TOWNSHIPS	WHEN ORGANIZED	WHEN SETTLED
1.	Licking	1801 in Fairfield County	1801
2.	Granville	1807 "  "	1801
3.	Hanover	1808	1801
4.	Bowling Green	1808	1802
5.	Union	1808	1800
6.	Newton	1809	1803
7.	Newark	1810	1801
8.	Madison	1812	1798
9.	Monroe	1812	1806
10.

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	TOWNSHIPS	WHEN ORGANIZED	WHEN SETTLED
10.	Washington	1812	1808
11.	Franklin	1812	1805
12.	St. Albans	1813	1807
13.	Hopewell	1814	1806
14.	Bennington	1815	1809
15.	Harrison	1816	1806
16.	Burlington	1817	1806
17.	Mary Ann	1817	1809
18.	McKean	1818	1806
19.	Hartford	1819	1812
20.	Perry	1819	1810
21.	Jersey	1820	1815
22.	Eden	1822	1813
23.	Fallsbury	1826	1818
24	Liberty	1827	1821
25.	Lima	1827	1805
26.	Etna	1833	1815

 

CITY AND VILLAGE POPULATION

     Population of the City of Newark, and the Towns and Villages of Licking County, according to the Census of 1870, given in order of their numbers.

Newark	6698
Granville	1109
Hebron	478
Pataskala, (first called Conine)	462
Jackson	438
Utica, (first called Wilmington,)	384
Brownsville	384
Hanover	322
Alexandria	303
Kirkersville	295
Etna, (first called Carthage)	258
Johnstown	241
Hartford	229
Homer, (first called Burlington)	226
Columbia, (sometimes called Columbus Center)	205
St. Louisville	166
Chatham, (first called Harrisburg)	156
Gratiot, (Licking County's portion)	154

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Elizabethtown	113
Jersey	101
Linnville	100
Fredonia	99
Vanattasburg	70
Appleton	56
Luray	55
Total	13,102

     N. B. - Amsterdam, Toboso, Wagram, New Way, Fallsburg, Boston, Moscow, Sylvania, Summit Station, Union Station and perhaps other villages were not separately enumerated, but were included in the total population.

TOWNS	WHEN LAID OUT	AND BY WHOM
*Newark	1802	W. C. Schenck, J. N. Cummings and J. Burnet
Granville	1806	Licking Land Company
Johnstown	1813	Henry Bigelow
Utica	1814	Major William Robertson
Homer	1816	John Chonner
Hartford	1824	Ezekiel Wells and Elijah Durfey
Hebron	1827	John W. Smith
Jackson	1829	Thomas Harris
Fredonia	1829	Spencer Arnold, David Wood, Jr., and S. Shaw
Gratiot	1829	Adam Smith
Brownville	1829	Adam Brown
Linnville	1829	Samuel Parr
Chatham	1829	John Waggoner
Elizabethtown	1829	Leroy, Beverly, Abner and Minerva Lemert
Lockport	1830	James Holmes and C. W. Searle
Moscow	1830	Daniel Green and William Green
Alexandria	1830	Alexander Devilbliss
Wagram	1831	(first called Cumberland) Jeremiah Armstrong
Appleton	1832	Titus Knox and Carey Mead
Etna	1832	Lyman Turill
Jersey	1832	L. Headley, W. Condit, E. Beecher and A. D. Pearson
Kirkersville	1832	William C. Kirker
Luray	1832	Adam Sane and Richard Porter

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TOWNS	WHEN LAID OUT	AND BY WHOM
Amsterdam	1834	George Barnes
Sylvania	1838	Jesse and Abraham Gosnell
St. Louisville	1840	John Evans
Columbia	1850	John Reese, Stephen Childs and Mark Richey
Pataskala	1851	Richard Conine
Hanover	1852	J. H. Hollister

Fairfield, Licking, New Winchester, Belfast, Exeter, Livingston, and Mount Hope are virtually extinct villages of Licking County.

