Hi Fairfield Co. Rooters, While researching on my Great Grandparents, William Peter VICKROY and his wife Esther May WRIGHT, I found a few papers relating to their Religious background. I found a handwritten note from William P. Vickroy stating the beginning finances of building a Church in Lancaster. [He was a carpenter, along with some of his brothers. He built churches, schools, and houses, etc.] The note was a list of money donations that was used towards the building of the Lancaster Branch of RLDS Church (The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.) I typed as he wrote it... W. P. VICKROY $ 264.52 S. E. DICKSON $ 223.78 Grover WASIM $ 100.00 Minerva WASIM $ 100.00 E. CALDWELL $ 74.30 Chas WASIM $ 14.25 Elsworth WOODS $ 3.10 Will CAMPBELL $ 5.00 Earl CAMPBELL $ 9.95 ___________________________ Total $ 794.90 Hope this can be of use to someone else too. Debby in sunny California ( : GDebby@aol.com

Carol... From what time period was the Justice of the Peace record book? Thanx. Marg

Is anyone working on this family?? Thank You Sandra Firek

A few weeks ago at an antique show in Lancaster a Mark N. Howell (614) 772-2987 of Chillicothe, OH was selling Justice of the Peace records for Walnut Township, Fairfield County Ohio for $425. The book was in mint condition and completely full of records, but he would not let us view more than one page for fear that the pages would crumble, tear etc. and thus, his book would lose value. Of course, the genealogical society here would love to buy them, but they are too expensive. It is a shame that this records were sold to a rare book dealer and then sold again at auction when he died. Justice of the Peace Records sometimes include marriages, pension application requests, minor cases of civil nature. Just thought you should know. Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com <smaller>List Adminstrator of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing List</smaller>: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com <smaller>Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage</smaller>: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org <smaller>or Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page: </smaller>http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html My FCO Fam: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz, Foltz, Quickel, Anspach, Spohn <smaller>Library & Church Archive links</smaller>: http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/liblinks

Would anyone have a map showing section numbers of Walnut township of Fairfield County, Ohio? ========================= * Regards, and have a real nice day * ******* Bobby@Brown.org OR Bobby O. Brown 5156 Rainey Avenue South Orange Park, FL 32065 Phone: (904) 264-1519 =========================

Does anyone have a computerized listing which shows the dates of formation of Franklin, Fairfield, and Pickaway counties that could be emailed to me? All of Ohio's counties would be nice but just the ones I mentioned will help. Thank you. ========================= * Regards, and have a real nice day * ******* Bobby@Brown.org OR Bobby O. Brown 5156 Rainey Avenue South Orange Park, FL 32065 Phone: (904) 264-1519 =========================

http://pages.prodigy.net/wchs/shen.html I received such a good response to my posting of the cemetery enumerations URL for Shenandoah Co, VA yesterday that I feel I should post this address. The aforementioned URL links to webpages containing information on the Shenandoah Valley VA - again many of the Fairfield County people came from this area. Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com <smaller>List Adminstrator of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing List</smaller>: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com <smaller>Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage</smaller>: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org <smaller>or Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page: </smaller>http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html My FCO Fam: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz, Foltz, Quickel, Anspach, Spohn <smaller>Library & Church Archive links</smaller>: http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/liblinks

Hi, Bobby, Counties formed: Fairfield 1800 Franklin1803 Pickaway 1810 Larry P. Cornwell

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/6230/cemlist.html Many of the Fairfield County people came from Shenandoah Co VA and some are listed in the private collection of cemetery inscriptions on the URL listed above. If you have Shenandoah Co VA people you will want to check it out. Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com <smaller>List Adminstrator of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing List</smaller>: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com <smaller>Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage</smaller>: http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org <smaller>or Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page: </smaller>http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html My FCO Fam: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz, Foltz, Quickel, Anspach, Spohn <smaller>Library & Church Archive links</smaller>: http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/liblinks

Hi All, Is anybody there researching these lines? My GG grandmother Polly Weldy married my GG grandfather Jesse Robinett June 18, 1854 in Fairfield Co., Ohio. She was born there May 24, 1837 in Bremen. Her father(Peter Weldy)was born June 17, 1791 in West Morland, PA. I only have one child born to them...my G grandfather Ross Robinett born in 1856 and then died in Licking Co.,Ohio; I'm sure he had other siblings. If it is possible, could you point me in the right direction to gain the missing pieces to the rest of the puzzle?? Thanks ever so much for your help. Al Al

