That Presbyterian church mentioned divided into two parts. Each of these still exist today. One is the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian on Montgomery Rd and the other is Covenant at Eighth and Race downtown Cincy. Hrman Kleine -----Original Message----- From: HERMON B FAGLEY <hermfagley@juno.com> To: OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com <OHCLERMO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 6:22 AM Subject: 1st 11 miles of the Little Miami ,1789 >Memory is that it was 11 miles between the Fort Miami at Columbia, >1789,and the 1790-91 >COVALT'S,and then Round Bottom forts at Terrace Park-Milford, where the >East Fork >splits off,and Clermont begins. That 11 miles of Little Miami,and it's >reaches further north,divide >the [NJ] Symmes purchace of 1-3,000,000 acres from the Virginia Miliatry >District of lands warrented >Va line [mostly ]officers for 1776 service,or later. >That means west of the Little Miami,and east of the Great Miami as far >north as Dayton[ Lebanon] , >more of the pioneers were attracted by NJ ads. But,it does not mean that >east of the Little Miami >were all from, or mostly from,Va,a least directly. Even if you have an >1850 or 1860 census saying born Va, >remember WV was split off in 1863,and they more likely. And,you have the >problem that Va claimed,and >ruled thru 3 Va counties, the,at least 5 sw Pa counties Pittsburg south. >And the single best place to >look for sw Ohio people is sw Pa-WV panhandle, followed by upper Potomac >river drains from Wash DC >NORTH AND WEST, and NJ counties of >Essex,Morris,Hunterdon,Gloucester,Middlesex,Somerset, >and Burlington. Next would be se Pa-Del ,and the north-eastern 1\4 of >Maryland-Hagerstown east. >O.K. 11 miles of rich,rich,but flood prone mile wide valley settled >1789,and Indian peace treaty 1795. >1st ,the southern half,the rich bottoms are mostly on the west,or >Columbia twnsp,or Symmes Purchace SIDE > And,up to Round Bottom at Terrace Park,the bottoms of the 2nd 1\2 half >are on the Anderson Twnsp. or Va Military >side.Though unhealthy,these bottoms will grow 100 bu \acre corn,and be >refertilized next flood. >The nearby hilltops might grow 50 bu\acre, and the steep hills in between >some places are too steep for >pasture. Hills 400[?] feet high. >The forts on the east,or Va Military side may have been squatting at 1st. >No land deeds. Jonathan Gerrard's Station, >and next north at RT 125 and river,Jacob Frazee's, and >next,someplace,Middle Station, [Old Fort subdivision?] >and then Aaron Mercer's Newtown, and then 3-4 miles of most bottom,and >ford the river to >Round Bottom and Covalt's Station. >West side,and I should research this, had Columbia, as big as >Cincinnati,but too flood prone, and >Turkey Bottom fort,and Nelson's-Nutt's, near Ward's,and where the >bottoms on the west side end, >Beasley's. Maybe more. Benj Stites,ofScotch Plains,NJ, and >Waynesburg,very se Pa led the Xmas 1788 >colony, and was a major land speculator on the Little Miami. . Early >Cincinnati had a Presbyterian >church. These 11 miles would have Baptist churches at Columbia,ISLAND N >Newtown,and Round Bottom, >and Presbyterian at Colubia. In Clermont,the East Fork valley would be >Baptist and Methodist., > >______________________________