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CHAPTER VIII.

OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL.

ORGANIZATION OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY-FORMATION OF TOWNSHIPS-THE FIRST COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS - COUNTY BUILDINGS--COUNTY OFFICERS -STATE AND NATIONAL OFFICERS--PRESIDENTIAL AND GUBERNATORIAL VOTE--POPULATION - VALUATION

AND TAXATION-CHURCHES.

THE first county established under the Territorial Government of the Northwest was Washington. It was created, July 27, 1788, by proclamation of Gov. St, Clair, and embraced within its limits perhaps one half the present State of Ohio. The following were its boundaries: Beginning on the bank of the Ohio River, where the western boundary line of the State of Pennsylvania crosses it, running with That line to Lake Erie; thence along the shore of the lake to the mouth of Cuyahoga River; thence up the river to the portage, between that and the Tuscarawas branch of the Muskingum River; thence down the branch to the forks at the crossing place above Fort Laurens; thence with a line to be drawn westerly to the portage of that branch of the Big Miami - on which the fort stood that was taken by the French in 1752-until it meets the road from the lower Shawnee town to the Sandusky; thence south to the Scioto River; thence down that river to the mouth; thence up the Ohio River to the place of beginning.

Marietta was the county seat, and the settlers in what now constitutes Tuscarawas County were obliged to pay taxes, attend courts, settle estates, etc., at that town until 1804. An act to establish Muskingum County was passed January 7, of that year, to take effect March 1. Muskingum County included all that part of Tuscarawas which lies within the United States Military District.

Tuscarawas County was established from the territory of Muskingum by an act of the State Legislature, passed February 13, 1808. The following is the full text of the act:

Be it enacted, etc., That all that part of the county of Muskingum, lying within the following boundaries, viz.: Beginning at the northeast corner of the United States Military Lands; thence west with the north boundary of said tract to its intersection with the late Indian boundary line; thence westwardly with said line to the west boundary of the fourth range, in said military tract; thence south along the west boundary of said fourth range to the southwest corner of the township therein; thence east between the fourth and fifth townships, in the third, second and first ranges, to the east boundary of the said United States Military Tract; thence north with said boundary to the beginning, shall be erected into a county by the name of Tuscarawas.

SEC. 2. That from and after the fifteenth day of March next, the said county of Tuscarawas shall be vested with all the powers, privileges and immunities of a separate and distinct county; Provided, That all suits and actions, of what nature soever, which shall have been commenced before the said fifteenth day of March, shall be prosecuted to final

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judgment and execution; all taxes, fines and penalties, which shall be due previous to said day, shall be collected in the same manner as if this act had not passed.

Sec. 3. That all Justices of the Peace residing in said county of Tuscarawas shall hold their commissions during the time for which they shall have been elected Justices of the Peace in Muskingum County, and their jurisdiction shall extend throughout the whole of said county of Tuscarawas, until the same shall be divided into townships, and the necessary number of Justices of the Peace for each township, chosen and qualified, and shall also have power to appoint constables to serve until others are chosen and qualified.

SEC. 4. That the seat of justice for the said county of Tuscarawas shall be at New Philadelphia, until a permanent seat of justice shall be established by law.

As thus established, Tuscarawas County was twenty miles wide, east and west, and thirty north and south along the eastern line, though several miles shorter along its western line, in consequence of the southwesterly course of the Greenville treaty line, part of its northern boundary. It embraced in the main nearly the same territory that now composes it.

By act of the Legislature, passed February 11, 1809, it was enacted "That so much of the county of Jefferson as lies west of the fifth range be and the same is hereby annexed to and made a part of the county of Tuscarawas."

This large accession of land was twelve miles in width east and west, and twenty-seven in length, being the northern half of Township 10 and Townships 11, 12, 13 and 14, of Range 6, and the northern half of Township 11 and Townships 12, 13, 14 and 15, of Range 7, comprising what is now the western portions of Carroll and Harrison Counties, and the western portions of Warren. Union, Mill and Rush Townships, Tuscarawas County. Of this territory, the part which yet remains a portion of Tuscarawas County formed a part of Washington County until January 31, 1807, when it was annexed to Jefferson, and there continued till attached to Tuscarawas two years later.

The first territorial loss sustained by Tuscarawas County was in consequence of the erection of Coshocton County January 31, 1810, and an act providing for its organization, which passed January 22, 1811. By this act, a tract five miles wide and ten in length vas taken from the southwest corner of Tuscarawas, and annexed to Coshocton. It now comprises Oxford and Adams Townships of that county.

January 2, 1813, Harrison County was erected, and by this act Tuscarawas lost the northern half of Township 11 and Township 12, Range 7; and the northern half of Township 10, Townships 11 and 12, and the eastern halves of Townships 13 and 14, of Range 6.

Holmes County was erected January 20, 1824, and organized January 4, 1825, from Coshocton, Wayne and Tuscarawas Counties. The part taken from Tuscarawas was two miles in width and about twelve in length, extending from the south line of Township 8 to the northern boundary of the county, the territory thus detached being off the west side of Range 4, extending through Townships 8, 9 and 10.

Carroll County was formed December 25, 1832, as now constituted, and all the territory that is now included in it which formerly belonged to Tuscarawas County, consequently at this date passed from the jurisdiction of Tuscarawas; by the same act, all that territory now belonging to Harrison, which had theretofore formed a part of Tuscarawas, was annexed to Harrison, and Tuscarawas County assumed its present shape and boundaries.

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In 1847, while Dr. A. I. Bennett, of Bolivar, was State Representative, by act of Legislature the land in the bend of the Tuscarawas River, north of the Greenville treaty line, was detached from Stark and annexed to Tuscarawas County. It comprises about 500 acres.

FORMATION OF TOWNSHIPS.