Am looking for any GIEY. I have a Giey who got married in Fairfield Cty. , Nov. 1840. Can't find any Giey in the 1840 , - 1850, census of Fairfield Cty. Has anyone run across this name in their research, or have this family in their research??? My g-grandfather was a Giey, living in Stark Cty.---having trouble finding his family. Since I haven't found any others with that spelling, if I could find a relative, I could trace him. Thank you--Anita

Hi Everyone! I am researching my OLDFIELD families from Ohio, specifically, from MUSKINGUM, HOCKING, FRANKLIN, FAIRFIELD, ATHENS, MARION counties from 1834 to the present. Many of my OLDFIELD ancestors were in the HOCKING CO. area near the park and Old Man's Cave. Thank you and God Bless, Jim & Deb OLDFIELD Jr. -- http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/oldfield http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/joldfiel/OLDFIELD.htm http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/joldfie1/moffett.htm http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/joldfie2/Ward.htm

Looking for a connection between WALCOTT & LOVITT/LOVETT. My one page, rather poor copy of the 1840 CENSUS shows: -Mary LOV*TT has Male (1)30/40 and Female (1)5/10,(1)15/20,(1)20/30 & (1)60/70 -Wm LOV*TT has Male (1)under 5,(1)20/30 and Female (1)under 5,(1)30/40 -Evan L. Lov*tt has male (1) under 5 (1)40/50 and female (1) under 5, (1)30/40 Evan L. Lovett & Leah his wife sell 10 acres of Jackson Twp in Oct 1839 for $50.00 to James F. WALCOTT (recorded as WALCOT). He is married to Lydia Lov*tt. Can anyone give me any leads as to the 'correct' spelling of Lov*tt, (i or e) Is there any connection between Lydia and any of the LOV*TT'S and if you are familiar with the land prices of that time, was the $50.00 a family 'sale' or a normal price Wm Walcott Marysville KS - Crossing point of the Oregon & several other Trails

Can anyone help me with further information on my 3-Great-Grandfather, PETER SHADE. He was born in 1780 in Virginia and died in 1842 in FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Ohio. He married Mary Miller on Aug 24, 1808 in Frederick County, Virginia. Thanks, Ken Shade

I am trying to find civil war records for Mathias Harris, born 1845 in Baden, Germany. He and his family came to Lancaster around 1850. I recently found out he was a Civil War Veteran, making it through the War, only to be killed on the way home (20 miles from Lancaster) in an accident. Is there a way to find out where and when he enlisted, and any other paperwork that might pertain to Mathias and his family during the Civil War? He is buried at Forest Rose (I've seen his tombstone, although it is very weathered), but there is no burial records of him located there. He is buried with the rest of his family, and they attended St. Peter's Church. Would these records also show where and when he first came to the United States and Lancaster? Would they show if he was married? Thank you for your help! I appreciate it! Sincerely, Lisa

I am looking for any information on these people they were all born in Danzig Germany Fredrick William Haselau b 1881 d 1948 in Cinn. Ohio lived in Dayton ,Ohio since 1907 when he came to the United States this is all I have on him I need his Parnets and any brothers and sisters he might have Fred married Ida Carolina Whilhelmina Schmidt b 1888 in Danzig,Germany she came here to Dayton in 1906 Ida father was John Schmidt and mother was Carolina Grottke Carolina was ran over by a train in about 1937/8 in Dayton Ohio Fred and Ida children were born in Dayton, Ohio Gerhart Fred Haselau born 1908 d 1909 Eric Arthur Haselau b 1910 d 1980 Edith Carolina Haselau b 1911 Mary Augusta Haselau b 1913 d 1996 I would apprecicate any help on this family Phyllis Haselau Ferguson Eureka,MT.

