Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society
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Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 1)
Description
[corresponds to front cover of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society]
BERLIN TOWNSHIP PROGRAM
of the
DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
As Presented April 25, 1949 in Berlin High
School
[illustration of school]
This brochure is to record the reports given and the exhibits
displayed at this meeting. It has been necessary to make
some omissions and amend some procedures. It is hoped,
however, that the brochure will serve as a pleasant reminder
of the occasion. The brochure has been compiled by Mrs.
Anna Smith Pabst, in memory of her grandmother, Anna
Eliza Jane Nash Hall, who, in Mrs. Pabst's words, "first
taught me to appreciate our ancestors, those sturdy pioneers
whose courage and fortitude transformed an Indian inhabited,
forested area into good farming tracts, - this humble effort
is dedicated to her, the donor of the land for the 'little red
schoolhouse,' and to our childhood memories."
BERLIN TOWNSHIP PROGRAM
of the
DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
As Presented April 25, 1949 in Berlin High
School
[illustration of school]
This brochure is to record the reports given and the exhibits
displayed at this meeting. It has been necessary to make
some omissions and amend some procedures. It is hoped,
however, that the brochure will serve as a pleasant reminder
of the occasion. The brochure has been compiled by Mrs.
Anna Smith Pabst, in memory of her grandmother, Anna
Eliza Jane Nash Hall, who, in Mrs. Pabst's words, "first
taught me to appreciate our ancestors, those sturdy pioneers
whose courage and fortitude transformed an Indian inhabited,
forested area into good farming tracts, - this humble effort
is dedicated to her, the donor of the land for the 'little red
schoolhouse,' and to our childhood memories."
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Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 2)
Description
[corresponds to inside of front cover of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society]
The following items were on display, loaned by person or
persons named.
Record book of Dunham, the tanner
Pencil Sketch of Cheshire Blockhouse by Mildred Schanck.
Candle mold, tin chandlesticks, copper bed warmer, powder
horns, a 1776 dirk with silver and mother of pearl handles,
History of U.S.A. by Frederick Butler, publ. 1825 - Glenn Lackey.
Grape design ironstone china covered vegetable dish; D. M.
Cowgill's 1812 sword - Howard and Ben Cowgill.
Capt. A. Freshwater's Civil War sword - Ethel Patton.
1803 handmade nails by Nathan Sherwood, used in Cheshire
Blockhouse; silver teapot bought by Mr. Geary for daughter
Nellie in 1868 - Edith Nettleton Main.
Samuel Nash ledger, post office commission of Wm. Henry
Nash, 1863 - Lois and Pauline Nash.
Paul Revere Lantern, pressed glass footed salt, Demarest's
Monthly Illustrated, 1869; Slough oxen yoke; Wayland's linen
primer, hand blown sherry glass - Mr. & Mrs. Wayland Ryant.
Record book of Capt. Silas Emerson, 1852-1863; Ella and
Ed's picture - Mrs. Cottrill.
"1840 Berlin Barter Book"; Richard E. Plunkett's Civil War
Sword - Mr. and Mrs. Earl Plunkett.
Bockoven Leather Bound Album - Mrs. George Pugh
Handbound Leather Daily Readings of Clark Scott; Prayer
Book of Harry Janes; School and group pictures - Mrs. Lurie
Scott.
Parchment deeds signed by Andrew Jackson, James Monroe,
one 1830 deed - Ralph Gooding.
Wm. H. McWilliams Bible and powder horn carried through
Civil War; Account book of Sarah Ann Hotchkiss, d. 1870;
diary of Flora Ann Hotchkiss - Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Griffith.
Keys of Libbey Prison, (Arza Thrall) - Mrs. Leroy Gill
Family Bible Record; pictures of Berlin Twp. Family; T. J.
Scott's home in Constantia; Henry E. Scott's Civil War and
Dewey Scott's Spanish-American War records; store pictures
of Winifred Scott; relic list of Winifred Sarkisian; old silver;
- Asa and T. J. Scott family.
Daguerreotypes of Joel and George Cleveland - Annabelle
Cleveland Smythe.
Daguerreotypes of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Wilcox; early group pictures - Mrs. W. W. James.
Pictures of Lydie and Edgar Gregory; Freshwater, schools,
etc. - Mrs. Hazel Stanforth.
D. S. Janes home south of Cheshire picture, 1875 - Roy Scott.
Picture of Mr. and Mrs. David Lackey - Mrs. Plunkett.
Edson Williams School picture - Mrs. Guy Gooding.
Nash family Bible - Samuel Nash's store ledgers of Tanktown.
original sale bill, 1860; antique buttons; Sheffield and coin
silver; hand forged shears; bullet mould; ivory handled, rose
silk, spangled fan; pictures; McGuffey readers - for the Samuel
Nash family - Anna Smith Pabst.
Original Grange Charter, 1874; Post office commission, 1896;
Currier & Ives picture; typed copies of records; plats of
Tanktown; Constantia; and maps; for the Charles Webster
Smith's - Anna Smith Pabst.
Pictures of Mary Carhart Hall Scott; G. A. Hall home - Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Hall.
School pictures of his sister when teaching at Curve Road
and West Berlin Schools - William Sweeney.
The following items were on display, loaned by person or
persons named.
Record book of Dunham, the tanner
Pencil Sketch of Cheshire Blockhouse by Mildred Schanck.
Candle mold, tin chandlesticks, copper bed warmer, powder
horns, a 1776 dirk with silver and mother of pearl handles,
History of U.S.A. by Frederick Butler, publ. 1825 - Glenn Lackey.
Grape design ironstone china covered vegetable dish; D. M.
Cowgill's 1812 sword - Howard and Ben Cowgill.
Capt. A. Freshwater's Civil War sword - Ethel Patton.
1803 handmade nails by Nathan Sherwood, used in Cheshire
Blockhouse; silver teapot bought by Mr. Geary for daughter
Nellie in 1868 - Edith Nettleton Main.
Samuel Nash ledger, post office commission of Wm. Henry
Nash, 1863 - Lois and Pauline Nash.
Paul Revere Lantern, pressed glass footed salt, Demarest's
Monthly Illustrated, 1869; Slough oxen yoke; Wayland's linen
primer, hand blown sherry glass - Mr. & Mrs. Wayland Ryant.
Record book of Capt. Silas Emerson, 1852-1863; Ella and
Ed's picture - Mrs. Cottrill.
