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CHAPTER VIII
THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT-STATISTICS.
THE list of Clerks and Commissioners and a large portion of the statistics found in this chapter, are from the Harlan notes. The first Commissioners for the county of Clinton were George McManis, James Birdsall and Henry Babb. The date of their first meeting is April 6, 1810, when all were present. The business transacted was the subdivision of the county into the three townships of Richland, Chester and Vernon, as elsewhere described. Nothing else seems to have been done at that meeting, and they next convened on the 19th of the following May, when the bonds of the following county of officers were accepted: Jonathan Harlan, Sheriff; David McMillan, Coroner. Robert Eachue was appointed County Treasurer, Samuel Cox, County Lister, and Warren Sabin, Clerk, for the Commissioners.
The third meeting was held June 4, 1810, at which time was read the petition of William Dakin and others, praying for an alteration of the State road, leading from Morgan Van Meter's through Waynesville. Commissioners were appointed to view said road and make a report at a subsequent meeting. The bond of Robert Eachus, County Treasurer, was accepted.
At the fourth meeting, held July 24, 1810, Samuel Cox was appointed, Collector of State Revenue and county levy for the county of Clinton. He agreed to collect the same for $28 (State revenue at 6 per cent and county levy for $3.537, making all together said first-named amount of $28). Clinton, County at that time could hardly have been immensely wealthy. It was then in an embryo state, and developments were but just beginning to be made.
At a meeting held June 5, 1811, the following entry was made: "Tavern licenses rated at $4.50 for the present year, anywhere within the county, commencing on the 3d day of June, 1811." The price of wolf scalps was fixed on the same date at $1 each for that year. In June of the previous year, it was agreed to pay $1.50 each for old panther or wolf scalps, and 75 cents each for the scalps of those animals under six months of age. The first order on record issued to pay for a wolf scalp was drawn September 8, 1810, in favor of David Hughes.
June 10, 1811, it was " Ordered by the Board of Commissioners, that the of personal property taxable be rated as follows: Horses, three years old d upward, 30 cents; neat cattle, three years old and upward, 10 cents." The county levy for 1881, as received by Robert Eachus, Treasurer, amounted to $104.75. In 1816, it had increased to $738.64, Samuel Harvey, Collector.
James Montgomery, Clerk of the Board of Commissioners, resigned September 2, 1811, and Isaiah Morris was appointed in his place. The latter gentleman was an elegant penman, and the records kept by him appear to-day as clear and plain as copper-plate engraving. Dr. A. Jones, who subsequently recharged the duties of Deputy Auditor, patterned after Mr. Morris in his style of writing, and his records are also most excellent. In many counties, it is an extreme rarity to find the earlies records properly or even neatly kept, but in Clinton there appears to have been a class of well-educated men among the pioneers, capable of filling all positions to which they may have been chosen. This being the case, there is little wonder that her citizens of the present day, as a class, should possess all the attributes belonging to a refined d cultured people.
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In 1812, tavern licenses were issued at $4.50 each for all in the county outside of Wilmington, while in the village $1 more was required, the amount being considerably increased in subsequent years.
Among the orders issued during the first years after the organization of the county were the following: June term, 1812, to Ferguson & Morris, $1.. 74 1/4, which bill was mostly " "for whisky furnished at sale of court house " meaning the sale of the contract for building the first court house. February term, 1813, the sum of $11.12 1/2 was allowed to Peter Burr for the use of his house for the term of the Court of Common Pleas for that month and for material furnished. To Nathaniel Cunningham, February term, 1814, $13.62 1/2 for the use of his house and for fire-wood for Court of Common Pleas for that term. About that time also there was a run on the county treasury to pay for large numbers of wolf scalps which were brought in, and it is safe to infer that many persons made a fair living from the proceeds of wolf-hunting. It finally became necessary to reduce the bounty, and prices were kept down until the animals became quite scarce throughout the county. The eye of the pioneer was true and keen, his nerve was excellent and his rifle was not known to fail; consequently, when he "drew a bead" on a wolf or any other specimen of the wild brute creation, of which "the woods were full," death leaped responsive to the crack of the weapon and sped on leaden wings to its victim. have been aware in later years of a practice known as "wolf farming" in some localities in the West, but in the days when the forests of Clinton County had hardly become acquainted with the sound of the woodman's ax, it could not have been necessary to resort to that scheme in order to get scalps, for the dismal howl of the wolf was borne on the shuddering air of night in all localities, and it was scarcely necessary to seek the gaunt animal in order to find him. The settler's pigs were apt to be quickly discovered by the numerous creatures, and "eternal vigilance" was in those days the price of pork.