If interested in BROWN family of Huntingdon County, PA>Franklin/Pickaway County, OH>Hancock County, OH you may want to check this Internet address (URL). http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohpickaw/bbrown.htm ========================= * Regards, and have a real nice day * ******* Bobby@Brown.org OR Bobby O. Brown 5156 Rainey Avenue South Orange Park, FL 32065 Phone: (904) 264-1519 =========================

There were 4 members of the May family Greenfield township died September/October 1860. I was told by a relative that it was dyptheria. I didn't notice this on previous message I received on epidemics. Does anyone have any info on this.. John May *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/23/98, at 7:54 PM, Paul F. Wilson wrote: >I was wondering if there might have been some kind of epidemic in Berne >Township around 1860-61. Two members of the Phillips family, ages 8 and 13, >died within a month of each other in Oct/Nov 1861. They are buried in the >Old Catholic/Phillips cemetery. Another family named McGaughey lost four >children, ages 2-15, within a week of each other. They are buried in the >same cemetery. There are a few other folks in this cemetery who died around >this time. Would the newspapers have reported something like this? > >Sheila Rider >North Carolina >-----Original Message----- >From: Amy Johnson Crow <ajcrow@ix.netcom.com> >To: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com <OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com>; Carol Swinehart ><cshart@greenapple.com> >Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 8:01 PM >Subject: Re: Epidemics throughout history > > >>Here's two Fairfield Co epidemics listed in Graham's 1883 "History of >>Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio" -- >> >>Lancaster, 1823 -- typhoid (described as affecting everyone in the village >>of Lancaster except for Frederick Foster and Christian Weaver). >> >>East Lancaster, August 1850 -- Cholera. Originated in Columbus and spread >>by a traveller from there. Thrity people died in two weeks. >> >>I didn't see any mention of Perry Co epidemics, but will post them if I do. >>Hope this helps :-) >> >>Amy >> >>---------- >>> From: Carol Swinehart <cshart@greenapple.com> >>> To: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Epidemics throughout history >>> Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 6:08 PM >>> >>> Originally from: >>> >>> >Donna Ristenbatt >>> >>> >der@redrose.net >>> >>> >http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy >>> >>> >To: Dutch-Colonies@rootsweb.com >>> >>> >Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 16:25:04 -500 >>> >>> >Subject: Possible Reasons for Disappearing Ancestors >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> >> "In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors >>disappeared >>> >>> >> during a certain period in history, this might help. Epidemics have >>always >>> >>> >> had a great influence on people - and thus influencing, as well, the >>> >>> >> genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing >>from >>> >>> >> records can be traced to dying during an epidemic or moving away from >>the >>> >>> >> affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are >>listed >>> >>> >> below. >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> 1657 Boston: Measles >>> >>> >> 1687 Boston: Measles >>> >>> >> 1690 New York: Yellow Fever >>> >>> >> 1713 Boston: Measles >>> >>> >> 1729 Boston: Measles >>> >>> >> 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza >>> >>> >> 1738 South Carolina: Smallpox >>> >>> >> 1739-40 Boston: Measles >>> >>> >> 1747 Conn, NY, PA & SC: Measles >>> >>> >> 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles >>> >>> >> 1761 North America & West Indies: Influenza >>> >>> >> 1772 North America: Measles >>> >>> >> 1775 North America (especially