ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 225 lishing a center of religious influences that made a rallying point for that class of emigrants. No other incident did so much for. Greene county. The following named are a few of these colonists: The Galloways, Andrews, McCoys, Townsleys, Kyles, Morrows, Laugheads. Lancelot was the son of James Junkin, and in early life commenced as a teacher, teaching in all parts of the county. When the law came in force requiring certificates of qualifications he was the first in the county to receive a certificate. It was about 1848 that Mr. Junkin removed to Lima, Ohio, where he continued to teach until the infirmities of age made him stop and rest. He could' not, however, remain idle in old age, and engaged in the sale of family medicines, selling only those that he believed to be useful. A year or more later he returned to this county with his aged partner in life, who survives him, and was residing in Jamestown, until his final illness, with his son-in-law, William. Junkin, but was removed by his wife to his home, where he died, August 11, 1883, aged seventy-seven years. THE OLD JUNKIN SCHOOL HOUSE. Main street, Xenia and Limestone street, Springfield, cross each other two miles south of Cedarville, Ohio. In early days one was called Federal and the other Limestone road. In the northeastern corner of the crossing was the "nigger field." From 1825 to 1833 its appearance was that of a dense thicket of bushes and small sapligs woven together with briars and wild vines. The nigger cabin was a local landmark, tumbled down and no signs of a chimney being visible. When the negro cleared the field and when he died are dates that are not known. Across the Limestone road from the cabin the brick school house was built, in which Mr. Lancelot Junkin was the first teacher. A long open fireplace was at each end, while the door was in the middle of the south side, and the girls sat at the left and the boys at the right. Mr. Junkin remembered having seen the colored man, but his recollection of hint was faint. He was called Dave, and tradition says he died in his cabin and was never buried. Southwest from this school house was nearly three thousand acres of woodland and a few miles eastward was a still larger forest called the Big Woods, wild deer being found in both. The first day that school was held here seventeen deer walked leisurely across the road about one hundred yards from the cross roads. In 1825 wolves were not uncommon in these woods. I can remember seeing them by moonlight prowling around my father's sheep house, and recall the gossip about Uncle James Cresswell, father of Samuel Cresswell shooting one on the Sabbath day. Sheep were killed by them, and a wolf hunt was organized. More men than I supposed were in existence met at my father's house and arranged themselves along the road, thinking to drive them. out of the woods, then shoot them. No wolves were shot, and the woods were wild with the howling the following night. Hogs ran. wild in these woods, and in the winter the people would kill them and divide them according to their ear marks, each farmer having had his hogs marked before going to the woods. Often they would find a litter of pigs, and the one finding them would mark them, if the mother happened to be his ; but rascality took advantage of this. state of affairs, and a dishonest man 226 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. wandering in the woods finding a litter of young pigs would mark them his, when he had never owned them. A man of this kind was called a "hog-or-an-nary." The woodland adjacent to.. the brick school house was traversed by an obscure wagon way galled Kenton's trace. Tradition says. it had been opened by Simon Kenton as: a passway from Limestone, Kentucky, now called Maysville, to Old Chillicothe, on the Miami, or Old Town, north of Xenia, which was the old Chillicothe of the Shawnee Indians. It was made when the Shawnee Indians were friendly with the white settlers of Kentucky. Some horses being stolen from the whites afterward, they blamed the Indians and raised an army and came northward to destroy Old Chillicothe and kill the inhabitants. They rested for supper at a small creek close to the present residence of Nixon Brown, having followed Kenton's trace thus far. Their plan was to wait until the moon would rise at midnight, then go and surprise and kill the Indians. One of the officers had a slave with him named Caesar, who learned of the plan, and also the fact that Kenton's trace led to the Indian town. When the whites had quieted down he crept away, followed the trace, notified the Indian's and fled with them. The party came on, destroyed the Crops and burnt the town, but found no one to kill. The creek was 'afterwards known as the creek where Caesar ran away. "Caesarcreek," taking its name from the first fugitive slave within the bounds of Greene bounty. These facts I got from Thomas Coke Wright, who claimed to have gotten them from Simon Kenton. The brick school house was built in 1826 and school began in it than fall with out waiting to have it plastered. The directors ordered the patrons of the school to furnish one cord of wood four feet long for each pupil. As my father had subscribed for four scholars, my brothers provided the four cords, which made the first fires of the school. Though four subscribed, nine of us attended the first day. The room: was very full the first few days, many of the pupils being adults. One of the pupils, Miss Harriet Bower, afterwards became the wife of the teacher. This district was late in being organized, but to make up for lost time school was kept continuously for two years which was very uncommon in that day. Lancelot Junkin was our teacher for these two years. The vast amount of woodland unsettled within this district tended to keep it weak for many years. Over two thousand acres of these woods were bought by Jacob Brown, father of George and Nixon Brown, in 1832 or 1833, but they were only partially opened for several years after. Boys were often lost in the woods and sometimes men. Two of my sisters had quite an adventure in them. Several members of a family living in a corner of this land were ill and my sisters started to help nurse them( through the night. A dim. pathway led across the corner of the woods, much shorter than the plainer road which they followed quite rapidly at first. Cattle had followed this path part of the way and then diverged to a spring, making a new path more distinct than the original one. In the dim twilight they followed this until reaching the spring, when they recognized their mistake, retraced their steps, 'but darkness overtook them and they could not see the pathway and so were lost, 'remaining in the woods the entire night, and until nearly ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 227 noon the next day. Not returning when expected, it was inferred that some of the sick were worse. One of my brothers was sent to ascertain the facts, and was surprised to find that they had not been with the sick at all. He rushed home, and the fog horn, once the property of one of our uncles who had been a boatman, was blown every few minutes, and thus they were guided home, although going, it is said, directly from home when they first heard the horn. During the night they had heard the yelping of several packs of hounds on the tracks of deer or raccoons. Not being able to find their way back they climbed upon a trunk of a big tree and sat there until morning. FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE, CEDARVILLE TOWNSHIP. The following account of the pioneer school house located in what is now known as Cedarville township, was contributed to the Pioneer Association of Greene county, by that veteran school teacher, Lancelot Junkin : "Come with me away back to 1813, and let Me introduce you to that school house of early days, by a description of the first one which it was my lot to attend as a pupil. This house was built in 1812 in Ross township, now Cedarville township, about two miles south of Cedarville and five miles north of Jamestown. It was constructed in true log cabin style in a ;dense forest. The farmers and citizens within a circle of six or eight miles met on a day previously appointed and with axes they proceeded to cut down trees suitable to be used, for the building. The logs were cut in length to make a house twenty-five by thirty feet and these were built to a height of twelve or thirteen feet. The roof was made of clapboards four feet in length split from timber cut down the same day. These were laid in courses on slim logs called ribs, and these were held in position by smaller logs called weight poles. The ceiling was also made of split clapboards laid on joists of round poles, the logs being left in natural roundness with the bark left on, and the spaces between them were closed with clay morter. Its one window was made by cutting out a log and fastening small pieces of . timber perpendicularly about a foot apart, and on these paper was pasted, light coming through it. The floor was made of slabs split from large timbers and made smooth on one side by a large broadaxe and these were laid on joists or sleepers and fastened down by wooden pins. The door was made from the same material as was the floor, and hung in place by wooden hinges and fastened together by wooden pins. The fireplace was made by cutting out a section of Jogs some five or six feet in length and by building up short pieces of timber outside as high as the joists. at the point where the logs were cut, thus making a back wall and j ambs, which were well lined with clay and mortar mingled with straw to make it more cohesive. A chimney was built up from the back wall by using short split sticks which were covered from within and without by mortar similar to that which lined the fire place. This house was a type of those generally used in those days and as was common by a judicious division of labor was completed in a single day. It is probable that William Junkin was the first teacher in the house that I have described." PIONEERS OF GREENE COUNTY THAT DR. WATT REMEMBERED. Two very old men were familiar to. me, Robert Woodburn. whose grandson has 228 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. been for years a prominent lawyer and politician of Marysville, Ohio, and Joseph McFarland, always kindly and respectfully called "old Uncle Joe." Mr. Woodburn gradually sunk, body and mind, through softening of the brain, and often would he get lost in the wide forest referred to in previous articles. Uncle Joe was the delight of small boys, and at a barn raising or log rolling he would gather the boys around him and amuse them! with wonderful stories. One day he showed us his gun. and told us how he kept the foremost sight smooth by looking along it. He said when he was young that he looked so sharp that he would wear the sight out in a year, but now they lasted lots longer. The first that I ever heard