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<<<----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Jean Green <bjgreen@infinet.com> To: <OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 6:43 PM Subject: RESEARCH Offer > If you are researching an ancestor with an UNUSUAL first or UNUSUAL last > name, send it along to me at bjgreen@infinet.com and I will plug it in to > one of my special web sites to see what we might be able to find. A brief > summary of what you have, what you need, and probable dates would also be > helpful. > > There is no cost to you; it gives me mental exercise. > > I have had lots of fun breaking through some brick walls of my own. > Perhaps I can find help for you too. > > Chasing my own tale, > Barbara Jean>>>> ~~FOLLOW-UP ~~(Research Offer) Since I posted the offer the first of this week, I have heard from 22 "Clermont County" individuals out there in cyber space! It has been a delight exchanging with you, and trying to forward whatever I can to assist. A couple of people prefaced their requests saying they hoped I didn't get flooded with E-Mail (and then I got a little worried too). As it turned out, letters were spaced out nicely and I found myself looking forward to each day and every request! :) To give you an idea of some of the names being researched and for which I received help-requests, here is the list: Seburn HOOTEN; Elizabeth KIRGAN; James DEBRULER; John YAZELL; Samuel GLENN; Maryarter SANDERS; Orpah KILLGORE; Keturah REYNOLDS; Dewey ELAM; Nathaniel MCGOWAN; Vashti CHURCH; Casper NOEKER; Amos DERROUGH; Margaret MULLINAX; Snoda HENDERSON; Eathanne PHILHOWER; John WEISENBORN; Maria Antonia AMESQUITA; Max MENZ; Richard DEVINNEY; Wilhelmina BEROSET; and Joshua TUTON. As to some of the writers' locations, one great gal checked in from sunny Florida; another gent from Shasta Lake, CA; another from (Darke County) OH; from KY; from "Northern CA"; and someone else in the "Ozarks". It was enough diversity to realize we are from far and wide, chasing old "tails" from Clermont County. With warm regards to all, Barbara Jean ...holed up @ "Rocky Fork Lake" (near Hillsboro, in Southern OH)

Subject: B# 602P VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!! Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail sent. It figures! No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every delivered E-mail. Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and continue using E-mail. The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in the Government of the United States attempting to quietly push through legislation that will affect our use of the Internet. Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail users o! ut of "alternative postage fees". Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent surcharge on every E-Mail delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this legislation from becoming law. The US Postal Service is claiming lost revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, is costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have noticed their recent ad campaign "There is nothing like a letter." Since the average person received about 10 pieces of E-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical individual would be an additional 50 cents a day - or over $180 per year - above and beyond their regular Internet costs. Note that this would be money paid directly to the US Postal Service for a service they do not even provide. The whole point of the Internet is democracy and non-interference. You are already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic efficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from coast to coast. If the US Postal Service is allowed to tinker with E-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States. A congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) has even suggested a "$20-$40 per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the governments proposed E-mail charges. Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored the story the only exception being the Washingtonian which called the idea of E-mail surcharge " a useful concept who's time has come" (March 6th, 1999 Editorial). Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode away! Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives to write their congressional representative and say " NO" to Bill 602P. It will only take a few moments of your time and could very well be instrumental in killing a bill we do not want. PLEASE FORWARD!

I had a phone call yesterday from a lady interested in her Barkley's who would move from around the Kings Mills [Kings Island Park] -Mason- Fosters ,Oh area here to Bethel,Oh. My wow Sarah Phillips m David FOX,1814,by Kichell,JP in that Kings [Woods] mills area,and she also,widowed,moved here to Bethel,Oh. Anybody show a Barkley -Bartley-Barclay family in the Mason-S Lebanon-Maineville- Loveland area?Thank you. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hello, I want to thank everyone who sent information on Bullskin Creek. I got about 5 web addresses, several addresses to write to for maps and many other suggestions. I really appreciate the help! Some of you asked which ancestors of mine settled on Bullskin Creek. There were PLUMMER's, settling there around 1806-1810, and Naaman CHAPMAN around 1812. Possibly, some of the children of Ludwig SCHICK, who came from Bullskin twp, Fayette Co, PA, settled in that area. The VANDAMENT family settled on Survey #3024 & 3859 in Clark twp, Brown Co around 1806-08, but I'm not sure if this was on Bullskin Creek. Could there be a connection between the name of Bullskin Creek and Bullskin twp in PA? Ludwig SHICK was in Brown Co. by 1798, in Pleasant twp, Clermont Co. in 1802 and in Scott twp, Brown Co in 1803. If the boundaries changed, he may have been in the same spot. My history of the two counties is not that good. Maybe someone knows? Thanks again for the help from everyone! Carol Wilson Mason, WI