"1840 Berlin Barter Book"; Richard E. Plunkett's Civil War
Sword - Mr. and Mrs. Earl Plunkett.
Bockoven Leather Bound Album - Mrs. George Pugh
Handbound Leather Daily Readings of Clark Scott; Prayer
Book of Harry Janes; School and group pictures - Mrs. Lurie
Scott.
Parchment deeds signed by Andrew Jackson, James Monroe,
one 1830 deed - Ralph Gooding.
Wm. H. McWilliams Bible and powder horn carried through
Civil War; Account book of Sarah Ann Hotchkiss, d. 1870;
diary of Flora Ann Hotchkiss - Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Griffith.
Keys of Libbey Prison, (Arza Thrall) - Mrs. Leroy Gill
Family Bible Record; pictures of Berlin Twp. Family; T. J.
Scott's home in Constantia; Henry E. Scott's Civil War and
Dewey Scott's Spanish-American War records; store pictures
of Winifred Scott; relic list of Winifred Sarkisian; old silver;
- Asa and T. J. Scott family.
Daguerreotypes of Joel and George Cleveland - Annabelle
Cleveland Smythe.
Daguerreotypes of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Wilcox; early group pictures - Mrs. W. W. James.
Pictures of Lydie and Edgar Gregory; Freshwater, schools,
etc. - Mrs. Hazel Stanforth.
D. S. Janes home south of Cheshire picture, 1875 - Roy Scott.
Picture of Mr. and Mrs. David Lackey - Mrs. Plunkett.
Edson Williams School picture - Mrs. Guy Gooding.
Nash family Bible - Samuel Nash's store ledgers of Tanktown.
original sale bill, 1860; antique buttons; Sheffield and coin
silver; hand forged shears; bullet mould; ivory handled, rose
silk, spangled fan; pictures; McGuffey readers - for the Samuel
Nash family - Anna Smith Pabst.
Original Grange Charter, 1874; Post office commission, 1896;
Currier & Ives picture; typed copies of records; plats of
Tanktown; Constantia; and maps; for the Charles Webster
Smith's - Anna Smith Pabst.
Pictures of Mary Carhart Hall Scott; G. A. Hall home - Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Hall.
School pictures of his sister when teaching at Curve Road
and West Berlin Schools - William Sweeney.
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Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 3)
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ABOUT THE SETTLERS
The Cowgill Family History - as given by Ben R. Cowgill
A widow named Ellen Stackhouse Cowgill came with her five
children from Settle, Yorkshire, England, on the ship "Wel-
come." They landed at Philadelphia in 1682. The first white
family to settle in Berlin Township was that of George Cow-
gill who came from Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1805.
They arrived at their destination in the north east corner of
the township, east of Alum Creek on August 15th, with no
mark of the woodsman's axe or trace from Berkshire's Cor-
ners. At Berkshire, they found a Mr. Root, surveyor in the
employ of Colonel Bxybee, who could pilot them to their home
site, where Mrs. Walt Potter now resides.
This pioneer family brought with them salt, flour, powder
and lead enough to last three or four years. There were 4
males in the family old enough to use a gun against the
Indians. They moved from Pennsylvania in two wagons drawn
by horses. After they crossed the Ohio River, they bought
two cows to bring to their new home. They also had four
guns and three dogs, two celebrated Buckinghams and one
cur. Upon arrival, they immediately set to work and built a
comfortable cabin and shelter for their horses and cows.
They cleared the land around the buildings. This work was
ingeneously done - there was a deep precipice north of the
buildings. The trees were felled and cut in lengths so that
one team of horses could haul them to the edge of the bank
of the deep ravine. Then they were rolled into the run below.
They cleared 3 acres of land in time to sow wheat with the
seed they brought. This new soil produced a fine crop at
harvest time in 1806. They cleared some 10 or 12 acres by
spring of 1807.
The Lewis Pioneers - prepared by Emma Lewis Ryant and
read by John Ryant.
Hannah Lewis Caswell was a child of three when her parents
came to Berlin Twp. from Connecticut. The first generation,
John Lewis came from Sandwich, England in 1635 on the ship
Hercules. Captain John of the fourth generation had three
children who came to Ohio, John Lewis, Alanson Lewis and
Sarah Lewis, wife of Nathan Sherwood. David of the fifth
generation came to Ohio with his five sons and two daughters
in 1805. He died in Berlin Twp. in 1831 at the age of 75 years.
Of the sixth generation, Hannah, daughter of David Lewis, Sr.,
was born October 20, 1802. She married Wilbur Caswell in
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Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 4)
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1817. Mr. Caswell was a teacher and Aunt Hannah and Miss
Lotia Dickerman were among his pupils. Aunt Hannah's
brothers and sisters were, Patty, Rosetta, David, Jr., Sylves-
ter, Betsey, Isaac, Chester, Joseph, Sylvia, John, Hannah and
Warren. All lived in Berlin Twp. but Rosetta.
David, Jr., born 1778, married Almira Caulkins in Connecticut
in 1802 and they came to Ohio in 1805. He died in 1860. Almira,
born 1782, died 1878 on the farm where she had lived over 73
years. Betsey, born 1782, died 1875. She came to Ohio with
her father. She filled her underbed with the dry leaves of the
forest and when relating it to me, she said: "I was never
happier in my life." She married John Johnson in 1809, the
first marriage in Berlin.
Joseph, my father, was born June 10, 1778 in Waterbury,
Connecticut. He married Sarah Sherwood in 1813. He was a
soldier in the War of 1812 and built the first mill for grinding
wheat and corn in the township. When they first went to
housekeeping in 1813 near the mill, their nearest neighbor was
three miles away.
Judge Joseph Constant gave David Lewis, Sr., a deed for 80
acres of land on condition that he would settle on it. With a
few household goods, rifles, ammunition, flint and tinder box
packed in one wagon, with three women and little Hannah,
David, Sr., his sons and Alanson his nephew, they started
west in August. On reaching the Blue Ridge it was necessary
to lighten the load. The men and women carried guns and
bundles all the way over the mountains. Crossing the Ohio,
they came through Zanesville and Granville, then through the
forest with only a pocket compass to guide them. Upon reach-
ing Berkshire, they left the women and wagons and the men
went on to Alum Creek and surveyed their site with the com-
pass and a bed cord. They built their cabin and moved into it
the next day. It had no floor, doors or windows. The next
spring they made troughts to hold the sap and made over 200
pounds of maple sugar in one iron pot and one frying pan.