The duty that first received the attention of the first Board of Commissioners for Tuscarawas County Was the division of the county into townships. At the first meeting, held April 16, 1808, it was ordered that the county be divided into four townships, to wit : Lawrence, Goshen, Salem and Oxford. Their bounds were established as follows:

Lawrence.--Beginning at the northeast corner of Township 10. Range 1 of the United States Military District (now the northeast corner of Tuscarawas County); thence west to the northwest corner of Township 10, Range 4 (ex. tending into Paint Township, Holmes County); thence south to the southwest corner of the second section in Township 9, Range 4 (into what is now Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County): thence east to the southeast corner of Section l, Township 9. Range 1 (in the northwest part of what is now Warren Township); thence north to the place of beginning. As thus constituted, Lawrence Township was about twenty miles wide east and west, and seven and one half miles north and south, and, besides a portion of Holmes County, comprehended Wayne, Franklin, Lawrence and Sandy Townships entire, and the northern parts of Dover, Fairfield and Warren.

Goshen -Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 4, Township 9, Range 1 (in Warren Township); thence west to the northwest corner of Section 3, Township 9, Range 4 (in Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County); thence south to the southwest corner of Township 8, Range 4 (the northwest corner of what is now Bucks Township); thence east to the southeast corner of Township 8, Range 1 (in Union Township); thence north to the place of beginning. Goshen was similar in size and shape to Lawrence, and situated immediately south of it. It included all of Goshen and Sugar Creek Town ships, as now composed, the greater portions of Dover, Auburn and York, and fractions of Union and Warren.

Salem -Beginning at the northeast corner of Township 7, Range 1 (in Union Township); thence west to the northwest corner of Township 7. Range 4 (the northwest corner of Bucks Township); thence south to the southwest corner of Section 2, Township 6, Range 4 (on the west line of Adams Township, Coshocton County); thence east to the southeast corner of Section 1, Township 6, Range 1 (in Rush Township); thence north to the place of beginning. It comprised Bucks, Jefferson and Warwick Townships, and portions of Auburn, York. Mill, Union, Rush, Clay and Salem. It, too, was twenty by seven and one-half miles in size.

Oxford -Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 4, Township 6, Range 1 (in the western part of Rush Township); thence west to the northwest corner of Section 3, Township 6, Range 4 (Adams Township, Coshocton

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County); thence south to the southwest corner of Township 5, Range 4 (the southwest corner of Oxford Township, Coshocton County); thence east to the southeast corner of Township 5, Range 1 (the southeast corner of Perry Township and of Tuscarawas County); thence north to the place of beginning. Oxford included, besides all of Oxford and the southern half of Adams Townships, Coshocton County, Oxford, Washington and Perry Townships, and the southern portions of Salem, Clay and Rush.

After the act of the Legislature in 1809, annexing to Tuscarawas a portion of Jefferson County, the Commissioners proceeded to erect, March 29, 1809, a new township, called One Leg, bounded as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Section 4, Township 10, Range 6; thence north along the line dividing the counties of Jefferson and Tuscarawas to the northeast corner of Township 14, Range 6; thence west to the northwest corner of Township 15, Range 7 (in Warren Township, near its northwest corner); thence south to the southwest corner of Township 14, Range 7 (at Uhrichsville); thence east to the southeast corner of Township 14, Range 7 ; thence south to the southwest corner of Section 34, Township 10, Range 6; thence east to the place of beginning. One Leg included the southwestern portion of what is now Carroll County, a large share of western Harrison, and the greater part of Warren and Union Townships, with a tract a half mile square of Mill.

The remainder of the newly acquired territory, including the western portions of Mill and Rush Townships, and southwestern Harrison County, was attached to Salem Township. It consisted of the north half of Township 11 and Townships 12 and 13 in Range 1.

April 25, 1809, Nottingham Township was formed from Salem and One Leg Townships. It embraced territory which now lies exclusively in the southwestern part of Harrison County.

The nest change in township outlines was made February 10, 1810, when Township 13. Range 7, was taken from Salem and appended to One Leg Township.

Two new townships, Wayne and Dover, were erected in March, 1810. Sugar Creek was formed a year later. Various changes were made in township lines from time to time, and March 24, 1817, Dohrman Township was formed from One Leg. It embraced Township 13, Range 7, a tract six miles square, its western half now included in the eastern portion of Rush and Mill Townships, and its eastern half in Harrison County. The first election was ordered to be held at the house of Thomas Archbold.

Lawrenceville was constituted in May, 1817. and embraced the remaining portion of the original Lawrence Township, after a part of its territory had been detached and given to other townships. airfield was erected June 2, 1817, and then included all of Township 9, Range 1. The same day Sandy was set off and embraced all of Township 10, Range 1. Perry was formed August 11, 1818, with its present limits, and the eastern part of Washington. The next township organized was Warren. It was established March 31, 1819, and most of its original territory is now a part of Carroll County. On

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the following day the County Commissioners erected Warwick and re-adjusted the boundaries of Oxford. Salem and Sugar Creek. Salem was reduced to the territory now comprising that township and the greater portion of the present townships of Clay and Rush. Oxford was reduced to the central and eastern portions of Washington and the present Oxford; Township 7, Range 4 (now mostly in Bucks, then belonging; to Salem), was attached to Sugar Creek. December 2, 1822, Ross Township was organized from Wayne and Sugar Creek Townships, in the northwest corner of the county, consisting of the greater and western part of what is now Wayne, a narrow strip from northwestern Sugar Creek and a portion of what is now Holmes County. Its bounds were as follows: Beginning on the north boundary of the county, between Ranges 4 and 5. thence south to the line between Sections 11 and 20 in Township 9, Range 4; thence west to the county line; thence north to the northwest corner of the county, thence along the northern boundary to the place of beginning. The first election was ordered to be held on the first Monday- in April. 1823, at the house of Augustus Jennings. This township was short-lived. March 18, 1825. it was dismembered and its territory divided between Wayne and Sugar Creek.

