cd: ohio: volume 2
History and genealogy: Butler County, Ohio Land Records, Vols. 1 & 2: 1803-1823 - Shirley Keller Mikesell (1997). Butler Co. was formed in 1803, the same year OH became a state. These abstracts generally contain: type of transaction; grantor(s) and grantee(s) with place of residence for one or both parties; the section, township, and range of the property; date of the transaction and date of the recording; signer and witnesses; and miscellaneous tidbits such as, "Land now lived upon by…". Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Ohio, Vols. 1-3 - Shirley Keller Mikesell (1991, 1992, 1993). Volume 1 contains information from land records, tax lists, and biographical sketches to provide the reader with an overview of the early settlers of Montgomery County, OH. Volume 2 contains Court Records from 1803 until 1823. The civil law records provide a synopsis of each case and the names of plaintiff, defendant, and jurors. Volume 3 contains marriage and divorce records from 1803 to 1827, early deeds recorded late, election abstracts and an obituary of an early settler. History of Allen County, Ohio and Representative Citizens - Charles C. Miller (1906). History of Allen Co., OH from its beginnings to the books original publication date. There is also a biographical section including: Ackerman, Altstaetter, Bennett, Breese, Cole, East, Fletcher, Gregg, Haller, Heathe, Hover, Jones, Kiplinger, Losee, Mason, Miller, Owen, Post, Roberts, Steiner, Young and other families. Genealogical and Family History of Eastern Ohio - Ewing Summers (1903). Some of the names included are: Asahel W. Jones, John Wishard Nesbitt, Arthur G. Young, John Wesley Van Auker, Joseph Barlow, John S. Lewis, William W. Riblet as well as many others.
by HB Archives
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elisha wallen, the longhunter
The author has spent more than fifteen years, traveled many miles, and visited numerous courthouses and cemeteries, facing a monumental task in putting together this lineage. Beginning with “Early European History” and “Early American Settlers,” this text follows the migration from the New England area, south to Virginia. Here we find Elisha Wallen, the Longhunter, who was born around 1732. He may have been the third or fourth white man to travel the famed Wilderness Trail through Cumberland Gap. On his first long hunt in 1761, he was joined by Daniel Boone during part of the trip. A hunter in Tennessee and Kentucky, he assisted in building forts in the area and also had a land company, obtaining land warrants and selling land to new settlers. His property in Tennessee was later visited by such notables as Henry Clay, William J. Bryan, Presidents Roosevelt and Hoover, as well as the famous Vanderbilts and Astors. This text contains valuable genealogical information including names, dates, photographs, and other pertinent
by Carolyn D. Wallin
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