbow. One of the 1st settlements in 
the township. Began April 29, 1795.)
      Ferncliff
      Oak Grove
      Westview
      Devol Terrace
      Wiseman's Bottom/Devola Village (Wiseman's Bottom was one of the 1st 
settlements in the township.)
      Pinchtown (Sometime after 1900, the name changed to Unionville because 
it had once been a part of Union Twp.
      Ridge Settlement (Far eastern part of the twp., where it divides Duck 
Creek from the Muskingum River.  Many German families settled here)
      Highland Ridge,  Cedar Ridge,  March Run Hill
-----Post Offices
      Devol's Dam 1881-1890
      Alden (Established 1891.  Formally Devol's PO)
      Rainbow (Aug. 8, 1888-June 30,1913
      Devola Station (Opened July 1, 1956.  An annex of Marietta PO)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Wiseman's Bottom,  Evangelical, Putnam,  Rainbow,  Highland,  Spears
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Muskingum River, New Years Creek, Rainbow Creek, Marsh Run, Devol Run, 
Tupper Creek, Second Creek, Indian Run, Mill Creek
-----Dams:  Devol's
-----STATE ROUTES:  60, 821
-----COUNTY ROADS:  4, 8, 79, 340, 341
-----INTERSTATE:  77
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
          First settlements in Muskingum Township were made in Wiseman’s 
Bottom and at Rainbow.  The Rainbow settlement was begun in 1795 by a 
company of Marietta settlers who had drawn lots on the western shore of the 
Muskingum.  The first settlers at Rainbow were Israel STONE and family.  
Then came the STACY’S, DYAR’S and STOWE’S.  The first settlers on Wiseman’s 
Bottom were Colonel Joseph BARKER, Israel PUTNAM, Captain Jonathan DEVOL
and John RUSSELL.
     The Wiseman’s Bottom settlement had two noted ship builders, Colonel 
Joseph BARKER and Captain Jonathan DEVOL, who built sea going craft, and 
who also built the pioneer stockades.
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NEWPORT TOWNSHIP --- Township 1, Range 6 and Township 2, Range 7.  
     Established on December 1798. Newport had its beginning 10 years after 
the Marietta settlement. At the regular meeting of the Court of Quarter 
Sessions in Marietta in 1798, a distinct township, "all that territory lying 
east of the western boundary of the Seventh Range," was set apart and named 
Newport Township. This included what is now the eastern third of Washington 
County.  Six townships, including Newport Township, were within its original 
boundaries.  In 1802 the extreme eastern part of Newport township was made 
separate and named Grandview. In 1815 the northern boundary was taken by 
Lawrence Township.  Liberty in 1832, and Independence in 1840.
     Between the village of Newport & Newell's run there is a huge scenic 
view overlooking the Ohio River called "Mt. Dudley"., after Dudley 
Woodbridge.  This is where Dudley first wanted Harman Blennerhasset to build 
his mansion.  Of course Harman did not build here.  He chose "The Bluff", 
located on the Ohio River between Belpre Twp., and Parkersburg, Wood County, 
Virginia (now WV) instead. This "Bluff" is known as Blennerhasset Island.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Newport (founded 1798)
      Upper Newport (aka the Upper Settlement)
      Lower Newport (aka the Lower Settlement)
      Bevin
      Milltown/Rosedale
      Ferguson's Landing
      Eight Mile (named this because it is 8 miles from the courthouse)
      Kinderhook
      Murphy,
      Yankeeburg
      Newells
      Hills
      Beech Grove
-----POST OFFICES:
      Newport (Established Nov. 15, 1815)
      Lower Newport (Established 1841)
      Bevin (June 22, 1897-Sept. 8, 1832)
      Dell (Aug. 1884-1919)
      Newport (Established Nov. 15, 1815)
      Maxon (May 1, 1901-Sept. 14, 1901)
      Gracey (3 miles north in Lawrence twp.  Established 1901)
      Newell's Run (Established July 9, 1866)
      Hills (Established Feb 2, 1869)
      Murphy (July 27, 1882-Oct. 31, 1917)
-----CEMETERIES:
     Barker,  Old Barker,  Beech/Beech Grove,  Beech Grove Baptist,  Beech 
Grove Methodist,  Beech Grove Presbyterian,  Hearn,  Newport,  Pleasant 
Hill,  Yankeeburg/Sandhill,  J. F. Goodman Farm,  Racer,  Hill, Kinderhook
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Ohio River,  Little Muskingum River,  Eight Mile Run,  Porter Run, 
Tadpole Run,  Pot Pie Run,  Long Run,  Sheets Run,  Allen Run,  Burns Run, 
Newell Run,  Bells Run,  Kerr Run,  Ferguson Run,  Bolivian Run,  Kesselring 
Run,  Reynolds Run,  Northrup Run,  Lick Run,  Peggs Fork
-----STATE ROUTES:  7
-----COUNTY ROADS:  554, 33, 9, 46, 20, 22, 47, 713, 25, 224
-----BRIDGES:  Hills Covered Bridge.  Built in 1878.
