I was raised in Rootstown, my parents are still living and may be able to remember some people from the 50's thru 70's especially, maybe earlier. LIsa ----- Original Message ----- From: John Maylone To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) I too am interested in Rootstown. I have a "brick wall" gg-grandmother who was born there circa 1863. (Alice Maria Carter) John Maylone Tollhouse, California On 12/5/03 12:03 PM, "Carole" <twcldyke@eoni.com> wrote: > Hi, > My ancestors settled in Rootstown, Portage County. Does anyone have people > in this town? Or do you have any history on it? > Thanks, > Carole > > From: "Marci" <Walden2962@NEO.RR.COM> > To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:42 AM > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > > >> Deerfield, Diamond, are in Palmyre Township. >> Then there are towns Edinburg, Paris is a part of these townd a small part >> of Ravenna, Charlestown, Diamond. >> It is very confusing. To keep track of the towns and cities her. >> Hope this help. If I had my book I could tell you more. >> Black Horse is just called that because of the bar but is actually >> Ravenna/Kent line >> Marci >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "jsfrmr" <jsfrmr@hotmail.com> >> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:59 PM >> Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county >> >> >>> Really? I could tell you a story about the Blackhorse Tavern. If it's >> true, >>> it might hurt the feelings of good, decent living persons. If it isn't >> true, >>> it ought to hurt no one ... >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "B&B" <graynag@apk.net> >>> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:55 PM >>> Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county >>> >>> >>>> with a outside john lol >>>> >>>> >>>> jsfrmr wrote: >>>>> Regarding Blackhorse, there's a tavern there on Rt 59, it's been > there >>> (I >>>>> think) since stagecoach days and until recently (I think) was a >>> functioning >>>>> boozer. Imagine a stagecoach stopping at the sign of the black >>>>> horse--perhaps that's how the village got its name. >>>>> >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: <SpruceGuy@aol.com> >>>>> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:01 PM >>>>> Subject: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I was driving through Ravenna yesterday and saw a sign that said >>>>> >>>>> Blackhorse. >>>>> >>>>>> I'm assuming that Blackhorse is a little town there right outside of >>>>> >>>>> Ravenna. >>>>> >>>>>> I'm aware of other ones in Portage county, such as Sugar Bush > Knolls >>>>> >>>>> right >>>>> >>>>>> outside of Streetsboro. The Record Courier just had an article in >>>>> >>>>> Sunday's >>>>> >>>>>> paper about Yale, which is near Deerfield, Edinburg and Palmyra. >> There >>>>> >>>>> are >>>>> >>>>>> others, I'm sure. I guess I'm wondering what are these towns, >> exactly? >>>>> >>>>> Are they >>>>> >>>>>> officially recognized as towns? What are they classified as? If >>> someone >>>>> >>>>> lives >>>>> >>>>>> in the area known as Blackhorse, are they considered to be from >> Ravenna >>> or >>>>>> Blackhorse? What is the history behind these little towns? What >> other >>>>> >>>>> ones are >>>>> >>>>>> there in Portage county? >>>>>> >>>>>> A similar question is this: what is the difference between a > township >>> and >>>>> >>>>> a >>>>> >>>>>> village? Isn't there a Ravenna township and just a regular Ravenna? >>>>> >>>>> Other >>>>> >>>>>> cities have a village and a township, but both have the same name. > I >>> know >>>>> >>>>> that >>>>> >>>>>> Burton, in Geauga county has a Burton village and Burton township (I >>>>> >>>>> think, at >>>>> >>>>>> least). >>>>>> >>>>>> Just something I've always wondered . . . >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== >>>>>> Web page with info for this list - >>>>> >>>>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html >>>>> >>>>>> ============================== >>>>>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>> records, >>>>> >>>>> go to: >>>>> >>>>>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== >>>>> Web page with info for this list - >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html >>>>> >>>>> ============================== >>>>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>> records, go to: >>>>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== >>>> Web page with info for this list - >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html >>>> >>>> ============================== >>>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >> records, >>> go to: >>>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== >>> Web page with info for this list - >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html >>> >>> ============================== >>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, >> go to: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >> >> >> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== >> Web page with info for this list - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > Web page with info for this list - > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