of an electrical experiment was from one of his stories. "I seed a man set upon a stool and filled so full of fire that to pint his finger at his nose he would spit the fire right after you. Now, don't you tell that it was hell fire, for maybe it wasn't." He was the pioneer of the McFarlands on Massies creek and vicinity, a granduncle of Professor McFarland of the State University, a man of commanding appearance, a good neighbor and had the respect of all. On a farms adjoining him, lived Uncle George Ward, who had a beautiful meadow thickly set with herd grass, sometimes called red top. He regretted that the ground was not adapted to timothy and clover, and when some one spoke of his nice hay he replied, "Oh, burn the light stuff. I could carry a ton of it on my shoulder," and he threatened to thrash Colonel Stevenson for laughing at his expression. Not far off was Judge Samuel Kyle, a man of unbounded influence in the neighborhood, a pattern of propriety and possessed of abundant means, his credit being good save in a single case. Charley Mahan charged a business man with trying to cheat him'. Said Charley : "You always was a rascal ; you could not borrow one dollar with old Judge Kyle as security." He meant no reflection on the Judge, but intimated that the other man's character was beyond redemption. South of Judge Kyle on the Federal road lived John Mitchel, whose youngest son, R. P. Mitchel, has lately become a citizen of Xenia, and R. B. Davidson, of E. Miller & Company, is a son of his. youngest daughter, the widow of the late Dr. Davidson, the only orator I ever heard speak. Southeastward from my starting point at the crossing of the Federal and Limestone roads lived a large collection of people named Mahans. Mathew Mahan was a local preacher, and after 'his wife had died and his children had been provided with a home, he went at his own expense as a missionary to an Indian tribe, I think. the Wyandots. He was a mechanical genius and taught them( several trades, such as brick mason, harness making, carpentery, etc. It is unnecessary to say he died in peace, respected by all who knew him. Charles Mahan lived on the Limestone road two miles south of Jamestown. Yearly camp-meetings were held on his farm. He was the grandfather of Mrs. Samuel Elwell, of Xenia, and his own mother and his wife's mother lived with him. I know of no one now that suggests extreme old age as they did. They sometimes walked to our house, knitting and resting by the way. Their balls of yarn would frequently get away from them, and as a little four-year-old boy ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 229 it was my delight to race after them. And to add to my enjoyment they often dropped them voluntarily. William Mahan lived where Mathew Wilson now lives (1883), and, like the rest of them, he had a .large family, but he was less prosperous than his brothers. His second son was a prodigy. of physical development, and once ten men undertook to catch him in a ten-acre field in four hours and failed. James Mahan, another brother, lived near the camp ground; I think where George Shigley resided. He_ lost three sons by drowning. Most of the Maha.ns moved west. Mathew Mahan, Jr., a grandson of both Charles and Mathew, Sr., became an influential minister of the Methodist church. James Clark, living among the Mahans, was noted for prudence and credibility. THOMAS TOWNSLEY, SR., A SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION. Thomas Townsley was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, A. D. 1755. In 1782 he was .united in marriage to Miss Sarah Patterson of the same county, and to them were born five children, as follows : Martha, William, George, Joanna and Nancy. Martha, January 16, 1806, became the wife of Major James Galloway, Jr. His son William died November 10, 1825, aged forty-two years, and is buried in the cemetery at Clifton, Ohio. His son, George Townsley, Esq., was the father of our respected townsman, Thomas P. Townsley (now deceased). He was a useful and respected man in his day, filling with honor the office of county auditor when that office was first made an elective one. He was born September 17, 1786, while his parents were journeying from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, and died October 12, 1857, and is buried in 'Woodland cemetery, Xenia, Ohio. Joanna was born May 25, 1789, and was married to. James Gowdy (first merchant of Xenia) and lived a happy married life for three years and six months, when, at the age of twenty-eight years, she died. A little daughter, their only one, died a few hours before, and they were both buried in the Associate Reformed graveyard, East Third street. Nancy married Mr. Robert Nesbitt, one of Xenia's pioneer carpenters. In 1786 Mr. Townsley and his younger brother, John, with their families, bid adieu to their Pennsylvania homes and emigrated to Kentucky, where they resided till the year 1800, when they removed to what was to be Greene county, Ohio, and located on survey No. 3746, two miles east of the present town of Cedarville, which survey was a part of the Virginia military land set apart for those who took part in that war. Mr. Townsley enlisted first in the Revolutionary war at the age of twenty-one at Sherman's Valley, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania., December 6, 1776, as a private soldier in Capt. Thomas Clark's Company (I), Watt's Regiment, and served two months. He after that, April I, 1778, enlisted as a Wagoner in McCabe's Brigade, and served two months. He again enlisted as a private soldier in Capt. John Nelson's Company, Regiment, for which he received a pension, having applied September 15, 1832, from: Xenia, Ohio. He was wont to speak of the time that he was wagoner as having hauled in his wagon wounded. Hessian soldiers. He died at the home of his son-in-law, Major James Galloway, February 22, 1841, and was buried: in the cemetery at Clifton, Ohio. 230 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. DANIEL DEAN, SR., Was born in the village of Tubermore, County Londonderry, in the north of Ireland, in the year 1766, and emigrated to this country in the year 1784, landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when but eighteen years of age. He was a son of Roger and Mary Dean. He sojourned in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia until about 1788, when he removed to Kentucky and purchased some land. In 1790 he sent back to Ireland for his mother. In 1791 he was married to Miss Jeannette Steele. In 1812, having a large family of children and not being willing to rear them under the influence of slavery, and having purchased a tract of eighteen hundred acres of land on the waters of Caesars creek, Greene county, Ohio, he removed to it, and here he resided until his death, which occurred on the 24th of January, 1843, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. His mother died July 21, 1825, aged eighty-six years. These, with many of his lineal descendants, lie buried in the Dean "burial place," selected by himself on the tract of land alamiready alluded to on the banks of a small stream of water that flows on the west side of the same. Early in life he made a public profession of religion by joining the Associate Reformed church, in the congregation under the pastoral charge of Rev. Rankin. He and his wife remained members of this congregation until their removal to Ohio. After their coming to Ohio, there not being any organization of that body in their neighborhood, they connected themselves with the Associate congregation of Massiescreek, then under the pastoral care of Rev. Robert Armstrong. He became a member of the Caesarscreek congregation (Associate) upon its organization, and so remained until the day of his death. His children consisting of five sons and six daughters, all married and settled on the land before alluded to. Some have moved away and settled in different portions of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas. His five sons were Robert, William, Daniel, Joseph and James. These five sons were the senior members and heads of families of the large- connection of that name in Greene county. Robert Dean was a soldier in the war of 1812 and served a tour of duty to Fort Wayne under Capt. Robert McClellan. He died May 8, 1856, aged sixty-three, and is buried in the Dean Graveyard. SAMUEL KYLE. Associate Judge Samuel Kyle was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in November, 1777. His father, Joseph Kyle, Sr., served as a soldier in Dunmore's war, and was present at Camp Charlotte, in what is now Pickaway county, when Logan, the chief of the Mingoes, sent in his famous speech. In 1790 the family emigrated to Kentucky and located in Fayette county. In 1804 they came to Ohio and settled in what is now Cedarville township, and he was appointed justice of the peace some time afterward. On the 22d of May, 180, he took his seat on the bench as associate judge, Judges James Snowden and David Houston being his associates; the Hon. Francis. Dunlavy, presiding judge, and James Collier, sheriff. He was on the bench when that remarkable scene occurred when the presiding judge ordered James Snowden to leave the bench because he had not taken an oath of office under the new constitution, and on his refusal he ordered ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 231 the sheriff to lock him up in jail, and when the sheriff refused to obey the order he sent both the judge and sheriff to jail and the court broke up. He held the office of associate judge for thirty-five years. He was also the appraiser of real estate. He did a great deal of surveying and located more lands in early times than any other man. He was a member of the Associate church when it was first organized by Rev. Robert Armstrong in this county, and his Christian life was blameless and exemplary. He was a man of practical good sense, and did well in whatever he undertook. He was dignified in deportment, mild in manners:, bland and courteous in all social intercourse. In the war of 1812 he took a part. He died at his residence near Cedarville, Ohio February 25, 1857, aged seventy-nine. DAVID M. LAUGHEAD, SR., Son of David, was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, in 1778. His father, David Laughead, Sr., had made a visit to this county previous to his settlement here with his family, having served under General Clarke in his celebrated campaign against the Indians, resulting in the destruction of the village of Old Chillicothe, or Old Town, in the month of August, 1780, the site of the old historic Indian town in Greene county. In 1804, the Laugheads, father and son, removed from Kentucky to this county, settling near this city, upon the very land where the subject of this sketch died. At that time the present flourishing city of Xenia consisted of two log houses in the center of town, one of them the well known Crumbaugh House, where now stands the Eavey & Steele building, and the other on the