reached the mouth of the Great Kanawha and on the point
between the rivers the fifth plate was buried. It was found in
1846 by a son of John Beale of Mason County, West Virginia,
and was removed from the spot where it had lain for ninety-
seven years.
From the mouth of the Great Kanawha the voyage was con-
tinued down the river depositing plates until they reached
the mouth of the Great Miami, where they buried the sixth
and last plate, August 30th, 1749, and returned to Montreal by
way of Maumee." It being the business of this company to
establish monuments of ownership, it seems reasonable to
suppose that they might have made the inscriptions on the
rock at Antiquity, a historic monument worthy of giving name
to that enterprising village of Antiquity. S.C.L.
Dr. Fuller Elliot was the son of Aaron Elliot and wife Lydia,
and was born in Sutton, Massachusetts. He was a university
graduate, and chose the profession of medicine. Fuller Elliot
was an agent, and possibly a stockholder in the Ohio Com-
pany's Purchase, as the county records show his name in the
making of deeds of lands in 1792 to purchasers of lands situ-
ated in Washington and Gallia counties. He entered land for
himself in 1805, 277 acres, and again in 1817, 648 acres in Letart
township.
Fuller Elliot was a man of high character and rare attain-
ment, and locating in Letart at that early date; was promi-
nent in helping to organize townships, and in all matters per-
taining to public interest and benefit. He was appointed Asso-
ciate Judge of Gallia, and afterwards of Meigs county. He
was elected to the Legislature of Ohio, in all offices serving
with fidelity to the people, and honor to himself. He married
a daughter of Seth Jones who lived near, and came to Letart
about the same time. Judge Elliot and wife had a large family.
Mary Elliot, the eldest daughter, was born June 7, 1803, and
was married to John Weldon. Mrs. Weldon spent most of her
