>From Brown's "History of Hancock County" 1886: Page 208 early settlers of the county. Samuel SARGENT was the second settler of Big Lick (Township).....though JOHN LONG and son, ROBERT, came in from Amanda (Township) the same year, having settled in the latter subdivision in 1826." Page 267, early Hancock County courts. " The next session (of the court began April 24, 1829.... the following grand jurors were impaneled at this term: ROBERT LONG ..... Page 368, telling about Big Lick Township. "Big Lick received its name from the Sulphur Springs, or Deer Lick, on the farm of ROBERT LONG, in Section 21, a noted resort of hunters throughout the pioneer days and familiarly known as "the Big Lick." Here the hunter, perched in one of the trees close by, patiently awaited until the shades of evening brought forth his unsuspecting game. The deer would then leave their hiding places and steal through the forest to the lick, and while quietly enjoying the feast would be shot down by the hidden foe. Many deer were killed at this lick by Mr. LONG and other well-known hunters during the earlier years of the county's history, while from time immemorial the Indian sportsman pitched his wigwam in the vicinity of this celebrated spot, where his stock of venison could be replenished without much exertion." Page 370, early settlers of Big Lick Township. "The family of JOHN LONG was the third to locate here, coming to the county in the fall of 1826. They first "squatted" in Amanda Township, thence removed to the south part of Big Lick, and subsequently settled on the west half of the northeast quarter of Section 21, which was entered by JOHN LONG, in November 1829. JOHN and ISABELLA LONG were natives of Pennsylvania, and removed to Kentucky, where ROBERT was born in February 1801. From Kentucky they came to Fairfield County, Ohio, and thence finally to this township. JOHN and ROBERT voted at the first election for township offices in April, 1831. The parents died in this township many years ago, the father in 1835, and ROBERT and JEPHTHA are the only survivors of their nine children. ROBERT LONG was in his twenty-sixth year when his father came to this county, and, in 1832, married POLLY, daughter of PHIL ESSEX, and she bore him four children, one of whom survives. Mrs. LONG died in 1840 and he was afterward married to MARY GRAHAM, a daughter of JOHN GRAHAM, who came to the township in 1833. Of this union, seven children were born, five of whom are living. The mother died August 6, 1879. Mr. LONG was a noted hunter during his more youthful days, and he loves to recount stories of the chase, when Indians roamed the forest, and the larger wild animals were more plentiful than domestic stock. Upon his farm was located the celebrated "Big Lick," from which the township derives its names. In a tree close by, a part of which is yet standing, Mr. LONG constructed a seat from which he comfortably waited the coming of the deer to enjoy their nightly feast, when he easily enjoyed a choice venison. During one of those silent watches a negro pitched his camp close to the lick, and supposing that he too had come to secure a deer, Mr. LONG concluded to try and scare him away. He began imitating the Indian whoop, and the negro at once fled through the forest toward Findlay, where he afterward died from the effects of his overexertion. Mr. LONG did not expect such a serious result from his ruse to protect his game preserve, and very much regretted the poor fellow's death. He is now (July 1885) in his eighty-fifth year, and shows the ravages time has made on this once-rugged frame,"