Clay Township was detached from Salem March 2, 1824. It then included nearly all of present Rush and Clay, besides small fractions of Salem and Mill. Bucks was taken from Sugar Creek and Warwick March 8, 1825. Washington was organized two years later, on March 5, 1827, from Oxford and Perry, its territorial limits comprising then as now, Township 5,: of Range 2. Rush was constituted December 1, 1828, with boundaries somewhat different from its present ones. York was erected the same day, with a tract of country that is now eastern Jefferson, nearly all of York and small fractions of Goshen and Warwick. March 3, 1833, in consequence of the formation of Carroll County, the boundaries of the townships along the eastern boundary of Tuscarawas were altered, and Union and Mill Townships were organized with limits that closely approximate their present bounds. Jefferson was formed from Bucks and York March 7, 1837, including besides its present territory, a large share of Auburn. This last-named township was erected next, June 6, 1838, from portions of Bucks, Sugar Creek, Jefferson and Dover. Its boundaries have remained unchanged. Franklin was the last township organized in Tuscarawas County. Its existence dates back to December 6. 1854, when it was formed by a subdivision of Wayne Township.

FIRST COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS.

The board held its first session Saturday, April 16, 1808. Present, John Junkins, Michael Uhrich and Philip Minnich, Commissioners. Their certificates were read and the oath of office administered to them by Abraham Mosser, Justice of the Peace. Godfrey Haga was then chosen Clerk, and the board proceeded to lay off and divide the county into four townships, Oxford, Goshen, Lawrence and Salem. The Clerk was ordered to post up in three of the most public places in the townships of Oxford and Lawrence, " advertisements as-

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certaining the boundaries of said townships," and notify the electors of Oxford to meet Saturday, April 30, at the house of James Douglass, and the electors of Lawrence at the house of Gideon Jennings, within the respective townships, for the purpose of electing township officers. The board then adjourned.

The nest entry in the first Commissioners' journal bears date Monday, June 6, 1808, 9 o'clock, A. M. Present-Michael Uhrich and Philip Minnich.

A petition was presented by Mr. Uhrich signed by fifteen landholders of Salem Township, praying that an order be granted for viewing and opening a road, "beginning at the forks of the Cadiz and Lawrenceville roads; thence along the nearest and best ground in such a manner that as little injury, as the nature of the case may well admit of, be done to private property, striking the river Muskingum at Christopher Demuth's, and crossing Big Stillwater at the fording place of that creek below Uhrich's Mills, to that point of the eastern boundary line of the county which lies nearest to the Cadiz road aforesaid. On motion, it was ordered, That John Knisely, Sr., John Bolsley and James Watson be, and the same, or any two of them, are hereby empowered and directed to meet on Monday, the 20th day of June, inst., at 9 o'clock, at the forks of the said Cadiz and Lawrenceville roads, and then and there proceed to view said road, agreeably to law, and report accordingly to the nest session of the Board of Commissioners. and it was further ordered,

That Joseph Francis be and the same hereby is appointed and directed to attend the said landholders in the capacity of a surveyor as directed by law, and that the same be and hereby is empowered to take to his assistance two chain carriers and one marker, as the law directs, and to do and perform all and every other duty by law enjoined on such surveyor.

Attest: Godfrey Haga, Clerk.

The Viewers reported favorably, and the road was ordered opened September 7 following.

Another petition was presented, June 6, by Samuel Smith, praying for a road from his mill on Sugar Creek to Dover, and thence to New Philadelphia. John Knisely, George Stipler and Ludwig Knause were appointed Viewers.

June 7, David Peter, of Gnadenhutten, was appointed Treasurer for one year, "if he shall so long behave himself well." The prices of tavern licenses were then established-in New Philadelphia, $7; in Lawrenceville, $6; else where in the county, $4; for ferry licenses, $1.50, The rates of ferriage allowed were: A foot person, 6 1/4 cents; man and horse, 123 cents; loaded wagon and team, 50 cents; any other four-wheeled carriage or empty wagon and team, 31 1/4 cents; loaded cart and team, 25 cents; empty cart, sled or sleigh and team, 18 3/4 cents; each horse or head of cattle, 6 1/4 cents; each sheep or hog, 1 cent. A petition for a road from the Lawrenceville road to Dover was presented, and Viewers appointed.

June 8, Thomas Hamilton, of Salem Township, was appointed Collector of taxes, and the following rates of taxation ordered: Horses, 30 cents per head; cattle 10 cents per head; all other taxable personal property. 1/4 'per cent of appraised value.

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The total tax assessed in June, 1808, was $160.13.

The attention of the board was given chiefly to establishing roads through the county. The first of the 100 town lots, granted by the proprietor of New Philadelphia to the county, were sold at public auction August 22 and 23, 1808. The following were the purchasers and prices: No. 37, George Leininger, $10; No. 36, John Heckewelder, $9; No. 38; same, $11; No. 39, same, $10; No. 40, Godfrey Hoff, $15; No. 287, John Williams, $14; No. 286, John Heckewelder, $12; No. 265, Gideon Jennings, $11; No. 312, John Williams, $16.25; No. 313, William Butt, $16.50; No. 238, John Williams, $16.90; No. 234, same, $11; No. 510, George Kuhn, $13.25; No. 309, George Leininger, $11; No. 228, Arthur Rewark, $17.30; No. 302, John Williams, $14.25; No. 231, George Leininger, $13.74.

Monday, March 6, 1809, this entry appears: " The freshet having prevented the Commissioners from meeting on the 26th day of December last, according to their adjournment at their last meeting, now met agreeably to law."

