Reference: 1788 - 1881 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO, H. Z. Williams & Bro. Publishers, 1881; reprinted 1976 by The Bookmark, PO Box 74, Knightstown, IN 46148. Sponsored by the Washington County Historical Society, Marietta, Ohio. LDS FHC film 982265 which is photocopy of book with index in front. A separate index, perhaps more extensive and clearer, was prepared by the Marietta Chapter NSDAR and is available on film 20296. The cost of ordering in Casper was $3.25 each for three weeks. EARLY SETTLEMENTS: There is a considerable history on the "Ohio company" which was meeting in Providence Rhode Island up to March 5, 1787, their subscription of $1 an acre for a total of one million dollars to be paid to the U. S. Treasury. They authorized a survey at the mouth of the Muskingum River on the Ohio River and assembled April 1788 at Sumrill's Ferry on the Youghiogheny River, taking a floatilla down it and the Mongehela to the Ohio and their survey site. List of settlers in 1788, 1788, 1789. DUTTONS:I do not believe any Duttons were in those original settlement lists. However, the index lists 19 Duttons including Hanson, James, Joseph and Amy Job, Smith J., William, Betsey, Elizabeth, John R., L. H., Lizzie, Mary, Nancy, S. J., J. W., Sally, Sarah, and Susan. I have not researched them. The people I was looking at did not have any vital data. There may be supplemental and confirmation data which would enhance your family history. SEEKING Melvin Duttons for my collections.