Venison and turkey was abundant. There was a lack of salt,
leather and cooking utensils. The markets were at Zanesville
and Chillicothe. The Indians added terror, so a blockhouse
was built near where Mr. Saunders now resides. The roof
was made from shingles split from the trunks of trees and
nailed on with wrought nails made by Nathan Sherwood (my
grandfather) in his blacksmith shop. Aunt Hannah can re-
member sleeping at the blockhouse. It was used after the
war as a church and school. I attended my first school there.
The post office was at Berkshire. I have several old letters
written from 1812 to 1825 on which the postage was 25? and
one that needed 50?.
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Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 5)
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The Dickerman Family - as given by Lurie Janes Scott
The Dickerman family came from Connecticut in 1815. Henry
Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe were in the Dick-
erman line a few generations before. The Dickermans set-
tled on the farm south of Cheshire where the South Berlin
Presbyterian Church now stands. Uncle Benoni Dickerman
had a station on the Underground Railroad at the time of the
Civil War and helped many people to reach Canada.
The Janes family came from Vermont two or three years
after the Dickermans came and settled a mile south of them.
Harry Janes (my grandfather) married the oldest Dickerman
daughter, Elizabeth Alma. My father, Daniel Janes, was born
in 1837 in a cabin and lived all of his life on that farm. He
died in 1907. In 1840, his father built the large frame house
which still stands there. The siding of the house is black
walnut. The rooms are all finished with black walnut. The
house had black walnut shingles. After I can remember there
was a new roof of black walnut shingles put on. These trees
grew on that farm. I was born in that house and lived there
until I was 23 years old when I married Lyman Scott and
went to live on the Peachblow Road. . . . . The original
name was spelled Janes. I can well remember when the
family began to put the "Y" in the name. When the Janes
family came to Ohio, the grandmother, Anna Hawkins Janes,
came with the family. She was the widow of the Revolution-
ary soldier, Lieut. Elijah Janes, whose records enable me
to belong to the Daughters of the American Revolution. She
lived to be 100 years old and 8 months and is buried in the
old Blockhouse Cemetery.
The grandmother of Elijah, Hannah Janes, was captured by
the Indians May 13, 1704. Two of her children were killed
and she and her infant were carried away. The baby was
dashed against the doorpost to free the captive mother of the
burden that would impede travel. The Indians decided to scalp
her to avoid being overtaken by white avengers. She was then
knocked on the head and scalped and left for dead. She was
found later by whites sitting up and stroking the blood on her
forehead. With much care, she recovered and lived to be over
80 and had descendents more numerous than any of the other
of the three Janes lines. . . .I have lived in Berlin Twp. 84
years. As far as I know there is only one other person who
has lived in Berlin as long as I have - that is Charlie Hall
who has lived here 3 or 4 months longer. . . My mother was
Sarah Adams who was born in Berkshire Twp. Her father
was Reverend Bartholomew Adams, a Freewill Baptist, who
preached over 100 years ago in what is now the Berlin Town
House. It was built in 1824 for a Baptist Church.
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Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 6)
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The May Family - as given by Mrs. Leroy Gill
Obidah R. May was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1820. I believe
his father's given name was Walter. He was of a family of
three boys and two girls. (One brother lives in Delaware, but
the others have moved west.) Obidah married Mary Vining
who was born in the same house as President Hayes on East
William Street, May 5, 1828. They had five children, Bernice,
Olive, Elim (who was my father) James and Willie. Bernice
married David Winship and moved to Illinois. They had six
children, all living now in Illinois. Elim married Josephine
E. Thrall, daughter of Arza and Mary Chandler Thrall. To
this union came two children who live in Columbus, Ohio, and
myself, Ethel, whose home is on Route 36. Olive, James and
Willie died while quite young. . . . Grandfather May lived in
the vicinity of Alum Creek where he had purchased land from
Harlock Dunham in 1848. Dunham was a blacksmith and my
father used the same shop which was torn down last year
(1948) to make way for the new road. In 1860, religious meet-
ings were held at the home of my grandfather until a building
was built on land given by him and Nathaniel Roloson. This
church was known as the North Berlin U.B. Church. . . . .
Grandfather May served in the Civil War under Captain Fresh-
water, Company 26, 145th Reg. Also, Grandfather Thrall
served in the war, but we do not have his company and regi-
ment. Both are buried in the Cheshire Cemetery, as are my
parents.
The Ridgeway Family - as given by Bessie Ryant Perfect
Isaac Ridgeway, Jr., was a soldier in the War of 1812. He
married Martha Stevens and settled on a farm in Putnam Co.
New York. He died leaving his widow and three children,
George, Cornelia and Eliza Jane. Five years later, a Mr.
Adams of Delaware County married the widow and brought
the entire family to Ohio in 1836. The snow was five feet
deep on the level. The first day they crossed the Hudson
River at Newburg and continued several days without mishap.
Just as they were crossing a small lake, Cornelia would not
ride on the sled, but walked across. She was nearly across,
when her brother frightened her and she fell. She got her
clothese all wet, but they continued a quarter of a mile, with
her clothese frozen stiff. They stopped at a tavern, and next
day, Cornelias was as lively as ever. They bought candy
and gingerbread at a grocery. They went to Wooster by
wagon and then continued to Sunbury. They finally arrived
at Saunder's Corners in Berlin Twp. the end of the sixth
day of March, having been on the road for 32 days. Their
first meal was potatoes dug from the garden. The winter
had been so mild that the potatoes had not frozen.
The May Family - as given by Mrs. Leroy Gill
Obidah R. May was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1820. I believe
his father's given name was Walter. He was of a family of
three boys and two girls. (One brother lives in Delaware, but
the others have moved west.) Obidah married Mary Vining
who was born in the same house as President Hayes on East
William Street, May 5, 1828. They had five children, Bernice,
Olive, Elim (who was my father) James and Willie. Bernice
married David Winship and moved to Illinois. They had six
children, all living now in Illinois. Elim married Josephine
E. Thrall, daughter of Arza and Mary Chandler Thrall. To
this union came two children who live in Columbus, Ohio, and
myself, Ethel, whose home is on Route 36. Olive, James and
Willie died while quite young. . . . Grandfather May lived in
the vicinity of Alum Creek where he had purchased land from
Harlock Dunham in 1848. Dunham was a blacksmith and my
father used the same shop which was torn down last year
(1948) to make way for the new road. In 1860, religious meet-
ings were held at the home of my grandfather until a building
was built on land given by him and Nathaniel Roloson. This
church was known as the North Berlin U.B. Church. . . . .