Warren Sabin was the first Clerk of the Board of Commissioners, serving from April 8, 1810, to October of the same year. He was succeeded by James Montgomery, November 10 following; the latter resigned September 2, 1811, and Isaiah Morris was appointed in his place; re-appointed May 9, 1818, and resigned March 25, 1817. On the latter date, Dr. Loammi Rigdon was appointed, and held through successive re-appointments until 1820, in which an act was passed providing for County Auditors in the State, and the latter offices have since been ex officio clerks to the Commissioners.
During his early residence in Wilmington, Dr. A Jones, then a youth yet in his teens, had an experience which does not often fall to the lot of a person so young. For two or three years, he had been employed as clerk, or deputy, in the Auditor's office, and, during a protracted absence of his chief, was called upon to perform the entire duties of the office. New matters came up, and he at first was considerably puzzled, but finally came from the trial with colors flying. John McManis, the Auditor, resigned his position on the 4th of March, 1828, and young Jones, as the person best fitted to discharge the duties of the office in the emergency, was appointed to fill up the vacancy unti 1 the next ensuing election, when Bebee Treusdell was chosen. The latter gentleman served for many years in the office, being its occupant at two different periods. [See list of Auditors elsewhere; this information is furnished by Dr. Jones himself.]
The records of the proceedings of the Commissioners are complete from the date of their first meeting, in April, 1810, the first volume being a small one of something over eighty pages, in which the writing is as plain as when it was placed there nearly three-quarters of a century ago. When Isaiah Morris took the books, he, with not an unwarrantable pride, indulged in numerous
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flourishes with his pen, and, though there was no particular arrangement in the manner of keeping the records then, they were made exceedingly neat and legible manner The pages were not ruled, and it appeared difficult for the clerk to at all times write to the line; and occasionally the lines are. in a form of a body of the "cornstalk militia" of the early days-somewhat wavy.
Upon turning to the records for the years in which the great rebellion existed, we find that the county of Clinton was lavish with her bounty in aid of the cause of freedom, and provided magnificently for those to whom the fortunes of war had brought sorrow and affliction. Beginning with September, 1861, and continuing through a period of six years, the Commissioners appropriated nearly or quite $60, in the way of relief funds, which was a remarkably large sum for a county with no greater population than had Clinton at that time, when a great number of her sons were risking their lives in defense the principles of the liberty and right.
The following figures are the footings from the county duplicate for 1863, and will give an idea of its affairs and condition at that time:
Total number of acres of land in county....... ........ 258,645
Value of same...................................................... $ 7,401,438
Value of real estate in towns................................. 475,854
Value of personal property..................................... 2,965,876
Total valuation........... ..... ..................................... 10,843,168
STATE TAX.
State debt or sinking fund........................... ........... $ 15,180 48
War fund............................................ ................... 3,795 10
Government revenue.............................................. 10,843 16
State common school fund...................... $14,096 12
Relief of families of volunteers................ 10,848 16
Total State tax........................................................... $54,757 99
County and relief tax....................................................... 7,027 50
Poor tax.......................................................................... 2,514 28
Railroad tax..................................................................... 20,051 68
Township subdistrict schoolhouse tax.............................. 17,765 10
Township taxes................................................................ 2,233 18
Corporation taxes............................................................. 764 97
Delinquent taxes, 1862..................................................... 1,507 32
Other special taxes............................................................ 307 81
Total taxes, 1863............................................................... $106,993 07
The annexed table is from the duplicate for 1881, and we give it by township. It does not include the delinquent and dog taxes. It will be seen that the county has increased largely in wealth in the eighteen years which have elapsed since the above taxes were levied:
TABLE NOT INCLUDED
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In 1854, the amounts of wheat and corn raised in the county, and the acreage, were as follows
Wheat, 15,567 acres; 179,906 bushels. Corn, 35,582 acres; 924,010 bushels.
