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Colonel Moses Byxbe of Berkshire County, MA, purchased 8,000 acres in this township and led his
first group of settlers here in 1804. After erecting cabins, he returned east and persuaded others to
follow to his lands. By 1806, the original Berkshire township was founded but it included parts of Brown, Kingston, Berlin, Orange, Genoa, Trenton and Sharon Townships. The others formed separate townships until the present Berkshire was left around 1821. It included Berkshire Corners, Sunbury and Galena villages. Early settlers included Azariah Root, Edward Potter, Mr. Curtis, John Kilborn, Ralph Slack, Adonijah Rice, Maj. Elen Vining, Gideon and William Oosterhaus, Ichabod Plumb and Dr. Reuben Lamb. Most came from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. From "History of Delaware County and Ohio, 1880" |
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Genoa Township | ||||
Genoa
Township was sectioned from Harlem Township in 1816 and given its
name by Elisha Bennett
after Genoa, Italy. Jeremiah Curtis of Hartford, Connecticut, was the first settler in 1804. He was followed by John Williams, Joseph Latshaw, Hezekiah Roberts, David Weeks,William Cox, Marcus Curtis, Elisha Newell, Alexander Smith, Fulrad Seebring, Ary Hendricks, Thomas Harris, Henry Bennett, Byxbe Rogers, Jacob Clauson, Jonas Carter, Johnson Pelton, Sylvester Hough, Hines Mitchum, Comfort Penney, John Hartburn, Abraham Wells, Eleazer and George Copeland and Josepf Linnabauf. Most came from Pennsylvania but some were from New York. The township's early settlers were farmers and keepers of sheep. Mills were built along the "Big Belly", later known as the Big Walnut Creek. Maxwell Corners was the only resemblance of a town and it consisted of a post office. From "History of Delaware County and Ohio, 1880" Also see other stories on Genoa Township including: Genoa Township One of a Kind by Lenny Lepola - The Sunbury News 8-16-2007
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Harlem Township | ||||
The township was formed from Sunbury Township in 1810 and was named by Dutch settlers from
Harlem, New York, who brought the name from Harlem in the Netherlands. Benijah Cook bought
4000 acres for 42 cents per acre at a sheriff's sale in Franklinton. Others who followed were Stephen Thompson, Rev. Daniel Bennett, Elijah and John Adams, William Fancher, N.B. Waters, John Budd, Benjamin Farishild, George Fix, Conrad Wickizer, Thomas and Eleazer Mann, Abijah and Gorden Mann, Daniel Hunt, Elam Blain, John Hanover, Jonathan Bateson and Nathan Paul. The settlers were from New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Centerville (Center Village) was laid out in 1848 by Edward Hartrain and Ben Roberts. By 1880 it contained about 150 residents. Amos Washburn and James Budd laid out Harlem in 1849. This smaller town had only 50 residents in 1880. From "History of Delaware County and Ohio, 1880" Return to MENU
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Kingston Township | ||||
Kingston became a township in 1813. John Phipps and George Hess from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
were the first settlers. Kingston is probably named after Kingston Township in Pennsylvania. There are no towns in the township.
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Porter Township | ||||
Formed sometime between 1826 and 1827, this
township received its name from the Honorable Robert Porter of Philadelphia, who
was awarded acreage by President John Adams for military services.
The early settlers were squatters known as
"Taways". These Dutch, Irish and English came from many states. They
hunted, fished and trapped but did little to improve the land. Congress granted
a section of this land to the United Brethren Society for the purpose of
propagating the gospel among the heathen The communities of East Liberty and Olive Green are in this township. From "History of Delaware County and Ohio, 1880" 1866 Map of East Liberty 1866 Map of Olive Green Goto
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Trenton Township | ||||
Sunbury Township, formed in 1808, contained the
present townships of Harlem, Trenton, Porter, half of Berkshire and half of
Genoa as well as Morrow County's Peru, Bennington, Lincoln and Harmony
Townships. Slowly the different townships were set off with Genoa being the last
to pull off from Sunbury.
Sometime between 1830 and 1835, the name was changed to distinguish the township from the Village of Sunbury in Berkshire Township. Mr. Gilbert Van Dorn suggested the name for his native state capital, Trenton, New Jersey. Early settlers included John Culver, Michael Ely, John Williamson, John Ginn, William Ridgeway, Mr. Pensing, James and Owen Hough, Gilbert Van Dorn, Oliver Gratax, Ira Pierson, Jonathon and Lavin 0. Condit, Smith Conit, Lyman Hendricks, Mr. Roberts, William Perfect, A.C. Leak, Mordecai Thomas, Bartholomew Anderson, Pearson Spinning and George Akerson. They came from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and Kentucky. The three communities of North Condit, Condit Station and South Condit are the township's closest things to towns.
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Village of Galena | ||||
Gilbert Carpenter founded Zoar in 1809, and he conveyed the land to William Carpenter in 1813.
William continued with the plans and Zoar became a village in 1816. the original town included Walnut
St., Mill Race, Middle St., The Square, State Road, Front St., a meeting house and a burial ground. In 1834 the name was changed to Galena to avoid confusion with another Zoar, Ohio. Early settlers including soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Galena were James Atherton, Russell Bigelow, Ezekial Brown, Benjamin and Gilbert Carpenter, Edward Knapp, Gideon Osterhout, James Moore, Stiles Parker and Morgan Young. The War of 1812 soldiers were Gilbert and Daniel Weeks, Peter Weycoff, Henry Slack, Addison Carver, Samuel Leonard, James and Moses Carpenter and John Smith. Other early residents were Nathan Dustin, Sr., Tom Van Fleet, Ed Sherman (who held a patent on building covered bridges), Enoch Domigan, John S. Brown, Samuel Leonard Ira Arnold, Harlowe Allen, Mr. Manter, Wlias Murray and Marcus Curtis. Most of these settlers came from Pennsylvania.
1866 Map of Galena
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Village of Sunbury | ||||
The Village of Sunbury was laid out in Berkshire township in 1816 by Pennsylvania brothers, William
and Lawrence Myers. They probably named the village for Sunbury Township in Pennsylvania where
their brother was sheriff. The village was bounded on the north by North St., on the south by South St.,
on the east by Morning St. and on the west by Evening St. The plat has a protected village green and a
burial ground. The Myers brothers and other early settlers came to Ohio from the same county as the
settlers of Galena but seemed to be much younger in age. Other early settlers were Mr. Whitmore, Benjamin Webb, Steven Bennett, Hezekiah Rogers, B.H.Taylor, B. Chase, Rufus Atherton, Samuel Peck, Haultz Evans, Gilbert Adams, Sanford Bennett, Jedidiah Collins, Sally Searl, Mr. and Mrs. Slocum, Artemus Cutter, David Armstrong, Lyman S. Cook, Ary and Alverus Henrick, Jobez Mannesy, Rosewel Chapman, Benjamin Taylor, Norman and Joseph Patrick, Daniel Abbey, George Dennison, James Perfect, Benjamin Newberry, Francis Horr, John Kerr, Charles Osterhout, Truman Thomas, Silas Gore, James Smith, John Kempton, Harvey Johnston, Peter Packer and E.S. Foss.
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