present site of the Xenia National Bank. In company with the Laugheads came the ancestors of a large number of the present population of Xenia and vicinity, among whom we might name William and Robert Kendall, Joseph Kyle, Sr., and his family, among whom was his two sons, Joseph Kyle, Esq., and his brother, Judge Samuel Kyle; Alexander McCoy, John Bigger, Stephen White, James Clency and Major James Morrow. These composed a large portion of the Rev. Robert Armstrong's congregation, which transplanted itself almost bodily to this state and county. Inspired by a strong hatred of slavery, their pastor, Rev. Robert Armstrong, followed and organized the first Associate church in Greene county. David M. Laughead was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Kyle February 7, 1810, by Rev. Robert Armstrong. After the breaking out of hostilities in 1812 the settlers were continually called upon for services, generally of a very difficult and dangerous nature. Mr. Laughead was found to be an active and willing volunteer in several important expeditions, principally among which was the .celebrated expedition to Ft. McArthur (near the present town of Kenton), from there to Ft. Finley on the Auglaize and from thence to Upper Sandusky. The company composing this expedition were of a very singular element, most of the privates being men high in military title, embracing in its ranks such men as Major James Galloway, Capt. Thomas Constant, Capt. Robert Gowdy, Col. William Buckles, Capt. George Junkin, Adjt. William Rodgers, Mr. Hugh Andrews and others. The company was placed under the command of Capt. Samuel Herrod. The 232 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. abject of the expedition was to guard a train of pack horses from Ft. Arthur to Ft. Finley, a very dangerous enterprise it may well be supposed, considering the hostile nature of the country swarming with savage Indians. When near Ft. Arthur they were met by a messenger, who told them that the fort was surrounded by Indians, and of course they would have to fight their way into it. This news served only to hasten their progress, but on arriving at the fort they found the report of the express exaggerated; the Indians were in the vicinity, it was true, but they experienced no difficulty in making their way into the fort. At this time occurred the death of Mr. Cunningham, of Bellbrook, shot through the body by an Indian bullet. The expedition reached its destination without mishap and returned soon after. When near Urbana on their way home they were met by Gen.. Benjamin Whiteman and Dr. Joshua Martin, who informed them that the citizens of Xenia were excited over a rumor that the whole company, except three, had been murdered by the Indians, and that they had been chosen, to advance into the enemy's country and ascertain the truth of the report. The meeting under the circumstances was a joyous one, and the members of the company breaking ranks made their way to Xenia, arriving on Sabbath morning, as the citizens were wending their way to church. Mr. Laughead lived to see the wonderful changes which have transformed the wilderness into a land, as it were, flowing with milk and honey. He lived to enjoy the fruits of the hardships of the pioneer life, and raised a large and respected family, and to become possessed of all that which should attend old age, as love, honor, obedience, troops of friends and finally to die with all the consolations of religion and a life well spent. ORIGIN OF THE NAME INDIAN. The name Indian was erroneously ap-, plied to the original man of America by its first discoverers. The attempt to arrive at the East Indies by sailing west caused the discovery of America. When they were first discovered', Columbus and many after' him supposed they had arrived at the eastern shore of the continent of India, and hence the people they found there were called Inamidians. The error was not discovered until the name had so obtained that it could not well be changed. It is true that it matters little to us by what name the indigenous of a country are known, and especially those of America, in as far as the name is seldom used among us but in application to the aboriginal Americans ; but with the people of Europe it was not so unimportant. Situated between two countries, India and America, the same name for the inhabitants of both must at first have produced considerable inconvenience, if not confusion, because in speaking of an Indian no one would know whether an American or Zealander was meant. Therefore, in a historical point of view, the error at least is much to be deplored as that the name of the continent itself should have been derived from Americus instead of Columbus. ORGANIZATION OF THE CAESARSCREEK ASSOCIATE CHURCH, BY DR. GEORGE WATT. About 1831 or 1832 an event occurred which resulted in almost a revolution of the old neighborhood, and this was the or- ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 233 ganization of the Caesarscreek congregation of the Associate, often called the "Seceder" church. It is the congregation now worshiping in Jamestown, with Rev. W. A. Robb as pastor. To the left as you go to Jamestown, nine miles from Xenia, is a country graveyard, which was the burial place of this congregation. Its first pastor was the Rev. Andrew Heron, who came from Rockbridge county, Virginia. He was then in the prime of life, and his only son, Rev. John M. Heron, was ten years old. Dr. Heron was regarded as quite an acquisition to the ministerial talent of the county. He was clerk of the Associate Synod for many years. His first wife was a McCampbell, a cousin of Joseph McCampbell, who resides between Xenia and Jamestown, and his second wife was Mrs. Irvin, nee Martha Creswell. When the congregation was organized, David Brown, grandfather of Xenia's ex-postmaster, Thomas Brown; James Moore, father of the late Dr. Daniel D. Moore; James Irvin and Col. John Duncan were elected ruling elders. A tide of emigration flowed into the congregation, many coming from Virginia, some of whom had been members of Dr. Heron's charge in that state and these were followed in some cases by hangers-on and dependents, and these two distinct grades of society came in at once. Samuel Bromagen did the stone work of the house and also the brick work, and I think that John and William Bradfute did the carpenter work. Colonel John Dunkin was wonderfully lively with a tinge of eccentricities in his character that made him more interesting. The first time I ever saw David Brown he was in search of a cow. As John Watt was township clerk, and knew the earmarks, he called on him. John asked him the appearance of the cow. "Well, John, she's na a black coo, but she's a white coo; but she's na a large coo., but she's na sma coo, and she's a pretty coo." As the Scotch dialect was music to me I enjoyed the description of the cow much better than I did the sermon. Some Scotch shepherds moved into the congregation, among them a married man and his wife and two bachelor brothers. Mr. Brown said he would go around with them and arrange work, as nearly every farmer would make rails in preference to shearing sheep and they could get all their rails made. "We will make our own rails," said the eldest of the three. "But ye can na do it," said Mr. Brown. "You lie, you dog: we made twa apiece yesterday," was the prompt reply. Dr. Heron gave a course of expository lectures on the prophecies of Isaiah, a paraphrase of a psalm, or part of it, and the lecture took up the forenoon. Next we had a recess of fifteen minutes, in winter and forty-five in summer, in which we partook of the basket or, with the most of us, a pocket dinner. A sermon took up the afternoon, and most of us got home at sundown, even in winter. The service began the same hour the year round, and eleven (lid not mean twelve by Dr. Heron's watch. Once he began with my brother Hugh and myself present, and not many were late the next Sabbath. Dr. Heron, with his course of lectures, went through the book of the prophet Isaiah, and in reading this book in after years when I came on a chapter I had heard him expound I seemed to have found a bright place. The last time I laughed aloud during religious service was in the old meeting house. The house was very full, when a big woods beau with his red 234 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. hair, freckles and very tall dulciner came late. By packing two pews already full room was made for them by the usher, but not in the same pew. He sat to my right and she directly in front of him. Narrow lace collars were worn by ladies then, but she had a broad lace cape that extended well down her hack over a dress still whiter than her cape. One of her long red hairs had strayed from its comrades and was resting on the cape. The contrast of color was too painful for Joshua, and he made several attempts. to remove the hair without attracting attention. I came to the conclusion, as I knew lie was nearamisighted, that he did not know that it still had its natural attachment, and felt that if he would snatch it and she would jump I would have to laugh. To enforce sobriety on myself I thought .of death, fire and brimstone, a reamiproof from the minister, a rebuke from my parents, the teasing of my comrades, the embarrassment of the young lady. After I had suspected the red hair had been abandoned to. its fate, and when. the pastor was in the midst of an eloquent declamation, Joshua grabbed it. The red head shot up like a rocket, a wild yell of alarm came from somewhere up there, and after an explosion of laughter I subsided and was too miserable to remain for the afternoon service, and the red hairs were carefully taken home as well. The next day I met Dr. Heron and asked 'him to scold me. ."For what ?" said he. "For laughing aloud in church yesterday," said I. "But scolding is one of the exact sciences," said he, "and you must tell me all about it, so that. I can properly adapt the penalty." After hearing me through he said, "Well, I am: glad I did not see it, for a laugh in the pulpit might have done more harm than' a laugh in the pews." I felt better, and had the kindest feelings for the Doctor asp long as lie lived. I had the satisfaction of hearing the last sermon he ever preached. REV. ANDREW HERON. Andrew Heron was born in Scotland, October I P, 1788. He first came to the. United States (as he says in his application to become a citizen. of this country in 1840) in the year 1807. He was nineteen years of age. He remained a while at Cambridge, New York, where he studied theology and was licensed to preach by the Associate church. For a number of years he acted as missionary, traveling on horseback through Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas, and preached to the congregations in those states. In 1818 he was settled in Rockbridge county, Virginia, where he remained thirteen years. During this time he acted for a while as professor of languages in Washington College at Lexington, the same over