Grandfather May served in the Civil War under Captain Fresh-
water, Company 26, 145th Reg. Also, Grandfather Thrall
served in the war, but we do not have his company and regi-
ment. Both are buried in the Cheshire Cemetery, as are my
parents.
The Ridgeway Family - as given by Bessie Ryant Perfect
Isaac Ridgeway, Jr., was a soldier in the War of 1812. He
married Martha Stevens and settled on a farm in Putnam Co.
New York. He died leaving his widow and three children,
George, Cornelia and Eliza Jane. Five years later, a Mr.
Adams of Delaware County married the widow and brought
the entire family to Ohio in 1836. The snow was five feet
deep on the level. The first day they crossed the Hudson
River at Newburg and continued several days without mishap.
Just as they were crossing a small lake, Cornelia would not
ride on the sled, but walked across. She was nearly across,
when her brother frightened her and she fell. She got her
clothese all wet, but they continued a quarter of a mile, with
her clothese frozen stiff. They stopped at a tavern, and next
day, Cornelias was as lively as ever. They bought candy
and gingerbread at a grocery. They went to Wooster by
wagon and then continued to Sunbury. They finally arrived
at Saunder's Corners in Berlin Twp. the end of the sixth
day of March, having been on the road for 32 days. Their
first meal was potatoes dug from the garden. The winter
had been so mild that the potatoes had not frozen.
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Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 7)
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The Ryant Family - as fiven by Mrs. Otis Perfect
Perhaps no other family has lived on the same farm and
tilled the same soil for a longer period than the Ryant family.
To tell of their lives over a 150 year span in some five min-
utes will take some rapid talking and omitting of details.
In 1790, the first person living in Berlin Twp. by the name of
Ryant was my grandfather, John Ryant. He was an only child,
born on November 25, 1796. His parents died in his infancy
and he was reared and brought to Ohio by the Nettletons when
they migrated from New Haven, Connecticut. He served in
the war of 1812, and then in 1827, the records of Delaware Co.
show he bought of Florilla Lewis a U.S. land grand of 35 acres
for the sum of $150.00 being about $4.28 an acre. This was
the beginning of the Ryant farm which was owned by his des-
cendants for 120 years. He was married to Love Nettleton,
January 1, 1822. A cabin was built in the woods, 1/4 mile
south of Cheshire and nearly a mile back from what is now
the Cheshire-Westerville Road. Here seven of their ten
children were born- four sons and six daughters. Three
died while yet children. A few years later a brick kiln was built
on the land just south of the Cheshire school and bricks were
made for the beginning of the present brick structure near
the first, the first story being of the original bricks. Here
in this house, the 3 youngest children were born, Harriet,
Leonora Isadore, Florence LeDoyt. . . . Before the Civil
War, my grandfather was much interested in the escape of
runaway slaves from the south over the Underground Rail-
way which route passed directly in front of his house. Just
1/2 mile south across where the Presbyterian Church now
stands, was the home of Benoni Dickerman whose home was
the daylight shelter for the slave on his way across Ohio to
Canada. . . . For over 150 years, the Ryants have been active
in the religious, political, historical and patriotic affairs of
Berlin Twp. Levins Rices was a merchant and postmaster
in Cheshire. James Corbin was County Commissioner of
Delaware County. Florence LeDoyt served in the Civil War
from 1861 to 1865, marching with General Sherman from
Atlanta to the sea. Lenora Isadore was the instigator of the
Decoration Day services that for so many years have been a
memorial to the soldier dead lying in the Cheshire Cemetery.
. . . Some nationally known ancesters are Sarah Jane Hale,
editor of Godey's Ladies Book in 1860, the fashion magazine
of that time, whose printed editorials and direct contact with
President Lincoln brought about the national observance of
Thanksgiving. General Alluard B. Nettleton, another cousin,
was born in Berlin Twp. and was assistant treasurer of the
U.S. Eugene Dyer, grandson of James Ryant, has become
head of the department of typhus investigation in the National
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Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 8)
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Health Institute at Washington. . Today, two male lineal de-
descendants bearing the name of Ryant are John Ryant who
still owns a few acres of the original farm and is known as
a breeder of fine Merinos, and Wayland Florence, grandson
of the first John, who, until 3 years ago, lived in the original
homestead and was owner and operator of the Ryant fruit farm.
The Emerson and Sackett Families - as given by Maude
Emerson Cottrill
Luke Emerson came to Berlin Twp. in 1823. He purchased
the farm on the Curve Road and built a log house which still
stands opposite the E. P. Roloson home. Luke had four sons,
one of whom was Silas, my grandfather; and Joseph, the
grandfather of the late Alfred Emerson of Delaware, Ohio.
. . . When Luke's sons were old enough to help him, they
burned the brick and built the home in which E. P. Roloson's
widow now lives (1949). Luke's wife was Mary Stacy, the
granddaughter of Colonel William Stacy, one of the founders
of Marietta and also the foreman of the first grand jury in
Ohio. Both Luke and Mary are buried in the cemetery by the
Berlin Twp. Hall. Luke's son, Silas lived in the log house. He
married Nancy Ann Faris and they had five children, Edward
F., who kept the store at Berlin for many years (having pur-
chased it from George Gregg in 1880); Wilber, my father;
Anna, who married George Sackett; Ella, the teacher. All
attended the old Curve School. . . Silas went about the country
on horseback and got up his own company of which he was the
Captain, when Lincoln called for troops. . He died in the army
in 1865. Wilber took over the warm, and I, too, was born in the
log house. Three generations came to life tehre. . . I have a
ledger which Captain Silas Emerson kept from 1850 to 1865.
Very interesting notations include: Received $1.50 a week for
board, room and washing for his brother Asa; 30? premium
from the Delaware Bank on $40.00 gold; 75? for one hog; paid
37 1/2? for one day of farm labor. Some of the names men-
tioned are Sackett, Shaw, Faris, Roloson and Maxwell . . . I
have all of the record books of the Emerson store at Berlin.
