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    1. Bacon Ridge Cemetery
    2. Thomas M. Bay
    3. Sorting through early messages, I noted reference to Bacon Ridge Cemetery. I'm wondering if there is a listing of those who may be buried there. I'm searching for Thomas Bay and wife, Charity (Bruce); Tom died in 1821. They had moved from Smith Twp., Washington County in 1802 or so. Some references include: 1803 - From "20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio", Doyle, 1910: Page 456 - Knox Twp. "On April 4, 1803, sixty four voters being present, an election was held...trustees...Thomas Bay (who was with Williamson at Gnadenhutten, and a squatter on Yellow Creek territory in 1785)...." 1804 - And Bacon Ridge Cemetery, Ross Twp., Jefferson County: First members (of a Presbyterian Church founded in 1804) ...Thomas Bay.... Page 531: Ross Twp. Among the first permanent settlers (1798-1813) were...Thomas Bay, a participant in the Gnadenhutten tragedy.... Page 534: Richmond Church...original members...Thomas Bay. 1806 - From "Ohio Lands - Steubenville Land Office - 1800-1820 (Carol Willsey Bell at OHS) - November 27, 1806 (#2572) Thomas Bay, of Jefferson County, OH, entered land in Jefferson County, Ohio - Township 11, Range 3, Section 33 on Yellow Creek southwest of Wellsville. >From "History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio": "The first Permanent settlers were:...Thomas Bay..."

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