In 1855, the product of 18,701 acres of wheat was 282,585 bushels, while 1,965,069 bushels of corn were raised on 40,982 acres. For the latter year, the following shows the personal property, moneys and credits of the county:
Number. Value.
Horses .............................. 7,999 $414,046
Cattle ...............................20,000 246,705
Mules ............................... 89 5,397
Sheep ............................. .67,186 84,388
Hogs ............................... 39,459 76,074
Carriages.......................... 3,043 140,100
Personal property, 7th item.. ... 231,183
Total value........................ $1,197,893
Watches.. .......................... 738 $11,804
Piano fortes........................ 19 3,230
Merchandise ........................ 138,699
Manufacturing...................... 86,310
Private banking brokerage, etc..... 19,485
Moneys and credits.................. . $1,263,090
United States stocks...................... 697
Ohio stocks......................... 125
Foreign stocks......................... 3,025
Total............................. . $1,476,465
Total returned by Assessors.......... $2,674,885
Value new structures .................... 36,422
$2,710,807
Personal property, moneys and credits in Clinton County in 1856:
Number. Value. Horses........................................ 7,870 $496,661
Cattle .......................................... 18,823 286,803
Mules................................ . ...... 89 5,535
Sheep .......................................... 54,287 69,846
Hogs .......................................... 36,195 105,483
Carriages...................................... 3,053 148,804
Property not enumerated, 7th item..... 269,326
Watches ....................................... 810 13,669
Piano fortes .................................... 23 3,655
Merchandise .............................. . ..... 144,214
Manufacturing, etc............................. 34,861
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Number Value
Moneys and credits................................. 863,938
Moneys invested in stocks, etc................. 11,601
Total........................................................ $2,454,396
New structures......................................... 31,871
Structures destroyed by fire, etc. .. ............ 991
Personal property, moneys and credits in Clinton County in 1857:
Number. Value.
Horses....................................... 8,269 $593,087
Cattle......................................... 31,956 327,693
Mules and asses............................ 120 8,302
Sheep.......................................... 43,224 81,928
Hogs ............... ........................... 52,614 188,507
Carriages................................... 3,265 160,256
Personal property, 7th item.............. 319,233
Watches....................................... 939 14,765
Pianos ........................................ 24 8,655
Merchandise, etc............................ 168,305
Manufacturing................................. 36,741 Moneys........................................... 334,724
Credits.. ................................ 579,140
U. S. stocks, etc ............................... 5,915
Bonds, stocks, etc,*............................ 10,069
Total returned by Assessors, $2,832,330
Value of new structures, $49,148. Wheat raised, 1856, 21,141 acres, 281,302 bushels; corn raised, 1856,42,838 acres, 1,648,543 bushels.
In the annual report of the Auditor of State for 1865 is found the following exhibit of the products of Clinton County for 1864:
Wheat, 24,684 acres sown.................. 248,218 bushels produced.
Rye, 215 acres sown............ .......... 2,590 bushels produced.
Barley, 483 acres sown.................... 11,887 bushels produced.
Buckwheat, 197 acres sown............... 2,480 bushels produced.
Corn, 41,423 acres sown....................1,344,467 bushels produced.
Oats, 5,661 acres sown..................... 145,063 bushels produced.
Meadow, 12,005 tons....................... 11,192 bushels produced.
Clover, 1,453 tons............................ 575 bushels produced.
Flax, 621 bushels seed..................... 5,134 bushels produced.
Potatoes, 558 bushels planted.............. 35,612 bushels produced.