-----BOARDERS:
      Ohio River (St. Mary's W. VA);  (East & South);  Marietta Twp. (West); 
Lawrence & Independence (North)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
       The DANA’S and the GREENE’S were the first settlers in what is Newport.  
Newport was laid out by Ebenezer BATTELLE, a graduate of Harvard University.
     As early as 1820 Joseph BARKER built a mill in Newport Township for the 
extraction of flax-seed oil and castor oil  It worked for a while, but the 
cultivation of flax and the castor oil bean did not prove profitable.  In 
later decades, Newport Township has been enriched by the petroleum industry.
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NEWTOWN/NEWTON TOWNSHIP
Established December 1798. Was formed from Waterford.  Now apart of 
Muskingum County.  (Muskingum Co., formed in 1804)
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OLIVE(R)GREEN TOWNSHIP
(Also see Waterford Twp.)
Established June 1817. The opening of the Donation Tract brought many people 
and the garrison at Fort Frye became too small to accommodate them. This led 
to the formation of the Olive Green colony a few miles above Beverly. It 
included Abel SHERMAN, who just before the end of the Indian War, was 
treacherously killed by the Shawnee Indian, "Silverheels." In 1819 Olive 
Green became part of Morgan County when formed in 1819.  Later became 
Jackson Township, Noble County.
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PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP.
(See Watertown Twp.)
Before 1790, Watertown was known by this name.
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PALMER TOWNSHIP --- Township 8, Range 11.  
Established on May 19, 1851 from parts of Roxbury, Wesley, Watertown and 
Barlow Townships.   The township is named after it’s founder, Joseph 
Palmer, Sr. who served in the Revolutionary War at the age of 16.  He & 
Joseph Rice purchased the land from Ephraim Cutler at Amesville on August 
8, 1802. In 1807 Joseph served in the Ohio Legislature. Prior to the 
formation of Noble County in 1851, a man standing on the northeast corner of 
section 6, now in Palmer, could have placed himself by a single step, either 
north-east in Watertown, southeast in Barlow , southwest in Wesley, or 
northwest in Roxbury.  From this point the dividing lanes ran toward the 
four points of the compass in two straight lines through the present township.  
But by the formation of Noble, Morgan County lost large areas, and was 
partially recompensed by the addition of the larger part of Roxbury, with 
parts of other townships just mentioned, were consolidated into a new township, 
named Palmer.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Dale
      Oak Hill
-----POST OFFICES:
      Brown's Mills was the first post office in the township.  It ran 
from March 6, 1819 to June 30 1903.  Samuel BROWN  was the first postmaster.
At that time there was no post office between Harmar and Brown’s Mills.
      Big Bottom was the post office on July 12, 1834.  On January 26, 1838 
the post office moved to Morgan County, Ohio and renamed Stockport.
-----CEMETERIES:
      Corns,  Dale/Fairview (extreme NW corner of twp.),  Fairview, 
Palmer/Gard (1st in the twp.),  Hiett,  Murdock,  Corns
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      West & South Forks/Branches of Wolf Creek, Whitewater Creek
-----STATE ROUTES:  676
-----COUNTY ROADS:  6, 18, 222
-----BRIDGES:  Shinn Covered Bridge - Built in 1886, located about 1 mile 
north of Washington Co Rd. 18.
-----BOARDERS:
      Wesley (West),  Morgan County, Ohio (Northwest),  Watertown 
(Northeast),  Barlow (East),  Fairfield (South)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
       The first pioneer who settled in what is Palmer Township was 
Christopher MALSTER.  He came in 1796.  Other pioneer settlers were the 
PALMER’S, GUARD/GARD’S, RICE’S, PERRY’S, SMITH’S, PATTEN’S, BRECKENRIDGE’S, 
STACY’S, TROTTER’S, GRAHAM’S, MURDOCK’S, GREENLEE’S, FERGUSON’S, DALEY’S, 
HUTCHINSON’S, AND HICKMAN’S.
