KNOX COUNTY OHIO - Norton's History of Knox County [Chapter XLVII] ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dave Ketterer Ketterer@empireone.net September 1, 2002 ************************************************ A History of Knox County, Ohio, From 1779 to 1862 Inclusive: Comprising Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes and incidents of men connected with the county from its first settlement: Together with complete lists of the senators, representatives, sherriffs, auditors, commissioners, treasurers, judges, justices of the peace, and other officers of the county, also of those who have served in a military capacity from its first organization to the present time, and also a sketch of Kenyon College, and other institutions of learning and religion within the county. By A. Banning Norton. Columbus: Richard Nevins, Printer. 1862 Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1862 by A. Banning Norton, In the Clerk’s office of the Southern District of Ohio. ____________________________________________ CHAPTER XLVII. CLINTON TOWNSHIP. James Scott VDM So often, during the progress of this work, have we had occasion to speak of events occurring with- in this township, and of its prominent citizens that we shall not occupy much space in addition to that necessary for its list of justices. It is One of the four townships created at the organization of the county, and, containing the county-seat, has been the central field of operations heretofore quite minutely described. The land is all good; the citizens, generally moral and industrious. It is well watered by the Ko- ko-sing, Dry Creek and Center Run, and possessed of every article necessary for convenience and health of the inhabitants. The greater part of its wealth and population is within Mt. Vernon, and at this place the business is generally carried on. The township is divided into convenient school and road districts, and the whole is embraced in one election district, which polls usually 1,000 votes. This township, outside the city limits, contained in 1860, 884 whites. The aggregate value of land, as equalized by the State Board, was $543,473. MOUNT VERNON steadily increased in population and wealth until the present war withdrew a large portion of the citizens from industrial pursuits and caused a general depression, from which the recovery will come with peace. In 1860, there were 61 industrial establishments within the city limits, and the value of products was $704,050. The ag- gregate population of the five wards was 4,147, of whom 46 were colored persons. The aggregate value of lots and buildings, as equalized by the State Board, was $723,239. We have collected much information, in regard to this place, from its foundation to the present time, which we may here- after give to the public in a volume. The limits prescribed to this Work preclude us now. The citizens have certainly cause to congratulate them-selves upon the growth, prosperity and health of the place-upon their many and great advantages. moral, social, educational, religious. The unsurpassed water- power-the superiority of the locality for manufacturing must cause its continued prosperity. Norton's Mills, the Mount Vernon Iron Works, the Kokosing Foundry, the Woolen fac— tory, and other manufacturing establishments and the superiority of Mount Vernon mechanics, have contributed much to the advancement of the city and county. In the not far distant future, this city will be one of the foremost in the interior of Ohio. The Knox Mutual Insurance Co., incorporated in 1838 went into operation with C. P. Buckingham, H.B. Curtis, G. Browning, J.E. Davidson, C. Delano, E. Miller, I. Hadley, D. S. Norton and Abel H art, as Directors. Gen. Buckingham was for many years President, and Richard Thomas, Secretary. Present officers: G. W. Hauk, J. Sperry. J. Blake, J. M. Byers, C. Cooper, R. C. Hurd, C. P. Buckingham. W. McClelland, Directors. G. W. Hank, President, and Wm. Turner. eeretart and Treasurer. The first loss sustained was by the burning of Rev. M. T. C. Wing's dwelling ; amount paid, $9OO. The Knox Co. Bank, organized in 1847, with Henry B. Curtis, J. W. Russell, C. Delano, J. B. Thomas and Sewall Gray, Directors. Capital stock, $1OO,OOO. Henry B. Curtis has been its President from that time. Its Cashiers—J.C.Ramsey, L.S. Lewis, J.F. Andrews and Hugh Ogilvie. The Bank of Mt. Vernon was organized April 1862. Direectors : J. W. Russell, Prest.; C. Delano, M. Thompson, W. H. Smith, F. D. Sturges. Mr. Sturges is Cashier, D. W. Lambert, Teller. CONSECUTIVE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 1806. John Mills 1837. Timothy Colopy. 1808. T.B. Patterson. 1839. B.F. Smith. 1809. Matthew Merritt. 1839. Robert Hickman. 1811. Samuel Kratzer. 1840. Wm. Welsh. 1811. Silas Brown. 1842. B.F. Smith. 1811. Allen Scott. 1842. R.F. Hickman. 1815. James Smith. 1842. E.W. Cotton. 1815. Benjamin Barney. 1843. Wm. H. Cochran. 1817. Benjamin Martin. 1845. Benjamin McCracken. 1817. Stephen Chapman. 1845. E. W. Cotton. 1818. John Roberts. 1846. Nathan Giffin. 1820. Wm. Y. Farquhar. 1846. W. H. Cochran. 1820. Benjamin Martin. 1846. Truman Ward. 1821. John Roberts. 1848. E.W. Cotton. 1822. John H. Mefford. 1849. W.H. Cochran. 1823. Wm. Y. Farquhar. 1850. Joseph S. Davis. 1824. John Roberts. 1851. Emmet W. Cotton. 1825. James McGibeny. 1853. Joseph Davis. 1826. John Roberts. 1854. Thompson Cooper. 1830. Gideon Mott. 1855. Samuel O. Beach. 1830. Wm. Bevans. 1858. Thompson Cooper. 1831. S.W. Hildreth. 1858. Thos. V. Parke. 1833. Thomas Irvine. 1858. W.H. Cochran. 1834. S.W. Hildreth. 1860. C.C. Baugh. 1836. Johnston Elliott. 1860. Thompson Cooper. 1836. Thomas Irvine. 1861. Henry Warner.