which General Lee presided' at the time of his death. In 1831 he removed with a considerable part of his. congregation, and formed what was known. as the Caesarscreek congregation, near Jamestown, Greene county, Ohio. Here he remained until 1844, when 'he was displaced by the disruption in the Associate church. His next charge was in Indiana, where he remained, however, only a few years. Yielding to the infirmities of age, he returned to this county and became a resident of Cedarville. He received the degree of D. D. from Washington College, Virginia.. In familiarity with the Scriptures he had few equals, and his retentive memory enabled him to quote scripture while preach- ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF. GREENE COUNTY - 235 ing, with peculiar fitness. He was twice married. By his first wife he had one son, Rev. John Heron, who is yet (1900) living in Jamestown, Ohio. Dr. Andrew Heron died August 3o, 1873, in his eighty-fifth year, and is buried in Woodland cemetery, Xenia, Ohio. FIRST ORGANIZATION OF THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. It appears that it dates its origin back to 1804. In that year James Miller and family from Scotland, and David Mitchel and wife from Kentucky, settled on Clarkes run, and these two families organized the first praying band of this congregation and were for some years the only members. In the spring of 1808 James Reid and .family came and settled in the same neighborhood and took an active interest in the society organized. In the fall of 1808 William Moreland and family found a home here and identified themselves with the society. The first Reformed Presbyterian preaching in the bounds of this congregation, and perhaps in the state of Ohio, was in the fall of 1809, .by Rev. Thomas Donnelly and Mr. John Kell, then a licentiate. Mr. Kell preached in the morning and Mr. Donnelly in the afternoon. Soon after this Rev. John' Black, of Pittsburg, visited the little society, constituted a session and received James Reid and wife as the first accessions to the church. At this time there were nine or ten members in the congregation. The next Sabbath Mr. Black preached in a log cabin on the farm on which Mr. Dallas formerly lived. On that day the ordinance of baptism was administered for the first time in the congregation. The parties baptized were William and Joseph Reid. In the next few years some eight or ten families were added to the congregation. For a time the supplies were very limited. The congregation built its first church edifice. in 1812, on James Miller's farm The first church edifice was a rude structure, twenty-two feet square, built of round logs, the cracks closed with clay, the roof of clapboards four feet long, fastened down with weight poles. This was used for a place of worship for twelve years. The first preacher the church ever engaged was Rev. John Kell, who administered to them about one-fourth of his time,. from 180 to, 1816. The first pastor was Rev. Jonathan Gill' in 1816 who remained until 1823, when at his own request the pastoral relations' were dissolved. From 1823 to the spring of 1828 Rev. Gavin McMillan preached about one-fourth of his time for the people. In 1824 a new house of .worship was built on the bank of Massies creek six miles from Xenia, it being.a stone building thirty-six by forty feet. The fall of .1828 the Rev. Hugh McMillan assisted the Rev. Gavin McMillan in the dispensation of the Lord's Supper. They were so well pleased with him that they gave 'him a unanimous call to become their pastor. The call was accepted in April, 1829, and the Rev. Hugh McMillan returned from South Carolina and was soon after installed their pastor, which relation he sustained until his death in 1860. At the time the Rev. McMillan became pastor there were sixty-six members in the church. A large number of his members came with him from the south, so that in a few years they formed the larger part of the congregation. In the time of the division in 1833 the congregation numbered 236 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. one hundred and sixty-five. Thirty-eight of this number going with the other synod reduced the roll to one hundred and twenty-seven. In 1839 the congregation built a new church on a lot near the old one, of brick, forty-five by fifty-five feet. In 1848 the members living around Xenia and vicinity asked for a distinct organization which was granted, The Xenia congregation took off fifty members, and they made a call for the Rev. Hugh McMillan to become their pastor, 'but he declined and removed to Cedarville, where he continued to work and labor till his work on earth was ended. In 1853 the old brick church was pulled down and rebuilt in Cedarville, being a more central point. In it is material from the old church of 1824 and also from that of 1839. The congregation was without a pastor from October, 1860, until May, 1863. There were in the congregation at this time about one hundred and seventy members. In the fall of 1862 a unanimous call was made for Rev. J. F. Morton, and by him accepted. In May, 1863, Rev. J. F. Morton was ordained and installed as pastor of the congregation and still (1899) sustains that relation. At that time there were nine members of the session, but five of that number have gone to their rewards, viz.: R. C. Reid, James McCullum, William Harbison, John Orr and William Reid. At present there are eight, three having been added in 1871. During the last twenty years there have been two hundred and twenty accessions, forty-five dismissed by certificates., one hundred and thirty baptized and one hundred deaths including adults and children. The present membership is about two hundred. GREENE COUNTY OFFICIALS FROM 1803 TO 1840. 1803. Clerk of court, John Paul; county recorder, John Paul; sheriff, Nathan Lampe, from May 10, 1803, to December 7, 1803, when he resigned and William: Maxwell was elected; county surveyor, James Galloway Jr.; prosecuting attorney, Daniel Symms; associate judges, Benjamin Whiteman, James Barrett and William Maxwell. 1804. Clerk of the court, John Paul; county recorder, John Paul; sheriff, William Maxwell; county commissioners, Jacob Smith, James Snowden and John Sterritt; county surveyor, James Galloway; prosecuting attorney, Arthur St. Clair ; associate judges, Benjamin Whiteman and James Barrett. 1805. Clerk of court, John Paul; county recorder, John Paul; sheriff, William Maxwell; county commissioners Jacob Smith, James Snowden and John McLane; county surveyor, James Galloway; associate judges, Benjamin 'Whiteman and James Barrett; coroner, James Popenoe. 1806. Clerk of court, John Paul; county recorder, John Paul; sheriff, William Maxwell; county commissioners, James Snowden, John McLane and William A. Beatty; county treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; county surveyor, James Galloway, Jr.; associate judges, David Huston, James Barrett and Josiah Grover; coroner, James Popenoe. 1807. Clerk of court, John Paul; recorder, John Paul; sheriff, James Collier; commissioners, James Snowden John McLane and Andrew Read; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; surveyor, James Galloway, ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 237 Jr.; coroner, James Popenoe; associate judges, James Barrett, Josiah Grover and David Huston. 1808. Clerk of court, John Paul; recorder, John Paul; sheriff, James Collier; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; commissioners, John McLane, Andrew! Read and James Morrow; surveyor,. James Galloway, Jr.; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, David Huston, James Barrett and Josiah Grover; coroner, James Popenoe. 1809. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, James Collier; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; commissioners, Andrew Read, James Morrow and William Buckles; surveyor, James Galloway, Jr.; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, David Huston, James Barrett and James Snowden; coroner, William Campbell. 1810. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, James Collier; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; commissioners, James Morrow, William Buckles and John Haines; surveyor, Samuel Kyle; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, David Huston, James Snowden and Samuel Kyle; coroner, William Campbell. 1811. Clerk of court, Josiah .Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, James Collier; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; commissioners, William Buckles, John Haines and Samuel Gamble; surveyor, Samuel Kyle; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John McLane and Samuel Kyle; coroner, William! Campbell. 1812. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; commissioners, John Haines, Thomas Hunter and Peter Pelham; surveyor, Samuel Kyle; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John McLane, Samuel Kyle; coroner, William Campbell; sheriff, James Collier. 1813. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, John Hivling; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; commissioners, Thomas Hunter, Peter Pelham and Benjamin Grover; surveyor, Samuel Kyle; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, Jacob Haines, Samuel Kyle; coroner, William Townsley. 1814. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, John Hivling; commissioners, Benjamin Grover, Thomas Hunter and Peter Pelham; surveyor, Samuel Kyle; prosecuting attorney, William Ellsberry; associate judges, Jacob Haines and Samuel Kyle; coroner, William Townsley. 1815. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, James Popenoe; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; commissioners, Benjamin. Grover, Thomas Hunter and Peter Pelham; surveyor, Samuel Kyle; prosecuting attorney, William Ellsberry; associate judges, Jacob Haines, Samuel Kyle and David Huston; coroner, George Allen. 1816. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder; Josiah Grover; sheriff, James Popenoe; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; commissioners, Thomas Hunter, Samuel Gamble and John Haines; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, Joshua! Collett; associate judges, Jacob Haines, Samuel Kyle and David Huston; coroner, James Collier. 1817. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, James Popence; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr. ; 238 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY.. commissioners, Thomas Hunter, John Haines and David Conley; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, Joshua Collett; associate judges, Jacob .Haines, Sam- uel Kyle and David Huston; coroner, James Collier. 1818. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, James Popenoe; treasurer, James Galloway, Sr.; commissioners, Thomas Hunter, David Conley and Peter Pelham; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, Jacob Haines Samuel Kyle and David Huston; coroner, James. Collier. 1819. