Colter's were living in the Buffalo area of Putnam Co as far back as 1859 that I know of. Priscella Coulter age 18 b. Monroe Co. Ohio d/o William & Anne Coulter wed Feb. 3, 1859 James Harrison age 22 b. Mason Co. s/o Josiah C. & Frances Harrison David W. Coulter age 23 b. Monroe Co. Ohio wed Sept 29, 1881 Mary S. Persinger age 24 b. Allegheny Co. VA (ref. Putnam Co Marriages 1848 - 1882) David W. Coulter is treasurer of the Dunlap Chapel Church on 18 Mile Creek in Oct. of 1877. (ref. Putnam Co. History Vol II) William & Anne Coulter are in the 1880 Putnam Co Census with a grandaughter. Mary V. Harrison age 20. Eighteen Mile Creek Road ends near Buffalo. It begins near Liberty, not far from the Jackson Co. line. Named Eighteen Mile Creek not because of it's length (which by the way is over 18 miles) but because it is located 18 miles from the mouth of the Kanawha River where it meets the Ohio. So it is not a small area that the census taker may have missed, although he could have missed one of the hollows that branch off of the Eighteen. In a message dated 5/13/03 8:57:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, seek4fam@earthlink.net writes: > I'm using Ancestry.com, but thought maybe someone with a different index > might have something that might help - or something I've not tried. > > I just had a breakthrough and found ancestors in the 1830 census. The > census taker had written in the margin, Eighteen Mile Road. I've looked in > the 1920 census, and can't find any of the people on this page. Is it > possible that this is one of those hollows that the 1920 census taker > didn't go into? I didn't know if anyone was familiar with the lay out or > not. > > The family I found: > David M. Colter Head 53 > Betha Wife 33 > John A Son 11 > > This was a great find because I had little information on John A, so I > wasn't sure when he was born. The family spells the name COULTER now, so > not sure why this was spelled like this. Also, the death certificate has > Beethe instead of Betha. > >