Prices show coal oil at 8 cents; coffee 10 cents; farm work h
hats for 25 cents, etc. Ed Emerson paid Emma Gregg $2.50
per week for board, room and washing.
Augstine Sackett and wife came to Berlin Twp. in 1820 and in
1830 built the home on the Curve Road. George was raised
there and his son Howard's widow lives there now. . George
was a very prominent and prosperous citizen. He served in
the state legislature and was county sheriff. . The Sacketts
came to Massachusetts in 1630. . . . This branch of Emersons
are descendents of Thomas E. of Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Among them are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wendell Phillips,
Phillips Brooks and the mother of William Howard Taft.
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Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 9)
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The Philander E. Whittier Family - as given by W. P. Whittier
P. E. Whittier met and became engaged to Mary P. Tufts of
Farmington, Maine. The gold rush was on at that time and he
decided to go to California. He acquired some with moderate
success. While there he was drafted to go against the Indians.
In going to California, he went from the Isthmus of Panama by
boat, had to walk across the Isthmus (30 miles) and then on by
boat to California. He was there for 9 years. When he re-
turned there was a railroad across the Isthmus, 1863. They
were married soon after his return. Mary had put in part of
her time teaching school at $6.00 a month and boarded around
according to the number of scholars each family had. They
came to Ohio in 1866 and purchased the farm we now live on.
They paid $3200.00 for 112 1/2 acres. to Theodore and John Lewis.
On the place were two small houses and two log barns. . .
Father started a Sunday School, and occasionally preached.
He and mother were Freewill Baptists. To this marriage
five children were born; Mary Emma, Willia Francis,
Winifred Parker, Julia Alice and Sarah Ellen. The girls all
taught school at $20.00 to $30.00 a month. Alice changed to
nursing and died in the service in Los Angeles, Calif., in
1945. Frank owned and ran the Sunbury News for several
years and was also mayor of Sunbury. He was county sur-
veyer for two terms and died January 31, 1941 in Columbus.
Fred stayed and worked on the home place for board and
$15.00 a month. He married Edith H. Ferson, December
25, 1899, then bought out the other heirs and has managed
the home for 51 years all told. Two daughters were born
to this union; Mary Louise and Doris Edith. At the time
day labor was $1.00 a day for ten hours' work. Twenty years
later the girls both taught school for $125.00 a month. W. P.
Whittier was manager of the Delaware Co. Telephone Co.
from 1905 to 1914. The Berlin Centralized school petition
was started by Ed Irwin and W. P. Whittier. . . When our
folks came from Maine in 1866 and located here, the place
was called Jacktown. There had been 11 houses and a potash-
ery. Dr. Clapp had the post office; Lewis kept tavern;
Preacher Thompson had one of the Underground Stations. He
said his wife's poke bonnet and green skirt had been worn as
a disguise by many a negro on his way north. The wooden
bridge across Alum Creek by the Seymour Jaynes place was
built about 1874 on the lot line between Wesley Stuart and the
Waterfields. The road from the west came diagonally across
the bottom land to the ford just south of the bridge. The main
road went north through the farms of John Valentine, Hubert
Jaynes and Leonard Hitchcock (who had a saw mill run by
water power) then forded the river and went north on the east
bank of Alum Creek to the lot lines of Benoni Dickerman and
Joseph Irwin, thence east to the Presbyterian Church.
Title
Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 10)
Description
[page 10]
[corresponds to unlabeled page 10 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society]
The William Manter Family - as given by Mr. Sealy Manter.
William Manter was born in 1818 and came from Connecticut
to Ohio. He settled back of the schoolhouse on the Peach-
blow Road. He married Susan Stanton and they had three
sons and two daughters. One child died in infancy, one son
died in the Civil War - his name was Frank. The others were
Sealy, William, Frances and Selia. He later bought the farm
that is now owned by Will Scott. Later, he moved to a farm
south of Galena where he died in 1895. . . When he came to
Ohio, it was all timber in this part of the country, the road
was blazed on the trees. William had four brothers, but we
do not know their names or where they lived.
The Dunham Family - as given by James Dunham
The Dunham genealogy may be traced back to Rychert Dunham,
born 1294, a Spanish adventurer in England. The tenth gen-
eration is represented by Deacon John Dunham, born 1588 in
Scrooby. He came to Plymouth on the Mayflower. The origi-
nal 1807 Dunham lands were in Berkshire Twp. The sixteenth
generation under Jeremiah Dunham, a son of Harlock born
1814, died 1843. He married Amanda Blodgett and they lived
in Berlin Twp. After his death, she married John Peacock,
a weaver from Boston, Massachusetts. . . . Oscar Dunham,
the son of Jeremiah, was born 1842 and died 1913. He is
buried in the Cheshire Cemetery. He married Mary May.
They had four children: Alverdo, Albert, Inez (married Philip
Shade) and Matoka (married William Foster). The eighteenth
generation was Alverdo Dunham, born October 3, in Berlin
Twp. He married Alice Dunham. Alverdo ('Do') Dunham's
children are Audrey, Inez, James, Earl and Neil.
The Lackey Family - as given by Ethel Lackey Plunkett
The first Ohio settlers of the Lackey family were Alexander
and Martha Hart Lackey, who came from Carlisle, Penna.
in 1830. They came in covered wagons and settled on a farm
on East Broad Street in Columbus where the Memorial Hall
now stands. After their three sons were married, each
moved to Berlin Twp. As each son left home, the father gave
him a wagon and a team of horses. . . David Hart Lackey came
to Berlin Twp. in 1850. He bought forty-seven and one-half
acres from Ranson Adams in 1850. This land was on the Curve
Road west of the railroad and east of the Sweeney homestead.
Edgar, the second brother bought 80 acres in 1851 in Berkshire
Twp. He also bought 59 acres in Berlin Twp. and sold his to
Thomas Jefferson Lackey, May 3, 1853. Thomas Jefferson
was the grandfather of Ernest and Ethel. The 59 acres was
located on the Gregory Road. He later obtained some land
[corresponds to unlabeled page 10 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society]
The William Manter Family - as given by Mr. Sealy Manter.