Carol, Bullskin creek enters the Ohio river just west of the Clermont/Brown county line. Its upper reaches are in Brown county. The Clermont county Engineers office, Carl Hartman, county engineer will send you a map of the county that includes the Clermont portion of Bullskin creek. You may contact them at 513-732-8857 to find out there requirement. Many of us on this list are researching folks who lived in the area of Bullskin Creek and we would be interested to know what Clermont/Brown families you are researching. Herman Kleine Clermont/Brown: Higdon, Houghton, Sells, Ritchie, Baum -----Original Message----- From: carol wilson <cjwilson@cheqnet.net> To: OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com <OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:47 PM Subject: Bullskin Creek >Hello, > I am looking for a good map, either from a book or on the internet, of >Bullskin Creek, which is apparently partly in Brown and partly in Clermont Co's? > Perhaps someone in one of these groups can help me? > >Thanks in advance, > >Carol Wilson >Mason, Wi > >______________________________

Ken Ashton and I wrote each other a bit 20 years ago. He was a member of the Clermont Co,Oh gen soc,and perhaps the Brown Co,Oh soc. Edward Ashton,and his young uncle,John Smith went to Ill together. I courted my wife the 2nd house ssouth of the one Wm Johnson Ashton built-it was John Harvey Hutchison's in the 1960's.Edith Ashton m Charlie Hutchison were his parents. Samuel Ashton,the 1st to the Clermont-Brown Co line at Marathon,Oh on rt 50 arrivied in 1811. He had married his wife,Hannah,of Wm Johnson,at Tom's River,NJ., On Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:15:21 -0800 "Shera B. Thompson" <sherabt@home.com> writes: > Dear Cousins, > It has been such a long time since I've communicated with many of > you! I was > in London last month researching my Metcalf family with my Biggers > cousins > and came home to a sad message that we'd lost one of ours. Ken > Ashton > (Kenneth Verlyn Ashton) of Canton, IL, great grandson of Edward and > Rebecca > Ashton and 2nd great grandson of Wm. Johnson and Eleanor Ashton. He > died the > day after Christmas. Ken had prostate cancer but I don't know if > that's what > got him. His birth date was May 11, 1922. He leaves his wife Anna > (no > children) and a brother Bob and three sisters June Heckerd, Marjorie > Knox > and Eleanor Bourke and lots of nieces and nephews. Maryann, you may > be the > only one who knew and remembers these folks. Ken loved genealogy and > was one > of the people that was a great help to me in putting together the > family > history. He and Gladys (Moran) Cochrane shared genealogy material > and he was > the one who generously sent me what Gladys had written down about > the > descendants of Edward and Rebecca as well as copies of records that > he'd > gotten from the courthouse in Lewistown and a copy of what he wrote > for the > Fulton County Illinois Heritage book 1988 by the Fulton County > Genealogical > Society. Unlike the rest of his siblings, Ken's grandfather stayed > in IL > while the rest spread out to CA and TX and beyond. He was easy to > talk with > I enjoyed our telephone conversations. I remember that like many of > his > generation that were descendants of farmers he was in the farm > equipment > business. Below is Anna's address if anyone would like to send her a > card > and I've also included what he wrote for the Heritage book. Please > pass this > info on since I no longer have the e-mail addresses of some of the > other > cousins that might be interested. Rest in peace Ken. > All best, > Shera > > ANNA ASHTON 1134 E ELM ST CANTON IL 61520 2359 (309) 647-2782 > > Ashton Family > Edward Ashton, son of Wm. J. and Eleanor (Smith) Ashton of Clermont > County Ohio migrated to Fulton County IL. in 1842 settling in Bryant > IL. He married Rebecca Conner 4-8-1845. To them were born five sons > and four daughters, the fifth child Francis M. Ashton was my > grandfather, > born 12-14-1854. He married Maria Louise Gentle 2-20-1890, daughter > of > John Gentle and Louisa Ellen Wigden of rural Farmington IL. To > Francis > and Louisa was born a son Edward C. and a daughter Alice who married > Raymond Johnson. The Gentle and Ashtons were farmers. First the > Gentle > then Francis Ashton then Edward C. tilled the soil south of > Farmington > Edward C. Ashton married Vivian W. Milner on 8-20-1919 at Danville > IL. > To them were born three sons and three daughters. In the earley 40's > we left the farm and moved to Canton where Edward was employed in > the > International Harvester plant. Edward passed away on 3-15-1976. Mrs > Ashton is still living and was quite active in the P.T.A. and the > handicapped. Their children are > Roy G. married Neola Whitaker and to them were born one son and five > daughters The son was named after his father and he has a son Roy G. > III > This is the last male Ashton in this line. They resided in Moline > Il. > Roy G. SR. served in 88th Inf. durning WWII > Kenneth V. Ashton married Anna Poggioli Canton IL. > >