Tobacco, 66 pounds planted............... 44,555 pounds produced.
Butter, pounds produced....................... 268,029
Cheese, pounds produced.................. 13,859
Sorghum, 508 acres planted............... 48,352 gallons produced.
Maple sugar, pounds produced............ 106,758
Maple sirup, gallons produced............. 3,037
Dogs, number in county................... 2,470
Sheep, killed by dogs 427, value .......... $ 2,083
Sheep, injured by dogs, 313; value. ........ 542
Horses in county, 9,620; value............. 653,593
Cattle in county, 13,674; value............ 325,931
Mules in county, 425; value: .............. 30,146
Sheep in county, 51,762; value... ......... 189,894
Hogs in county, 34,994; value. ............ 177,521
Personal property in Clinton County in 1867, as reported to the Auditor by the Township Assessors:
No. Value.
Horses.................................... ... 9,607 $686,082
Cattle ..................................:......... 13,680 451,798
Mules............ ............................... 607 39,745
Sheep............................................ 58,375 161,472
Hogs............................................. 45,391 239,799
Dogs........................................... 1,103 8,561
* Bank and railroad stocks not included.
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Number. Value.
Carriages......................................... 4,000 204,383
Watches.......................................... 1,140 22,090
Pianos............................................. 76 15,105
Items not.included in above...................... 375,383
Average value of property not pertaining to merchandise................ . 266,566
Average value of property pertaining to manufactures......................... 17,851
Value of manufactured articles.................. 50,825
Value of moneys.......................................... 297,612
Value of book accounts..................................... 892,535
Value of bonds and stocks................ ...... 150 Total......................................... $3,724,936
CROPS OF 1866.
Wheat, 17,522 acres sown.................. 30,859 bushels produced.
Rye, 304 acres sown....................... 2,686 bushels produced.
Buckwheat, 1,110 acres sown..............13,563 bushels produced.
Oats, 6,486 acres sown.... ................ 176,221 bushels produced.
Barley. 525 acres sown.................... 3,938 bushels produced.
Corn, 47,686 acres planted...............1,944,612 bushels produced.
Meadow, 9,043 tons of hay................. 7,344 bushels of seed.
Potatoes, 535 bushels planted............ . 23,179 bushels produced.
Butter, pounds made. .............. ..... 314,734
Cheese, pounds made..................... . 17,793
Sorghum, 690 acres........................ 75,613 gallons sirup.
Sorghum, pounds sugar................... 1,701
Maple sugar pounds............ ......... 73,948
Maple sirup, gallons.............. ...... 8,153
Wool, pounds shorn... . . . ................ 135,877
Sheep killed by dogs, 552; value........... $1,980
Sheep injured by dogs, 567; value......... 615
The following is a list of the Commissioners of Clinton County from 1810 to 1882 inclusive:
April, 1810-George McManis (resigned, and James Wilson appointed to fill vacancy), James Birdsall, Henry Babb.
December 3, 1810-Joseph Doan, Henry Babb, James Mills.
December 2, 1811-Joseph Doan, Henry Babb, Mahlon Haworth.
November 30, 1812-15 -Joseph Doan, Mahlon Haworth, Timothy Bennet.
November, 1815-Mahlon Haworth, Joseph Doan, James Birdsall.
November, 1816-Samuel Ruble, Joseph Doan, Mahlon Haworth.
November, 1817-Samuel Ruble, Joseph Doan, Richard Fallis.
December, 1818-Joseph Doan, Richard Fallis, William Hibben.
June, 1820-Richard Fallis, William Hibben. Joseph Roberds.
December, 1820-William Hibben, Joseph Roberds, Mahlon Haworth.
December, 1821-Mahlon Haworth, Joseph Roberds, Eli Gaskill.
December, 1822-Mahlon Haworth, Eli Gaskill, Elijah Lieurance.
November, 1823-24-Eli Gaskill, Elijah Lieurance, John A. Hays.
1825--William Stockdale, Elijah Lieurance, Eli Gaskill.
1826-Eli Gaskill, William Stockdale, William Hadley.