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; sheriff, John Smith; treasurer, Ryan Gowdy; commissioners, David Conley, Peter Pelham and John Sterritt; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston; coroner, James Collier. 1820. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover ; recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor, Peter Pelham; sheriff, John Smith; treasurer, Ryan Gowdy ; commissioners, David Conley, Peter Pelham and John Sterritt ; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston; coroner, David Conley. 1821. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor, George Townsley; sheriff, John Smith; treasurer, James Gowdy; commissioners, David Conley, John Sterritt and William Buckles ; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Hus-. ton; coroner, James Collier. 1822. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover ; recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor, George Townsley ; sheriff, John .Smith; treasurer, James Gowdy; commissioners, David Conley, John Sterritt and Stephen Bell; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston ; coroner, James Collier. 1823. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover.; recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor, George Townsley; sheriff, John. Smith; treasurer, James Gowdy; 'commissioners, John Sterritt, Stephen Bell and Samuel Shaw.; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston ; coroner James Collier. 1824. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor, George Townsley ; sheriff, James Popenoe; treasurer, James Gowdy; commissioners, John Sterritt, Stephen Bell and Samuel Shaw ; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander ; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston; coroner, James Collier. 1825. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor, George Townsley ; sheriff, Tames Popenoe; treasurer, James. Gowdy ; commissioners, Samuel Shaw, Stephen Bell and William Buckles; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander ; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston; coroner, James Collier. 1826. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor, George Townsley; sheriff, James Popenoe; treasurer, James Gowdy; commissioners, Stephen Bell, Mathias Winans and William Buckles; surveyor, Moses Collier; prose- ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 239 cuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston; coroner, James Collier. 1827. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover ; recorder, Josiah Grover ; auditor, George Townsley; sheriff, James A. Scott; treasurer, James Gowdy ; commissioners, William Buckles, Mathias Winans and Simeon Dunn ; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate, judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston, coroner, James Collier. 1828. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover; recorder, Josiah Grover; auditor, William Richards; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; commissioners, William Buckles, Simeon Dunn and Mathias Winans; surveyor, Moses Collier; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston; infirmary directors,. George Townsley, William McKnight and George Galloway; coroner, James Collier ; sheriff, James A. Scott. 1829. Clerk of court, Josiah Grover ; recorder, Josiah Grover ; auditor, William Richards; sheriff, James A. Scott; treasurer, .Samuel Newcomb; commissioners, William, Buckles, Samuel Gowdy and John. Barber; surveyor, Moses Collier; coroner, James Collier ; infirmary directors, George Galloway, Samuel Gowdy and Abraham Larew ; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston, 1830. Clerk of court, James L. Grover ; recorder, John H. McPherson; auditor, William Richards:; sheriff, James A. Scott; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; commissioners, William Buckles, Samuel Gowdy and John Barber; surveyor, Robert Watson; coroner, James Collier; infirmary directors, George Galloway, George Townsley and J. Davison; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston. 1831. Clerk of court, James L. Grover; recorder, John H. McPherson; auditor, William Richards; sheriff, James A. Scott; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; commissioners, Buckles, Samuel Gowdy and John Barber ; surveyor, Robert Watson; coroner, James Collier ; infirmary directors, George Galloway, George Towns-ley and J. Davison; prosecuting attorney, John Alexander; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston. 1832. Clerk of court, James L. Grover; recorder, John A. McPherson; auditor, William Richards; sheriff, Amos Quinn.; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; coroner, James Collier ; commissioners, William Buckles, John Barber and John Fudge; surveyor,. Robert infirmary directors., George Galloway, George Townsley and Josiah Grover ; prosecuting attorney, C. Clark; associate judges, John Clark, Samuel Kyle and David Huston. 1833. Clerk of court, James L. Grover; recorder, John H. McPherson; auditor, William Richards; sheriff, Amos Quinn; coroner, James Collier; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; commissioners, William Buckles, John Fudge and Ryan Gowdy; surveyor, Robert Watson; infirmary directors, George Townsley, Samuel Gowdy and Josiah Grover; prosecuting attorney, C. Clark ; associate judges, Simeon Dunn, Samuel Kyle and David Huston. 1834. Clerk of court, James. L. Grover; recorder, John H. McPherson; auditor, William Richards; sheriff, Amos Quinn; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; corn. missioners, William Buckles, John Fudge and Ryan Gowdy; coroner, John Schnebly ; 240 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. surveyor, Moses Collier; infirmary directors, George Townsley, Samuel Gowdy and Josiah Grover; prosecuting attorney, Cornelius, Clark; associate judges, Simeon Dunn, Samuel Kyle and David Huston. 1835. Clerk of court, James L. Grover; recorder, John H. McPherson; auditor, William Richards; sheriff, Amos Quinn; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; coroner, John Schnebly; commissioners, John Fudge, Ryan Gowdy and Timothy G. Bates; surveyor, Moses Collier; infirmary directors, Samuel Gowdy, John Ankeney and Josiah Grover; prosecuting attorney, Cornelius Clark; associate judges, Simeon Dunn, Samuel Kyle and David Huston. 1836. Clerk of court, James L. Grover; recorder, John H. McPherson; auditor, William Richards; sheriff, Amos Quinn; coroner, Coburn Robinson; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; commissioners, John Fudge, Ryan Gowdy and Timothy G. Bates; surveyor, Moses Collier; infirmary directors, Samuel Gowdy, John Ankeney and Samuel Crumbaugh; prose-. cuting attorney, William Ellsberry; associate judges, Simeon Dunn, Samuel Kyle and David .Huston. 1837. Clerk of court, Thornton Marshall; recorder, John H. McPherson; auditor, Thomas Coke Wright; sheriff, Amos Quinn; coroner, W. C. Robinson; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; commissioners, John Fudge, Daniel Lewis and Ebenezer Steele; infirmary directors, Samuel Gowdy, John Ankeney and Samuel Crumbaugh; prosecuting attorney, William Ellsberry; associate judges, Simeon Dunn, Samuel Kyle and David Huston. 1838. Clerk of court, Thornton Marshall; recorder, John, H. McPherson; auditor, Thomas Coke Wright; sheriff, James A. Scott; coroner, Casper L. Merrick; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; commissioners, John Fudge, Daniel Lewis and Ebenezier Steele; surveyor, Moses Collier; infirmary directors, Samuel Gowdy, John Ankeney and Samuel Crumbaugh; prosecuting attorney, R. C. Poland; associate judges, Simeon Dunn, Samuel Kyle and David Huston. 1839. Clerk of court, Thornton Mar, shall; recorder, John H. McPherson; auditor, Thomas Coke Wright; sheriff, James A.' Scott; coroner, Casper L. Merrick; treasurer, Samuel Newcomb; commissioners, John Fudge, Daniel Lewis and E. Steele; surveyor, Moses Collier; infirmary directors, Samuel Gowdy, John Ankeney and Samuel Crumbaugh; prosecuting attorney,. R. C. Poland; associate judges, Simeon Dunn, Samuel. Kyle and David Huston. 1840. Clerk of court, Thornton Marshall; recorder, John H. McPherson; auditor, Thomas Coke Wright; sheriff, William Coburn Robinson; coroner,' John Duncan; treasurer, Alfred Trader; commissioners, John Fudge, Daniel Lewis and Bennet Lewis; surveyor, Moses Collier; infirmary directors, Samuel Gowdy, John Ankeney and Samuel Crumbaugh; prosecuting attorney, R. C. Poland; associate judges, Simeon Dunn:, Samuel Kyle and David Huston. GREENE COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF 1812. As may be supposed the task of gathering this material has been no easy one, with nothing direct on record in our ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 241 county records, concerning the war with Great Britain. The roster of the soldiers in that war has been taken from the books on file in the adjutant general's office in Columbus, and by inquiry and researches in different townships in the county. And after the lapse of over three-fourths of a century if some names have been omitted, or if in putting the names in correct alphabetical order, it has not been done according to Webster, I am in hopes it will be overlooked. In June, 1812, the United States declared war against Great Britain.. In this war the west was a principal theater. Defeat, disaster and disgrace marked its opening scenes, but the latter events of the contest were a series of splendid achievements. Crogan's gallant defense of Fort Stevenson; Perry's victory upon Lake Erie; the total defeat by Harrison, of the allied British and savages under Proctor and Tecumseh on the Thames ; and the great closing triumph of Jackson at New Orleans, reflected the most brilliant luster upon the American arms. In every vicissitude of this contest the conduct of Ohio was eminently patriotic and honorable. When the necessities of the national government compelled congress to resort to a direct tax, Ohio, for successive years cheerfully assumed and promptly paid her quota out of her state treasury. Her sons volunteered with alacrity their services in the field, and no troops more patiently endured hardships or performed better service: hardly a battle was fought in the northwest in which some of the brave citizen soldiers did not seal their devotion to their country with their blood. After the breaking out of hostilities, the settlers of Greene county were continually called upon for services, generally of a very difficult and dangerous nature. The companies composing these expeditions at times were of a very singular element, most of the privates being men high in military title and rank embracing in its. ranks such men as Major James Galloway, Captain Constant, Captain Robert Gowdy, Colonel Robert Buckles, Captain George Junkin, Adjutant William Rogers, and others. One company so constituted was placed under the command of Captain James Morrow ; another company under Captain Samuel