Ashland County, Ohio - Chapter 33, 1880

In the settlement of the various townships prior to 1825, the arrival of pioneers has been fully detailed; and, since we will not have space for a personal notice of each pioneer, at a later period, we have concluded to give tire name of each voter and male citizen, so far as possible, at that date.

We will return to range sixteen, and give a list of property holders and voters in Hanover, Green, Vermillion,. Montgomery and Orange townships, in 1825.

j John Cox, sr., John, James E. and Thomas Cox, Wil- I liam and Samuel Craig, John Clapper, James Campbell, Joseph Dawson, Robert Dawson Joseph Duncan, John j Duncan, Ephraim Davis, Edward Dalton, Peter Dragon and sons, George Ewing, William, John and Waltei iimi ery, Philip, Frederick, Christian, Samuel, George and 1 .Andrew Eihimrer, George Ecklcv, Ephraim, leremiah.

| John Farver, Robert, Hugh, Isaac and Daniel Einiey, William, Thomas, George and James Goadey, William, John, William, jr., and Thomas Galloway, Michael, Jo- ' seph, David, John and Thomas Grub.iugh, Jac ob I lull. Daniel, Samuel, John, Samuel, jr., and Peter H irm.nt, Daniel Harlan, John, Thomas and William Harper, Thomas lleuev, Nathaniel Hammond, John Hall, l inns, George and 1'itus Haws, John Howard, George Hush, William liervev, Andrew and William Humphrey.

Reuben Hill, David Hazlett, Joel Hughes, Linus, 'Valter, Lucius and Edwin Insign, Richard, Henry, Robert and Samuel Jackman, John Johnson and sons, Abraham Johnson, Uriah Johnson, John King, Isaac Kilmer, John Kirk, Patrick Kelley, William, Robert and John Lemon, William McCrary, George Marshall, William McLaughlin, John McNabb, Thomas McGuire, Mashem Metcalf, John McCrory, James McCrory, David and John Matthews, John Movvdy, George Marshall, jr. , Andrew, William and James Newman, James Nealy, William and George North, Aquilla Naylor, John and Daniel Porter, Peter M. Purdy, Jonathan Palmer, James Palmer and sons, William Reed, Jacob Reed, William Ryland and sons, Abraham Ron rick, George Shriver, Stephen and James P. Smith, William Scott, William Spirter and sons, Henry Sigler arid sens, John Steel, John Stover, Joseph Strickland and sons, Mahlon, Joseph and William S., David Sherrick, Nathan, John and Thomas Stafford, 1 Andrew, William and John Scott, John Scott, Week- j ly W. and John Scott, jr., Azarian Vanzile, John, Peter, Jeremiah and George Vangiider, Thomas Vanzile, Alfred Vanzile, Robert Williams, Joseph, Thomas and Stewart Workman, John Wilson, J. H. Williams, RobertWilliams, jr., Tames Whittington and sons Samuel and John, So 1 o m o n rJ pd eg ra ff.

The foregoing list, although very full, may not contain all the settlers of 1825. In obtaining the list, we had to rely mostly upon tradition.

Justus Barnes, Daniel Beach, N liman Carter, Aldrich Carver, Pei rv Du: fee, Reuben Fox, Abraham he .a is. Jacob Roorback, Harvy Sacker, Bradford Sturlcvant, Ezra I Smith, and shortly after, Solomon Weston. Em-- h Taylor, Samuel Monroe, Samuel Camp, - John Hall, and f. Gates.

Troy. - It "s believed there was not a single white inhabitant within the township in 1825. At that period it was a common hunting-ground for Indians, and the pioneer hunters, of what now constitutes the county of Ashland.

Sullivan.- Henry Close, Beniamin Close, R. M. Close, j esse t lhambci 1 tin, A bijah Chamberlain, Whitney ( m beriain, Richard Chamberlain, John Hooker, lOuiel

It will be seen by consulting the foregoing lists, that i the population of the territory now constituting Ashland ! county, in 1825 was much larger than is' supposed by | many. If we estimate six members to each family, the | aggregate number of people in this region must have j reached nearly eight thousand. When we reflect that in j 1812 the entire population did not exceed one hundred and fifty souls, the settlement of the wilds of Richland county, for the next: thirteen years, must have been exceedingly rapid; while the erection of cabins and improvements dotted almost every part of the forest.