1828-William Hadley, William Stockdale, Joseph Roberds.
1829-William Stockdale, Joseph Roberds, John Lewis.
1830-Joseph Roberds, John Lewis, James Sherman.
1831-Peter P. Knickerbocker, James Sherman, David F. Walker.
March, 1834--James Sherman, David F. Walker, John B, Posey.
December, 1834-35-Asahel Tribbey., James Sherman, John B. Posey.
1837-John B. Posey, James Sherman, William Walker.
1838-John B. Posey, Ezekiel Haworth, William Walker.
1839-David F. Walker, Ezekiel Haworth, William Walker.
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1840-42--Ezekiel Haworth, David F. Walker, Jesse Doan.
1843-Ezekiel Haworth, Jesse Doan, James Dakin.
1845-Ezekiel Haworth, Jesse Doan, Azel Walker.
1847-Joseph Hoskins, Jesse Doan, Azel Walker.
1849-Enos L. Lacy, Joseph Hoskins, Azel Walker.
1850-Azel Walker, Enos L. Lacy, George Dunn.
1852-Elias Roberds, George Dunn, Azel Walker.
1853-Elias Roberds, Joseph Hoskins, Azel Walker.
1854-Joseph Hoskins, Joseph R. Moon, Elias Roberds.
1855-Joseph Kelsey, Joseph R. Moon. Joseph Hoskins.
1856--Joseph R. Moon, Joseph Kelsey, Jephtha Perril.
1858--Jephtha Perril, Paul H. Vandervort, Jonathan Bailey.
1860-Paul H. Vandervort, Jonathan Bailey, Thomas Geffs.
1861-P. H. Vandervort, Thomas Geffs, Archibald Haynes.
1862-63-Aaron R. Sewell, Archibald Haynes, P. H. Vandervort.
1865-William B. Andrews, Archibald Haynes, P. H. Vandervort.
1866-William B. Andrews, Archibald Haynes, Cyrus Linton.
1867-William B. Andrews, Cyrus Linton, Lewis Hockett.
1868-Cyrus Linton, Lewis Hockett, Thompson Douglass.
1869-Thompson Douglass, Paul H. Vandervort, George D. Haworth, Jr.
1870-George D. Haworth, Jr., Thompson Douglass, Paul H. Vandervort.
1871-72-Samuel Lemar, Frank M. Moore, Paul H. Vandervort.
1873-74-Samuel Lemar, Carey Clark, Frank M. Moore.
1875-76-Carey Clark, Josiah M. Townsend, Samuel Lemar.
1877-78-Alfred McKay, Carey Clark, Josiah M. Townsend.
1879-John R. Moon, Alfred McKay, Carey Clark.
1880-82-Joseph W. Slack, Carey Clark, John R. Moon.
The following figures show the votes for Governor as cast in the county of Clinton at the various elections. The first Gubernatorial campaign in which the county took part was in October, 1810. She had no Representative in Congress until 1812. The votes are as follows:
1810-Thomas Worthington, 109; Return J. Meigs, Jr., 6,; total, 115. Meigs elected.
1812-Return J. Meigs, Jr., 50; Thomas Scott, 162; total, 212. Meigs re-elected.
1814-Thomas Worthington, 134; Othniel Looker, 5; total, 139. Worthington elected.
1816-Thomas Worthington, 434; James Dunlap, 82; total, 516. Worthington re-elected.
1818-Ethan A. Brown, 408; James Dunlap, 86; total, 494. Brown elected.
1820-Ethan A. Brown, 284; Jeremiah Morrow, 322; total, 605. Brow n re-elected.
1822-Jeremiah Morrow, 536; Allen Trimble, 266; W. W. Irvin, 32; total, 834. Morrow elected.
1824-Jeremiah Morrow, 820; Allen Trimble, 243; total, 1,063. Morrow ro-elected.
1826-Allen Trimble; 549; John Bigger, 152; Alexander Campbell, 339; Benjamin Tappan, 113; total, 1,153. Trimble elected.