Her-rod, of Ross township. The object of the latter was to guard a train of pack-horses (no use for the army wagon in those days) from Fort McArthurt to Fort Finley, a very dangerous enterprise it may well be supposed, considering the hostile nature Of the country, swarming with savage Indians. On this expedition, when near Fort McArthur, they were met by an express or messenger, who told them that the fort was surrounded by savages, and of course they would have to fight their way into it. The news served only to hasten their progress, but on arriving at the fort they found the report of the express exaggerated. The Indians were in the vicinity it was true, but they experienced no difficulty in making their way into the fort. At this time occurred the death of a Mr. Cunningham of Bellbrook, who was shot through the body by Indian bullets. Captain Robert McClellan, of Sugarcreek township, Greene county, was then in command of Fort McArthur with his company from said township. Our old and respected friend Thomas Coke Wright (deceased), gave the following account of this sad event : "Captain Robert McClellan, who recently died in Greene county, was brave 242 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. even to rashness. While he commanded at Fort McArthur one of his men went a short distance from the walls for the purpose of peeling bark. While he was engaged on a tree he was shot twice through the body by a couple of Indians in ambush, whose rifles went off so near together that their reports were barely distinguishable. He uttered one piercing scream of agony and ran with almost superhuman speed, but fell before he readied the fort. An instant alarm was spread through the garrison, and the thought was no doubt entertained that this was the commencement of a general attack, which had long been expected. Instead of shutting the gates to keep out danger, McClellan seized his rifle and "calling on some of his men to follow (of which few obeyed) he hastened to the place of ambush and made diligent search for the enemy, who by an instant and rapid retreat had effected their escape; nor did, he return until he had scoured the woods all around in the vicinity of the fort. The site of Fort McArthur was about three miles southwest of Kenton, Hardin county.'' Two sons of the old hero, Captain Robert McClellan, namely : David and William McClellan, are yet (1901) living west of Xenia, beside other descendants. But to resume the story of Captain Samuel Herrod's company, as told by David M. Laughead, who was along with this expedition. "The company reached its destination without mishap, and returned soon after. When near Urbana, on their return, they were met by General Benjamin Whiteman and Dr. Joshua Martin, who informed them that the citizens of Xenia were excited over a rumor hat the whole company except three had been murdered by the Indians and that they had been chosen to advance into the enemy's country and ascertain the truth of the report. The meeting, under the circumstances was a joyful one, and the members of the company breaking ranks made their way to Xenia, arriving on Sabbath morning, when the citizens were wending their way to church." An act had been passed authorizing the president to detach one hundred thousand militia for six months also for organizing the regular army. The same month a requisition was made by the president upon Ohio for twelve hundred, militia, in obedience to which Governor Meigs issued orders to the major generals of the middle and western division of the state to meet in Dayton with their respective quotas April 29th. With an ardor and love of country unsurpassed, many more than were wanted tendered their services, and the best citizens flocked in from Greene, Montgomery, Warren and Miami literally contending with each other as to who should go first. The officers for the three regiments formed were respectively, Duncan McArthur, colonel; James Denney and William A. Trimble, majors of the First Regiment. James Findley, colonel ; Thomas Moore and Thomas B. VanHorn, majors of the Second Regiment. Lewis Cass, colonel ; Robert Morrison and J. R. Munson, majors of the Third Regiment. On the 25th of May, 1812, they were formally put under the command of General Hull, governor of the territory, and superintendent of Indian affairs. Speeches were made by Governor Meigs, Colonel Cass and General Hull and the fire of patriotism and military ardor burned bright in every bosom, and all things looked auspicious. June 1st the army marched up the Miami to Stanton in Miami county, where ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 243 they halted until their baggage came up the river in boats, on the arrival of which they continued their March to Urbana, about thirty miles east of Stanton, where on the 8th they were informed that they would be reviewed by the governor and some Indian chiefs. June 15th the army broke camp and marched for Detroit, on their way wading through a swamp knee deep for over forty miles. On Saturday, September 22nd, news reached Dayton that Hull had surrendered at Detroit August 16th. This created intense excitement and consternation along the frontier counties, and steps were taken at once to organize the militia. There were over forty thousand dollars' worth of stores at Piqua, and the Indians who had assembled there art the grand council were still hanging around. Hand bills were distributed calling upon all able bodied citizens to meet .with arms at Dayton immediatey, to march to the relief of the frontiers. On Sabbath morning before seven o'clock a company of seventy men was raised, and under marching orders for Piqua in a few hours, led by Captain James Steele, at that time a resident of Sugarcreek township, Greene county. Before the morrow seven other companies were raised from the surrounding country, with Captain Caldwell's troop of horse and Johnson's Rifle Company, from Warren county, which later, in company with Captain Davis' battalion, left on Monday. General Benjamin Whiteman, of Miami county, marched with nearly a full brigade. The list that has been prepared will further along show who mare of these brave boys were and where they belonged, although for years they have been in their graves, yet after almost one hundred years their memory shall be kept green. The governor gave General Munger command at Piqua and had the stores removed to Dayton. The whole country was thoroughly aroused to a sense of the eminent danger that threatened the frontiers. Troops were rapidly pushed forward to resist the expected attack of the English and Indians, led by the infamous Proctor and Tecumseh, in the main, whose scattering bands were infesting the isolated settlements. The excitement was intense; all men capable of bearing arms were scouting or in the army. The women and children were huddled together in block-houses. In this connection we submit the following from Hugh Andrew, who is still remembered by many persons living today. He says: "Hull, who surrendered at Detroit, was commander of all the northwestern armies, except a few companies of rangers quartered in block-houses. Prior to his defeat he was encamped at Dayton, and I was then a private. I was on duty during a greater portion of the war, but did not engage in any active battle. My company was encamped some time on the Sandusky river. One night I was detailed for guard duty; nothing unusual occurred until the dawning of the morning, when I heard the rustling of the thicket a short distance from my post; peering through. the semi-darkness, I 'saw a dark object approaching, could not discern its features, but concluded naturally that they were those of an Indian. It came yet a little closer and stopped. I brought my gun to my shoulder and took aim and fired. A loud report and all was silent, and when the smoke 244 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. had cleared away I perceived the object had vanished. Upon being relieved I went to the spot where I had seen the Indian (as I supposed), saw spots of blood, by which I tracked him to the rear of the guard house, thence farther beyond the limits of the camp where I discovered the carcass of a hog, that had strayed from some settlement. Thus ended my experience in Indian killing. "The announcement of Hull's surrender reached Xenia on the Sabbath day, while the people were attending worship. They were panic stricken as it was considered that we were on the frontier and liable to be invaded by the British armies without a moment's warning. Simultaneously with the news of the surrender an order was issued requesting the First Regiment, composed partly of Greene county men, to report at Yellow Springs on the following morning (Monday) at ten o'clock. I was their in my eighteenth year, in the vigor of youth, and mounting my horse, rode to Xenia. Here we equipped ourselves with the necessaries of war, and were on the ground at the appointed time. We did camp duty that night, and on the morrow marched to Urbana, where we remained several days. A large concourse of people had been gathered here from all parts of this section, who were willing and anxious to answer the country's call. After several days' delay, and a protracted discussion, it was decided that a portion of the First Regiment would proceed northward, while all others should return to their homes and await further orders. In 1813 Fort Meigs Was beseiged by the British and Indians. A call was made for a volunteer regiment of mounted militia.. I volunteered with about seven hundred from this county-. We were out a short time, and then ordered to go back to Xenia. On our return we were met by a call for volunteers to be stationed at Fort McArthur, until the arrival of a drafted company. I volunteered again, and at the expiration of twenty days we were relieved by a company in charge of Captain Robert McClellan, from Sugarcreek township, Greene county. "In the month of August, 1813, there was an urgent call for a company of volunteers to guard a train of provisions which was being conveyed from Fort McArthur to Fort Finley. Together with fifty-one others I answered the call. The train consisted of pack-horses loaded with bacon, to secure the safe delivery of which it was necessary to provide a strong guard. The service was performed successfully, and the company voted to join a detachment near Upper Sandusky. Upon our arrival it was whispered that the camp was surrounded by Indians. At night the fires were put out, the sentry called in, and arrangements made to march to an open plain, where we could more successfully defend ourselves, which place was reached in safety. We waded the river and took possession of Fort Wall, then unoccupied. On. the following day we marched to Upper Sandusky. "During the battle of Lower Sandusky* (or Fort Stephenson) our forces were commanded by General Corwin. He took possession of the fort, but was ordered by General Harrison to evacuate the same. Harrison was well aware that the enemy far exceeded the American