The first money received by the county was $1.50, June 10, 1808, from Conrad Westhaeffer, as ferry license. The first tavern license was paid August 19, 1808, by George Leininger, $7; and the first store license, $10, by David Peter, August 30, 1808. The first county levy on personal property, in March, 1809, was $156.35. One of the chief channels of expenditures for a few years was the payment of bounty on wolf scalps. In 1810, the Commissioners fixed the bounty at $1 each for wolves or panthers six months of age or upward, and 50 cents below that age. In 1808, bounty was paid on nine wolf scalps; in 1809, on thirty-two wolf and one panther scalps, the latter to John Henry; in 1810, on thirty-seven wolf and one panther scalps; and in 1811, on twenty-two wolf scalps. A State bounty was also paid during these years and long after.

COUNTY BUILDINGS.

The first action by the Commissioners of Tuscarawas County, relative to the erection of public buildings, was taken June 25, 1808. The journal reads: " A plan of a jail being prepared, the Clerk was ordered to write and post up five advertisements in five of the most public places in the county, giving public notice that the building of said gaol will be sold; at the same time, that the whole or part of the lots granted by the proprietor of New Philadelphia in said town for the use of the county are offered for sale, which sales were appointed to commence on Monday, the 22d day of August next, and to continue by adjournment from day to day so long as to the Commissioners shall appear necessary." The Clerk was further ordered to cause an advertisement of the like purport to be inserted six times in the Greensburgh, Scioto and Steubenville Gazettes, and likewise to copy the plan of the gaol, and have the same ready for inspection at the day of sale.

Wednesday, August 24, 1808, the contract for erecting the gaol was sold to Peter Minnich for $1,500, he being the lowest bidder, and the time for completing the same fixed at eighteen months., There were to be two early payments of $100 each, and the balance, $1,300, in two years, with the provision

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that if the Commissioners could sooner dispose of the land granted to the county for public purposes. it should be paid as soon as the jail was placed under roof, agreeably to contract. The proceeds of the sale of town lots. August 22 and 23, 1808, were appropriated to the first payment.

This jail was a two-story log structure, probably 30$40 feet in size, and stood on the north end of Lot 200, on the site of the Auditor's office, recently destroyed. The lower story of this primitive county prison contained two cells and a large apartment used as a residence by the Sheriff. The upper floor was occupied as a court room.

This jail served as the felon's home until more commodious and stronger rooms were prepared on the ground where now stands the county jail.

Court House .-In 1818. the need of a better court room was felt, and proceedings were instituted for the erection of a substantial brick court house. Leininger's tavern was the scene of the first Tuscarawas County court, but when the jail was built, justice was dispensed from its upper floor. July 3, 1818, the Commissioners sold at public sale the following contracts: To Peter (:ribs, and by him transferred to Henry Fog, to build a stone foundation, forty-four feet square and seven feet high. $465; to John U. Armler, to furnish 120,000 bricks. $623; to John Blickensderfer, to deliver 7,000 feet of oak floor board, $87. The foundation was completed, and October 31, 1818, the contract to build the court house was awarded to Henry Fox for $6,297. Before completion. Fox sold his contract to Michael Swagler. The Sheriff took charge of it in December, 1825. This court house stood on the southwest corner of Lot 200, and served its purpose until 1892. The last term of court bold in it was that of May, 1882. The building was two stories in height; the lower one contained the court room, and, originally, two diminutive offices on the south side, which were used as offices by the Auditor and Clerk. The second floor was divided into two compartments, and used by the petit and grand juries. In 1868. the court room was enlarged to the full size of the building by the removal of the two lower offices.

The neat public building erected was a county jail on lots 257 and 258. The contract for building it was sold to John Pepper June 28, 1834, for $3,690, but it was several years before the erection was completed. It was a two-story brick and stone structure and besides cells, contained apartments for the Sheriff's residence.

At a special session held May 10, 1837, the Commissioners ordered a notice to be inserted in the Tuscarawas Advocate that proposals for building public offices would be received at their office June 19, following. At the time appointed the proposal of George Sluthour was accepted. The erection of the offices was completed by him in 1838. They consisted of a series of one story brick apartments, fronting on Broadway, from the west side of Lot 200, to the rear of the court house. The offices were about twenty-five feet deep and ranged in width from thirty to eighteen feet. Beginning at the north, the offices erected in 1838 were those of the Auditor, Recorder, Treasurer, Sheriff and the Clerk. After the office of Probate Judge was established by the adoption

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of the present State constitution, the Clerk's office was relegated to his use and a Clerk's office erected between it and the court house. These offices were torn down in the fall of 1882 to make way for the erection of the new court house. Until its erection the county offices are scattered in various parts of the business portions of New Philadelphia.

County Infirmary. -In January, 1843, the Commissioners purchased from G. N Allen and Charles Korns two farms. located about two and a half miles southeast from New Philadelphia, upon which to erect a " poor house." March 9. 1813, the Auditor was directed by the Commissioners to give public notice that on March 28, following, they would receive sealed proposals for erecting a poor house. March 29, the proposal of Charles Korns was accepted, $3,800. John Everhard was appointed by the board to supervise the erection. The building was completed and accepted by the Commissioners June 6, 1844. It has several times since been repaired and remodeled. Jesse Landes is the present Superintendent of the infirmary. He has acted in that capacity for many years.

At the session of the Commissioners, held October 13, 1869, it was resolved " That the Auditor gives notice in the English papers and the German paper of the county that the Commissioners will entertain the subject of building a new jail and improving the public offices at a reasonable expense at their December session, and that they will hear all petitions for and remonstrances against said proposed improvement."

December 11, the board after visiting and inspecting the jail, and hearing petitions presented in favor of a now jail, deemed it necessary for the safe keeping of the prisoners that a new jail be erected, and appropriated $1.00 to ascertain the latest, most approved and convenient style and architecture, and procure a full and accurate plan of the proposed building.