1828-Allen Trimble, 644; John W. Campbell, 646; total, 1,290. Trimble-elected.
1830-Duncan McArthur, 590; Robert Lucas, 803; total, 1,393 McArthur elected.
1832-The vote for President this year was: Jackson, 897; Clay, 1,158;
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total, 2,055. Jackson elected. This year Robert Lucas was elected Governor, the first Democratic Govornor the State of Ohio ever had.
1834-For Governor, Robert Lucas, 823; James Findlay, 934; total, 1,757. Lucas re-elected.
1836-Vote for President: William Henry Harrison, 1,448, Martin Van Buren, 807. Van Buren elected. Whig majority in the county, 641. Joseph Vance (Whig) was elected Governor over Eli Baldwin (Democrat).
1838-Wilson Shannon, 939; Joseph Vance, 1,013. Shannon elected. Whig majority in the county, 74.
1840-Thomas Corwin, 1,846; Wilson Shannon, 1,080; total, 2,926. Corwin elected. Whig majority, 766.
1842-Thomas Corwin, 1735; Wilson Shannon, 1,037. Shannon elected. Whig majority, 698.
1844-Mordecai Bartley, 1,588; David Tod, 1,165; Leicester King, 218. Bartley elected. Whig majority in county, 423.
1846-William Bebb, 1,295; David Tod, 928; Samuel Lewis, 392. Bebb elected. Lewis and King were Abolitionists.
1848-Seabury Ford, 1,949; John B. Weller, 1,108. Ford elected. Whig majority in the county, 841.
1850--Reuben Wood, 814; William Johnson, 1,38'7; Edward Smith, 350. Wood elected. Whig majority, 573. Smith, Abolitionist.
1851-Reuben Wood, 977; Samuel F. Vinton, 1, 318; Samuel Lewis, 268. Wood elected; Lewis Abolitionist. Whig majority, 341.
1853-William Medill, 688; Nelson Barrier, 784; Samuel Lewis, 839; Medill elected. Abolition majority in the county, 55. The vote in the entire State that year was: Medill (Democrat), 147,663; Barrier (Whig), 85,857; Lewis (Abolitionist), 50,346.
1855-William Medill, 802; Allen Trimble (K: N.), 162; Salmon P. Chase, 1,640. Chase elected. Republican majority in the county, 838.
1857-Salmon P. Chase, 1,846: Henry B. Payne, 1,117. Chase elected. Republican majority, 729.
1859-William Dennison, 1,721; Rufus P. Ranney, 1,019. Dennison elected. Republican majority, 702.
1861-David Tod, 2,Q81; Hugh J. Jewett, 158. Tod elected. Republican majority, 1,923.
1863-John Brough, 3,169; Clement L. Vallandigham, 1,176. Brough elected. Republican majority in the county; 1,993.
1865-Jacob D. Cox, 2,328; George W. Morgan, 1,253. Cox elected. Republican majority, 1,075.
1867-Rutherford B. Hayes, 2,634; Allen G. Thurman, 1,628. Hayes elected. Republican majority, 1,006.
1869-Rutherford B. Haves, 2,556; George H. Pendleton, 1,474. Hayes re-elected. Republican majority, 1,082.
1871-Edward F. Noyes, 2,546; George W. McCook, 1,387; Gideon T. Stewart, 39. Noyes elected. Republican majority, 1,159. Stewart, Prohibitionist.
1873-Edward F. Noyes, 2,283; William Allen, 1,342; Gideon T. Stewart, 296; Isaac Collins, 20. Allen elected. Republican majority, 941. Collins, Liberal Republican.
1875-Rutherford R Hayes, 3,154; William Allen, 1,938; Jay Odell, 34. Hayes elected. Republican majority, 1,216. Odell, Prohibitionist. 1877-William H. West (Republican), 2,766; Richard M. Bishop (Democrat), 1,709; Henry A. Thompson, 88; Stephen Johnston, 18. Bishop elected. Republican majority in the county, 1,057.