William Manter was born in 1818 and came from Connecticut
to Ohio. He settled back of the schoolhouse on the Peach-
blow Road. He married Susan Stanton and they had three
sons and two daughters. One child died in infancy, one son
died in the Civil War - his name was Frank. The others were
Sealy, William, Frances and Selia. He later bought the farm
that is now owned by Will Scott. Later, he moved to a farm
south of Galena where he died in 1895. . . When he came to
Ohio, it was all timber in this part of the country, the road
was blazed on the trees. William had four brothers, but we
do not know their names or where they lived.
The Dunham Family - as given by James Dunham
The Dunham genealogy may be traced back to Rychert Dunham,
born 1294, a Spanish adventurer in England. The tenth gen-
eration is represented by Deacon John Dunham, born 1588 in
Scrooby. He came to Plymouth on the Mayflower. The origi-
nal 1807 Dunham lands were in Berkshire Twp. The sixteenth
generation under Jeremiah Dunham, a son of Harlock born
1814, died 1843. He married Amanda Blodgett and they lived
in Berlin Twp. After his death, she married John Peacock,
a weaver from Boston, Massachusetts. . . . Oscar Dunham,
the son of Jeremiah, was born 1842 and died 1913. He is
buried in the Cheshire Cemetery. He married Mary May.
They had four children: Alverdo, Albert, Inez (married Philip
Shade) and Matoka (married William Foster). The eighteenth
generation was Alverdo Dunham, born October 3, in Berlin
Twp. He married Alice Dunham. Alverdo ('Do') Dunham's
children are Audrey, Inez, James, Earl and Neil.
The Lackey Family - as given by Ethel Lackey Plunkett
The first Ohio settlers of the Lackey family were Alexander
and Martha Hart Lackey, who came from Carlisle, Penna.
in 1830. They came in covered wagons and settled on a farm
on East Broad Street in Columbus where the Memorial Hall
now stands. After their three sons were married, each
moved to Berlin Twp. As each son left home, the father gave
him a wagon and a team of horses. . . David Hart Lackey came
to Berlin Twp. in 1850. He bought forty-seven and one-half
acres from Ranson Adams in 1850. This land was on the Curve
Road west of the railroad and east of the Sweeney homestead.
Edgar, the second brother bought 80 acres in 1851 in Berkshire
Twp. He also bought 59 acres in Berlin Twp. and sold his to
Thomas Jefferson Lackey, May 3, 1853. Thomas Jefferson
was the grandfather of Ernest and Ethel. The 59 acres was
located on the Gregory Road. He later obtained some land
Title
Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 11)
Description
[corresponds to unlabeled page 11 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society]
from Chauncey Smith. This country was a real wilderness
then. Thomas lived with his parents in Franklin Co. until
1857, when he and his wife, Catherine Schanck Lackey and
their two sons (William Lewis, 2 1/2 years old and Edson Bird-
sell, 6 months) made the tiresome trip in big wagons. David
and Edith were born in Berlin Twp. At the age of four,
Edson died and he is buried in the Cheshire Blockhouse Ceme-
tery. William Lewis and David lived on adjoining farms. .
Thomas was the first in the community to own a two horse
mowing machine, a grain reaper and a left hand walking
plow. He died in January 1905. His home was a plain,
modest, Christian one where his neighbors and friends were
always welcome. He shared all church and community res-
ponsibilities. After his death, 8 acres of his farm were sold
to the Berlin Board of Education as the site for the present
centralized school building.
The country store played its part in community life of this
period. Thomas often took produce to the Samuel Nash coun-
try store at Tanktown or West Berlin and exchanged it for the
supplied he needed. The records of the store show that
Thomas took nine pounds of butter there and got ninety cents
for it. Among the items he took in exchange for it were -
coffee at 15? per pound; saleratus at 10? and 4 yards of cotton
at 40?. . . In 1857, Thomas and Alfred Lackey joined the
Cheshire Methodist Church which had been built 9 years before.
Thomas hauled the new bell from the West Berlin Railroad
Station. He was a member of the official board and a trustee
until his death. . . A petition for a new road from Cheshire
Street through Cheshire was circulated by David Lackey,
Jacob Longnecker, Thomas Griffith, Fawn Ryant and C. J.
Slough. . . All of the first and second generation are gone
except Edith Hanna of Columbus and all but three are buried
in the Cheshire Cemetery. . . . In his humble, modest and
sincere way of living, Thomas Jefferson Lackey laid a
priceless foundation and gave a great heritage for the future
descendents of his family.
The Freshwater Family - as given by Ethel Freshwater Patton
Archibald Freshwater married Lydia Lorena Tuller, August
8, 1844. They had three sons, Arkison, Benjamin Franklin
and Julius Homer ("Duke") and an adopted daughter, Ella
Perry. He bought a tract of land a mile west of Tanktown,
built a log cabin and moved his family there in 1857. He
cleared the land, built rail fences and later the 1 1/2 story
house east of the log cabin.. . . . Arkison ran off to war and
was on Sherman's March to the Sea. He was a sergeant.
Archibold was called into the 100 days' service and made a
Captain. The two small boys were left to help with the farm-
Title
Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 12)
Description
[corresponds to unlabeled page 12 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society]
ing. Both Frank and Duke received their early education at
the West Berlin School. Later Frank entered Ohio Wesleyan
where he graduated in the classical course in 1877. He then
studied law under Carper and VanDeman and was admitted to
the bar, June 2, 1885. He opened a law office in Delaware in
1885. He taught school at West Berlin and here he married
Nell Elouise Babcock in 1889. He had two sons and two
daughters. He was a member of the firm of Freshwater,
Marriott and Wickham; was probate judge for 2 terms;
member of Hiram Lodge; K. of P. and B. P. O. E. . . After
Arkison was dismissed from the army, he married Amelia
Mathilda Breyfogle in 1866. Two of their children were born
at Stratford, Archibald Reuben and Louis Ellsworth. Harry
Rutherford, Ernest Blaine and Ida May were born at Berlin.
He lived in the log cabin on the farm and on land east of the
old farm. At the time of his death, he was living in Delaware.
After Duke's marriage to Amanda Freshwater 1884, he bought
land just across the road from the home place. Their child-
ren, Ethel Lorena, OtaMarie and Lulu Blanche were born
here. Amanda taught school at one time in Berlin, as did
her daughters, Ethel and Blanche. . Duke and Amanda moved
to Delaware in 1916. Amanda was 90 years old on March 20,
1949. They lived in Berlin Twp. about 33 years.
The Hoadleys and Caulkins Families - The early history of
Berlin Twp. would not be complete without the names of
the Hoadleys and Caulkins families. These families were
attracted by the fertility of the soil and so constituted another
wave of migration from the less fertile regions of Connecti-
cut. They settled near Constantia, in the Alum Creek area.