April 5, 1870, the contracts for building the jail were let. The building of the iron-work of the jail was awarded to M. Clements, of Cincinnati, at $5,169, and the bid of Robert Rue, of Minerva, Ohio, was accepted on build ing the jail at $14,900. Within a year from the time the contracts were awarded, the jail was completed. It is a handsome structure, two stories in height. The front is of brick and affords ample accommodations as the Sheriff's residence. The masonry of the rear portion is stone, and incloses a dozen securely built prison cells.

In consequence of an act of Legislature, passed April 18, 1881, authorizing the Commissioners of Tuscarawas County to purchase a property for a Children's Home at a cost not to exceed $25,000, the Commissioners, May 3, 1881, entered into an agreement to purchase for $25,000 the Wilhelmi Farm, situated in the suburbs of Dover, southeast of that village. The home was opened in November, 1881, and the residence, a handsome two-story brick, about fifty feet square, proving inadequate to accommodate the children received at the Institution, the Commissioners have contracted with Criswell & Nagley to erect an addition to the building, 50x70 feet in size, for $7,815. Simpson Harmount is the present Superintendent of the Home.

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February 13, 1882, an act passed the Legislature authorizing and requiring the Commissioners to bonstruct a court house at such a point of the county seat as may be deemed by them most for the public good, the contract to be let within six months, and the building completed as soon as possible, at a cost not to exceed $100,000. For this purpose, the commissioners were authorized to borrow the necessary amount of money at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent, and to issue county bonds to secure the payment, at such times within twenty years as the Commissioners may prescribe, and to levy such tax as will pay the interest on such indebteduess, and the principal as it matures, not to exceed $10,000 in any one year.

Agreeably to the above act, the Commissioners, at their meeting March 10, discussed the location of the new court house, but further action was postponed. Petitions were presented for and remonstrances against the use of the old site for the court house, and March 15, the Commissioners proposed to procure by purchase or condemnation Lot 199 and a twelve-foot right of way off the west aide of Lot 198, provided the citizens of New Philadelphia would pay the excess of the cost of this additional proparty above $8,000, and furnish a court room and offices to the county officers rent free during the construction of the courthouse. The jury fixed the appropriation price of Lot 199 at $14,300, and citizens of the county guaranteed the payment of the excess, $6,300. The plans of the new building filed by Thomas Boyd were approved by the Commissioners Jung 26, 1882, and notice was given that sealed proposals for its erection would be received August 1. August 2, the contract for constructing the building was awarded to T. B. Townsend, of Zanesville, his bid being $99,860.

The corner-stone of the new court house was laid October 25, 1882, with imposing ceremonies. The day was a lovely one, and Now Philadelphia was decorated and her business houses decked with buuting, evergreen, flowers and flags. By noon, fifteen thousand people thronged the streets. Rev. Lafayette Van Cleve, of Hillsboro, Ohio, Deputy Masonic Grand Master of Ohio, conducted the ceremony and delivered the address. The secret orders from all parts of the county and surrounding cities were well represented in regalia; bands from Cleveland, Canton, Zanesville and many other points were in attendance, and the procession, composed of these and numerous other organizations, was a brilliant one. The ceremonies closed at 2 o'clock, and the balance of the afternoon was spent in listening to the sweet music discoursed by the excellent bands present. A fine display of fireworks in the evening concluded the day's festivities.

By the terms of contract, the building is to be completed April 1, 1884. When finished, it will be one of the handsomest public structures in this part of the State.

COUNTY OFFICERS.

Commissioners.- At an election held in the spring of 1808, John Junkins, Michael Uhrich and Philip Minnich were chosen Commissioners to serve until the fall election of the same year, when Michael Uhrich, Boaz Walton and

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Isaac Deardorff were elected. The duration of their terms was determined by lot and resulted as follows: Isaac Deardorff, one year; Boaz Walton, two years; Michael Uhrich, three years. Deardorff was re-elected and served until 1821; Walton was also re-elected, serving until 1813. Other Commissioners with terms of service have been as follows: Gabriel Cryder, 1811-17; Samuel Lappin, 1813-19; Jacob Blickensderfer, 1816-19; Gabriel Cryder, 1819-22; George Davis, 1820-23; Michael Smith, 1821-24; Isaac Deardorff, 1822-30; William Summers, 1823-26; Peter Williams, 1824-27; James Rippeth, 1826-29; Jacob Uhrich, 1827-33; William Albert, 1829-31; William Rouse, 1830 -33; Michael Doll, 1831-33; Boaz Walton, 1833-35; Abraham Knisely, 1833 -37; Benjamin Ream, 1833-3(i; Samuel Miller, 1836-42; John Patton, 1836; Andrew Creter, 1836-37; Andrew Korns (appointed) 1837; John Wallace, 1837-43; George Welty, 1837-38; John Dearth, 1838-41; G. K. Fankboner, 1841-47; Thomas Bays, 1842-44; Milton Smith, 1843-44; Lewis Conwell, 1844-45; Henry Lupher, 1845-49; C. C. Carroll, 1845-48; David Gram, 1847-53; George Wallick, 1848-51; Jacob Houk, 1849-64; George Fernsel, 1851-54; Robert Seaman, 1853-56; John Shank, 1854-60; Joseph Kollar, 1856-62; Samuel Schweitzer, 1860-66; john C. Zutavern, 1862-68; Daniel Swaim, 1864-70: George Froelich, 1866-72; Joseph Kinsey, 1868-74; Martin Kugbler, 1870-76; William A. Rankin, 1872-78; Mathias Rudolph, 1874 -77; Daniel Kuhn, 1876-82; John H. Benfer, 1878-83; Henry B. Keffer, 1878-84; Samuel Rufer, 1882-85.