Lisa, Many of the Riedingers are still in Ohio, some in Portage Co. I correspond with my fifth cousin who I met researching genealogy on the internet. Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa G." <lmg@hci.net> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) > I was raised in Rootstown, my parents are still living and may be able to remember some people from the 50's thru 70's especially, maybe earlier. LIsa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Maylone > To: OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:18 PM > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county (Rootstown) > > > > I too am interested in Rootstown. I have a "brick wall" gg-grandmother who > was born there circa 1863. (Alice Maria Carter) > > > John Maylone > Tollhouse, California > > > > > > On 12/5/03 12:03 PM, "Carole" <twcldyke@eoni.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > My ancestors settled in Rootstown, Portage County. Does anyone have people > > in this town? Or do you have any history on it? > > Thanks, > > Carole > > > > From: "Marci" <Walden2962@NEO.RR.COM> > > To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:42 AM > > Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > > > > > >> Deerfield, Diamond, are in Palmyre Township. > >> Then there are towns Edinburg, Paris is a part of these townd a small part > >> of Ravenna, Charlestown, Diamond. > >> It is very confusing. To keep track of the towns and cities her. > >> Hope this help. If I had my book I could tell you more. > >> Black Horse is just called that because of the bar but is actually > >> Ravenna/Kent line > >> Marci > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "jsfrmr" <jsfrmr@hotmail.com> > >> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:59 PM > >> Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > >> > >> > >>> Really? I could tell you a story about the Blackhorse Tavern. If it's > >> true, > >>> it might hurt the feelings of good, decent living persons. If it isn't > >> true, > >>> it ought to hurt no one ... > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "B&B" <graynag@apk.net> > >>> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:55 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > >>> > >>> > >>>> with a outside john lol > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> jsfrmr wrote: > >>>>> Regarding Blackhorse, there's a tavern there on Rt 59, it's been > > there > >>> (I > >>>>> think) since stagecoach days and until recently (I think) was a > >>> functioning > >>>>> boozer. Imagine a stagecoach stopping at the sign of the black > >>>>> horse--perhaps that's how the village got its name. > >>>>> > >>>>> Jeff > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> From: <SpruceGuy@aol.com> > >>>>> To: <OHPORTAG-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:01 PM > >>>>> Subject: [OHPort'ge] The little towns in Portage county > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> I was driving through Ravenna yesterday and saw a sign that said > >>>>> > >>>>> Blackhorse. > >>>>> > >>>>>> I'm assuming that Blackhorse is a little town there right outside of > >>>>> > >>>>> Ravenna. > >>>>> > >>>>>> I'm aware of other ones in Portage county, such as Sugar Bush > > Knolls > >>>>> > >>>>> right > >>>>> > >>>>>> outside of Streetsboro. The Record Courier just had an article in > >>>>> > >>>>> Sunday's > >>>>> > >>>>>> paper about Yale, which is near Deerfield, Edinburg and Palmyra. > >> There > >>>>> > >>>>> are > >>>>> > >>>>>> others, I'm sure. I guess I'm wondering what are these towns, > >> exactly? > >>>>> > >>>>> Are they > >>>>> > >>>>>> officially recognized as towns? What are they classified as? If > >>> someone > >>>>> > >>>>> lives > >>>>> > >>>>>> in the area known as Blackhorse, are they considered to be from > >> Ravenna > >>> or > >>>>>> Blackhorse? What is the history behind these little towns? What > >> other > >>>>> > >>>>> ones are > >>>>> > >>>>>> there in Portage county? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> A similar question is this: what is the difference between a > > township > >>> and > >>>>> > >>>>> a > >>>>> > >>>>>> village? Isn't there a Ravenna township and just a regular Ravenna? > >>>>> > >>>>> Other > >>>>> > >>>>>> cities have a village and a township, but both have the same name. > > I > >>> know > >>>>> > >>>>> that > >>>>> > >>>>>> Burton, in Geauga county has a Burton village and Burton township (I > >>>>> > >>>>> think, at > >>>>> > >>>>>> least). > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Just something I've always wondered . . . > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Brian > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > >>>>>> Web page with info for this list - > >>>>> > >>>>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > >>>>> > >>>>>> ============================== > >>>>>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >>> records, > >>>>> > >>>>> go to: > >>>>> > >>>>>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > >>>>> Web page with info for this list - > >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > >>>>> > >>>>> ============================== > >>>>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >>> records, go to: > >>>>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > >>>> Web page with info for this list - > >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > >>>> > >>>> ============================== > >>>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >> records, > >>> go to: > >>>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > >>> Web page with info for this list - > >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > >>> > >>> ============================== > >>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, > >> go to: > >>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>> > >> > >> > >> ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > >> Web page with info for this list - > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > >> > >> ============================== > >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go to: > >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > > Web page with info for this list - > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== OHPORTAG Mailing List ==== > Web page with info for this list - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/portage.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >