Julia A. (Heaton)Krutilla wrote: > > Hello All, > > Noticed Sue's mention of towns in Jeff. Co., OH which no longer exists. > > I remember back around 1994, the late Judy Dobzinski of the Ohio Room at > Schiappa was collecting the registered towns and plot maps which appear > in the Jeff. Co., OH's early deed books. Many wonderfully named towns, > some later changing names, which Judy was going to put in book form for > reference in the Ohio Room. > > Example: > > In Deed Book E, pg 405, list a Ausburn with 40 lots, dated November > 29th, 1815 founded by a John Hammond. > > And later in Deed book G, pg. 428, dated 10 April 1820, Mr. Hammond > comes before the Court of Common Pleas and files his petition, > > "praying to have said Town of Ausburn vacated, in the words and figures > following . . . . (he) purchased back all the said certificates and gave > notice in the Western Herald and Steubenville Gazette, in the said town > of Ausburn and on the court house doors in Steubenville according to > law." > > Unless you were a Bezeleel Wells or someone of fame, many of these towns > did not survive. Or perhaps lack of a good water supply or roads > leading to town pronounced doom for these forgotten haunts. Those deed > books on microfilm are filled with these lost towns all around our > country. > > Don't forget to submit your "found and lost towns" to the OH GEN WEB > site who is requesting such material. And provide them a Deed Book and > page. And I'm interested as well in listing them on the JCC OGS site if > they pertain to Jefferson Co., OH. > > Julia Krutilla > fkrutill@weir.net Julia and All The names of Wells and Hammond appear on the 1870 map of East Springfield near the S. Davidson land. Would these men be the Bezeleel Wells and Hammond from back then? According to family history our William Davidson travelled with Hammond and Wells to Jefferson County in 1806. Kay