County Clerks.-The following is a list of the men who have served as Clerks of the court since the organization of the county in 1808: James Clark, from 1808 to 1818; George W. Canfield, 1818 to 1826; Charles S. Frailey, 1826 to 1827; James W. English, 1827 to 1843; Charles H. Mitchener, 1843 to 1851; Joseph Walton. 1851 to 1852; Emerson Goodrich, 1852 to 1855; Hosea T. Stockwell, 1855 to 1858; John D. Laughead, 1858 to 1864; Peter Kunz, 1864 to 1867; James M. Kennedy, 1867 to 1873: , Daniel C. McGregor. 1873 3 to 187 5; Thomas C. Ferrell, 1875 to 1876; Jacob De Greif, 1876 to 1882; John Figert, 1882 to 1885.

Auditors -The following-named men have served as Auditors since the organization of the county, in 1808: Godfrey Haga, Jr., from 1808 to 1809; Christian Espich, 1809 to 1813; James Clark, 1813 to 1818; Jacob Blickensderfer. 1818 to 1820; Sylvester Johnson, 1820 to 1822; James Patrick, Sr., 1822 to 1323: Walter DI. Blake, 1823 to 1825; Thornton Whitaker, 1825 to 1826; Azor Abel, 1826 to 1832; Joseph Talbott, 1832 to 1836; Thomas King, 1836 to 1840; John Everhard, 1840 to 1847; David Judy, 1847 to 1851; John Hildt, 1851 to 1855; Philip Uhrich, 1855 to 1859; Benjamin F. Helwig, 1859 to 1863; Jesse D. Elliott, 1863 to 1867; Oliver H. Hoover, 1867 to 1871; Philip Getzman. 1871 to 1873; Solomon Ashbaugh, 1873 to 1877; A. R. Holmes, 1877 to 1883.

Sheriffs.-The following is a complete list of the Sheriffs of Tuscarawas County to the present time: Henry Davis, from 1808 to 1810; Henry Laffer, 1810 to 1813; Henry Shetler, 1813 to 1817; Frederick Maish, 1817 to 1819;

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Thornton Whitaker, 1819 to 1823; Walter M. Blake, 1823 to 1827; John Butt, 1827 to 1832; Jacob Knisely, 1832 to 1833; Jacob Hitch, 1833 to 1838; Elisha James, 1838 to 1842; John English, 1842 to 1846. Levi Sargent. 1846 to 1850; Philip Uhrich, 1850 to 1852; Dorsey Wilson, 1852 to 1854; Charles H. Mathews, 1854 to 1856: John W. Lytle, 1856 to 1860; Philip Getzman, 1860 to 1864: Simon Fackler. 1864 to 1866: Charles Howard. 1866 to 1868; John Howard. 1868 to 1869: James Truman, 1860 to 1870: Jacob De Greif, 1870 to 1874; Robert Price, 1874 to 1878: Joseph Lyons. 1818 to 1882; George W. Goudy, from 1882.

Treasurers.-The following is a list of the incumbents of this office: David Peter, from 1808 to 1811; Poter Williams. 1811 to 1823; Gabriel Cryder, 1823 to 1836; Jacob Overholtz. 1836 to 1842; Joseph Demuth, 1842 to 1846; Edward Peter. 1846 to 1850; John Buthler. 1850 to 1853: Simpson Harmount, 1853 to 1858; Levi Sargent. 1858 to 1800: Henry Anderman, 1860 to 1864; Martin Hagan. 1864 to 1866; Nicholas Montag, 1866 to 1870; William H. Crisswell, 1870 to 1874, Josiah Murphy, 1874 to 1878: John Wagner, 1878 to 1882 ; John L. Kennedy, 1882 to 1885.

Prosecuting Attorneys.-Edward Herrick, from 1808 to 1810; Alexander Harper, 1810 to 1811; Robert Bay. 1811 to 1814; Wright Warner, 1814 to 1816: William B. Raymond, 1816 to 1818; John C. Stockton, 1818: Sylvester Johnson. 1818 to 1820: Wright Warner, 1820 to 1825; Boaz M. Atherton, 1825 to 1831; Francis D. Leonard, 1831 to 1836; John D. Cummins, 1836 to 1842; Joseph C. Hance, 1842 to 1844: Isaac Hartman, 1844 to 1846; Lorenzo C. Davis, 1846 to 1848: John A. Bingham. 1848 to 1850; James B. Gray, 1850 to 1852: William Helmich, 1852 to 1854; Matthias H. Bartilson, 1854 to 1858; Abraham W. Patrick, 1858 to 1862. David W. Stambaugh, 1862 to 1864; Alexander L. Neely, 1864 to 1866; James Patrick, Jr., 1866 to 1870; John J. Robinson, 1870 to 1874; John W. Allbaugh, 1874 to 1878; Jasper Mitchell. 1878 to 1882; J. Foster Wilkins, 1882 to 1884.

Recorders.--The following are the names of the Recorders who have held office since the organization of the county: James Clark from 1808 to 1818; George W. Canfield, 1818 to 1826; James Patrick, Sr., 1826 to 1836; Bower Seaton, 1836 to 1845; Joel Warner. 1845 to 1851; Simon Bugher, 1851 to 1854; Matthias S. Neighbor, 1854 to 1861: Asbury Insley, 1861 to 1867; John Mygrantz. 1867 to 1873; Peter W. Himes, 1873 to 1879; Daniel Wyss, 1879 to 1885.

Probate Judges.-The office of Probate Judge was established by the present constitution in 1851, and the following citizens have served in this capacity

James Moffitt, from 1852 to 1855; John H. Barnhill, 1855 to 1861; Oliver P. Taylor, 1861 to 1867; Abraham W. Patrick; 18057 to 1870; William B. Brown, 1870 to 1876; George Lahmer, 1876 to 1879; A. H. Brown, 1879 to 1885.

Surveyors -The County Surveyors since 1851 have been as follows:

Frederick Hines, 1851-54; Solomon Hoover, 1855 to 1858; Israel Angel,

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1858 to 1867; Amos Woodling, 1867 to 1870; Andrew Woodling, 1870 to 1873; Samuel M. Moore, 1873 to 1876; Oliver H. Hoover, 1876 to 1885.