TOWNSHIPS OF LICKING COUNTY	NUMBER OF INHABITANTS IN 1870	NAMES OF FIRST SETTLERS IN EACH	WHEN SETTLED
Bennington	907	Henry Iles	1809
Bowling Green	1042	Michael Thorn, F. Myer and N. Neff	1802
Burlington	1061	James Dunlap, C. Vanousdal and others	1806
Eden	782	W. Shannon, J. Oldaker and E. Brown	1813
Etna	1224	J. Williams, J. Crouch, Nelsons & Housers	1815
Fallsbury	865	David Bright	1818
Franklin	847	George Ernst, the Switzers and F. Feasel	1805
Granville	2127	John Jones, and Patrick Cunningham	1801
Hanover	1165	Philip Barrick	1801
Harrison	1242	Henry Drake	1806
Hartford	1017	Daniel Poppleton	1812
Hopewell	1009	W. Hull, I. Farmer, S. Pollock and others	1806
Jersey	1253	Joseph and Peter Headly and L. Martin	1815
Liberty	837	Rena Knight and others	1821
Licking	1288	P. Sutton, J. Rathbone & J. & G. Gillespie	1801
Lima	1642	__ Hatfield, David and John Herron	1805
Madison	959	Elias Hughes and John Ratliff	1798
Mary Ann	804	__ Bush, a Virginian	1809
McKean	990	John Price	1806
Monroe	1119	Geo. W. Evans, Chas. and Geo. Green	1806
Newark	7617	Samuel Parr and others	1801
Newton	1283	John Evans	1803
Perry	897	Samuel Hickerson and James Thrap	1810
St. Albans	1110	John Cook Herron	1807
Union	1855	John Van Buskir, the Ford's and others	1800
Washington	1252	Joseph Conard, John Lee and others	1808
	36,196

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OUR CONGRESSMEN.

     In order to make this as complete a history of Licking County as I can within reasonable limits, I propose to present, in tabular form, the names of the persons, with the titles of their offices and time of service in the various State and County Offices, so far as our County was identified with them,  beginning with the members of Congress who have represented districts of which Licking County formed a part.

Jeremiah Morrow	served	from	1803 to 1813
James Kilbourn	"	"	1813 to  1817
Philemon Beecher	"	"	1817 to 1821
Joseph Vance	"	"	1821 to 1823
William Wilson	"	"	1823 to 1827
William Stanbery	"	"	1827 to 1833
Robert Mitchell	"	"	1833 to 1835
Elias Howell	"	"	1835 to 1837
Alexander Harper	"	"	1837 to 1839
Jonathan Taylor	"	"	1839 to 1841
Joshua Mathiot	"	"	1841 to 1843
Heman A. Moore	"	"	1843 to 1844
Alfred P. Stone	"	"	1844 to 1845
Columbus Delano	"	"	1845 to 1847
Daniel Duncan	"	"	1847 to 1849
Charles Sweetser	"	"	1849 to 1853
Edson B. Olds	"	"	1853 to 1855
Samuel Galloway	"	"	1855 to 1857
Samuel S. Cox	"	"	1857 to 1863
John O'Neil	"	"	1863 to 1865
Columbus Delano	"	"	1865 to 1867
George W. Morgan	"	"	1867 to 1873
Milton I. Southard	"	"	1873 to 1876
OUR STATE SENATORS.
Robert F. Slaughter	served	from	1803 to 1805
Jacob Burton	"	"	1805 to 1806
Elnathan Schofield	"	"	1806 to 1810
Jacob Burton	"	"	1808 to 1810
William Trimble	"	"	1810 to 1812
Robert F. Slaughter	"	"	1810 to 1812
William Gavitt	"	"	1812 to 1814