     The Scotch settlement, which owned its existence to Nahum WARD of 
Marietta, began in 1820 with the coming of John and Hugh BRECKENRIDGE.  
Then followed Hugh GREENLESS, David FERGUSON, Duncan DRAIN and Robert 
BRECKENRIDGE.       
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PIONEER TOWNSHIP
(See Marietta Township)
The 23rd township.  Established June 6, 1967 this is known as the City of 
Marietta.  Marietta City had always been a part of Marietta Township. 
Because of the change, Marietta, Warren, Muskingum, and Fearing townships 
were decreased in size.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Norwood
      Harmar Hill
      West Side (Harmar, Harmar Hill & Fairview Heights)
      Some of Mile Run
-----POST OFFICES:
      Marietta
-----CEMETERIES:
      Mound,  Harmar,  St. Mary's,  Oak Grove,  Children's Home
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Ohio River,  Muskingum River,  Tiber Creek
-----STATE ROUTES:
      7 (Pike, Greene, 3rd, & Washington Streets);  26 (Greene Street);   
60 (Muskingum Drive)
-----COUNTY ROADS:  351 (Colgate Drive);  375 (Glendale Road)
-----Interstate  77
-----BOARDERS:
      Williamstown, WV (Ohio River),  Also see Marietta Twp.
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PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP (See Waterford Township)
     Established December 20, 1790 one of the original three Townships. 
Later the name was changed to Waterford.
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ROXBURY TOWNSHIP
     Established in 1806.  It was dissolved in 1851 with parts going to 
Noble County, Morgan County, and Palmer Township.
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SALEM TOWNSHIP --- Township 4, Range 8.  
     Established on December 5, 1797 from Adams Twp.  The 1st boundary 
change was made March 8, 1808 when Fearing Twp. Was formed, cutting away 
3 miles on the south end.  On the same day, the west range was attached 
to Salem Twp.  The 2nd change was in December of 1818 when Aurelius Twp. 
was formed.  Sections 25, 26, 27 & fractions of 34, 35, & 36 was annexed 
to Aurelius.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Lower Ox-Bow
      Upper Ox-Bow
      Virgin Bottom
      Lower Salem (established 1850)
      Whipple
      Harrietsville
      Ogle Hollow
      Paw Paw
      Warner (established abt. 1873)
      Bonn Village (Oldest village. Established abt. 1835 and named by the 
German settlers for the city of Bonn on the Rhine.
      Whipple
      Duck Creek Allotment
      Bear Creek Allotment
      Tick Ridge,  Ogle Hollow
-----POST OFFICES:
      Whipple
      Lower Salem
-----CEMETERIES:
      Good Hope,  Lower Salem,  Lutheran,  Methodist,  Mt. Ephraim,  Porter, 
Schruber,  Thompson,  Warner,  Warren,  Pigeon Creek,  Bonn/German 
Methodist,  Wesley,  Jackson,  St. James,  Tick Ridge,  Varner,  Feldner
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Bear Creek,  Cattle Creek,  Duck Creek,  East & West Forks/Branches of 
Duck Creek,  Whipple Run,  Paw Paw Creek,  Goulds Run,  Peakers Run,  Cairns 
Run
-----STATE ROUTES:  145, 530, 821
-----COUNTY ROADS:  8, 11, 15
-----BOARDERS:
      Noble County, Ohio (North);  Aurelius Twp. (North);  Liberty Twp. 
(East);  Adams Twp (West);  Fearing & Muskingum Twps. (South)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION
       The first settler in Salem township was Amos PORTER, one of the 
48 Marietta pioneers.  He was followed by the NASH’S, DELONG’S, McCUNE’S, 
TALLMAN’S, FULTON’S, DAVIS’, TRUE’S, PERKIN’S, ALLEN’S, STANLEY’S and 
CHAPMAN’S.
     John TRUE taught school in the township in 1807.  Elisha ALLEN 
erected a saw mill and a grist mill on Duck Creek before 1820, these 
mills being in the “Lower Oxbow.”  On the “Upper Oxbow”, S. N. MERRIAM 
built steam saw and grist mills 10 years later.
