I don't know why I thought these dozen pages I have were Beers, they are Wm Wolfe. He was supertendent of Guernsey Co. schools 1914-1935, and published Stories of Guernsey Co 1945. I only have the pages on Washington Twp. and will post some excerpts from it. Wolfe says the first 8 years of records for Washington Twp were lost, so begins with an election held 4 Apr 1831. John Vance, Basil Longsworth & Edward Jack - trustees Edward Daughtery - clerk George Anderson - treasurer David Buchanan - constable Robert Vance & James Dwiggens- fence viewers James Scott & Sylvester Dwiggens - overseers of the poor William Myers, Aaron Hughes & Jesse Wilson - land appraisers Early Settlers: Levi Williams, Robert Carnes, James Anderson in that order. Robert Vance, Jr from PA 1825, Basil Longsworth from MD 1826, John D. Harding MD, Lewis B. Kingsbury England, George Frazier, Otho Brashear (surveyor), Wm Scott (4 yrs state senate 1835-36 & 1839-40) James Reed, Jefferson Co., OH, Joseph Smith & Louis Edwards, who were prominent in organizing the church. Old Folks of 1876 - list of those who lived here about 70 yrs John Allison, Mary Burris, Mrs. Otho Brashear, Miss Edinburn, Mrs. Nancy Frazier, Jonah George, James Hastings, Mrs. Wm Hastings, Edward Logan, Mrs. Edward Logan, Mrs. James Logan, Louis Myers, Mrs. Finley McGrew (Sarah J. Engle), Mrs. Rbt Maxwell, Sol Shers, Mrs. W. Smith, Mrs. P. Smith, Benjamin Temple, Mrs. Benjamin Temple, Robert Vance, Mrs. Robert Vance & John Williams. Samuel Hedges was the owner of the only tavern, located near Tuscarawas County line. 1860's Christopher Hartman had a grocery store where the Divide post office was later. He went out of business abt 1870, no store until 1888 at Sligo by Aaron Stevens and later J. T. Daughterty & T. M Grimsley - closed pre 1945. Methodist/Episcople Church located on Rbt Vance, Sr. land abt 1835. Members were the families of: Rbt Vance, John Dwiggens, John Daughterty, & Lewis Kingsbury. Closed early 1860's - members joined at Atrim & Birmingham churches. He mentions there were Methodist Protestants and United Brethren, but doesn't give any details in these pages on UB. First white children born here: Levi Williams b. 1777 near Winchester, Shenandoah Valley, VA came to Belmont Co. 1796 to work on Zane's Trace. 1799 m. Hannah Lemon and went to where Old Washington is now. Soon moved to Washington Twp, where son John was born 8 Mar 1806. John taught for awhile, farmed - buried Pleasant Hill Cem. Katy Conner b. 25 Mar 1805 in Westland Twp. Her father, John Reasoner b. Westmoreland Co., PA 1774 m. Elizabeth Wilson Thompson 1798 moved OH 1803. They were 5th to settle b/t Cambridge & Zanesville. Peter Reasoner, was John's father. James Kennon - Birth claim 1806, Oxford Twp. Alexander Campbell from Winchester, VA arrived Oxford, followed by John Kennon who stayed briefly with Campbell. Pleasant Hill Methodist-Protestant Church organized at the home of John Ripley 1829 by Wm B. Evans, first pastor. Moved to the log school house until 1834. Families who attended here: Hastings, Bears, Longworths, Davidsons, Drydens, Hicksons, Hickmans, Millers, Spears, Ripleys, Brumleys and Daughtertys. In 1834 they built a church of log.