hard in New England): >>Epidem(unknown) >>> >>> >> 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) >>> >>> >> 1788 Philadelphia & NY: Measles >>> >>> >> 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" >>> >>> >> 1793 Virginia: Influenza (killed 500 people in 5 counties in 4 >>weeks) >>> >>> >> 1793 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) >>> >>> >> 1783* Delaware (Dover) "extremely fatal" bilious disorder >>> >>> >> 1793 Pennsylvania (Harrisburg & Middletown) many unexplained >>deaths >>> >>> >> 1794 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever >>> >>> >> 1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever >>> >>> >> 1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) >>> >>> >> 1803 New York: Yellow Fever >>> >>> >> 1820-23 Nationwide: "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & >>spreads) >>> >>> >> 1831-32 Nationwide: Asiatic Cholera (brought by English emigrants) >>> >>> >> 1832 New York & other major cities: Cholera >>> >>> >> 1837 Philadelphia: Typhus >>> >>> >> 1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South) >>> >>> >> 1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever >>> >>> >> 1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza >>> >>> >> 1848-49 North America: Cholera >>> >>> >> 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever >>> >>> >> 1850-51 North America: Influenza >>> >>> >> 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans 8,000 die in summer) >>> >>> >> 1855 Nationwide (many parts) Yellow Fever >>> >>> >> 1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics) >>> >>> >> 1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox >>> >>> >> 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis & >>> >>> >> Washington DC: A series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, >>> >>> >> Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever >>> >>> >> 1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza >>> >>> >> 1878 New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease) >>> >>> >> 1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid >>> >>> >> 1886 Jacksonville, FL: Yellow Fever >>> >>> >> 1918 Worldwide: Influenza (high point year) More people >>> >>> >> hospitalized in World War I from Influenza than wounds. US >>Army >>> >>> >> training camps became death camps - with 80% death rate in >>some camps. >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: >>> >>> >> 1833 Columbus, OH >>> >>> >> 1834 New York City >>> >>> >> 1849 New York >>> >>> >> 1851 Coles Co, IL >>> >>> >> 1851 The Great Plains >>> >>> >> 1851 Missouri >>> >>> >>> Thought you all would be interested in this information. If you know of >>epidemics that occurred in Fairfield County - let us know. Perhaps six >>children in your ancestors family died on yellow fever within a few weeks >>or in the same year. I am sure the 1833 Chlorea epidemic in Columbus must >>have effected the people in Fairfield County. >>> >>> >>> Many of the canal workers died on Malaria here in Fairfield County. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com >>> >>> <smaller>List Adminstrator of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing >>> List</smaller>: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >>> >>> <smaller>Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage</smaller>: >>> http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org >>> >>> <smaller>or Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page: >>> </smaller>http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html >>> >>> My FCO Fam: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz, Foltz, Quickel, Anspach, >>> Spohn >>> >>> <smaller>Library & Church Archive links</smaller>: >>> http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/liblinks >>> John May http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/a/y/John-May/