     Lower Salem was laid out in 1850 at the end of a plank road from 
Marietta.  The toil house there was the first building in the village.  
Warner was laid out by P. and E. BOYE  in 1873, and was named for 
General A. J. WARNER of Marietta
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TUSKARAWA TOWNSHIP
     Established 1802. In 1808 it became part of Tuscarawas County.  In 
1811 part was annexed to Coshocton County.
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UNION TOWNSHIP --- Township 3, Range 9.
(See Adams, Warren & Watertown Twps.)
     Established 1812. In 1813 part was annexed to Wooster. In 1877, this 
township was dissolved.  Parts went to Adams, Muskingum, Warren and 
Watertown Townships.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Wisemans Bottom/Devola
      Rainbow (Now in Muskingum Twp)
      Bear Creek
      Pinchtown (Now in in Muskingum Twp. Sometime after 1900, the name 
changed to Unionville because it had once been a part of Union Twp.
      Marsh Run Hill
-----POST OFFICES:
      Uniontown (Established 1875.  Later named Churchtown because when 
Union Twp was dissolved in 1877 it was annexed to Watertown Twp.
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      Muskingum River,  Rainbow Creek
-----CEMETERIES:
      [See Adams, Muskingum, Warren, and Watertown Twps.]
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WARREN TOWNSHIP [The 1st Warren Twp.]
     Laid out to the west of the Pennsylvania line.  This township was 
used to establish Jefferson County in 1797.
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WARREN TOWNSHIP --- Township 1, Range 9 and Township 2 Range 9. 
[The 2nd Warren Township]
Established on September 10, 1810.  Before it was established, the 
township was a squatter settlement known as Nozeltown or Nogletown.  
The boundaries have frequently been changed.  The 'original' township 
consisted from the Ohio River (between 9 & 9th Ranges), north of said 
line to the northeast corner of Township 2, Range 9,Section 25 thence 
north to the northwest corner of section 17 in the same township.  
Sometime after 1813 a personal quarrel between 2 prominent citizens 
resulted in a tract 1/2 mile wide and 2 miles long being set off and 
annexed to Barlow twp.  In 1812 part of Wooster was annexed to Warren.  
When Dunham Township was formed in 1855 it took a considerable amount 
from Warren.  In 1877 the partitionment of Union Twp. added 4 more 
sections to the north of Warren.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Nozeltown/Nogletown (A squatter settlement before 1810)
      Constitution (founded on January 24, 1824.  Established Jan. 21, 1891)
      Tunnel (Established 1855)
      Locust Forks
-----POST OFFICES:
      Barber July 8, 1852 to October 11, 1859.
      Bate was the post office on April 12, 1882, which became Gravel Bank 
post office on April 23, 1871 or 1891.
      Gravel Bank  1871 to 1914.  Formally was Bate post office.
      Harmar (Actually in Marietta [Harmar] Township, but some Warren 
residents also used this post office.)
-----CEMETERIES:
      Bethel,  Brabham,  Christopher,  Gravel Bank/Riverview,  Tunnel, 
Warren Chapel,  Pine Ridge,  Harris,  Fulcher
-----Creeks, Streams, Rivers, Ridges & Runs:
      Ohio River, East Branch of Little Hocking River, Mile Run, Scott's 
Run, Bailey's Run, Horse Run, turkey Hen Creek, Brown's Run,  Wolf Creek 
(forms at the northwest part of the township)
-----STATE ROUTES:  7
-----COUNTY ROADS:  10
-----ISLANDS:  Vienna Island,  Muskingum Island
-----BORDERS:
       East:  Marietta Twp.;  West: Barlow Twp.;  Northeast: Muskingum Twp;
Northwest: Watertown Twp.  South: Ohio River, Wood Co., WV
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION
       The first permanent settlers in Warren were the BALIEY’S, NEWTON’S, 
COLE’S, HUMPHREY’S, CUTLER’S and FINCH’S.
     Warren Township may be called the “grindstone township” of Washington 
County.
     First settlers included Ephraim CUTLER, Isaac HUMPHREY, Ezekiel FINCH, 
Thomas DICKEY, Philip COLE, Willard GREENE, James H. DEMING, Eilas NEWTON, 
Seth BAILEY, John SKIPTON, William STAGE, William PERDEW, Colonel T. W. 