Infirmary Directors.-The incumbents of this office since 1821 have been as follows:

David Easterday, 1851 to 1854; David Miller, 1852 to 1855; Robert Baker, 1853 to 1854; David Kitch, 1853 to 1856; Edward Edmonds, 1854 to 1857; John G. Kohr, 1855 to 1861; Elijah Meese, 1856 to 1862; Silas Porter, 1857 to 1860; Samuel Masters, 1860 to 1866; Jacob Kline, 1861 to 1862; James Sewell, 1862 to 1864; Henry Moshler, 1862 to 1868; Samuel Kuhn, 1864 to 1870; Paul Bucy, 1866 to 1872; Henry Stiffler, 1868 to 1874; Jacob Doerschuk, 1870 to 1876; Uriah Gordon, 1872 to 1878; Andrew Crim, 1874 to 1877; Alexander Brown. 1876 to 1882; Jacob Whorley, 1877 to 1883; Philip H. Lahm. 1878 to 1881; Warner Rogers, 1881 to 1884; Lewis G. Krantz, 1882 to 1885.

Coroners.-Since the present constitution went into effect, the following citizens have held this office:

Henry Conoway, 1851 to 1855; Jacob Hawk, 1855 to 1857; Henry Conoway, 1857 to 1861; David W. Black, 1861 to 1863; Moses Bucher, 1863 to 1865; Jacob Sherretts, 1865 to 1866; James Truman, 1866 to 1870; Daniel S. Stemple, 1870 to 1874; J. L. Smith, 1874 to 187'(; George W. Bowers, 1877 to 1883.

State Representatives. -George Richardson, from 1819 to 1822; Jacob Blickensderfer, 1822 to 1825; Christian: Deardorff, 1825 to 1826; Samuel Dunlap, 1826 to 1829; George Richardson, 1829 to 1831; Henry Laffer, 1831 to 1832; Francis D. Leonard, 1832 to 1833; Abraham Shane, 1833 to 1834; John Butt, 1834 to 1835; Felix D. McNeal, 1835 to 1836; George N. Allen, 1836 to 1838; John Everhard, 1838 to 1840; David McConnell, 1841 to 1842; Richard Hewitt, 1843 to 1844; Alden I. Bennett, 1844 to 1845; Benjamin P. Ferguson, 1845 to 1846; Alden I. Bennett, 1846 to 1847; Ezra Brainard, 1847 to 1849; Thomas J. Frazier, 1849 to 1851. Under the present constitution, Joseph W. Newburgh from 1852 to 1854; Harry Torrey from 1854 to 1856; Jonathan Mills and Paul Weatherby, 1856 to 1858; Brisbin C. Blackburn and Albert Bates, 1858 to 1860; Lorenzo C. Davis, 1860 to 1862; Albert Bates, 1862 to 1864; Andrew Forbes, 1864 to 1866; John B. Reed, 1866 to 1870; Garrett B. Smith and Michael V. Ream, 1870 to 1872; Garrett B. Smith, 1872 to 1874; Edward C. Lewis, 1874 to 1876; William Johnson, 1876 to 1880; H. H. Porter and G. W. Crites, 1880 to 1882; John S. Graham, 1882 to 1884.

State Senators.-The following citizens of Tuscarawas have represented in the Upper House of the State Legislature the districts to which this county has been attached:

Robert McConnell, from 1808 to 1812, representing Muskingum and Tuscarawas Counties; Abraham Shane, 1815 to 1817, representing Guernsey, Tuscarawas and Coshocton Counties; Henry Laffer, 1824 to 1826, representing Tuscarawas and Coshocton Counties, and from 1832 Lo 1835 representing Tuscarawas and Holmes; Walter M. Blake, 1835 to 1836, same district; John

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Brady, 1838 to 1810, representing Tuscarawas and Harrison; Benjamin Ream, 1840 to 1842, representing Holmes and Tuscarawas; Alden I. Bennett, 1847 to 1849, representing Carroll and Tuscarawas. Under the present constitution, Tuscarawas and Coshocton Counties constitute the Eighteenth District, and the term of service is two years in place of one. The following have been elected Senators from Tuscarawas: John D. Rice, 1852 to 1854; Edmund Burnett, 1856 to 1858; Armisted T. Ready, 1860 to 1864; D. W. Stambaugh, 1868, died in office, and balance of term filled by Simpson Harmount; Abraham W. Patrick, 1872 to 1874; E. C. Lewis, 1876 to 1878, Beriah Wilkins, 1880 to 1882.

State Officers.-George W. McIlvaine was elected Supreme Judge of Ohio from Tuscarawas County in 1875 for a term of five years, and re-elected in 1880. J. Blickensderfor, Jr., served as a member of the State Board of Pub lic Works from 1845 to 1852 and from 1854 to 1858. Levi Sargent filled the same position from 1861 to 1864,

Congressmen.-Tuscarawas County has had four representatives in the National Legislature as follows: John D. Cummins, Democrat, two terms, from 1845 to 1849; William Helmick, Republican, one term, 1859 to 1861; Robert. H. Nugen, Democrat, one term, 1861 to 1863; Beriah Wilkins, Democrat, present incumbent, 1883 to 1885.

The following vote exhibits the Presidential vote of the county by townships for the past forty years, except for the election of 1848, the data of which were not accessible:

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GUBERNATORIAL VOTE.

The following is the official vote of Tuscarawas County for Governor of the State from 18-10, the earliest date of available records, to the present time:

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1840-Thomas Corwin, Whig, 2,284; Wilson Shannon, Democrat, 1,920.

1842-Thomas Corwin, Whig, 2,076; Wilson Shannon, Democrat, 2,068; Leicester King, Abolitionist, 15.

1844-Mordecai Bartley, Whig, 2,572; David Todd, Democrat, 2,301; Leicester King, Abolitionist. 21.