Some of these families are also buried in the Blockhouse
Cemetery at Cheshire.
Tanktown of Samuel Nash's day and Constantia of Asa and
T. J. Scott's day and the West Berlin Community - presented
by Anna Smith Pabst on an opaque projector with appropriate
explanations and pictures.
Tanktown 1850 - Plat Record V. 1 Delaware County, Ohio
Berlin surveyed - 81 lots
Surveyors - B. F. Loufbourrow
H. E. Eaton
1858 - Plat Record V.2
John B. Slack, Proprietor
Surveyor - Charles Neil
Atlas 1866, p. 23 - showing Samuel Nash' land and home; and
William Henry Nash's home.
Title
Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 13)
Description
[corresponds to unlabeled page 13 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society]
Constantia or Cheshire - 1848 - Plat Record v 1 Delaware
County, Ohio
Plat of Cheshire
George C. Eaton represented by
F. J. Adams
The 1880 History of Delaware County: - page 452 states
"the first purchaser of land in Berlin was Joseph Constant
of Peekskill, N.Y. He bought section 4 from the Government
paying two dollars per acre and receiving a deed signed by
John Adams."
Deed Record, Delaware County, Ohio - Book A, page 84:
...David Galbreath of New York and Thomas of New York
were given as a military grant the 4th quarter of the 4th
township of the 18th Range and on December 9, 1802, they
conveyed this land to Joseph Constant for $2000.00. The
president of the U.S. signed the deed to Galbreath and Thomas.
(see also Volume 3 p. 78 Ross Co. Transcribed Deeds)
Samuel Welding Nash and Catherine Early Nash
Samuel Welding Nash was born 1801, Westmoreland Co., Penna.
son of Richard Nash of New Castle, Delaware. Wife, Cath-
erine Early, daughter of William Early, Adams County, Ohio.
b. 1807 m. 1824.
1830 - William Early bought 200 acres land, Berlin Twp. for
$200.00. Page 31, deed record V.10 Delaware Co. Deed re-
corded August 20, 1830.
1832 - Page 94, Deed Record, V.11, Delaware County,O.,states
"The said William Early for and in consideration of the love
and good will he bears to the said Samuel Nash, his son-in-
law. . hath granted the said Samuel Nash and his heirs one
hundred acres of the 200 acre tract conveyed to him by John
M. Armstrong."
1851 - First postmaster Tanktown, black walnut store and house.
1851 - First Agent on C.C. & L.L.R.
1851, 1853 & 1857 Ledgers of his store at Tanktown are in
possession of Lois and Pauline Nash and Verna Walker (Kansas)
1854, April 3rd - Samuel Nash leased to the Board of Education
of Tanktown or West Berlin, land for school purposes, if the
Board would keep it fenced on,all sides. He was paid $5.00
for this. The land reverted to the heirs of the Nash estate in
1916. (Deed Record V.37, p.54)
Picture of Samuel and Catherine Early Nash
Several pages from the ledgers were displayed on projector.
Catherine Early Nash died January 14, 1847.
1851, April 11 - Samuel Nash married Jane S. Lewis
page 247, marriage record, v.2,Delaware Co., Ohio
1860, April 16 - Samuel Nash died at Tanktown.
Title
Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 14)
Description
[corresponds to unlabeled page 14 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society]
1860, Sale Bill of Samuel Nash (owned 134 acres)
(Samuel and Catherine are buried in Blockhouse Cemetery)
Inventory of Estate of Samuel Nash - Case No. 966, Delaware
County, Ohio. Administrators - George Gregory, Henry J.
Eaton. 1860 - Ledger Accounts due Estate - $715.25.
Sale Items include: Grocery building $28.00 - buyer
Sale Items include: Price Buyer
Grocery building $28.00 Wm.Henry Nash
Carriage 30.25 H. Osborne
Warehouse 41.00 T. P. Flagg
10 shoats 40.20 D. Ridgeway
cow & calf 30.00 A. Cowgill
Total sale bill: $1164.98
A few of the names on Samuel Nash ledgers were: Gregory;
Sackett; Vining; Dickerson; Thrall; Roloson; Adams; Leonard;
Barrows; R. Griffith; Geary; Lackey; English; Asa Emerson;
Smith; Flagg; Sherman; Elliott; Dickerman; Lewis; Janes;
Griffin; Gardner; Doty; Mantor; Miller; Cunningham; Slack;
Caswell; Shade; May; Scott; Day; Shaw; McWilliams; Ball;
Hodgen; Sanders; Whitman; Osborn; Tharpe; Nash; Nafus;
Peacock; Tipton; Early; Caulkins; McNamara; Cole.
Samuel Nash's House - 1857 ledger, p.134 - Samuel wrote -
R. C. Gardner commended plastering house, May 15, 1853.
House on same foundation as one which burned and same size.
Cabin stood east of this house.
C.C.& L.R.R. Ticket - round trip Columbus - 55 cents -
Presbyterian Church of West Berlin - Organized January 16,
1876. Meetings held at first at West Berlin District No. 8
Schoolhouse. Members by letter, January 16, 1876: Henry
Osburn; Esther Osburn; Mary Osburn; Libbie Osburn; Joseph
Roloson; Margaret Roloson; Louisa Roloson; Fidelia Roloson;
Chauncey W. Smith; Henrietta Smith; Rachel A. Gregg; Samuel
D. Geary; Martha Geary; Adolphus W.McFarland; Margaret
McFarland; Clarissa McWilliams; Ignatius Brown; Elijah Slack.
Member by examination: Anna D. Brown.
Display of complete roll 1876 - 1903. Church erected 1877;
cost $1700. Picture shows building and Mr. and Mrs. Gard-
ner and daughter, Eunice. First Elders: I. Brown; E. H.
Slack; Chauncey Smith. First Trustees: H. Osburn; R. C.
Gardner; John Gregg. First Minister: Rev. Thomas Hill.
Membera: 1877 - 65; 1913 - 99; 1916 - 90; 1937 - 74.
Church Budget: 1880 - $324.00; 1922 - $1050.
