Smith suddenly died. His family went on with Mr. Case until
rearching a little town West Liberty, the county seat of Ohio
county, West Virginia, where John Case suddenly died, and
where Mrs. Case gave birth to a daughter-her first child, who
was named Eliza. As soon as these conditions were known
by Brewster Higley he went to their relief and brought them
all to Leading creek. Mrs. Smith settled on land bought of
Samuel Denny, on the west side of the creek, and Mrs. Case
settled on the east side of the same stream, and nearly opposite
Mrs. Smith. There she brought up her daughter, Eliza, and
the Smith family were reared, so in the later years Livingston
Smith and Eliza Case were married, reared a respectable
family, and died, after living to a good old age.
The Butternut rock is on the west side of Leading creek,
half a mile above the mouth of Thomas fork. The 7-mile
tree is thought to be on the road up Leading creek on the road
traveled to Scioto salt furnaces, but the exact place is un-
known-probably about Langsville.
BREWSTER HIGLEY AND FAMILY.
The first settlement made in Rutland township was by
Brewster Higley, in April, 1799, on the farm since occupied
by his son, Milo Higley. Judge Higley was a native of Sims-
bury, Connecticut, but came from Castleton, Rutland county,
Vermont, to Bellville, West Virginia, where he remained 18
months, preparatory to his removal to Ohio. He bought a
share in the Ohio Company's purchase for one thousand dol-
lars. He then, in company with John Case, who had been one
of a party of surveyors, and was of some service to Mr. Higley
in making his selection of land, as he was to have a part of the
land, made a visit to the place of his future home. He returned
to Bellville, purchased a family boat and floated down the Ohio
river to the mouth of Leading creek, which being high with
back water, he poled his boat up the stream as far as the place