The interesting discussion of the Bantam Church leads me to inquire about the churches in the New Richmond area, 1815-30. Regards, Ed in CA Researching: John and Rebecca CLARK(E) HERRON Scot > N Ire > Lancaster, PA > New Richmond c 1816 children of this marriage: David, Andrew, William, John, James, Joseph, Anna, and Rebecca

Any mention of the Bantam Presbyterian church must start with US Grant's uncle,Samuel Simpson, and Grant's bro-Oliver m Asher Medary's dau in Bethel, and moved to Galena,ILL. [Gov] Samuel Medary stopped,abt 1825,to visit his former classmate,Hannah Simpson [m 1821 Jesse Grant]. The Simpson's,and the Medary's are in the records of the Neshamminy Presbyterian, s e Bucks Co,Pa. And even earlier,1750's ,the Simpson's attended Rev Elder's Paxtang church near Harrisburg,Pa. So,the Simpson's leave a record of 100+ years of s e Pa-s w Oh Presbyterianism before the Bantam church was founded. Not so with many of the Ayreshire,s w Scotland colony that replaced,1820, the earlier pople n Nicholsville. Somebody give a date for their immigration. They had attended Presbyterian churches in Scotland 70 years longer. They had different customs and belief's. They were,Porter's excepted,the Old Style Presbyterians.You may remember,John,the Scotland raised Isa-Mrs George Cook,of N Sugartree,in the Bantam church. On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 15:28:58 -0500 John Emmitt <jwemmitt@mindspring.com> writes: > Hi Herman: I went to Batavia yesterday and copied information > about Bantam Presbyterian Church from Eileen Whitts book. > Found it quite interesting but still confused about some aspects of > it. > The data She gives is from church records found in Philidelphia PA. > > The Nicholsville Church was formed in 1831 and in 1839 they > split over their attitude about slavery. The New School was > violently > opposed and was involved in the abolishionist movement. The Old > School > while most members probably thought slavery was wrong they thought > the > Church should stay out of the controversary and leave the matter to > the > politicians.. Both Old & New Presbyterian congretions > held seperate services in Nicholsville and used the same name. Its > not > clear but > they may have shared the same building(my idea) at Nicholsville. > When the > War started > in 1861 the New School did decide to locate in Bantam. The war > sentiment > (now too late to stop the war) > and how to share expenses of the Church in Nicholsville could have > hastened > the move to Bantam. (my supposition) > > It is hard to believe either School would have supported slavery > knowing > some of the early church history. See Excerpt of Eileens book > below, from > 1835 4 years before the church split > > "It excited us to see in the records that Harriet Beecher Stowe's > brother, > George Beecher , had preached at the Nicholsville Church and had > baptized > children there. We were also impressed to see the origional > signature of > Harriet Beecher Stowe's husband, the Rev Calvin Ellis Stowe, when as > a > moderator of the Cincinnati Presbytery, he had approved the > Nicholsville > minute books by this simple entry. "Approved, C.E. Stowe, moderator" > in 1835". > > Now Bantam. She listed most of the early pastors and years when > they served. > There is a membership list starting in 1880 to about 1946. Your > parents > and mine are listed. Many of the entries give death dates which > Eileen > says "are probably not available > anywhere else". This list of deaths alone would make a article for > the > Newsletter. > > There is also a list of baptisms some birth dates are given. There > is also > a list of Pastors to about 1946. There is an interesting note " In > 1896 > they reported buying a new organ > for $65.00 and new stoves for $18.00" (did they use 2 stoves one on > each > side of the church?) > > The membership has always been fairly small. !881, 68 members, > 1882, 100 > members, > 1887, 55 members, 1888, 35 members, 1994, 56 members, 1896, 25 > members > 1899, 23 members, 1902, 32 members, 1910, 20 members, 1915, 25 > members, > 1945, 80 members. In many of these years there were more people > in > Sunday School than the total membership. > > The records are full of Fagleys, Justices, Baudendistels, Whites, > Emmitts, > Davis, Channells and others we knew. Some of the Channels were as > far back > as 1869. The 2 earliest Channell entries used only one L at he end. > Not > sure they were related to the ones we knew. > > John > >