Title
Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 15)
Description
[corresponds to unlabeled page 15 of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society]
Relic List of Asa Scott Family - in possession of Winifred
Scott Sarkisian of New York City:
T. J. Scott's musket. Carried from Connecticut to Ohio and
back many times (usually on foot).
Home made compass. Bullet mould. Small hand-carved
powder horn. Pewter-hand wrought-flat ware candle sticks
Miniature of James Henry Dewey and his Civil War water
canteen. Four pressed glass goblets. Sherry glass.
Covered, pressed preserve glass. Milk glass plate - ribbon
edge. Quilt made at Cheshire in 1873 by Harriet Dewey
Scott. China doll with complete original wardrobe"Pinky."
(Pamela Andrews Scott was the mother of all of Thomas
Jefferson Scott's children and his second wife was great
grandmother of Anna Pabst Smith.) Slides showing family
Bible record; pictures of all members of the family who had
resided in Berlin Twp. Ancestral chart of Lois McLeod
Bloomquist, a lineal descendant of Ruth Scott, daughter of
Asa Scott, prepared by C. Ross Bloomquist. Ancestral chart
of Asa Scott prepared by Mr. Bloomquist and copied by Anna
C. Pabst. Store pictures of W. A. Scott and Henry E. Scott.
Thomas Jefferson Scott's home in Constantia; Cheshire
Blockhouse which he helped to build; Civil War record of
H. E. Scott; Spanish-American War Record of Dewey Scott.
Poem composed by C. E. Smith in memory of T. J. Scott.
Ohio State Journal picture of W. A. Scott as agent for paper
for years. Old silver sugar shell and butter knife given to
Nellie Hall Smith for working for Mary Carhart Hall Scott
(second wife of T. J. Scott.)
Community Pictures on Projector:
West Berlin School - Margaret Sweeney, teacher.
Guy Gooding School - Ira Gregory, teacher.
West Berlin - Ora Schanck Williams, teacher.
District 2 - Edson Williams, teacher. Pupils: Julia Elliott
(Wilson); John Elliott; Zelpha Wilcox (James).
District 8 - George Whitman, teacher
Cheshire School - pupils: Wayland Ryant, Bertha Terrill.
School Roll of 1884-85 - Minnie Ferson, teacher; Lydia and
Edgar Gregory, Margaret Sweeney.
C. W. Smith General Merchandise Store, 1912
C. W. Smith Huckster Wagon, horses "Topsy"and"Maud."
Home of G. A. and Anna E. J. Nash Hall
Mary Carhart Hall Scott; Mrs. Charles Wilcox; Mrs. Irwin,
mother of Ed, Jafe, Herb and Jo. Jafe Irwin and wife;
Ed Irwin; Carrie Slough (Gooding); Pierce's; Libbie Smith
(Hughes); Marston Civil War Letter; Daniel James Homes;
Mr. and Mrs. David Lackey; Joel and George Cleveland;
As children - Ray Hall, Marie Griffith, Emma McWilliams
(Griffith) Homer and Hattie Smith Gregory.
Winnie Winters (Furniss); C. U. and Eunice Gardner Hall;
Emma Gregg; Aunt Fidelia Roloson; Eva Griffith (Willey)
and Fairy Hedden (Pritchard); Tom Wintermute; Mr. and
Mrs. Ezra Wintermute. Samuel Nash, a lover of beautiful
trees, as shown by the large beautiful elm he left standing
west of the old red schoolhouse which was built on land
donated by him and which was attended by three generations
of Nash descendants and is now owned by a Nash descendant.
Title
Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society (p. 16)
Description
[corresponds to back cover of Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society]
So-called "Barter Book" of Berlin Twp. - owned by
Earl Plunkett
First page: Isaac Carhart, Lewis Carhart - Credit $6.80
Second page: Lewis Carhart, 1840 - 13 days work 50? - $6.50
a bill of boards: 640 ft. florin maple; 450 ft. 1/2 in.
oak; 400 ft. 1 in.roof.
Third page: Elbert Evarts, Dr., 1840:
Jany 8th,Dr.to four weeks & six days board at $1.12 per wk.
Elbert Evarts commenced board with me again Jany 15.
Elbert Evarts left boarding with me March 22, 1840
Elbert Evarts commenced boarding with me again March 5,
1840.
Elbert Evarts left boarding with me March 17th, 1840.
Elbert Evarts return again March 21, 1840.
Fourth page; Stepehn Carhart, Dr. 1840:
To one horse ride .25
May 21 to 3 bushels oats .60
To one days work .50
June 25 to one ham 1.00
June 26 to one days work .62
Aug.22 to 1 pair socks .34
__________
3.25
Page 23: Henderson Hall, Dr., 1845
June 27 to 11 lbs.veal .33
July 23 to 3/4 lb.butter .07
July 4th to 27 3/4 lbs.mutton .83
Aug.11 to 6 1/2 lbs.flour .13
To use of wagon to Columbus .18
Page 24: Thomas Hoadley, Dr., 1846:
July 3 horse to pasture 1 wk. .16
To setting 2 shoes .18
To use wagon to Eden .18
Page 26: Melven Janes,Cr. 1845:
March 6th to team to draw 100 feets of boards from Dr.
Lewis saw mill. .12
To 12 lights of window sash .75
Swapt horses with Darisu Oct.15 1846
Page 27: April 7, 1847: This day reckoned and settled
all accounts with Isaac Carhart and found him due one dollar
and fifty cents to be paid in team work. M. T. Janes
Page 36: James Eaton Cr. 1841:
To surveying lands .75
To making out one deed .25
To surveying land .75
Page 38: David Plum dr. 1848:
To 5 1/2 thousand shingles $16.50
Dublin Core
Title
Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society
Subject
Berlin Township--Delaware County--Ohio
Delaware County Historical Society--Delaware County--Ohio
Settlement--Berlin Township--History--1949
Delaware County Historical Society--Delaware County--Ohio
Settlement--Berlin Township--History--1949
Description
Program of a community presentation about Berlin Township history and its pioneers, given on April 25, 1949 in Berlin High School.
Creator
Anna Smith Pabst
Date
1949
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Brochure
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
22221029
Collection
Citation
Anna Smith Pabst, “Berlin Township Program of the Delaware County Historical Society,” Delaware County Memory, accessed December 11, 2024, http://www.delawarecountymemory.org/items/show/195.