Gallia County OhArchives History .....First Settlers Of Huntington Township January 22, 1857
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First Settlers of Huntington Township

Gallia Republican
Anselm T. HOLCOMB, editor and proprietor.
Vinton, Gallia County, Ohio

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Thursday, January 22, 1857

Huntington Township

This is one of the best agricultural townships in Gallia county. A brief sketch
of its early settlement, as we received it from one of the early settlers, may
not be uninteresting to some of our readers. The first house built was in the
summer or fall of 1804, by Capt. George TYLER, on section thirty-six, and is the
farm upon which Mr. John VIERS now lives. The second house built was by Gen.
Samuel R. HOLCOMB, on section twenty-four, into which he moved with his family,
consisting of a wife and two children, on the 9th of April, 1805, and upon which
section the town of Vinton is located. The third house was built by Major John
ROBINSON on section twelve, in the spring of 1805, and is now the farm of Mr.
Milton KENT. The fourth house was built by Mr. Joseph McKNIGHT, on section
twenty-seven, in the summer of 1805, and is the farm upon which Mr. John WALLACE
now lives. The fifth house was built by William KNOX, on section thirty-six, in
the summer of 1805, and is the farm now owned by Mr. William RIDGWAY, and
occupied by John McDANIEL and Isaac TYLER. The sixth house was built by Mr.
William GLENN, on section twenty-five, in the fall of 1805, where is now the
farm of one of his sons, Mr. Andrew Y. GLENN. Wm. BURRIS and the late Judge Hugh
POOR, of Jackson county, came to the township in the summer of 1806, and located
on section thirty-five on Little Raccoon, where is now the farm of Mrs. Lucy
WOODRUFF. The same year, David McDANIEL built a house on section twenty-six, at
the forks of the Raccoon, on the farm now owned by John PIERCE. Enoch RUSSELL,
and John DICKERSON , built houses on section twenty-seven, on the farm now owned
by Mr. Abel JACOBS, in the year 1807. About the same time David KEETON located
on the farm now owned by Mr. Abraham DUPRE. In 1808 Andrew EWING and Mrs. Tamar
WALLACE located on section twenty-three. In the spring of 1809 Mr. Matthew
EDMISTON and William WOODS moved to the farms on which they now live. In the
fall of 1809 William EWING located on section eleven, at what was known to
hunters as the "Rack," and is where the village of Ewington is situate. It is
now fifty-two years since the settlement of the township commenced; it now
contains over 1,600 inhabitants, who for intelligence and moral worth will
compare with the people of any township in the county. One thing is worthy of
remark, at least, there has never been an indictment found, nor a citizen of the
township arraigned, tried or convicted of a Penitentiary crime or offence.


Additional Comments:
This was sent to me.  I thought others with Gallia ancestors might be interested.

Karen Strojin


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