I don't know where to find a map on-line, but in the Guernsey County OH Common Pleas Court Records 1822-1824 Minute Book C, page 79, as posted to this list on 28 July 2000, comes this information: "March 1823 - On application to the court, a new township has been set off by the name of Liberty. " In the book, Portrait and Biographical Record of Guernsey County, Ohio", published 1895, page 524 states, "The Commissioners' journal does not show when Liberty Township was organized; but on April 8, 1819 it was ordered that the south row of sections in the third township and third range be stricken off Wheeling Township and attached to Cambridge (Twp.). The organization of Liberty (Twp) must have taken place some time between the date last named and the 3d (sic) of December, 1822, as on the latter date it was ordered that the south row of sections in the fourth township and third range be stricken from Wheeling (Twp) and attached to Liberty Township." In the same book, page 526 states, "Naphthali Luccock was the first Postmaster and also the first Justice of the Peace. The township of Liberty was orgainzed in 1820. The first teacher..." Possibilities explaining this apparent conflict of dates include: 1)The book may contain a typo in the date as I have identified other typos. 2)Another possibility could be the difference between when a township was erected (formed) and when it was organized (began functioning, e.g., operating). That info would be in a number of books, so maybe someone else can provide that. 3) Yet another possibility, and the one that appears to be most logical to me, is that the book's author erred when he suggested that Liberty Twp. was formed between 1819 and 1822. More likely is the scenario that the Commissioners authorized the formation of the township in December 1822 and the Court of Common Pleas recorded and authorized the new township to begin operating in March 1823. Good luck in your hunt! Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Helm" <helm@fionn.es.net> To: <OHGUERNS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [OHGUERNS] Does anyone know where I can find a map of OLD Guernsey County > Dawnraynn1@aol.com writes: > > Does anyone know where I can find a map online of the Guernsey County which > > includes Liberty Township. I am trying to figure out where the town was > > That reminds me. There's a funny note in Wolfe about Madison > TWP, where he says the township was once much larger (it's not > 6 x 6 today, more like 5 x 5 mi). > > Does anyone know of a map that shows county geography in the > early days or mid 19th century? What the section numbers would > be in the various townships? Any advice appreciated. >