forces in point of numbers, and concluded that the latter must withdraw at once to avoid overwhelming defeat. Corwin was loath to leave behind him the provisions and equipments, ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF. GREENE COUNTY - 245 and disobeyed orders. Under his direction a number of men were detailed to strengthen the fort, and dig a trench around the same. On top of the wall was placed a huge cannon, charged with log chains. When the British began to storm the fort they descended to the ditch. Here they were charged upon and slain by the hundreds and ere long beat a hasty retreat, leaving behind a number of prisoners. Corwin was promoted on the spot, and remained in the regular service until the commencement of the Civil war, at which time he died in New Orleans." Sugarcreek township was well. represented in the war of 1812. Captain Ammi Maltbie of that township had the honor of erecting a block-house at what was called McPherson's Station. There were several stations in Logan county, namely : Manary's. McPherson's, Vance's and Isaac Zane's. Manary's was built by Captain James Manary, of Ross county, and was situated three miles north of Bellefontaine, on the farm of John Laney. McPherson's, as has been stated, was built by Captain Maltbie and his men, and was situated three-fourths of a mile northwest of Bellefontaine. Vance's, built by Ex-Governor Vance, then captain of a Rifle Company, stood on a high bluff on the margin of a prairie, about a mile east of Logansville. Zane's was at Zanesfield. This Isaac Zane deserves more than a passing notice. In the first organization of Greene county Isaac Zane's name appears upon the enumeration list of Beavercreek township., one of the four townships into which Greene county had been divided. His name also appears among sundry court papers, where he had business with the courts of this county while he was a citizen of the county. He was born about 1753, south of the Potomac in Virginia, and at the age of nine years was taken prisoner by the Wyandots and carried to Detroit. He remained with his captors until the age of manhood, when like most prisoners taken in youth, he re, fused to return to his friends and home. He married a Wyandot woman from Canada, of half French blood, and took no part in the war of the Revolution. After the treaty of Greenville in 1795, he bought a tract of eighteen hundred acres on the site of Zanesfield, where he lived until his death in 1816. At the breaking out of the war many hundred friendly Indians were collected and stationed at Zane's and McPherson's block-houses, under the: protection of the government who for a short time kept a guard of soldiers: over them. It was at first feared that they would take up arms against the Americans, but subsequent events dissipating their apprehensions they were allowed to disperse. Major James Galloway was up in that part of the country in 1800, and there is no doubt but that he was well acquainted with Zane, McPherson and other noted pioneers of that section. Years afterward he gave from memory his recollection of that part which had been formerly Greene county. Major James Galloway was on the River Raisin under General Tupper in the defense of the frontier, being appointed to the position of major and in that capacity he served during the campaign. Little can be found among the records of our county in reference to the war of 1812. Among Major Galloway's private papers can be found here and there indications of his services as major in the First Regiment, which was called into the service of the United States during the war. Receipts 246 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. had been given by the five captains who were under him for the supplies that were needed in the service. The first one was for ten blankets for the company of Captain Samuel Black, date, November 6, 1812, place, Camp McArthur. Under the same date and place and for same supplies, signed Captain Jacob Shingledecker, Captain Martin Armstrong, John Owens and James Redding. Same place, date and supamiplies, and again later, January 30, 1813, received of Major Galloway one common tent, and one camp kettle. Signed J. Taylor. And again February 27, 1813 to Major Galloway, one wall tent and camp kettle. Signed, C. S. Mur; place, Miami Rapids. From the above receipts we would infer that Captains Samuel Black, Jacob Shingledecker, Martin. Armstrong, James Redding and J. Taylor were the commanders of companies under Major Galloway. Another instance brings to our recollection that grand old pioneer preacher, the Rev. Robert Armstrong, who was the pastor of Massiescreek congregation (Stevenson's) for seventeen years. It is said of him that once during the war of 1812 word came on the Sabbath while they were congregated for worship that the Indians were expected to show hostilities immediately. The people were dismissed in the Midst of his sermon and the preacher and his flock returned to the nearest house and began molding bullets and' otherwise preparing for war, and not far away was heard the sound of the hammer in a blacksmith's shop of parties engaged in making knives, tomahawks and other articles that 'could he used in a hand-to-hand contest, but fortunately no violence was attempted among them. It is no wonder that in the late Civil war there were so many recruits raised in the neighborhood of Clark's Run, and the old church yard, for in it lie buried some twenty-five or thirty of those who participated in the War of 1812. And besides these there Rre also some nine or ten who were soldiers in the War of the Revolution, the ancestors of the "Boys in Blue." "Blood is thicker than water, and will tell," a saying that was manifest in the recruits of the late war to a remarkable extent. That part of Xenia township lying north and west of the Little Miami river; embracing one school sub-district and a fractional part of another, contained, during the Civil war, between twenty-five and thirty voters; its enthusiasm was so great that it furnished thirty-seven recruits for the army, a matter perhaps unparalleled in the whole Union. About one-third were boys under twenty years of age. GREENE COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF 1812. In the following list we give the name of the soldier, with the township from which he enlisted, followed by the name of the captain of the company. with remarks accompanying where something was learned of the person : Anderson, Daniel. Xenia ; Robert Gowdy. captain; married Jane Dinsmore, September 4, 1817 ; died September 24, 1861, aged 70 years, in the Union neighborhood. Anderson, Robert, Ceasar's Creek ; Joseph Lucas, captain ; married Mary Campbell, September 5, 1826. Anderson, John H., Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain. He was the son of John Anderson. Sr.; married Hannah Painter, February 18, 1806. Anderson, David, Miami ; James Galloway, captain; buried in Clifton cemetery. Anderson, James, Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain ; buried in Clifton cemetery. ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 247 Anderson, Mason, Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain. Anderson, William, Xenia ; James Morrow, captain ; son-in-law of Joseph Kyle, Sr.; died September, 1853, aged seventy-eight ; buried in Massie's Creek churchyard. Alexander, Matthew, Xenia; Samuel Herrod, captain; buried in Jamestown cemetery, or else on his farm. Alexander, John, Xenia ; Robert Gowdy, captain; died January 30, 1865, aged seventy years; buried in Woodland, Xenia. Adams, Eli, Xenia; Robert Gowdy, captain ; August. 2, 1810, married Elizabeth Beeks. Adams, Ephraim, Miami ; Robert Gowdy, captain. Andrew, Robert, Caesar's Creek; John Watson, captain. Andrew, Samuel, Caesar's Creek ; John Watson, captain; removed to Clinton county, Ohio. Andrew, Hugh, Xenia ; James Morrow, captain; died March 15, 1881, buried in Woodland, Xenia, aged seventy-two years. Andrew, James, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain; died March 3o, 1824; buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson) churchyard, Allen, Benjamin, Sugar Creek ; John Clark, captain ; died April 15, 1868, aged eighty-two years.; buried in Woodland, Xenia. Allen, Edward, Sugar Creek; John Clark, captain ; buried in graveyard south of New Burlington, Ohio. Allen, Jackson, Sugar Creek ; John Clark, captain ; died September 15, 1857, near Topeka, Kansas. Aley, John, Beaver Creek ; Jacob Shingledecker, captain; .soldier in War of 1812; buried in the Aley graveyard. Ankeney, Henry, Bath ; Jacob Shingledecker, capamitain; buried in Union graveyard, Byron ; died May 18, 185o. Arthur, Charles, Vance ; Samuel Stewart, captain. Alsop, John, Vance; Samuel Stewart, captain. Allen, Joseph, Sugar Creek ; John Clark, captain; grandfather of John C. Tanner ; buried in Caesar's Creek graveyard, two miles southwest of North Burlington. Bowers, John, Xenia ; unknown ; buried in Woodland, Xenia ; the old drayman of Xenia ; died 1867. Binkley, Philip, Xenia ; John Davis, captain ; buried in Woodland, Xenia ; died December 17, 1857, aged eighty-five. Blessing, John, Xenia, from Virginia ; buried in Woodland, Xenia ; died December 2, 1864, aged seventy-seven. Blessing, John, Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain ; died July 3o, 1828. aged fifty-eight ; buried at Baptist graveyard, Bellbrook. Brewer, John G.. Miami ; from New Jersey, born August, 1794, buried in Woodland, Xenia ; died in Xenia, 1886, aged 'ninety-six. Barnes, Henry, Sr., Xenia ; John Davis, L. D., captain ; from West Chester, Virginia, to Kentucky, 1794, to Ohio, 1807; buried in Woodland ; died August 2, 1856, aged seventy-five. Butts, Samuel, Beaver Creek ; J. Shingledecker, captain ; buried in Beaver Creek cemetery, near Alpha ; died February, 1827, aged sixty-one years. Burrous, William, Beaver Creek ; J. Shingledecker, captain ; buried in Union graveyard, near Byron. Burrous, Daniel, Beaver Creek ; Samuel Herrod, captain; buried in Union graveyard, near Byron. Beall, George, Beaver Creek ; J. Shingledecker, captain ; born October 12, 1791, died May 1, 1874, buried near Painterville, New Hope churchyard. Beall, Jonathan, Beaver Creek; J. Shingledecker, captain ; son of Isaac and Mary Beall, buried in Union graveyard (Byron). Beall, Aaron, Bath ; J. Shingledecker, captain ; died July, 186o, aged seventy-seven years; buried in Union graveyard (Byron). Booker, Peter, Beaver Creek ; J. Shingledecker, captain. Bosharp, John, Beaver Creek ; J. Shingledecker, captain. Buckles, John, Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain ; died 1870, aged eighty-one ; buried Middle Run churchyard (Bellbrook) ; son of William Buckles, Sr. Burrell, John D. Caesar's Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain ; buried in Baptist graveyard, between Jamestown and Jasper ; died May 16, 1864, aged eighty-one years. Birt, Henry, Caesar's Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain; removed to Rush county, Indiana. Barrett, Philip, Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain ; died in Sugar Creek township in 1826. Byrd, Andrew, Sr., Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain; died in 1834, buried in Baptist graveyard, Bellbrook. Bell, David, Sugar Creek; Ammi Maltbie, captain ; moved to Jay county, Indiana ; died and is buried in that county. Beaks, William, Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain. Bain, James, Sugar Creek; Ammi Maltbie, captain ; died August 9, 1832, aged seventy-five, buried in Pioneer graveyard in Bellbrook. Bissell, Samuel, Sugar Creek; Ammi Maltbie, captain ; removed from the state. Buckles, David, Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain ; removed west ; September 2, 1819, married Hulda Gerard. Burney, Thomas, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain. Barrett, James, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, , captain ; removed to Allen county. Bias, Isaac, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain. Bowen, Ephraim, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain ; removed to Randolph county, Indiana. Benham, John, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, cap- 248 - ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. tain; removed to Montgomery county, buried at Centerville. Bingamon, Thomas, Sugar Creek ; Robert. McClellan, captain ; buried at Waynesville, Ohio. Bingamon. Lewis. Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain ; buried at Bellbrook, Ohio. Blue, Samuel, Miami ; James Morrow, captain. Baldwin. David. Miami; James Morrow, captain ; buried at Bloxsoms, near Selma ; died December 11, 1831. aged forty-two. Barnes, John, Miami ; James Morrow, captain; buried in Clark county. Bishop, Solomon. Miami ; James Morrow, captain ; died in 1839; August 19, 1814, married Elizabeth Forbes. Bull. john, Xenia ; Charles Wolverton, captain ; supposed to have been murdered at New Orleans, in 1834. Bull, James, Xenia ; James Morrow, captain ; died 1872. aged ninety-six, buried in Massie's Creek churchyard. Bull, Richard, Xenia ; James Morrow, captain_ died in 1834. aged fifty-two ; buried in Massie's Creek churchyard. Bull, Thomas, Xenia ; Charles Wolverton, captain; removed to Owen county, Indiana. Beatty. William A., Xenia ; James Morrow, captain ; kept first tavern in Xenia, died in Jackson county. Indiana, in November, 1821. Buckles. William, Sugar Creek; Ammi Maltbie, capamitain : died March 29, 1846, aged seventy-nine, buried in Middle Run graveyard. Buckles, Robert, .Sugar Creek Ammi Maltbie, captain ; died December 25, 185o, aged eighty, buried in Middle Run graveyard. Bales, John, Caesar's Creek ; Joseph Lucas, captain; died March 11, 1864, aged seventy-five, buried in Taber churchyard, Jasper township. Barker, Joseph, Xenia ; Robert Finley, captain, also Martin Shuey ; 1812 substitute for Henry Hypes; buried in Woodland, Xenia. Bell, George, Xenia ; Robert Buckles, captain; buried in the Bell graveyard, southeast of Xenia. Bilderback, Gabriel, Xenia ; James Galloway, captain; died in Ross township in 1823. Berry. William. Xenia ; James Galloway, captain. Brown, David, Ross ; Samuel Herrod, captain : died March 8, 1866, aged seventy-five years, buried in Clifton cemetery. Blair. Thomas, Xenia ; Samuel Herrod, captain : died in 1834, buried in Massie's Creek (Stevenson) graveyard. Bozarth, Thomas. Ross ; Samuel Herrod, captain ; buried one mile west of Selma in Bloxsom graveyard. Baker, Joshua. Vance : Samuel Stewart. captain ; died December 22, 1838, aged fifty ; buried in Clifton cemetery. Baker, George, Vance ; Samuel Stewart, captain ; reverted to Clark county Ohio. Buffinbarger, Peter, Vance; Samuel Stewart, captain ; reverted to Clark county, Ohio. Buffinbarger. George. Vance; Samuel Stewart, captain; reverted to Clark county, Ohio. Bloxsom, Charles. Vance; Samuel Stewart, captain; buried near Selma, in the Bloxsom graveyard. Bloxsom, Gideon, Vance; Samuel Stewart, captain; buried in Bloxsom graveyard, near Selma. Brooks, William. Vance ; Samuel Stewart, captain; reverted to Clark county. Ohio. Bocock. John, Vance; Samuel Stewart. captain ; died 1823. aged thirty years, buried in Bloxsom graveyard. Bronson. Andrew, Vance ; Samuel Stewart, captain ; reverted to Clark county. Ohio. Bird, Mark, Sugar Creek ; John McCullough, captain ; removed to Missouri. Browder, Harmon. Silver Creek ; John Watson, captain ; died in Ross township in 1835. Bone, George, Silver Creek : John Watson, captain; son of Valentine; September 20, 1809, married Nancy Mullnex. Browder, James. Silver Creek ; John Watson, captain ; died 1872. buried. Jamestown, Ohio. Bryan, Morrison, Silver Creek ; John Watson, captain; died at Jamestown in 1822. Bryan. James, Silver Creek ; John Watson, captain; died April, 1874. Ballard, William, Ross ; John Watson, captain; buried at Jamestown, Ohio. Borders. George, Beaver Creek; Zach. Ferguson, captain. Brown. William, Beaver Creek ; Zach. Ferguson. captain ; died November 15. 1864, buried at Hawker's churchyard : aged sixty-eight. Brelsford. James, Sugar Creek ; John Clark, captain ; died near Bellbrook. Ohio, in 1866; purchased the Daniel Wilson farm. Benson, William, Sugar Creek ; John Clark, captain. Bond. Benjamin, Sugar Creek ; John Clark, captain. Bodkins. George, Beaver Creek ; William Stevenson, captain. Bennet, Francis. Bath ; William Stevenson, captain; buried at Fairfield. Ohio. Brake, George. Bath : William Stevenson. captain; died August 18. 1864. aged seventy-six years, buried at Fairfield. Ohio. Ball James. Bath ; Wm. Stevenson, captain. Babcock. Thomas. Bath ; Wm. Stevenson, captain ; buried north of Osborn. Ohio. Bingham, William. Caesar's Creek ; Joseph Lucas, captain. Bell. Joshua. Caesar's Creek : Joseph Lucas. captain ; moved to Iowa. buried near Des Moines, Iowa : died July 1, 1856. Black. William. Caesar's Creek ; Joseph Lucas captain : died in 1815. Bray. Joseph, Caesar's Creek ; Joseph Lucas, captain. ROBINSON'S HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY - 249 Bayliff, Joshua, Caesar's Creek ; Joseph Lucas, captain ; removed to Auglaize county, Ohio, in 1839. Babb, James W., Caesar's Creek ; Joseph Lucas, captain; buried in the Babb graveyard, Caesar's Creek township. Beatty, William B.. Caesar's Creek ; Joseph Lucas, captain; married Nancy Birt. Brown, George, Beaver Creek ; James Galloway, captain ; died, aged sixty-seven, buried at Mt. Zion cemetery. Butler, James, Xenia : Robert Gowdy, captain; died in 1833, buried at Woodland cemetery. Xenia. Bell. Daniel, Xenia ; Robert Gowdy, captain ; school teacher ; removed to jay county. Indiana. Boblett, George, Xenia ; Robert Gowdy, captain died in 1872, age ninety-eight, buried at Maple Corner. Caesar's Creek. Bone. Samuel, Xenia ; Robert Gowdy. captain ; died October 1o, 1855, age seventy-six years. Bonner. Chapel H., Xenia ; Robert Gowdy, captain; removed to Van Buren, Iowa, died November, 1873. aged eighty-seven years. Berry. Thomas L., Xenia ; Robert Gowdy, captain.; died in Miami township, 1860. Bella Nathaniel, Xenia ; Robert Gowdy, captain; died January 5, 1847. aged sixty-six, buried in the Bell graveyard, south of Xenia. Borders. Henry, Xenia ; Robert Gowdy, captain ; December 4, 1818, married Jane Starr. Borders, James, Xenia ; Robert Gowdy, captain. Burnsides, William, Xenia ; John Davis, L. D., captain ; removed to Champaign county, Ohio. Browder, James, Xenia ; John Davis, L. D., captain ; July 4, 1816, married Betsey Hays ; died at Columbus, Ohio, 1835. Black, Peter, Sugar Creek ; John Davis, L. D., captain. Black, David. Sugar Creek ; John Davis, L. D., captain; April 18, 1816. married Christiana Sanders. Beason. Richard, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain; came from South Carolina to Tennessee, thence to Ohio. Brinker, David, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain. Bonner, David S., Xenia ; Robert' McClellan, captain; son of Frederick Bonner. Sr. Barnett, Arthur, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain. Bruce, Joshua, Beaver Creek ; J. Shingledecker, captain ; buried. Baptist graveyard, southwest of Jamestown, Ohio. Beck, Henry, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain. Beck. Samuel, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain ; January 9, 18o6, married Betsey True. Bell. Stephen, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain; removed to Springfield in 1839; died November 14, 1852. One of the founders of Bellbrook. Ohio. Beason, William, Caesar's Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain ; died June 18, 1853, aged sixty-six ; buried in Baptist graveyard, east of Jasper. Beason, Thomas, Caesar's Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain ; died December 26, 1856, aged sixty-six; buried in Baptist graveyard. Barnes, James, Sugar Creek ; Jacob Fudge, captain; removed to Warren county, Ohio. Bateman, Jeremiah, Bath; Martin Shuey, captain. Corry, Matthew, Miami ; born in Pennsylvania, Febamiruary 16, 1793 ; died May 5, 1864, aged seventy-five, buried in Woodland, Xenia. Collins, Archibald, Xenia ; came' from Pennsylvania ; died May 5. 1864, aged seventy-one, buried in Woodland, Xenia. Cherry, James. Sr., Xenia ; died, 1851, aged sixty-two years, buried in Woodland, Xenia. Collier, James, Xenia ; Daniel Reeder, captain ; died April 17, 1851, aged seventy-seven years; buried in Woodland, Xenia. Collier, Moses. Xenia ; Robert McClellan, captain ; died November 28, 1861, aged seventy-eight years; buried in Woodland, Xenia. Campbell, William, Xenia ; Robert McClellan, captain; coroner of Greene county from 1809 till 1812. Conwell, Stephen, Xenia ; Robert McClellan, captain ; died March 27, 1841, aged fifty-five years; buried in Woodland, Xenia. Clark, Captain John, Sugar Creek ; died August 2, 1849, aged seventy-three years; buried in Woodland, Xenia. Cottrell, Thomas, Beaver Creek ; J. Shingledecker, captain. Chambers, Adam, Bath ; J. Shingledecker, captain; came to U. S. in 1800, buried in Bath churchyard, west of Mad river. Crawford, Oliver, Bath ; J. Shingledecker, captain. Chambers, William, Bath; J. Shingledecker, captain ; came to United States in 1800; died in 1848, aged sixty-six years; buried in Bath churchyard, west of Mad river. Carman, Rev. Joshua. Sr., Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain; died December 1, 1844, aged eighty-five, buried in Baptist graveyard, one mile southwest of Bellbrook. Carpras, Adams, Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain. Clark, William, Sugar Creek ; Ammi Maltbie, captain; buried in Sugar Creek township. Cain, Samuel, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain. Cain, Joseph, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain ; kept tavern in Fairfield in 1818, died in Xenia in 1821. Cain, Robert, Sugar Creek ; John Clark, captain. Casbolt, Robert, Sugar Creek : Robert McClellan, captain ; soldier of the Revolution, also of War of 1812, built the Dr. Samuel Martin house in 1814. Casbolt, Thomas, Sugar Creek ; Robert McClellan, captain.