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William Gass	served	from	1814 to 1815
William Gavitt	"	"	1815 to 1816
Mordecai Bartley	"	"	1816 to 1818
John Spencer	"	"	1818 to 1822
Jacob Catterlin	"	"	1822 to 1824
William Stanbery	"	"	1824 to 1826
William W. Gault	"	"	1826 to 1830
Elias Howell	"	"	1830 to 1832
Benjamin Briggs	"	"	1832 to 1833
Jonathan Taylor	"	"	1833 to 1836
William W. Gault	"	"	1836 to 1838
Richard Stadden	"	"	1838 to 1840
Burrill B. Taylor	"	"	1840 to 1842
James Parker	"	"	1842 to 1844
Willard Warner	"	"	1844 to 1846
Samuel Winegardner	"	"	1846 to 1848
Samuel Patterson	"	"	1848 to 1850
John C. Alward	"	"	1850 to 1854
Charles Follett	"	"	1854 to 1856
Daniel Gardner	"	"	1856 to 1858
William P. Reid	"	"	1858 to 1860
Thomas C. Jones	"	"	1860 to 1862
John A. Sinnett	"	"	1862 to 1864
James R. Stanbery	"	"	1864 to 1866
Willard Warner, Jr.,	"	"	1866 to 1868
Lewis Evans	"	"	1868 to 1870
James R. Hubbel	"	"	1870 to 1871
Early F. Poppleton	"	"	1871 to 1872
John B. Jones	"	"	1872 to 1874
William P. Reid	"	"	1874 to 1876
James W. Owens	"	"	1876 to ____
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
William Trimble	served in first Session of		1803
David Reese	"   "   "		1803
William Gass	" from second session of		1803 to 1805
Philemon Beecher	" from second session in		1803 to 1804
David Reese	" from "  "  "		1804 to 1805
Philemon Beecher	"  "		1805 to 1808
Robert Cloud	"  "		1805 to 1806

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William W. Irvin	served from	1806 to 1808
Alexander Holden	"  "	1808 to 1809
William Gass	"  "	1809 to 1810
Jeremiah R. Munson	"  "	1810 to 1811
William Gass	"  "	1811 to 1812
Edward Herrick	"  "	1812 to 1813
William Hains	"  "	1813 to 1814
John Spencer	"  "	1814 to 1817
William W. Gault	"  "	1817 to 1818
Anthony Pitzer	"  "	1818 to 1820
William W. Gault	"  "	1820 to 1822
Augustine Munson	"  "	1822 to 1824
Stephen C. Smith	"  "	1824 to 1825
Bradley Buckingham	"  "	1825 to 1826
Stephen C. Smith	"  "	1826 to 1827
William Hull	"  "	1827 to 1828
Jacob Baker	"  "	1828 to 1829
Benjamin Briggs	"  "	1829 to 1830
Bryant Thornhill	"  "	1830 to 1832
Jonathan Taylor	"  "	1832 to 1833
Samuel D. King	"  "	1833 to 1834
William Mitchell	"  "	1833 to 1835
John Yontz	"  "	1835 to 1837
John Stewart	"  "	1836 to 1838
Isaac Smucker	"  "	1837 to 1839
George H. Flood	"  "	1838 to 1840
Walter B. Morris	"  "	1839 to 1841
Elisha Warren	"  "	1840 to 1841
Jonathan Smith	"  "	1841 to 1842
Isaac Green	"  "	1841 to 1843
Phelps Humphrey	"  "	1842 to 1843
Samuel White	"  "	1843 to 1844
Daniel Duncan	"  "	1843 to 1844
Presley N. O'Banon	"  "	1844 to 1845
Seth S. Wright	"  "	1845 to 1846
E. L. Smith	"  "	1845 to 1846
Jonathan Smith	"  "	1846 to 1847
Robert Fristo	"  "	1847 to 1848
Robert B. Truman	"  "	1848 to 1849
Noah Reed	"  "	1849 to 1850
Richard H. Yates	"  "	1850 to 1854