Hello, I am looking for a good map, either from a book or on the internet, of Bullskin Creek, which is apparently partly in Brown and partly in Clermont Co's? Perhaps someone in one of these groups can help me? Thanks in advance, Carol Wilson Mason, Wi

If you are researching an ancestor with an UNUSUAL first or UNUSUAL last name, send it along to me at bjgreen@infinet.com and I will plug it in to one of my special web sites to see what we might be able to find. A brief summary of what you have, what you need, and probable dates would also be helpful. There is no cost to you; it gives me mental exercise. I have had lots of fun breaking through some brick walls of my own. Perhaps I can find help for you too. Chasing my own tale, Barbara Jean

I am looking for any information on a murder in Clermont County. It was in the area of the Calvary Church on St. Rte. 756. It occured sometime in the 1920's. The man murdered was a black man by the name of Bill Bailey. The man who killed him was Frank Riley. Does anyone have any idea of how to go about finding information on this? Thanks Rose

In mid February John Tippet asked about early tax records before 1816. Well, I don’t have an answer to that exact question but I wanted to quote from Aileen Witt’s book, “Clermont County Pioneers 1798-1812, a Substitute Census for 1800-1810,” Pg. 3. I thought it might be helpful. “On the WPA Inventory dated July 13, 1939, there is a page on which is listed: “Record of Deeds 1790-1799 - One Volume labeled ‘Deeds Transcribed,’ A Transcription of such Portions of the Records of Hamilton County, Ohio as affect land in Clermont County, Ohio.” This book is lost and several court house officials are looking for it. It would truly have afforded an added dimension to this book... but it is nowhere to be found... Prior to the formation of Clermont County, this area was a part of Anderson Twsp., Hamilton County, and the deeds from 1790 to 1799 on this land area would be valuable history.” Perhaps the early tax records are also lost. Just a thought. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

I've been hiking North Sugartree Rd,Tate Township ,Clermont 3 miles west of Bethel. 1 old house remains, and Emmitt and I can remember 4 more,and they must have pre-dated the road,which shows on the 1870 atlas. They do-did not face N Sugartree Rd. The survivor was my great grandparents John F.M.ELY,and their dau,Ruhama Ely [Brown's] home awhile 1873 and later. 1870 atlas show it belonging to her father,Savil Justice, [as a 2nd farm]. My mother talked of driving the cows from pasture there 1\2 mile to our barn to milk,so, 1910+..My grandfather gave a cornr of that farm to friend,poor old Billy Henderson ,to build a cabin. Hill's,and lastly the Wedmore m Essie Sears girl lived there, and that fronted Woodruff Rd. I see an elevation where Henderson's cabin was,and east a couple blocks that was the mose likely cabin site for John Drummond, 1810 era,from NJ. N side Woodruff. John Emmitt,the old brick of Edna ----- Petzel Sizemore Garvey was not located square with N Sugartree. For sure,the road along Sugartree Creek,and Rt 125,and Williamsburg-Bantam are earlier roads. I'm guessing a lane angling from Drummond's,on n Woodruff,to Edna's. Edna was "the goat lady" to a few of you. Then there was the old,old big brick,on Williamsburg-Bantam,but cornering on N Sugartree. Williams,early. Hinges in my memory. 'BUT" I want to know who built the old,2 story ,brick, of Cecil Reed,Harold Wilhoff, Savil Justice,J.F.M.ELY'S wife. Rev John Collins had 50-100 acres of speculation land there. John Drummond had 50 acres to the south. Campbell's and Blair's to the east.Williams,McIntosh,Mattox to the west. I'll guess the old brick built 1820-40,and surely before Savil Justics. And the 1st farm,on the east,behind Ireton's. Built facing Rt 125,not N Sugartree. Was owned by Edna Petzel,AND mOORE'S.but had been Col Wm Thomas m Electra Collins,and was likely built by Jesse Justice Jr m Susan Wilcox,Nantucket Quaker girl. Mrs Ireton had a boy she kept shut up with an armidillo,and fed on donut holes and potato soup. She would cast him on the seas.