I was wondering if there might have been some kind of epidemic in Berne Township around 1860-61. Two members of the Phillips family, ages 8 and 13, died within a month of each other in Oct/Nov 1861. They are buried in the Old Catholic/Phillips cemetery. Another family named McGaughey lost four children, ages 2-15, within a week of each other. They are buried in the same cemetery. There are a few other folks in this cemetery who died around this time. Would the newspapers have reported something like this? Sheila Rider North Carolina -----Original Message----- From: Amy Johnson Crow <ajcrow@ix.netcom.com> To: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com <OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com>; Carol Swinehart <cshart@greenapple.com> Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 8:01 PM Subject: Re: Epidemics throughout history >Here's two Fairfield Co epidemics listed in Graham's 1883 "History of >Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio" -- > >Lancaster, 1823 -- typhoid (described as affecting everyone in the village >of Lancaster except for Frederick Foster and Christian Weaver). > >East Lancaster, August 1850 -- Cholera. Originated in Columbus and spread >by a traveller from there. Thrity people died in two weeks. > >I didn't see any mention of Perry Co epidemics, but will post them if I do. >Hope this helps :-) > >Amy > >---------- >> From: Carol Swinehart <cshart@greenapple.com> >> To: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Epidemics throughout history >> Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 6:08 PM >> >> Originally from: >> >> >Donna Ristenbatt >> >> >der@redrose.net >> >> >http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy >> >> >To: Dutch-Colonies@rootsweb.com >> >> >Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 16:25:04 -500 >> >> >Subject: Possible Reasons for Disappearing Ancestors >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> "In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors >disappeared >> >> >> during a certain period in history, this might help. Epidemics have >always >> >> >> had a great influence on people - and thus influencing, as well, the >> >> >> genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing >from >> >> >> records can be traced to dying during an epidemic or moving away from >the >> >> >> affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are >listed >> >> >> below. >> >> >> >> >> >> 1657 Boston: Measles >> >> >> 1687 Boston: Measles >> >> >> 1690 New York: Yellow Fever >> >> >> 1713 Boston: Measles >> >> >> 1729 Boston: Measles >> >> >> 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza >> >> >> 1738 South Carolina: Smallpox >> >> >> 1739-40 Boston: Measles >> >> >> 1747 Conn, NY, PA & SC: Measles >> >> >> 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles >> >> >> 1761 North America & West Indies: Influenza >> >> >> 1772 North America: Measles >> >> >> 1775 North America (especially hard in New England): >Epidem(unknown) >> >> >> 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) >> >> >> 1788 Philadelphia & NY: Measles >> >> >> 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" >> >> >> 1793 Virginia: Influenza (killed 500 people in 5 counties in 4 >weeks) >> >> >> 1793 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) >> >> >> 1783* Delaware (Dover) "extremely fatal" bilious disorder >> >> >> 1793 Pennsylvania (Harrisburg & Middletown) many unexplained >deaths >> >> >> 1794 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever >> >> >> 1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever >> >> >> 1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) >> >> >> 1803 New York: Yellow Fever >> >> >> 1820-23 Nationwide: "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & >spreads) >> >> >> 1831-32 Nationwide: Asiatic Cholera (brought by English emigrants) >> >> >> 1832 New York & other major cities: Cholera >> >> >> 1837 Philadelphia: Typhus >> >> >> 1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South) >> >> >> 1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever >> >> >> 1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza >> >> >> 1848-49 North America: Cholera >> >> >> 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever >> >> >> 1850-51 North America: Influenza >> >> >> 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans 8,000 die in summer) >> >> >> 1855 Nationwide (many parts) Yellow Fever >> >> >> 1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics) >> >> >> 1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox >> >> >> 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis & >> >> >> Washington DC: A series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, >> >> >> Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever >> >> >> 1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza >> >> >> 1878 New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease) >> >> >> 1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid >> >> >> 1886 Jacksonville, FL: Yellow Fever >> >> >> 1918 Worldwide: Influenza (high point year) More people >> >> >> hospitalized in World War I from Influenza than wounds. US >Army >> >> >> training camps became death camps - with 80% death rate in >some camps. >> >> >> >> >> >> Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: >> >> >> 1833 Columbus, OH >> >> >> 1834 New York City >> >> >> 1849 New York >> >> >> 1851 Coles Co, IL >> >> >> 1851 The Great Plains >> >> >> 1851 Missouri >> >> >> Thought you all would be interested in this information. If you know of >epidemics that occurred in Fairfield County - let us know. Perhaps six >children in your ancestors family died on yellow fever within a few weeks >or in the same year. I am sure the 1833 Chlorea epidemic in Columbus must >have effected the people in Fairfield County. >> >> >> Many of the canal workers died on Malaria here in Fairfield County. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Carol Swinehart cshart@greenapple.com >> >> <smaller>List Adminstrator of Fairfield County, Ohio Mailing >> List</smaller>: OHFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >> >> <smaller>Stop by the Fairfield County,Ohio Webpage</smaller>: >> http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org >> >> <smaller>or Fairfield County, Ohio GenWeb page: >> </smaller>http://www.greenapple.com/~ksmith/que.html >> >> My FCO Fam: Swinehart, Homrighouser, Betz, Foltz, Quickel, Anspach, >> Spohn >> >> <smaller>Library & Church Archive links</smaller>: >> http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/liblinks >>