MOORE, Thomas DRAIN, Henry McEVOY, Robert HANNA.  Other early settlers 
included theCOFFMAN’S, MILLER’S, PINKERTON’S, MANKINS’ JOHNSON’S, FOSTER’S,
McMAHAN’S, CHRISTY’S, HOLDEN’S, HARRIS’, MERCER’S, THOMAS’, DAVIS’, KAYLOR’S, 
HART’S, ROEPER’S, MELLOR’S, SIEBERT’S, TRATCHELL’S, and BRABHAM’S.
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WATERFORD TOWNSHIP --- Township 5, Range 10. 
(See also Plainfield Twp.)
     Established December 20, 1790.  Waterford originally consisted 
Township 7 & 8, Range 11;  Townships 4 & 5, Range 10; and one mile square 
in Township 4, Range 9, Section 33.  Before 1790 it was known as Plainfield 
Township and was the second settlement of Marietta pioneers who colonized 
outlying areas near Marietta made in a "Donation Tract" in what is 
Waterford Township in 1789, shortly after the Belpre settlement was made. 
The entire area of what is Waterford Township was in this tract in the 
original Ohio land subdivisions for Revolutionary War soldiers.  The tract 
was not included in the Ohio Company Purchase, but was set apart by act of 
Congress for military bounty settlers. The Ohio Company surveyed and 
allotted the lands to the settlers.  Thirty-nine families were in the group 
that made the Beverly-Waterford settlement 20 miles up the Muskingum. 
Requirements for the settlers in the tract were that they build houses 
within five years, set out fruit trees, clear meadows and pastures for stock 
raising and generally cultivate the soil on their 100-acre tracts allotted 
them. They were also required to have fire-arms. In 1875 it was in Twp. #5 
Range 10
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
       Waterford Village
       Coal Run (Founded on September 13, 1837. Lower end of Round Bottom)
       Beverly
       Wolf Creek Mills
       Wolf Creek  
       Ludlow
       Olive Green  
       Sherman Station  
       Muskingum Allotment  
       Swift(s)  
       Relief  
       Federal Bottom (The extensive level tract of land on the WEST side of 
the Muskingum River east of the village of Beverly)
      Round Bottom (The lower bottom of the township on the EAST side of the 
Muskingum River.  Settled early 1795); 
      Tick Hill
      Luke Chute
      Lowell Hill
      Righteous Ridge
      Elk Run Allotment; 
      Muskingum Allotment.
-----POST OFFICES:
      Waterford (established March 8, 1811)
      Beverly (established March 24, 1838)
      McIntosh (established abt. 1835-1837)
      Coal Run (established 1839)
      Luke Chute
      Parker
      Swifts
      Relief
      Gingerpoint
      Beckett Station (Jan. 23, 1888 to Oct. 16, 1893 Then called Beckett 
from October 16, 1893 to May 22, 1936)
     Limburg (Between Waterford & Lowell.  Home of Frank & Jessie McNeal 
in 1891).
-----CEMETERIES:
      Beckett,  Benjamin,  Beverly,  Brentnell,  Cedar Hill/Ridge,  Center 
Memorial Church,  Coal Run,  Davis Fleming,  Delong,  Devol,  Doland, 
Gates,  Gelb,  Greenman,  Hayward,  Milnor,  Morris,  Nixon,  Powers, 
Relief/Delong,  Cushing/Round Bottom,  Salem,  Stump,  White/Swifts/Minor, 
VanClief,  Vincent,  Waterford,  Bacon Farm,  Gilmore,  Olive Green,  Grubb, 
Ross,  St. John's Evan/Lutheran,  Congress Run,  Curry Napier,  Tick Ridge, 
Waterman,  Wolf Creek Chapel
-----Creeks, Streams, Rivers, Ridges & Runs:
      Wolf Creek, Olive Green Creek, Stillbrook (now known as Hanford or 
Hayward's Run), Congress Run;  Flint Run, Boseman Duck Creek, Cushing Run, 
Elk Run, Muskingum River
-----STATE ROUTES:  60, 83, 339
-----COUNTY ROADS:  4, 6, 32, 60, 102, 109, 174, 802
-----GARRISONS:
      Tyler Block-house.  This block-house was the only building on the 
"Peninsula" during the Indian War.  It was occupied by Major Dean Tyler.