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1879-Charles Foster (Republican), 3,589; Thomas Ewing (Democrat), 2,051; Gideon T. Stewart, 68; A. Sanders Piatt, 4. Foster elected. Republican majority in the county, 1,538.
1881-Charles Foster (Republican), 3,179; John W. Bookwalter (Democrat), 1,762; Abraham R. Ludlow, 274; John Seitz, 3. Foster elected. Republican majority in the county, 1,417.
POPULATION.
In 1810, the total population of Clinton County, according to the figures of the United States census for that year, was 2,674. In 1820, it had increased to 8,085, including forty-six free colored persons, and, in 1830, the following shows the population by townships:
Wilmington Village............................................... 607
Balance of Union Township ...................................... 2,160
Liberty Township................................................ 800
Greene.... ....... ............................................... 1,120
Richland ......................................................... 1,548
Chester........................................ ................... 1,577 Marion............................................................ 553
Vernon ........................................................... 1,042
Clark......................................... .................... 1,886
Totals.................................................................. 11,292
This includes 110 free colored persons, of whom twenty-four were in Wilmington, twenty-five in the rest of Union Township, twenty-eight in Liberty, four in Richland, eight in Vernon and twenty-one in Clark.
The returns for 1840 and 1850 were as follows:
Townships. 1840. 1850.
Adams.................................................. 869
Chester.................................................. 1,784 1,600
Clark ......................................... .......... 1,297 1,654
Greene.................................................. 1,838 2,026
Jefferson................................. ............... 474 810
Liberty.................................................. 1,049 1,232
Marion .... ............................................. 643 995
Richland................................................ 1,385 1,975
Union ................................................... 3,284 2,320
Wilmington ............................................. 1,238
Vernon............................................... 1,434 1,468
Washington :............................................ 1,170 1,216
Wayne................................................... 1,366 1,435
Totals ............................................... 15,719 18,838
For 1860 and 1870, the returns were as follows, giving the number of inin the villages separately:
Townships and Villages. 1860. 1870.
Adams...................................... ............ 976 883
Chester................................................1,420 1,173
New Burlington (part of)..................... 191 184
Clark........................................... ..... 1,352 1,877
Martinsville ......................................... 293 264
Greene ............................ .....................2,480 2,492
New Antioch.............. .......................... 120
New Vienna.......................................... 580 573
Jefferson .... ...........................................1,080 1,445
Westboro.............................................. 200 237
Liberty........................................ ..... 1,205 1,184
Port William ......................................... 212 184
Marion .................................................. 1,674 1,592
Blanchester.................................... ....... 553 613
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Townships and Villages. 1860. 1870.
Richland ................................................ 1,689 1,854
Sabina................................................. 255
Union ................................................... 3,709 4,227
Wilmington .......................................... 915 2,023
Vernon.............................................. 1,168 1,513
Clarksville ............................................ 389
Washington ............................................. 1.319 1,250
Cuba . ................................................ 76
Morrisville............................................ 39
Wayne.................................................... 1,200 1,267
Centerville............................................. 120 ..
Wilson................ ................................. 1,109 1,157 Bloomington........................................... 114 119
Totals ................................................ 21,461 21,914
The following, taken from the annual report of the Secretary of State for 1881, shows the population of Clinton County in 1880:
Adams Township .............................................. ..921
Cheater Township............................................. 1,443
Clark Township................................................. 1,651
Village of Martinsville..........................................355
Greene Township.............................................. 1,961
Village of New Vienna........................................ ..797
Jefferson Township .................................. ........ 1,448
Liberty Township.............................................. 1,201
Village of Port William......................................... 181
Marion Township ............................................... 1,180
Village of Blanchester........................................... 776
Richland Township............................................... 1,581
Village of Sabina................................................ 757
Union Township................. ............................. 2,306
Village of Wilmington.......................................... 2,745
Vernon Township............ ...................................... 1,185
Village of Clarksville............................................ 367
Washington Township ........................................... 1,294
Wayne Township ................................................. 1,448
Wilson Township............................................... 1,159
Total, 24,756