LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO - History of Windsor Township (published 1882, 1887) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman July 14, 1999 *********************************************************************** From Atlas of Lawrence County, Ohio Hardesty 1882 From Atlas of Lawrence County, Ohio 1887 D.J. Lake & Company Peter Wakefield was the first to settle near present day Scottown. He built the first gristmill in 1827, and was the first justice of the peace. Among the earliest arrivals were Nathaniel Burcham, Thomas Singer, Lewis Singer, Benjamin Wakefield. Edward Monahan, Jacob Fudge, Anthony Clark, Henry Neff, Jacob Neff, Abraham Neff, Charles Earles, John Walls, John Jones and Bill Reeves. The first sermon was preached in 1812 on Wolf Creek, section 36. Basil Lewis the minister of the first church society, Baptist, organized in the same place in 1814. It was in 1842 that the first Sunday-school was organized and held in private home near Scottown. The year 1815 saw the first public school begin, built of logs, puncheon seats and dirt floor. By 1887 there were fourteen frame school-houses and 800 scholars. Township schools were replaced by two masonry structures on State Route 217-one on Venison Ham Creek and the other near Scottown. High school instructions were begun at Scottown in 1920 by Frank Wiseman.Cecil and Wayne Jones taught the first session at Windsor, with Iva Pinkerman. Mabie Murdock. and Fred Watrous the first to graduate. The new Windsor High School was completed in 1927 and continued until 1961 when consolidated in the Symmes Valley School District. Post offices are Scottown and Willow Wood, which is located at Linnville. Early Settlers are: BURCHAM, Nathaniel CLARK, Anthony EARLES, Charles FUDGE, Jacob MONAHON, Edward NEFF, Abraham NEFF, Jacob SINGER, Lewis SINGER, Thomas WAKEFIELD, Benjamin WAKEFIELD, Peter Name Post Office Occupation Nativity Date of Settlement Burcham, W.F. Scott Town Farmer Lawrence Co., OH 1820 Cox, Nelson Bradrick Farmer Cabell Co., WV 1854 Dillon, John H. Scottown Merchant Lawrence Co., OH 1849 Dillon, V. Sr. Scottown Farmer Greene Co., PA 1847 Dillon, Cyrus M. Scottown Farmer Lawrence Co., OH 1843 Dunfee, John Dobbston Township Trustee & Farmer Belmont Co., OH 1851 Earles, Wm. Willow Wood Farmer Lee Co., VA 1815 Forgey, C. Bartramville Farmer Lawrence Co., OH 1831 Gruber, Daniel Willow Wood Farmer Prussia 1864 Harvey, A.H. Scott Town Teacher & Farmer Monroe Co., WV 1864 Higgins, John W. Scott Town Farmer Lawrence Co., OH 1845 Holchuw, Jacob Willow Wood Township Treasurer & Merchant Noble Co., OH 1865 Jones, A.J. Willow Wood Justice of the Peace & Farmer Monroe Co., OH 1851 Lemley, Slater Willow Wood Contractor & Builder Greene Co., PA 1854 Pinkerman, Wm. Scott Town Farmer Lawrence Co., OH 1835 Reed, John Scott Town Farmer Morgan Co., OH 1865 Rowe, J.M. Scott Town Farmer Monroe Co., OH 1856 Sayre, J.W. Scott Town School Examiner & Teacher Lawrence Co., OH 1853 Singer, C.K. Bartramville Farmer Lawrence Co., OH 1853 Smith, Hiram Dobbston Farmer Belmont Co., OH 1851 Tagg, James Scott Town Farmer England 1833 Ullman, Fred Willow Wood Blacksmith & Wagon Maker Noble Co., OH 1880 Wilgus, Wm. Bartramville Farmer Lawrence Co., OH 1830 Wakefield, B.A. Bartramville Farmer Lawrence Co., OH 1809 Wilson, Allen Willow Wood Farmer Lawrence Co., OH 1819