-----ISLANDS:  Dana Island
-----BORDERS:
      Morgan County, Ohio (North & West);  Adams (East);  Watertown (South
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
      Beverly college was established February, 1843.
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WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP --- Township 4, Range 10. 
(See also Wooster Twp.)
     Established June 4, 1806.  Largest township in Washington County. This 
township was first known as Wooster Township.  In a later meeting of the 
county commissioners set off of Waterford and attached to Wooster that part 
of the town of Waterford lying in Township 3, Ranges 10 & 11 and so much of 
Township 8, Range 11 as it lies south of the West Branch of wolf Creek.  
In 1813, Sections 31-36 of Union Township wee set off and annexed to Wooster.  
The name was changed from Wooster to Waterford on December 6, 1824.  This 
was done to avoid confusion with Wooster Twp. in Wayne Co., Ohio.  Watertown 
was named in honor of Sherman Waterman who was killed by the Indians in 1795.
In 1877 Watertown received part of Union Twp. when it was dissolved.  It 
included the whole of Twp. 3, Range 9, Sections 31-36.  This tract was 
originally part of Marietta & Adams Twps. Watertown as it existed before 
1813 had originally been a part of Waterford.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Rainbow Creek Allotment
      Wolf Creek Allotment (settled 1797)
      Waterford Allotment
      South Branch Allotment
      West Branch Allotment
      Churchtown (founded 1866 as Uniontown because it was in Union Township 
then.)
      Barlow
      Watertown  (The village of Watertown sprang up at the intersection of 
the Marietta-Lancaster road and the road from Waterford)
      Wiseman's Bottom (now Devola in Muskingum Twp.)
      Rosner Ridge,  Pine Ridge,  Sand Ridge
-----POST OFFICES:
     Watertown (established 1828)
     Uniontown (established 1875. Matthew JURDEN was the first postmaster.
This post office was later named Churchtown because when Union Twp was 
dissolved in 1877 it was annexed to Watertown Twp.
     Churchtown 1888-1907 
-----CEMETERIES:
      Ave Maria,  Cajoe's Grave,  Deming,  Henry,  Johnson/Vanmeter, 
Lutheran,  North Watertown,  Pleasant Grove,  St. John's,  Stanley, 
Watertown,  Woodruff,  Nixon,  Radacker,  Johnson,  Wolcott
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:
      South & West Branches of Wolf Creek,  Browns Mill,  Rainbow Creek, 
Plum Run
-----STATE ROUTES:  339, 676
-----COUNTY ROADS:  2, 4, 6, 109, 174, 183, 453, 803
-----COVERED BRIDGES:
      Harra Covered Bridge, located on Twp. Rd. 172.  Built in 1878.
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMATION:
       The village of Watertown sprang up at the intersection of the 
Marietta-Lancaster road and the road from Waterford.  The first school 
in Watertown was taught by Nathaniel GATES in 1799.  The first store in 
Watertown was opened by Abijah BROOKS in 1826.  He was also the first 
postmaster.  He built the Exchange Hotel in Harmar in 1837.  Matthew 
JURDEN was the first postmaster at Churchtown in 1875.
     Scotch emigrants  came to Watertown Township after 1830.  The 
BRECKENRIDGE’S came here from Argyleshire, and the family is a large 
one which is represented today in relationship of many of the residents 
of the township.
     The annual Harvest Home picnic which has been a home coming event 
at Watertown for the past 56 years, has brought together reunions of 
families.  The WOLCOTT’S, BINGHAM’S, CUTTER’S, MARTIN’S, FISHER’S, and 
others are old-time families of Watertown. 
     The late Dr. Seth HART, pioneer physician in Harmar, practiced his 
profession at Watertown before coming to Harmar in 1825.
     At Wolf Creek Mills, the famous Red Riding Hood Flour was discovered.
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WOOSTER TOWNSHIP
(See Watertown Township)
The initial settlement was in 1789, but established June 4, 1806, was later 
renamed Watertown on December 6, 1824.  In 1806 it included only the 4th Twp 
in the 10th Range.  The county commissioners later set off of Waterford and 
attached to Wooster that part of the town lying in the 3rd Twp. of the 11th 
Range, and some of the 8th Twp. of the 11th Range as lies south of the west 
branch of Wolf Creek.  In Sept. 1813 6 sections (31-36) of Union Twp. was 
annexed to Wooster.