Jimmy Marksbury, my daughter has flown Delta regularly years,and she would have told me if she read anything at all interesting in their publication. Anything. Jim, be careful what you say here, because there are cheerleaders,and METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP members your age on this mailing. Nael and Kim Simmons, Betty Craft, Jeannie Hammond, Burg's Debbie Williams and Ramona Moore Yes,Jimmy,those sweet young things are now somebody's great grandmothers! Some of your Trisler cousins are getting this. Some visited Trisler graves in an abandoned cemetary east of Felicity last summer. Brook,have you ever found anything worth reading in Delta's "Sky Magazine?" Brook,did you,or Tamsin have Dorothy Trisler? Jim,Eben Hil's son,and nephew are getting this . On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 11:22:49 -0500 Jim Marksbury <jmarksbury@deerfield.edu> writes: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: HERMON B FAGLEY > To: marksbury@deerfield.edu; AOFN234@aol.com; KDMS@aol.com; > nadenestacy@yahoo.com > Sent: 2/26/01 10:33 AM > Subject: More 'Dead poets" > > Jocko, remember when you lived on the ranch in the valley, and > to the north east,on the mountian,lived 2 boys,and 2 girls named > Simmons? AOFN234@aol.com,and KDMS@aol.com were those > little boys. > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > Hermon: > > Good to hear from your after these many eons. I am alive and well an > living > in Deerfield, Massachusetts where I teach at Deerfield Academy and > write for > Delta Airlines Sky Magazine. I'll write more later but I simply > wanted you > to know that I received your message and will stay in touch. > > Jim

Dean, Who was your Revolutionary War Soldier? I have several families who came to Clermont from Maine: WITHAM, TEMPLE, CLARKE, BRADBURY,BRAGDON. Wonder if yours came from York, Maine, as did mine. Thanks, Lynda Speidel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Scribner" <dean.scribner@juno.com> To: <OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:54 PM Subject: Activity in 1819 > My ancestor made application for Revolutionary War veteran's pension in > Clermont County in 1819. > > What was going on in Clermont County in 1819 that would have attracted a > 66-year-old veteran from Maine? > > Dean > > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

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Clermont County History >From heroics to war stories to debates over what's in a name, Clermont County has a rich and fascinating history. Established by proclamation on December 9, 1800, before Ohio itself became a state, the county will celebrate its Bicentennial as the world enters the next Millennium. Clermont was the eighth of ten counties in the area that eventually would become Ohio. General Arthur St. Clair formed the counties from the southeast tip of the Northwest Territory. Since its founding nearly two centuries ago, the county has retained nearly the same shape and size. Others - neighboring Hamilton, for instance - have changed dramatically. The county was named for a French word that described the area in the late 1700s and early 1800s - "clear mountains and hills." Since all of Clermont County is in the Virginia Military District and the French aided the Americans in the final defeat of the British at the siege of Yorktown in 1781, many Virginians who helped settle the county felt it was appropriate to name it in honor of their French allies. As a territorial county in the early 1800s, Clermont was composed of five townships. Eventually, the five townships were divided into 14. The original county seat was in Williamsburg (originally spelled Williamsburgh), where it remained until 1823. It then moved to New Richmond, along the Ohio River, for one year. Clermont's first community was Williamsburg, the original county seat, located on the eastern edge of the county. Williamsburg, then known as Lytlestown, was platted in 1796. Early settlements also included Denhamstown, incorporated as Bethel in 1851. Jesse Grant, father of Ulysses S. Grant, was Bethel's first mayor. Other early settlements included: Withamsville (then called Witham's settlement), Miami Township, Hageman's Mills (later Milford), Stonelick Township, Chilo, Goshen Township, Felicity, Moscow, Point Isabel and Amelia. All date to the early decades after 1800. The county has grown from 15,820 people in 1820, 36,713 in 1880, and 42,182 in 1950 to about 177,000 in 1998. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dean Scribner <dean.scribner@juno.com> To: <OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:54 PM Subject: Activity in 1819 > My ancestor made application for Revolutionary War veteran's pension in > Clermont County in 1819. > > What was going on in Clermont County in 1819 that would have attracted a > 66-year-old veteran from Maine? > > Dean

My ancestor made application for Revolutionary War veteran's pension in Clermont County in 1819. What was going on in Clermont County in 1819 that would have attracted a 66-year-old veteran from Maine? Dean