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John Bell	served from	1852 to 1854
Alban Warthen	"  "	1854 to 1856
A. E. Rogers	"  "	1854 to 1856
John A. Sinnett	"  "	1856 to 1858
Charles B. Giffin	"  "	1856 to 1858
William B. Woods	"  "	1858 to 1862
William Parr	"  "	1858 to 1862
George B. Smythe	"  "	1862 to 1864
John H. Putnam	"  "	1864 to 1868
John F. Follett	"  "	1866 to 1870
William Parr	"  "	1868 to 1872
William Bell, Jr.	"  "	1872 to 1874
William D. Smith	"  "	1874 to 1876
MEMBERS OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Henry Abrams and Emanuel Carpenter in		1802
Lucius Case and Henry S. Manon in		1851 - 1852
William P. Kerr in Convention of		1873 - 1874
Daniel Humphrey	served in	1856
Isaac Smucker	served in	1872
Edward M. Downer,	served in	1876
PRESIDENT JUDGES OF COMMON PLEA COURT.
William Wilson	served in	1808 to 1822
Alexander Harper	"  "	1822 to 1836
Corrington W. Serle	"  "	1836 to 1843
Richard Stillwell	"  "	1843 to 1852
Rollin C. Hurd	"  "	1852 to 1857
Sherman Finch	"  "	1857 to 1862
Thomas C. Jones	"  "	1862 to 1867
Jefferson Brumback	"  "	1867 to 1869
Jerome Buckingham	"  "	1869 to 1870
Charles Follett	"  "	1870 to 1876
ASSOCIATE JUDGES
James Taylor	served from	1808 to 1809
Alexander Holmes	"  "	1808 to 1813
Timothy

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Alexander Holmes	served from	1808 to 1812
Timothy Rose	"  "	1808 to 1813
Henry Smith	"  "	1809 to 1823
Noah Fidler	"  "	1813 to 1823
William Hains	"  "	1814 to 1816
Anthony Pitzer	"  "	1816 to 1818
Zachariah Davis	"  "	1818 to 1825
Alexander Holmes	"  "	1823 to 1828
Samuel Bancroft	"  "	1824 to 1845
William O'Banon	"  "	1825 to 1839
John J. Brice	"  "	1828 to 1829
William Taylor	"  "	1829 to 1842
Levi J. Haughey	"  "	1839 to 1843
Daniel Martin	"  "	1842 to 1849
Benjamin F. Myers	"  "	1843 to 1850
Benjamin W. Brice	"  "	1845 to 1847
William Hunter	"  "	1847 to 1852
John Von Fossen	"  "	1849 to 1852
Elizur Abbott	"  "	1850 to 1852
Associate Judges were abolished by the Constitution of 1852, and Probate Judges substituted PROBATE JUDGES
Daniel Humphrey	who served from	1852 to 1858
Henry Kennon	"  "  "	1858 to 1864
William H. Shercliff	"  "  "	1864 to 1873
Waldo Taylor	"  "  "	1873 to 1876
George M. Grasser	"  "  "	1876 to ____
John Stadden	served from	1808 to 1810
Andrew Baird	"  "	1810 to 1814
Andrew Allison	"  "	1814 to 1818
John Cunningham	"  "	1818 to 1822
William W. Gault	"  "	1822 to 1826
Elias Howell	"  "	1826 to 1830
William Spencer	"  "	1830 to 1834
Richard Stadden	"  "	1834 to 1838

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William P. Morrison	served from	1838 to 1840
Caleb Boring	"  "	1840 to 1844
William Veach	"  "	1844 to 1848
William Parr	"  "	1848 to 1852
William Bell	"  "	1852 to 1854
Hiram Tenney	"  "	1854 to 1859
William Bell	"  "	1859 to 1863
Jonathan E. Rankin	"  "	1863 to 1867
Jeremiah Siler	"  "	1867 to 1871
Elisha Williams	"  "	1871 to 1875
S. H. Schofield	"  "	1875 to 1876
CLERKS OF COMMON PLEAS COURT.
Samuel Bancroft	served from	1808 to 1809
Stephen McDougal	"  "	1809 to 1816
Amos H. Caffee	"  "	1816 to 1837
Franklin Fullerton	"  "	1837 to 1844
Gilbert Brady	"  "	1844 to 1852
William Spencer	"  "	1852 to 1855
Rees Darlinton	"  "	1855 to 1858
Thomas J. Anderson	"  "	1858 to 1864
Samuel A. Parr	"  "	1864 to 1870
Isaac W. Bigelow	"  "	1870 to 1876
Sylvester S. Wells	"  "	1876 to ____

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