Nathaniel Reeves was in 1840 a pensioner in Batavia township, and lived near Amelia. Nehemiah Ward was of the family of that name illustrious in New Jersey's colonial history. He was in nine of the hardest fights of the Revolution, and in 1815 came to Clermont, in Pierce township, where he lived until his death in 1840, aged ninety-five. His wife, Elizabeth, became a centenarian. They were the parents of Elijah Ward, who came to near Cincinnati in 1800 and to Pleasant Hill, in Pierce, in 1813, where he died in 1862. This Revolutionary veteran was the grandfather of Elon, James H., Stephen, William, Elijah and John Ward, and of Mrs. George Idlet. William Cowan was a pensioner in 1840 in Stonelick township, where he settled in 1805 on the farm now owned by John Moore. He was of Pennsylvania German descent, and previous to coming to Clermont had lived at Garrett's Station. He served under Wayne, Mercer and Lafayette. He was the father of the late Elijah Cowen, and was the last survivor ot the Revolutionary soldiers in the township. John Charles Tippet [email protected]

Thank you so much, John. Morris Fletcher