Hi, As a new subscriber to this list, I would like to introduce myself and contribute some early s. Fairfield county information. I received Carol Swineheart's invitation to subscribe to OHFAIRFI-L back in October when I was oh-so-busy and I tucked it into a to-do file and into the back of my mind. Seems like only yesterday, but I've let all these months pass, and I am sorry. I am Lynn Scheu, and I am a former resident of Fairfield County, as is my husband Richard. We now live in Louisville, KY. I was born in Fairfield County, and at least one branch of my family, the Hedges, has been there since 1806 or earlier. I am a descendant of Mary Dern Hedges Rice Wolf, and her first husband, Caleb Hedges Sr. Caleb Hedges Jr. was their only child, born in 1789, in Maryland a posthumous child, after the death of Caleb Sr. in a tree cutting accident in Maryland in 1788 or 1789. After the death of Caleb Hedges Sr., Mary Dern married William Rice, and subsequently Valentine Wolfe. Mary Dern and Valentine Wolf and all her offspring by her three marriages came into Fairfield County at some date that is not known for sure. What I know about their entry is the substance of my introductory note to you since it deals with Fairfield County history and genealogy. It may be old news to many of you, but I hope it is of interest to some. Hedges researchers seemed to invariably put the entry of the Hedges/Rice/Wolf party into Ohio at between 1812 and 1815. Browsing one day in Charlie Goslin's Crossroads and Fencecorners, I happened on mention of Valentine Wolf in a section on the settling of Madison Twp. which brought me much closer to the truth about their date of entry into Ohio. It seems that Madison Twp was formed in 1812 by a division of Clearcreek Twp. "The house of Valentine Wolf was selected to hold the first election." (At this time newly formed Madison Twp. also included the land that is now Perry Twp. Perry Twp. was a part of Fairfield County until 1850 when it was ceded to Hocking County to make up for land Hocking County lost in the formation of Vinton County.) I believe it was partly this record of Valentine Wolf in the year 1812 that led to the 1812 date assigned to the entrance of the Hedges/Rice/Wolf party into Ohio. However, Goslin goes on to say, "Among those who were first to settle in Madison Township were Martin Landis, Isaac and Abraham Shaeffer, William Wiley, John and Robert Young, Valentine Wolf and many others. These were personal tax payers in 1806 of what is now Madison Township. Of these, only Abraham Shaeffer and John Young had received their patents by that year...[There follows a detailing of who received their patents when.]...Valentine Wolf did not receive his land patent for Section 21 until 1812, the year his house was selkected to hold the first election of Madison Township." This clears up in my mind the rest of the mystery of the insistence that the Hedges came to Ohio in 1812. That was the year the land patents finally came though. But it seems, from what Charles Goslin says, that the patent system then was running a bit behind! Probably because there were so many applications. It took Valentine and Mary over 6 years to receive their patent to section 21 of Madison Twp! It arrived the year their home was used as the site of the first Madison Twp. election. My 3rd great grandfather Caleb (b.4 Mar 1789 Frederick Co. MD) was a teenager at the time of the westward emigration from Maryland. On April 7, 1814 he married Mary Clellan (Clelan, Chelan, also known as Polly Creager or Creagher, Kreger, Cregar, Kreager, etc.)in Fairfield Co. and purchased 160 acres, just two sections south of Mary Dern and Valentine Wolfe, in what is today (since 1850) the northwest part of Perry Twp of Hocking County, but was then part of Madison Twp, Fairfield Co. (To purchase this farm he probably used a bequest from his grandfather, Peter Hedges, b. 1719, New Castle Co., DE. d. bef. 1791, Frederick Co. MD) Caleb Jr.was a successful farmer, a cooper by trade, and a stock raiser, and he built a fine farm and house on his acreage. He raised a family of 10 children, many of whom moved to Union and Delaware Counties on maturity. One son, Caleb Hedges III, moved to Illinois and on to Kansas. The youngest son, Amos, stayed around on the family farm to marry Sarah Jane Morgan and become my great great grandfather. Caleb and Mary are buried in the Bethany Church cemetery in nw Perry Twp, as are Mary Dern and Valentine Wolf. Mary Dern's stone has fallen and I can't find it anymore, but Wolf's in in excellent preservation. Caleb and Mary's stele is under the cedar tree in the front of the cemetery, left of the church. The land for this church and cemetery was, according to family tradition, given for that purpose by Caleb's youngest son, Amos Hedges, who also "helped make the bricks to construct Bethany Church in Bill Young's brickyard." I wondered if that was true, but when I saw the 1876 Atlas of Hocking County, I could see that Amos' land was only 157 acres, because Bethany Church had certainly been carved from the northern boundary of his acreage. And a W. R Young's brickyard was just a short distance north of the church. I have a great deal more information about these families, and some of the families they have intermarried with: Morgan and Wheeler, Bigham, Creiglow and others. I would be very interested in any information about the Creager family. Mary Creager or Clellan was said to be the "half sister of Jonathan Creager who used to live south of the crossroads in the old Ridge School District." I think this is in s. Amanda Twp. I feel certain this family came from Maryland too, as there is a Creagherstown (as well as a Wolfsville) in the Frederick area of MD that the Hedges came from. Another family I would be interested to learn more of is the Woodard family as there is a connection. Information about Madison Twp in the early days would also be quite welcome. And I'd be interested to hear anything about the Bethany Church in Perry Twp., Hocking County. I would be delighted to share any information that I have. Sincerely, Lynn McLaughlin Scheu