Pioneer History of Meigs County, by Stillman Carter Larkin

In 2002 the original Volunteer County Coordiator for Meigs OHGenWeb, Brad A. Frecker was transcribing the "Pioneer History of Meigs County, by Stillman Carter Larkin" The project was never completed the and much of his work was lost over the years that ancestry.com did such a poor job of hosting the pages. What is left is preserved here, mainly because the search engine has hundreds of hits that lead to the family stories that Mr. Frecker had transcirbed.

Cite this item:
Larkin, Stillman Carter. The pioneer history of Meigs County. Columbus, Ohio, Berlin Printing Company, 1908. Retrieved from Meigs County OHGenWeb http://meigs.ohgenweb.org/larkin/html/

This book is available online at the Library of Congress at https://www.loc.gov/item/21021012

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PIONEER HISTORY OF MEIGS COUNTY
By STILLMAN CARTER LARKIN

Index Page 207

Introduction . . 3-7       Page 3

Declaration of Independence in 1776 . . 9-13       Page 9

The Ordinance of 1787 . . 14-16       Page 14

Ohio Company's Purchase . . 17       Page 17

Meigs County Formed in 1819 . . 17, 18       Page 17

Census Report for Letart, Lebanon and Sutton Townships, for 1820 . . 18-20 v       Page 18

Township Boundaries 21, 22       Page 21

Elections, for Governor 24       Page 24

Road Tax 24       Page 24

Rutland Township Organized in 1812 . . 25       Page 25

Brewster Higley and Family 27-29       Page 27

Joel Higley and Family 29-31       Page 29

Hamilton Kerr and Col. John Niswonger 32, 33       Page 32

The Warth Family 33, 34       Page 33

Felix Benedict, Jabez Benedict 35, 36       Page 35

Jeremiah Riggs and Family 37       Page 37

John Miles and Family 37-39       Page 37

Captain James Merrill 39       Page 39

William Parker, Sr., and Family 40, 41       Page 40

Aleshire Brothers 41       Page 41

Thomas Shepherd 42       Page 42

Caleb Gardner 43       Page 43

Daniel Rathburn 44, 45       Page 44

The Hunters — John and George Warth 45-49      Page 45

Abel Larkin and Family 49-54      Page 49

Allen Ogden and Descendants 54-55       Page 54

Shubael Nobles 56, 57       Page 56

William Parker, 2d, and Family 57-59       Page 57

A Gang of Indians 59, 60       Page 59

Pioneer Association 60-63       Page 60

Sketch of Early History, by Luther Hecox 63-66       Page 63

Alexander Stedman of Athens County 66       Page 66

Long Bottom, by J. H. Stewart 67, 68       Page 67

Dr. Philip Lauck and Rev. Ezra Grover 68, 69       Page 68

The Scotch Colony at Sterling Bottom 69       Page 69

The Pictured Rocks at Antiquity. Silas Jones 69, 70       Page 69

Dr. Fuller Elliot 71, 72       Page 71

James Smith, Sr 72, 73       Page 72

Erastus Stow 73       Page 73

Luke Brine 74       Page 74

Thomas Gaston 74       Page 74

Frederic Hysell 75, 76       Page 75

Joshua Johnson 76       Page 76

Leonard Hedrick 77       Page 77

Aaron Holt 77       Page 77

Weaver's Reeds 78, 79       Page 78

Peter Lalance, Sr 79, 80       Page 79

John V, Lasher 81       Page 81

Index Page 207

Stow and the Wolves 81       Page 81

A Brave Boy 82       Page 82

First Court of Common Pleas in Meigs County . . 83-87       Page 83

Meeting of Commissioners, April 30, 1819 . . 87-91       Page 87

Tax Laws . . 91, 92       Page 91

Mrs. Dolly Knight's Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 93       Page 92

