Commercial Point, Ohio

James Johnson, Francis Rush and Moses Rawlins came about 1808; John, Hugh and Andrew Shaw and James Miller, about 1809; Joseph Reed and John Nevins. about 1810; while Andrew Jordan and Charles Williams settled here in 1811. Charles Williams always bore the reputation of a Tory and it is said that for many years he would buy no land, claiming that the King of England would yet own the country. John ("Jack") Stinson and Joshua Williams came here in 1812: Michael Robinson and son Isaac, in 1822. The Robinsons settled in the south part of the township at what is now known as Robtown. Isaac Smith, Joseph Gochenouer and his son George -came here about 1827. Joseph Gochenouer exchanged property in Virginia for 1,000 acres of wild land in the General Porterfield survey, west of Commercial Point. William Harlor. John Fretwell, Robert Gibson and Wilev H. Beckett, who was the founder of the village now known as Commercial Point, came here about 1829. In the early '30's. John W. Lane. Robert Wilson, Mason Cleveland, James H. Burnley and John Mundell came here. James H. Burnley laid out the town of Rome, which with the town of Genoa became the village of Commercial Point. Other early settlers of the township were: William Mires. Andrew Galbreath, John Martin, William and Robert Seeds, Samuel Sayres, James Sample. Daniel Harper. John R. Davis, James Redman. Enoch Henry. Martin Boots, Alexander Rafferty, Peter Dechert, Anthony Coontz, James Ward. Griffith Justice, Rufus Dennis, Thomas Strain, John and James Walker. Daniel Pursell, George Hott, J. W. Durrett, Luke Wilkins, William Boyd, Absolom Van Vickie, Jacob W. Stiverson, Joshua Hil, Jacob Grabill, James M. Johnson, Jonathan E. Trimmer, James Meeker and the Choates.

Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.

Commercial Point M. E. Church. - The first Methodist Episcopal Church in Scioto township was organized between 1829 and 1834. at which time a log church was built and called Point Pleasant Church. Religious services were held in the township by Revs. Austin and Philips as early as 1829 and by Rev. John McKinley, a local preacher. In 1854 a small brick church was erected in the village of Commercial Point. A portion of the walls and roof were blown down in 1873 and a new church building was erected in its place, which is valued at about $2,400. The church is now a station of the Commercial Point Circuit, which was detached from the Darbyville Circuit in 1884. In this year a frame parsonage was built in the village at a cost of Si. 500. The pastors since 1886 have been the following: Revs. Byron Palmer, E. N. Nichols. B. E. Thomas. F. M. Evans. E. S. Armstrong. C. B. Longman, T. E. Gordon. F. H, Smiley, A. R. Henderson, S. A. Crosby, M. E. Cunningham and M. E. Goodrich, the present incumbent. who was assigned to this circuit in September. 1906. The church at Commercial Point has an average attendance of 50. The Sunday-school, of which A. J. Hott is superintendent. also has an attendance of about 50. It was organized April 18. 1847. with these officers: James W. Durrett. superintendent: Vincent 1. Williams, assistant superintendent; John Martin, secretary; William Harlor, treasurer;

Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.

A regular Baptist society, commonly known j as Primitive Baptists, was organized about i 1829 at Darbyville. The organization was re- i moved, in 1874. to Scioto township to the lo-- , cal i tv now known as Matville, two miles west 'j of Commercial Point, where a church building 1 was erected at a cost of S600. Regular services, held once a month by Elder Hanover, have an average attendance of about 40. Annually, j on the third Saturday and Sunday in June, the j Baptist Association holds services in Beaver Grove near Matville, which are attended by from 3,000 to 4,000 people.

Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Scioto Township - it names this place 13 more 13 times.