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WESLEY TOWNSHIP
Township 7, Ranges 11 & 12.  Township 8 Range 11.  
     Established Aug 12, 1810.  Originally embraced Township #3, Range 10 
and Township #7, Range 11 then belonging to Wooster.  Also the south half 
of Township #8, Range 11 belonging to Roxbury.  Afterwards section of #1, 
2, & 3 of Township #8.   In 1826 the first recorded township recorded then 
94 names, included what is now Fairfield Township.
-----COMMUNITIES & SETTLEMENTS (Includes Ridges, Hills, and Hollows):
      Bartlett originally 3 sections:
         1. Pleasanton
         2. Plymouth
         3. East Plymouth (founded March 17, 1834)
      Dale (boarders Palmer Twp. & Morgan Co., Ohio
      Patten Mills
      Tabor Ridge;  Middle Ridge,  Mayle Ridge
Pleasanton was named by Henry Smith's father (James Ward Smith) and brother 
(Milton) because they thought another county would develop from Washington. 
So they laid off the western part of the township and gave it the name of 
"Pleasanton" because it was "a pleasant place to live."
-----POST OFFICES:
      Bartlett (founded on March 17, 1834) Because there were other post 
offices in Ohio by the names of Plymouth (founded 1835 by Henry Smith) and 
Pleasantown the names were dropped and was called "Bartlett" after Amos 
Bartlett, the 1st postmaster.
      Dale 1897-1903
-----CEMETERIES:
       Bartlett,  Bartlett Friends/Quaker,  Burt,  Coler,  Hobson,  Laze, 
Liberty,  Norris,  Schrader,  Southland,  Southland Mission,  Wesleyan, 
Wilson,  Smith,  Union,  Wesley Methodist, Cody, Fairview Church
-----STREAMS, CREEKS, RIVERS & RUNS:  West branch of Wolf Creek enters in 
the extreme Northwest corner,  Coal Run,  Aldridge Run,  Walnut Run,  Laurel 
Run,  Brill Run,  Wildcat Run
-----STATE ROUTES:  676, 555, 550
-----COUNTY ROADS:  197, 206, 99, 96
-----BOARDERS:
      Morgan County, Ohio (North);  Palmer & Fairfield twps. 
(East);  Decatur twp. (South)
-----EARLY SETTLERS & OTHER INFORMAION
      This is NOT a complete list, but some of those who settled in the 
Early 1800's:
Thomas Ewing;   Moses Woodruff  (PA);   John & Henry Rardin;   James Ward
Smith;   James Waldo Smith, Jr.;   Robert Brackenridge;   Jacob Mullen;
William Coaley;   Solomon Gable;   Joseph Ames;   Levi Arnold (b. 1801 in
Virginia.  Lived in Wood Co. Virginia. d. Missouri);   Soloman N. Cook (came
from NH in 1814);   Philip Schrader (b. in Maryland);   George Martin (b.
1780 in Scotland);   Steven Randolph;   Milton D. Fowler (came to Wesley in
1838);   James King (b. 1818 in PA.  Removed to Morgan Co. 1844);   John L.
Brill (b. 1801 in PA);  James Bowman (b. Dec. 1818 in Stark Co., Ohio);
John Morris (b. 1790 in NC);  Gideon Mills (b. in NC.  Settled Wash. Co. in
1839);   Robert Williams (b. 1813);   John Spears (b. 1813 in PA);   Job
Addis (b. 1816 in Fayette Co., PA);   Elisha J. Holloway (b. 1819 in Belmont
Co., Ohio);    James Morrow (b. 1796 in PA.);   E. Hollingsworth (b. 1827 in
Columbiana Co., Ohio);   John Zumbro (came from PA in 1848);   Herny S.
Barnes (b. 1810 in Greene Co., PA.);   Richard J. Barton (b. 1824 in
Guernsey Co., Ohio);   Jason Williams (b. 1845 in PA.).
     The Bartlett Academy was founded in 1856.
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REFERENCES USED TO COMPILE THIS DATABASE:
   Washington County Ohio to 1980, WCHS
   Washington County, Ohio 1788-1881, H. Z. Williams & Bros.
   History of Marietta & Washington County, OH, Martin R. Andrews, MA, 1902
   1875 Washington County, Ohio Atlas
   Washington County, Ohio Map, Fremont Printing Inc., 2003
   Marietta Daily Times - Thursday April 7, 1938
   GNIS website