1846-William Bebb, Whig, 2,033; David Todd, Democrat, 1,616; Samuel Lewis, Abolitionist, 35.

1848-Seabury Ford, Whig, 2,496; John B. Weller, Democrat, 2,359.

1850--William Johnson, Whig, 2,456; Reuben Wood, Democrat, 2,103.

1851-Samuel F. Vinton, Whig, 2,456; Reuben Wood, Locofoco, 2,651.

1853-William Medill, Democrat, 2,259; Nelson Barrere, Whig, 1,482; Samuel Lewis. Free Soiler, 603.

1855-Salmon P. Chase, Know Nothing Fusionist, 2,552; William Medill, Democrat, 2,144; Allen Trimble, 35.

1857-Salmon P. Chase, Republican, 2,546; Henry B. Payne, Democrat, 2,577.

1859-William Dennison, Republican, 2,831; Rufus P. Ranney, Democrat, 2,778.

1861-David Todd, Republican, 3,136; H. J. Jewett, Democrat, 2,658.

1863-John Brough, Republican, 3,349; C. L. Vallandigham, Democrat, 2,919.

1865-J. D. Cog, Republican, 2,715; George W. Morgan, Democrat, 3,048.

1867-R. B. Hayes, Republican. 3,746; A. G. Thurman, Democrat, 3,483.

1869-R. B. Hayes, Republican, 2,741; George H. Pendleton, Democrat, 3.352.

1871-E. F. Noyes, Republican, 2,698; George W. McCook, Democrat, 3,221.

1873-William Allen. Democrat, 3,518; Edward F. Noyes, Republican, 2,600.

1875-R. B. Hayes, Republican, 3,259; William Allen, Democrat, 4,048; J. Odell, Prohibition, 4.

1877-William H. West, Republican, 2,859; Richard M. Bishop, Democrat, 3,959; Lewis H. Bond, Workingmen, 143; Stephen Johnson, Greenback, 95.

1879-Charles Foster, Republican, 3,759; Thomas Ewing, Democrat, 4,569; Gideon T. Stewart, Prohibition, 15; A. Sanders Piatt, Greenback, 184.

1881-Charles Foster, Republican, 3,374; John W. Bookwalter, Democrat, 4,126; Abraham R. Ludlow, Prohibition, 263; John Seitz, Greenback, 74.

1883-Judge Hoadley, Democrat, elected.

POPULATION.

The population of Tuscarawas County, by towns and townships, in 1820 is

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herewith given. The townships then did not conform to their present boundaries, and the county embraced a much larger extent than now:

Dhorman Township.................. 520

Dover Township...................... 672

Dover Village...................... 46

Fairfield Township................... 342

Goshen Township.......:............ 368

New Philadelphia.................. 236

Lawrence Township.................. 393

One Leg Township ................... 823

Leesburg ........................... 131

New Hagerstown................... 69

Oxford Township..................... 193

Perry Township................. ..... 256

Salem Township...................... 549

Sandy Township...................... 504

Sandyville.......................... 75

Sugar Creek Township. ...........930

Shanesville ........................ 58

Warren Township.................... 963

Warwick Township ................. 485

Wayne Township..................... 715

The growth of the villages of the county is indicated by the following table, which is as complete as material at hand can make it:

Lockport had, in 1840, a population of 189; in 1850, 178; in 1870, 250. Westchester in 1870, 198; in 1880, 216. Dundee in 1870. 106; in 1880, 147. Gilmore in 1860; 125; in 1870, 133; in 1880, 116.Glasgow in 1880, 371. Lock 17 in 1880, 55; Mineral Point in 1840, 175; in 1880, 642.Newport in 1880, 159. Phillipsburg in 1880, 170. Ragersville in 1870, 160: in 1880. 212. Rowville in 1880, 189. Trenton in 1870, 292: in 1880, 314. Winfield in 1870. 126; in 1880, 115. Gnadenhutten in 1870, 284; in 1880, 836.

The population of the county by townships from 1840 by decades has been as follows:

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The population of Tuscarawas County in 1810 was 3,045; in 1820, 8,328; in 1830, 14,292; in 1840, 25,631; in 1850, 31,760; in 1860, 32,463; in 1870, 33,840; in 1880, 40,198. Since 1850, the increase has been wholly in the villages. The population of the villages in 1880 exceeded 16,000, while in 1850 they probably contained fewer than 6,000 inhabitants.

VALUATION AND TAXATION.

In 1808, the total tax on the duplicate was only $160.13. In 1818, on 114,852 acres of land the tax amounted to $1,884. In 1828, on a property valuation of $957,242, the total tax was $7,975. In 1838, the total property valuation was $1,295,348; the tax, $19.231. In 1848, the valuation was $5,367,797; total tax $34,749. In 1854, valuation of all property, $9,813,078; tax, $96,074. In 1868, valuation, $12,209,942; tax, $226,059. In 1878, valuation, $16,892,923; tax, $243,140. For the last year, 1882, the total valuation of property was $16,929,308, and the total tax was $277,027.

The tax duplicate for 1882 charges the following acreage to the various townships: Auburn, 14,213 acres; Bucks, 14,415; Clay, 15,121; Dover, 25,047; Fairfield, 13.9113; Franklin, 14,759; Goshen, 21,018; Jefferson, 14,173; Lawrence, 16,600; Mill. 15,266; Oxford, 15,391; Perry, 16,429; Rush, 18,901; Sandy, 15,390; Salem, 21,383; Sugar Creek, 14,783; Union. 14,086; Warren, 13,902; Warwick, 13,605: Wayne, 16,445; Washington, 16,144; York, 14,955.

CHURCHES IN THE COUNTY BY TOWNSHIPS.

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Besides the above, in the northwest part of the county are a few Mennonites, and in Lawrence Township is the Separatist society.