Meager Accounts of Early Settlers 93       Page 93

George W. Cooper 94       Page 94

Major John White 94       Page 94

Samuel Ervin 95       Page 95

Letter to Teacher and Scholars of Pleasant Valley 96-99       Page 96

Original Forest of Rutland Township 99-101       Page 99

Time of Dogwood Blossoming 101, 102       Page 101

Samuel Halliday 103       Page 103

The Windstorm of 1826 . . 104       Page 104

Schools and School-houses 105, 106       Page 1055

Joel Lowther, the Centenarian 107       Page 107

The Grant and Knight Families 108-111       Page 108

Pioneer Meeting at Middleport in August, 1882 . . . 1ll, 112       Page 111

Col. David Barber, Ex-Treasurer of Meigs County — A Guest . . 113       Page 113

The "Warth Family." Mr. Silas Jones . . 114       Page 114

Plea for the Pioneer Graveyard 115       Page 115

1883. Tombstone for Mr. George Warth, the Indian Scout, and Mail Carrier 115       Page 115

Flax 115, 116       Page 115

Clocks, Cranes 117       Page 117

Mills . . 118       Page 118

Joseph D. Plummer 119       Page 119

Josiah Simpson, Sr , 120       Page 120

Robert Simpson, Sr. 121       Page 121

John Newell and Descendants 122, 123       Page 122

Rev. Eli Stedman and Family 123, 124       Page 123

Captain Jesse Hubbell. Seneca Haight 124, 125       Page 124

Stephen Titus and Mrs. Margarhetta N. Titus 125       Page 125

Melzar Nye and Lewis and Ebenezer Nye 126       Page 126

Cattle Diseases . . 127
Cicada, or Seventeen Year Locust 127       Page 127

Wild Turkeys, Wild Geese, Owls and Hawks . . 128, 129       Page 128

Bees, Ingenious Contrivances for Work 130       Page 130

Salt . . . 131-135       Page 131

Joseph Vining, Elijah Jones 135, 136       Page 135

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Asahel Skinner and Descendants 136, 137
Joseph Giles, John Sylvester, Lemuel Powell, Aaron Torrence 138
Whittemore Reed and Family 138, 139
Samuel Downing and Descendants 139, 140
Aaron Thompson, Pleney Wheeler 141
Alexander Von Schritz, Joseph Townsend 142
John McClenahan 142
Stephen Smith and Family 143
Jesse Page, William Stevens, John Bing 144
Robert Bradford 144
Joshua Gardner 145, 146
Timothy Smith 147, 148
John S. Giles' Account of the Rescue of Adams Smith from Jail . . 149-153

Index Page 208

William Church and Family 154
Randall Stivers , 155
Aaron Stivers , 156
Adam Harpold . . 157, 158
Henry Roush, 1st, and Henry Roush, 2d . . .159
George Washington Putnam, by Charles Matthews 160, 161
Livingston Smith 162
William Johnson 163
John Entsminger 163, 164
George Wolfe 165
Regular Baptist Church 166
Rutland Cemetery 166
John Hayman and Descendants 167, 168
John Wagner, George Burns 169
Obadiah Walker, Sr 170
Doctor Fenn Robinson 170, 171
John Hall and Descendants 171
The Sayres. Hon. Edgar Evin . . 172
The "Keg Company" 173
Dr. David Gardner 173
Edward Weldon and Family 174
Meteoric Shower. Flood of 1832 of the Ohio River . . 175
The Cholera in Chester in 1834, by Mrs. D. Knight . . 176-178
Cholera in Middleport in 1849 . . 178
Arthur Merril, Frederic Merrill 179
Samuel Pomeroy 179
Mr. V. B. Horton and Family 180
Martin Heckard — Judge 180
Jacob Rice, Ira McCumber 181 Fugitive Slave Case 181
James Petty, Lucinda Smith, nee Dunham 182
Mrs. Josiah Simpson, nee Dawson 183
The Bradbury Family, by Samuel Bradbury, Esq 183
Simeon Elliott and Family 184
Rev. Samuel Branch 184
Papers from the Levi Stedman's Documents 185-188
The Pilchard and Ellis Families 188, 189
Scholars Equipments 189
Pioneer Hotel 190
First Newspapers Printed in Meigs County 191
"The Buckeye Rovers" 191-193 Associate Judges of Meigs County 194 Census List, in 1820, of Rutland, Salisbury and Salem Townships. 195
Cyclone in Columbia Township in 1886 196
The Young Kentuckians 197
The Athens Colony 198
The Ackleys 199
Dr. John R. Piison, Sr. - Dr. John McClintock. 200, 201
Rev. Isaac Reynolds 201
Mr. Lucius Cross 202
The Alexanders . . 203
Dr. David C. Whaley. The Paine Family . . . 204, 205
Obituary of S. C. Larkin. . . . 205

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