Since I just found out that my g-grandfather was born in Chillicothe and had some Indian ties can anyone give dates for these locations. LINDA At 04:27 PM 5/3/98 -0700, Janice Simmons wrote: >According to Allen Eckert in "The Frontiersmen", reference notes: >There has always been some degree of confusion in regard to the location >of the Shawnee village Chillicothe, mainly because five different >Shawnee towns went by this name in Ohio. The principal town of each >Shawnee sept (or clan) was named after the sept. When such a sept moved >to a new location, the town it built was known by the same name. The >particular Shawnee town in questioner here was the fourth of five >Shawnee villages to be so designed after the Chalahgawtha sept. It was >near the junction of Massie' s Creek and the Little Miami River, three >miles north of the present county seat, Xenia. The other four >Chillicothes were: (1) on the side of the present city of Piqua; (2) >near the village of Westfall, four miles down the west bank of the >Scioto River from present Circleville; (3) on the side of present >Hopetown, three miles north of present Chillicothe in Ross County; and >(4) on the north fork of Paint Creek ten miles northwest of present >Chillicothe on the site of present Frankfort. > >Hope this clears up the confusion, >Janice > > > >==== Scioto-Valley-OH Mailing List ==== >Remember to include the five basic items: WHO (complete name), WHAT (are you seeking?), >WHERE (did these folks live?), WHEN (did these folks live?) and HOW (can we reach you?). >SCIOTO-VALLEY-OH-L@rootsweb.com > >